Opinion

To the Editor: The Ministry of Environment is issuing 100 Big Game Management licences for antlerless elk in Wildlife Management Zone (WMZ) 33 that will be valid from Feb. 4 to 25, 2019.

If there’s one person in Saskatchewan we don’t envy right now, it’s Judge Inez Cardinal, who is tasked with determining the sentence for the semi-truck driver in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

The editor: I am replying to Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Natural Resources, and his opinion that appeared in the Jan. 30 edition of the Estevan Mercury. I remind Mr.

Why do birds sing? Such a simple question but as I’ve mulled over this query, the answer doesn’t seem as obvious as I thought it would be.

What do these scenarios have in common? Two sisters live within driving distance of one another, but they never get together because every visit degenerates into an accounting of who has more and better stuff.

A growing trend in the tourism industry is culinary tourism. When people go on a holiday, many of them like to seek out the different restaurants available. They aren’t keen to go to the same restaurant night after night.

Cheers to those who were involved with the Robbie Burns Night last weekend. The food was excellent and the entertainment was great. Cheers to the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins for sweeping their home games against Melfort and Nipawin.

By Linda Wegner Why do birds sing? Such a simple question but as I’ve mulled over this query, the answer doesn’t seem as obvious as I thought it would be.

I’ve known Lori Carr and Robert Kitchen for most of the time in which I’ve lived in Estevan. In Carr’s case, I’ve dealt with her on a regular basis since 2003, when she was elected to Estevan city council for the first time.

Editor: For too long, the working people of Saskatchewan’s resource towns haven’t had a real voice in the political decisions directly effecting their lives, and livelihoods – about pipeline projects, new mines, forestry tenures.