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Bats are fascinating creatures, and they're more important than many people realize. A bat can eat more than 1,000 insects in an hour - up to 6,000 a night.

Dear Editor: I was born and raised in Yorkton, and still have my parents and many great friends who live there.

Gardeners, please join us tonight at the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society regular meeting, 7:00 p.m. at the Sunshine Room, SIGN on North Street.

News of Saturday's plane collision near St. Brieux reverberated through the Elgar Peterson Arena in Humboldt during the RBC Cup semi-final game between the Broncos and Woodstock Slammers.

Canada would be a different place without our 80,000 registered charities dedicated to everything from health to economic policy to the environment.

The sky bloomed blue today. The thermometer rose to sleeveless. Willows at the bottom of the property greened up noticeably, and lilac nubs became leaves.

Although it's less than five years, there's something about today's Saskatchewan that makes it feel that it's eons since the provincial NDP ran the province.

When it comes to recreation the old adage 'the times they are a changing' seems appropriate. And that phenomenon seemed to be in evidence at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.

On our walks, I've noticed a common problem: the area under spruce trees looks very dry and ragged. We didn't have a lot of snow cover this year, so I wondered if that was the reason.