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Court leniency almost lunatic

Court leniency almost lunatic

There was an incident at the Shell on Smith Street in Yorkton on Monday.
Letter to the Editor - Ritz poor choice for Ag Minister

Letter to the Editor - Ritz poor choice for Ag Minister

Dear Editor: Pay More for Rail Service? It's pretty sad to think that, with all the MPs he has in Western Canada, Stephen Harper can't come up with somebody - anybody - who understands farming better then Gerry Ritz.
EDITORIAL - Old mill deserves one last chance

EDITORIAL - Old mill deserves one last chance

The 'old mill' as everyone locally simply refers to it is one of those properties in Yorkton which has become something of an anomaly.
Editorial - Lots of rec choices in city

Editorial - Lots of rec choices in city

Every once in a while you will be sitting among a group of people in our city and the conversation will turn to what there is to do in our community and invariably someone will laugh with that tone which suggests there is nothing which ever goes on i
Plant stocks in groups

Plant stocks in groups

A very dear friend was telling me about how she throws evening scented stocks seeds here and there in her garden, filling in little empty garden spaces with this easy-growing annual that will perfume the air with sweet aroma in the evenings.
Editorial - Cartoon

Editorial - Cartoon

Daddy, can you fix it?

Daddy, can you fix it?

Every so often, when I'm walking alone and the wind is right, I smell the fragrance of my father's workshop.
A new kind of NIMBY: Nature in my backyard

A new kind of NIMBY: Nature in my backyard

On reading about the growing resistance to a mega-quarry being proposed for southern Ontario, I had an epiphany about the media's use of the term NIMBY, for "not in my backyard.
Miami Heat NBA heels

Miami Heat NBA heels

Twenty years ago, I used to watch professional wrestling and it was very clear who you were supposed to cheer for and who you were supposed to despise. It's 2011 and the NBA has developed its own heel: the Miami Heat.
Stop tax-on-tax

Stop tax-on-tax

Marking its 13th annual Gas Tax Honesty Day, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is renewing its call for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to stop the practice of charging H/GST on top of provincial and federal gas taxes - the tax-on-tax.