Opinion

I have to say, it's nice to be in a community where people aren't completely debilitated by the thought of wishing someone a Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays.

Many of our deepest symbolic associations with plants, particularly those centered on holidays such as Christmas, have connections with the past. As our cultural beliefs change slowly over time, so do the meanings of these plants.

You couldn't swing a dead cat in recent days without hitting some editorial piece regarding the end of home delivery by Canada Post.

Dear Editor Today, I read about a rich white kid in Texas who was given a probation instead of a prison sentence for driving drunk and causing an accident that killed four people.

Dear Editor A recent Saskatoon StarPhoenix article gave details of inmate Serena Nicotine, who is responsible for the death of a North Battleford group home worker in 1999.

In spite of budgetary constraints and all conventional wisdom, a local resident known only as Mary recently spent her entire budget on just one gift. Not only that, she ended up dumping it.

Another week of miserable cold weather. If it wasn't - 30 C it was -20 C with a wind. The professional weathermen were predicting that it was going to warm up. Well it did. From -30 C to -20 C.

Dear Editor Saskatchwan Wildlife Federation members, conservation officers, biologists and the Ministry of Environment itself had all recognized that the 2012 - 13 winter mortality was going to be severe.

Ed, my neighbour next door, says you should never tell a person how to do something. Show the person how to do it instead, and then watch him do it on his own.

As you conspire by fire, do you know what kind of live Christmas tree you have? One clue is found in the carol that starts out "O Tannenbaum" that in some version has been loosely translated to "O Christmas tree.