Opinion

I had the honour of attending the Horizon Holocaust Symposium and Amek Adler’s talk about surviving a concentration camp.

Last week Becky wrote an editorial talking about how the lack of public feedback at the budget meeting was disappointing and meant you could not complain. Well the same cannot be said about the public hearing for the new waste collection program.

For sale: the Sask. Transportation Company, the Sask. Grain Car Corporation and the Sask. Pastures Program. All have served the people of this province for decades, especially those who live in rural areas. All were owned by us.

My column today is devoted to the one hot topic that everyone in the community is talking about. That topic, of course, is the provincial budget and the impact being felt by people here in the Battlefords.

The minister of finance seems worryingly detached from the policies of his ministry, their effect and the state of the economy

Dear Editor How do you define incompetence? Consider this: spend more than $3 million buying buses and upgrading assets for the Saskatchewan Transportation Company in 2016, and then shut it down in 2017. That’s right. The Sask.

Cities and towns have tough decisions to make now the province has reduced some of the grants they give them.

It was not my best day ever when I phoned Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan. Ruby, Ed's wife, answered the phone because Ed was out at the farm.

Governments need to move beyond the rhetoric of caregiver recognition and improve access to caregiver support services and patient care resources

Building structures isn't enough. But by bringing together supports and housing, we can give homes to people who struggle with health and shelter needs