Opinion

Dinosaurs have changed a lot since I was a kid. Last week, a University of Alberta graduate student revealed a study of a remarkable feathered dinosaur specimen with some plumage and soft tissue intact. Cartoonists loved this story.

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Randy Brenzen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.

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

The federal Conservatives have chosen Rona Ambrose as their new interim leader and I think she’s off to a pretty good start.

Until 1969, biologists thought mushrooms and other fungi were plants. They’re actually more closely related to animals, but with enough differences that they inhabit their own distinct classification.

Today is Remembrance Day; whatever your schedule, please take a moment to remember the many men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom, and continue to do so in conflicts around the world.

I remember some young soldiers. Keen, full of bravado. Cowlicks barely tamed, acne still embarrassing.

Los Lobos – Gates of Gold Whenever a band reaches a pinnacle of lasting for over 40 years, one may think their best years are behind them. One would be wrong here. Los Lobos released Gates Of Gold this month and it’s a winner.

The Yorkton Branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Yorkton Public Library.