A part of History on a Saskatoon Street

A part of History on a Saskatoon Street

As I was walking to work from my love's home I came across a piece of Canadian History. Also a major peice of Saskatoon history. This was the home of Hugh Cairns The VC winner . There is a small Plaque in front of the house it . It plaque was poorly displayed. As a historical site this spot should be looked after. In my opinion. Here is the history of the Hugh Cains.

Here is a brief article of the history of the home.

The Cairns family home at
832 Avenue G North, Saskatoon
In February 2005, an ongoing initiative to have the plaque relocated to the correct residence, spearheaded by Mrs. Rowena McLellan of Saskatoon, was successful.

Although the date of the plaque's transference was not set, the Saskatchewan Government Heritage Resource Unit stated that an error may have been made and it is their intention to transplant the marker in its entirety once the ground is sufficiently thawed.

On Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Sgt. Cairns’ plaque was relocated to his home at 832 Avenue G North. This was completed by a civic work crew and purportedly brought about without any public notification, proclamation, nor rededication ceremony.

Rants on Early Sunday AM

These are the things I had to rant about
OK I am up BECAUSE OF A STUPID CAT!
ALSO HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING DUE MY LEG BUGGING ME
Also how stupid some of my co workers are and rude they are too.
And then this got my eye





And finally wht the hell is this all about?
- So much for the Toronto Argonauts' quarterback controversy.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Saturday that the team has acquired import quarterback Michael Bishop from the Argonauts for a conditional draft pick in the Canadian Draft.

"Our coaching staff is very pleased to be reunited with Michael," Riders general manager Eric Tillman said in a statement. "As you know, Kenny (Miller), Paul (LaPolice) and Gary (Etcheverry) all worked with Michael in Toronto, and they believe he brings many assets to our organization.

"In fact, Michael's playing rights were acquired from Calgary while Gary was the head coach of the Argos."

Bishop, 32, is in his seventh season with the Argos but has played sparingly this season behind starter Kerry Joseph. The six-foot-two, 223-pound Bishop has completed just 19-of-42 passes this season for 326 yards with three touchdowns and an interception.

The trade ends the Argos' patience with Bishop, who for years appeared on the cusp of being capable of being the club's starter, only to revert back to relying too heavily on his strong right arm making poor decisions throwing the football.

Bishop, a Heisman Trophy finalist his final season at Kansas State, wrested the starting job from veteran Damon Allen to start last year and appeared to round the corner in terms of his development as a capable CFL starter. But he sustained an early-season wrist injury that forced him to miss a good chunk of the campaign.

When Bishop returned, he began reverting back to making bad decisions throwing the ball. However, he did amass an 11-1 record as the Argos starter and led the club to an 11-7-0 record to finish first in the East Division.

However, Bishop struggled in his first-ever CFL playoff game as a starter, completing 21-of-45 passes for 376 yards in Toronto's 19-9 home loss to Winnipeg in the East Division final.

Still, the expectation during the off-season was that Bishop would be in the mix for the Argos' starting job come training camp. But that all changed when Toronto acquired Joseph, the '07 CFL outstanding player, in a blockbuster trade with the Grey Cup-champion Roughriders.

Good luck Mr. Leader!

Good luck Mr. Leader!
Bater next Sask. Liberal leader, party says
CBC News Ryan Bater of North Battleford will be the next leader of the Saskatchewan Liberals, the party said Monday.

The 30-year-old general manager of the Battlefords Regional Development Authority was the sole candidate when nominations closed Friday afternoon.

Bater's status as the party's leader will be confirmed when the Liberals hold their annual convention in Regina on Nov. 14-15, Bater said in a news release Monday.

Bater, who ran unsuccessfully for MLA in The Battlefords in the last provincial election, said he's "humbled" to be the designated party leader.

"The Saskatchewan Liberal Party has always been the party to champion economic, personal and political freedoms and it will continue to do so under my leadership," Bater said. "As proud as I am of our history, I truly believe that our best days as a party and as a province are yet to come."

The leadership was open for candidates after Saskatoon's David Karwacki stepped down from the post in December. Under his leadership, the Liberals failed to elect any members in two general elections

Random Thoughts

Entry for August 15, 2008: Friday rants
There are a couple of things that bug me. This AM the first was this city employee that is charged with surfing the net with kid pron .. what hell where your thinking jack ass..

Oops you where not. The second is this that happen last night at our soccer game..

OK the sexism of some people just bug me. I know in this day in age I should be more respectable of other opinion. But when someone makes a dumb sexist comment. That is really bug's me. At last night soccer game the ref says to our female player. What is this co-ed soccer? I a tone that was not professional and very sexist. One of player said to the ref the league OK it. This jack ass ref pipes up. " I really do not care" then he started the game. If you did care why did you say something. Hey ref boy. ... There women play in at a high level of soccer and there are woman at all levels of life. Face it ...! Also this ref was so slow and really not that good did not run in game. Maybe it is time you quit reffing , do you really need the money that bad? it looked to me that he didn't like his job as a ref at least smile you jack ass.. But the way ..

I want to congrats the women nation team for Their effort in the Olympics taking the USA women's team to extra time . Thanks to Evan P the women's coach a really classy guy and great coach. thanks for all your hard work.

See this story

Women's soccer: U.S. 2, Canada 1 in extra time


15/08/2008 8:44:35 AM

Substitute Natasha Kai scored in the first extra time period to give the United States a 2-1 lead over Canada in their quarter-final women's soccer match at the Beijing Games.


Kai slipped behind the Canadian defence and headed a long crossing attempt past Canadian goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc to break the deadlock.

Canadian captain Christine Sinclair and Angela Hucles of the U.S. scored in regulation to necessitate the extra 30 minutes of play.

Sinclair tied the match in the 30th minute with a potent blast from well outside the penalty area that sailed past U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo and into the top right side of the net.

It was the 95th goal of her international career for Canada.

Hucles opened the scoring in the 12th minute to give the Americans an early 1-0 lead before rain and the threat of lightning cleared the pitch for over 90 minutes.

A cross from Amy Rodriguez was headed on target by Heather O'Reilly and partially deflected by Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod but right onto the foot of Hucles, who converted the easy tap-in for the goal.

McLeod also appeared to slip and injure herself on the play, and was eventually forced to leave the match. She was replaced by LeBlanc.

Just minutes later, game officials elected to send the players off the field due to lightning concerns in the area of Shanghai Stadium.

The two teams have been archrivals for years, meeting for championship battles all over the world with the U.S. collecting victories most of the time.

In 43 meetings between the two countries, Canada has managed only three wins and four draws, with 36 losses.

But Canada has a chance to turn the tables when it counts the most. With everything on the line, the loser will be sent packing, its 2008 Olympic dream over.

While the U.S. has almost always ended on top, Canada has come close, especially in their two most recent confrontations.

At the 2008 Peace Queen Cup in late June, the Americans defeated their cross-border rivals on a free kick in injury time, and in April, at the CONCACAF Olympic qualification tournament in Mexico, the U.S. needed penalty kicks to take the crown.

Number one ..Cool I hope we do it right!

This caught my eye this A.M. We are #1 then Manitoba..No more sleepy little provinice for us... Saskatchewan is sitting on everything the world wants. The west is best!

Sask. growth tops in CanadaConference board predicts 4.2 per cent GDP increase for province in 2008

Joanne Paulson, The StarPhoenix

Published: Thursday, August 07, 2008
Saskatchewan's economic growth will lead the provinces this year with a 4.2 per cent increase in GDP, substantially higher than the 3.6 per cent predicted for second-place Manitoba, the Conference Board of Canada said Wednesday.

"While 'the west is the best' still holds true, attention this year has shifted away from Alberta to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as high prices for nearly all of their natural resources will make them the two fastest-growing economies in Canada," said Glen Hodgson, senior vice-president and chief economist, in the board's provincial outlook report.

"Resource-rich Saskatchewan is poised to enjoy another year of stellar growth and Manitoba's economy remains unfazed by hardship in the U.S. and Central Canada."

Commodity prices are fuelling the conference board's optimism for this year. It expects the Saskatchewan economy to perform well in 2009, but GDP growth will moderate to 2.8 per cent, the board forecasts.
However, "there is certainly upside potential to real GDP growth next year," the board added.

Among the economic drivers are high prices for agricultural products, boosted by flooding in the midwestern U.S. and by the flight of American farmers to growing corn for ethanol.

Soaring oil and gas prices have turned more attention to Saskatchewan resources. The board noted land sale revenues so far this year have totalled $605.4 million, more than double the last record of $250.3 million for all of 2007.

The prices of oil and gas have fallen off 20 per cent in the last few weeks, but Todd Crawford, an economist with the Conference Board, says the board does not see that as a permanent trend. Crawford says oil will not return to the $55 to $60 US per barrel price. Rather, the board is placing oil at an average of $123 US per barrel for 2008.

Oil is very volatile right now, due to several factors, said Crawford.

"We've seen a demand push-back from the record prices of $145 US per barrel. We've seen demand in all industrialized countries slow significantly. We've even seen the lifting of subsidies in non-industrialized countries.

"Demand is slowing, but the other thing is we've seen prices spike particularly because of geopolitical tensions centred around the Middle East."

Events such as ongoing attacks on oil workers in Nigeria were affecting prices, but those issues have eased off.

"Those things have not disappeared completely, but they have at least disappeared to the background," said Crawford. "Prices seem to have at least temporarily peaked. . . but next year and five years down the road, prices will inevitably rise."

Oil capacity remains "extremely tight," especially in the Middle East, so the market is still susceptible to supply shock, said Crawford.

A sustained high oil price is good news for Saskatchewan, creating a lot of jobs and increasing incomes, he added.

"It has quite a few spin-off effects for Saskatchewan."

The effects have come in the form of in-migration, which has been strong in 2008 with more than 1,800 residents moving into the province. The economy is expected to create 11,000 jobs this year.

But with stronger growth expected in Alberta next year, the board sees interprovincial in-migration subsiding in Saskatchewan.

After Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Alberta will still see the third-best growth in 2008 at 2.6 per cent. B.C.'s economy will grow by 2.2 per cent.

Declining exports, particularly in the auto sector, will result in national growth of 1.7 per cent this year and 2.7 per cent in 2009, said the board.

jpaulson@sp.canwest.com