Opinion

Dear Editor Canadians should be concerned that the Harper government's perimeter security talks with the United States might leave Canada trapped inside a U.S.-dominated "Fortress North America.

Dear Editor, Beginning on Jan. 1, with the exception of the relief of a locum doctor for two weeks, Dr. M. Shoiab and Dr. M. Mbaoga have maintained the rigorous 24 hour emergency medical care at the Turtleford Intergrated Health Care Center.

According to Ed, my neighbour next door, only bears lose their fat during the winter. "Humans tend to gain weight during the winter and may be bugling at the seams by spring," observed Ed last week.

For years, we've been seeing a lot of things get bigger, in the hopes that they would also get better. Local hospital boards became health districts, then the districts became regions.

I read with interest the comments by columnist Murray Mandryk in the Feb 3, 2011 edition of "Opinion." Mr.

Dear Editor The March 16 issue of the News-Optimist featured a column by Saskatchewan's own Murray Mandryk, "Link improvement too little, too late," which provides an example of how Mandryk can pretend to be an objective journalist while fulsomely la

Dear Editor I would like to congratulate all the people who are following their hearts by trying to help the homeless people of the Battlefords.

Ah yes, spring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where all the birdees is A poet I may not be but, I needed a catchy line to help put a smile to a face that absolutely goes *sigh!@#!&* when in March and September we must revisit Daylight Savings

I've always been fascinated with the landscape under the ocean. As a kid I envisioned it as a massive playing field - flat, sandy and obstacle free.

Dear editor, I was on my first trip to Battleford on March 16, to attend a midget AA playoff hockey game, and was appalled to hear the Battleford fellow in charge of the music playing Happy Trails loudly on the speakers while a 16-year-old boy was do