Month: <span>February 2020</span>

Jerry Shoemaker, a prominent Saskatoon curling figure, is happy with the health of his favourite game in Canada. “Great strides have been made in the competitive, high-end scale of the Canadian game,” said Shoemaker, who was president of Canadian Curling Association (CCA) — now known as Curling Canada — in 2005-2006 and is the newly-minted...

Here’s a common scenario for people over 50. They’ve gradually gained weight over the last couple of decades, and now they’re obese or getting there. Somewhere over the years, they stopped participating in hobbies and sports. If they ever were a regular gym-goer or runner, that slipped away at some point, too. Now they have...

I am not crazy. I had myself tested. It took me five psychologists, but I finally found one who told me I was good to go. Let me explain. When I was going to college in Edmonton I had absolutely nothing in my bachelor apartment. No table and chairs, no television, not even a radio....

Why are Derek Jeter fans upset that he wasn’t a unanimous pick for the Baseball Hall of Fame? There are a lot of players who weren’t on everyone’s ballot. Let’s start with Lou Gehrig, then go to Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial, Honus Wagner...

Dear Reena, I was told by my co-worker to wash my toilet with boiling water. Do you think this is a good idea? — Ash Dear Ash, While it is true that some people recommend cleaning toilets with boiling water, this is a risky practice as boiling water may result in a cracked toilet bowl...

We are only a month into 2020, but it’s already been a great year for the visual arts in Saskatoon. Exciting new exhibitions are opening at local galleries, while some particularly buzz-worthy shows continue to be on display. For example, The Sonnabend Collection remains on view at Remai Modern until March 22. The exhibition represents...

By the time you read this, hopefully the Co-op Refinery strike in Regina will have been resolved. As I write this at the end of January, it’s not looking fantastic, with both management and workers dug in so deeply in their positions that they’re going to need some seriously heavy equipment to get them out....

Ah, the pretty birds in the gilded cages yearn to fly free with the common wrens. The problem is that things raised in captivity seldom survive outside their cages and must learn that nothing in the wild is free. Of course, I speak of the bonnie Prince Harry, or should I say the former Prince...

Chances are that few, if any, observers at the1957 Memorial Cup finals would have predicted that Scotty Bowman, then the assistant coach of the participating Ottawa Canadiens, would someday become the winningest coach in Stanley Cup history. Bowman achieved that honour by winning five Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens, one with the Pittsburgh Penguins...

My introduction to pickleball wasn’t good. And that’s putting it mildly. On the first serve into my spot on the court, I took a swing and whiffed. As I was whiffing, I lost my balance and fell into a curtain behind the court. Another time, I fell into a makeshift wall dividing courts. The wall...