Opinion

P. T. Barnum is an exemplar of the “American Dream,” a man who pulled himself up from the lower-class into the heights of the public consciousness. He was also a shameless huckster who duped thousands of people with endless hoaxes and lies.

Several D words have sometimes linked themselves to our granddaughter’s name in the decade since her birth. Dinah-mite. Dynamic Dinah. Dina-sore. But the alliteration that always fits is Dinah Dancer.

A young man going to university in Calgary and playing hockey there has had his request granted to delay reporting to jail after being found guilty of sexual interference of a 13-year-old girl.

Whenever you get a game that comes in a box about the size of a pack of cigarettes there is a tendency to fall back on the line about good things coming in small packages.

Are you collecting a few seed catalogues by now? Isn’t it fun to see what’s coming for spring 2018! I want to tell you about a seed catalogue we received from some very dear friends this Christmas.

Forgive me, father, for I have sinned against Halifax’s holy food. I have committed a crime with the donair. And I loved it. While I was in Nova Scotia over the Christmas break, I had a long list of things to do.

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.

A regular reader of the History Corner suggested featuring histories of Fort Pelly. Of course, I have written about this Fort some years ago already. However, look for more stories of this historic fort in upcoming History Corners.

By Sarah Ludlow Winter on the prairies is long and cold, often lasting from November until March, and with temperatures falling to -20 °C or -30 °C, it’s a wonder that anything can survive here at all.

There is an old journalism adage that if you allow politicians to have their say, you get exactly what politicians want you to hear.