Opinion

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

Ever since astronomer Giovanni Sciaparelli observed in 1877 what he described as channels on the surface of Mars, humanity has been fascinated with the possibility of life on our red neighbour.

A foiled plot to kill people at a mall in Halifax brings up some tricky aspects of criminal justice. I always find it a little bit uncomfortable when people are arrested for a crime they might commit.

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.

Striking CP Rail employees make a valid point when they say their employer really has no incentive to bargain in good faith when they know the federal government will, simply, legislate them back to work in the event of a strike.

No matter how you feel about Ontario’s proposal to restrict use of neonicotinoid insecticides on corn and soybean crops, we can all agree: bees matter. But as important as bees are, there’s more at stake. Neonics are poisoning our soil and water.

“Gong Xi Fa Cai” – Happy Chinese New Year! Thursday, February 19, 2015 is Chinese New Year’s, and this is the Year of the Sheep.

I like my cat, Grace. A lot. But our previously untested relationship hit the wall a few months ago, starting the evening I brought home an overnight guest. A grey puffball of a kitten with round green eyes. “Now, Smoky,” I told her.

It was interesting to have the Mayor note in a Monday interview with Yorkton This Week how government often finds it difficult to deal with the expectations the public has in terms of service.

Obviously, no one likes to pay more taxes. And no one likely understands this better than Premier Brad Wall, whose electoral success can be somewhat attributed to issues like removing much of the education property tax on agricultural land.