Opinion

I was very disappointed when The Observer did not cover the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards in Regina May 3, even though there were three nominated from our area.

Languages, there are so many of them around the world. Even within a single language there are a great many variations. It's not even simply the accents of the people that are different, but the different word uses they have can be misleading.

The renovations continue. This winter we asked first-year Roughrider head coach Corey Chamblin if his football team - if compared to a recently-purchased house - was simply a fixer-upper or if it needed massive renovations.

There are many ways Canadians can identify themselves. We have an incredible history as an industrious but slow moving people, hiding beneath the shade of our southern neighbours like the maples beneath the oaks in that Rush song.

It's been quite a drought for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but with a couple of former all-stars from the west suiting up in the black and yellow uniforms of Steeltown, the Grey Cup could make a return to that city in 2012.

As spring officially passes into summer, the saga of the Canadian Wheat Board drags on becoming the Prairie version of The Never Ending Story .

He said The world is facing the loss of about half its languages in the next 100 years or so. That's about 3,500 distinct languages that will be gone forever in this coming generation's lifetime.

Marna's Musings

It's been quite a drought for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but with a couple of former all-stars from the west suiting up in the black and yellow uniforms of Steeltown, the Grey Cup could make a return to Hamilton in 2012.

The renovations continue. This past winter, we asked first-year Roughrider head coach Corey Chamblin if his football team, if compared to a recently-purchased house, was simply a fixer-upper or if it needed massive renovations.