Opinion

Dear Editor I lost both of my legs below the knee due to meningitis and was enrolled at the age of 10 in The War Amps Child Amputee Program. On the weekend of Aug.

Ed, my neighbour next door, is always looking for a bargain. He is an auction addict and sometimes even has some appetite for yard sales if he is not busy at the farm.

Many organizations cook up recommendations for the number of fruit and vegetable servings you should eat every day.

By Melanie Jacob Journal Editor It's not the first time and it probably won't be the last that Tim Hortons might be usurped. Burger King has officially announced that it has plans of merging with the coffee conqueror.

The weather has turned cooler almost like the end of October. What gives here, hotter than Hades, now you need your coat? Joys of living in Saskatchewan, I guess. Just as long as we don't get Jack Frost until the crop is in the bin.

I am a firm believer in the power of making your intentions become your reality. I have a strong sense that when you act and believe your life is going to unfold in a certain direction, it will.

The moon begins in its first-quarter phase right by Mars and Saturn, as the month opens. Full moon is Sept. 8. Uranus is occulted Sept. 10 in Eastern Canada; a close approach for westerners. Sept. 15, the moon is within 1.

In my first career as a pharmacist, I worked in more than 30 pharmacies across Nova Scotia, filling more than 100,000 prescriptions between 1990 and 1995.

Sometimes the things we take most for granted are nothing short of awe inspiring. Like flying, for example. I recently experienced that on flights from our coastal home to the interior of British Columbia.

To me, the taste of summer is fresh tomatoes in a salad, sandwich or soup - I will even eat them whole, straight from the garden. And, for the most part, tomatoes are relatively easy to grow. However, there are a few challenges along the way.