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For this journalist the arrival of July has long been a time of reflection on my childhood and some of the best memories of those years up to and through my teen years.

There's reason to celebrate these days, my friends.

It’s hard to celebrate our past in the way we once did. There was a time when we could be comforted by whatever we were taught in our school history books. Modern times are changing that.

Saskatchewan lacrosse fans might look at Matt Hossack as a player with a level of still to be unlocked potential. While Hossack is now 27, the Port Perry, ON. product has never quite risen to be ‘the guy’ on the Saskatchewan Rush defence.

So we are only days away from the restrictions placed to help curb the spread of COVID-19 come off in Saskatchewan. Certainly the numbers in terms of new daily cases have been far smaller of late, with only 21 reported July 2 and 20 on July 5.

Welcome to 'Wordy Wednesday' brought to you by our friends at Yorkton Public Library, (including Slow the friendly sloth), and appearing here courtesy of Yorkton This Week .

Do you ever feel like you’ve accomplished something SO GREAT that you’d like to celebrate it in some huge way but, in the scheme of life, you know it’s really so unimportant that it would be ridiculous to even acknowledge it? Long ago I gave up the t

One the great things about playing board games, and having that interest evolve with a small group of liked minded people, to become a weekly review effort, is the chance to connect with game designers directly.

Lord, we arrived here fast. It started with mini-cars. Then toy tractors, plastic lawn cars and hand-in-hand walks to see the semis parked down the street. We knew he’d be driving for real one day. At eight or nine, he sat on our couch.

Local Big Brothers Big Sisters seek mentors