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The celebration of Christmas draws in people from all sorts of situations and groups into parties and suppers of all descriptions throughout the month of December, and leads right into the celebration of New Year’s the week after that.

I’ve always enjoyed the arts. When I was in university I had a friend in the drama program and she had to take in so many theatre productions a year and write on them.

The Editor, The Saskatchewan Green Party applauds a move by the Wall Government to add gender identity protection to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code. This is an idea that the Saskatchewan Greens have always championed.

The Editor, Statistics Canada’s 2008–2009 Canadian Community Health Survey found that 19 per cent of seniors aged 65 or over felt left out, isolated from others, or that they lacked companionship.

Was it bemusement or befuddlement? I wasn’t sure.

It might not have been quite as bad as we feared. Nevertheless, Finance Minister Ken Krawetz’s mid-year update of the 2014-15 budget offered signs that things aren't quite as rosy as his Saskatchewan Party government has been suggesting.

City council will be deliberating the upcoming budget sometime early in the new year, and the implications of that document will be great. We’ve seen a lot of change in just a few years. There are few places as prosperous as the Energy City.

After years of public quarrels amongst the siblings as to who should and shouldn’t share in the family fortune, Susanna was awarded a sizable judgment after which she vowed to never speak to her family again.

I was simply blown away the other day. We held tryouts for the Vipers team I help with and for the 15U girls there were a total of 28 young kids interested in a chance to play. The older team, the 18U, had a total of 19 girls show up.

If you have ever shopped at Costco, you will know the title of this column isn't actually that far-fetched. The Christmas season is slowly sneaking up on us, but the winter blues have hit as hard as a snowball to the face.