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Amazing Things about Saskatchewan

Sep 13, 2019 | Miscellaneous

Things worth knowing;
Common misconceptions;
Celebrities from Saskatchewan;
Links with fame: Napoleon, Wordsworth, Einstein, Huxley, Capone;
Saskies portrayed in movies and plays;
Saskies honoured by Order of Canada;
Order of the British Empire honourees;
Emblems of Saskatchewan;
Immortalized as statues and monuments

Tourism: Seeing Saskatchewan

Jun 30, 2019 | Tourism

Beauty spots as described by authors;
Gorgeous buildings worth a tour;
Unusual places to stay (including yurts, domes and grain bins);
Intriguing restaurants outside the cities;
Surprising natural landforms & features;
Bird-watching trails;
Craft beer micro-breweries;
Murals;
Adaptive re-use of grain elevators;
Repurposed railway stations;
Retreats: Places to write, practice yoga, heal …;
Absolutely the worst roads

Our History and Heritage

Aug 8, 2019 | History and Heritage

Firsts and trailblazers;
Female trailblazers;
Historical timelines;
Westward ho! Colonization;
Treaty rights: Promises, promises;
Resistance hotspots;
A festering wound: Indigenous, Metis concerns;
Quirky facts in 1885;
Wet or dry – Prohibition saga;
Unsung heroes;
Resistance fighters, spies, military intelligence;
POW escapers and evaders;
Murphy’s Law;
Riots and mass disturbances

Environment and Geography

Aug 13, 2019 | Environment & Geography

This land of ours – its variety, its majesty;
Mainly plains? Well, no …;
Saving the planet: Ongoing community efforts;
Environmental heroes;
Our shameful carbon footprint;
Saskatchewan as energy producer;
Gassy cows? Our greenhouse gas emissions;
Places with First Nations origins
Earthquakes;
Hottest, coldest wettest (from the Weather Office)
Cold ‘nuff fer ya?
Hot ‘nuff fer ya?
Oldest heritage buildings
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The Halls of Academe: Education in Saskatchewan

Dec 16, 2019 | Education

Prissy rules for school marms;
Life in a one-room school;
High school then and now;
Largest high schools;
Outstanding teachers,
Colleges and universities;
Alumni statistics;
Milestones: U of S;
Milestones: U of R;
Firsts at universities;
Post-secondary institutions;

The Economy: Taking Care of Business

Sep 9, 2019 | The economy

Diversity sustains us;
Economic facts and statistic;s;
Where have all the farmers gone;
Movers and shakers in business;
Corporate impresarios;
Labour firebrands;
Sizzling strikes;
Our economic engines;
Mines and minerals;
Forestry & fur trade;
Fishing;
Manufacturing industry;
Tales of the thirties;
What Saskies did to survive’
Make-work projects;
What governments did;
A tax rant in the thirties;
Obsolete jobs.

Crime and Justice

Jul 1, 2019 | Crime & Justice

Notorious legal cases;
Love & murder in Sask.;
Missing & murdered;
Scoundrels & scallywags’
Bandits, rustlers & downright villains;
Chief justices, Sask. Court of Appeal;
Policing milestones;
Saskatchewan Provincial Police;
Memorable Mounties
Top cops

That’s Entertainment!

Aug 24, 2019 | Entertainment

Well-known actors on the Big Screen;
Movie dramas;
Obscure Saskatchewan movies;
Stage actors;
Radio and teleivison shows

Farmers and Ranchers Outstanding in Their Fields

Aug 25, 2019 | Farms & ranches

Government incentives to persuade First Nations to farm;
Homesteading rules – how they got free land;
Single women homesteaders;
Coping with natural scourges;
Notable farms and farmers;
Taming blowing soil;
New cultivation techniques & crop varieties;
Micro-farming;
Fabled early ranches;
Celebrated old-time cowboys & ranchers;
Unlikely critters – yaks, buffalo, alpaca, llamas….

Politics: The Art of the Possible

Sep 2, 2019 | Politics

Politicical tendencies in Saskatchewan;
Our voice in Parliament;
Well-known male M.P.s;
Female politicians on the national scene;
Female politicians in Saskatchewan legislature;
Votes for women!
What premiers did before

Medical Care – Health Matters!

Aug 18, 2019 | Medical Care

Indomitable early doctors
Milestones in Saskatchewwan health care
Medicare super-heroes
Medical honorees
They also served: Other health heroes
Spanish flu of 1918

Military: Keeping Us Safe

Aug 8, 2019 | Military

Victoria Cross recipients;
Flying aces in World War I;,
Flying aces in World War II;
Other notable flyboys;
Noteworthy soldiers;
Notable prairie sailors;
Saskatchewan’s war dead

The Sound of Music

Aug 13, 2019 | Music

Juno award winners;
Other noteworthy singers;
Musicians with aboriginal roots;
Other contemporary bands;
World music performers who live here;
Classical concert music groups;
Celebrated classical musicians and singers

Social and Cultural Life

Aug 13, 2019 | Social and Cultural Life

Quirky facts: Only in Saskatchewan ….
OOPS! Goofs and gaffes
Oft-laid plans, unintended consequences:
Unstoppable people overcoming adversity;
Evading the whisky sniffers
Supposedly haunted places
Baring it all: Public nudity
Customs and traditions
Bigamists
Aristocrats
Second sons and remittance men
Famous pets and other animals

Science and Technology

Aug 7, 2019 | Science & Technology

A sample of scientific discoveries at the U of S since 1970
The halls of science: Facilities for innovation
Renowned scientists
Dinosaurs found here
Other ancient fossils – marine, flying reptiles, mammals
The ingenuity of inventors
History of television in Saskatchewan

Sports

Aug 18, 2019 | Sports

Superjock showcases
Bigger, faster, stronger: Olympic gold medalists in the Saskatchewan Sports Half of Fame
Hockey legends in Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame
Other legendary hockey players
Grey Cup lore
More Rider lore
Legendary Roughriders in Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Junior footballers
Travel tragedies
Baseball (fastball) Major Leaguers
Pros in skirts: All-American Girls Baseball League
Adventure sports: Hang gliding, soaring, hot air ballooning, skydiving, underwater hockey, hunting wild boars

Transport

Aug 24, 2019 | Transportation

Changing transport modes changed everything;
Fire canoes – Steamboats;
Ingenious conveyances;
History of railways;
Municipal transit;
Automobiles hit the road;
Prairie mariners;
Early aviators
Modern pilots fight fires, save lives;
Bush pilots provide a lifeline to remote spots

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