Year: <span>2021</span>

It’s rare that the Canadian Football League makes headlines — in two countries, no less — in March, but when there’s money and merger on the line, not to mention potential for salvation and/or demise, headlines come easy. The CFL, which abandoned its 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, was in infant stages of...

It’s a shame that we will no longer have live horse racing in the province. It was announced recently that Marquis Downs in Saskatoon will be closed permanently. I have loved going to the races since I was kid. My dad would take me when the track was in front of the old grandstand on...

Snacking is bad for you, right? Well, not necessarily. When we use the idea of “snacking” for exercise, or just movement, and other aspects of this, it can take us far on our daily goals to live better. We still need our full, well-balanced “meals” of gym workouts, running, etc. But these little “sneak ‘em...

As we get older, the vitamins and minerals in our body we need to have good mental health start to decline. Studies have shown a Mediterranean diet, rich in healthy fats, olive oil and fish, has a protective effect on brain health and is correlated with a decreased rate of cognitive decline and a lower...

We separately asked eight random people, “What’s stressing you right now?” They each burst into laughter before confessing there were too many things to list. When pressed, they said some of the worst stressors included politics, money, work, health, violence/crime, kids, parents, family, the environment and climate change. When asked, “What does stress do to...

As a youngster, Rauncie Kinnaird rode her horse through the coulees around Lake Diefenbaker, just one of the many activities she enjoyed growing up in the area. She likely could not have foreseen that many years later, she would be developing a resort on its north shore. Kinnaird and her husband Rob were no strangers...

Start your refresh job not with a shovel or pruning shears, but with a pencil and paper. Eliminate a lot of hard work and discover ways to minimize your effort. Draw your house and yard to scale, then do a thorough analysis of the existing features and structures, soil quality and the plant conditions. The...

I am pleased to announce that I am jumping with joy, having been jabbed with the Pfizer vaccine. Not only that, but the process of receiving the vaccination went smoothly and efficiently. I am almost at the point of being a little forgiving of the provincial government and its handling of the COVID pandemic, because...

As I write this, it has been a year (and a couple of days) since Saskatchewan went into pandemic lockdown. A year. It seems incredible to me, and the more I think about it, the more bizarre it seems. Those first three months were so awful, weren’t they? I think many of us felt like...

My mom and I were having lunch a few Sundays ago, when she noticed someone looking at my car. “I think somebody just hit you,” she said. I didn’t think so, given I was in a chair in her living room with a TV tray in front of me. It turned out, a person renting...