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Column: Invest in people to curb crime

My latest column in The StarPhoenix.  I know this generally gets posted on Monday’s but the internet at Arlington Beach was unusable and by the time I got home, the work week was upon me. Saskatoon is second only to Regina in Canada’s crime severity index, despite our crime rate dropping for the seventh straight [...]

Column: Handling debt poses challenge

Today’s column in The StarPhoenix. Former mayor Henry Dayday wrote to council in May questioning how much debt the city was taking on and how Saskatoon residents were going to pay for it. He pointed out that the city has $175 million in debt on its books and potentially another $225 million related to new [...]

The Regina of Ontario

I’m in Mississauga for a couple of days near the airport for a Social Services conference and am staying at the Delta Airport West hotel.  The hotel is nice and the staff was great.  I was about to rave about the hotel until I found some boogers in my coffee cup as I finished taking [...]

Slow news day?

Apparently there is nothing else worth writing about so the LeaderPost ran an advertisement for Fuddruckers.  This is low standards even for the Life section of a newspaper.  On the other hand it is Regina so maybe their standards are lower but still…

A Review of Regina’s new logo

  Regina’s got a new logo that has generated some international attention. Enough quoting. The R icon is definitely attractive and eye-catching. While there could probably be a few more twists, both literally and metaphorically, in the ribbon to make the dimensionality work a little better, I think it’s a fairly convincing result. I like [...]

Driving Safe in Regina

Most of you know this blog’s unofficial mission is to never miss a chance at taking a shot at the City of Regina whenever we have the chance (when I was toilet training Mark, I used to get him to say when flushing the toilet, “See you in Regina”) but this is too easy. 13 [...]

The Regina Dome

CBC is quoting the NDP in saying that a new domed stadium would cost $600 million and I can’t see it as Ford Field only cost $430 million and is twice the projected size but whether or not they are right or wrong, I am not sure a dome stadium is a good idea for [...]

Regina MP commits suicide

Dave Batters committed suicide yesterday after struggling with depression for years. The family of Dave Batters released a statement Tuesday morning confirming the 39-year-old died on Monday. "The family of Dave Batters is grieving the sudden loss of their beloved husband, son and brother, who, sadly, chose to take his own life at home in [...]

Saskatchewan at war with Canada

I never knew but I am off to buy a Victory Bond right after I post this. The Prime Minister appeared to be on a war footing while at a press conference to announce a highway project in Nova Scotia. "We have to define what victory means in Saskatchewan," said Harper, when he was asked [...]