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The Broadway Melody - A Century of Film

The Broadway Melody - A Century of Film

The first sound film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, and a better one than its reputation suggests.
Better FN understanding needed

Better FN understanding needed

The divide between First Nations and others in the country won’t be mended any time soon. Or so suggests some of the protests surrounding Canada’s 150th-anniversary.
Things I do with words.. The battle for my meager funds remains fierce

Things I do with words.. The battle for my meager funds remains fierce

I wish I didn’t want the recently announced SNES Classic. I already own too many games, including several that are packaged with the little console.
The Ruttle Report - Media Wars, Payouts & Potted Plants, Oh My!

The Ruttle Report - Media Wars, Payouts & Potted Plants, Oh My!

There seems to be so much going on in the world both around and in front of us that I thought I’d make this week’s report a ‘mixed bag’ of sorts, throwing my two cents (maybe it’s worth less or more?) at a number of topics making the news both around
Canada is a country to be celebrated

Canada is a country to be celebrated

(A response, to “Bill’s Beat” Four Town Journal July 5, Murray Mandryk’s lament printed in Yorkton This Week, July 5, and Doug Firby’s (Troy Media) “Why is Canada Day such a bummer”, published in The Four Town Journal July 5, and Schneider’s “Is that
Editorial - And where should the blame end?

Editorial - And where should the blame end?

B ar operators may well be shuddering at the recent decision by SGI to sue owners of bars in Saskatoon.
Editorial Cartoon - July 12, 2017

Editorial Cartoon - July 12, 2017

Fast Forward to the Past - Trace family as Canada 150 project

Fast Forward to the Past - Trace family as Canada 150 project

As Canada celebrates 150 years, you may have decided you’d like to do a special Canada 150 family project. How about tracing your family tree? Genealogy research has come a long way.
Sunny Side Up - Taming the cell phone habit is a good practice - but not an easy one

Sunny Side Up - Taming the cell phone habit is a good practice - but not an easy one

At two this morning – rather, six minutes past – I lay awake. Outside the curtain-less bedroom window the night sky appeared almost dawn-ish.
Chef Dez on Cooking - Italian pasta with a risque history

Chef Dez on Cooking - Italian pasta with a risque history

Although my ancestral background is of French and German descent, Italian cuisine is one aspect of the culinary world that I absolutely adore.
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