Opinion

I would like to thank the folks with BHP Billiton for making a pitch for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. Their doing so has now given me an answer to one of my wife's frequent questions.

Dear Editor As John Cairns pointed out in his commentary, "Will cranky voter trend spread to B'fords?," (News-Optimist, Oct.

I recently began work on a challenge after I and the others in a writing group were assigned the following words: peanut, exhaustion, pelted and pensive and instructed to incorporate them into a final product that makes sense.

We are all consumers. We all have to eat, have a place to live and clothes to keep us from offending our fellow humans. Consumers come in all shapes and sizes.

It is a sad time of year for many people ... the end of golf season. If you're anything like me, you can't help but ask, "What happened this year?" One great round followed by one horrible round followed by a mediocre round.

Dear Editor Bready School in North Battleford is celebrating its 50th anniversary. We are in the process of creating an online record of the school and are looking for photos and artifacts related to Bready's History.

It is a big wide world but in our day and age it is getting smaller and smaller all the time. Even here in my little prairie town, I'm connected to and communicate with friends and strangers around the world in real time.

Alex Ovechkin plays like a man possessed and unless the Capitals win a cup this year he may need an exorcism. Expect them to come close and look for his supporting cast to play a major role.

According to Ed, my neighbour next door, farmers have no time for even their families or their dogs when they are able to harvest.

During the Thanksgiving weekend, I hope between turkey times, everyone had a moment to be give thanks for what they have.