Opinion

What is happening to the English language? Last week a variety of new, interesting and just plain strange words were added by Oxford Dictionaries.

Thirty years ago, Michael J. Fox was travelling 30 years into the past in the first Back to the Future movie, while the second installment of the still-well-known movie series took place in 2015, 30 years later.

Yee-haw! If none of the food, music, entertainment and of course, rodeo action, on offer in St. Paul this week doesn’t brighten your smile and put the spring in your step, then you better check your pulse.

The film No Escape tells the story of how an American family’s relocation to an Asian nation — the audience never finds out what the name of the nation is— goes horribly, horribly wrong.

Even the most die-hard cheerleader for photo radar must surely think twice about how much they like the concept after getting a photo radar ticket.

School is back in session next Monday. I thought I would write a column about advice I could share with you students — particularly you students in Grade 10-12 — to encourage academic and personal success.

The anger and frustration of a group of residents at last Monday night’s council meeting was palpable. They described break-ins, vandalism, littering, drinking taking place in and near RCMP Park.

I was covering what would end up becoming the Wildrose Alliance’s victory party in the spring election, and speaking to a few people who were explaining why they were so happy to see the former Conservative government ousted.

It was a novel idea that has surpassed everyone’s expectations: hold an event that recreates the past, where everything is free.

While the action films that will be hitting theaters later this month could potentially change my mind, for now I am giving Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation the title of ‘best summer action blockbuster’ of 2015.