Opinion

This week is a big one for movie fans in this country as the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival is under way in Canada's biggest city.

Have you been thinking about starting a workout routine but aren't sure where to start? Have you hit a plateau in your current routine? Or are you just having a hard time getting motivated to get up and get to the gym because life keeps getting in th

My late grandmother, Anne Marnovich, told me once she remembered clearly where she was when Kennedy was shot. It's a story, along with the moon landing, I'm sure most people of that time can share.

Dear Editor The announcement by premier Brad Wall Aug. 28, regarding replacing Saskatchewan Hosptial and enhancement of other community services for the mentally ill is a long awaited move to providing quality of life to a vulnerable population.

When I think about federal NDP leader Jack Layton, my memories go back to the time when I interviewed him for the Regional Optimist in 2010.

We are now at the end of the summer blockbuster movie season, and so it's time to look back and see which movies were the winners and losers at the box office.

As a photographer, I go through numerous batteries. They probably make up a quarter of the total weight of my back-breaking camera bag, to the point where the next bag will have wheels.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has been able to combine some winter wheat. That has meant an unusual degree of quiet from next door. Since Ed has been mostly out at his farm, it is the beginning of what I call the season of tranquility.

Dear Editor Why is it common with some people to call a slough, a marsh, or a treed area, wasteland? When untouched wildlife and/or pasture land is sliced, diced and mutilated it is called "developed.

Mathematics was never my long suit, but I do recall that, in any balanced diagram, the focal point is the precise spot where all lines cross or, if you would have it that way, the spot from which all lines emanate.