Opinion

I found out last weekend there is nothing like the birth of a grandchild to rekindle some of the idealism of youth.

The spirit of Valentine's Day was evident in the atmosphere of the Yorkton Regional High School. S.A.D.D. ran a "Crush for your Crush" campaign during the days leading up the Valentine's Day.

Lest there be any doubt that Saskatchewan is changing to a more urbanized place, consider a couple of news items in the last week.

Despite its huge area, Canada has relatively little dependable farmland. After all, a lot of our country is rock, or buried under ice and snow. Fertile soil and a friendly climate are hard to find.

Are you a fan of "This Old House" or "Ask This Old House"? These great programs always offer entertaining viewing, even if you aren't actually doing any of the projects! Quite often, they will have a gardening segment.

Dear Editor: In several media releases Minister of Agriculture, Gerry Ritz, is espousing the virtues of "marketing freedom". It appears he is still in the honeymoon stage of "marketing freedom". Mr.

The mood of Yorkton Council seems to be changing in terms of how it looks at operating the City's recreational facilities. For years now Council has been instructing its Administration to work toward higher levels of cost recovery from facilities.

The first meeting for 2013 for the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society takes place Thursday, February 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sunshine Room at SIGN on North Street. Our guest speaker will be Warren Crossman, speaking about food security.

When the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded in 2010, killing 11 people and spewing massive amounts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, it cost more than $40 billion to mop up the mess.

The first person I saw on Friday morning said, "Hey, did you hear an asteroid hit Russia this morning? It's all over Twitter." Now, this immediately raised a bunch of red flags for me.