Year: <span>2024</span>

Trampoline exercises offer a fun and effective workout routine, a study done by the NASA found. Ten minutes spent on a trampoline is a better cardiovascular workout than 33 minutes of running. The benefits can be achieved with three workouts per week with 15 to 20 minutes per trampoline session. This type of exercise will...

Many people come to me looking to make changes to their lifestyle and improve their fitness. It’s one thing to make a change, but quite another to stick with it for the long haul! Below are some tips and random thoughts that might be worth considering if you’re embarking on your own health and fitness...

Q&A on exercise Here are some of the common questions I’m often asked regarding exercise after age 50: Q: Will lifting weights make me big and bulky?  A: No! Strength training is absolutely essential to healthy living as we get older. We’re not talking about bodybuilding. Trust us: It takes a TON of concentrated effort...

We write about natural remedies we believe are good for human health. Why this focus? It’s not to encourage avoidance of pharmaceutical drugs when medical care is an imperative. To the contrary, Canadians and Americans have the luxury of the world’s best doctors, medicinal drugs, and healthcare facilities. But health systems are overwhelmed. To ease...

Ottawa unveiled an unorthodox carbon tax communications strategy in Saskatchewan: threats. Saskatchewan minister responsible for SaskEnergy, Dustin Duncan, announced in October that Saskatchewan would stop collecting the federal carbon tax on home heating in the province. The provincial government estimates this will save the average family who uses natural gas to heat their home $400...

How long has society been whipping itself into frenzies? The answer could well be “forever,” but in my lifetime, I’ve never seen anything quite like the discourse presently afflicting North America as well as much of the rest of the world. We’ve always had passionate debates around political issues. It’s the language and the volume...

Winter is a wonderful time to reflect. And what better topic to reflect upon than gardening! Gardening is an inexact science which has been surrounded by habits, traditions, folklore, and superstition. However, if you look closely, you will see much wisdom intertwined throughout the lore. This year is a Leap Year, which gives us one...

The recently completed 2024 Brier was my favourite since 1980. That was the one when Rick Folk of Saskatoon won at the old Calgary Corral. I was fortunate enough to be there as a wet-behind-the-ears — whatever that means — member of the StarPhoenix sports department. I was given the wonderful opportunity to cover the...

Fifty years. Four main venues. More than 360 shows. According to Persephone Theatre’s artistic director Heather Cant, the surviving founder of Persephone Theatre did not see that kind of longevity coming back in 1974. That would be director Brian Richmond, who created Persephone with actors Susan and Janet Wright (you may remember the latter as...

It’s the month for St. Patrick’s Day, so perhaps wearing Saskatchewan green and the luck of the Irish will mean a Brier championship for Mike O’McEwen. He’s changed provinces regularly, so why can’t he change his name, too? — from McEwen to O’McEwen, just to heighten his chances of expanding his luck quotient to win...