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Choose your hard

Choose your hard

At Encompass Fitness, we often encourage our members to “choose their hard.” When it comes to summer, staying fit and active can be a challenge, but so can taking a break for the summer. Especially when fall rolls around.
Letter: When you know better, do better

Letter: When you know better, do better

The editor: I am writing this letter in response to the letter by Colleen Reed titled Crying for the Children in the June 23 Mercury. I was appalled after reading this.
It was hot, but not that hot out

It was hot, but not that hot out

During a summer vacation when I was a child in the 1980s, I remember travelling through the Fraser Canyon in south central B.C., when I heard: “Welcome to Lytton. The hottest community in Canada today.
Pandemic lessons can help us in the future

Pandemic lessons can help us in the future

Weyburn Review editorial
Let freedom ring out once more!

Let freedom ring out once more!

My Nikkel’s Worth column
A big, bright, impressive legacy

A big, bright, impressive legacy

The Estevan Bruins have determined their legacy project for the 2022 Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship, presented by Tim Hortons, and if it goes ahead, it would be quite a legacy.
How much Estevan has changed

How much Estevan has changed

The first time I came to Estevan was in 2013, and wow has this place changed since then. One may say, “Yeah, look at all the empty houses.” But that's not where I'm going.
Learning to avoid anxiety

Learning to avoid anxiety

One of the most exciting times in my life was when I started taking driver’s education classes. I loved being in the driver’s seat. One of the most uncomfortable times in my life was when my girls started taking driver’s education classes.
Too good to pass up

Too good to pass up

It just looked and smelled so good. Pink, billowy, fluffy cotton candy. As it was being freshly spun in the huge tub, I couldn't stop my mouth from watering. I tried to talk myself out of buying it because I find it difficult to eat.
We need to be there for Indigenous communities

We need to be there for Indigenous communities

When the remains of 215 children were found in unmarked graves at a former Indian residential school site last month in Kamloops, B.C.
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