Month: <span>November 2023</span>

When Ken died in February 2021, 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 them. Ken would be flattered by the kind words readers expressed. We miss...

I lost my right arm on Oct. 18, 1944 while serving with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment in Italy. I was staked at a farmhouse that had a children’s treehouse located nearby. In the treehouse was a sniper who kept shooting at our boys. A tank then came which shot out shells, the shrapnel hitting my...

Nominations are now open for the 2024 Saskatchewan Order of Merit. “The Saskatchewan Order of Merit allows us to honour outstanding citizens who have truly made our province a better place to live,” Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty said in a news release. “If you know someone who is worthy of this prestigious honour, I encourage...

Saskatonians have another option for getting rid of difficult-to-dump items. The City of Saskatoon has opened a facility called the Material Recovery Centre (MRC), formerly known as the Recovery Park Landfill expansion. It’s located on Valley Road at the entrance to the municipal landfill, also known as the Saskatoon Regional Waste Management Facility. The city...

 Saskatoon Pickleball Inc (SPI) and Saskatoon Soccer Centre Inc. (SSCI) announced a project which will double the facility’s pickleball capacity by fall 2024. The project, which will be jointly funded by the two non-profits, involves resurfacing another field at the Saskatoon Kinsmen/Henk Ruys Soccer Centre. The new rubberized surface will provide more consistency, additional cushioning...

Do you remember being, say, 13? Without getting too far into the personal weeds, I remember who I was then, way back when. I remember being captivated by mythology as presented, dramatically, by a great teacher. I remember the social whirl that included making (as it turned out) lifelong friends. I remember the fear of...

A “cheeky little show with a lot of heart,” The Full Monty comes to the Broadway Theatre for five live performances Nov. 13-16 presented by Saskatoon Summer Players (SSP). The story of six unemployed steelworkers who decide to present a strip show to make some quick money was made famous in the 1997 movie starring...

I have three things to get off my chest. I hope you will hear me out. ***** This green bin thing hasn’t been working out so well for my family lately. I am guessing many of you are having the same problem. The reason is fruit flies. Rotten little fruit flies. We think they came...

It’s fair to say that Jessica Dutchak did not see bookstore ownership in her future when she was training to become a social worker. Yet here she is, 14 years after starting her former career, an entrepreneur. Dutchak opened the romance-novel shop Pages of Passion at 614 Duchess Street. on Oct. 7 and that first...