Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Murray Mandryk’s opinion piece, Deficit a problem for Wall Mr. Mandryk wrongly characterizes the up to $700 million the province will borrow for infrastructure this fiscal year as a deficit.

Dear Editor: Minister Dustin Duncan’s letter to the editor on Sept. 17 is an attempt to whitewash the privatization of hospital laundry.

Dear Editor: I have appeared at the Council meeting at City of Yorkton on Monday, the 14th of September. In the Sept. 16, 2015 Yorkton This Week, Brent Hryhorczuk stated that the water back up is my fault, he is wrong.

Dear Editor: Tom Harris complains in his letter that some donors to the David Suzuki Foundation remain anonymous.

Welcome to Week CLXXVI of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

We have long known that water ice, large amounts of it, exists on Mars. We have also long known that billions of years ago, the red planet was much more blue with flowing rivers, large lakes, maybe even oceans.

The federal leaders’ debate on the economy focused on important issues — jobs, deficits, infrastructure spending, pipelines, climate change — but no one talked about a different vision for Canada’s economy.

I am afraid the next disgraceful chapter in Canadian history may already be in the writing. While it is incumbent upon politicians to represent their constituencies, a real leader takes a principled position, he does not pander to populist bigotry.

Thank you to everyone who came to the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society Fall Plant and Bulb Sale last week: I hope you found some interesting new additions for your gardens! As always, thank you to all our hort members who brought plants, he