Opinion

It's been a weird year in the National Hockey League to the extent that one of the least talked-about teams is the one that should be regarded as the favourite to win the Stanley Cup this spring.

Marna's Musings

The Editor: National Volunteer Week is a week-long celebration where Canadians pause to applaud hard-working volunteers in their communities who support many worthwhile causes. This year, National Volunteer Week will be celebrated from April 15-21.

The Editor: Each year thousands of injuries and many deaths could be prevented if more Canadians picked up the phone before digging. Enbridge, along with many business and government partners have declared April as "Safe Digging Month.

Every few years the same topic surfaces for city council consideration and every time it does, there are imperfect solutions suggested which means the topic will continue to arise until a solid policy emerges.

Alas, once again I am unable to focus on any one topic, so dear diary, it's two circuits around the playground for us.

Sometimes all it takes is one swing. In one swing, Louis Oosthuizen did something no one has ever done to put himself on top of the leaderboard. Five hours later, in one extraordinary, incredible swing, Bubba Watson won the Masters.

The Editor: Are you prepared to give up $13,000 during your golden years? MP Ed Komarnicki and Prime Minister Stephen Harper think you are.

He said The penny is of little worth, not only in terms of how its manufactured, as it costs more to produce a penny than it is actually worth, but it's also not worth it to the every day consumer.

At the conclusion of Premier Brad Wall's speech to the Estevan Chamber of Commerce on March 28, a man much smarter with numbers than I pointed out something rather interesting about the provincial budget.