Opinion

Dear Editor: I wish to thank the people of Saskatchewan for their support in ensuring my soldiers from 38 Canadian Brigade Group, indeed their own soldiers of Saskatchewan, the time away from their families and work in support of the forest firefight

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

Stephen Harper jumped on his high horse yesterday slamming Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s promise to legalize marijuana.

One of the favourite political tactics of the Conservative Party is creating solutions for problems that don’t exist. So, it was not surprising the first week of the ridiculously long federal election featured at least two of such announcements.

A beloved animal, tagged for tracking by researchers, crosses the invisible boundary between protected and unprotected area and is killed by a hunter who has paid tens of thousands of dollars for the “experience”.

What a week! Thank you to everyone who helped to make the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show last week a success: all the exhibitors who so generously shared their time, garden gifts and creativity with us; ev

God has said yes to Benjamin’s prayers. After four younger sisters, he has a brother at last. Our teeniest grandbean arrived after only thirty minutes of labour just two days before I began this column.

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.

Admittedly, it’s not quite as crass as the last time Saskatchewan voters saw a summer campaign.

The editor: In 2011, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall stated it was the government’s “vision and goal to make our province the very best place in Canada to live for those with disabilities.