Opinion

Cheers: Cheers to the cast and crew for the great show of Ranchers and Rustlers. It’s great to watch and listen to the talent. Cheers to the committee that organizes Stoughton Daze each year.

Early next week, two judges will come to Estevan through the Communities in Bloom competition and take a long hard look at our community’s appearance.

The faces behind the figures

Canadians have three months to make up their minds regarding their vote for the next federal election. The consensus seems to be that we don’t like the guy currently guiding the country, or the people he has surrounded himself with.

You know that feeling, when you look at something really beautiful and everything inside you starts vibrating as thousands of fluttering butterflies? It becomes hard to breathe, but there is nothing you can do to get out of that condition.

We’re going to need their farts to power Saskatchewan

To the Editor: A couple of weeks ago, I participated on behalf of the RM of Weyburn in the “Pie in the Face” Weyburn Credit Union fundraiser for the Wor-Kin Shop. The fundraiser was to raise enough money for a new bus to take it over the top.

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.