Yorkton This Week

Michael Stephen Sarada of Estevan, formerly of Melville, passed away in Estevan, SK on Monday, January 8, 2018 at the age of 44 years. Our hearts are broken as we lay to rest our son, brother, uncle, cousin and dear friend to so many.

P. T. Barnum is an exemplar of the “American Dream,” a man who pulled himself up from the lower-class into the heights of the public consciousness. He was also a shameless huckster who duped thousands of people with endless hoaxes and lies.

Several D words have sometimes linked themselves to our granddaughter’s name in the decade since her birth. Dinah-mite. Dynamic Dinah. Dina-sore. But the alliteration that always fits is Dinah Dancer.

A young man going to university in Calgary and playing hockey there has had his request granted to delay reporting to jail after being found guilty of sexual interference of a 13-year-old girl.

Whenever you get a game that comes in a box about the size of a pack of cigarettes there is a tendency to fall back on the line about good things coming in small packages.

Are you collecting a few seed catalogues by now? Isn’t it fun to see what’s coming for spring 2018! I want to tell you about a seed catalogue we received from some very dear friends this Christmas.

On Jan. 1, 2018, the definition of an antique vehicle changed from “vehicles 30 years old or older” to “vehicles that are model year 1987 and older.” This change means vehicles with a model year of 1988 and newer will not be eligible for Antique Use.

Forgive me, father, for I have sinned against Halifax’s holy food. I have committed a crime with the donair. And I loved it. While I was in Nova Scotia over the Christmas break, I had a long list of things to do.

Yorkton This Week’s editorial staff takes readers on an explorative journey around the Internet, searching out the best in videos, podcasts, webcomics, music and anything else that catches their collective eyes which might interest our readers.

While many farmers are planning their seeding for 2018, Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) agriculture economists have five trends they want to plant in the minds of Canadian producers, food processors and retailers.