Opinion

I'm on my way to vote and the sign says "Bring ID," so I go home and get my driver's licence. The nasty lady at the polls takes one look and says "This is not good enough.

Dismal.That was the state of voter turnout for this year's civic election in Humboldt. Twenty-eight per cent? Really, Humboldt?It was difficult to choose which of the 11 candidates to vote for.

Dear Editor In one week Prime Minister Steven Harper could commit Canada to the most sweeping trade deal in a generation without a single debate or vote.

I've just returned from a wonderful time of rest and refreshing with friends I hadn't seen in at least a decade.

When one starts a big-inch pipeline job, the safety orientation takes a good chunk of the day. Part of that orientation focuses on being a flagman.

It seems last Wednesday's municipal elections showed that, while the Battlefords are separated only by a river, they are far apart in their judgment of their councils.

The moon starts out the month just past full phase, with Jupiter less than a degree above in the eastern evening sky - an occultation in southern Africa. Nov. 11, Venus and Spica bracket the thin crescent moon in the early morning.

Dear Editor At an August conference, a senator from France perplexedly asked why Canadians export raw resources. He does not understand why we "rip and ship" resources rather than exporting profitable value-added goods.

Dear Editor Last week and entire front page of the second section of the paper was entirely dedicated to a concert to be given at the Dekker Centre. And so, the Friday, Oct.

Ed, my neighbour next door, just shook his head when I told him I was going to buy an electric violin. "It seems to me, you have done enough ear damage with your old violin.