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Yorkton This Week

Sorry, Kellie, you don’t pass my test

Wouldn’t want to accuse federal Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch of… let’s call it, being disingenuous, but her survey questionnaire about immigrants and Canadian values sounds entirely too much like the Great White North version of Do

Gardener's Notebook - The wonder of friends’ gardens

I can’t wait to tell you about some of the interesting things we were lucky enough to see in the last couple weeks. While visiting a dear friend, we were strolling through his amazing garden and came upon a large stand of tomato plants.

Thinking Critically - Kaepernick-hate illogical and ironic

My goodness, by the vitriol being spewed at him you would think Colin Kaepernick had dipped a puppy in tar, set it on fire and flung it into a pit of ravenous crocodiles.

Publishing week

SaskBooks will be celebrating Saskatchewan Publishing Week from September 12-18 with a series of five readings in five historically significant places in Saskatchewan.
A natural clean for natural problems

A natural clean for natural problems

Shelves today are overstocked with different types of cleaning products. There are products specifically made to clean your carpet, your hard-wood, your fabrics and your clothes. We have become accustomed to using specific products for certain jobs.
Canora man contributes to history

Canora man contributes to history

On September 8, 2016 under perfect conditions in Cape Canaveral, Florida, an Atlas V rocket lifted off carrying a payload that will take a sample of an asteroid named Bennu that will, scientists hope, help them unravel the origins of life on Earth.

A third of crop now in the bins

Saskatchewan producers made good progress with harvest, thanks to a week of primarily dry weather.
‘Yorkton’ part of China marketing

‘Yorkton’ part of China marketing

The word ‘Yorkton’ has become something of a selling point for a local firm accessing a potentially massive market. TA Foods is now bottling cold pressed virgin flax oil under the label ‘Yorkton Flax Oil’.

Agriculture This Week - Thinking Canada by checking labels

When you have written an opinion piece on any subject weekly for a quarter of a century, you come to truly appreciate when someone takes the time to send off an email regarding the effort.

Old pop. stats tell a tale

For all the evils of social media — and there are many — it can be wealth of information. The downside is that it puts people in silos that they need not ever feel compelled to leave.
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