Marie Anne Fournier and her sister Jeannine Bujaczek came up with the idea for a funky boutique and bistro in Montmartre, Saskatchewan, the minute they heard that a historic building in their hometown was for sale. “We’ve both lived in many different places over the years, but our hearts were always in Montmartre,” says Marie […] Read more
Funky Food And Fashion In Montmartre
Christmas Past
“ Bah, humbug!” With a snarl in his voice, a sneer on his face and a limp in his step, Scrooge took to the streets to chastise children and chide adults about their excessive Christmas spending habits. The setting was clearly from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. However, the location was not London, England […] Read more
Do You Dare Go On The Terror Trail?
There’s nothing like a pitch-black poplar bush to make you feel uneasy. Out in the middle of a Prairie pasture, miles from the closest town, it suddenly dawns on you that no matter how loud you scream… no one will hear. Maybe it’s the vastness of the surrounding fields, or the denseness of the trees, […] Read more
Horse Trainer Loses Barn But Not Hope
When Cain and Roberta Quam surveyed the aftermath of the July 27 fire that destroyed their entire horse-training facility, the Kendal, Saskatchewan couple thought that life as they had known it for the last 11 years was officially over. “Initially I thought, ‘I’m done, I can’t do this again,’” said Cain, one of Canada’s top […] Read more
A Good Old-Fashioned Threshing Bee
Jack says his main motivation for hosting the threshing bee annually is to give people of all ages a glimpse into the past. Ihad seen the posters for years, advertising the annual threshing bee at a Vibank, Saskatchewan farm. I had always wanted to go, having heard the tales of threshing bees from my pioneer […] Read more
What A Small World
OK mister –you have some explaining to do, I thought to myself. All roads lead to Saskatchewan –I swear. Over the last several years, no matter where I’ve ventured, there’s always someone, or something, from my beloved province. When my son and I were in Hawaii on a press trip, we thought that we had […] Read more
Great idea becomes great business
“Why hasn’t anyone put honey into tubes like toothpaste, so you can just squeeze it out?” — NICOLE HEIN His name is Diesel. Her name is Nicole. She’d do anything for him. Even if it meant starting a business at the tender age of 11 years old to raise enough money to buy him. When […] Read more
Channelling grief into fundraising
Battling cancer one batch of buns at a time. It’s a strategy that has worked for the “Breast Friends” of Foam Lake, Saskatchewan –10 women who have channelled their grief into the pages of three national bestselling cookbooks. These self-declared menopausal women have brought a whole new definition to mid-life crisis and empty-nest syndrome. Once […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
