I remember the beginning of 2021, when I was writing something like,“Wow, wasn’t that a crazy year?” Well, we are now entering 2023, three full years since COVID-19 was discovered in China’s Wuhan province in late December 2019. Three. Full.Years. When that entered my consciousness mid last month, I had to Google it, just to...
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The need for food and how to help
While browsing Facebook a week or so ago, I came upon a group called Food Not Bombs. It’s hard to argue with that sentiment. This page, apparently, belongs to a local chapter of a much wider organization: “Food Not Bombs shares free vegan and vegetarian meals with the hungry in over 1,000 cities around the...
Saskatoon suddenly seems to be booming
(By Joanne Paulson) In the third week of October, the Conference Board of Canada forecasted that Saskatoon’s real GDP growth would likely outpace that of all other major Canadian cities in 2022. It predicted a 7.2 per cent GDP increase this year, and 3.9 per cent in 2023. The recent bounce comes after years of...
Nuclear power is on our energy horizon
Nuclear energy has rather caught my attention lately. I’m definitely not alone. This renewed awareness brought a thought as we were driving north recently and, for the 2,000th time, I became hyperaware of the great vastness of this province. We are three times the size of the former West Germany and 2.7 times larger than...
Sask. late to the war against COVID-19
I was so angry on Sept.15 I didn’t know what to do with myself. I posted on Facebook and stomped around the house. I shared stories with friends both locally and in the United States, where a dear friend was getting a virus test in New York.
Persephone Theatre welcomes new artistic director, announces four-show season
The Persephone Theatre stage has been dark for 18 months during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How does your garden grow?
I do not believe we deserved such a hot, dry summer. Had we not already put up with a year of COVID restrictions? Misery, fear, and isolation? Being mired at home and unable to travel?
It is so nice to see friends and family again
The theoretical end of the pandemic lockdown seems to have come with both a bang and a whimper. On the Tuesday after the Big Sunday, I had my hair cut (salon artist and I both wore masks) and then went on to pick up my dry cleaning (still wearing a mask, but endured a not-very-brief...
Jazz Festival set to swing Aug. 7-15
After a wild eight weeks of organizing madness, the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival is ready to rock and swing Aug. 7-15 with 50 performances at five venues. Artistic Director Kevin Tobin and the festival’s board spent weeks reacting to constantly changing pandemic information and restrictions, but the province has reopened and they are good to...