Opinion

While people often lament what there is to do in Yorkton, the comments do seem to come more often in winter, because cold tends to keep us a bit closer to any sort of apparatus which offers even a modicum of warmth.

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

Last week I was struggling to decide what to write about in this space.

It appears the federal government might have a bit of a rebellion from the judiciary on its hands.

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

Sitting here chatting with you today, I see three interesting horticultural -related items on our desk. One is a maple syrup can, once filled with rich, delicious golden syrup, now filled with pens.

Two and a half-weeks before her due date, our daughter made a panicked 4 a.m. call to our house. We'd expected that call, just not quite so early - and not quite so terrifying. "Mom, I'm bleeding like mad. We're leaving for the hospital NOW.

The holiday season is just around the corner, a time when family from far and wide gather together to celebrate the season.

Canada is blessed with some of the last vestiges of pristine nature on Earth - unbroken forests, coastlines and prairies, thousands of rivers, streams and lakes, open skies, abundant fresh air.