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Article content Robert Schollie tells us in a letter to the editor (“What’s in a name?” SP April 17, 2021) that he has “not delved into how the colonists acquired the land” and that he believes the Temperance Colonists “had every right to set up their settlement as they saw fit.” He then whines about “cancel culture” as if it’s a new thing. Cancel culture has been operating ever since the hidden and missing parts of our collective history were consciously omitted to aggrandize certain people and their actions in ways that affirmed and applauded their behaviour, elevating t...

Posted: Mar 12, 2021 11:37 AM CT | Last Updated: March 12 Danyluk says she has received emails in support of changing the street name, including one from a person who lives on McPherson Avenue.(Ashleigh Mattern/CBC) A Saskatoon woman wants the name of a city street changed. Stephanie Danyluk says McPherson Avenue is named after a man who is responsible for colonial policy decisions that negatively impacted local Métis people. Sir David MacPherson served as the federal minister of interior during the 1880s. He retired from that post in 1885, charged with incapacity in dealing with the Northw...

Marijuana, gambling enter debate on post-coronavirus economic recovery in San Antonio mayor's race FacebookTwitterEmail Then-Councilman Greg Brockhouse, right, answers a question during a mayoral debate with San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, center, at the Wyndham Riverwalk on April 3, 2019. At left is David Dunham, vice president of development for Texas Monthly. He was moderating the debate.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer In the race for mayor, incumbent Ron Nirenberg and challenger Greg Brockhouse have starkly different visions for how to resolve what is sure to be a central issue of the cam...

Editors’ note:  For church leaders to be more effective in seeking the “welfare of the city” (Jer. 29:7), we should know what economic concepts mean, how they should be applied, and how they affect the local church. The purpose of the Economics for Church Leaders series is not to present a theology of economics, but rather to provide a basic level of understanding that will help church leaders think more clearly about how to apply their faith commitments to economics and public policy. See the Economics for Church Leaders page for other articles. In 2016, the Democratic Party adopted a...

Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 9:11 AM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Grand Hyatt Roughly 70% of the Grand Hyatt’s room revenue comes from conventioneers, according to Moody’s Investors Service. When the pandemic began siphoning off River Walk tourism early last spring, Oscar Noin thought he was seeing a repeat of the downturn he’d ridde...