Opinion

Dear Editor: With all due respect to the advertizing by Ducks Unlimited claiming drainage as the evil culprit in contaminating wetlands with excess nutrients, we are finding that new research is disproving their claims.

We've heard lots about the state of City infrastructure in recent years. The need has necessitated significant increases in property taxes in Yorkton in the past few years, with a six per cent jump already approved for 2015.

It's hard not to notice the countless occasions in my 30-plus years of covering politics in this province when Saskatchewan people were a little overly sensitive about how others view them.

As Yorkton grows, and that growth has been strong and steady the last few years, it is easy to begin to look at our community as more urban than in the past. More and more popular business chains have established here.

By the standards of costly Crown corporation screw-ups, the Saskatchewan Party will argue that the smart meter fiasco isn't the biggest.

The stark reality of spousal abuse seemed to be brought into focus for many when footage of National Football League player Ray Rice attacking his wife in an elevator came to light recently.

Yorkton Council passed the City's 2015 budget Monday, and it is a document which will mean a significant tax increase to local taxpayers.