Opinion

Sell SaskTel or Save SaskTel? By Lynne Bell The spectre of the possible sale of SaskTel first emerged back in May, when the Saskatchewan government announced that it would do a risk analysis on the Crown telecommunications company.

Submitted by Peter Kvarnstrom Does local journalism matter? You bet it does. Community newspapers employ thousands of journalists, in every corner, across our community and across our great country.

The second-most important step in the municipal election process, the Chamber of Commerce’s all-candidates forum, will be taking place on Monday, Oct. 17, at the Weyburn Legion Hall starting at 7 p.m.

To the Editor: Election time is almost here. I wonder if we could get a 75 per cent voter turn out? Or higher ? We have multiple choices in our city elections this year. Some things to think about before you mark your ballot.

Dear diary, it will be a huge disappointment for my 27 pledged supporters, but I have abandoned my campaign to be mayor of Estevan.

The Editor: Supporters of Saskatchewan’s public schools have concerns about the government’s recent “transformational change” mantra, particularly the focus such change may have on further amalgamation of Saskatchewan school divisions.

The politicians may call it what they want. It’s a fee, a levy or a tax. We see it as a tax.

Having a vested interest, both monetary and healthwise (baby boomer), increasingly people are coming to thank me for the donation by our family for Telehealth Saskatchewan, and commenting they knew nothing about it, or that it was available in Carndu

When the United Way Estevan’s board of directors decided in 1977 that they should try a telethon as a way to raise funds, there was no way they could have imagined that it would have such a resounding, long-lasting impact.

Unfortunately, Canada is becoming host to a number of people with exotic ideals when it comes to owning pets.