Opinion

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.

You can't shove a square peg into a round hole, nor squeeze a camel through the eye of a needle. And the Blue Jays can't win the American League East.

The notion that today's kids must be the most spoiled, ungrateful and entitled generation is nothing new. It's a sentiment that our parents' generation felt and all generations before them.

Marna's Musings

When I get stressed, I have a handful of effective coping mechanisms: 1) Crying.

There has been a war of words between the 20-somethings, the millenials, and boomers recently. There are many ways to judge people, whether or not I expressly condone it.

Somehow it seems farmers on the Prairies, and particularly in Saskatchewan seem to be finding themselves thrust into a modern version of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and that book wasn't exactly the happiest vision of the future.

Somehow it seems farmers on the Prairies, and particularly in Saskatchewan, are finding themselves thrust into a modern version of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World , and that book wasn't exactly the happiest vision of the future.

Canada will withdraw the penny from circulation this year, with the last ever being minted in April. This will save taxpayers an average of $11 million annually.