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Are you familiar with the terms “stook” or “stooker”?A stook is a group of grain sheaves set upright with their heads to...
09/14/2026

Are you familiar with the terms “stook” or “stooker”?

A stook is a group of grain sheaves set upright with their heads together to dry in a field.
A stooker is the worker who set the sheaves up in stooks.

The lonely work of a stooker was essential to harvest. Approximately ten days after stooking, the threshing crew could then assemble to gather and thresh the stooks.

A stookers lunch on Murdo Cameron’s farm near Floral in September 1913 (S-B1076).

Did video games ever harm your television set? Article published in the Regina Leader-Post on December 16, 1976.
09/12/2026

Did video games ever harm your television set?

Article published in the Regina Leader-Post on December 16, 1976.

Have you ever seen a Mennonite house-barn? It’s a unique structure where house and barn are joined end-to-end. The house...
09/11/2026

Have you ever seen a Mennonite house-barn?

It’s a unique structure where house and barn are joined end-to-end. The house-barn pictured here was located on the Letkemann farm near Osler circa 1902 (S-B4627).

What do all these images have in common? Why, they are all images of Tyndall stone! “Tyndall Stone is the common name fo...
09/10/2026

What do all these images have in common? Why, they are all images of Tyndall stone!

“Tyndall Stone is the common name for building limestone found in the Garson-Tyndall Area quarries, situated 30 miles north-east of Winnipeg, Manitoba… The first recorded construction with native stone was Manitoba’s Lower Fort Garry, which began in 1831 using Limestone found along the west bank of the Red River.”

This information was included in a promotional pamphlet distributed by Garson Limestone Co. Ltd. pre-1970 (PI-1365) alongside the pictures shared here:

- Cut stone finishes: rubbed, sawed, tooled, fine bush-hammer, coarse bush-hammer, picked finish
- Buildings constructed with Tyndall stone: St. Benedict’s Academy and Convent in Vancouver, Canadian Wheat Board Building in Winnipeg, Museum of Natural History in Regina, and Winnipeg City Hall in Winnipeg

What other Tyndall stone buildings or fun facts do you know?

What do all these images have in common? Hint: Geology! (PI-1365)
09/09/2026

What do all these images have in common?
Hint: Geology!

(PI-1365)

It’s already been four years since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Her 70-year reign included five royal visits to Sa...
09/08/2026

It’s already been four years since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Her 70-year reign included five royal visits to Saskatchewan, the first of which was in July 1959. Many attended the ceremony held outside the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in her honour (59-493-09).

Did you ever see the Queen during one of her royal visits?

HARVEST LABOUR WANTED…and domestic labour, too!In July 1919, the Saskatchewan Bureau of Labour was actively seeking farm...
09/07/2026

HARVEST LABOUR WANTED
…and domestic labour, too!

In July 1919, the Saskatchewan Bureau of Labour was actively seeking farm labourers and women workers in Eastern Saskatchewan. Good wages and reduced railway rates were available to those willing.

the 1946 Farmers StrikeEighty years ago on September 6, 1946, approximately 60,000 Saskatchewan and Albertan farmers w...
09/06/2026

the 1946 Farmers Strike

Eighty years ago on September 6, 1946, approximately 60,000 Saskatchewan and Albertan farmers went on strike (S-B823). Led by the United Farmers of Canada, Saskatchewan Section and the Alberta Farmers Union, the two provinces refused to deliver any produce to market for a period of 30 days.

Why? The striking farmers wanted the federal government to implement parity prices for farm products, meaning that the price of farm products would be tied to increases in production costs and income across Canadian society. Parity pricing was intended to provide farmers a stable income regardless of the fluctuation of market prices.

The result? Although delegates from the farmers’ organization met with federal government officials, the strike did little for farmers immediately. Federal Minister of Agriculture J.G. Gardiner promised an Advisory Committee to study the farmers’ proposals, but there is no evidence that the Advisory Committee on parity prices ever met. A post-war boom in the economy helped restore prices later in the 1940’s.

For more insight into the strike, read D’Arcy Hande’s article “Parity Prices and the Farmers Strike” published in Saskatchewan History Magazine Vol. 38, No. 3.: https://sab.files.com/f/bVVZ6WWFP10/SK%20History

How well did you do with yesterday’s “quiz”?Let’s try another one… This three-story schoolhouse was likely located in P...
09/04/2026

How well did you do with yesterday’s “quiz”?
Let’s try another one…

This three-story schoolhouse was likely located in Prince Albert (S-A312). The cross atop its bell tower may be a helpful hint.

It’s week, so let’s test your knowledge! This photograph of an unidentified school (R-A33455-10) was donated alongside...
09/03/2026

It’s week, so let’s test your knowledge!

This photograph of an unidentified school (R-A33455-10) was donated alongside a series of photographs taken in Jedburgh in 1941. Do you recognize it?

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