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Communities do need a long term plan

Communities do need a long term plan

A couple questions from municipal leaders from across the country hit me as especially pertinent to the problems facing rural Saskatchewan communities today.
It will take more rebranding to make tar sands oil "ethical"

It will take more rebranding to make tar sands oil "ethical"

Ripping a page - or the cover - from fellow Conservative and former tobacco industry lobbyist Ezra Levant's book, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his new environment minister, Peter Kent, have taken to referring to the product of the Alberta tar sa
Gardening brings people together

Gardening brings people together

My dear gardening friends, this week I'd like you to make a cup of tea and sit down with me for a few minutes.
Editorial - There's an election in the air

Editorial - There's an election in the air

It's not hard to tell we are headed to a provincial election this year. We are already beginning to see the two political front-running parties, the ruling Saskatchewan Party and Opposition New Democrats taking shots across each other's bows.
Editorial Cartoon

Editorial Cartoon

Stephen Harper gets rise in polls after meeting with Barack Obama.
Editorial Cartoon

Editorial Cartoon

City residents struggle with windrows left by snowplows.
Sask. Party winning health care battle

Sask. Party winning health care battle

It's easy to pinpoint the exact time when the NDP lost the health issue in rural Saskatchewan. It was Mar. 18, 1993 - the day of the infamous provincial budget that closed 52 rural hospitals.
Looking at education taxes again

Looking at education taxes again

Imagine if the province could lower school property taxes and improve classroom results at the same time. Farfetched? Not really.
Letter to the Editor - Director's vision

Letter to the Editor - Director's vision

Dear Editor:In the article that appeared on the front page of the January 26, 2011 Yorkton this Week entitled, "SIGN seeks new Executive Dir.", the question was asked to the Board Chair, Ms.
Grow family love this February

Grow family love this February

Some relatives are like mountains - best viewed from a distance. A few of mine may think that of me, but if I had to list them, my nephew Jeremy wouldn't be among them. Though he does live over the mountains, I'm confident of this: Jeremy loves me.
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