Year: <span>2021</span>

Quit complaining. There seems to be little sympathy for travellers returning to Canada after a winter in sun and surf. The comments on various social media platforms aren’t kind, to put it mildly. There will be no bake sales or bottle drives to help them pay for their government forced quarantine. People are picking for...

It was a long time coming. For 30 years, St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH) planned and hoped to open a hospice in Saskatoon, a desperately-needed home for end-of-life care. Finally, last month, SPH and its foundation announced the opening of The Hospice at Glengarda, located at Melrose and Hilliard Streets in the south-central part of the...

Ken Noskye was a good friend. I hate having to use the word was. Ken was found deceased at his home on Feb. 17 on the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation in northwest Alberta. One of Ken’s nieces said the cause of death had not been determined. His death has been hard to process. I received...

Hey, George Springer. welcome to Canada. Leave your trash can back in Houston, but bring that big bat, that outstanding glove and the leadership for which you’re known. Toronto Blue Jays made one of the biggest splashes of baseball’s off-season in mid-January by signing Springer, one of the most coveted free agents on the market....

Oh, the weather outside is frightful . . . yet, like clockwork, my dog wants out to play every day at 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. It’s good for me, too. It’s a forced break from the computer, a chance at fresh air which clears my mind and stretches my legs. Dogs need activity every...

BRANDON, Man. – The past year has shown us how important it is to stay connected with families, friends and our community. Helping students build those strong connections is something that Brandon University does best. As a growing university with 3,500 students from around the world, BU stays true to its prairie roots with a...

A chance conversation with an old friend sparked the idea for Saskatchewan’s first microdistillery. Colin Schmidt, a former NHL player, was living in Colorado when he discovered that his friend was distilling vodka and infusing it with pineapple in Hawaii. “Now that’s a business I’d enjoy,” commented Schmidt offhandedly. Coincidentally, Colin had just met his...

Where to start? 2020 is behind us and hope for renewal in 2021 beckons. Aside from the development of the COVID vaccine, you could hear a global sigh of relief when Joe Biden was finally sworn in as the president of the United States of America and the devil incarnate was ousted from the White...

I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the New Year. The real estate market in Saskatchewan has finished on a strong note. Sales for the year were up 24.5 per cent over sales in 2019, with the number of listings and median sales prices going up as well. The average house price in...

Over the past few years as the days grow longer and colder, I turn inward and create a little hygge in my life and in my home. Hygge is a Danish concept that came to the attention of North Americans a few years ago. In 2016, the word hygge was shortlisted as Oxford Dictionaries Word...