Opinion

The idea of expanding post secondary education opportunities in Yorkton have been making their rounds for several years.

The recent attempted abducted kidnapping incident in Yorkton is disturbing and troubling. It's just so hard to believe that our city may not be safe enough to allow our children to walk a couple of blocks to school.

Saskatchewan motorists will be pleased to know that all of the tax dollars collected at gas pumps across the province this year will be put back into road construction and repair.

Dear Editor:This is an open letter to the residents of Yorkton and Springside and surrounding communities thanking them for their participation in the 2010Heart&StrokeJump Rope for Heart(TM) andHeart&StrokeHoops for Heart(TM) programs.

Gardeners, it's been quite a week! The rain just didn't seem to want to stop, and it's hard to say how our plants fared in that weather.

In our slice of the prairies, we`ve seen the sun so seldom this spring I've decided not to waste it. So I'm writing outside this sunny morning, perched on an old willow chair in my favourite part of our backyard.

As you read this, there's a good chance that it's raining or that it has just rained or that it's about to rain. That's just the kind of spring it's been in Saskatchewan. Most years, this would good news.

Dear Bill: As a marketing representative, I make presentations to both co-workers and clients. Initially, I was nervous even presenting to peers, but now have a level of comfort.

Before he left home, son Anthony spent a peck of time at the home of one of his friends. I didn't know that friend's family, and I wondered when a bill for his room and board would arrive.A decade later, I've finally met that mother.

The explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico and subsequent uncontrolled release of millions of litres of oil a day is a monumental disaster.