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January 27 was Family Literacy Day across Saskatchewan, which raises awareness of how important it is to read and engage in activities based within the rich landscape of literacy.

Innovation Saskatchewan has started accepting applications for the Made in Saskatchewan Technology (MIST) Program.

I didn’t think I would be writing another sad one so soon. As I sit here, in another document, there is a much sillier column, riffing on the recently announced Oscar nominations.

The Ladom Ensemble is a truly international group, with musicians from Iran and Canada recording music from around the world. Prairie Debut presents the Ladom Ensemble as part of the Yorkton Arts Council’s Stars for Saskatchewan Series on Feb.

The Committee for Everyday Heroes made a presentation to the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday. The group will be hosting its Second Annual Women’s Summit Seminar Series, Sunday March 10, explained presenters Tracey Alcorn and Kristen Arnold.

Yorkton Council has adjusted what standard in regards to the National Energy Code of Canada will operate.

At first glance, there isn’t much in common between a garden outside the downtown Victoria library, a multi-use trail network near a Manitoba national park and a long abandoned railroad bed that’s being turned into a park in Hafford, Sask.

Easton Moline has been appointed to the Kamsack Housing Authority Board of Directors. Other members of the board of directors are Carol Marriott, Raymond Muir and Robert Koroluk. Koroluk is chairperson.

The Government of Saskatchewan has released regulations with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from venting and flaring in the province’s upstream oil and gas sector by 4.5 million tonnes per year by 2025.

When politicians are done being politicians, should they be done with politics? The obvious answer would seem to be no. Once out of formal public life, they should be like anyone else and get to do whatever they want.