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Yorkton This Week

Sunny Side Up - The mathematics of Ministry

What does a clergyman do, exactly? Having lived with one for over four decades, I can tell you what it has meant for him.
Movie Review - Game Night

Movie Review - Game Night

Jesse Plemons is a national treasure. While he’s best known as the crazy Nazi punk from Breaking Bad , he’s been stellar in countless roles.

Stackhouse Soapbox - Why do we need semi automatic weapons

Seventeen more kids have been killed, needlessly, in Florida after a crazy young man used a semi-automatic rifle to mow them all down inside a local school.
Boardgamers Guild - Backgammon feel, but more choices

Boardgamers Guild - Backgammon feel, but more choices

When it comes to games Hive is about as good as it gets, a game that I rate fourth on my Top-100 games of all time. The 2001 release is a masterpiece from designer John Yianni.

Gardener's Notebook - Seedy Saturday upcoming event

Just a reminder — the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be holding their first meeting of 2018 on Wednesday, February 21 at 7:00 p.m. at SIGN on North Street in Yorkton.
Story of working horses continued

Story of working horses continued

Merlin Ford has long held a love of horses, in particular the work horses which helped shape our nation.
Local film on oat production released

Local film on oat production released

The Story of Oats, a 360° virtual reality video created over the summer and fall of 2017, was officially released Feb. 13, to celebrate Canada’s Agriculture Day.
Agriculture This Week - Agriculture Day awareness should be higher

Agriculture This Week - Agriculture Day awareness should be higher

Last week Canada’s Agriculture Day came and went with limited awareness and almost no fanfare.
History Corner - Captain William Francis Butler

History Corner - Captain William Francis Butler

The whole of the Canadian North West had drawn many explorers and traders, some of them pretty well living their whole lives in the wilderness.
Media creates first draft of history

Media creates first draft of history

While time provides one vision of history, there is also value in the immediate view of events provided by media.
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