Opinion

It’s not the dying that I fear. It’s inevitable, unavoidable, an immutable reality. The realization of our mortality is something most of us encounter somewhere along the way – often with the death of someone close to us.

“Shed 10 lbs. before summer!” “Melt off the pounds fast with this simple trick!” These are titles and commercials we see almost every day.

Until we are ready to admit what the problems are, we are going to continue to see more and more of what we saw recently in Orlando and I am not optimistic mass shootings will stop anytime soon.

Some things are too important to be left to voters. That may seem somewhat counterintuitive, but I have written this a hundred times and it bears repeating: democracy is not the same thing as majority rules.

A wonderful gardening friend recently invited us to come and see his stunning garden.

View from the Cheap Seats is an extension of the newsroom, which is frequently a site of heated debate on topics ranging from the extremely serious to the utterly ridiculous.

Welcome to Week CCXIII of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

Over the next year or so, the Saskatchewan Party government will be looking save every penny it can. Bet that there will be things done that rural people won’t like.

It was only a few weeks ago in this space that we suggested Yorkton residents begin thinking about the municipal election which will send us to the polls Oct. 26. At the time we said it was time for some fresh faces in council chambers.