Yorkton News Review - Archive

To the Editor: Over the past few months, we've all heard a lot from organized labour who have tried to characterize Bill 85 - The Saskatchewan Employment Act as an attack on workers' rights and taking Saskatchewan back 100 years.

With under three weeks to go until the opening pitch is thrown on the 2013 Yorkton Cardinals WMBL campaign, the Cardinals roster has started to take shape.

With the snow finally gone and the grass growing, it was officially time to kick off footy season as the Yorkton United Football Club U-12's got the ball rolling on their Regina Soccer Association season with two fixtures in the Queen City.

Like it or not, it's passed. The (contentious) Saskatchewan Employment Act (Bill 85) has passed third and final reading in the Legislative Assembly.

The Health Foundation Airwaves for Health Radiothon, hosted by GX94 and the Fox, had another successful year in 2013, raising an early total of $78,925.

Saskatchewan has an injury epidemic, says Gord Moker, CEO of Safe Saskatchewan. As a result, it's time for the people in the province to start thinking of safety in their lives.

It certainly IS - as has been pointed out - a tragic legacy, but is throwing more cash at the problem (as has happened historically for years) going to make everything better? I think not.

To the Editor: I have just lost my job to workers coming from India on Temporary Foreign Worker program. I used to work for Shaw Communications Inc.

The Saskatchewan Employment Act (Bill 85) today passed third and final reading in the Legislative Assembly.

The last of the original American Idol judges is gone. Randy Jackson has gone on to do something else, leaving the show with a panel of new faces, as the other two original judges - Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul - have long since departed the program.