Opinion

A lethal combination of disease, extreme climate events and economic crises is threatening the smallest and most vulnerable nations of the world. To tackle it, we must overhaul how we understand and address economic vulnerability.

After the hailstorms pummelled Assiniboian streets in late June, the adjusters arrived in town to assess the damages. Amongst the adjusters representing SGI were American employees originating from the Catastrophe Response Unit, or CRU.

The Psalms are a collection of songs and poems for worship and prayer. They cover the gamut of human emotional responses, struggles and pains. In the early hundreds, many of the Psalms begin with “Praise the Lord O my soul”.

The virus is not going away. Though there is some promising news regarding an experimental vaccine, the world community is many months away from being able to vaccinate effectively and on a wide scale.

What do you think when someone says they have a secret? Do you assume it’s good or bad information? It can go either way. There are some nice secrets, like surprise parties or Christmas presents.

As the provincial health officer for British Columbia, Dr. Bonnie Henry is highly respected and appreciated for the way she has handled information about the spread of coronavirus and for how she has provided information for us residents.

Health Critic Vicki Mowat joined Marea Olafson, a teacher living near Wynyard who has become an advocate for her grandmother, to raise concerns about how understaffing in long-term care has put their residents at an elevated risk during a pandemic.

In 2018, five seed industry groups collaborating under the name Seed Synergy published a White Paper, setting out their vision to increase seed companies’ revenues and cut their own costs at the expense of farmers, public plant breeders and consumers

Saskatchewan’s dry land farmers have proven many people wrong. The first was John Palliser, who made an 1857-1859 expedition through here to help the British secure the territory from the Americans.

I'm usually quite reluctant to recommend books or movies to anyone because it's a highly subjective thing.