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Two things property owners have come to shudder over almost as a matter of course are assessments, and the property taxes levied on those assessments. There is a begrudging acceptance that property taxes are required.

When you play a lot of board games you learn that some are outstanding – say crokinole – some are a deeply flawed waste of time – think Monopoly – and some are games which remain something of a mystery.

A large rabbit bumped its way across the street ahead of me as I walked the dog the other morning. Cash and I watched it make its funny zig-zag path in and out of front yards, then back onto the road, grey ears flapping, powerful hind legs pumping.

Let’s talk trees. After seeing the broken trees following the storm we had a few weeks back, we realize how fragile they are, and how important proper tree placement is for the best life of the tree, and the safety of the homeowner.

When growing up the Canadian Prairies were widely known as ‘the bread basket of the world’. At least that was the thinking in this country.

It appears as if we've arrived at that time of the year again. It's just past the middle of June, the weather is heating up like crazy, and Saskatchewan is looking like the greener-than-green province it's known to be.

When it comes to the sport of chuckwagon racing one name stands out as the Gordie Howe of the game, and that is Alberta's Kelly Sutherland.

Vaccines are allowing us to win the COVID-19 as Premier Scott Moe hoped and predicted they would. This is very good news.

It was only a few weeks ago this space was dedicated to trying to come, in some small way, to terms with the announcement that the remains of 215 children buried on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on the Tk'emlups te Secwépe

As a former resident of Kamsack I thought I would write to you and see if the Kamsack Times might be interested in doing a series of articles on the graduating classes of the Kamsack Collegiate Institute.