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Does anyone remember Atreos? I certainly do. I clearly remember being assigned by the editor of The StarPhoenix to go along and interview civil engineer Henry Feldkamp and then-city councillor Don Atchison about this huge idea they had come up with. To wit: A huge, half-billion-dollar (if memory serves) glass dome covering a large part...

So I’ve decided to stay put. Okay, I was not seriously considering moving, but the idea of finding a smaller house — and perhaps equally (more?) importantly a smaller lot — has lately been taking on some appeal. My brain has been muttering in the background: “Do you really want to vacuum, dust, rake and...

On April 11, the leader of Canada’s official opposition asked the confused American social media platform Twitter to label the CBC, our country’s public broadcaster, “government-funded media.” Pierre Poilievre then wrote in his tweet featuring his letter, “We must protect Canadians against disinformation and manipulation by state media.” Twitter’s Elon Musk naturally complied, having also...

On the bright side, Saskatoon will again be a festival city this summer. Most big events are back in action and in person, demonstrating a relative return to normal. However, the effects of the COVID pandemic still linger — and they are largely financial. The SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, for example, is altering its model...

Forgive me if I’m missing something, but I am completely confused about the Sask. Party government’s stance on plastic. You may know that the federal government is banning certain single-use plastic items, to wit: checkout bags, cutlery, certain takeout containers, stir sticks, straws, and those horrible plastic things that hold aluminum cans together only to...

I‘ve been thinking about City of Saskatoon policies a lot lately. The green cart program for composting organic waste, for example, which will finally start rolling out (see what I did there?) over the next two months, was a LONG time coming. I recall saving scraps of uncompostable food, paper and other bits while visiting...

Sometime in the next two months, a new green “garbage” bin will appear in front of our homes. Alongside will be a smaller green pail complete with a lid, for which we will have to find some space in our kitchens. Starting in May, Saskatonians will be discarding a remarkable variety of organic wastes (not...

By Joanne Paulson Just two weeks after Tribal Chief Mark Arcand was named Saskatoon’s 2022 Citizen of the Year, the Saskatoon Tribal Council held a gala and fundraiser honouring him and his achievements. It was sold out; 800 people attended the event. “I think we sold 96 tables in 14 days and I believe we...

When inflation started to skyrocket and the Bank of Canada began to relentlessly raise interest rates, it’s fair to say lots of folks in many parts of Canada freaked out. Not without reason. We had not seen rate increases like that — seven of them! — in something like forever. And sure enough, those jumping...

Karen Kobussen and her family are big, big, BIG sports fans. So when COVID-19 came along and plunged us all into lockdown in March 2020, it’s fair to understate that disappointment reigned in the household. By early April 2020, the family was waiting with bated breath to see if major league baseball, their favourite game,...