Opinion

Natural resource development is expensive. New projects in oil, gas and mining all require significant capital investments and companies need to wait five to 10 years before realizing a return. So Apache Corp.

Dear Editor Let's imagine in 2011 you were appointed the sole UN observer of a democratic election in a country. You watched closely for bribing or bullying of voters and witnessed none. You declared it a fair election and yet you were perplexed.

Sometimes we see it coming. Other times we don't. There are times we think we know what to expect but life throws us a curve we weren't expecting. Usually it is a little bit of "all of the above." Change. Personally, I love my ruts.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has been relaxing in the shade of his yard watching me pick raspberries. He has been scoffing because I have been harvesting my raspberries after supper when the heat of the day is a bit less intense.

As summer is sliding towards fall it means that we can likely harvest our potato crop soon. Most gardeners have likely been enjoying munching on new potatoes from your garden to enhance your summer barbecues.

Maureen Smith lives with a rare disorder known as Congenital Panhypopituitarism.

Dear Editor The Western Development Museum's Those Were the Days annual summer festival was held once again Aug. 9 and 10.

Your Twitter and Facebook feed may soon be cluttered with memes about Christmas being under 20 weeks away. Which for me means it is time to start doing my Christmas shopping, in about 19 weeks.

Africa is rising, but its ascent is fraught with social and political challenges.

Well, thank goodness. Common sense has prevailed in the realm of Endeavour, Sask.