Opinion

I love where we are. I love what we sprung from. With the exception of a few bitterly cold winter days, where else would you want to live other than Canada? Happy 149 Canada.

I’ve been a published writer, author and speaker since 1992, a privilege I’ve treasured.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought the field” (Matthew 13:44).

The NHL held its annual Entry Draft in Buffalo, N.Y. over the weekend. The Toronto Maple Leafs had the No. 1 overall pick and they selected centre Auston Matthews from the U.S.

Last week, when driving down the road next to Estevan Comprehensive School and Spruce Ridge School, I noticed in Torgeson Park there was a newly set up, permanent, disc golf (or Frisbee golf) course.

Proclamations are typically a mundane part of Estevan city council meetings. They’re routine and predictable. They typically happen at the same time of the year, just like clockwork.

The tension is mounting between Canada Post and the union representing Canadian postal workers, as contract negotiations fail.

Cheers: Cheers to the staff of the Estevan Humane Society, who had to hike in from Fourth Avenue South to the animal shelter to keep animals fed and dry during the storms last week. Cheers to the organizers of the first Pride Week in Estevan.

An idea whose time has come By Lynne Bell The province of Saskatchewan is introducing a new law that will give families of persons killed by an impaired driver the chance to sue.

When you think of a utopian society “an ideal perfect state or place,” while a more accurate definition would be “impractically idealistic,” what comes to mind? When you think of the perfect world, what is that to you? And I don’t just mean what imme