There’s a gravel road about the length of a football field that runs in front of my place. Along one side of the road is a row of houses. Across the road are evergreen spruce trees. Some of the trees are more than 100 feet tall. If the wind is strong enough, the trees appear to be dancing. Past me,...

A tweet from the Regina Police Service: “A female on the phone while driving looked at me and gave me the finger. When I pulled her over, I told her it is not wise to give people the finger like that, and she told me I shouldn’t have been staring. I told her she shouldn’t have been on her phone....

BOOK EXCERPT: Al Anderson, a man on many missions in life, is a good storyteller. He shares many of them with long-time Saskatoon journalist, Ned Powers, in a book entitled Al Anderson Reflections: A Saskatoon Story, which will be released Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at McNally Robinson Booksellers. With a passion for basketball, Anderson started as a sports retailer...

A kitchen serves as command-central of most homes, so it’s also one of the first rooms homeowners choose when it’s time to make upgrades. When approaching your kitchen remodel, it’s important to keep your family’s lifestyle at the forefront of your planning to create a space that fits the way you like to live. • Get the most livable space...

To highlight its 75th anniversary, BDC is showcasing the people behind the success of Canadian small- and medium-sized businesses. The 40th edition of BDC Small Business Week™ (SBW), to be held coast to coast from October 20 to 26, will bring together entrepreneurs at hundreds of events across the country to learn and network with their peers. As part of...

Fat loss after 50 seems hard to most people. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep a healthy weight through exercise and eating right. Two-thirds of Americans are overweight, statistics show. And numbers are similar in other English-speaking countries. Our metabolisms slow down as we get older. But obesity isn’t caused by reaching a certain age, and it’s not inevitable....

When the federal election writ dropped, I instantly identified with Noah who was stuck on his ark, surrounded by animals, blissfully unaware he would endure 40 days and 40 nights deluged with floodwater. The difference is that I am surrounded by political animals. I know it is going to be an unbearable 40 days and 40 nights of being swamped...

Net metering. Who could have known an unassuming little phrase like that could potentially mark a turning point in Saskatchewan? SaskPower’s net metering program, when it’s up and running, essentially allows Saskatchewan residents with the funds and motivation to outfit their homes with a renewable energy source like solar power, generate and sell energy back to SaskPower in exchange for...

Saskatoon playwright and actor Tim Bratton is tackling some personal subject matter in his new solo show and he’s doing it in an intimate setting: local homeowners’ living rooms. Independent company Burnt Thicket Theatre (BTT) is presenting the world premiere of the play, My Little Plastic Jesus, which will see Bratton perform in homes across the city from Oct. 17...

My wife Sandy is a really nice person. She is the opposite of me. This summer we had a batch of mice roaming in our backyard. They weren’t a big problem, although they were eating bird seed and digging in some of our flower beds. With a family event coming up, Sandy decided — and I agreed — that we...