Month: <span>February 2024</span>

An old Irish proverb says, “A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” But research suggests it would be wiser to think of good sleep as an ingredient of well-being — a starting point for health, not a fixer upper. Sleep is an essential building block of good...

Last year, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Divisional Operational Communications Centre (DOCC) received over 350,000 calls for service ranging from 911 misdials and false alarms to serious incidents regarding matters of public safety. With 2023 in the rear view, RCMP has revealed the Top 10 calls that “missed the mark.” 10. An individual called 911 to complain that...

The latest numbers show that Saskatchewan is among the top provinces in Canada for urban housing starts, with December’s numbers up 86.4 per cent year-overyear from December 2022. The province’s housing starts numbers place Saskatchewan second among the provinces. In 2023, urban housing starts in Saskatchewan increased by 11.5 per cent, compared to the same...

The provincial government and the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) have reached a tentative four-year contract agreement for the period April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2026. “We are pleased to have reached a tentative agreement for a fair and competitive compensation package that supports our ongoing retention and recruitment efforts,” Health Minister Everett Hindley said...

On Jan. 5, Regina announced that the excruciatingly adorable black-capped chickadee would become its official bird. For context, Regina has recently pushed to be recognized as a “bird friendly” city, which sort of put some impetus behind the contest. A great many birds were nominated and reduced to a field of six, with the “super...

Amaryllis belladonna is originally from South Africa’s Cape region. There it is commonly called the Cape Belladonna, the Belladonna Lily and the Naked Lady. In South Africa, you will see showy bold, strappy foliage in fall and winter. By early summer, the foliage dies down and bare scapes (flower stalks) emerge about six weeks later....

Reuseable grocery bags and I haven’t been getting along too well. I always seem to have them in my home, but never in my vehicle. It is a horrible thing to say, but I used to think poorly, say 10 years ago, of people who would bring their own bags to grocery stores. They seemed...

The City of Saskatoon started accepting requests for smaller black carts on Jan. 8 as part of its new cost-based garbage plan. More than 3,500 requests for smaller carts rolled in over the first week. “We are excited by the amount of interest there has been in the cart size options just one week into...