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....
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February 1, 2020April 27, 2020your SASKATOON news
Harry has much to learn about staying out of the limelight
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...
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February 1, 2020April 27, 2020your SASKATOON news
Scotty Bowman shares memories in new book
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...
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February 1, 2020April 27, 2020your SASKATOON news
My pickleball career has been humbling
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...
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February 1, 2020April 27, 2020your SASKATOON news
Foodtruck Wars moving downtown
Saskatoon’s Foodtruck Wars (FTW) Street Festival is moving and growing. The sixth annual festival is relocating to downtown, and will go from three days to six. The festival spent its first three years at the Sutherland Curling Club and the past two on 20th Street West in Riversdale. “We had plans of creating a new,...
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February 1, 2020April 30, 2020Women of Saskatoon
Brit’s Picks: Top 5 Arts Events
Fred Penner Feb. 16, Broadway Theatre He’s spent more than four decades enchanting young audiences with music and his hit TV show. Now Fred Penner is back on the road to mark the 40th anniversary of his hit song The Cat Came Back. It’s a chance to introduce your little ones to the music you...
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February 1, 2020April 30, 2020Women of Saskatoon
Tenille Campbell: Building community through storytelling
Tenille Campbell is many things: Artist. Public speaker. Mother. Academic. Daughter. Poet. Writer. Sister. Photographer. Friend. Through it all, she is a storyteller. “Storytelling is truth-telling for me, foundational for all that I do,” said Campbell. “In my photography, academic work, blogging, mothering . . . it’s very important to me that my work reflects...
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February 1, 2020April 30, 2020Women of Saskatoon
OUTSaskatoon bringing gender and sexual diversity education to students
For years, Jessica Fisher would walk into elementary and high school classrooms, stand at the front of the room and say: “My name is Jessica Fisher, and I am a cisgender, queer woman who is both Métis and a settler.” Fisher works with OUTSaskatoon and has a real gift for connecting with people from all...
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February 1, 2020April 30, 2020Women of Saskatoon
Seed starting from your window is relatively easy
When I was a little girl my grandmother started marigolds every winter in a little modified milk garden planter with her seeds from last year’s crop. I loved those marigolds in her brick planters and I still think of her every time I see a marigold. You really don’t need a grow light or other...
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February 1, 2020April 30, 2020Women of Saskatoon
Home builders’ association CEO touts personal and professional growth
For Chris Guérette, if she isn’t growing, it’s time to. “You have to actually morph yourself through the years. You have to learn to be a different person and use different skills. You have to change who you are without changing who you are,” she said. The CEO of the Saskatoon & Region Home Builders’...