Opinion

We enter the post-Christmas, post-mortem and expect you all had a great time with family and friends, or simply had some quiet with comfortable reflections.

The Editor: Estevan is in the midst of an employment crisis; this crisis has hit the childcare industry especially hard.

In late 2010 we spoke about the possibilities of 2011 being a year of big growth and excitement and it lived up to expectations, at least on the social and economic fronts.

There are times an agricultural issue becomes bigger than simply how it may impact farmers. That is the situation surrounding the Stephen Harper government's handling of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).

A sampling of the best quips and quotes from the world of sports from the first six months of 2011: Ottawa's Sean McIndoe, in the DownGoesBrown blog in the New York Times, talking about his observations of HBO's 24/7, featuring the Washington Capital

Marna's Musings

Merry Christmas to one and all

Just as I was about to send myself to medical school and save the day I heard that the amount of doctors in Canada is at an all-time high. Now that eight or more years of my time have been freed up, I can share with you the current situation.

One often hears (usually in connection with elections) the complaint, "I'm just one person; what can I do?" The comment is made rhetorically, but the answer is, in an election or in life in general, "one person can do a lot; they can do as much or as

TSN's commercials for the World Junior Hockey Championship are pretty much bang on. You can make a convincing argument that it is, indeed, the most wonderful time of the year.