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My Outlook - Being in good company

My Outlook - Being in good company

It was just over five years ago that the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox took to the field at Camden Yards to play in a stadium with no fans.
Letter to the Editor - Where is the plan?

Letter to the Editor - Where is the plan?

Letter to the Editor: Congratulations Saskatchewan! Through our collective effort we have flattened the curve by honouring the guidelines to keep ourselves safe during the pandemic.
Letters to the editor - Massive meat processors questioned

Letters to the editor - Massive meat processors questioned

Dear Editor, The recent closures of meat packing plants in Alberta, Quebec and several American states due to the COVID-19 pandemic are shedding light on the tremendous expense of this style of massive meat processing operation.
Editorial - Another reason to be prepared

Editorial - Another reason to be prepared

When Darcy McLeod, Director Community Development, Parks & Recreation made a presentation to the regular meeting of Yorkton Council in April reminding the community that National Emergency Preparedness Week was coming up May 3-9, most likely paid lit
Can the CFL survive the COVID-19 pandemic?

Can the CFL survive the COVID-19 pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken aim at every aspect of our way of living.
Meeple Guild: Flock a fun dice tossing P'n'P game

Meeple Guild: Flock a fun dice tossing P'n'P game

Rolling dice and relying on the fickleness of the fates is not a core game mechanic appreciated by all, myself perhaps being a candidate for president of the ‘anti-dice’ lobby.
Earth Day should make us all stop and think

Earth Day should make us all stop and think

A day which should be more significant than it is came and went recently with hardly any notice at all. You might blame COVID-19, but honestly the pandemic is not the only reason Earth Day generates limited interest.
Sunny Side Up - Adieu to our monkey in a green feathered suit

Sunny Side Up - Adieu to our monkey in a green feathered suit

Our Amazon Green parrot, Ernie, lives with someone else now, one of the hardest downsizing decisions of our recent move. I found a tiny green feather on the kitchen floor the other day. I stooped, picked it up.
Gardener's Notebook - Getting muscles in gardening shape

Gardener's Notebook - Getting muscles in gardening shape

If you’ve been out in your yard raking, snipping branches, and generally cleaning up, you’re probably discovering all those muscles that get their first good work-out with spring yard work! Ouch! Take a break, and let’s catch up on the news from the
History Corner - Stag Billiards - Circa late 1940s

History Corner - Stag Billiards - Circa late 1940s

Left to right: Bert Lexier, proprietor, Alexander Hrynchuk, clerk and Eric Osborne, a salesman for Tuckett Tobacco Company. Stag Billiards — a long time enterprise that endured from 1919 to 1976.
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