Opinion

Every second counts during a fire. Seconds can mean the difference between residents of our community escaping safely from a fire or having their lives end in tragedy.

Are we about to embark on the Magical Mystery Tour? As a Beatles song, it kinda sucked. But for the oilpatch, crossing the threshold of US$50 for a barrel of West Texas Intermediate oil, and staying there, is an important threshold.

The oil industry in Western Canada was rocked by the recent decision by TransCanada to cancel their application to build the Energy East pipeline from Alberta east to New Brunswick.

Recently more and more NFL players are following Colin Kaepernick’s example of kneeling during the American national anthem. This peaceful protest was done to bring attention to the high number of unarmed people of colour being killed by police.

Corey Atkinson

The small business tax changes being proposed by the federal government have been hailed as the largest tax changes in Canada in 45 years. They might be the most poorly explained and executed tax changes in this country’s history.

Brian Zinchuk

The New Estevan Regional Nursing Home Committee has written a letter to the Honourable Jim Reiter, minister of health, urging him to immediately begin the process of replacing the present Estevan Regional Nursing Home.

Recently we said our earthly goodbye to my husband’s grandfather. Thankfully we were able to be there, along with the entire family, when he passed, holding on to him and speaking words of love and encouragement.

My wife, Sara, took up painting this past summer. In the process, she noted that to paint something accurately you must see it differently.