Some arts rapping about how they see life in Riversdale and the urban core.
Saskatoon
Column: Dream Big to Tackle Challenges
My column this week in The StarPhoenix When business writer and consultant Jim Collins wrote the book, Built to Last, he introduced the term BHAG into the lexicon. The Big Hairy Audacious Goals are organizational changing objectives that change how businesses operates. One of the best examples was General Electric’s CEO Jack Welch declaring that [...]
The Continental Hotel
I have been fascinated by The Continental in Saskatoon since I was in Boston and saw my first high end boutique hotel. While the market in Saskatoon would never supported it, I have always wanted to see someone turn The Continental into one. Working at The Lighthouse, we park behind it and walk by The [...]
Mexico City trashes it’s garbage problem
Interesting article on how Mexico City has become so successful in reducing waste that it is closing it’s largest landfill. Mexico City will close one of the world’s largest garbage dumps by Dec. 31 and will instead turn the garbage from millions of people into reusable materials and energy, MayorMarcelo Ebrard announced Monday. Some 700 [...]
Column: Let’s Put More Fun Into Winter
In today’s The StarPhoenix While the winter has been mild so far, it still is winter. That means dressing in layers, being cold and not being able to enjoy so much of what makes Saskatoon great – mainly spring, summer and fall. Even though winter is our dominant season, we don’t do a great job [...]
Portraits of Saskatoon
If you are still looking for a spectacular gift with a Saskatoon theme, check out these prints by Saskatoon photographer Christina Weese of the Victoria Traffic Bridge. They look fantastic, are a limited run, and you are supporting a local artist. Oh yeah, someone is also getting a great gift. Speaking of the arts, I [...]
Column: Vote to help exploited women
In today’s The StarPhoenix A couple of Fridays ago I met over the noon hour with Jason Moore and Don Windell of Lighthouse Supported Living, and they were talking about a problem we have all confronted over the years in Saskatoon: How do we help sex trade workers to get off the streets? While the [...]
Column: Turbine Project Handled Poorly
My column in today’s The StarPhoenix The city announced a couple of years ago that it was exploring the idea of a tall wind turbine in Saskatoon. I loved the idea when it came out and have followed its progress off and on. The city evaluated sites near the university, Diefenbaker Park and the landfill. [...]
Occupy Saskatoon
Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer I was down to the Occupy Saskatoon quite a few times trying to help them out with men and women who were homeless and staying there. Since I normally have a camera of some sort with me, I snapped a couple of photos when I down during daylight hours.
