Opinion

Every week, in the pages of this newspaper and on our website, this column tries to talk about local happenings and put a focus on what’s going on in this community area.

There’s no better time than today to start working on your family tree! The Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society will be meeting on Tuesday, April 10 at 7:00 PM at the Yorkton Public Library.

The mother of a toddler told me that her had son started calling her God. “I didn’t get it,” she laughed, “but we finally figured it out.” Every mealtime, the family grace included, “Thank you God, for this food.

The fossil fuel era must end, or it will spell humanity’s end. The threat isn’t just from pollution and accelerating climate change. Rapid, wasteful exploitation of these valuable resources has also led to a world choked in plastic.

Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. is the day of the next Yorkton and District Horticultural Society’s next regular meeting at SIGN on North Street. Our special guest will be Glen Tymiak talking to us about growing and caring for tomatoes.

Accounts of buffalo hunting written by witnesses are not found in great numbers in archival records. Once in a while your research leads to great historical finds and the following provides the reader with two outstanding examples.

It’s finally here: Wrestlemania weekend is upon us. After months of waiting, these jammed-packed three days are like Christmas for wrestling fans. We’re treated to a veritable buffet of professional wrestling action.

The major league baseball season of course has the attention of most sports fan right now, with our Toronto Blue Jays hitting the field for their season opener on Mar. 29.

This is one of my favorite times of the year to be your local roving reporter in the Outlook and surrounding area. That’s because it’s award season.

I have always had a bad back. It’s something that I have lived with for the majority of my life, to the point where I think my problems all started back in elementary school. I fell off some playground equipment onto what I remember as concrete.