Opinion

Our son, Spencer, 11, and I have recently taken up a game. Basically, I name a country, and he finds it on the globe. This was inspired by his favourite TV show, Young Sheldon (spinoff from The Big Bang Theory ).

Every year thousands of young athletes across our city, province, country and beyond climb onto buses and head down the highways to their next game.

I stand with Elizabeth May. She is one of only two MPs with the backbone to face arrest in order to stand up for sustainability of life on Earth now and for our future generations.

Every week, in the pages of this newspaper and on our website, this column tries to talk about local happenings and put a focus on what’s going on in this community area.

There’s no better time than today to start working on your family tree! The Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society will be meeting on Tuesday, April 10 at 7:00 PM at the Yorkton Public Library.

The mother of a toddler told me that her had son started calling her God. “I didn’t get it,” she laughed, “but we finally figured it out.” Every mealtime, the family grace included, “Thank you God, for this food.

The fossil fuel era must end, or it will spell humanity’s end. The threat isn’t just from pollution and accelerating climate change. Rapid, wasteful exploitation of these valuable resources has also led to a world choked in plastic.

Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. is the day of the next Yorkton and District Horticultural Society’s next regular meeting at SIGN on North Street. Our special guest will be Glen Tymiak talking to us about growing and caring for tomatoes.

Accounts of buffalo hunting written by witnesses are not found in great numbers in archival records. Once in a while your research leads to great historical finds and the following provides the reader with two outstanding examples.