Opinion

By the nature of the beast politics is a creature given life by ideologies. At least in the case of party politics.

He said Apparently, I'm very old for my age. I've seen people get worried turning 20, or turning 25 or 40. That's never bothered me, and it's never made any sense to me about why people have these preoccupations with age.

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.

We are all now wading through the debris, seeing what can be saved of our flooded homes. I pick up a destroyed picture of my son at two with a cast on his arm and the dam of tears burst.

Let's talk about women's sports. Stop laughing, I'm serious.

One of the more intriguing mysteries about the late Jack Layton's career is why he didn't do better here. After all, when Jack Layton started out as federal NDP leader, all he and his party had going for it was Saskatchewan.

After 10 days spent on vacation at home in Prince Edward Island, it's back to the grind this week. Other than getting home at 2 a.m.

Canada has lost a good one. Jack Layton is gone too quickly and our country will be lessened with his departure.

(Editor's note: The following is a letter the family of federal NDP leader Jack Layton released Monday following his death at the age of 61. The letter was written two days prior to his death.