Opinion

Given the current feuding between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the media, this might not be the thing one would expect to hear from someone in the media business.

Dear Editor, On behalf of all of us that use the trails around Hopkins Lake [Ravine Ecological Preserve], I would like to thank the City of Yorkton.

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Kelly Friesen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.

In a world as fast-paced as the one we now live, finding time to pause to reflect on anything seems to be increasingly difficult.

The Fugitives "Everything Will Happen" Light Organ Records 9-out-of-10 When it comes to music genres I like, folk music is among my favourites. So I always look forward to listening to new folk bands.

While species extinction, endangerment and loss of habitat stories tend to capture most of the limelight in mainstream media, it is truly astounding just how much biodiversity still exists on Earth. New species are being discovered every day.

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Kelly Friesen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate. This week: Remembrance Day.

In the frosty weather we've been having the last while, there is one flower that is blooming brightly: the Remembrance Day poppy pinned to our jackets. Make a hot cup of tea and let's talk about the real-life version of the poppy.

My new passport arrived today. I slid it from the red-striped ExpressPost envelope and flipped through its ornate pages, wondering which country's stamps will one day decorate the crisp parchment. India? Africa? US? UK? God alone knows.

Normally in the sports world, as soon as I'm ready to give up on someone or something I'm proven to be wrong.