Opinion

I didn’t think I would be writing another sad one so soon. As I sit here, in another document, there is a much sillier column, riffing on the recently announced Oscar nominations.

It’s always good news when someone is sending a cheque your way, so in this instance Yorkton Council is smiling as the City of Yorkton has received word it will receive a significant grant through the New Building Canada Fund (NBCF).

I thought I knew everything there was to know about infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, arguably the most homicidal murderer in the last 50 years or so. I was wrong….so very wrong.

There’s a myth floating around cyberspace that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s town hall sessions include pre-screened questions and questioners, all Liberal-friendly. That, my friends, is a lie. Full stop.

With the new year off and running farmers can begin in earnest to plan what they will plant this spring.

Are you stealthy enough to steal the Emperor’s jewel? That is the question you try to answer in Age of Thieves, a game by designer Sławomir Stepien, and published by Galakta Games.

The great thing about the internet is that the weirdest thing can suddenly find an audience. Take for example, the Hydraulic Press Channel on YouTube.

I once interviewed a Canadian who had twice summited Mount Everest. “I wasn’t trying to get to the top,” Dave Rodney said, remembering the most perilous portions of the climb — crossing ladders placed as bridges over almost bottomless crevasses.

In Backlog Break, Devin Wilger goes through all the games he owns and never got around to playing. This week: Yakuza 0, from 2017. Thank god for Nugget.

We’ve chatted about this great online gardening resource before: the University of Saskatchewan College of Agriculture and Bioresources- Gardening site at https://gardening.usask.ca.