Opinion

Brad Wall’s announcement that he will soon retire as premier came as a shock to many, but the timing certainly made sense. If Wall was going to leave politics, the best time would have been between June and October of this year.

Brian Zinchuk

On July 19, The Financial Post’s Claudia Cattaneo wrote a piece entitled “Saskatchewan advantage means oil activity surges while Alberta lags.” Maybe we missed something while on summer holidays.

Whether you like ‘em baked, broiled, roasted, mild or spicy, sausages have been a dietary staple in some form and seemingly in every part of the world for generations.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize Saskatchewan has gone through a lot of changes in the last 12 years. There are more people here than ever before. There has been a shift in where people are from and the languages they speak.

We’ve all heard of the mid-life crisis – that sense of panic that sets in when people are of a certain age, usually around 40, and begin to realize there is so much they want to accomplish, but haven’t been able to do so.

Cheers: Cheers to the city workers that are in charge of the flowers on the boulevards. With the hot weather they have done a good job at keeping the city looking nice.

Hey, Saskatchewan! We’re number one in Canada … for obesity rates. It’s another inglorious statistic for Saskatchewan which also heads the country in impaired driving and HIV rates.

The Weyburn Police Service wanted to try something different to address the chronic issue of impaired driving, and came up with an idea that has caught the interest of many in the community, and from a wide area outside of Weyburn as well.

Although many western countries complain about a variety of things, people always put things into perspective by stating they are First World problems and that, “there’s children starving [insert country here].