December 5, 2018

It was November 10, the day before Remembrance Day, and I turned on the TV to History. On the big screen appeared an episode of Forged in Fire. Surely, this is a ...

November 28, 2018

In 1984, the Irish Republican Army tried to kill British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with a bomb. They did not succeed, but they did send a message. “You have to be ...

November 21, 2018

As noted last week there are concerns over the new federal carbon tax within the farm sector. Grain farmers are already asking the Government to provide additional relief...

November 20, 2018

Twenty-five years ago, a cop beat on me. Why? I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and it’s all the Blue Jays’ fault, and the team’s home, SkyDome. That year, 1993...

November 14, 2018

When you think about it, the Saskatchewan Party should be “Standing up for Saskatchewan.” After all, the reason for their very existence is pretty much spelled out in ...

November 7, 2018

A friend posted this above a picture of the migrant convoy making its way from Honduras through Mexico right now: “This is happening now. Trump has to make a decision. What...

October 31, 2018

Among the several reasons I did not take after my father and grandfathers before him as a farmer was this little thing called $2 wheat. When I came of age in the 1990s, ...

October 24, 2018

The other day I visited a long-time friend of mine, and together we lamented the state of political discourse today. Steve and I have known each other since somewhere ...

October 17, 2018

We have a trade deal and here in Saskatchewan that is a very big deal. Our livelihoods depend on trade. And that especially applies to trade with the United States, ...

October 10, 2018

How do you like paying for the same thing three times? Because that's what we're doing, if this Trans Mountain Expansion Project ever goes ahead. Now, to be clear, it's...

October 3, 2018

There it was, floating, as it were, on the booth’s table. Well away from sticky fingers, in all of its seven-and-a-half-foot long glory, was the USS Flagg, the G.I. Joe ...