Opinion

I’m a bit of a scatterbrain (read: completely disorganized) this week, and have much to say about an assortment of things. As the saying goes, brevity is the soul of wit.

“Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him … Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he … saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them.

As I sit at my desk penning these words, I can’t help but think of another morning 15 years ago when I was doing the same thing, sitting at my desk, working on a writing assignment. Suddenly I heard my husband call me to the living room.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 17-10 in the Banjo Bowl. The Riders were guilty of too many penalties that, in the end, cost them the game.

I recently spoke to a large gathering about the value and the road to building community and authentic relationships.

Cheers: Cheers to the business community for donating to our local service clubs and organizations. Without your support, membership fees would be substantially higher. Local residents should support those who support the community.

The closure of the Port of Churchill, at Churchill, Manitoba was shocking, but not unexpected, nor unlikely. Canada’s sole northern port has limped along, basically, forever. Yet that does not mean it should closed for good and be abandoned.

To the Editor: Sometimes you feel like nobody cares about anyone but themselves in this world, but my eyes were opened up a couple of weeks ago. My family were traveling from Manitoba to a family reunion in Gravelbourg and on Aug.

Now that we are well on the second half of 2016, it seems that our provincial, and to a lesser extent, Canadian, business community is finally preparing to settle into the new normal.

You know you’re being churned by big business when you feel obligated to purchase a new mobile phone every 16 months. One phone-maker has put out their new 7 model.