Opinion

The quiet town of Battleford became a bit quieter last summer. The Saskatchewan Handcraft Council brought to an end more than 40 years of history with a decision to no longer host the Saskatchewan Handcraft Festival in Battleford.

No two potato cultivars are alike. Every type of potato or cultivar has been bred for a particular purpose. Boiling potatoes don’t necessarily fry well and baking potatoes don’t necessarily boil well.

There are so many weird connections between what happened in 2008-09 and today. For one, that period, the greatest recession since 1929, was supposed to be the end of SUVs.

Urban forestry Part 1

Last September, the U.S. Federal Reserve at long last began its so-called quantitative tightening (QT), gradually lowering its holdings of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities.

Saskatchewanians do care about education. In a recent survey released by the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF), education was rated at 4.

For the second playoff series in a row, a Toronto professional sports franchise has to face their athletic demons. The first came courtesy of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were looking to avenge their epic 2013 collapse against the Boston Bruins.

“I might want to talk with you, but you may not want to talk with me,” I told Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan. We were discussing my present endeavour to contact members of our church congregation by phone.

We live on a quiet but busy street in the original neighbourhood of our city. Once home to many of the earliest settlers working for a paper-manufacturing company, it’s now the scene of a mini-revival.

Q – We’ve been shopping for a new home, but we’ve heard some horror stories from friends about the mortgage market.