Opinion

The Yorkton Summer Fair was held last week in the city, the usual herald of the arrival of what is summer in this part of the world, July and August. The annual exhibition is a tradition in this city, one stretching back decades.

It was just a little smoke ... or rather, a lot of wood smoke blanketing southern Saskatchewan like about a million camp fires.

Dear Editor: Especially at this time of year, in the glow of Canada Day, I remember vividly and give thanks for being granted Canadian Citizenship many years ago in Canadian Citizenship Court presided over by Honourable Judge Joe Young in Regina.

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

It’s funny how some things always seem to be in the future. This is perhaps more true with artificial intelligence (AI) than anything else. Despite the fact we use and/or see AI in action pretty much daily, it still seems like it is far away.

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.

Dean Del Mastro got caught cheating and now he is going to jail. It could not have happened to a nicer scumbag.

If nothing else, the G7 countries’ recent agreement to end fossil fuel use for energy by 2100 signals a shift in the way we talk and think about global warming. Previous agreements were about reducing carbon emissions from burning coal, oil and gas.

A wise lady named Gladys Bronwyn Stern once said “Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.