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Revisiting familiar fishing detective

Revisiting familiar fishing detective

Welcome to Week XCVI of 'Fishing Parkland Shorelines'. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.
Letter to the Editor - Live show truly amazes

Letter to the Editor - Live show truly amazes

Dear Editor: His Promise the musical performed in Yorkton was a truly amazing live show especially considering the fact that there was such a mix of trained, partially trained, and untrained performers from many different religious backgrounds.
Mission accomplished?

Mission accomplished?

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.
'Natural person' can't escape the tax man

'Natural person' can't escape the tax man

Joseph Blerot (aka Gerald Blerot) is not your run-of-the-mill tax cheat. Last week, the 60-year-old was sentenced at Yorkton Court of Queen's Bench to three years and nine months in jail for evading paying taxes and counseling others to so the same.
There's no place like home

There's no place like home

Our seven-year-old grandbean watched her littlest sister, only weeks old, snuggling into her mother. Issuing mews of contentment. "Mama," Butterfly said suddenly. "We all say there's no place like home.
School gardens great opportunity

School gardens great opportunity

One of the community-based approaches Assiniboine Food Security Alliance (AFSA) supports to increase food security is to encourage gardening. Gardening can take many forms ranging from backyard gardens to community gardens in more public spaces.
A complex answer to a simple question

A complex answer to a simple question

Oil. It is the world's most important commodity. Its presence in our day-to-day consciousness is ubiquitous. It is transforming the southern Saskatchewan economy. It is central to the federal government's economic plan.
EDITORIAL CARTOON

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Give Ritz some credit for action on backlog

Give Ritz some credit for action on backlog

Yes, it should have come months earlier . Yes, it could have been much tougher. And, yes, there may still be huge problems as to how the federal Conservative government views its role and how much power the railway lobby still has in Ottawa.
Letter to the Editor - Can fossil fuels be part of a green solution?

Letter to the Editor - Can fossil fuels be part of a green solution?

Dear Editor: Western farmers are concerned that rail cars are being co-opted to move oil, rather than grain, and are faulting the federal government. They would do better to blame St.
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