Opinion

The gun kooks were right. Take away their guns, and people will turn to knives. As incredibly stupid as that sounds, it is becoming a global phenomenon, even in places where there is easy access to guns.

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

The Cereal Research Centre is being closed this month, marking the end of nearly a century of public plant breeding in Winnipeg.

We all impatiently await its arrival, but we have to admit spring is not an attractive season in the early going. As once pristine white snow melts into lumps of grey sludge, the garbage (and don't forget the dog and deer poop) begins to emerge.

Happy days: spring has definitely sprung and in places the grass is riz. I always look forward to this time of year - it's a hopeful time, full of promise.

Another week of spring-like weather. If you think it was warm and melting you are sorta partly right. It was nice and melting except for that hurricane wind on Wednesday and now I thought my eyes were going Friday morning.

"Who's turn is it to start?" "Who won the most games yesterday?" Typical questions these days between Hubby and me, questions I couldn't have imagined when we began our evening routine more than 40 years ago.

Myrtle Laird sends a big bouquet out to the North Battleford post office for saving her $4,000. She was being victimized by scammers who had contacted her by telephone, saying her grandson was in jail and needed money.

Ok, so there I was, snaking through the Sobeys parking lot, looking for my coveted, prized parking space like a python after its prey and lo' and behold, there it was.

Dear Editor As a recent visitor to North Battleford, I had the opportunity to attend the longest continuous music festival in Canada, still providing opportunities for performance competition after 83 years.