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Awhile ago, the Preacher mentioned a landmark he'd noticed on the highway between home and town. Had I noticed it, he wanted to know. "No. Where?" "Near the bridge." I drive that highway often. "There's no bridge on the highway to our place.

It happens to the best of us. On April 1, broadwayworld.com, a leading entertainment industry website, published a 947-word story about Clint Eastwood directing a movie about the life of the late Stompin Tom Connors.

I am sure there will be outrage in some circles that Melvin Koroluk was sentenced to two years in prison for abducting a child from the Yorkton Exhibition two years ago. There is no doubt, it was an egregious crime.

Access to information is a basic foundation of democracy. Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms also gives us "freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication.

Amid the recent furore in Ottawa over backbench MPs СÀ¶ÊÓƵ muzzled by the Prime Minister's office, an important private member's bill passed second reading on the final day before the Easter break.

Yorkton's Mayor and Councillors are getting a raise following a decision by Council at its regular meeting Monday. There are few things less palatable to voters these days than raises for politicians.

Did you know it is not technically illegal to make a turn or lane change in your vehicle without signaling? I didn't either.

It's time for the public relations officials at the RBC to make their money. A CBC story came out over the weekend stating that Canadian workers in Toronto are СÀ¶ÊÓƵ replaced with foreign ones.

Our grandbeans, their parents and a few others joined us for supper last week. The children weren't themselves. Bad colds had knocked our great Canadian jumping beans flatter than Mexican tortillas.