Opinion

Each year we celebrate Saskatchewan Mining Week. It’s an opportunity to reflect on the impact the mining industry has on this province and our economy. Normally there would be events and luncheons in different communities that celebrate the industry.

Over the past few months, we have stepped through the prayer of Matthew Six that Jesus gave to us as a way to pray.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has been taking harsh criticisms since they announced they would be closing rural emergency rooms in preparation of a COVID-19 surge.

Four-day work weeks – a notion brought forward by New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern – she suggested the idea in a Facebook live video in late May.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has been taking harsh criticism since they announced they would be closing rural emergency rooms in preparation of a COVID-19 surge.

The editor: The past six to eight weeks I’ve sent numerous letters asking specific questions from our premier, minister of health, ministry of health and my MLA. My letters were rebuffed or deflected to the www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.

The editor: This whole COVID-19 pandemic is really bringing to light the nursing home situation in Canada.

Cheers: Cheers to the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division for organizing the great parade through the streets of Estevan last week. It was great to see how it went throughout the community, rather than just a neighbourhood.

While I know it does not really go with my motorcycle riding, stock car loving persona, one of my favourite things about spring is the smell of fruit trees. As we walk around the neighbourhood, the air is scented with apple, cherry and plum.

A critical conversation that needs to come out of the COVID-19 outbreak is the need for quality palliative care.