Opinion

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Local officials were given a heads up a week ago from Health Minister Dustin Duncan that any reference to a CT scanner for St. Joseph's Hospital in Estevan may not be mentioned in next month's provincial budget.

The Estevan Bruins will have to beat some good teams if they are to avoid the survivor series this year. It's become a tradition for the Black and Gold. They've played in the SJHL's survivor series in five of the last six seasons.

Voters in the next federal election in Canada should find the process easier, and illegal robocalls should now be a thing of the past, with the creation of a new Commissioner of elections to investigate violations of Canada's election laws.

It's an Olympic year, but things don't feel the way the Games are supposed to make us feel. The Olympics of today are not the Olympics of years past, and that's something we have come to a begrudging acceptance of.

On Monday, Jan. 27, I offered to judge a club 4-H Public Speaking in the area. The club was having a difficult time finding someone who was free that evening and though I have limited experience, I decided I had enough to help at least a little bit.

There is an issue facing farmers that isn't getting as much attention as one might expect.

You can download a countdown clock to track any event you can imagine. Some use them to plan a wedding, some to await the arrival of a baby, somewell mein anticipation of the start of the Olympics.

There is an issue facing farmers that isn't getting as much attention as one might expect.

Milos Raonic has been Canada's Mr. Tennis for a couple of years now, but we now have a female equivalent - Eugenie Bouchard.