As the son of caring and sharing parents, Mike Stensrud believed it was inevitable that he’d be called to follow in their philanthropic footsteps. His parents, Howard and Rita Stensrud, were among Saskatoon’s great champions for those with intellectual disabilities. They attended an early meeting of what was then known as theSaskatoon Association for the Mentally Retarded and Howard became...

What we’re doing isn’t working, my friends. I don’t know how to put it any more simply than that. If you’ve learned one thing over the past few years, it’s that Saskatchewan’s economy needs the rest of Canada on its side for it to not only survive but thrive. We’ve had that message beaten into our heads for the last...

Fifty years ago, back in 1969, six hungry men in Saskatoon were served bowls of soup. Those simple meals marked the beginning of the Saskatoon Friendship Inn, an iconic local institution that provides food and friendship to people in our community 365 days a year. No one is turned away from the Friendship Inn, which currently serves up to 1,000...

It is nice to see the city has started the process to pick a location for a new arena. First up is a location in Riversdale, south of the farmers’ market. While aesthetically pleasing, the site is the wrong one. Among other things, it is too far from the heart of downtown, especially given our winter weather. The city recently...

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....