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Canadians sure are a schizophrenic lot when it comes to what sort of substances we will legally allow to be used for a chemical high. Take, for instance, e-cigarettes/vaping.

Music and lights, family, food and fellowship... Christmas washes over the land like a warm sigh. But the experience of Christmas changes as one ages. Gifts with my name on the tag took top spot in my earliest memory.

Things are starting to look up, gardeners! On Saturday, December 21, at around 10:19 p.m., we will go through the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, and after that, the days will begin to get longer again.

When it comes to sports I have a rather extensive list I follow, the majority being team sports. In fact, there are only a handful of team sports I don’t like; field soccer, water polo and a couple of others coming to mind.

Elsewhere in the special edition Christmas section of The Outlook , I presented a questionnaire and took my queries to a handful of people from the local area, getting their thoughts on the holidays and some of the memories that are closest to them.

Microsoft is a corporation with billions of dollars, a huge number of talented staff, and a marketing department which is best described as ‘not great.

One gets the burning desire in Western Canada — and particularly in rural Saskatchewan — to send Ottawa a loud message it can’t ignore.

Looking north-west on Broadway Street and First Avenue North. From the left is the general store of William Jensen with living quarters above. Next is the residence of John Winberg, a shoemaker. Then, the house of George Betts.

Well, folks, here we are. We’ve come to the final issue of the year and with that, the last Ruttle Report for 2019.

Seven years ago Hurricane Sandy slammed the northeastern United States, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and was called the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of 2012.