Opinion

It isn't something a person can really expect or plan for, but we need to carry insurance against it and, although it is always a shock, it seems it isn't as surprising as it should be.

Crime exists in the Battlefords. Some would even argue crime is rampant in the Battlefords, and they wouldn't have to go any further than Statistics Canada to back up that claim.

Sometimes, when you look back at advertisements from the early part of the last century, you just have to shake your head. Some ads, like those describing stoves, washing machines or any other things for the home, are overtly directed at women.

Facts about living in Saskatchewan: You need to be able to draw really straight lines in school to be able to draw the outer borders of our fair province, while properly explaining the reason for correction lines. Smiling Hank is the Devil.

A letter to the editor published on this page is a stark reminder to our newsroom of the need to attribute information, and also to dig a little deeper beyond what is fed to us by media relations personnel.

In a few days the writ will be dropped and Saskatchewan will be heading to the polls. This is no surprise, because the Nov. 7 election was called the day after the last provincial election four years ago.

Dear Editor The Battleford's Humane Society made the decision to close its impound area Sept 9 due to a number of dogs infected with parvo being present in this area. This is a very contagious disease and spreads readily.

Call it the changing of the seasons, the end of summer or the kickoff to a new agenda but to me it still involves the changing of the closet. Fall (well, we're nearly there) conjures up so many endings and beginnings.

Dear Editor A tip of my hat to Martha Carleton for the fine letter ("Rental rates harming families" News-Optimist, Sept. 14).

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