Author: Editor

Why do people inflict misery upon themselves? By gaining too much weight, people are decreasing their quality of life and dying prematurely. You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to find the clues leading to tragic or mysterious deaths. The evidence is in plain sight. We are a society in which obese people are becoming...

When the Earth was green, someone asked me about my heritage. It was a vague question. I was a kid. “German,” I told this person. Which is, in the main, true in ancestral terms. My father, as it turned out, overheard this miniconversation, and later told me emphatically: “You are not German. You are Canadian.”...

Sometimes, I feel like I am jinxed. Small things don’t work out, and then I panic and things get worse. My wife calls them Cam-isms; many are more like stupid-isms or panic-isms. I had a bunch of these experiences over the past month or two. So, here we go. One day, I decided to get...

The University of Saskatchewan (USask) has appointed Scott Banda as its 17th chancellor, an appointment that was confirmed by University Senate on April 26, 2025. “I am honoured and humbled to be stepping into this role,” said Banda. “It will be a privilege to represent and champion USask.” As chancellor, Banda, who is currently serving...

This will be Joan and Mike Steckhan’s last year of cruising the South Saskatchewan River aboard the Prairie Lily: they have decided to retire. This season, however, has given them the bumpiest ride, business-wise, since they took over the riverboat in 2012. Intending to set sail in early May, they realized immediately that it would...

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...

Province launches campaign to recruit American doctors The Government of Saskatchewan kicked off a digital recruitment campaign last week in partnership with the Saskatchewan Healthcare Recruitment Agency (SHRA) encouraging physicians from the United States to consider practising in Saskatchewan. The campaign highlights current career opportunities, upcoming physician-focused information webinars, and will promote the many benefits...

All over the world, we honour our mothers in different ways. I hope that you honour them every day but here, we do have a special day that is devoted to our mothers, and that day this year is May 12. My mom’s birthday was May 2, and that is closely followed by Mother’s Day....

Now that he’s slain one dragon, how about a more ferocious, fire breathing beast to conquer for Rory McIlroy? Finally achieving professional golf’s career grand slam by winning the 2025 Masters, McIlroy can breathe easily when he returns to Augusta in 2026. For the rest of this season, the Northern Ireland golf phenom, still relatively...

Dehydration food is one of the oldest methods of preserving food. This method keeps a food alive and maintains its nutritional value. The temperature range of 35-45C is ideal for dehydrating food while retaining the nutrient profile of the fruit in a raw state. This low temperature will dehydrate foods slowly. The food will retain...