“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride" Saskatchewan Farmer Saying.” FarmersHorsesFarmBeggarsTuckerSaskatchewan Author:Hertha Tucker
“I am sure that hon. members will realize that I am not drawing on my imagination when I state that last fall there were children going to school in Saskatchewan with only sacking wrapped around their feet. We have gone into homes and found mothers and children lying on piles of bedding in the corner; they did not have the proper bedding equipment or the proper clothing to meet the rigours of a very cold winter.” ChildrenStatesHomeSchoolLastsLyingMotherFallFoundRealizingImaginationGoneFeetColdMembersWinterCornersDrawingClothingsEquipmentMy ImaginationMother And ChildWinter ColdRigourBeddingSackingSaskatchewan Author:Tommy Douglas
“On every album I've put out, I've put diverse Canadian songs on it. They're not provincial album; my albums are national albums. There'll be a song about Saskatchewan and Vancouver and Nova Scotia on there.” SongAlbumsDiverseVancouverNova ScotiaNovasSaskatchewan Author:Stompin' Tom Connors
“Uranium mining in northern Canada has left over 120 million tons of radioactive waste. This amount represents enough material to cover the Trans-Canada Highway two meters deep across the country. Present production of uranium waste from Saskatchewan alone occurs at the rate of over 1 million tons annually. Since 1975, hospitalization for cancer, birth defects and circulatory illnesses in that area have increased dramatically - between 123 and 600 percent in that region.” TwoCountryEnoughLeftMillionsMaterialsAmountBirthWastePercentAreasEnvironmentalRateCancerIllnessProductionsCanadaRegionsPollutionDefectsHighwaysTransMeterMiningUraniumBirth DefectsUranium MiningSaskatchewanRadioactive Waste Author:Winona LaDuke
“There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down.” RememberUsedNightMountainLateRadioRussiaLocalsGet UpStationsVillageTexasRadio StationsSaskatchewan Author:Joni Mitchell
“Listen to it, and you are hearing the mighty currents of the air rushing down the latitudes of the earth, currents from the Mackenzie and the Athabasca and the Saskatchewan, and from the prairies and the white Tundra. It is a homeless wind, forever on the move.” EarthMovingWhiteForeverAirWindListeningCurrentsHearingHomelessRushingPrairieLatitudeSaskatchewan Author:Hal Borland
“The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born” SaidBornLordEconomyWheatSaskatchewan Book:Leacock on Life Source: Leacock on Life
“Provincial governments in Canada have terminated the positions of marriage commissioners who have, for personal religious convictions, not performed same sex marriages. It has happened in Saskatchewan.” GovernmentSexReligiousHappenedPositionConvictionCanadaCommissionersSaskatchewan Author:Stockwell Day
“It was so dry in Saskatchewan during the Depression that the trees were chasing the dogs.” TreeDogDryChasingSaskatchewan Author:John Robert Colombo
“Plant flowers in others' gardens and your life becomes a bouquet! Submitted by Lisa Letto, Coordinator, Nutrition Resource and Volunteer Centre, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy, I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.” HelpingLife IsJoySawsCollegeFlowerResourcesGardenPlantUniversityCanadaNutritionVolunteerCentreServing OthersBouquetsPharmacyCoordinatorSaskatchewan Author:Rabindranath Tagore
“To keep up with the demands of the growing manufacturing sector, our Government is pleased to invest in the establishment of the Saskatchewan Manufacturing Centre of Excellence. Training skilled workers and increasing productivity and innovation are essential to the continued growth and prosperity of Saskatchewan, and Western Canada.” GovernmentGrowthGrowingDemandEssentialsTrainingInnovationExcellenceWesternWorkersProsperityProductivityCanadaEstablishmentCentreManufacturingSkilled WorkersSaskatchewanContinued GrowthWestern Canada Author:Michelle Rempel