Opinion

Metal miniatures are far from a new aspect of gaming, go back decades with historical battles recreated. Even sci-fi gaming has a rather long history, with some older games managing to find their way back to the tabletop thanks to new releases.

“Your left eye has changed substantially,” my optometrist told me after my eye exam. “You’ll need new glasses.” Only a year earlier, I had had cataract surgery, but in recent months, I’d difficulty reading my computer, and my vision blurred often.

After the roller-coaster of weather that came to us in May, some garden work may still be waiting to be done. So let’s make a cup of tea and sit down for a few minutes and talk about the garden.

In our world very little operates in a vacuum. The activities of the human race tend to be very inter-connected, with what happens in one sector having a ripple effect into other areas of our lives.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said some things last week that were very different in his bluntness. He spoke to those who aren’t yet vaccinated — especially those who are refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine and are encouraging others not to get it.

Even if you are a sports fan, the name Colette Bourgonje may not be particularly familiar, and I admit I was one fan of sport who was unaware of this rather outstanding athlete.

Welcome to 'Wordy Wednesday' brought to you by our friends at Yorkton Public Library, (including Slow the friendly sloth), and appearing here courtesy of Yorkton This Week. Today’s word is skylark; a verb to frolic or play.

Finding the right words when writing an editorial is something newspapers are tasked with on a weekly basis, but sometimes it is simply impossible to find the right words to fit the situation.

For many of us, wildlife is the symbol of nature conservation. This isn’t surprising; humans have lived closely with other living things for most of our history.

Welcome to the first of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’ of 2021. Like most of us I remain very much a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.