Opinion

A little more than a month ago, the news team at Estevan Mercury Publications received a few phone calls from local residents, who wanted us to know that a seven-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever somehow managed to survive despite being trapped a

Managing Minimum Wage By Lynne Bell Recently, Saskatchewan's minimum wage increased from $10.50 an hour to $10.72 an hour. In this province, minimum wage adjustments occur annually.

Well… Donald Trump has officially been named the President of the United States. I must say I was quite surprised by the decision, but at the same time I tried to put myself into the minds of Americans.

My Nikkel’s worth

To the Editor: We can only progress by engaging. There are many things I have loved about growing up in Weyburn, but there have always been voices which were the loudest, the most outspoken, and who made my own political views unwelcomed.

Perhaps we can safely assume that Donald Trump is no longer convinced that the U.S. presidential election was rigged in favour of the Democrats? It is now the president-elect’s job to put together a White House staff and executive council.

The Editor: In 2012, Crown Corporations, Sask. Tel., SaskPower, SaskEnergy, SGI, Sask. Gaming and ISC earned $524.9 million in profits and returned $325.5 million in dividends to government coffers.

Last week, we spent some time discussing the future of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Now, dear diary, let’s talk about the future for the rest of us, and, no, I am not going to belabour the results of the American presidential election.

The U.S. election has drawn to a close. Like most people, I wasn’t expecting this outcome.

The stated purpose of the Community Mediation Calgary Society is to be “A place to learn how to settle disputes,” and they have a lot of work to do.