Opinion

I wished him a Merry Christmas, just before Christmas. "Same to you," he said, but his words felt flat. Then, rather than carrying on, he paused. A strapping young man whose name I don't even know. A man with something on his mind.

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 I wrote last week, there was not a lot of consensus in the scientific world in 2013 as to what the most important stories were. Of course, we all have our personal biases.

It is somewhat of a tradition in journalism to look back on the previous year, but not just at what made news, but to what we may have paid too much and/or too little attention.

Dear Editor In response to the Mike Stackhouse column that appeared in the Dec.

Happy New Year, gardeners! We wish you health and happiness in the coming year! The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society sends you the best of the season, and reminds you that our brand new year of interesting speakers and presentations is just

I have a few friends in eastern Canada, who are going through a terrible ice storm that has resulted in power outages for most.

What is the best book you read this year? The Book of Fate History, it has been said, is written by the victors. That axiomatic statement, often attributed to Winston Churchill, while tempting, is obviously ridiculous.

Canada Post is making changes, which some might see as dramatic, but really the depth of changes has been brought on by an inability to adapt to the rapidly changing world of communication.