Opinion

Hearing about Const. Francis Deschenes in Nova Scotia, who was killed while helping someone change a tire, I’m reminded that it wasn’t too long ago that a police officer helped me change a tire.

Many view this is a bizarre way to select the next premier. At issue is the replacement of Premier Brad Wall through the Saskatchewan Party leadership process that will end with the results of a preferential, mail-in ballot disclosed at a Jan.

You’re walking down the street on a crisp, fall afternoon. Birds are chirping, the sun is bright, and the leaves that have left their home on the branches of trees now crunch under your feet with each step.

Dear Editor: At this time we wish to comment on how the governing Sask party has treated the seniors of this province since they have been in power. Our seniors in this province worked hard to ensure Saskatchewan was a good place to live.

Dear Editor: Yorkton… a summer to remember! Feeling like we can finally catch our breath — the staff at the Visitor’s Centre, home of Tourism Yorkton, has had an incredible summer! Welcoming thousands of people to the Visitor’s Centre, this has been

There are decisions by Yorkton Council which are so obvious that the process of passing a motion is merely a formality.

“They’ll need a miracle to survive,” I thought that spring day as I struggled to plant my bedding plants. “Oh, I’ll need potting soil too,” I had told the nursery cashier on the day I’d made my final plant purchase – flowers mostly, and a few herbs.

It was over a year ago when I noticed Jay Boyd had referred to Justin Trudeau as Boy Blunder on one of his social media posts. I asked him if I could ‘steal’ that label and he encouraged it.

First of all, some garden housekeeping notes: you still have a few weeks to buy lovely fresh produce at the Yorkton Gardener’s market, which continues on Saturdays from 9 a.m. till noon until September 23.