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Thinking Critically - Alcosynth creator doesn’t get drinkers

In a 1992 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG), the starship Entreprise-D comes across the wreck of a Federation transport vessel.
It’s a virtual jungle out there

It’s a virtual jungle out there

The message is as simple as it is blunt. Do not be a victim; do not be a perpetrator. And do not be both.
Food drive

Food drive

The FCC, Farm Credit Canada, Drive Away Hunger is an annual campaign that asks communities to come together to make a difference. St.

Agriculture This Week - Wolves and farming have never gotten along

It’s an old story that is again beginning to play out with a new chapter in Saskatchewan. The story is about predatory animals and farmers. The two simply have never gotten along. Predators are generally smart, at least among animals.
History Corner - Evergreen Motors

History Corner - Evergreen Motors

Evergreen Motors, #12 Fourth Avenue North –(Across the lane north of the Toronto-Dominion Bank.) Circa 1960s. A garage was originally built in 1941 by E.J. Fitchner of Foam Lake. W.E. Fitchner, who was mayor from 1957 to 1968 became owner in 1966.

View From The Cheap Seats - The key issue facing a new Council

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.

Weather has stalled the harvest

Heavy rain and snow over the past several days has stalled harvest. Eighty-one per cent of the 2016 crop is combined and 15 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.
Haunted attraction opens for Halloween

Haunted attraction opens for Halloween

Boarded up for years, even during the day, the old Western Grocers (now TA Foods) warehouse on Broadway Street has a creepy kind of feel to it. Now, leading up to Halloween, it has taken on an even more sinister appeal.
Candidates for mayor Q&A

Candidates for mayor Q&A

Four candidates are seeking voter support in Yorkton for the position of mayor. Yorkton This Week prepared four question for their response. Candidates were provided the questions to submit answers in 200-words or less.
Wolf hunt announced in some areas

Wolf hunt announced in some areas

The Ministry of Environment is again offering a wolf hunting season for wildlife management zones along the provincial forest fringe as a method for helping to reduce wolf-livestock conflicts.
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