Opinion

If you came across a lost wallet, what would you do? Leave it, keep it, check for identification, see if it held any money, find somewhere to turn it in? Apparently, it depends on where you live, if the results of a social experiment are correct.

On April 21 three past employees, Wendy Nelson, Shelly Cowan and Marcia Gervais, took their boss Gail McLachlin out for a retirement supper at the Olive Branch restaurant in Carnduff.

Cheers: Cheers to Shelly Veroba and the Creighton lodge team for identifying, reacting to and containing the COVID outbreak at the lodge earlier this month.

The 2021-22 federal budget that was handed down last week was, as expected, loaded with spending related to the COVID-19 pandemic. And so it’s going to carry a large financial burden that will affect this country’s finances for years to come.

My latest pandemic-inspired rant about people having too much time on their hands comes from a recent advertising campaign that appeared in Estevan.

Last Wednesday, supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny gathered in the downtowns of major Russian cities.

There are surely more things Premier Scott Moe and his government need to do in this COVID-19 fight. But what the government has done with its vaccine supply has worked. The problem is that vaccines are not the exclusive solution.

“Please keep shopping and travelling to essential needs only.” As if we haven’t heard those words.

Happy belated birthday greetings to Jim Driver of Vernon, B.C. He celebrated his 90th birthday on April 1. Jim and Mary were former residents of Wawota.

A network news program features a weekly segment called Notable Deaths. As somber music plays in the background, a picture of the "notable" person is displayed as their death is marked.