Are you getting enough water every day? It’s an important question for everyone, but it’s even more key for older people – and still more relevant for older people who are physically active. The common refrain is usually that people should drink 8 ounces of water 8 times a day. Another common guideline is half of one’s bodyweight in ounces....

A WW COVID-19 wellness survey of 1,004 American adults found that 36 per cent of you have added an average of 12.5 pounds since the shutdown began. Another by Nutrisystem found 76 per cent of folks have gained up to 16 pounds. Not iron-clad science, but it seems logical that some folks find staying home and being stressed and bored...

Jason Aebig has pulled on the CEO’s gloves at the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce during the most challenging time in living memory. The chamber was founded in 1903, but only the Great Depression and the catastrophic flu pandemic of 1918 come to mind as contenders against COVID-19 for the title of most difficult era. All of which reminds Aebig...

At just 170 pages, Ruth Chorney’s Conspiracy is on the slim side for a novel, but let me assure you that there’s loads of tantalizing literary meat in the Kelvington, Sask. writer’s latest book, and I devoured the convincing story in one pleasant sitting. Chorney’s already got four children’s books and one other “Deer Creek” (Buried) novel under her belt,...

It stands on the high banks of the lake. The cenotaph has a dozen names on a brass plate — 11 men and one woman. These are people from the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation who gave the ultimate sacrifice during times of war. One of the names on the plate is Albert Noskye, one of my grandfather’s brothers. I tried...

They’re known as America’s Team. But only because of the existence of the New York Jets and a couple of other bottom feeders in the National Football League, the Dallas Cowboys have barely been able to escape the moniker “America’s Worst Team.” The Cowboys are one of those ‘love-’em-or-hate-’em’ franchises. Baseball has the Yankees. Golf has Tiger Woods. Hockey has...

COVID-19 is definitely messing with all of us, even if we do not contract the disease. Social distancing, restricted travel, business closures, and so many other things have changed our lives. And then there’s the other, theoretically non-COVID side of health care. At the extreme risk of over-sharing, I’ve been trying to get a tummy complaint sorted out. This means...

Saskatoon city council’s position on some of its public facilities is nothing short of absurd. We “hire” city councillors through a civic election process to manage and maintain the city and plan its growth. We do not expect them to abdicate their responsibilities to boards comprised of appointed citizens, that are not of our choosing, and who may or may...

I had my first eBay experience recently. I found it interesting. It all started at the end of August, when I ordered a gas cap for my car. It was $20, and I was told it would arrive in a month or so. Why I chose to buy one online is now a mystery to me. I could easily have...

Toronto (Buffalo) Blue Jays are/were back in the Major League Baseball playoffs for the first time since 2016, but they’re partly obscured because of the gigantic asterisk. The Blue Jays compiled the eighth best record in the American League, but they started on equal footing with 15 other teams in the two leagues. Baseball traditionalists may cringe, but tradition has...