Opinion

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.

If you have ever attended a workshop on goal setting, guaranteed the workshop covered the aspect of SMART goals. SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-specific.

My world is constantly changing, but this October seems to have more transitions than normal. It has been busy and stressful. I have two beautiful new nieces and a handsome new nephew, who have had me running to the hospital.

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