Opinion

Dear Editor The Mennonite Community Closet has been attempting for the past eight years to gain approval from the City of North Battleford to put a door between two adjacent buildings that they own in order to enlarge their store and better serve the

Dear Editor A very strange bird is the senator. He sits in his chamber all day. He sleeps while he works, Enjoying his perks, Pretending he's earning his pay. I long for the life of a senator. It would free me from worry and strife.

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

Dear Editor In response to the news of huge increases to motorcycle rates likely coming from SGI, I wish to voice my concern.

Ed, my neighbor next door, ran into me at the post office last Wednesday. Seeing my handful of letters he asked, "Are all those bills you're paying?" "No, they are Valentines for my seven grandkids," I said.

Dear Editor Once again we are having to pay for being Native to this land. No other race has ever had to pay so much for living on it; not even the immigrants. We, the original occupants of this land keep having to pay over and over again.

This winter has been a long one, even by Saskatchewan standards. The snow fell in early November and it hasn't gone away, not even for a weekend.

The latest Scandal Du Jour in Ottawa revolves around those "unelected, unaccountable, greedy" appointees who sit in Parliament's upper house. I am talking, of course, about the Canadian Senate.

When my grandfather came to Canada in 1930 at the age of 13, his family cleared 19 acres of land, by hand in their first year. They didn't have tractors, chain saws or electricity. They had horses, saws, axes and plows.

Wine suppliers around the world are very interested in Canada. Between 2005 and 2009 Canadian wine consumption increased 22.5 per cent, leaving the beer and spirits category growth in the dust.