Opinion

At lower levels of hockey, particularly in Junior A, it's important for reporters and coaches to develop a healthy working relationship. The team and the media both need each other, and the sooner both sides realize that, the better.

Editor's note: The following letter addressed to Premier Brad Wall and Minister of Highways and Infrastructure Don McMorris is being reprinted here with the permission of the writer.

It's a long standing issue that doesn't resonate loudly with the general public, but continues to fester a bit within certain administration communities as well as with some members of the media.

All kinds of fun stuff to comment on this week kids, so let's get at it. Charlie Sheen has a new television series. Yep, you heard it right. Apparently Charlie is to television sitcoms what Goldman-Sachs and Citibank are to the financial community.

He said, she said

There must be something in the water in Cole Harbour, N.S., because two of the greatest young hockey players in Canada in the last 10 years have skated on ice made from that Cole Harbour H2O -a situation that defies logic.

The immediate future for grain prices must be one that is keeping forecasters sleepless at night right now.

The times have changed from when my grandparents and even parents were young and stupid. Some things that were once acceptable are now taboo, while others that were covered up and tucked into the closet with shame are now shining in the limelight.

A few weeks ago I got a chance to play with a friend's 150-500 mm zoom lens on my camera. To most mortals, that's gobbledygook. In English, it means it's a big honkin' lens - as long as my forearm and stronger than a decent set of binoculars.

The immediate future in terms of grain prices must be one which is keeping forecasters sleepless at night right now.