Opinion

There’s a reason for Nov. 11 to be designated as an important date on your calendar. It’s not a statutory holiday designated for shopping, travelling or a last minute opportunity to get the Christmas lights hooked up around the eavestrough.

What is an act of terror? In Canada, it is any arbitrary violence and death done to innocent people who are simply doing their jobs and minding their own business. Last week, Canada saw two separate terrorist attacks.

The movement out of the corner of my eye caught my attention. It was a fluttering flag on the driver's side window of a vehicle parked in the adjacent lot.

Many people are surprised at the positive nature of the comments and the upbeat feeling the Saskatchewan Roughriders displayed following Friday's 40-27 loss to the Stampeders in Calgary.

If there is one topic which always gets discussed whenever farmers get together, it is the weather. When I was a youngster, I can remember the gatherings in the agent offices of local rural elevators.

The Editor, The Saskatchewan Green Party is proposing some changes to the Surface Rights Act. Now is the right time to change the Act.

There are all kinds of observations I must report this week, dear diary. First observation: I am getting very tired of two overworked phrases that need to be dumped. The first being, “boots on the ground.

Canada’s Parliamentarians, along with Canadians from coast to coast, were left shaken by an armed intrusion to the centre of political power in this country, with a horrific and tragic shooting on Wednesday in Ottawa.

YOU....yes I mean you. I am pleased to meet you. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Helen Waller and I am the new reporter for the Weyburn This Week paper.

When you are in the journalism business it's an unusual day when there are not a few email in the computer inbox pertaining to the sector.