by Shayna Stock
THE SASQUATCH
Dec/Jan 2009
(Vol I No. 6)

“It is impossible to engage properly with a place or a person without engaging with all of the stories of that place and that person.”
-Chimamanda Adichie
I recently watched a lecture by novelist Chimamanda Adichie that brought new light to my understanding of the power of stories. Adichie spoke [...]

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[Editor's note: ActUpInSask.org has some great coverage of the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. According to the site, Saskatchewan is the world's third-largest per-capita carbon emitter. Our official position? "Saskatchewan will oppose any initiative that will unduly hurt our economy and see these monies go out of our province. We'll be firm in that position [...]

by Shayna Stock
THE SASQUATCH
Dec/Jan 2009
(Vol I No. 6)

For most species in this part of the world, winter is all about conservation of energy, hibernation and resourcefulness. So it strikes me as ironic that the mid-winter holiday season has come to embody such excess. I don’t need to inform you about the commodification of holidays that [...]

The Sasquatch, Saskatchewan’s newest and most biting independent newspaper, is seeking submissions for its February 2010 issue!
Published both online and in print, our stories are picked up by decision-makers, rural prairie folks, labour activists, the environmental movement and newsmakers across the country. Recent stories in The Sasquatch have exposed underreported and important issues like the [...]

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by Shayna Stock
THE SASQUATCH
November 2009
(Vol I No. 5)
“We are already living in two worlds. One world moves ahead by inertia from the past, like a massive luxury liner drifting at sea, while the other steps into the unknown, like a child entering the woods for the first time. On the front pages of newspapers and [...]

The Sasquatch, Saskatchewan’s newest and most biting independent newspaper, is seeking submissions for its December/January issue!
Published both online and in print, our stories are picked up by decision-makers, rural prairie folks, labour activists, the environmental movement and newsmakers across the country. Recent stories in The Sasquatch have exposed underreported and important issues like the youth [...]

Regina writer Sarah Ferguson just brought this show to my attention:
The Morse Museum (2 hrs west of Regina) is currently (until Sept. 30) hosting an exhibit by photographer Collin Stumpf. (more details here, if you’re on facebook)
Sarah’s description of the exhibit was so irresistibly relevant that I had to share. Here’s what she had to [...]