In the Community

As I sat enjoying a cup of tea at a local shop, I noticed the words on the back of a young man’s T-shirt. I waited until he and his family got up to leave before speaking to him.

The second annual STARS Rescue on the Prairie managed to surpass the lofty expectations that Tina Bird had for the event.

Since I’ve almost, but not completely, retired from my work, I’m treating myself to tea at Tim Horton’s a couple of times a week.

One line in Il Divo’s song “Mama” always chokes me with emotion. I think of my mother’s sacrifice and every mother’s sacrifice. When a baby is born, a mother’s life is on hold. Everything else takes second place.

An old-fashioned tradition was celebrated at Sacred Heart School/École Sacré Coeur on Sept. 15, with students of all grades participating in the school’s corn shucking event.

The Estevan Humane Society’s animal shelter continues to be inundated with a plethora of challenges, but they are also celebrating a couple of good news stories this week.

He doesn’t know what compelled him to make the move, other than the fact that he felt it was just a little bit disgusting that a few dozen of Estevan’s pioneers, some of them just babies, were buried in a site that had been long neglected and forgott

It has already become more than a monument. It has become a catalyst for a community with stories to tell.

As I sit at my desk penning these words, I can’t help but think of another morning fifteen years ago today when I was doing the same thing, sitting at my desk, working on a writing assignment. Suddenly I heard my husband call me to the living room.

The St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation’s fourth annual Festival of Trees, from Nov. 18 to 20 at Affinity Place, will feature activities that will appeal to people of all ages.