Opinion

With the May long weekend soon upon us, the season will begin for camping, outdoor sports events, travelling and generally enjoying the outdoors, along with taking short or long vacations as people hit the road.

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal government’s forced carbon tax on Saskatchewan and other provinces is constitutional, which means that we’re stuck with this ineffectual measure to fight climate change. For now.

I watched an interesting video the other day on Facebook. It was one of Canada’s new maritime helicopters, a Lockheed Martin (formerly Sikorsky) CH-148 Cyclone.

The provincial government of Saskatchewan lost their challenge of the federal carbon tax in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals — but this was only the first round, as according to Premier Scott Moe, the Supreme Court of Canada is the next stop.

You come home, pour yourself a drink, beat your partner and kids, make supper, watch TV… Right? Wrong! Domestic violence has been one of humanity’s diseases through its history.

The current term for Estevan city council has been a roller coaster ride at times.

A common theme over the last decade from the Saskatchewan government has been the adoption of Alberta regulations, or something that is a very close approximation, in the oil and gas industry.

One of the things I recall from years past is an advertising ditty that went like this: “A [something] a day keeps the doctor away.

Sometimes it takes a while for an attraction to gain some momentum and become a place to be. That wasn’t the case with the Estevan Motor Speedway. It was a hit, even before that first race program was held on Canada Day in 2000.

Cheers to the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins for the entertaining sportsman’s dinner last week. The speakers provided a lot of laughs this year.