Opinion

A few years ago, people started putting tropical (or tropical looking) plants in their gardens. Far from dying down, this trend continues to gain momentum and all the chic and stylish gardeners - even on the prairies - are riding the wave.

Who qualifies as a senior citizen? The magic age used to be 55. That's when the seniors' clubs would like you to buy a membership and pull a chair up to the card table.

I don't know what it is about mowing the lawn, but my mind goes into deep-thinking mode as I go about the mindless task of circling the lawn as I tend to the job at hand.

This week there's been a lot of transforming and preserving done at our house. First, it was a triple batch of rhubarb chutney followed by a double batch of rhubarb-strawberry jam.

Last week at North Battleford city council, Councillor Kelli Saemann brought up concerns about safety on Territorial Drive between Sobeys and the Co-op.

Dear Editor This is a letter to my city. Dear North Battleford I would like to express my gratitude for all you have done for me. I moved here 14 years ago.

Ed, my neighbour next door, saw me with a fresh haircut. He is aware that I have been buzzing my own hair. He tells me that I can get away with cutting my own hair because I'm already bald.

Watching the reaction to the federal government's approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline, one overriding thought came to mind: I would invest in rail cars. Oil tankers, to be specific.

Big-box stores such as Walmart and Target always garner a lot of attention and excitement when they move into a community. It's undoubtedly warranted as the companies offer consumers a large variety of goods at competitive prices.

The Secret is a book and a movie released in 2006 that focuses on the principles and laws of attraction. In simplest terms this means that matter is attracted to like matter.