Opinion

Dear Editor In a country as affluent as Canada, hunger is unacceptable. Yet, more than 850,000 Canadians will visit a food bank for assistance this month alone. Of those, 36 per cent are children or youth.

By Louise Bernice Halfe Published by Coteau Books $16.95 9781550506655 Burning in this Midnight Dream by Louise Bernice Halfe is a book of poetry contrasted by photographs, centered around the truth and reconciliation process.

Tulips add spring colour to a perennial or mixed border and are often used in annual beds. Native to the Near East, the genus name, Tulipa, is from the Turkish tulbend, meaning turban, a reference to the flower form.

As I sit at my desk penning these words, I can’t help but think of another morning 15 years ago today when I was doing the same thing, sitting at my desk, working on a writing assignment. Suddenly I heard my husband call me to the living room.

Even though our days are getting shorter and cooler, it is important to continue to care for your lawn, even though many of the outside chores are getting wrapped up.

Schemes to produce a majority where there is none prevent voters from deciding and holding those they elect accountable

Whether Canada chooses to adhere to its responsibilities to meet its climate change targets or not, investors in Canada have a lot to be concerned about, articulated by some as the carbon bubble.

Dear Editor The Battlefords North Stars have embarked on a new Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season. There are new beginnings with various changes in the player lineup and fresh faces in the coaching and management ranks.

Crisis calls for strong federal leadership, education of clinicians, and non-pharmaceutical pain management alternatives for patients

Canada ranks among the most expensive universal health-care systems but has fewer medical resources and some of the longest wait times