By: Bruce Penton The Sports Network calls July 1 ‘Free Agent Frenzy’ and the label definitely applied this year as about $1 billion in contracts were finalized with National Hockey League players who officially became free agents when their contracts expired at midnight, June 30.
Read MoreIn upcoming elections, only serious candidates need apply
By: Jordan Twiss In this space, I’ve remarked frequently about the drastic tonal shift in Canada’s political theatre over the past few years.
Read MoreYorkton plant a boon for Sask. pea sector
By: Calvin Daniels It was certainly a day to remember — in particular for the Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), the city of Yorkton and for Saskatchewan pea producers — as LDC officially marked the upcoming construction in the city with a sod turning recently.
Read MoreStanley Cup drought: Thirty years and counting
By: Bruce Penton When the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 to win this year’s Stanley Cup, it marked the 30th consecutive season that a team based in the United States has paraded around the ice holding Lord Stanley’s mug.
Read MoreTrudeau must step down to save Liberals
By: Jordan Twiss In his hit song “The Gambler,” late Country Music Hall of Famer Kenny Rogers once sang, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em/Know when to fold ‘em/Know when to walk away/And know when to run.”
Read MoreFCC research funding a boon for GIFS, ag sector
By: Calvin Daniels Regular readers will be aware that this writer is a huge proponent of research as the best path to a better future for farming.
Read MoreMcIlroy dealing with ‘major’ scar tissue
By: Bruce Penton Professional golfers don’t like to use the word “choke,” but how else to explain what Rory McIlroy did to hand the 2024 U.S. Open championship to Bryson DeChambeau?
Read MoreMoe abandons leadership to court conspiracists
By: Jordan Twiss For much of its history, Canada has effectively been a country in which elections boil down to a choice between two parties that have a credible chance of forming government (usually Conservative or Liberal parties).
Read MoreVideo conferencing enhances farm diagnostics
By: Calvin Daniels Ever come upon a tidbit of information that apparently is new, but you would have expected to have been the norm for quite some time?
Read MoreSure things are rare at NHL draft
By: Bruce Penton The ghost of Nail Yakupov annually hangs over the National Hockey League draft, which is being held at the Sphere in Las Vegas this Friday and Saturday.
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