Opinion

Gardeners, make a cup of tea and sit down with me for a few minutes. First of all, a great big "thank you" to Paula and Morley Maier who hosted the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society Windup at their farm recently.

Let me put my voice behind those who are calling for a greater investigation into the disappearance of First Nation women in this country. It's an epidemic and it must stop.

If you live on the east side of Saskatchewan, you might just feel a little under-represented. In the wake of Premier Brad Wall's recent shuffle, the new cabinet table is decidedly tilted to the west.

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.

A couple of week's ago, headlines in science journals and mainstream media alike, touted a remarkable breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI). For the first time ever a computer had passed the "Turing Test.

"He who represents himself has a fool for a client," said Abraham Lincoln. I have been covering courts for nine years now, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people show up on Monday mornings ready to do just that.

The decision by Yorkton Council at its June 9 meeting to greatly expand upon an already planned construction project along Dracup Avenue is one which likely raised a few eyebrows from taxpayers with their eyes on how the City handles its money.

Energy giant Kinder Morgan was recently called insensitive for pointing out that "Pipeline spills can have both positive and negative effects on local and regional economies, both in the short- and long-term.

Both my darlin' parents, 90 and 95 now, suffer from age-related dementia. I'm years below sixty, but some days I'm positive they inherited it from me. Occasionally during conversations, I can't get the proper word out.