Opinion

For a few months in my teens, a large bear rug decorated my bedroom floor. Open-mouthed and silently snarling. I liked that rug, except for one thing.

The prospect of a new potash mine south of Yorkton had coffee shop and water cooler gatherings abuzz only a year or so ago.

My blood hit a boiling point this week after reading a story on the Global News website about a landlord in Calgary who, essentially, had her house stolen from her by a tenant.

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past." In 1984, George Orwell's seminal How-To book for political despots, information is the currency of control.

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

The Yorkton Branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogy Society will be holding their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the Western Development Museum.

Starting in late September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release its Fifth Assessment Report in three chapters and a summary.

If memory serves the money our provincial government works with is ours. We, the people of this province, take a cut from revenues generated by our resources. We pay taxes. In effect the money the government spends is ours.

Dear Editor: In response to Kathleen Gibson's column that appeared in September 25 edition of Yorkton This Week titled "Pope Francis is Dead Wrong", I would like to say the following: "Pope Francis is absolutely right in his thinking.

"Another bad night?" The Preacher asks from his side of the bed as I enter the room. "Hey, that's my question!" I ease myself into a sitting position on the opposite side and begin my morning litany. "Everything hurts. All the time.