Opinion

If there is one thing you can be assured of in Humboldt, it's that if you're late for something on the other side of the tracks, there will be a train there to block the way. The train is a constant source of Raspberries on this page.

On March 31 of this year, the Sask. Party killed the film and television industry in our province. They didn't just end an incentive program: they destroyed the hopes, dreams, jobs and businesses of talented Saskatchewan storytellers.

Dear Editor On May 10, I attended the Provincial Drama Festival. Although it is wonderful to see so many young people participate, I have serious concerns regarding this particular event.

Sometimes a near perfect event comes along. I experienced one of those this past weekend while attending a district Toastmasters conference.

Everyone has their grammatical bugbears. For one of my grammar teachers, it was splitting infinitives. He could never understand why anyone, really, would be compelled to not follow this most basic grammatical rule.

I would like to thank the two young people who stopped and helped my teenage daughter after our one-year-old Sheltie was hit on Territorial Drive Monday at lunch time.

Dear Editor Could you vote yes or no on a multifaceted bill that is over 400 pages long? This is what we are asking our MPs to do with Bill C-38, the omnibus budget bill. Categorizing it as a budget bill means a finance committee will study it.

We know by now that exercising and leading a healthy lifestyle is crucial to our overall health. The problem becomes figuring out what to do and where to do it.

Friday is band council election day at Poundmaker First Nation. Democracy appears alive and well on the First Nation that has been beleaguered with municipal strife and bad press for the past couple of years.

Ed, my neighbour next door, was a bachelor last week, as Ruby, his wife, was in Edmonton for some appointments and family matters. The rainy, dull weather forced Ed to work on his machinery out at his farm.