Opinion

Dear Editor: One could not miss the worldwide TV reports of a "pot-pourri" of misbehaviours of a prominent public servant - Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto.

What can we say about the cold? It is wonderful to have some respite by looking at seed catalogues or gardening magazines.

If you are one of these silver lining people when it comes to horrible weather, you can stop reading. I'm about to complain and tell you that this is a nightmare.

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. This week: Is Sir John A.

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

A new year begins, and so do many searches into the past. The Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogy Society invites you to their first meeting of 2014 on Tuesday, January 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Western Development Museum.

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

It's a new year, and as we are all apt to do at this time of year, we look ahead to what 2014 might bring. In Yorkton it is likely we will see a continuation of expansion, although to what extent, is an unknown.

So what kind of year should we hope for in 2014? Well, how about one almost identical to the year we had in 2013 - one of the best years that Saskatchewan (and especially, rural Saskatchewan) has ever had.