Sara Williams Saskatchewan Perennial Society Attractive, drought-tolerant, long-lived and trouble-free, alliums are among the most versatile yet underused hardy bulbs available to prairie gardeners. Most of the alliums grown in prairie gardens are from Asia, but there are over six hundred species worldwide, quite a few of which are adapted to our conditions. Don’t be ..read more

“Nadine, do you seriously believe this statement?” The person who emailed me this question was referring to a recent column I wrote, asking if the Scott Moe government would listen to a request from Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, “or continue to act as an arm of the Trudeau government”. I do believe that statement ..read more

Longtime Melfort and District Museum curator Gailmarie Anderson will retire as of April 30. Anderson has been curator and Cultural Coordinator for the City of Melfort since 2005 and announced her retirement earlier this year. Anderson said she felt that the opportunity was right. “It’s just time. I really hated to leave the museum and ..read more

Meath Park Grade 12 student Charlie Lysyk got a surprise on March 22. Lysyk has been selected for the University of Saskatchewan’s Best and Brightest Entrance Scholarship. The scholarship is valued at $40,000 over four years and is one of the most prestigious entrance scholarships at USask. Lysyk said she was not expecting to be ..read more

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it! All joking aside, weather is one of our favourite topics of conversation. What would we talk about if the weather was the same every day? We are unable to control the weather or even predict it with any great accuracy. Despite that, or perhaps ..read more

Sometimes we find ourselves in situations we do not like and have to live with it. Maybe you just can not stand the people you work with or the kids in your class. Changing your situation might not be an option, so how do you cope? As a child, if you did not like your ..read more

Chantel DownesLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterLakeland This Week Cpl. Troy Savinkoff, Public Information Officer with the Operations Committee with the provincial RCMP media line, provided details of the ongoing response. “Our RCMP is currently on scene at Cold Lake First Nations supporting the emergency operation centre with some limited evacuations,” he stated. RCMP has been involved ..read more

Had Saskatchewan won Saturday, the Rush would be in the playoffs as all NLL planets had aligned in the Rush’s favour. Darren Zary Saskatoon StarPhoenix “There’s not one player who didn’t get better as the season went along, and that’s what you want to see,” said Rush co-coach and associate general manager Jimmy Quinlan, whose ..read more

The prime minister took questions during a stop to promote Indigenous-related items in the recently tabled budget. Bryn Levy Regina Leader-Post The federal Liberals’ budget promotion campaign continued on Tuesday in Saskatoon, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a stop at Wanuskewin Heritage Park to highlight various Indigenous-focused items in the budget tabled last week ..read more

Daily Herald Staff On Tuesday Premier Scott Moe and Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Paul Merriman unveiled further details on the four re-purposed land-based airtanker aircraft, consisting of two Dash 8-Q400AT models and two Dash 8-Q400MRE models, being purchased for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) at an approximate cost of $187.06 million. The ..read more