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The idea of farms being a source of energy is hardly a new one. Ethanol produced from farm grains was thought not so long ago to be the answer to high crude oil prices and to low grain prices for producers.

Four years ago, the city council race was a hot one. There were a total of four candidates for mayor and a whopping 24 candidates for city council.

The province isn’t quite as divided as we sometimes think, which is bad news for Ryan Meili and the NDP. For years, we have thought of Saskatchewan to be a province divided between urban and rural … and not without good reason.

Dear Editor: RE: Speech from the Throne As Canadians adapt to life alongside COVID-19, governments are hyper-focussed on one thing: recovery.

You know a provincial election is on the horizon when the government of the day in Regina goes into overdrive in pumping out press releases about all the good things they are doing just before heading into the election run where government press rele

As a reader I have long been a fan of ‘pulp noir’. The world of role play gaming has long been something I enjoy since being introduced to Dungeons and Dragons about a quarter of a century ago.

Here I go again, considering birds. At the top of the weeping birch a few doors down, a flock of purple martens chatter loudly, swaying in breeze-tossed branches. Suddenly the cluster lifts off; trained synchronized flyers, speeding north.

Gardeners, we’ve had our frost, but hopefully there will still be some nice weather ahead so that we can do what we have to do in our gardens before the colder weather really arrives.

In my line of work as a weekly news journalist, there’s a hefty amount of repetition that comes with the job. Hey, it comes with the territory when your ‘beat’ is rural Saskatchewan.

I’ve been thinking a lot about my dad lately. I think much of it has to do with how the schedule for sports has played out. Like the Indy 500 running uncharacteristically late in the season so the memory is fresh.