Opinion

Preventing illness is the best way to get health-care costs down. So why aren't governments doing more to protect the environment? We've long known that environmental factors contribute to disease, especially contamination of air, water, and soil.

I think that when someone ladled out hard and difficult questions, for the asking by the likes of us, the ladle spilled all over the spot reserved for children. "What are wildflowers, Nana?" asked one, a few days ago. "Weeds, mostly.

I don't know when it happened, gardeners, but everything looks like "fall" now, doesn't it. I know some of you have already been starting to clear out your gardens.

It appears Premier Brad Wall's Saskatchewan Party government has tapped into the formula for political success in the province. Or at least, the Sask.

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

Annexation of land from neighbouring rural municipalities is a process every urban centre which is growing must face at some point.

Another week and another zero put up by the Saskatchewan Roughrider passing offense. I think it might be time to re-evaluate the quarterback position.

They have always said that everyone in Saskatchewan has at least one foot on the farm. To some extent, this remains true. But there are a few other realities we factor into this old cliché.

The Hunger Games (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Gary Ross. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth. The film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' bestselling young adult novel makes teenage violence fun again.

It's not the sort of headline you would expect to see in Yorkton, but it is one which is food for thought for both local residents and public officials.