Opinion

I know it's days to weeks before we'll be able to see our entire lawns, but if you need to renovate the lawn you have, now is the time to plan.

Another week, another blizzard and more snow. When is this winter going to end? I have it marked on my hoar frost calendar that April 16 is wet with either snow or rain.

Dear Editor In response to the letter, "Ban all genetically engineered food" by Ron Cox in the April 12 edition of the Regional Optimist, the fear of genetically modified/engineered food is most often due to a lack of information.

Dear Editor Would you take on a job that might kill your career? Kevin Page did when he accepted the position of legislative budget officer in the newly created Parliamentary Budget Office.

It's strange - for years, I've struggled with writing editorials week after week. I don't know how many times I polled everyone in the building, asking "What should I have an opinion on next week?" as I struggled to find a topic.

Dear Editor Someone is trying to reinvent the wheel - provincially standardized exams for high school students. There are perhaps a few hurdles to consider and overcome. Children come to school with a myriad of desires, ambitions and abilities.

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

Hindsight is 20/20, they say. So looking back several decades, the scientists agreed - if they had to pick a date when it all started, it was 2013. Thirteen is aptly considered unlucky, for it was the year with no summer. Scratch that.

Dear Editor I find it extremely alarming that in 2012 Saskatchewan recorded its largest number of workplace fatalities in more than 30 years.

As I write this week's article, I admit to occasionally stopping to add another item to my lists: What to Pack and What Still Needs to be Done. In just five days I'm off to Saskatchewan and I can hardly wait.