Opinion

Anxiety has been the number one issue for clients I have been seeing. What has been interesting, however, is that the anxiety being reported, which they are truly experiencing, is normal experiences by the body and not abnormal or clinical.

On Aug. 20 BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, announced it is investing $2.6 billion US into the Jansen potash project. This brings the company's total investment in the project to $3.

Growing up on the West Coast in Victoria, large pink and blue hydrangea shrubs were a common sight. It was one of the things I missed when I moved to Saskatoon nearly 25 years ago.

Another week of good harvest weather. Whenever the sun got at us it was "cooker time." One morning I got up and it was so foggy, I thought my eyes were gone. The fog burned off before noon and then it was back to "cooker time.

Dear Editor The North Battleford Good Neighbour Network is hosting the fifth annual Neighbourhood Wellness Block Party from noon to 6 p.m. on the 1200 block of 107th Street in North Battleford Sept. 7.

Dear Editor Regarding the photo, "Little Birds, Big Beaks" in the Aug. 1 edition of the Regional Optimist, we have a nest just like it with four of these "Mouth Mash" swallows, only with a little more straw and mom's feathers sticking up vertically.

The Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame has recognized agricultural leaders for 43 years.

In 1723, Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons. His seminal work, the set of four violin concertos is meant to give the listener the impression of experiencing the weather of each of the seasons of the year.

The 2014 Winter Olympic Games will open in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 7, a mere 178 days from now.

We've probably all heard the expression "reading between the lines." Whether from wisdom or suspicion, the expression refers to the ability to figure out what the speaker or writer is really saying.