Opinion

The provincial budget in Saskatchewan came down last week, and it smacks of a document in the first year of a new mandate. There is nothing here to have taxpayers overly happy, and perhaps nothing major to have concerns about either.

It's happening this Saturday, March 31, gardeners! The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society is heading down the highway, looking for adventure, as we head off to Gardenscape in Saskatoon! I checked out the website and it all looks very exciting

There is really nothing that I can add with regards to the Graham James 2-year sentence that was handed down by an ignorant judge last week. James has made a career of violating teenaged boys and exploiting our bleeding heart justice system.

There are a few good things about not hearing, I've discovered since the morning I woke up deaf. I sleep better when I can't hear the headboard squeak. The Preacher's favourite music - not always my taste, barely bugs me.

More than anything else, coal fuelled the Industrial Revolution. It was, and still is, plentiful and cheap.

Tonight, Wednesday, March 21, 7 p.m., is the regular meeting for the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society. We'll learn about "Planning, Planting and Growing in a Greenhouse" with not one but two speakers: Glen Tymiak and Frank Woloschuk.

Cities cover just two per cent of the world's land area, yet they account for about 70 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.

The Trews, apparently, put on a pretty good show in Regina last week. They were supposed to do the same in Yorkton; but the performance was cancelled when nobody stepped up to buy tickets.