A free program throughout the city will give youth the chance to develop a love for soccer. The O’Reilly Insurance Ltd & The Cooperators Soccer Kids In the Park has entered its 12th summer in Saskatoon. The program, put on by Saskatoon Youth Soccer, travels to 47 city playground sites, offering children drop-in soccer lessons and an opportunity to hone...
There is a difference between a business and a service
Having just entered my 40s, my perspective on social issues has undertaken a wild and sometimes tumultuous ride to a place far, far away from where it used to be. The saying goes that if you’re not a liberal in your 20s you don’t have a heart, but if you’re not a conservative in your 40s you don’t have a...
Music for the Gut features more than 70 performers
A popular homegrown variety show that raises money for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada is back again this month — and it will feature more performers than ever before. Now in its ninth year, the Hughton family’s annual fundraiser is set to take place on Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. at TCU Place. It will be the second Music for the...
After 112 years, Early’s not showing its age
Spencer Early represents the third generation of a storied family which has been serving Saskatchewan with a wide variety of services, from seed, feed and fertilizer to golf course, home, garden and pet needs since 1907. Early’s grandfather, S.A. Early, started a hay, grain and feed store on 20th Street East, moving it to Wall Street in 1910. He made...
Thoughts: Collaros deserved kinder sendof
• I watched a Second World War movie called The 12th Man recently. It started off in the UK and then moved to Norway. Once the setting changed, the story was told in Norwegian and German. I watched for about 15 minutes, thinking it would revert to English at some point. Then it struck me that I would have to...
Wonderhub gets top marks from Shannon’s family
Nutrien Wonderhub is, in a word, wonderful. Saskatchewan’s first and only children’s museum opened on June 28 in Saskatoon, and to say it’s been a hit among kids and adults alike is an understatement. Located in Saskatoon’s iconic Mendel building on Spadina Crescent East, across the street from Nutrien Playland at Kinsmen Park, the completely renovated and re-imagined space features...
Powwow leaves impression on special guests
My home reserve recently hosted a traditional powwow. A traditional powwow is a gathering of people who love the music, dance and traditions of the North American Indian nations. All people are invited and all people are fed, just like having a visitor come to your home after not seeing the person in a long time. Friends, new and old,...
Fifty years ago, we were over the moon about Woodstock
The summer of ‘69. There has never been another like it. Let’s start with the best stuff. It was the summer when Proud Mary and Sweet Caroline were among the songs dominating the airwaves. Have two songs ever been more played? I mean besides national anthems, hymns and such. And even then, it’s iffy. Every bar band since could either...
YXE Beer Wars — and cider, too
Crossmount Cider Company has come a long way since equipment started arriving a handful of years ago. Duncan McKercher, the owner/developer at Crossmount Village, looked at it, scratched his head and asked an important question. “Does anyone know how to run this stuff?” Now the company’s products are in bars and liquor stores throughout the city and province. The product...
7 reasons weightlifting is so great later in life
Most people don’t lift weights later in life, many because they dismiss it as just a way to get big muscles when young. Maybe that didn’t interest you then, so why would it now, right? But the irony is rich. Resistance training is so much more important after 50, and for reasons that are far more relevant and compelling. Here...