Opinion

If there is one thing off the farm itself that agriculture needs moving forward on, it is a better understanding of what the industry is by the non-farming public.

Local businesses and citizens have generally been behind Estevan's bid for the 2016 Saskatchewan Games from the start, and now they're being asked to make their support as visible as possible.

Sasha Friess was drawn to yoga as a physical replacement for dance, and since, it has shaped her life in unimaginable ways. For Friess, it took dropping out of university to really find the direction she wanted in terms of a professional life.

Estevan has been a city since 1957, but I continually hear local citizens and community leaders refer to it as a town. There is no real harm in that, in fact, it's probably a good thing we still think of our city as a smaller centre.

It would be a neat package to present to local ratepayers if the City of Estevan could bring a simple, yet comprehensive financial statement and debt repayment schedule to the table for a public airing by early next year. Information from the Oct.

If there is one thing the world has far too many of, it's days being proclaimed to mark everything from Veteran's Day to International Broccoli Day. Some, such as Veteran's Day are obviously worthwhile endeavours.

Sometimes I'm way too old for my own good. That's just the case when it comes to Halloween. There isn't much for me to get excited about when Oct. 31 rolls around each year.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders (11-5) visit the Calgary Stampeders (13-3) this Saturday in a massive CFL West Division collision.

Tanya's Tales

This past weekend as I was coaching at a home tournament for the volleyball team I coach in Arcola, I was asked, "How did you get roped into this?" I think the question came because I'm not a teacher, I don't have to help with extracurricular activit