Opinion

As Christmas draws near my thoughts wander to Christmas's past and those people who made the day so very special. The years pass quickly and many of those people are gone now, though they are still with us in our memories and hearts.

The Editor: Like Albert Kienle of Regina and Dave Piper of Midale (Leader-Post Dec. 1), I am totally opposed to modernizing our liquor regulations. Making booze more available can benefit only those who sell it.

How's this for a learning adventure? A recent report in a national publication provided information about an interesting project developed by a teacher of 10 and 11-year-old students.

There's an old adage which says to speed up, sometimes you need to slow down. That seems to be the motto of Estevan city council right now.

If you thought the office party was a time to relax, then you're wrong. It's a time to be vigilant, paranoid and in bed respectably by 10:30. It's the holiday season, so everybody is in the midst of coping with the office Christmas party.

There's a new social media on the block and I don't like it. Well, I shouldn't say new, since it's been around for long enough that Facebook has bought it. But it's new to me and so, so foreign.

Dear Sun Country Health District, First, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Norbert Kovalovszky and I immigrated to Canada from Hungary when I was a young man in my twenties.

Clear, effective and error-free writing is what I strive for. The more people who mention that they've read an article of mine, the more important this goal becomes for me. Though a worthwhile goal, it's not always achievable.

Any regular reader will know I have a soft spot for draft horses.

I drive a paper delivery route once a week on four different highways and come to a conclusion that Alberta has its highway of death, Ontario has its highway of heroes and Saskatchewan has its highway of idiots #13 between Stoughton and Carlyle has a