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Marna's Musings

An interesting anniversary was celebrated last week in the province as the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation hit 50 years. The idea of crop insurance has come a long way in five decades.

The countdown to Christmas is here and from what I witnessed this past weekend, the shopping frenzy has started.

I won't lie, I only had to write one final this semester. And because I'm off on internship next semester, that's it for finals for me this year.

We go more than 20 years with no additional action in potash in this province, other than the expected existing mine expansions and then suddenly, we have announcement after announcement about new mines that are all expecting to be on stream by 2015.

With a fresh four-year mandate and a huge majority in the Legislative Assembly, the Sask.

There's a lot to like about the new four-division alignment passed by the NHL's board of governors on Monday night.

This year I turned 41 and one of my dear Aussie friends sent me this article written by Regina Brett. Brett is a well known columnist and author and she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for commentary in 2008 and 2009.

He Said Recent polls suggest Christmas spending for Canadians is going up from last year. An Ipsos Reid survey found that on average, Canadians will spend about $640 (last year it was $624) on Christmas gifts this year.

Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and Nick Lidstrom are among the most famous names in the National Hockey League, but if you were looking to find the most obscure, you might not be too far wrong to suggest it's Jason Garrison.