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“Hello, Newport News Shipyard? I’d like to buy an aircraft carrier”

“Hello, Newport News Shipyard? I’d like to buy an aircraft carrier”

“Hello, Newport News Shipyard? I’d like to buy an aircraft carrier. “No, I’m not joking. I represent the Canadian government. I would like to buy a Ford-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier.
The Pale Blue Dot Earth and Heaven

The Pale Blue Dot Earth and Heaven

Billy Graham was asked about heaven: “What happens to us the minute we die?” The short version answer Graham gave was, “We enter immediately into God’s presence.” We know where we are on this earth.
Sunny Side Up - Two signs to remember when travelling life’s highway

Sunny Side Up - Two signs to remember when travelling life’s highway

Sometimes, during a life transition, even an anticipated one, the road stretching ahead appears as murky as fog on an unfamiliar highway. Several of our friends have turned onto that highway by choice.
Yorkton Boardgamers Guild - Gladiatorial battle feel to fantasy game

Yorkton Boardgamers Guild - Gladiatorial battle feel to fantasy game

As a game reviewer it is always best to have the actual game on the table to allow for a serious review, not just of game play, but all the other aspects of a game, from component quality to aesthetics.
Gardener's Notebook - We are officially into spring season

Gardener's Notebook - We are officially into spring season

It is now officially spring! One of the first tasks we’ll be able to do when the snow melts is mow our lawns and clean them up after the winter.
Growth of rugby encouraging to staunch fan

Growth of rugby encouraging to staunch fan

Last week I enthused about the prospect of the soon to launch Major League Rugby (MLR) loop, but there is more to the story of the emergence of the sport on this side of the world. The rugby website www.americasrugbynews.
Settling In - The supreme sauce showdown

Settling In - The supreme sauce showdown

If I have one personal failing (and that’s a major “if,” no matter what people have told you about me. DON’T LISTEN TO THEIR LIES), it’s my inability to shut my mouth. I don’t when to close my yap and let other people talk.
History Corner - Where the buffalo roamed

History Corner - Where the buffalo roamed

When the York Farmers Colonization Company officials of Toronto came in early 1882, to view the land that would become York Colony — 3 miles north of present day Yorkton, they would not have seen any buffalo.
Reader encourages environmentally friendly electricity generation

Reader encourages environmentally friendly electricity generation

Yes, I’m a prejudice man and I admit it. The prejudice is rather narrowly focused as it is only about environmentally friendly electrical production.
Web Wanderings - Making men better men

Web Wanderings - Making men better men

Yorkton This Week’s editorial staff takes readers on an explorative journey around the Internet, searching out the best in videos, podcasts, webcomics, music and anything else that catches their collective eyes which might interest our readers.
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