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Sunny side up - Grateful for a very special dog

Sunny side up - Grateful for a very special dog

God knows I’m grateful for all his blessings. For Jesus and home and country. Faith and family and friends. But this Thanksgiving column has somehow gotten paw prints all over it. It’s done. The months of searching. Praying.
Gardener's Notebook - Plants associated with Thanksgiving

Gardener's Notebook - Plants associated with Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and isn’t it such a beautiful holiday! Every day we wake up is a reason to give thanks, but Thanksgiving is a time to really focus on all the blessings we have been given: precious family, dear friends, and the
History Corner - Letter from the Depression years

History Corner - Letter from the Depression years

Here is a letter dated April 6, 1932 from the York Farmers Colonization Company Limited of Toronto, addressed to Yorkton pioneer Levi Beck who had had enough financial successes as a farmer, and as merchant to be known as the “Merchant Prince.
Settling in - Coughing through the Colour Run

Settling in - Coughing through the Colour Run

Logan Green looked like the fields of Vietnam in Apocalypse Now. I closed my eyes for a moment, spinning in a circle as the powder flew around me. When I blinked, I saw a vision straight from a Hunter S. Thompson novel.
Pro sports field is growing

Pro sports field is growing

Last Tuesday when I caught site on line of an Americas Rugby News report that the Ontario Arrows had finally come to an agreement which will see them join Major League Rugby (MLR), in 2019, I was more than thrilled.
The Ruttle Report - Still the 'News You Can Use'

The Ruttle Report - Still the 'News You Can Use'

“A newspaper is the center of a community, it’s one of the tent poles of the community, and that’s not going to be replaced by web sites and blogs.” – Michael Connelly, American bestselling author I like the cut of your jib, Mr. Connelly.
Genetic modification is nothing new in agriculture

Genetic modification is nothing new in agriculture

Recently I was doing some net surfing to pass the time, and ended up visiting a number of sites related to the hobby of keeping pigeons.
The nerds have their revenge and are conquering all

The nerds have their revenge and are conquering all

There it was, floating, as it were, on the booth’s table. Well away from sticky fingers, in all of its seven-and-a-half-foot long glory, was the USS Flagg, the G.I. Joe aircraft carrier.
Editorial Cartoon - October 3, 2018

Editorial Cartoon - October 3, 2018

Editorial - Rural safety needs to be cooperative effort

Editorial - Rural safety needs to be cooperative effort

How to best deal with crime in rural areas is an issue which gained much more attention following an incident on a Saskatchewan farm in 2016. On Aug. 9, 2016, Colten Boushie was shot and killed on the farm of Gerald Stanley.
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