Year: <span>2019</span>

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When art meets science: Research and experimentation key to artist’s colourful work

Saskatoon artist Marie Lannoo is known across Canada and internationally for the innovative, visually stimulating artwork she creates by employing conceptual research and scientific methods of experimentation. In a survey exhibition of her latest work, entitled the architecture of colour, Lannoo explores colour and light through paintings and sculptural installations that are currently on display...

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A letter to my uncle — a war hero

Dear Moosume Alfred: There’s a cenotaph that stands on the land of your Cree nation. On the plaque is a list of names of those who died fighting for the Canadian military. I saw your name along with my last name on the plaque. I have never met you, but I know you are the...

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Remembering Kenneth Scott Ferguson

Eunice Gore-Hickman has a special collection of photographs, cherished possessions from a trip to Holland, and a precious pair of salt and pepper shakers in her home. They are all reminders of her brother Kenneth Scott Ferguson. She was nine years old when Ken enlisted in the Canadian army. Ken, like so many Canadians, lied...

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It’s easy to understand why there is a Wexit movement

My father was a stickler about voting and as each of his children reached the age of majority, he proudly marched us to the polling station. Back in the day there was a blackout on reporting eastern election results until after the polls closed in the western provinces, supposedly so Canadians in the western provinces...

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Mike Stensrud Carrying on the family tradition of giving

As the son of caring and sharing parents, Mike Stensrud believed it was inevitable that he’d be called to follow in their philanthropic footsteps. His parents, Howard and Rita Stensrud, were among Saskatoon’s great champions for those with intellectual disabilities. They attended an early meeting of what was then known as theSaskatoon Association for the...

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Call for new equalization deal smacks of hypocrisy

What we’re doing isn’t working, my friends. I don’t know how to put it any more simply than that. If you’ve learned one thing over the past few years, it’s that Saskatchewan’s economy needs the rest of Canada on its side for it to not only survive but thrive. We’ve had that message beaten into...

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Saskatoon Friendship Inn marks 50 years

Fifty years ago, back in 1969, six hungry men in Saskatoon were served bowls of soup. Those simple meals marked the beginning of the Saskatoon Friendship Inn, an iconic local institution that provides food and friendship to people in our community 365 days a year. No one is turned away from the Friendship Inn, which...

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North parking lot at Midtown the best place for arena

It is nice to see the city has started the process to pick a location for a new arena. First up is a location in Riversdale, south of the farmers’ market. While aesthetically pleasing, the site is the wrong one. Among other things, it is too far from the heart of downtown, especially given our...