Opinion

Welcome to the fourth edition of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’ for 2021. Like most of us I remain very much a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

Our soil is dry as the flour in our canister. I tried to water the front lawn the other day using one of those demented sprinklers that poke into the ground, the ones with multiple steely things that direct the spray.

Last week readers will be aware the article focused on a new game; Astralis, from game designer Ohli Leduc. In corresponding on the story with Leduc not surprisingly his game Murus Gallicus came up.

Sometimes when gardeners hear about a perennial being “vigorous”, warning bells go off and we think they might be invasive. Sometimes “vigorous” means just that: a hardy, easy-care plant that does well without being fussy. So...

Quite some time ago, during week 11 of lockdown, I asked you to join me in a sing-a-long. With the passing of many months since then, I thought it might be a good time to join in song once again.

For this journalist the arrival of July has long been a time of reflection on my childhood and some of the best memories of those years up to and through my teen years.

There's reason to celebrate these days, my friends.

It’s hard to celebrate our past in the way we once did. There was a time when we could be comforted by whatever we were taught in our school history books. Modern times are changing that.

Saskatchewan lacrosse fans might look at Matt Hossack as a player with a level of still to be unlocked potential. While Hossack is now 27, the Port Perry, ON. product has never quite risen to be ‘the guy’ on the Saskatchewan Rush defence.

So we are only days away from the restrictions placed to help curb the spread of COVID-19 come off in Saskatchewan. Certainly the numbers in terms of new daily cases have been far smaller of late, with only 21 reported July 2 and 20 on July 5.