Â鶹´«Ã½AV

Dear Editor I'm not surprised that the propagandists of the Frasier Institute should find fault with the idea that public pension plans are more generous than most private pension plans, but I was surprised to note, in the Oct.

The cake was cut, the self-congratulatory Facebook posts went out along with the news releases. Sept. 26 was a big day for Saskatchewan, for that was the day it was announced we have reached 1.1 million people.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has noted the daily bike rides my wife, and I take around town. Last night, I was getting set for a bike ride by myself after supper. My weight is up and extra bike rides are necessary for me to slim down.

Sometimes when you rattle a cage, you end up getting something thrown at you.

The unfortunate hazing incident in Lanigan has inspired much talk and debate these past couple of weeks or so. And what it seems to boil down to is a big, fat rock and a hard place. For the parents, and the "freshies.

Another beautiful week of combining weather. Thursday had me wondering where my long johns are. That wind and air was coming off a polar ice cap somewhere. It left a heavy frost on everything in the morning.

Bullying isn't something new, it has always been around. Instead of nasty texts when I was in school, it was notes passed around in class.

A dear friend and writing colleague and I were chatting by email the other day when she mentioned having to go back and rework the spelling of a word.

Now that we are officially into the fall season on the calendar, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the change of seasons at the cinemas as well.

It's fall if you look at the calendar or if you've noticed that the days are shorter. But this fall has been gloriously, if not unusually, warm.