Opinion

We become too easily desensitized to news of natural disasters. After all, they are inevitable and even the most sensational stories of crime, neglect or ineptitude have become all too commonplace.

Since taking on the rarified status of a "have" province, Saskatchewan seems to have it alright. What we have is a gathering groundswell of labour unrest, that, in spite of the Sask.

In the comments section following a CBC.ca story on the devastating fire that wiped out a large chunk of Slave Lake, Alta. ?tommy d fan? wrote: ?Canada needs a nation wide policy of how to deal with what will become more common in the future.

Dear Editor To me democracy has always meant "government of the people and for the people." Since Mr. Harper has been prime minister, this has not held true. He promised everything would be different if he was elected with a majority government.

Dear Editor I was recently at North Battleford's landfill, disposing of an old fridge and noticed a fridge in the pile that looked like the one I currently have in my house. I grabbed one of the door shelves to see if it fit my fridge.

Dear Editor Regarding "City pushes for downtown professional services" (Regional Optimist, May 6), after going through the news and letters to the editor, one wonders whether the decision by the City to reject the proposal amounts to some problem wit

Ed, my neighbour next door, always finds another reason to shake his head in dismay at me. He has a blunt way of making it clear I have crossed over the line again from being possibly normal to being downright weird.

A national study was released in Canada about 15-year-olds and their academic achievement. It used results from the national tests in math, reading, and science.

Any long time exerciser has probably, at one time or another, experienced a workout related injury. This doesn?t have to be the case. Follow these tips for injury free workouts. Know your body.

The national news is crazy this week. Floods and fires are the top headlines, but there is also lively discussion about the closing of school libraries in the eastern provinces.