SaskBooks Review: “The Way of the Gardener: Lost in the Weeds along the Camino de Santiago”
I’ve long wanted to experience “The Camino”. The Camino de Santiago (The Way of Saint James) is a weeks-long, thousand-year-old, on-foot pilgrimage that often begins in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, crosses the Pyrenees, and continues across northern Spain to…
The Avonlea Badlands: A Saskatchewan road trip you don’t want to miss!
One of Saskatchewan’s best-kept secrets are the Avonlea Badlands, located four kilometres outside of Avonlea, Sask. You may be asking, “Where is Avonlea?” It is a village located 82 kilometres southwest of Regina.
Sagebrush Studios has something for everyone
Decades have passed since Fran and Dean Francis created Sagebrush Studios, located twelve miles east of Empress, Alberta, near the southern Alberta border. Their twenty acres of land is situated close to the ravines and river valleys that Dean has been painting for 43 years.
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Recipe Book generates funds for Liebenthal’s Sacred Heart Catholic Church
It might surprise you to discover how a small community can cook up a successful solution to raise funds. The community is Liebenthal, situated between Fox Valley to the south and Leader to the north. It’s a hamlet with a total population of five and a rural population of 85.
SaskBooks Review: Rue Des Rosiers
Rue Des Rosiers by Vancouverite Rhea Tregebov is not just an exemplary novel, it’s also an important book that examines anti-Semitism and empathetically puts faces on the victims and aggressors, and my hope is that the novel receives the major attention it warrants.
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Royal Saskatchewan Museum ready to open
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) is ready to reopen its doors to the public on Sunday, May 30, 2021. Public health guidelines remain in place at the museum and will be updated as changes are made by the provincial health authority.
Part two of Kindersley and District Music Festival
The Kindersley and District Music Festival committee was happy to be able to hold the second part of our annual Festival from April 26-27, 2021 at the Kindersley Alliance Church.
Saskatchewan tourism industry embarks on the road to recovery
The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed May 23-29 as Saskatchewan Tourism Week.
SaskBooks Review: The Literary History of Saskatchewan: Volume 3 – Advances
The Literary History of Saskatchewan: Volume 3 – Advances is Coteau Books’ third and final volume analyzing Saskatchewan’s proud literary tradition. Compiling and assessing a literary history of the province isn’t easy, especially when that history is ongoing.
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T.rex Discovery Centre to welcome back visitors for 2021 season
On Saturday, May 22, the T. rex Discovery Centre (TRDC), home of Scotty, the world's largest T.rex will open its doors and welcome visitors for the 2021 season.
Local girl is becoming a pastry chef
Bria Tuchscherer from Kerrobert is loving SAIT’s Baking and Pastry Arts program! Bria, a 2020 Kerrobert graduate, began her studies at Calgary in January and has been showing her tasty pastries on social media and telling all about each one.
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If you’re looking for a well-written Saskatchewan romance then Doreen M. Bleich’s latest novel may be the perfect summer read.
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Write Out Loud Digital Stage Features the Prairie Quills Writers’ Group
The Lyric Digital Stage Write Out Loud, beginning at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, will present a number of readings by members of the Swift Current Prairie Quills Writers’ Group. Prairie Quills is celebrating its 20th year as an established group.
Maple Creek’s Jasper Centre intends to host Post Pandemic Concert
As the Canada Day Festival Celebrations will not be going forward again this year, the Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre announces its intention to host a Post Pandemic Concert on the grounds of the Jasper Centre once the dust settles from the pandemic and the Health Authority gives…
SaskBooks Review: Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future
In her book, Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future, author Mary Soderstrom asks us to “[l]ook out the nearest window, then try to imagine what the view would look like without concrete.”
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