OPEN DOOR SOCIETY The Saskatoon Open Door Society was established in 1980 as a safe place to welcome and assist refugees and immigrants new to Saskatoon. This allows for newcomers to Canada to become informed about their new country, while also involving the Saskatoon community in their hospitable reception and acceptance. Due to the Open...
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June 8, 2021June 8, 2021Welcome to Saskatoon
Saskatoon grows where buffalo roamed
The Saskatoon area has been inhabited for at least 8,000 years. Buffalo kill sites, teepee rings and a medicine wheel can still be seen today and form an important link with the past. The first European to set foot on the northern prairies was Henry Kelsey, a fur trader and explorer who arrived in 1690....
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June 8, 2021June 8, 2021Welcome to Saskatoon
These a few of my favourite places
Welcome to Saskatoon. I hope you discover places in the city that this old guy hasn’t. I am ashamed to admit that I had never explored the Western Development Museum in its entirety. During the Festival of Trees, one of the city’s must-attend events, my wife, my sister-in-law and I walked down Mainstreet. When we...
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Suffering pandemic fatigue? There is help.
Recently, I have been noticing some new buzzwords brought on by the pandemic. Languishing is a word that has recently been trending. It is being used to describe not exactly feeling depressed, but also not flourishing. Doomscrolling is spending too much time at a screen, looking at all the bad news, even when we find...
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Strength comes in many forms
When Ken died in February, we had an outpouring of messages from readers, with many telling us how much his columns meant to them. In light of that, we thought we would go back through our files and re-publish some of his columns. Ken would be flattered by the kind words readers expressed. We miss...
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Housing sales well above 10-year average
Spring has definitely arrived in Saskatoon. With it, comes unpredictable weather. One weekend in May, we were playing in the backyard with temperatures in the high 20s, then we had some snow a few days later, then a pouring rain a few days later and temperatures struggling to get to six degrees. Ahh, life on...
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Fried Lobster Po Boy Burgers
Recipe courtesy of Omaha Steaks Executive Chef David Rose Prep time: about 20 minutes Cook time: about 20 minutes Servings: 2 Pimento Remoulade: 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 1/2 tablespoons minced pimentos 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon minced bread and butter pickles 1 pepperoncino (seeded and minced) 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder...
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Swimming took me around the world
I guess I’ve always been a water baby. Early family photos show me splashing happily with my cousin Lynn in a galvanized tin wash tub in the backyard. Other childhood memories include swimming off the rocks behind the Anglican Church in Lac La Ronge and swimming alongside the beer bottles hanging off twine from the...
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Lack of hitting not a big hit with fans
What do the following people — Joe Musgrove, Spencer Turnbull, John Means, Carlos Rodon, Corey Kluber and Wade Miley — have in common? Unless you’re an avid fan of Major League Baseball, you might not know the answer is that the aforementioned sextet had pitched no-hitters in the first seven weeks of the 2021 season....
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Successful Habit Change
Almost all of us have struggled when trying to adopt new healthy habits. For a better chance of success, try these three steps: 1. SHRINK IT DOWN! Those who find the most success adopting new habits usually shrink their actions down to small, doable steps that they can successfully achieve each day. Why? We need...