Yorkton This Week

There are a lot of problems with Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax plan, not the least of which is the fact that a tax doesn’t even address the issue of a country becoming more green.

Genomics is fuelling innovations across many sectors of importance to Canadians.

It has long been my expectation that farming would become a sector where robotic machinery would become a major element of operations. Talk to producers and one of the major issues they face is finding reliable staff.

It was a dramatic weekend for Free My Muse Theatre Company.

There appears to be a growing interest in agriculture education in Canada, along with an increasing number of job opportunities in the industry, according to Statistics Canada data and a couple of independent surveys.

Joy Smith wants to end human trafficking. That was her goal before she entered politics, her mission through her political career and her focus after her retirement from parliament. To her, the most effective way to do this is through education.

New research suggests that a lack of domestic workers could significantly impede the growth of Canada’s grain and oilseed industry.

View from the Cheap Seats is an extension of the newsroom, which is frequently a site of heated debate on topics ranging from the extremely serious to the utterly ridiculous.

A “Roundhouse” of long ago was a locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable. Old time steam locomotives were smaller, slower than today’s diesel locomotives, therefore needing to operate over shorter distances, and requiring more servicing.

It was Christmas time at the Yorkton Family Resource Centre, and the kids got to experience the joys of the season with pictures with Santa Claus, fun and games, Christmas supper, gifts and the chance to ride on a horse-drawn sleigh.