I lived briefly in Regina and my father was born in Yorkton and I have been there several times. I come from further up north, Prince Albert, and went to university in Saskatoon. Welcome to the board.
I call it "Chicken" philosophy. When a chicken gets bloodied in some way..the other chickens kill it. No rhyme or reason. It's sort of in all of us..and takes a bit of doing to transcend it.