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Editorial - Truck route process missing the mark

Editorial - Truck route process missing the mark

Sometimes you wonder if government representatives ever actually sit down and talk to one another? A case in point is the City of Yorkton and the province in regards to Yorkton West Truck Route Bypass.
Editorial Cartoon

Editorial Cartoon

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Letter to the Editor - Employment numbers for Yorkton-Melville Region

Letter to the Editor - Employment numbers for Yorkton-Melville Region

Dear Editor:In the February 9th issue of Yorkton this week, an editorial was written in regard to the employment numbers across the province and the Yorkton-Melville region.
I wish you unquenchable love

I wish you unquenchable love

To celebrate our 31st anniversary the Preacher handed me a card with an ape holding a bouquet of flowers on the front. The message read, "To my Darling Wife - I got you a card that's just like me."But the card seemed glued shut.
Let me overturn Conviction

Let me overturn Conviction

Conviction (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Tony Goldwyn. Starring Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver.True story about a life spent fighting the system.
Storybook ending for Super Bowl

Storybook ending for Super Bowl

The Super Bowl had a story book ending on Sunday as Aaron Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers to victory. Rodgers was also named the MVP.
Communities do need a long term plan

Communities do need a long term plan

A couple questions from municipal leaders from across the country hit me as especially pertinent to the problems facing rural Saskatchewan communities today.
It will take more rebranding to make tar sands oil "ethical"

It will take more rebranding to make tar sands oil "ethical"

Ripping a page - or the cover - from fellow Conservative and former tobacco industry lobbyist Ezra Levant's book, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his new environment minister, Peter Kent, have taken to referring to the product of the Alberta tar sa
Gardening brings people together

Gardening brings people together

My dear gardening friends, this week I'd like you to make a cup of tea and sit down with me for a few minutes.
Editorial - There's an election in the air

Editorial - There's an election in the air

It's not hard to tell we are headed to a provincial election this year. We are already beginning to see the two political front-running parties, the ruling Saskatchewan Party and Opposition New Democrats taking shots across each other's bows.