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The 23rd annual Santa Parade was held Saturday, and while the current pandemic forced changes upon the event, it proved as popular as ever.

On the night before Christmas of 2019, I sat in a cozy corner by our slender lit tree. Minutes earlier I’d stood in the backyard, waiting for our shaggy sheepdog, Cash, to finish his business, and feeling particularly un-festive.

In a real world where we face a worldwide pandemic, worsening world weather events, a widening divide in ideologies, and more stark headlines than we care to admit too, some escapism through a role playing game can be just the ticket to some relief f

Winter’s arrival and COIVID have made us slow down in different ways. Nature has always been a great healer for worries and woes, and now especially we need that rejuvenating constant that nature provides.

Listen – you’re sick of hearing about COVID, I’m sick of hearing about COVID, and I’m sure everyone across the country is sick of hearing about COVID.

In the Stored Stories section of this newspaper last week, an item from 100 years ago caught my eye.

If you are something on a ‘sports honeybee’ happily flitting from one sport to another, while keeping your eye out for the next one to watch – that’s me in a honeycomb in keeping with the metaphor – you know there are always new sports popping up.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may not be very popular on the Prairies but he and his party do seem to at least understand the importance of timely and speedy access to information these days.

When it’s Christmas, and your partner loves Christmas movies, you will happen to watch many Christmas movies.

The COVID-19 news has not been good and is likely soon to get worse. While it once took nearly two months to run up 500 cases in Saskatchewan, we are now hitting those numbers in a couple days.