Opinion

It’s one of those classes that some people have wanted to see in the schools for many years.

In Will Ferguson’s sarcastically titled book, Why I Hate Canadians, he described how Sir John A. Macdonald’s government separated much of Western Canada into subdivisions during the late 1800s.

I saw, in horror, on Feb. 2 how Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said the federal government should licence the news media. The next day, I saw the enormous snap back from the media and opposition parties.

Cheers to the Estevan Police Association for bringing in the Variety Night last week. The kids had lots of fun and the entertainers were great with the families.

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) released updated estimates on the financial impacts of the federal carbon tax on Saskatchewan producers.

This time of year can be tough. It is cold and dark. Christmas is over and, for some, the credit card bills are arriving. We stay home more and socialize less. It is easy to think, “I need a break.

You have to wonder when the opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will realize how much it is needed and will abandon their efforts to stymie the project.

On Feb. 2, I saw, in horror, how Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said the federal government should license the news media. The next day, I saw the enormous snap back from the media and opposition parties.

It was just after 5 p.m. on Sunday night, and I was sitting down to watch the biggest television broadcast of the year.

Think quick! Name an industry that’s saw its fleet shrink by 37 per cent in five years, yet its primary production increased? Trucking? Faming? Beef? Potash? Uranium? Rail? Ocean-going shipping? Cucumbers? Ding ding ding! Times up.