Opinion

There are some things about the proposed changes to health governance in Saskatchewan that rural people might not like.

What is prosperity? To me it would seem a roof over your head, adequate clothing, healthy food, clean water to drink as well as clean air to breathe, loving, supporting family and meaningful employment cover most of the basics.

The idea that art imitates life is as old as Aristotle. Have you seen a photo or painting with railway tracks or a road going off into the distance? Quite often the parallel lines fade into one as the vanishing point is reached.

Canadian agriculture producers have long prided themselves in being among the best in the world. In terms of dryland farming, there is little doubt that Canadian producers are good at getting the most bushels out of every acre.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first of a running series of columns in which Sonja Herter (Korol) will be detailing the history of Canada in light of the country’s 150 th anniversary in 2017.

This morning, my coworker was having a little trouble. “I swear, you’ll never fail to screw me up if you ask me to write an ampersand,” she muttered, showing me the piece of paper she was working on.

We survived Christmas in spite of all the visitors. In fact, we all enjoyed a good time. New Year’s Eve was very quiet and peaceful. The only fly in the ointment was the blizzard and extreme drop in temperature that befell us.

Yorkton Council made a decision at their last regular meeting to make a rather significant change to how they will go about their regular business moving forward.

Dear Editor: People don’t know what to do when it comes to mental health. If you were to have a heart attack, people around you know what to do. If you are having temporary, occasional chest pains you know where to go and who to talk to.