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 September 30, 2010

    I grew up in rural Saskatchewan and people everywhere were furious with the gun registry. The big complaint was, of course, that it would criminalize innocent people like farmers and duck hunters. This was some of the rhetoric I grew up with and heard on the radio, watched on television and read in the newspapers.

  • Apathy in the face of catastrophe is unacceptable

    By September 30, 2010

    When major flooding began in Pakistan and created what many aid groups labelled as the largest humanitarian disaster in decades, it was obvious that Canadians would once again step up in a big way and do whatever we could to help. Right? Well, apparently not.

  • Harper’s hypocrisy in spending G8 Maternal and Child Health money

    By September 30, 2010

    The Conservatives’ shocking reversal of ideology on maternal health is for the best, but the victory is tainted by the sheer hypocrisy of the move.

  • Thoughts on bondage, BDSM and other family-friendly matters

    By September 30, 2010

    Whether it’s spanking, smut talk, chains or whips, we all like to experiment and turn our sexual relationships into something even more enjoyable.

  • The ridiculous and sometimes obscene expenditures of the G20

    By September 28, 2010

    I was in Toronto directly before and directly after the G20 summit. I left for Kingston because I couldn’t go to work. The restaurant I worked at was forced to close for a number of days. Also, I left because I didn’t want anything to do with the summit.

  • LETTER: American Apparel responds to the Sheaf

    By September 27, 2010

    American Apparel lawyer Peter Schey responds to last week’s piece by the Sheaf’s Opinions Editor, “American Apparel: Fat chicks need not apply.”

  • Ban on gay blood donations is justified

    By September 23, 2010

    Reluctantly, I have to agree with Madam Justice Catherine Aitken of the Superior Court of Ontario, who decided blood donations from gay men could be banned by Canadian Blood Services.

  • Americans have gotten carried away with Glenn Beck and the Tea Party movement

    By September 22, 2010

    Lately, a ruckus of mostly unintelligible grunts has been coming from our American neighbours’ politicians and public figures. The so-called Tea Party movement is what proponents believe to be the second incarnation of The Boston Tea Party, but it is allowing the worst of American politics to overtake the system.