Opinion

“We’ll work till Jesus comes,” my father loved to sing. It’s taken me decades to learn that life’s hardest work, as well as its greatest pleasure, is learning to truly live it, no matter the season.

The Yorkton Lions’ School for mentally challenged students on Independent Street, had its official opening on October 12, 1960. Mayor William Fichtner was in attendance (left by the door) for the ribbon cutting.

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society has not planned any meetings just yet, even though this would be when our meetings would be beginning. Things are different, aren’t they! But be sure to visit our website at www.yorktonhort.

I’m typing this on Sunday afternoon during the Labor Day long weekend and things are pretty low-key.

It was a series of conversations that first alerted us to the potentially dangerous situation. We wondered what we could do to help. Then came the call asking us all to gather as quickly as we could.

With the 2020 season lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Canadian government sadly deaf to the league’s request for financial health, many are wondering about the very future of the Canadian Football League.

If you look at the streets of Japan, at any given moment, you will see people wearing masks. It’s a normal part of life, some people just going about their day with a mask on.

A 32-percentage point lead less than two months before an election should mean that the Saskatchewan Party has little to worry about. As for the rest of us, that might be another matter.

Photo Circa 1915. Not too many women of the early 20th century posed for the camera while holding a gun. This photo was one of several the donor, John Thompson from Ladysmith, B.C. received from relatives in England.

With Yorkton Mayor Bob Maloney’s recent announcement he will not seek re-election in this fall’s municipal election, the question is naturally who will step forward to try for the seat? And, what of the sitting six members of Council? Well one; Aaron