October 7, 2019

This week is National Newspaper Week, and someone’s probably going to ask me how the newspaper business is doing – and when they do, they may use that same tone of voice ...

October 3, 2019

The federal campaign is now past the midway point, and the environment is now the most important issue for Canadian voters, just a point ahead of the economy and jobs in a ...

September 27, 2019

In less than month, Canadians will elect a new House of Commons. The first weeks of the campaign provided several opportunities for voters to know more about the leaders,...

September 21, 2019

I’ve attended a lot of meetings with politicians at the front of the room since I moved to Estevan in late 2008, but in all that time, I have never seen a small-c ...

September 17, 2019

Some elections in Canada are all about change. In Quebec, only diehard fans and misguided academics expected the Liberal party to somehow stay in power after the 2019 ...

September 16, 2019

I would like to preface this letter to the editor with some sage Biblical advice written by St. Paul to the Church at Ephesus: “For our struggle is not against flesh and ...

September 10, 2019

While it is obviously not strictly the case, I have always tended to think of rural living when it comes to large vegetable gardens. That connection might be tied to my ...

August 22, 2019

One of the features of social media that users have grown to either love or hate is the discussion of food. Some people welcome the opportunity to learn from the experience...

August 8, 2019

In early June, a tweet by Justin Trudeau garnered more than 3,000 “likes” and almost 700 replies. In the succinct message, which linked to an online news story, the ...

August 1, 2019

Sixteen years have passed since Ontario’s Court of Appeal issued a decision that effectively legalized same-sex marriage in Canada’s most populous province. In July 2005, ...

July 30, 2019

As the federal election draws near, political platforms will inevitably focus – at least for a few days – on environmental policies. Previous electoral campaigns have ...