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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...

This year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Tim Hortons Brier will be unlike any before them. Curling is moving into a bubble in Calgary. The two national championships will have the largest fields they have ever had, with 18 women’s and 18 men’s teams. It’s Curling Canada’s way to deal with COVID, and to be...

Dave Moore has virtually touched all the bases, everything from working with the youngsters in Squirts softball to Canadian championship tournaments and occasional international flings, in an umpiring career which has extended beyond 6,000 games and is still counting. “I played with some good Saskatchewan teams in softball and baseball but in 1968, I reached...

It is the season of traditions. Some traditions may have been around for generations. I still make my great grandmother’s stuffing every year. Other traditions slowly evolve over the years. From the time my oldest daughter was born, each year my mom would give us all a new pair of pajamas to open on Christmas...

As I write this in December, I am listening to our prime minister deliver a COVID-19 vaccination announcement. A quarter-million doses from Pfizer are arriving this month, so by the time you read this, they should be here, approved by Health Canada. This is the tricky dose: it must be kept at an atrociously cold...

Chia pudding is the perfect healthy breakfast or snack. What is chia and why you should try chia pudding? Chia is an edible seed that comes from the desert plant Salvia hispanica, which is grown in Mexico and dates back to the Mayan and Aztec cultures. Chia means strength and that make sense, as chia...

One of the questions I always ask people when they come in to chat about potentially joining our program is, “What are you currently doing for exercise?” At least 80 per cent of the time, they say “walking”. Some might disagree with me, but for MOST of us, walking should not be considered exercise. In...

It’s frustrating how much is unknown about dementia. Even in the medical community, the bestinformed researchers have come up short in their search for medications to block or slow disease progress. So we thought we’d give you a quick rundown: What dementia is, what types there are, what is known about causes, prevention and management....

Some of the best quips, quotes and anecdotes from the first six months of a year to forget, 2020: • Blogger Eric Stangel, after the Yankees signed pitcher Gerrit Cole for $324 million over nine seasons: “The Yankees also announced that beer at the stadium will now cost $734.” • Dwight Perry of the Seattle...