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Many people think of Canada as a landscape of forests, mountains, water and ice, but the Canadian experience is fast becoming focused on glass and concrete. Our 2011 census revealed that 81 per cent of us now live in cities.

In the past week I heard two wonderful presentations that got me all fired up for spring: first of all, Glen Tymiak gave a very interesting, information-filled talk on Gardening 101 to a full house at the Prairie Sun Seed Festival; then just a few da

I’ve told my friend Ruth’s* story in this column before, but some stories need hearing and telling again. It was a horrid situation. Ruth had brought it on herself, but admitting that didn’t lessen the consequences.

If you’ve watched any TV lately, you may have seen some Government of Canada ads.

Forty years ago a group of Kinsmen in Saskatchewan sat around a table at some point and came up with the idea of a province-wide telethon.

Perhaps you live in one of the Saskatchewan communities fortunate enough to have recently received one of 20 new doctors that came to our province. If you do, you’ve likely to know about it already.

Welcome to Week CXLVIII of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

Ever since we started seriously entertaining the idea that life might exist elsewhere in the universe, we have posited that one of the requirements is liquid water. After all, it is a requirement on Earth, at least for life as we know it.

The closer we get to the upcoming federal election it seems, the more ridiculous the Conservative government agenda is getting. The latest is Stephen Harper linking gun ownership to personal security.