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This is the last edition of this column and this newspaper before my coworkers and I turn off the lights, lock the doors and head home for our annual summer break; a time to rest, relax, and reboot.

If the past week has shown Saskatchewan residents anything, it is that COVID-19 has not gone away in the province, and outbreaks can flare up overnight. And flare up they certainly have recently. July 23, the province reported 42 new cases.

When it comes to games fondly remembered from my childhood, now some half century in the rear view mirror, few come close to the excitement and joy generated by table hockey.

COVID-19, with all its adjustments, terrors and sorrows will pass in time.

2020 has been quite a year, and the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society, like almost every organization, has had to cancel events that we were eagerly anticipating! Our Annual Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show has been cancelled for August 2020

I understand the instinct to go to one polling station from three for the next municipal election. In a normal year, just having one spot does decrease confusion, and Yorkton is small enough that physical distance isn’t a massive barrier to voting.

To describe rural Saskatchewan as a remote location is often meant - or at least taken - as a slight.

I don’t know about you, but I enjoyed a nice little routine that I had when it came to dining out and taking in some entertainment before this whole pandemic thing started dismantling our way of life.

It happened officially on March 24. It was an announcement many were anticipating. Some nations had already declared their position--including Canada--yet for me, a huge fan, it still came as a disappointment. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were suspended.

While it is not something at the forefront of most people’s minds under the sunny skies of summer, this fall Saskatchewan goes to the polls to elect the next provincial government. The choice is rather a clear cut one.