Opinion

As businesses across our province slowly begin to reopen their doors, our long road to recovery is underway throughout the province. However, our recovery is no doubt a complex one, that has little margin for error.

Many years ago, a friend won a bursary when we graduated from high school. Recently she came across the newspaper that contained the bursary announcements. With a bit of nostalgia, she shared the newspaper page on Facebook.

Kalpana - Looks like the schools are opening in June. The news came totally out of the blue, since we were all assuming they would wait until September, but there it is.

Remembering Ruth When I read that Ruth Edwards had passed away, I was sad but happy to have known her. Ruth played floor curling at the seniors’ club. Like me, she played lead but for a different reason.

Re: Evan Saugstad: Economics 101 coming soon to a mill near you', Opinion, May 11, 2020 & 'Evan Saugstad: Caribou politics, plain and simple', Opinion, May 15, 2020 I usually have a lot of time for reading Evan’s columns but his two opinion pieces on

Re: 'Evan Saugstad: Economics 101 coming soon to a mill near you', Opinion, May 11, 2020 & 'Evan Saugstad: Caribou politics, plain and simple', Opinion, May 15, 2020 I spoke up on Caribou Recovery many times during the closing months of my final term

Is it my imagination or has the cultivation of houseplants become a thing? Personally, I have not owned a houseplant of any variation in years.

This was a special week in the Brain household. My little girl is now a teenager! Time sure does fly. It wasn’t that long ago I could cradle her in the crook of one arm. It makes me think how quickly time is passing.

If you’re from the North you have seen first-hand the scale and importance of our natural resource sector. This part of the province is built on forestry, mining, oil & gas, agriculture, and tourism, and we are very proud of that.

I know caribou isn’t a topic that’s been top of mind for a while with COVID-19, but it is still very much a huge issue with proposed closures and very little consultation.