Western Producer readers have moulded the farms, villages, towns and cities throughout the West into the rich, vibrant communities we see today. We’ve enjoyed being there alongside for the past 90 years. As part of 90th anniversary celebrations, our Tell Us Your Story project invites readers to share their memories and connections. The five day […] Read more
Stories by John Hamon
Trudeau’s ghost
To the Editor: Every year in December, the work of English writer Charles Dickens surfaces, along with the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by a ghost that reminds the old miser of his questionable past. This year, the proponents of free enterprise and an open market system are also being visited by a […] Read more
Crushing blow
I was quite surprised to see the final results of the Nov. 7 Saskatchewan election, and the crushing blow that was dealt to Dwain Lingenfelter and the NDP. It immediately reminded me of a postcard a friend of mine once sent me from Kansas while he was custom harvesting in the heart of tornado country. […] Read more
No gloom here
I was quite surprised to drive out to the country on a late September Sunday afternoon, only to discover that most of the crops in this area had been harvested. I would estimate that at least 85 percent of the crops were threshed. When I asked one older farmer how this was possible when we […] Read more
Forget Socialism
To the Editor: I have a hard time understanding the thinking, reasoning and logic behind a single desk Canadian Wheat Board. If for a moment we could forget the infinite intelligence and wisdom of socialism, we might see the light at the end of the tunnel. The government of Canada is willing to negotiate with […] Read more
Changing times
Re: Avery Sahl’s letter to the editor in the July 7 issue ofThe Western Producer. In his letter Mr. Sahl states that in the 1960s, the people of China were in a state of starvation and the Canadian Wheat Board came to the rescue, with the help of John Diefenbaker and the diplomacy of his […] Read more
Election promises
It was with tongue in cheek that I recently watched Jack Layton and Michael Ignatieff fill the heads of their TV audience with election promises. It brought back good, and not so good, memories. Jack Layton and the NDP have promised a reduction in credit card interest. The NDP must have found new powers that […] Read more
Tar sands opposition
On January 27, at 8 p.m. CST, the CBC television programThe Nature of Things,hosted by David Suzuki, embarked on another two-hour rant against the Athabasca Tar Sands of Alberta. I’m amazed how the Suzukian cult is always concerned with our environmental issues in Western Canada, all the while ignoring what is happening in Ontario and […] Read more
Mail service – for Jan. 13, 2011
My grandfather was a homesteader. During the long winter nights, he wrote letters to a pen pal in Montreal. Through correspondence, they fell in love. Florinda eventually became my grandmother. On Nov. 29, 2010, I mailed a letter at the Canada Post outlet in Gravelbourg, Sask. It was addressed to the CIBC in Assiniboia, Sask. […] Read more
Poll details
I want to clarify the statements made by Roy Nelson of Regina in the Nov. 4 Open Forum. Mr. Nelson claims that in a letter I wrote in the Oct. 7 issue, I erred in the percentage of Canadians that are in favour of scrapping the long gun registry. He states that an Ipsos-Reid poll […] Read more
