Saskatchewan's Own - Softcover

Saskatchewan’s story is a people story. In Saskatchewan’s Own: People Who Made a Difference, veteran Saskatoon journalist Verne Clemence draws from decades of experience spent observing and writing about the fascinating people who shaped the history of his beloved province. Clemence brings to life the people who created Saskatchewan’s schools, libraries, and hospitals, worked in the background for the betterment of youth, or tirelessly endeavoured to bring about the social justice that came to define the province. He also tells the success stories of those who led the way in arts, sciences, business, and sports. But there were also others who marched to their own drums: a farmer who secretly recorded the life of his community in verse; another who built an ocean-going vessel in the midst of a sea of dry land; and a loner with a passion for dinosaur bones in southern Saskatchewan. From Tommy Douglas to Walter Farewell, famous politicians to little-known yet notable eccentrics, these are the people who added colour and texture to the fabric of life in the province.