Opinion

As a much younger person, I recall lobbying my high school's administration to implement a "Tried Hard" scholarship or prize at the end of the academic year. I had to admit that finding worthy recipients on an annual basis might be daunting.

The Editor: I was reading the Leader-Post on April 13, 2012 about how SAHO came to the bargaining table with SGEU Cancer Agency Nurses and gave them a final offer of a 5.5 per cent increase over 39 months.

The Editor: My wife and I sat in the car outside our polling station this last provincial election and discussed how each of us would cast our vote.

Our senior governments have embraced ideas and plans to increase our skilled workforce and the importance of hiring and training skilled tradesmen and women has never been more pronounced.

Quite often, reporting on government becomes an exercise in informing the public of what's gone wrong. Today, however, it's pleasing to talk about what's gone right.

Have you ever found yourself sitting staring at your dinner ingredients and you are just not motivated to make the normal staple? Well, I hope I'm not alone because last night was one of those nights.

Here's the baseball question of the day: Who is the more obscure pitcher to throw a perfect game: Dallas Braden or Phil Humber? Discuss among yourselves.

He said The short answer would be no, but that isn't going to cut here. People seem to have such a negative view of age. The prime of your life ends around 20. That's when you start to realize little pains in the body start to hurt.

I've decided that I miss cooking. Up until the end of high school I had no real urge to cook. I would do it because it was expected of me. I lived on a family farm and I was happy to contribute in any way that I could.

Farmers are going to face an unsettled fall in terms of marketing their grain.