Opinion

The Editor, I know that I speak for our entire committee, when I say the hugest thank you to all of my media friends.

The Editor: First, I would like to congratulate the community of Estevan for supporting football and for its effort in winning a stop on the Kraft Celebration Tour.

The Editor: DéjÀ vu is not always a pleasant experience. This one certainly is not.

The Editor: I am heartbroken today. Last week I pulled into my parking space at home just after dark to see a mama cat with one of her kittens run into the bushes beside my backyard shed. Turns out she has at least four kittens there ...

I am certainly an advocate of free speech. After all, it's pretty important to our industry. Sometimes people say stupid things. I'm not easily offended, but when it comes to intolerance and hate, my normally cool blood will boil.

By the nature of the beast, politics is a creature given life by ideologies.

As a university student, I skipped class to see Jean Chrétien make a campaign stop in Saskatoon. I got relatively close, close enough that when I hopped up on a rail to get a better view, a Mountie did a double take of my sudden movement.

A few weeks ago, I attended a memorial service for a relative. They had passed away in early August, due to both health complications and an illness.

Well, that's that. Greg Marshall's tenure as head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders lasted a mere and unremarkable eight games.

In Saskatchewan, success is not determined by a healthy economy, strong families or a bumper crop.