Estevan Mercury

After touring through some of the country's largest arenas earlier this year, one of Canada's most popular bands is dialing it back a bit in August.

The group involved in an ambitious project to bring a full-size outdoor rink to Estevan is looking at Canada Day 2013 as their time to break ground.

The Editor: I watched the July 30, 2012 city council meeting on Access 7 and was glad to hear our city manager, Jim Puffalt, finally bring attention to members of council the issue with Westview playpark. I do, however, question a "winter park.

When they tied the ninth and final hole with pars, Cody Balon and Brett Blackstock were sent back to the fairway for a final one-shot, winner-take-all chipping contest.

It's the dog days of summer and I've just learned that kids, even in the summer, spend almost eight hours a day facing into some type of screen (computer, pod, pad, phone app, et al) while spending less than a half-hour a day in physical exercise.

He said she said

Well you have to hand it to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. They have surprised us in each and every one of their first five games of the 2012 CFL season. The trouble is it hasn't always been a pleasant surprise.

You've to hand it to B.C. Premier Christy Clark. It takes a lot of balls to do what she did just prior to last week's provincial premier's conference, and then throughout the meeting.

It was interesting to listen to a brief presentation made recently by Johannes Vervloed, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

I read the 50 Shades of Grey series. I kept seeing the cover everywhere, reading the hype online and without really knowing the subject matter of the series, I bought the trilogy on my eReader and added them to my summer reading list.