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Lack of interest reason for choir cut

Lack of interest reason for choir cut

Dear Editor: Each spring, students at the YRHS are given the opportunity to make course selections for the upcoming school year based upon their interest and more often than not, their requirements for post-secondary programs.
Swim issue

Swim issue

Dear Editor: Imagine my disappointment when visiting your city expecting to swim with my sons I was told “We do not recognize Senior Citizens in the pool.
Wrong villian

Wrong villian

Dear Editor: A number of letters of concern about the elimination of the Yorkton Regional High School choir program were published in the August 24, 2016 edition of your paper.
Is it ‘all relative’ when people aren’t actually related?

Is it ‘all relative’ when people aren’t actually related?

By Kaare Askildt
Sunny Side Up - Abilities don’t last forever. Are you using yours?

Sunny Side Up - Abilities don’t last forever. Are you using yours?

Some people knit with yarn. I knit with words. In my decades of writing I’ve spent countless hours at my computer, knitting columns, stories, articles and books. But one day I carelessly left them out for the digital cat to find.
Thinking Critically - Very disappointed in Olympic role model

Thinking Critically - Very disappointed in Olympic role model

We really ought to demand more from our role models. During the recent Olympics, I was disgusted when Michael Phelps showed up on the pool deck for the first time. As soon as I saw the circular bruises all over his torso, I was crestfallen.
View From The Cheap Seats - Sexism unfortunate Olympic reality

View From The Cheap Seats - Sexism unfortunate Olympic reality

View from the Cheap Seats is an extension of the newsroom, which is frequently a site of heated debate on topics ranging from the extremely serious to the utterly ridiculous.
Gardener's Notebook - First meeting of new season nears

Gardener's Notebook - First meeting of new season nears

It seems hard to believe, but the first meeting of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be on Wednesday, September 21 at 7:00 p.m. at SIGN on North Street.
Politics - Violence; racism scary combination

Politics - Violence; racism scary combination

Let us dispense with the notion that rural Saskatchewan people are generally racists towards First Nations people. Right now, this seems to an all-too-common perception that is neither true nor helpful when it comes to finding solutions.
Crime Diary - Balancing C-51 a much-needed effort

Crime Diary - Balancing C-51 a much-needed effort

Recently, we were reminded we live in a dangerous world. Aaron Driver, a suspected ISIS sympathizer was taken down by police at his home in Strathroy, Ontario.
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