Opinion

The holiday season is just around the corner, a time when family from far and wide gather together to celebrate the season.

Canada is blessed with some of the last vestiges of pristine nature on Earth - unbroken forests, coastlines and prairies, thousands of rivers, streams and lakes, open skies, abundant fresh air.

I don't often tread into economics because traditionally it hasn't been my strongest suit, but I've been studying up a bit.

Just think, gardeners in less than three weeks we will be having the shortest day of the year, and then the days will be starting to get longer! So far we have been very lucky with the weather: remember last year at this time, we had a huge amount of

Dear Editor: On Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Yorkton/Inc.

It was early September 1996, and I finally gave in to the begging. I said 'yes' to my not-yet-wife to getting a pet cat. Don't get me wrong. I love animals. I always had cats growing up. My mom is a cat lover. Some may even call her a crazy cat lady.

Family. It confines us, it defines us, it refines us, and it aligns us. Our lives are spent in the context of family - natural or other, whether or not we appreciate it.

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