Opinion

Recently, I watched some of the series Ratched, which purports to be an origin story of Nurse Ratched from the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. This premise is probably the weakest part of the show.

Given how far ahead Saskatchewan Party leader Scott Moe is ahead of the NDP and leader Ryan Meili, there might be a temptation for the Premier to take his foot off the gas of that Chevy Tahoe that’s his campaign vehicle in this 2020 general election.

There are few places in the city of Yorkton that have contributed to the community’s fabric more than the grandstand on the Yorkton Exhibition grounds.

You just have to love games that come in small, pocket-sized tins. The simple fact that they are pop in a pocket and go they can be played on office coffee breaks, Saturday afternoon coffeehouse visits, taken on vacation etc.

These days I often have the privilege of sharing the drive to and from work with my grandson, a beginning driver with his first regular paying job. I love our conversations on those trips, and grab every opportunity I have to know him better.

At this time of year we are usually marking meeting dates on our calendars, but not this year! There are still no meeting dates set for the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society.

Buried in the usual rhetoric of a federal Throne Speech, amid the multi-faceted response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, was an interesting kernel of an idea put forward by the Liberal government.

Explore an alternate water source NOTE: The following letter was provided to The Outlook in early summer but had not been published.

I was late to the party of fans that enjoyed the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” when it aired from 2009-2015. I started watching the political satire just this past April after looking for something lighthearted.

The strange thing about Yorkton for the past few months is that we have been in a bit of a bubble, all things considered. Very few cases of COVID-19, which made it pretty easy to start to discount it.