Posted by Stephen Whitworth | March 30, 2020 | Film
Embrace your Coronavirus confinement in Vivarium’s surreal suburban nightmare Vivarium VOD/Apple TV Vivarium is a rare surrealistic horror. More structured than a David Lynch film and darker than something by Terry...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | March 27, 2020 | Uncategorized, World
They teach you in journalism school never to use the phrase “…X has changed the world forever”. Or at least they should. Covid-19 is certainly not going to change the world forever, but it is going to change quite a few...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | March 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Shameless Self-Promotion
You might not have noticed yet, but there’s no Planet S today. Our previous paper was out two weeks ago. The new one is due. Where is it? What happened? I bet you can guess. Yes, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 strikes...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | June 13, 2017 | News
Just a quick one today, let’s go go go 1. EX-INTERIM The NDP’s Trent Wotherspoon has stepped down to contemplate a run for the party’s leadership. Wotherspoon, a teacher in his civilian days, would join a...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | June 12, 2017 | News
Good afternoon Saskatoon! It’s 22°C and sunny in this fine, fine city on a day that truly began when the sun peeped its shiny yellow face over the horizon at at 4:45 a.m., and will hum along pleasantly until 9:27 for...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | May 29, 2017 | News
HAPPY AFTERNOON, SASKERTOON It’s 19 degrees and sunny at the moment, on a daytime stretch that started at 4:54 a.m. and won’t end until 9:14 p.m., for 16:20 of daylight. Not to shabby! Let’s get on with it. 1....
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | May 19, 2017 | News
1. LIBERAL CARBON TAX INFURIATES PETRO-GROUPIE Climate change is real, action needs to be taken, the Liberals have a plan and Brad Wall hates it. It’s hilarious that an alleged fan of business and markets rejects...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | May 15, 2017 | News
Happy noon, Saskatoon! At 12:10 it’s 15°C en route to a high of 17. Sunrise was 5:11 a.m. and sunset is 8:55 for almost 15 hours and 44 minutes of glorious daylight. Would you like news links? Have some news links. 1. DAY...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | May 4, 2017 | News
Good afternoon, Saskatoon! Sunrise was 5:30 a.m., sunset is 8:37 p.m. and and today was 15 hours, seven minutes and 26 seconds long. It’s 24°C right now, which my phone says is as hot as it gets today and I say...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | May 3, 2017 | News
Hey Saskatoon it’s Wednesday afternoon! The heat’s peaking right now at a balmy 17°C, but that’s nothing compared to the weather on deck: more than a week of sunny and mostly sunny days with highs as high as...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | May 2, 2017 | News
Good afternoon Saskatoon! How’s it going? According to my cell phone’s weather app, it’s 11°C with a high of 13 later. A source who doesn’t want to be named for fear of reprisals describes the day as...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | May 1, 2017 | News
Happy May! We’re one-third of the way through the year. We “MAY”-d it! HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW. Anyway, the high today is 13°C and the overnight low is 1°C. It’s 10°C right now ( 12:39 p.m.). Sunrise was at...
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