Opinion

When our girls were little we would set aside a weekend every few months to go through "the box.

Wait.wait. Read on. A friend of mine sent the below to me and it really brought back some personal views on how our elderly population is treated. It went like this.

The other day I was Skyping with some friends from Calgary. I have always kind of laughed at Daylight Savings Time, I mean there's still the same amount of time in a day no matter what people do. The sun rises, it's up for so long and it sets.

Teachers, students and parents continue to struggle to understand and make use of the new way of evaluating and grading of students and their class work in schools today, as education systems seem to have abandoned altogether the tried and tested met

It's no secret that housing in Estevan is an ongoing issue and has been for some time. There either isn't enough of it, or it's too expensive, with prices catering only to those with the top salaries and levels of expendable income.

It's hard not to notice the countless occasions in my 30-plus years of covering politics in this province when Saskatchewan people were a little overly sensitive about how others view them.

What compels them to do that? Is it undertow or undertones that drag them into the maw? Is it a noble calling, or an unfed need for power more power than mere money alone can provide? I'm talking politics here folks and this undeniable need that some

Well, on the bright side, they didn't lose 10-2 like two years ago. That's a joke. Although they need to do some things better, there is no reason for anyone to start sounding alarm bells over the Estevan Bruins' first two games.

It was an uncharacteristically brief phone call. Having been friends for five years and having just completed grade 7 we were typical girls who could see each other at school all day and still find things to talk about on the phone in the evening.

I tried avoiding it for the longest time, turning on the heat in my house, but I've finally given in after the house became cool enough for wool socks and two sweaters.