Opinion

In the wake of the ethics commissioner’s report into the SNC-Lavalin affair, and the role that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau played in pressuring one of his top cabinet ministers, there was one thing that was absent from the opposition parties.

No one was very surprised when Canada’s Ethics Commissioner came out in a report to say that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did in fact cross the line ethically in the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Vancouver Island is a lovely place to live, but there’s a caveat to this island paradise. Life on Vancouver Island can be relaxed, beautiful and easygoing.

The other day I ran into our local MLA, Lori Carr, who happened to be the Highways Minister.

I saw the sign when we pulled into the farm. For sale. It was late at night when I arrived at Wilaway Farm, which is my parents’ horse farm in Langley, B.C., on Aug. 8.

Cheers: Cheers to the Estevan Wildlife Federation for putting on the youth conservation camp. The kids learned a lot, and it’s now held in a wonderful facility.

William Decimus Godson married Catherine (Kate) Stanley in England on May 8, 1902, and built the Shakespeare Hotel in Carievale a few months later. The hotel opened for business in 1903.

While there’s always something to do and something to cover in southeast Saskatchewan, the summer is typically a quieter time in this area. And that’s to be expected.

I feel lonely. Not all the time, but I feel it now more than I ever have in my life. I felt it when our girls grew up and left home. I felt it when close friends moved away.

The arts and culture programs in Weyburn have always been strong, both for the visual and the performing arts, and part of the fruits of that education and emphasis can be seen in people making their mark at the national level.