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The race for Saskatoon mayor is now well and truly on, with (at press time) three candidates in the ring. Cary Tarasoff, who placed fourth out of six candidates in 2020, was first to announce — on April 1, “because we’ve been a fool for the last seven and a half years.” On June 10,...

This paper has a treat for you. For the next four editions, Elaine Hnatyshyn will be sharing her thoughts on the upcoming civic election. Elaine’s opinions are strong and well thought out. Well folks, it has been a while since I’ve put pen to paper, or more accurately, fingers to keyboard, but the advent of...

I was stumbling around the Internet and decided to search for “lists,” thinking I might get a column idea. One that intrigued me was called “summer bucket list ideas.” It had indoor, outdoor and romantic suggestions. The list might be showing its age, although it says it was updated in April. 1. Go to a...

The Royal University Hospital Foundation and BHP, which has a potash project located at Jansen, about 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon, have announced a $1 million donation. The donation will fund upgrades two of the three X-ray suites. In the RUHF press release it said that this will transform the way the most utilized diagnostic...

What criteria should be used to determine the winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as Most Valuable Player in the National Hockey League? The winner will be crowned on June 28, and the league has announced that Nikita Kucherov of Tampa Bay, Nathan MacKinnon of Colorado and Connor McDavid of Edmonton have been selected as...

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...

Assistant Chief Doug Wegren assumed the role of Saskatoon fire chief, effective May 16. Chief Wegren replaced Morgan Hackl who retired in March after 36 years of service with the Saskatoon Fire Department (STD). “Doug is a strong and collaborative leader who has built close ties with the Saskatoon community,” Jeff Jorgenson, city manager, said...

Five Saskatoon residents have been awarded the prestigious Saskatchewan Order of Merit. Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) Chief Mark Arcand, Brynn Boback-Lane, Colonel (Ret’d) Malcolm Young C.D., Greg Yuel and Olivia Yuel. Other recipients are Floyd Favel (Paynton), Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos (Regina), Renu Kapoor, S.V.M. (Regina), Curtis Kleisinger (Regina), and Brad Wall (Swift Current). They will...