Opinion

We are having really nice weather this past week. Hopefully we can continue and get this crop off in good shape. Have a safe and bountiful harvest, everyone. On the home front, we are still struggling with our swathers.

The Battlefords recently became home to the prairie chapter office of the International Society of Arboriculture. Worldwide, there are over 20,000 members. The prairie chapter, which includes Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, has about 350 members.

I'm always amazed at how a pile of lumber becomes a monument of usefulness and sometimes, outright beauty.

When people say they want to incorporate fall colour in their landscape, I'm convinced what they really mean is they want to replicate in their backyard the blaze of fiery colour that engulfs Eastern Canada in September and October.

I am not sure how this happens every September, but once again autumn has quietly appeared.

Since Aug. 21, Canadian consumers visiting meat counters will have noticed new labels that allow them to clearly read whether meat products have been mechanically tenderized.

Thanks a lot, ALS Association. Because of you and your Ice Bucket Challenge, millions of organizations around the world are re-thinking their approach to fundraising.

The media. It's a term often spat out with derision and disgust. According to Listosaur.com, journalists rank No. 6 on the list of 10 most despised professions in America, just above IRS auditors and just below political lobbyists.

Ed, my neighbor next door, was telling me that some of his relatives have always called him "Cousin Solomon," even though, his name has always been Ed. His uncle Harry in Edmonton once said that Ed had more wisdom to share than Solomon.

Canada's Northern regions have often been considered ideal portals into important markets like Russia and Asia.