In 1947, the Saskatchewan Legislature passed The Saskatchewan Bill of Rights Act, and the difficult task of balancing freedoms and rights began. The Supreme Court of Canada's decision concerning Bill Whatcott's anti-gay campaign is just the latest example. But it is nothing new.

Saskatchewan's Bill of Rights was...

Saskatchewan is not often in the news. What happens here isn't of much interest to the rest of you. In fact, by starting this post with the word "Saskatchewan" I likely caused most HuffPost browsers to move on to something else.

Another thing that doesn't make the news very...

Last week, Regina City Council approved a plan for a new stadium.

This new stadium will cost $278 million to build and a few hundred million more to maintain over the next 30 years. It will be paid for by property tax increases, new taxes, fees on...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece here about Saskatchewan's unique -- and some might say anachronistic -- peeler-free status. Ours is the only jurisdiction in North America where we don't allow strippers in bars. Or wet t-shirt contests. Generally speaking, unless you get a hard-on from hockey on...

What comes to mind when people think of Saskatchewan? Socialism, of course. Other things too, but certainly socialism. You don't think so? Aside from Tiger Williams, who is our most famous historical figure? Tommy Douglas. The leader of the first and, for a long and dangerous time, the only socialist...

"Honey, what do you think about strippers in bars?"

This is the start of a potentially awkward conversation that occurs only in Saskatchewan. Everywhere else in the Dominion, the merits, or otherwise, of allowing strippers to pursue their vocation in licensed premises is a subject not likely to arise at...

In what can only be described as some serious junior high level cyber-bullying, Saskatchewan is being dissed all over the internet as Canada's ugliest province.

To be completely accurate, the euphemism used is "least beautiful." And, the designation refers to this province's scenery, not its people. Small consolation.

Canada is a funny place. I mean "funny - ha ha", not "funny - sheesh." I won't say Canadians love to laugh, because I'm pretty sure that's not unique to the Canadian character. Everyone, everywhere, loves to laugh -- like they love to eat and drink and have sex and...

This is the second in what is, so far, a two-part series of blog posts intended to introduce HuffPost Canada to Saskatchewan and its interesting people.

You find Saskatchewan people everywhere. We often stray from the province and find ourselves working, visiting or living our lives in other parts of...

Years ago, I was visiting Toronto. I was walking east on Dundas, on my way to a lunch date. A woman crossed the street to talk to me.

"You're not from here, are you?"

"Well, no. What gave me away?"

"You're walking slowly, looking around... and you're...