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A chance conversation with an old friend sparked the idea for Saskatchewan’s first microdistillery. Colin Schmidt, a former NHL player, was living in Colorado when he discovered that his friend was distilling vodka and infusing it with pineapple in Hawaii. “Now that’s a business I’d enjoy,” commented Schmidt offhandedly. Coincidentally, Colin had just met his...

Where to start? 2020 is behind us and hope for renewal in 2021 beckons. Aside from the development of the COVID vaccine, you could hear a global sigh of relief when Joe Biden was finally sworn in as the president of the United States of America and the devil incarnate was ousted from the White...

I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the New Year. The real estate market in Saskatchewan has finished on a strong note. Sales for the year were up 24.5 per cent over sales in 2019, with the number of listings and median sales prices going up as well. The average house price in...

Over the past few years as the days grow longer and colder, I turn inward and create a little hygge in my life and in my home. Hygge is a Danish concept that came to the attention of North Americans a few years ago. In 2016, the word hygge was shortlisted as Oxford Dictionaries Word...

Several moons ago, we moved into a monstrous new bungalow (bad decision, but that’s another story) with a few baffling bells and whistles attached. Among them was a strange (to us) fan that kicked in automatically every so often for reasons that remain shrouded in mystery. It was noisy. And weird. A few weeks after...

This smoothie is perfect to start your day or to have after the gym, as it is refreshing and full of antioxidants. It has cleansing and alkalizing properties, with a good amount of greens and fibre. This smoothie is packed with chlorophyll, carotene, calcium, magnesium, and potassium. Ingredients 2 sticks of celery 2 kale leaves...

The year 2020 was a nightmare. If worries about the coronavirus and other news kept you from sleep last year, then read on! I have some suggestions here for getting more restful, healthful sleep in 2021. The importance of sleep and its role in enhancing our ability to make logical decisions, regulating our appetite, recalibrating...

Let’s cut to the chase: 2020 was a really hard year. You want 2021 to be much, much better. But you cannot depend on external circumstances to create improvements — they might or they might not. What you can control is how you approach your near and dear and how you take steps to improve...

Creative types all over the world have been talking about their muses going missing during the COVID pandemic. Iris Hauser is not among them. Since the lockdown began last March, the Saskatoon painter and art teacher produced 33 canvases by December, not including several more previously begun. These are not small landscapes, still lifes or...

If there is one thing I learned last year, it is how people stepped up to take on a challenge, even if it cost them harm or even death. For the past decade, I have been fighting two deadly diseases — Crohn’s and intestinal cancer. I am winning my battle and was coming along until...