THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

Opinions

  • By October 29, 2010

    Slowly, people are waking up to the failed experiment of suburbia and are seeing it for what it really is: a misallocation of resources that is entirely unsustainable.

  • Calgarians take a pause from duck-hunting to elect an openly Muslim mayor

    By October 29, 2010

    Many Canadians were shocked by the surprise election of incoming Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi this past week. The uproar was over the fact that he is an openly practising Muslim.

  • Canada needs to focus on international relations

    By October 27, 2010

    With the recent loss in a bid for a United Nations Security Council seat, Canada appears to have taken a self-centred approach to international relations and is starting to isolate itself, globally.

  • Experiences in a funeral home have taught me that death isn’t so bad

    By October 27, 2010

    We may prefer not talk about this grisly reality, because dressing up as the Hulk and eating candy is a slightly more appealing visual ”” but ultimately, Halloween really is all about death.

  • When did tattooing become so normalized?

    By October 23, 2010

    Tattooing is back in vogue and the sleazy back-alley reputation connected with the tattoo culture is quickly fading. To put things in perspective, there are 15 tattoo shops in Saskatoon alone ”” that makes it one fifth as popular as pizza, and I challenge you to find anything more universally beloved than pizza.

  • Louis Riel was no hero

    By October 21, 2010

    Although you wouldn’t know it from the U of S campus, Louis Riel wasn’t the hero we think he was. In fact, the famous rebel hindered the Métis cause more than he helped it.

  • Thanksgiving doesn’t seem to involve much giving

    By October 20, 2010

    As Canadians we have much in life to be thankful for. Access to food, clean water, medical care, education, justice and Katy Perry’s new album ”” life is good. But I don’t see how the way in which we celebrate Thanksgiving demonstrates in any way that we are in fact thankful for any of these things.

  • Why Harper won’t win a majority government

    By October 20, 2010

    Conservative parties in Canada used to be a coaliton of Blue Tories and Red Tories, but for the average Canadian, Harper’s Conservatives are just too blue to form a majority.