Yorkton News Review - Archive

To the Editor: There are many reasons to reject Stephen Harper's scheme to cut Old Age pensions. It's mean-spirited.

The Saskatchewan Association for Firearm Education (SAFE) was at the Yorkton Gun and Collectibles Show again this year.

It has been a long time since I've seen a Scholastic flyer, but from what I hear they've diversified, putting games in the mix as well as the books that were the flyer's mainstay.

The Yorkton UCT Bantam AA Terriers hosted the Regina Oilers in the first round of the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League playoffs. The Bantam AA Terriers claimed a 4-1 win in Game 1 of the best of three games series.

The Yorkton Blitz 16U Women competed in Warman, in a twelve team, one-day tournament. The team was challenged in the round robin pool and placed second in their pool.

Four competitive Provincial Level 1 gymnasts of the Yorkton Springers Gymnastics Club participated at a competition in Saskatoon over the weekend. Coach Todd Appel says the young gymnasts did pretty well.

The Prairie Sun Seed festival hosted many presentations on different aspects of local food production. One such presentation was by Grow 'n' Share, a new initiative to use excess fruit on trees in the city to good use.

I really don't think it's all pension related... Over the past month or so there's been a lot of talk about retirement age, pensions and how people will afford to make a go of it when they reach that point.

To the Editor: One major problem with writing political commentary is that it's often difficult to look at something that seems... well, crazy... and find a rational explanation for it.

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