My wife and I recently had a baby daughter, our second child. With the extreme cold temperatures in the last month or so, my wife was feeling a little stir crazy. She loves to go for walks along the…
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In 2018, Saskatoon recognized one of its favourite daughters, music legend Joni Mitchell. Mitchell’s music was immensely influential, especially in the 60s and 70s, with songs like ‘Both Sides Now,’…
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Ah, the memories of University. I can’t say I played for a Huskies team, or was a part of the student council, or even The Sheaf, a place many of my talented peers in writing got their starts. Nope…
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Neil Young sang, “ Come on baby, let’s go downtown, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go downtown. ” He knew that downtown was a ready-made, good time Friday night (or, a Tuesday afternoon, for that matter). If…
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33 rd Street extends from the west bank of the South Saskatchewan river to the furthest edge of the city. It has several stretches of commercial regions, but today, I’m looking at the part that divides…
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I live in Nutana, which gives me the bonus of easy walking access to both downtown and Riversdale. Both of these areas have seen some major growth in the last decade, with Riversdale shifting into an…
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To walk down Broadway Avenue is to wander into the bright heart of a community. Sure, there are stores, theatres, bars and all manner of buildings, historical and modern. But it’s the people that make…
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Those of us that are old enough, especially those of us who are musicians, will remember H.E.L. Music on Broadway, which closed down at least a decade ago. I darkened the doorway there quite a bit…
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By now you must have noticed that the geeks have inherited the Earth, or at least, they’ve taken over popular entertainment. One only needs to take a look at the television or Hollywood releases to…
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