Opinion

Maxime Bernier’s decision to leave the Conservative Party caucus was inevitable, and it’s not a coincidence that he decided to bail on the party during the party’s annual convention last month.

I do not like funerals. However, as I stood out at the city cemetery this past week, I was reminded that I love what happens around funerals. In short, people slow down and show up.

This week I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about butts. Cigarette butts, that is.

I turn 23 in two weeks, and I’m so excited to finally see what all those Blink 182 songs have always been about. Nobody loves you when you’re 23, or at least that’s what Blink 182 told me growing up.

The provincial government has released new industry standards as part of its Prairie Resilience Climate Change Strategy.

Cheers to the nice woman on George Street who gave her paper carrier a cool treat on a very warm day last week. Cheers to the improvements that have been made to the access road for the Boundary Dam beach site and campground.

An interesting thing popped up on my Facebook feed on Aug. 21. A bunch of Avro Arrow enthusiasts had successfully retrieved a scale model of that fabled plane from the bottom of Lake Ontario.

One of the more interesting issues that came up during the civic election two years ago focused on economic development in Estevan.

While I’ve been on a music trend the past few weeks, I’ve learned to listen and over-listen to the lyrics and perhaps read too much into them.

The editor: Before anyone counts out federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, let me remind them of several factors. Mr. Scheer became the youngest speaker of the federal House of Commons in Canadian history. He, like Mr.