Opinion

The Reeve and Council of the Rural Municipality of Moose Creek (RM) need to take action to be more democratic and to more appropriately spend the taxes paid by RM ratepayers.

When I got to the ER, there were probably 20 or more people hanging around, waiting. It was just after six in the evening on New Year's Day. People are always hanging around the ER, but holidays are especially busy.

Jennifer's Journal

Pay raises for the over-privileged

On a recent television program there was a report on inter-generational transfer of farmland. It is an issue which has gotten some attention in the media, but perhaps less than it deserves, depending on what future someone has for the farm sector.

Dear Editor; I would like to make some comments on the new municipal water well (SW 17-5-3-W2) that the RM of Moose Creek constructed this last year.

I'm convinced the devil disguised himself as a four-year-old child. The devil wears a grey power ranger t-shirt with old ratty, worn heather grey sweat pants. The devil appears to come from a family with limited wealth. The devil is a chatterbox.

I am concerned that the proposal to pave Provincial Highway #361 from number 9 to the R.M. of Browning is not a good use of the R.M of Moose Creek's $1.9 million in ratepayer's money or in-kind contributions for the following reasons: 1.

A couple questions from municipal leaders from across the country hit me as especially pertinent to the problems facing rural Saskatchewan communities today.

With yet another fresh blanket of white stuff to wallow in, Estevanites will be excused if they decide to throw down their shovels in a sign of protest against Mother Nature and her cruel cadre of snow bunnies.