Opinion

This week I had the privilege of giving a workshop to a group representing businesses and non-profit organizations.

Dear Editor: These are trying times for local newspapers everywhere, and our hard-pressed editors certainly don't need extra problems. Sometimes that extra problem involves a clash between grammatical correctness and political correctness.

Dear Editor Are City administrators and council members out of their minds, considering a one-time $5 registration fee bikes? There are so many other dilemmas that face this city, like extremely poor road conditions and bikes are the least of their w

The moon begins the month with some close pairings: Mars on the first; Spica and Saturn on the third; then full phase on the fifth. That full moon is the largest of the year, the time when our satellite reaches perigee (closest approach) with Earth.

Dear Editor MP Gerry Ritz is acting recklessly, putting his community members' health at risk. He is supporting legislation that will reduce food safety oversight and make major cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

I have received word and it is with great sadness that I am sending you this email to let you know Julian J. Sadlowski, our former mayor, our community's historian and one of my many best friends passed away Friday.

Ed, my neighbour next door, was a little late catching up on the news that the age for obtaining Old Age Security is changing from 65 to 67. Ed was on a countdown of eight years to 65 when he would start to get the old age pension.

There are times I see things that don't seem to belong and there are times when something odd looks like it is meant to be there. In nature, a crocus in a field or a western red lily at the roadside are wonderful surprises.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has been having the worst kind of tractor trouble out at his farm. The engine won't start and the payments won't stop. Ed tends to fix and service his own machinery as much as possible.

Six years ago the Regional Optimist made the transition from an advertiser paper to one featuring Battlefords news as well as news from around the region.