Opinion

The editor: In the last few weeks, residents of Estevan – and people across the country – have dealt with the passing of someone who was one of the best citizens our city had to call our own.

As I was writing this, the Taiwanese Ever Given, a 200,000-tonne cargo ship that spans 400 metres, roughly the length of four football fields, was finally being first partially refloated and then freed.

A few months after I moved here, I was assigned to cover the Estevan Farmer’s Day event, with the highlight being the Farmer of the Year Award presentation.

The editor: Having had an opportunity to read Mayor Roy Ludwig’s remarks, the Pierson family would like to take this opportunity to respond and correct any misinformation presented.

Now how’s this for a thought-provoking introduction to this week’s article? “An antithesis is a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with,

Another month is nearly gone and we are enjoying signs of spring. The snow is nearly gone with tinges of green to the lawns with greying of trees in the distance.

I was listening to a speaker known for peppering her presentations with generous doses of humor. But she wasn’t laughing as she shared the experience of a painful breakup – not with a romantic partner – but with her best friend.

The Alida community extends sincere sympathy to all the Hubbard families on the death of Florence Hubbard at the Redvers Health Centre on March 14 at the age of 96 years.

Welcome to Wawota, Brayden Stewart! Brayden is the newest member of the staff at Parkland School. He hails from Maryfield and is residing with Devin Stewart. Brett and Kim Westphal from Wrentham, Alta.

Cheers: Cheers to the number of people who were once again out and enjoying the beautiful weather on the weekend. It’s great to see people out going for a jog, taking their dog for a walk or spending time with their children at a park.