Opinion

In accepting the capital budget as presented last Monday, Yorkton Council made an interesting decision on respects to paying the costs of water retention ponds being constructed in the city.

Who is influencing Canada's resource priorities? In a puzzling appeal to anti-American sentiment, some industry supporters claim that U.S. foundations are threatening Canadian policy by donating money to environmental groups here.

Sometimes even uneventful news events reveal something eventful.

Last week, we were lucky enough to go the Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina for supper. The grand hotel was all decked out for Christmas, with sparkling trees and gleaming mirrors and giant toy soldiers standing guard in the lobby.

One of my favourite friends grew up down South, attending a church called "The Old Regular Baptist Church." I don't know if I'd fit in at that church. I'm not old - yet.

Dear Editor: Kudos to Yorkton This Week and Kathy Morrell for the editorial and the letter to the editor in the November 9, 2011 edition of Yorkton This Week regarding the preservation of the CBC. My thoughts mirror theirs.

If you love to read, you'll know what I mean when I say that some books are like old friends. Even if you haven't seen them for a while, when you do find each other again, you can enjoy their company right away.

Some people think Holly is a fool. Holly is a teacher. Holly is a devout Christ-follower. And Holly, knowingly, married a murderer. In a drug-related incident in his youth, her husband stabbed his drug dealer.