Opinion

Gardeners, I'd like to remind you about the next regular meeting of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society which will be on Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 p.m. at SIGN on North Street.

It's disappointing to learn Rona is no longer coming to Yorkton. Depending on who you talk to, it's an incredible story. But, they were essentially here already and are now in the process of pulling out.

It is always interesting to listen to people in our community, especially when it comes to how the City should be investing our taxpayer dollars. There are those fully onside with the plan to redo Broadway Street, others less so.

Spring is a time of rebirth: blossoms and greenery emerge as cold and snow give way to warmer temperatures and longer days. It can also kick off a season of sneezing, headaches and itchy, watery eyes.

The problem with our political system is voters don't have quite as much to say in who becomes their elected representative as they think.

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

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.

It is fairly common knowledge that all the links in a food chain are important to the health of an ecosystem, but a new BBC documentary about Yellowstone Park is a fascinating example of just how dramatic the impact of top predators can be.

At our house, my favourite door hangs on the wall. Shabby, five-panelled, cream-coloured. With peeling paint and thirteen knobs. It can't do what it once did, but what it does now is needed and valuable.