Tag Archives: saskatchewan

Random Thoughts from the Indian Head-Milestone NDP Fundraiser

Shea and I were out to Indian Head yesterday to take in a fundraiser for the local NDP candidate in this year’s Provincial Election with guest speaker, Dr. Ryan Meili (plus a pretty amazing special guest speaker too.) Here’s some random thoughts… – we heard about the fundraiser at a wedding in IH about a […]

Saturday Snap – Pace Goes Off The Diving Board

Time Travel, Being Violated By A Police Officer and An Early Hint o’ My Librarian Tendencies

We were at a wedding in my hometown about a month ago.  Sitting at the table during the reception, I was chatting with one of the people I hadn’t seen in a long time but who had lived next door to our house for most of her years in Indian Head.  She was a friend […]

A Tragic Coincidence for Saskatchewan Hockey

With the death of Wade Belak, the three young NHLers who have died in recent months (also including Derek Boogaard and Rick Rypien) were all born and/or played junior hockey in Saskatchewan. I suspect their common role as hockey enforcers probably played more of a role in their sudden deaths – two suicides and one […]

New Prince of Wales Branch Opens in Regina!

This is the first new branch RPL has opened in something like fifteen years.  Congratulations to all involved for all of your good work!

Saturday Snap – Katepwa Sunset

Why do I live in the city instead of at the lake?  I don’t know of a more relaxing place on earth…

Saturday Snap – “Come listen to a story/’Bout a man named Jed”

I’ve written before about my conflicted feelings towards the oil industry.  In essence, it boils down to knowing how much of Saskatchewan’s current prosperity is directly linked to “black gold” versus also knowing the environmental, human, social and other impacts the oil industry has on society. Those feelings could get a lot more conflicted soon. […]

The New Generation Of Leadership: Jaime Garcia Hosts Rathika Sitsabaiesan in Regina

Unfortunately, I’m out of town this weekend but I really wish I could take in a couple events happening this Saturday where my local provincial NDP candidate is hosting one of the dynamic new NDP MP’s, Rathika Sitsabaiesan. This video of Ms. Sitsabaiesan’s inaugural speech in the House of Commons sends a tingle down my […]

I Will *Not* Be Asking You To Donate To The Wildrose Party Money Bomb ;-)

It’s not often that you can take credit for being the first to do something notable in Canadian history.  (Well, you could if you counted things like “first person to walk backwards down my street playing a kazoo and waving a Hamilton Tiger Cats flag.”  But, to borrow a definition from Wikipedia, that’s not really […]

Friday Fun Link – “BAR”‘s and “BEER”‘s

Great to see that my former colleagues at Southeast Regional Library have started a YouTube channel with a focus on training videos for SRL staff.  It is particularly gratifying to see that they’re still using the Branch Activity Report (BAR) that I created for our rural branches to report their ongoing activities to HQ. My […]