Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Southern Storm Chasers Find “Last Frontier” On Canadian Prairies

It’s been a pretty wild year for storms on the Prairies with lots of attention from so-called “storm chasers” who, ironically, make the storms even more prevalent by giving them a lot of attention, spotting storms that otherwise would go unreported and even using technology to provide live video streams/tweets/photo and blog updates.

Saturday Snap – An Old Fashioned Country Fair

A couple weeks ago on my birthday weekend, we went camping at Nickle Lake which is a regional park just outside of Weyburn where Shea's parents have a seasonal camping site.  My parents came down with their camper as well (surprising Shea's folks which is an ongoing back and forth contest between them.)  On the […]

Saturday Snap – Bell Farm Round Barn Grand Opening

Went to my hometown this weekend for the grand re-opening of the historic Bell Farm Round Barn , a reconstruction of the original building which had been near collapse only a few short years ago which would've been a shame, both for the loss of history and also, on a more personal note, as this […]

Vote for My Hometown to Win a $25 000 Sports Upgrade Courtesy Kraft & TSN

My hometown of Indian Head is one of two Saskatchewan finalists for a $25 000 make-over courtesy Kraft & TSN.  You can vote for Indian Head today until noon.  If we get the most votes, the money will be used to upgrade our historic ball diamonds (20 000 people used to come to our small […]

Music Monday – "There she goes again/Mixing melody with a memory/She's got a song for everything/Everywhere she's been, everyone she's pleased"

iTunes Canada has a free single of the week and this week happens to be local Regina indy buzz band, Library Voices, who are sort of a western Canadian version of Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene or dare I say it, Polyphonic Spree – any of those recent bands (“collectives” would probably be a better […]

Saturday Snap – Meet Me in St. Louis (Saskatchewan)

I was in Prince Albert for a couple days last week so stopped at the historic (and endangered) St. Louis Bridge on the way home for a quick photo.

Jaime Garcia's "19 for the 19th" Money Bomb

Jaime Garcia has launched a Money Bomb to help fund his campaign for the NDP nomination in Regina Coronation Park.  He's called it “19 for the 19th” and is asking supporters and others who supporters of a new way of doing politics to donate $19 to help him reach the nomination meeting which will be […]

Introducing Jaime Garcia

Your regularly scheduled Music Monday post will return at a later date.  But having attended the NDP Leader's Gala tonight (great event – kudos to all the organizers!), I've got politics on the brain so I thought I'd post this video of Jaime Garcia being introduced in the Legislature by MLA Sandra Morin (I guess […]

Regina Public Library's Dramatic Shift is an Uplifting Story

Yep, it is. 

Leader's Gala, a snub to working people

I hope no one thinks they've stumbled upon NDP Watch with this post but I have to admit that I had to do a double (actually triple) take when I received the latest e-newsletter from the provincial NDP with the headline, “Leader's Gala, a snub to working people, and more policy videos.”  For a moment, […]