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Exactly how low oil can go, and for how long it remains at that level, will be Saskatchewan’s key political question in 2015. Of course, it won’t be the only key political question in 2015.

With 2015 upon us, I thought I'd look at New Year's resolutions. Apparently they are a mostly Western practice, though it can be found throughout the Eastern Hemisphere as well.

With Christmas just ahead of us, I found this great column by Kristen Welch which hopefully will wake up some of the parents out there who are giving their kids everything but still seeing no difference in their attitude.

During Roman occupation of Israel just over 2,000 years ago, a Jewish baby was born in a stable at an inn in a crowded city, and a message was proclaimed that night, “Peace on earth and good will to all men.

Part of the message of Christmas is Peace On Earth. But the Christmas story is in some ways not at all about peace. Mary was an unwed mother, in a country where the Law was to stone people for adultery.

Well I made it all the way to the week before Christmas without hearing any Christmas music. For me this was a great success because usually it is played incessantly from about Thanksgiving onwards.

How many of you readers have had an airport Christmas? So many of you travel during the holiday season, several on tight schedules so I expect there have been quite a few who have found themselves trapped in an airport Christmas day instead of wrappe

In the time of the year when good cheer is going around, we wish to extend happy wishes to the community and hope the very best of seasons to our neighbours.

Christmas. At no time of the year – or at least, at no time during a non-election year – is the spirit of giving so prevalent. Even old Scrooge-like columnists get caught up in the spirit of the season.

The lists have been made and hung on the fridge. The letters have been written and sent to the North Pole. The wishes have been sent, just awaiting reply. Each day, edits keep being made to those lists.