If stock markets slump again today – which pre-market futures suggest they will – the equity markets will have returned to a level they have not been at since the bottom of the dotcom slump and will have broken through a key support level that has been giving non-bears hope. The Dow Jones Industrial Average […] Read more
Opinion — page 690
Welcome to the bottom of the last slump
Letters to the editor
Toilet seats; To the moon; Good beef; Eggs travel; Fuming on fuel; Chicago School; Lotto draws; Get off fence; Dance partner; Who to blame; It’s not ‘allow’; Nervous deer Toilet seats A social worker and family counsellor has responded to a woman’s letter in his column at length (WP, Jan. 15) describing an approach she […] Read more
Snow was so deep that it buried Mrs. Jones – Opinion
Sandecki writes from Terrace, B.C. This column originally appeared in the Terrace Standard. Try telling grandchildren who have been raised with indoor plumbing that one winter a prairie blizzard piled snow to the top of Mrs. Jones. Watch them search Grandpa’s face for signs he’s pulling their leg.If they decide he’s serious, younger ones will […] Read more
New U.S. ag leader has things to prove – Opinion
Guebert is an Illinois-based agricultural columnist. If conventional leadership and bureaucratic competency had a face, it would look exactly like Thomas J. Vilsack: round as an apple pie, chin disappearing under sagging cheeks, greying (and amply present) hair. U.S. president Barack Obama’s selection of Vilsack, the two-term (1998-2006) Iowa governor, to lead the U.S. Department […] Read more
Cattle producers abandoned by government – Opinion
Vosters is a cattle producer from Marquette, Man. I want to respond to Paul Beingessner’s article, “Livestock support sorely needed” (WP, Jan. 8). I also want to give you some additional food for thought. I have been a cattle producer (cow-calf) since 1992. After starting from scratch, which is difficult enough, several years of BSE […] Read more
Keeping records and accounts – Farm Accounts
My family and I moved to the country last month after buying an acreage east of Saskatoon. There is nothing like a pack and a move to learn something about yourself. For me it was the simple truth that I am not inclined to throw anything away. This was reinforced during my last walk through […] Read more
Regulations not answer to food cost – WP editorial
RESULTS of a study by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and one proposed solution to remedy a perceived problem, are enough to cause heart palpitations. In a survey of prices in 66 communities across Canada, the foundation discovered wide variations in cost for the same basket of healthy foods. Some Canadians pay six […] Read more
Harper too close to Americans, or not close enough? – Opinion
WHAT A difference a new president makes. For the first three years of his prime ministership, Stephen Harper regularly faced the taunts of opposition MPs about his alleged admiration for the United States and its president. Considering how often it was used, opposition politicians like NDP leader Jack Layton, then-Liberal leader Stéphane Dion and Bloc […] Read more
Harper earns a passing grade – Opinion
Redekop is a professor emeritus at Wilfred Laurier University and an adjunct professor with Trinity Western University. He has done five previous “report cards” on prime minister Stephen Harper. Three years have passed since Stephen Harper’s Tories formed the government of Canada. This report card evaluates the past six months. Marks assigned six months ago […] Read more
Cheaper in Melfort, pricey in Brooks – Editorial Notebook
If you live in Melfort, Sask., it’s cheaper not to be extremely fond of brown rice and potatoes, but otherwise your food costs for a basket of basic foods are below the average for the rest of Canada. If you live in Brooks, Alta., your food costs are the highest among all prairie locations examined […] Read more
