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Minister responds to recent Mandryk column

Minister responds to recent Mandryk column

Dear Editor: Thank you for the opportunity to correct numerous factual errors in Murray Mandryk’s column, “By-pass Bad Election Issue.” Some errors are as simple as cost. Building the Bypass costs $1.2 billion, not $2B. And that’s firm.
Fishing Parkland Shorelines - Zebra mussels major concern

Fishing Parkland Shorelines - Zebra mussels major concern

Welcome to Week CLXXXII of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.
Thinking Critically - Our remarkable brain: Seeing without seeing

Thinking Critically - Our remarkable brain: Seeing without seeing

Humans, at least those of us who have sight, are very visual creatures. We make sense of our world mostly from visual cues.
Crime Diary - The backward world of cannabis

Crime Diary - The backward world of cannabis

With a new majority Liberal government now ensconced in Ottawa, the discussion about marijuana legalization has begun in earnest.
Gardener's Notebook - Society AGM slated for Nov. 25

Gardener's Notebook - Society AGM slated for Nov. 25

First thing, a note to all horticultural members: The next meeting of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be on Wednesday, November 25. This is our AGM and banquet at St.
Music Reviews - Highly anticipated

Music Reviews - Highly anticipated

The Wainwright Sisters- “Songs In The Dark” Half sisters Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright-Roche released this week, one of my most anticipated albums of the year. Needless to say I was not disappointed.
Sunny Side Up - In church battles, nobody wins

Sunny Side Up - In church battles, nobody wins

A healthy church blesses God, fulfills a pastor, endears parishioners and enriches a community. But, my goodness, how often we mess it up with our sniping – on both sides of the pulpit.
Science Matters - New government faces climate issues

Science Matters - New government faces climate issues

Our new government appears to be taking climate change seriously. With the UN climate talks starting in Paris on November 30, Canada can play an important role in reducing greenhouse gases at home and helping others around the world do likewise. U.S.
View From The Cheap Seats - Time to renew Trek love

View From The Cheap Seats - Time to renew Trek love

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Randy Brenzen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.
Ministry of Education says Kamsack school tax money will be returned

Ministry of Education says Kamsack school tax money will be returned

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter by Amanda Burback is a follow-up to the front-page story in the Kamsack Times published two weeks ago regarding how Kamsack residents were upset that the minister of education had planned to spend Kamsack school t
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