Opinion

Sometimes the most profound lessons are the easiest to overlook. Take a tomato plant, for instance. Just to the right of my computer keyboard sits a two-piece porcelain tea cup and saucer-like flower pot.

Ed, my neighbour next door, believes we are travelling to the right place. Ed heard we are off to Deadwood, S.D. in April. He has been to Deadwood and claims he tried gambling at every casino in the town.

This letter is in response to the letter "Who will spend my tax dollars wisely?" (Humboldt Journal Letter to the Editor: April 10, 2013) As a citizen living in the City of Humboldt, I understand Mrs.

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.

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