Took today off to go to the Queen City Ex with Shea and Pace. We just got home after nearly 10 hours (!) at the fair. Pace managed to stay awake in the car home but fell asleep one nanosecond after we put him in bed. His mom and dad won’t be far behind him. […]
In my excitement to post a 1980’s country song that captures my post-long weekend camping bliss yesterday, I neglected what would have been a perfectly timed Music Monday post. So instead, you get an extremely rare “Tunes Tuesday” post to share the good news that Saskatoon band, The Sheepdogs, won a contest to become the […]
I had such an amazing time camping this long weekend at Nickle Lake with Shea’s folks at their seasonal site, I thought I’d do a bulleted list of some of the highlights. (To set the scene, Shea’s parents have possibly the the nicest site in the entire campground. They’ve had it for nearly a decade […]
I’m currently reading a book called “Stampede! The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite” by Gordon Pitts of the Globe & Mail. This book came to my attention after winning a 2009 National Business Book Prize and, as you might expect given its title and author, it’s a fairly pro-business look at […]
We head for home tomorrow and after 10 days in Newfoundland, I’ve managed to confirm my long-held belief that Newfoundland and Saskatchewan are two of the most unexpectedly similar provinces in Canada. In Saskatchewan, we farm the land. In Newfoundland, they farm the sea. Both provinces have reputations for extremely friendly, welcoming people. To be […]
Last Monday, I wrote about the musical cultures of the various provinces. Now that I’m here in Newfoundland, the musicality of this province is overwhelming. I couldn’t name a single folk song that unifies the people of Saskatchewan (does “Last Saskatchewan Pirate” count?) whereas I’ve heard the song below probably half a dozen times in […]
The perfect song for both Canada Day and also for a couple of flatlander farmers hanging out with the fishermen in Newfoundland…
For those not in Regina, there was a mini-controversy in the Queen City this summer when a lecture series by a number of U of R profs in downtown’s Victoria Park was censored by the Regina Downtown Business Improvement District (RDBID) after one of the speakers proposed to do a talk on Palestine. The organizers […]
From earlier today, Pace and my dad check out the #56 highway north of Indian Head which recently collapsed due to the massive amount of rainfall we’ve had this spring and summer.
