Opinion

It’s an ongoing discussion… transgender washrooms, yay or nay? Personally, I’m not sure if designating a washroom as transgender is necessarily the correct path of action.

Fort McMurray and Foreigners: Who helps in Fort Mac? By Lynne Bell A few weeks ago, as Fort McMurray burned, Russia offered assistance to Canada, stating they would dispatch massive water bombers along with firefighting specialists.

I hear more and more about how parents coddle their children and the frustration of my generation that just can’t relate to that kind of parenting.

Principal: “You know why you’ve been called into my office? Group of young students in unison: “Yes ma’am.” “All right, then, let’s start with you Sunny Ways.

While there is no reason to applaud a 9.5 per cent increase for electrical power service in Saskatchewan over the next 18 months, the proposed hike on our SaskPower bills can’t really be termed despicable either.

Decorum is defined by the Canadian Oxford Dictionary as “behaviour required by politeness or decency” or “the accepted customs or behaviours of polite society”.

My wife, Sara, loves birds, so in the spring I get daily reports that go something like this: “The chickadees are back.” “I saw a Robin today.” “Ooh, I hear a woodpecker over there.” She gets excited when she sees hawks floating on the breeze.

Sometimes when you’re tired of doing the same old, same old, you need to not just look for something new to do, you need to create something new. At a friend’s house, we were talking about some of our favourite lawn games.

Expected, or perhaps even above expectations around the news reports and Facebook posts examining the devastation of the Fort McMurray fires, is the response coming from people across the country and beyond to the needs of evacuees.

The Calgary Roughnecks lost to the Saskatchewan Rush 16-10 in Game 1 of the best-of-three National Lacrosse League West Final. The Roughnecks had a 6-5 lead at half-time but they couldn’t hold the lead in the third quarter.