LUMSDEN, Sask. – Combines are chewing their way through the last of this year’s crop on the flat grain land north of Regina. But in the rolling land just south of the Qu’Appelle Valley at Lumsden, there is a change of pace to go with the change of geography. Here, Boggy Creek gurgles over smooth […] Read more
Farm Living
Pumpkin Hollow offers fall fun for the family
Judicial appointment process requires committee review
Q:How are judges appointed? Is it politics or merit? A:It depends on the level of the court and the province. There are federal and provincial levels of court appointments. The federal attorney general/minister of justice appoints to the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal and the Courts of Appeal […] Read more
From soup to sweets: enjoy the diversity of winter squash
Squash can be divided into two categories, summer and winter. The summer varieties have thin, edible skins, soft seeds and a mild flavoured flesh with a high water content that cooks quickly. They can also be eaten raw. The most common variety of summer squash is zucchini. Winter squash have thick skins and seeds. The […] Read more
Farming bugs
HENRIBOURG, Sask. – Every morning, Bradley Gutka checks his critters and puts out their feed. With a flock of 800,000 to one million head, he’s a busy man. Gutka is in the cricket business, supplying the chirping insects to people and stores as food for reptiles, birds and fish. In a small building next to […] Read more
Floods take toll on Sask. fruit industry
Disastrous is the word Mel Annand uses to describe his Creekside Orchard apple and cherry orchard near Melfort, Sask. The president of the Saskatchewan Fruit Growers Association said this year marked the first time he had widespread loss in his six-year-old orchard. “We got almost three feet of rain in the Melfort area and that […] Read more
Community growth hinges on immigration
Rural Canadian communities have a simple choice over the next few decades – find a way to attract immigrants or cease to exist, says a Statistics Canada researcher. By 2030, it’s expected that deaths will exceed births in Canada, said Ray Bollman, who works in the rural research group with Statistics Canada. That means the […] Read more
Communicate with children, but don’t over communicate
Q:I am getting tired of arguing with my son. No matter what I say to him, he has to debate it, whether it’s bedtimes, meal times, curfews, or simple requests to help around the house. If he was a teenager, I could understand it but my son is only eight years old. Dealing with him […] Read more
Celebrate World Pasta Day
If you don’t eat pasta, Oct. 25 is the day you should try it for two good reasons. Pasta is good for you and eating it supports western Canadian durum wheat producers on world pasta day. My dad grew spring and durum wheat and encouraged us to eat shredded wheat for breakfast, cracked wheat bread […] Read more
Television show offers taste of Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Organic Directorate’s food miles campaign is creating a new “edu-tainment” television reality series in Saskatchewan, tentatively called Dining with a Star. Organic producers from 15 farms across Saskatchewan are contributing their products and 13 chefs will work with celebrities from the fields of media, arts, sports, politics and entertainment to design specialty menus, […] Read more
Exercise caution when buying art
I’m not a huge art aficionado. I have some pieces that I like, but I cannot pretend to be an expert. (My dogs playing poker is one of my favourites.) I recently came across some literature about art theft, and the black market in stolen art and artifacts, and it surprised me. The FBI has […] Read more
