Opinion

“They’ll need a miracle to survive,” I thought that spring day as I struggled to plant my bedding plants. “Oh, I’ll need potting soil too,” I had told the nursery cashier on the day I’d made my final plant purchase – flowers mostly, and a few herbs.

It was over a year ago when I noticed Jay Boyd had referred to Justin Trudeau as Boy Blunder on one of his social media posts. I asked him if I could ‘steal’ that label and he encouraged it.

First of all, some garden housekeeping notes: you still have a few weeks to buy lovely fresh produce at the Yorkton Gardener’s market, which continues on Saturdays from 9 a.m. till noon until September 23.

By Brian Zinchuk

Yep! That’s me, a back-seat driver. It has taken many years for me to become a back-seat driver. I’ve earned the title by default.

The problem for the new Saskatchewan Party Premier is that he or she is going to have to deal with a lot of problems. And so far, there just aren’t many real answers emerging from this leadership contest.

“Saskatchewan could be like this,” my fiancée said as we drove through Montana.

By Ken Rolheiser

I just have to do this right off the bat and give a big round of applause to the Chamber of Commerce committee behind this past weekend’s Harvest Festival in Outlook.

I f there is a singular issue with governments these days it is that the further removed the voter is from the seat of power the greater the seeming lack of awareness coming for the elected officials.