Opinion

Yesterday's federal budget included new measures to curb the link between terrorists, organized crime and Canadian charities. My first reaction was to wonder whether this is a solution in search of a problem.

I think we have all had enough cold, haven't we! The only thing that gives us hope that the winter has taken a turn is that the days are getting longer, most notably in the late afternoon! To get you in the "spring" frame of mind, make plans to atten

My son-in-law, Kendall, gulped down a cup of water the other day, freshly drawn from Ches's well. Deep. Sweet. Pure. It flowed to the surface from a stream oceans away from Canada and hundreds of feet down.

Most people are familiar with the old Hollywood cliché of the wanted criminal making a mad dash for the state line to evade justice.

I realize I'm complaining about something that's going to get me nowhere and I may not even be right about this, but I have to get it off my chest. On Saturday, I checked into a hotel in Regina at 3:30 in the afternoon.

I've been collecting a few TV commercials recently for another column on misleading advertising, which, having just come back from Mexico, seem pretty tame by comparison to the tactics employed there, which can be downright deceitful.

We hope you can join us at the first meeting of 2014 of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society - our special guest speaker will be Frank Woloschuk telling us all about growing succulents.

The importance of Parkland College to the city of Yorkton continues to grow. The idea of local post-secondary education opportunities are well known, and have been for years.

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.

As this province leaps ahead to new levels of economic prosperity in the 21st century, you'd like to think that we've left our old problems behind. Sadly, though, there are days when it only seems our old problems are getting worse.