Opinion

I was in my second year of university in a new city and new province where my mom, sister and I had moved after the very unexpected passing of my father.

It’s interesting when you sit back and reflect on the biggest moments in your life and you think about the things that would end up being pivotal, fork-in-the-road moments that could very well end up defining you as a person, as well as those around

It wasn’t a surprise to me that City Council held a special meeting to accept a modified tender for the City Operations Centre.

Saskatchewan saw its first deaths from COVID-19, making this pandemic all-too-real and all-too-close to home. It never ceases to amaze me how connected we are to events elsewhere in the world. This coronavirus pandemic has drove that point home.

It took a special meeting of Yorkton Council Friday, but the much debated and much needed City Operations Centre will finally move to the construction phase.

Miniature games are generally a passion for those who play. And, that holds true for those who design, create, and write miniature game rulesets, or sculpt the minis.

It’s difficult to be hopeful and positive these days, but perhaps if we focus on our upcoming gardens, we might be uplifted. The British poet Alfred Austin once said “ The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.

“Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you are with me,” we read in the beloved twenty-third Psalm. In these fear-heavy days, God still walks and talks with us. And when some of us sicken, and some die, he is there too.

This past weekend should have been one of the best of the sports year as the Toronto Blue Jays were to start the regular major league baseball season.

This might be a little off topic in terms of pure agriculture, but I found an online article about clover being a great alternative to lawn grass too fascinating not to write about.