Yorkton This Week

For many of us, Labour Day marks the end of summer — a time when kids prepare to return to school, or for one last weekend at the lake and we begin to get ready for the coming fall and winter seasons.

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I said a final farewell to a pair of beloved relatives this week: my father’s identical twin brother, Dave, and his wife, Dorothy. Though they died many months apart, their memorial service waited until relatives could gather.

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By becoming Nipawin’s winningest coach

B.C. is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a captive breeding program to protect spotted owls. With an estimated six of the owls left in the wild in Canada, all in B.C., that seems like good news.

They say gardeners have green thumbs. In the case of Glen Tymiak the ‘green’ extends over both thumbs, his fingers, hands and quite likely toes. To say Tymiak is an avid gardener would be understatement.

A very kind and generous friend recently gifted us with a clump of Jacob’s Ladder. Are you familiar with this plant? It is a pretty perennial that has a thick, bushy growing habit with dainty leaves, similar to a fern.

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Paige Crozon is trying to earn an Olympic berth in an event that reminds her of her days developing her passion for basketball in Humboldt. The daughter of Gary and Leanne Crozon is a member of Canada’s national women’s 3x3 basketball team.