Opinion

Anti-Muslim sentiments are getting out of control in Canada. Last week, a Quebec judge, Eliana Marengo, refused to hear the case of Rania El-Alloul, a Canadian citizen, because she would not remove her hijab (head scarf).

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.

Eight million tonnes. That’s how much plastic we’re tossing into the oceans every year! University of Georgia environmental engineer Jenna Jambeck says it’s enough to line up five grocery bags of trash on every foot of coastline in the world.

Get out your calendars, gardeners, and let’s mark down two upcoming dates: Saturday, March 14 is the date of the Prairie Sun Seed Festival, hosted by the Assiniboine Food Security Alliance. The event begins at 12:30 and goes till 4:00 p.m.

The Yorkton Branch of the Saskat-chewan Genealogy Society invites you to join them at their next regular meeting on Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library.

Karen’s last sentence caught me: “Will you help me prepare for a good death?” The question came at the end of a newsletter from a Christian author I’ve followed for years. For a teeny, alarmed second I wondered if Karen spoke of assisted suicide.

Yet another initiative to make our community a better place to live has been launched.

Clearly, the great Saskatchewan job and people boom has been better for the cities than the rural areas. Consider Regina: Canada’s fourth fastest-growing city that saw its population (including surrounding area) increased by 2.

Dear Editor: It’s no surprise to see the David Suzuki Foundation that appeared in the February 18 edition of Yorkton This Week has completely ignored the 28,000 Ontario farm families that have spoken out against Ontario’s recent proposal to restrict