Opinion

We knew the day was coming. It didn’t make it any easier. The demolition crews went to work on Tuesday afternoon to tear down the Civic Auditorium. And they moved quickly. Much of the old barn was in piles of wood and metal by the end of the day.

Cheers to the man who picked up and bagged all the winter garbage that was thrown into the ditches on the north side of Estevan and along Highway 47 in the rural municipality.

To celebrate life is the catch phrase at many funerals and aptly applied in the Toronto attack, where a frustrated madman mowed down people for 16 blocks with a van. There was no prejudice.

The timing couldn’t have been any better. CAA Saskatchewan released the final results for its worst roads contest last week, and two highways in the Torquay area, Highway 18 and Highway 350, were in the top 10.

There are a lot of things to like about the game of golf, but try telling them to an easily frustrated 13-year-old who thinks he can only get better by repetition.

At 1:55 p.m. on May 8, the alert went out. It was a test of the new Alert Ready nationwide emergency alert system. At the time, I was sitting in my basement office, with my SaskTel iPhone 6s on my desk right in front of me.

The wisdom of Agur, the son of Jakeh – a truly modest beginning to a chapter filled with truth. It is believed that Agur lived in the same era as Solomon but the only thing we know about him is found in the 30th chapter of Proverbs.

Cheers to the organizers of Savour the Southeast for the great work they did with this year’s event. It was a fun night out and there was a lot to enjoy. Cheers to the public who assisted an RCMP officer in Lampman with changing a flat tire.

I can understand why it might not be the best time to admit that I’m from B.C. The province hasn’t exactly endeared itself to people in other provinces with its stance over Kinder Morgan’s Trans-Mountain Pipeline Expansion.

The Victoria Day long weekend is often regarded as the unofficial start of summer, but for people in this area, many of the attractions associated with summer are already here. The Estevan Motor Speedway opened its 2018 season last Saturday.