Opinion

Regular readers are most likely aware that in terms of board games I rate crokinole at the top of the heap. The game is one where skill is a key, and that means practise can make you better, which I like.

“Nana,” my youngest grandbean started, as he, his sister and I sat enjoying lunch together. He followed that with a question that stopped my fork mid-air. My mind flew back to the day before, to a matter I thought finished.

There’s a fine line in life between doing the right thing and wrong thing and that line gets even finer when politics is involved.

I am 72, retired and a widow. I like living alone and keep myself busy with friends and hobbies. Recently my son and his new wife moved in with me to save money. While I do like the company, it is very tight in my little house.

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be holding their next meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 7 p.m. at SIGN on North Street.

John Barlow, federal Conservative Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food visited Yorkton recently where he met with a small group of farmers.

Two young entrepreneurs of Yorkton, Clarence G. Langrill (left) and Fred Hukins are at work in their Real Estate office. Langrill was a partner with Hukins for just a short while before he went into his own Real Estate and Insurance business.

Climate Change In the past few years there has been more talk of climate change than any other natural phenomena in history. Drought, famine, tropical storms are all being linked to global warming.

A family was in the midst of planning two weddings 11 weeks apart after two daughters got engaged within days of each other. I was living in Swift Current at the time and my dad was the pastor who would be officiating at both ceremonies.

I both love and hate car shopping. I love it because I enjoy cars. I enjoy looking at them, I enjoy driving them, I enjoy looking at all the little nooks and crannies, judging them to see whether it’s something I like or not.