The Prairie Fiddler

In April of 1917, Edwin and Edison Greenhow of Balcarres, Saskatchewan, fell on Vimy Ridge in France.  The upcoming centennial commemoration of the battle of

Winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction in 1982 I came across this little gem a while ago and just had to share, though

The history of the Dakota Sioux band that inhabits the Whitecap Reservation south of Saskatoon is intriguing.  Realizing that the Dakota did not really dovetail

Nineteen thirty-seven was a most interesting year.  The Spanish Civil war was raging, as Hitler and Mussolini tested their military machines in that country and

In the winter of 1910, a Royal North-West Mounted Police patrol led by Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald perished in the Yukon Territory.  Driving dog sled

My daughter and I attended Bill Waiser’s  book launch last week at the Broadway Theater in Saskatoon.  It was quite an event with Guy Vanderhaeghe