Yorkton This Week

Bigger isn’t always better. Too much of a good thing can be bad. Many anti-environmentalists throw these simple truths to the wind, along with caution. You can see it in the deceitful realm of climate change denial.

“It is more blessed to give than receive,” Jesus said. Two thousand years later, this follower can confirm it.

If you are a gamer trying different games is usually high on your interest list. So when looking for something different for a snowy afternoon, sorry those days are on the near horizon, it is not a bad idea to look to the past.

Thank you to everyone who helped in any way with the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society’s Fall Plant Sale last week; to everyone who brought plants, worked at the plant tables, answered gardening questions, and of course, to everyone who came

Saturday was a perfect example of a politician doing something stupid and the reaction from the people he targeted was equally dumb.

The majority of native and tame perennial grasses in western Canada are cool season grasses. The annual life cycle of cool season grasses begins in fall rather than spring. Shoots that grew during spring and summer stop growing in fall.

Rain showers last week delayed harvest for some producers but most were back in the field within a few days.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is once again the most contentious issue in terms of Canadian trade and that certainly includes the full range of agricultural commodities.

A number of fur trading forts in the North West Territories still operated after the Hudson’s Bay Company had surrendered Rupert’s Land to the Canadian government in 1870.

We live in a glorious age of cultural exchange. Yikes, that sounded like the start of a college essay. A bad college essay. Let’s start over. These days, it’s easier than ever to share with people across the world.