Opinion

How do you like paying for the same thing three times? Because that’s what we’re doing, if this Trans Mountain Expansion Project ever goes ahead. Now, to be clear, it’s not all of it – just a small portion. But we are most certainly paying for it.

Where have the last three years gone? Justin Trudeau has been prime minister since October 2015, and we’re now just over a year away from the next federal election. We’d like to say the son of Pierre Trudeau has been a success as prime minister.

How do you like paying for the same thing three times? Because that’s what we’re doing, if this Trans Mountain Expansion Project ever goes ahead. Now, to be clear, it’s not all of it – just a small portion. But we are most certainly paying for it.

By Laura Kish Kipling School's Senior Girls Volleyball team and Kipling School hosted an exciting weekend of volleyball competition with 12 teams from areas of Saskatchewan including Carlyle, Imperial, Whitewood, Grenfell, Wawota, Carnduff, Indian He

I was covering an event last week at a school in Estevan, and saw something that bothered me deeply. An assembly was being held at the school, and as I waited to get my photos, I noticed a boy who seemed to be very troubled.

Sometimes you have to wonder if our cultural organizations and facilities are the best-kept secret in southeast Saskatchewan.

The winds of change are blowing in the world of politics, and it is showing that the next federal election will be an interesting one, and certainly not just “boring politics” as we often see.

There it was, floating, as it were, on the booth’s table. Well away from sticky fingers, in all of its 7 1/2 foot long glory, was the USS Flagg, the G.I. Joe aircraft carrier.

Sometimes our friends get into a predicament and need our help, even if they don’t typically accept it. We think that maybe this will be the time that they’re finally going to take the advice they’ve solicited from us and we give it another go.

It’s no secret that the current building for the Estevan Police Service has become too cramped for its present needs. Those who have taken a tour of the present facility will see the challenges the EPS faces when it comes to its present home.