Rueben Francis "Rube" Briscoe was born in Renfrew, Ont., and came was in 1905, farming near Saskatoon. He later moved to Wiseton, where he continued farming before moving to Saskatoon in 1925. He was married to Tillie (d., 1971) and they had one daughter, Joy (Horner) of Blaine Lake.

Jeff moved with his family to Gander, Nfld (1962-1965) and then to Winnipeg, Man (1965-1967) before moving to Regina where he remained until 1993 except for brief stints in Gibsons, BC (1985) and Vancouver (1987). In 1993, he moved to Vancouver to attend university there. He returned to Saskatchewan after graduation in 1995, where he remained except for a brief sojourn in Prince Albert, Sask., in the fall of 1996.

Jeff attended St. Matthew School (1967-1976) and Sheldon Williams Collegiate (1976-1980) in Regina. He attended Campion College at the University of Regina (1983-1987), earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, then returned to the U of R from 1991-1993 to earn an Honours Certificate in History. He attended the School of Library, Archives and Information Studies (SLAIS) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver from 1993-1995, graduating with a Master's in Archival Studies (MAS).

After graduation in 1995, he worked as a contract archivist for the University of Saskatchewan (1995), the Saskatchewan Council for Archives (1997) and the Anglican Diocese of Prince Albert (1996). He was hired as City of Saskatoon Archivist on contract in 1997, becoming permanent on January 1, 1999. He also taught the Introduction to Archives class for two semesters in the Library Technician programme at Sask Polytechnic (then SIAST), in 2013 and 2015.

Beginning in 1985 but primarily from 2011, he was active as a freelance writer. In 2003, he became interested in photography. In 2010, he began learning to play the guitar, and he was associated with a local band, The Agents of Deterioration, as both musician, vocalist and songwriter from 2017 to the present (2022) He was also involved as a volunteer with the Saskatchewan fencing community at various times, as well as professional organizations relating to archives.

Percy T. Colbert came to Saskatoon from Seaforth, Ontario, in 1905 and established a soft drink manufacturing company here at 418 first Avenue South. He was still running the company, under the name Colbert & Co., in 1923.

The StarPhoenix daily newspaper was created on September 12, 1928, by the merger of the Saskatoon Daily Phoenix (1902) and Daily Star (1906) newspapers. From 1928-1996 it was owned by the Clifford Sifton family. From 1996-2000 it was owned by Hollinger Newspapers, and then by CanWest Global Communications until 2008, when it was acquired by Postmedia.

In its history the newspaper's title heading has appeared in various forms, including Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and Star Phoenix, but the current presentation is StarPhoenix.

David Geary was one of the first two graduates from the University of Saskatchewan Fine Arts program, in 1970. He has been described as "one of the most prolific self-published underground creators in Canada during the 1970s and is responsible for the development of the comic book scene in the prairie provinces, first as a creator and later as a teacher/mentor."

Diane Carlson is a Saskatoon artist who is known to have collaborated with artist/cartoonist David Stewart Geary on several projects.

The Saskatoon Bottling Works was a soft drink manufacturing established by Percy T. Colbert, bottling and selling various "flavoured sodas and mineral waters of a non-intoxicating variety." The plant stood at 418 First Avenue South, near the corner of Spadina Crescent, in Saskatoon. By the 1920s, a company with that name was operating in Riversdale, and the Colbert's soft drink factory on First Avenue South was identified as Colbert & Co.

The Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd, Ottawa, was established in 1920 and published postcards, mostly of Canadian subjects. It moved to Toronto in 1947 and closed in 1952.

Robert McWillie (d. 2009) served overseas during the Second World War. After the war, he worked for Sask Power and later for the City of Saskatoon Electrical department. He was heavily involved in the union movement both while working and in retirement.

Stella Curror (nee MacDougall) was born in Battleford, NWT, in 1898 and died in Regina on Feb 4, 1988. She was predeceased by her husband, William L (Bill) Curror (1897-1973).

Frederick E Harrison was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1876. He came to Saskatoon in 1904 to manage the Union Bank. He opened a real estate and insurance business in 1907 and was for a time secretary and president of the Saskatoon Board of Trade. In 1909 he married Zeta Mabel Charlebois, of Edmonton. They were divorced ca. 1922.

Harrison served on City Council from 1911-1912 and was Mayor from 1913-1915, being acclaimed to the position in his first term. He did not seek re-election after his 1915 term. In 1916 he joined the federal Labour Department and moved to Calgary. In 1943 he became a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his work as an industrial dispute commissioner. Harrison died in Vancouver in September 1962 at the age of 86.