Opinion

It's an interesting pickle for school divisions, and the teachers who make up the bulk of their workforce, tofind themselves in.

If there is one thing I love about my personal and business friends it is the diversity of culture, personality and language that they bring to my life. In particular, I love their accents.

It's been two weeks now since the Academy Awards, but the fallout keeps on coming from that Oscar telecast hosted by Seth MacFarlane. I keep reading these stories slamming his hosting of the show.

It was a beautiful spring week although there were mornings of fog, the temperature was right at freezing or above in the daytime. When I saw the sun I liked it. The end of August will be full of rain. We have had this before.

Dear Editor The new assessment notices, combined with the increased property tax rates, have resulted in questions arising from many locals.

Dear Editor SPIT. Yes, spit. I know I'm not the only one that has witnessed this. It's seen in North Battleford, Regina, Saskatoon, Meadow Lake and Lloydminster, Just to mention a few.

Ed, my neighbour next door, invited himself along on my recent trip to Saskatoon. Hearing that my wife wasn't able to come with me, Ed insisted on accompanying me. At Saskatoon I was picking up my granddaughter for a visit during spring break.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - there is nothing like reading for improving the mind. It's not a coincidence that people have read books to learn new things for thousands of years. And you don't have to read dry non-fiction to do so.

Carlyle RCMP had an ugly day Saturday. Within the space of a few hours members responded to two fatal vehicle accidents. The first was a single vehicle crash at about 12:30 a.m.

J.L. Granatstein may be a distinguished research fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, but in his March 4 opinion piece in the National Post, he is just plain wrong.