Year: <span>2020</span>

Happy Autumn everyone! As I write this article, it is officially the first day of fall. I love fall on the prairies. The mornings are cooler, the leaves are changing and people are cleaning up their yards preparing for the inevitable first snow fall. Last time we were together, we talked about the seven profit...

I met Sylvia Fedoruk when I was a child. I was a rink rat at curling clubs in my pre-10 years of age years. She knew my parents, and I would be tagging along at the curling club. My memory isn’t spot on, but she would have acknowledged my tiny presence in some way. I...

The dream began in 2014 and the fundraising campaign followed in 2018. No one could have foreseen that Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan’s (SOTS) new amphitheatre on the riverbank would have opened “dark” in a 2020 pandemic. Two of the bard’s greatest plays, Macbeth and The Tempest, were scheduled for this summer — huge productions perfect...

Almost half of Canadians know a business that has closed permanently due to COVID-19, eight out of ten say they wish they could do more. With seven out of ten business owners worried that customers won’t come back and many still struggling to pay bills, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s new #SmallBusinessEveryDay campaign...

Going out of your comfort zone Having the trusted brand that you have been using is reassuring and comforting, but it is also nice to try new things. In the case of pet food, PetMobile and Multi Menu can be considered new here in the west but are known and quite popular in the east,...

As a prolific social media user, particularly on Twitter, it’s a bit precious for me to write about how it causes societal divisions, but I’m going to do so anyway. As I write this, we are all staring down the barrel of what might be the most divisive and frightening few weeks in modern history....

Well, the race is on and it looks like, ah, hmmm, same old, same old. So far, we have six candidates running for Saskatoon’s top job. Incumbent Mayor Charlie Clark, former mayor Don Atchison, former provincial cabinet minister Rob Norris, and three that are new gladiators in the arena, engineer Zubair Sheikh, consultant Cary Tarasoff...

Did I mention I’m running for mayor? I looked at the slate (as of press time) and figured it was a little thin on diversity. For example, all six candidates are men, and I venture to suggest they are all over 40 (apologies if I am wrong). So am I; but I am female, so...

It’s easier than ever to become an organ donor Don’t be like me. Please sign up to be an organ and tissue donor. People need you, and the province made it easier this summer with its launch of an online registry. Why haven’t I signed on to be a donor? Could it be in the...

Hi Everyone! I have a question for you. Where do the rich hold their money? Is it in RRSPs? Is it in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds? Is it gold or silver? What about businesses? Maybe it is under their mattress? Historically, the majority of rich people own real estate, as it has been an...