Opinion

I was thinking about how instant our world is these days. Everything seems to happen so quickly. And then I started thinking about relationships, and how they are just as rapid as a trip to the McDonald's drive-through.

If you're a major league baseball player with a need for career rejuvenation, Toronto Blue Jays may be the team to join.

Canada is either getting more peaceful or other countries are becoming less so. The former would be ideal. Canada jumped three spots to rank as the fourth most peaceful country on the planet, according to the 2012 Global Peace Index.

If you're a Major League Baseball player with a need for career rejuvenation, the Toronto Blue Jays may be the team to join.

"I don't like you, I only like my Mom." Safe to say I was a bit of a difficult two year old? I said this line to almost everyone, including my Dad. There were only a handful of people that I did like and would go to.

Many of you may have noticed by now, I am pretty well covered in tattoos. I have a full arm done, as well as five other spaced out artistic pieces. As a female with tattoos, I have become used to the dirty looks they often get.

There's never a dull moment around here. Ever. As the calendar flipped to the second week of the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 2012 training camp, one career ended while another one was extended. Which do you want first? Let's start with the retirement.

The Editor: MP Ed Komarnicki likes to say that the Conservative Party supports our troops. The facts say otherwise.

The Editor: It is surprising that the Estevan Mercury would print such a scathing account of allegations of neglect at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home without further investigation. It can only demoralize the hard working, dedicated staff.

For the past two weeks we've managed to pretty well stick to one topic per column, dear diary. So, you know what that means? Yep, you get a multi-topic column that might provoke a little thought.