Opinion

There was the usual round of impaired driving convictions – specifically, with a blood alcohol level over .08. This day, there were four of them. Three were run of the mill, and the fourth had a little flavour to it.

“I am all for rules that do not disturb my life,” Ed my old neighbour from Saskatchewan said yesterday. “I like to bend the rules, make exceptions to them and break them unless getting caught could be costly.

This season could not have gone any worse for the Toronto Blue Jays. In a season where the Jays were expecting to compete for a playoff spot, the team is instead competing for a top five draft pick.

Tragedy visited the 100-room Royal Hotel in Weyburn in 1917 – a tragedy that continues to defy understanding. On April 14 of that year, two Saskatchewan doctors died in their rooms at the Royal within hours of each other.

If you are a fan of the Toronto Raptors this season is shaping up to be potentially their best yet.

An Essay on Radical Leadership in a Time of Crisis and the Victory of Socialist Agrarian

To everyone who spends their summers reading, I salute you. I have heard from many, especially teachers, that summer is their time to hit the pages and fall into a good story.

If you are a regular reader of this column then you know that the School of Horticulture was involved in the landscaping of the brand new mini golf course in Waskesiu in Prince Albert National Park.

When you hear the phrase “discretionary family trusts,” you’ll probably first think of trust fund babies, offshore accounts, and tax havens – in other words, something used only by the ultra-rich.

There may yet be some good coming out of the recent rather bad rural Saskatchewan crime statistics. One bad aspect is the healthy kick to the ego and the prideful notion rural Saskatchewan is a safe place to be.