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It was interesting to have the Mayor note in a Monday interview with Yorkton This Week how government often finds it difficult to deal with the expectations the public has in terms of service.

Obviously, no one likes to pay more taxes. And no one likely understands this better than Premier Brad Wall, whose electoral success can be somewhat attributed to issues like removing much of the education property tax on agricultural land.

Dear Editor: On Feb. 6, 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada ruling on doctor assisted suicide was a disappointment.

Very exciting news came out of Britain last week when the House of Commons approved research on a technique that could save hundreds of babies from suffering horrific inherited diseases.

I support a person’s right to die a dignified physician-assisted death. Wow, did that ever feel good to hear someone definitively answer that question even though it was me.

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Randy Brenzen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.

A Supreme Court decision last week appears to pave the way for doctor assisted suicide to become legal in Canada. This landmark ruling will, certainly, change the way people live out their final days.

Welcome to Week CXLIII of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

In late January, the BC Lung Association released results of Canada’s largest-ever community-wide home radon testing project, conducted in Castlegar and Prince George, two of B.C.’s radon hot spots.