Opinion

I am amazed at the confusion on coffee row, among other places, on the status of the Civic Auditorium in spite of considerable coverage in last week’s Mercury.

The oddest thing happened the other day. Someone asked me what my fax number was. It kinda felt like they were asking where the livery stable was, or how much it would be to buy a buggy whip. Sorry, I responded. We got rid of our fax line months ago.

The blue bins for Weyburn’s curbside recycling program can make a real difference to the future of the City’s landfill facility, but it will also take a hefty increase in tipping fees to help pay for the extensive plans set out for the city at Monday

To the Editor: Concerned parents and students of Weyburn Comprehensive School (WCS), along with area taxpayers, are astounded at the recent school board decision to remove Wade Oberg as the principal of WCS.

Have your children started to ask daily “how many more days until Christmas?” No? Just mine then? Lucky me! We always do the old school chocolate countdown calendars because they’re awesome but if you want to amp it up a little here, are a few other

Cheers: Cheers to a local business for finding a person’s wallet, contacting the owner, and locking the wallet in their safe until it could be picked up. When a reward was offered, the business said to pay it forward.

It truly is better to give than to receive at Christmas. This adage doesn’t just apply to Christmas gifts exchanged through an office secret Santa draw, or to gifts wrapped under the tree on Christmas morning.

The problem with political leaders is that absolute power corrupts absolutely. However, in Canada a lot of political leaders think they have absolute power.

My Nikkel's worth

It's getting harder and harder to find reasons to listen to AM radio in 2017 but if the right set of circumstances hit, it's like finding that YouTube channel with a direct line to your own nostalgia.