January 22, 2020

Last February, while temperatures plummeted for days on end, I was out of the country. I remember seeing a headline announcing "Saskatchewan Hasn't Had a February Cold...

January 15, 2020

Remember VCRs? Oh, hold on a second, I should probably do some due diligence and explain to any younger readers out there what I’m talking about. A VCR is a video ...

January 15, 2020

Heads up, gen Xers. Get ready to think back to a pop culture childhood moment that hopefully brings a smile to your face and most assuredly a song to your lips. It was 50 ...

January 9, 2020

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language, And next year’s words await another voice.” - T.S. Eliot We’ve arrived not only at the beginning of another year,...

January 9, 2020

We're one week into a new year. One week of international tensions, national events and local news, not to mention what has taken place in each of our lives in just a ...

December 20, 2019

Elsewhere in the special edition Christmas section of The Outlook, I presented a questionnaire and took my queries to a handful of people from the local area, getting their...

December 18, 2019

Well, folks, here we are. We’ve come to the final issue of the year and with that, the last Ruttle Report for 2019. I know I say it every year, but I’m telling you, I ...

December 18, 2019

Seven years ago Hurricane Sandy slammed the northeastern United States, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and was called the deadliest and most destructive...

December 13, 2019

We were the grade seven class and that made us the most senior students in our elementary school. We were intramural house leaders, library helpers, and on one special ...