Opinion

A dear friend and writing colleague and I were chatting by email the other day when she mentioned having to go back and rework the spelling of a word.

Now that we are officially into the fall season on the calendar, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the change of seasons at the cinemas as well.

It's fall if you look at the calendar or if you've noticed that the days are shorter. But this fall has been gloriously, if not unusually, warm.

Has your garden fizzled for the year? Are you left with just tired annuals and perennials that have long gone to seed? If this is you, here are a few perennials (in addition to last week's suggestions) to help your garden continue to dazzle into the

Crime has been a hot topic of conversation in the Battlefords ever since the city of North Battleford topped the Statistics Canada Crime Severity index for the fourth year in a row earlier this summer.

Ed, my neighbor next door, has his moments of complaining about having too little money to spend. He claims his cash flow is nothing but a tiny trickle from an almost dry bank account. I tell him that is how it is for most of us.

Dear Editor How did you celebrate September's Democracy Week? Elections Canada's 2013 theme "Connect with Democracy" was "about connecting with people, places and information that help broaden your understanding of why democracy and voting are so imp

The national media hit upon the sad story of Todd Loik's suicide mid-week, and we are sure many in the community are asking where their local newspaper is while this "story" is breaking. We were advised of Todd's suicide Sept.

In a society where it is commonplace to medicate your kids because apparently everyone has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, it's no wonder that Twitter and texting have come to the fore as forms of communication.

Hazing is in the limelight this week after 11 youths from Lanigan have been charged with assault after a "freshie party" at the beginning of September, where some used hockey sticks to paddle freshmen and doused them in chocolate sauce and eggs.