Opinion

Farmers are busy heading back into the fields and the children are busy back at school. I don't know about your place but it’s a whirlwind around here.

Three times on the same day, in conversations with three different people in three different towns, this phrase came up: “This downturn is like the 80s.” And that, my friends, is really not a good thing.

So where are the educational programmers heading these days? All the summer sweethearts are heading back to the classrooms and that got me thinking, which is a dangerous thing with this brain I’m stuck with.

The Editor: The NDP’s acclaimed candidate for Souris-Moose Mountain is quite misleading in her commentary about the ambitions of the NDP in forming government. She talks about their plan to build a strong, balanced 21st century Canadian economy.

Maybe it was because they were on neutral ground and other factors came into play, but if Saskatchewan can serve as a melting pot and Brad Wall can act as an arbitrator between U.S. Democrats and Republicans, we say ‘go get ‘em.

In mid-August, if your truck ran on gasoline instead of diesel, you were in for a shock. Gasoline prices at the pump in Saskatchewan spiked 16 cents in a day.

Dear Editor, Lest anyone think that provincial prosperity is pure luck of the draw based upon the global price for commodities, Alberta’s recent tax hikes should be a sobering reminder that bad policy can cripple an economy faster than any downturn.

The other day we decided to host a volleyball camp, a first for us, for youth in grades four to six. With a lot of sports, kids get to start playing them right away, but for some reason volleyball isn’t started until grade six or seven, usually.

Forever is a long time… By Kelly Running Bring on the change. In Canada politicians, namely our prime ministers, can basically be in power forever, well, in a sense. In Canada the prime minister does not have a fixed term that they serve for.

As I write this column, I am on a short summer holiday. Working while on vacation? It isn't quite what it appears. Don't feel too bad for me. In fact, this is the only break the six kids and new puppy have given me all week.