Opinion

Neighbourly Advice According to Ed

From the Top of the Pile

Players’ weekend has been a new initiative started by Major League Baseball in recent years, and while I originally was indifferent, a recent circumstance changed my mind.

As students prepare to go back to school and university, we need to talk about bullying.

August in the garden is truly spectacular. If you are a lover of tender or summer flowering bulbs then you can join me in the bittersweet joy of August.

Linda's Lines

Dear Editor Upon reading “Council gives thumbs down to parking lot” published in the Regional Optimist Aug. 23, 2018, I feel compelled to comment. The planning department made a bad decision based on wrongheaded thinking.

David Marit will be a successful Saskatchewan Party government agriculture minister.

After several sad stories about hotels on the corners of Railway and Main, it is time for something a little more lighthearted. In 1907, Ben Cook built the hotel in Bradwel, complete with a two-storey outhouse.

When the Welsh poet, Dylan Tomas wrote about going “gentle into that good night” his thoughts were on human mortality. But with the risk of frost on the prairies, it’s our tender flowers and vegetables that come to mind.