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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the matter of individualism. Two things triggered this introspection, both of which were totally unexpected a few days ago.

Cheers to fast food restaurant employees, grocery store cashiers and others who patiently wait for customers who insist on being difficult.

The first Anti-Bullying Day started on Canada’s East Coast in 2007, when David Shepherd and Travis Price bought 50 pink shirts and distributed them at home in Berwick, Nova Scotia.

It was a quiet Thursday afternoon at my parents’ new place in Aldergrove, B.C. I was waiting for a pal from university to meet me so we could enjoy a couple of pints of one of Aldergrove’s fine establishments.

Nobody will ever deny the importance of hockey to life in Canada. Many Canadians seemingly hang on to every game for their favourite NHL club. In smaller centres, hockey is a staple of life in the community.

Weyburn This Week editorial

When TransCanada withdrew its application for the Energy East Pipeline, you could have been forgiven for thinking that was a one-off. Surely, it won’t become the norm.

Novel coronavirus keeps spreading around the globe. By Feb. 25, the number of confirmed cases got closer to 80,000 with over 77,000 cases in China and the rest affecting people in 28 other countries.

A familiar adage cautions us to never meet our heroes lest we discover they have feet of clay. The danger is that we find out just how ordinary and fallible they might be.

Weyburn Review editorial