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Ed, my neighbour next door, had a kind word for me the other day. I almost fainted, but I suspect it was a slip of his tongue and won't happen again. I mentioned to Ed I had been grouchy at work with a friend and a couple of other people.

There is something wrong when somone's first instinct, upon witnessing someone getting injured in front of them, is to take a photo and post it on a social media website.

As summer draws to a close, and the five teachers/administrators in our family (three children, and two daughters-in-law) and grandchildren, head back to school, I reflect on my school days, and my career, in the public school system and how things h

As components of the Credit Union Complex open and move rapidly toward completion, history is being made in the Battlefords.

After just a few months shy of 30 years as a holder of a major credit card and, in their words, "an absolutely perfect record," both Hubbie and I had our cards declined this week.

While doing my husbandly duties this evening I looked into the dishwasher and, much to my chagrin, I found yet another victim. Like a wilted flower, or a wheat field crushed by a mid-summer's hailstorm, there it was, lying there; desolate.

Dear Editor My mother-in-law was admitted to Battlefords Union Hospital in distress with a Crohn's attack. As might be the case many other nights, her own doctor, who has had her as a patient for over 40 years, was not the doctor on call.

Dear Editor I too hate the state of the downtown core. I am depressed by the multitude of for sale signs, the homelessness and the disrepair. But I tire of the discussion about who is to blame.

It has begun to strike my heart that life is fragile, that this daily routine of striving to make a living and being with family can be gone, oh so quickly. A year ago, my family relocated to a new city.

"I am having trouble keeping my eyes open lately," was not the comment to make to Ed, my neighbour next door. It resulted in Ed announcing that as a retiree I am worn out from sitting around and napping every day.