Opinion

This letter is in response to Mr. Martin Tourand's letter published in the Carlyle Observer on Friday December 13 related to the proposal that suggested that Carlyle needs a new town hall.

The Estevan Bruins had a hard enough task in front of them last week, with two games against Yorkton and one against Melville. Then, after losing to the Bruins on Dec.

It's not the presents, it's the presence. It's about the people not the gifts. I know we'll have a hard time convincing the youngsters, but I am a firm believer.

It was a bit of a downer this week to learn that local support for such things as the Salvation Army Kettle and mail out campaigns and the Angel Tree campaign were lagging in comparison with last year.

It was only a couple of weeks ago I noted in this space how Canadian agriculture should not get too focused on canola and wheat since there are trends moving forward that should make other aspects of the industry more attractive.

If anybody was wondering how 150 years of Canada could be summarized into one clear and powerful image, they must have been sorely disappointed by the sesquicentennial options offered up last week.

Tanya's Tales

The National Hockey League seems to think excess will lead to continued success. If sitting down to eat one 12-oz.

As some of you know after my family sold their farm my dad became a tow truck driver. Though summer can be busy, winter is an especially hectic time for tow truck drivers. This, however, isn't where my rant is about to go.

Oh how the world has changed. In the 2013 Corruption PerceptionsIndex that was released recently 177 counties were graded on their level of corruption.