Yorkton This Week

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- Christmas Carol Songfest - Sun., Dec. 11, 2016, 6:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. CCST. Heartland Baptist Church,384 Gladstone Ave. S., Yorkton.All ages. Free.

It would be the greatest gift of the season if we as a community, both locally, and in terms of a larger world community, arrived at this time of year and newspapers did not feel the need to write the editorial which follows.

Dear Editor: Who should pay the price for government mismanagement and waste? Todd MacKay, of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation apparently thinks it should be public service workers and the families and communities they serve (LP Nov. 29, 2016).

I had made the children rag dolls that year. Clown-faced Toby for our son, flaxen-haired Miranda for our daughter. In the very early eighties, the floppy toys became my hand-stitched rebellion against the creeping Cabbage Patch craze.

It often surprises people how far back in history computer techniques go. This is because there is always a lag between technological innovation, early adoption and mass acceptance.

Airboy #3 Written by James Robinson Art by Greg Hinkle Image Comics This refreshingly unusual take on a relaunch of Airboy has been outstanding since the rather weird first panel of issue #1 with writer James Robinson sitting on the ‘john’, pants aro

It was the late-1980s, and Grant Devine’s Progressive Conservative government was in its second term in Saskatchewan. They had run into tough economic times – drought and high interest rates.

For a family to have a positive start in life, they have to be prepared for their future and the best way to accomplish this is with a solid foundation of support and access to needed resources.

At this time of year we focus on indoor gardening, our houseplants! I know many of you have beautiful houseplants: some very dear friends of our have the most amazing orchid plants, with long, graceful, arching stems of blooms that look like they sho