Opinion

I’ve seen a lot of TV clips of late, showing Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet basically trash talking the West, and Alberta in particular.

The next concert to happen at Affinity Place is a little more than a week away, but that couldn’t stop the announcement on a major show next year.

Lately, I’ve been cleaning out my office. After combing through a quarter-century of published articles and studies, I was ready to toss it all out and forget about saving what I’d deemed essential. So glad I didn’t and here’s why.

Cheers to the Royal Canadian Legion’s Estevan branch for organizing the Remembrance Day service for Estevan, and to all the schools and organizations that held Remembrance Day ceremonies in the southeast.

Weyburn This Week editorial

When I was in high school, the person I wanted to emulate the most was Don Cherry. I loved his outspoken and bombastic rants, his controversial comments and his ability to say just about anything he wanted.

My Nikkel's Worth column

When the issue of Canada’s national unity has come up in the past, it was always a problem with Quebec and their insistence on wanting to separate from the rest of Canada.

As I grow older, I am finding there are some things whose life expectancy terminates, like clockwork. Hot water heaters? Replace them in seven years, period.

While there is much that is positive about social media in terms of staying connected with friends, or being in touch with like-minded people in terms of hobbies and interests, it is far from an ideal medium for news about happenings in our world.