Opinion

Although many of its 1,800 residents trace their origins to Australia's penal colonies, Norfolk Island today is a peaceful farming community, lying 1,450 km east of Australia.

We enjoyed one of my favourite Chilean wines, finished half the bottle, put the cork in it and left it upright in the basement. Having completely forgotten about the bottle, I discovered it one week later.

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

Dear Editor The season of our bountiful fall suppers has now come and gone, a tradition that started 100 years ago.

It's interesting how silent the Western Canadian Wheat Growers and the Western Canadian Barley Growers are as the ballots arrive for the Saskatchewan Wheat and Barley Commission elections.

Ed, my neighbor next door, has changed to his winter identity, as an invaluable bowler and curler. He is glad winter has taken over his farm, so he can get serious about being a celebrity at the bowling alley and curling rink.

In this issue of the Journal, you'll see a couple of stories featuring train safety, from the recent death of a local CN worker to the liability trains are under for carrying dangerous cargo.

Native to Europe and Asia, sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) has a long, continuous history of medicinal use and has been planted extensively in Russian shelterbelts.

Dear Editor I am the founder of the Facebook group North Battleford Victims of Crime. Our group has helped bring the crime problem to the forefront and I am very proud of that.

The month begins with the moon just below Saturn (an occultation in the extreme south of Antarctica) and to the west of Mercury in the early morning eastern sky. New moon is Dec. 3, so observation of the slender crescent Dec.