Opinion

You’ve heard of urban legends, right? Like the lady who had a spider bite that turned into a nest of eggs that hatched under her skin, or the tale of the kid that died from drinking cola after swallowing Pop Rocks.

The federal government is leaving Saskatchewan with nowhere to turn when it comes to baseload power generation. First coal, now natural gas, are on the outs, just as we are turning to natural gas as the solution to coal.

The editor: The city fathers seem to forget the city is in debt to the tune of $28 million, depending on who you talk to, as they keep spending our money on ridiculous projects that are not really required with a debt of this size.

Since moving to this almost idyllic place along the shores of the Pacific Ocean, there’s always been a nagging thought in the back of my mind: how would we get out of here in an emergency? Tough times of every type are usually associated with flights

There are not many sure things in this world. Invest your money and you could gain or lose. Your favourite sports team may win or not. Local weather says it is going to be sunny this weekend? Better bring an umbrella just in case.

The last couple of weeks of June were not kind to Estevan when it came to crime. There was a stabbing in the southwest end of the city. But there were also impaired driver arrests, a rash of vandalism incidents, drug busts and other incidents.

Cheers: Cheers to all of the communities and organizations in the southeast that had activities for Canada Day. The toughest part was trying to choose which events to go to.

Saskatchewan residents were in an uproar on Canada Day. No, it wasn’t because severe storms swept through the province on our nation’s 152nd birthday, wreaking havoc with some Canada Day festivities.

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Estevan just wished a summer farewell to its students. Kids were excited (or not that excited) to check their report cards and happy to be off from school for the whole two months.