Opinion

Lindsey Leko, a 20-year conservation officer and a regular contributor to the columnist lineup at www.newsoptimist.ca, has provided some interesting information about the expanded role of conservation officers.

Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, says if the shoe fits don’t wear it. He is telling everyone Meghan Markle should not have put her foot into Cinderella’s slipper.

Canada had better get its act together, immediately, on export pipelines. I don’t just mean the Trans Mountain Pipeline, now owned by you and me and all other Canadians. I mean we need to revive Northern Gateway and Energy East right now.

The Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery celebrated 50 years of Saskatchewan museums with the Museums Association of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan History and Folklore Societies conference in Humboldt this past week.

When you think about a Humboldt born athlete, who do you think of? Is it Brianna Theisen-Eaton, or Lyndon Rush, or Glenn Hall, or William Dutton, or one of the other countless current or former athletes who called Humboldt home? Having lived in Humbo

Now summer is almost officially upon us, and most days there is more warmth in the air, there is also evidence of many bug-like critters enjoying the sun.

Dear Editor We recently toured the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in Battleford and were amazed by the research, hard work and the love of baseball that was displayed. When you look through the entrance it’s, “Wow, this is amazing.

I recently lost a client because a friend of the client’s directed them to a big bank who asserted they were only making about a 5% annual return and that their fees were too high.

You can’t blame people for tuning out of politics because of the sneaky, self-serving and mealy-mouthed way politicians sometimes do things. But maybe part of the problem is we don’t give enough credit to politicians when they do behave honourably.

If someone tells you growing roses in Saskatchewan is like growing any other shrub, either they have never grown roses, or they lucked out with their soil, microclimate and the particular cultivar they were growing.