Opinion

To the Editor: In 1921 I was born in a little house on 14th street just two streets east of Haig School. It was the only house on the street and the street was the last street on the east end of town.

For parents, the “Back to School” season is a mixed blessing, as they’re glad for when their children can be back in the classroom, but on the other hand, they dread the long lists of school supplies they have to buy.

Throughout these past several months as a reporter covering a lot of the community events, I’m constantly hearing organizers talking about numbers being down. A bit fewer participants join the activities; a bit fewer funds being raised.

Estevan residents must be pretty satisfied with the level of protection offered by the Estevan Police Service. According to a survey carried out by the University of Regina, 88.

Researchers W.L. Quinton, M. Hayashi and L.E. Chasmer co-wrote a study examining the changes in Canada’s permafrost cover in the northwestern areas of the country in 2010.

A video dropped on YouTube on Aug. 26, and it soon started going viral. On our own Pipeline News webpage, pipelinenews.ca, it was viewed around 1,700 times in the first two hours, which, for us, is pretty impressive.

If you’re like me (and everybody else), you either have, are or will face obstacles that can seem overwhelming. This week I was so blessed to both read and hear encouraging words of Scripture pertaining to that very subject.

Burgers and other foods with Beyond Meat have become all the rage lately.

Cheers: Cheers to the organizers of the Frobisher Thresherman’s Reunion. It’s always great to see the old-fashioned farming techniques and the tractors rolling through the village.

Ever since the entertaining kitchen party-style country music concert at Affinity Place in May, we’ve been wondering when the next concert would be announced for Estevan. We now know who it is, and it looks like it should be a great one.