Opinion

The Good Spirit School Division does it right. I was fortunate enough to attend their first day of in-service last Wednesday and former Olympic gold medalist Mark Tewksbury was the keynote speaker.

Saturday horse racing fans might want to wear a black arm band as a way to mark the end of an era in Yorkton with what could be the last day of standardbred racing at Cornerstone Raceway.

We can't live without water. We need it to stay hydrated and grow food. We use it to generate electricity. Water is in us and all around us. It makes up about 65 per cent of our bodies.

Dear Editor: The Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association is asking the public to slow down when travelling through a construction work zone.

If you are interested in genealogy, the Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogy Society is interested in you! The group will be holding their first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m.

Dear Editor: Recently, the members of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce received an email with the link to a survey being conducted by Perimeter Aviation Inc about the provision of regularly scheduled flights between Yorkton and Winnipeg.

The notion that Saskatchewan's eight-year boom may be coming to end is disturbing to people who have faced all too many economic ups and downs.

This week we're going to stay in the Qu'Appelle Valley stopping for a day at Crooked Lake. Finding Crooked Lake is pretty straight forward. Head down Highway #10 to Melville, turning east on Highway #47.

A story a couple of weeks ago about Yorkton having the seventh highest crime rate amongst cities in Canada should really send shock waves and spark a debate in our community about what we can do to curtail it.

Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don't always reflect or act on that knowledge.