Opinion

Sometimes when you rattle a cage, you end up getting something thrown at you.

The unfortunate hazing incident in Lanigan has inspired much talk and debate these past couple of weeks or so. And what it seems to boil down to is a big, fat rock and a hard place. For the parents, and the "freshies.

Another beautiful week of combining weather. Thursday had me wondering where my long johns are. That wind and air was coming off a polar ice cap somewhere. It left a heavy frost on everything in the morning.

Bullying isn't something new, it has always been around. Instead of nasty texts when I was in school, it was notes passed around in class.

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.