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...junior national hockey team, where he played for two years.In a country where hockey is the most popular sport, Wintner had the opportunity to play in front of large, noisy and enthusiastic crowds. He played for a community-owned team in a small town in northern Saskatchewan, where, Wintner said, “everyone showed up to the games. It was pretty incredible to be 18, 19 years old and playing in front of a few thousand people regularly.”After Wintner’s years with Canada’s junior hockey team and even a brief...
...career writing of Mennonite life in Canada?s west. In fact, many of his books are based on, or inspired by, his own family. His newest, the memoir Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest (Knopf Canada; 391 pages) delves into his childhood in a remote Saskatchewan community...
Adrienne Bernakevitch, a native of Regina, Saskatchewan, was reared in the Canadian hockey tradition, much like McLean. Indeed, Bernakevitch acknowledges the similarity in their respective upbringings back home...
...even more so, broccoli sprouts--may also cut your risk of high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and stroke. Sprouts are particularly rich in glucoraphanin, one of a class of substances that work indirectly as antioxidants by boosting the body's antioxidant defense systems. Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan fed glucoraphanin-laden sprouts to lab rats prone to high blood pressure and stroke. After 14 weeks the animals had stronger antioxidant defenses, less inflammation, lower blood pressure and generally improved cardiovascular health...
...Night and day,” said Bernakevitch, a native of Regina, Saskatchewan. “I didn’t think it would be that much of a difference moving from wing to center, but it really...