Opinion

I adopted a Bohemian wax wing several years ago, a broken-winged champion I found in the alley. He lived for six months, and I've had a fondness for birds of that feather ever since.

Frequently I use this column as a space for debunking myths, pseudoscientific products and misleading advertising.

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

CIt appears the provincial government has fired the final bullet to put down standardbred racing in Yorkton, and in Saskatchewan. At best the standardbred horse race industry in Saskatchewan has been on life support for the past two years.

From the age of five, Fred Urquhart was fascinated by monarch butterflies in his Toronto neighbourhood.

Budgets are seldom remembered for what's not in them although that sure seems to be the theme of the 2014-15 budget.

Years ago, there used to be an excellent gardening show called "Canadian Gardener" on CBC. The show ran for twelve years, and every episode was a gem.

Because nature doesn't always behave the same in a lab, test tube or computer program as it does in the real world, scientists and engineers have come up with ideas that didn't turn out as expected.

This just in. It's cold. Very cold. How cold? Really, really cold. I have to hand out a grade of A+ to Doran and James as well as the entire Public Works division for dealing with frozen water lines around Yorkton over the last six weeks or so.

Most government budgets have highs and lows. So with that in mind, here is some food for thought on the Wall government's 2014-15 budget. First, thumbs up to the government for not raising school property taxes.