Opinion

Dear Editor In "Major School facing closure" (Regional Optimist, April 18) reference is made to the distance between Major School and the receiving school of Luseland to be 30 kilometres. A quick Google search shows the distance is actually 39.

Dear Editor Recently our government made the difficult and much-discussed decision to discontinue three financially unjustifiable STC routes: Blaine Lake to North Battleford, Regina to Lanigan and Eastend to Swift Current/Mossbank.

Aboriginal populations are growing, with 4.3 per cent of Canadians reporting to be of Aboriginal identity compared to only 3.8 per cent in 2006. The Stats Canada survey showed the Aboriginal population accounted for 11.3 per cent of Saskatchewan.

In addition to holding a lifetime interest in health and nutrition, I also happen to be a fan of current science and the truth.

Ed, my neighbour next door, knows I have a long do-it-yourself list that keeps growing like a fungal infection. Ed cautioned me against ever starting a DIY list, as he claimed such a list is like a legal will.

Another week of beautiful spring weather. I could stand a lot of this. I have some rain marked, but since my dates earlier in the month did give more than a light shower, I will not tell what dates.

Yesterday I suffered one of those "wish I could forget" moments and it was all the fault of the gas tank. It said empty, dinged loudly and flashed a yellow light.

Wine and cheese. When those two nouns travel together it usually means party, chill out, come and hang out, well done, something good.

Dear Editor A few days back on Highway 4 and Territorial I was hand cuffed for obstructing justice by standing in front of the police camera. Officers were catching people not quite stopping at the corner when making a right turn.

Over the past several decades, a tragedy has quietly unfolded in our own backyard: disproportionate and disturbingly high rates of Aboriginal women and girls have gone missing or been murdered.