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Cereals Canada: food and technology important in election
There were 18 teams at the Jack and Jill Tournament on September 21 on the course in Willow Bunch. Participating players said this was beautiful day and a wonderful ending for the 2019 golfing season. The Ryan Lesperance team were the winners of this tournament. At top, the Randy Clark and Kevin Roszell teams were getting ready to tee off on number two. At bottom, the golfers enjoyed supper on the deck at the course’s clubhouse. Photos Submitted by Sandy Clark
Team Sask preparing for National U18s T h e S a s k a t c h ewa n Hockey Association and SaskFirst High-Performance program has announced the 20 players who will don the green and gold for Team Saskatchewan at the National Women’s Under-18 Championship on Monday, September 13. The roster compiled of 2002-2003 born athletes will boast six returning players from last year’s squad, who participated at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer. The returning players are goaltenders; Chantel Weller (Saskatoon) and Arden Kliewer (Saskatoon), along with defencemen; Anna-Liese King
(Regina), Ashley Messier (Wilcox), Chace Sperling (Theordore) and Brooklyn Stevely (Regina). This year, the female defenceman lineup will consist of Larissa Bohlken (Moose Jaw), Anna-Liese King (Regina), Ashley Messier (Wilcox), Elise Morphy (Regina), Chace Sperling (Theordore), Brooklyn Stevely (Regina) and Kendra Zuchotzki (Dorintosh) Brooklyn Anderson (Shellbrook), Hanna Bailey (Regina), Jordyn Bear (Ochopowace), Neena Brick (Regina), Jasper Desmarais (Saskatoon), Lauren Focht (Regina), Sara Kendall (Ponteix), Baylee Kirwan (Gull
Grain Land for Sale by Tender RM of Lake Johnston #102 Overtime Ag Inc. Jim and Arlene Macknak Acres (Approx.) Land Location 160.0 NE 09-11-28 W2 160.0 NW 09-11-28 W2 160.0 SE 09-11-28 W2 160.0 SW 09-11-28 W2 156.1 NW 16-11-28 W2 160.0 NE18-11-28 W2 160.0 NE19-11-28 W2 160.0 SE 19-11-28 W2 160.0 NE20-11-28 W2 • • • • • • • • • •
Land Location Acres (Approx.) NE21-11-28 W2 80.0 NW21-11-28 W2 160.0 SE21-11-28 W2 146.2 SW21-11-28 W2 157.5 SW22-11-28 W2 82.0 SE30-11-28 W2 152.0 SW30-11-28 W2 159.0 NE32-10-28 W2 162.0 NW 32-10-28 W2 162.0
Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders to undersigned law firm on or before 4:30pm local time October 15, 2019. Closing date of sale following receipt of bids shall be November 1, 2019. Tenders subject to financing will not be accepted. Tenders must include certified cheque in the amount of 2% of the bid payable to “Robertson Stromberg LLP in Trust”. Clearly mark envelope “Overtime Ag Inc./ Macknak Tender” Tenders may be for all or a portion of lands (tied parcels must be acquired together). Acreage of 20.14 acres being Surface Parcel 203265569 not included. Purchaser is responsible for all land title transfer fees. Prospective purchasers are responsible for their own research of the property to determine acreage, condition, improvements and assessment. Bins located on SE 30-11-28 are not included (to be removed prior to closing). For more information please contact Jim Macknak 306-354-7266 Forward bids and inquiries to Robertson Stromberg LLP 600, 105-21st St. East Saskatoon, SK S7K 0B3 Attention: C. Donald (306) 933-1366
Lake), Makena Kushniruk (Saskatoon), Paris Oleksyn (Saskatoon) and Tavia Terry (White City) will be the forwards for this year’s Female Under-18 Roster. Head Coach Nolan Horbach will lead the team onto the ice this year along with Assistant Coaches; Colleen Sostorics, Jean Fauchon and Noel Kingwell. Joining the coaching staff is Equipment Manager; Josh Houseman, Athletic Therapist; Kacey Moffat and the Head Scout Blaine Stork. First up for the team will be a stop in Carman, MB to take part in a pretournament game against Team Ontario Blue on Sunday, November 3. Then the team will open the preliminary round on Tuesday, November 5 against Team Alberta in Winkler, MB. The National Women’s
Under-18 Championship is co-hosted by Winkler and Morden and will be played from November 5-10. The National Women’s Under-18 Championship is an annual tournament (except for the Canada Winter Games years) and brings together the best under-18 aged players in the country from coast-to-coast. Teams from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario (Red), Ontario (Blue) and Team Atlantic – comprised of players from New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland – will join in this nationwide hockey competition. The preliminary round involves two pools of four teams each playing a round-robin format before the placement games and the medal round begin.
By Cam Dahl, President of Cereals Canada We love technology. Apple brings out a new cell phone and there are lineups around the block. We are talking to our own houses these days as our homes become “smart”. And our houses are talking back (I think the Irish Rovers had a song about that). Yet, when it comes to technology and agriculture, the same people that stand in line for the latest phone seem to want to go back to the technology of 1950. We had pesticide-free, grown without fertilizers and non-GMO agriculture in Canada once. The result was an environmental disaster, with the soils of Saskatchewan blowing into Ontario and year-after-year of crop failure. Technology free agriculture also delivered poverty and hopelessness for farm families across Canada. We can’t go back to those days. What does this discussion have to do with the current federal election? Governments are under pressure from many activists to move away from science and risk-based regulations to limit the adoption of agricultural technology. For example, I have participated in the discussions surrounding the creation of a National Food Policy in Canada. Several well-meaning people in these debates want Canada to turn back the clock and become fertilizer and pesticide-free while implementing regulations to limit or even eliminate new plant breeding technology. These arguments have traction. Over time, governments have become more and more urban. Most of today’s politicians don’t have an inherent understanding of agriculture and need to be reminded what the industry means to the Canadian economy and the number of jobs in our cities and towns that depend upon the industry. The Advisory Council on Economic Growth (“Barton Report”) recognized agriculture and agri-food as one of the key drivers of the Canadian economy, establishing the goal of increasing the value of our exports to $75 billion by 2025. We will not accomplish this goal unless Canada is at the forefront of defining an international regulatory environment that has a foundation of sound risk-based science. Farmers across this country depend on access to international markets for their livelihood. A farmer in a small rural town must have access to Japan, Indonesia, Algeria and about 100 other countries to ensure they are economically viable. If countries are free to set up trade barriers in response to the latest inter-
net fad, with no reference to risk-based evidence or health and safety concerns, farmers will soon find themselves without any markets to sell into. There is pressure within some of our trading partners to move away from predictable risk and science-based regulations. For example, we see extensive, unpredictable and non-science and at times politically motivated regulations on plant technology. Existing and emerging European pesticide regulations, which are not based on appropriate risk models, are limiting trade. Canada can and should become a leader in countering these trends through the adoption and promotion of risk and science-based rules of trade. This will require adjustments to our domestic regulatory environment on plant technology and farm inputs. A survey of Canadian plant breeders indicates nearly half alter or scaleback their research, because Canada’s regulatory system has not adjusted to new techniques, like gene editing. When plant breeders pull back on innovation Canada loses out on opportunities to develop small and medium technology businesses and to open up the opportunity to deliver a broader selection of food products to consumers. Holding back innovation also makes Canadian farmers less competitive in the international marketplace. Pesticides are an important component of modern agricultural practices that are allowing Canadian farmers to reduce fuel use, increase soil health, reduce erosion and sequester carbon. Preventing farmers from using these tools because of pressure from activists and without science and risk-based analysis, has unintended negative environmental and economic implications. This brings us to the question of resources available to our regulatory agencies, both human and financial. We need to ensure that there is the capacity within departments to support the growing demands on our regulatory system and to extend the mandate of agencies and departments to include the promotion of science and risk-based trade. New resources should be allocated across the whole of government, including departments like Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Global Affairs Canada as well as regulatory agencies such as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. Farmers need to be challenging candidates and their parties to outline their plan to encourage the growth and development of Canadian agriculture and to allow our farmers to compete in international markets.
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Travelling art show to be displayed at the Shurniak By Dan Archer The travelling art show called “Chaos, Flow, Meander” has left Weyburn in late September and was on its way to Assiniboia at the beginning of October. Chaos, Flow, Meander will be exhibited at the Shurniak Gallery from October 3-23. The tour featuring the works of Hilary Johnstone, Greg Allen and Vanessa Hyggen is curated by Zoë Schneider, the Visual & Media Arts Coordinator. Both the tour and the show are organized through the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC). This matchless show of three contrasting yet unified artists will continue until June 23, 2020 and be redisplayed in different areas of the province from the Chapel Gallery to Lloydminster. After Assiniboia, Chaos, Flow, Meander is reappearing at the Station Arts Centre in Rosthern from November 1-December 23. This exhibition confronts unstable patterns and complexities within
each work of the artists forming Chaos, Flow, Meander. All three artists are encountering art with juxtaposing methods, but there’s unmistakable connections, making this travelling show a provocative and entertaining event unlike any other. Johnstone created stunning visual depictions of the landscapes she discovered as she traversed the Precambrian shield and the lake country of northern Saskatchewan. The artist used textiles. She employed fabric, thread and needlepoint batting to create decorated quilts with lush textures as a way of expressing the artist’s inner impressions of venturing through the rugged landscapes of the province’s north. Allen sharpened the focus on mycelium and forest undergrowth in the works he’s showing in Chaos, Flow, Meander. Allen executed a selection of colourful paintings resembling the lurid but fascinating covers of science fiction novels from the 1950s. His inner-artistic
frame has actively zoomed in like a macro photographer on the fragile and intricate patterns lying on the forest floor. Hyggen’s art is opposite to Allen’s paintings, particularly with her choice vantage points, preferring to zoom out to aerial views in the artworks she’s unveiled in this show. Her paintings in Chaos, Flow Meander hover over industry in progress within Saskatchewan’s landscapes. Potash ponds and agricultural zones appear like patchwork quilts condensed in paint. All three artists have advanced nature and landscapes by observing and emphasizing the rich patterns of life outdoors with divergent styles and originality. Although each of the three artists have differing visions – they’ve created colourful works which are still capable of conversing with one another, even if they’re opposed. Before visiting the Shurniak in October, Chaos, Flow, Meander has enthralled and engaged audiences all over Saskatchewan.
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Scott Heatcoat was scheduled to play outdoors on September 27 for a tailgate party, but since it was too cold outside, he played indoors at the Prince of Wales instead. Here he is performing a spirited cover of Del Photo by Dan Archer Shannon’s Runaway.
Liberal candidate chosen for the Cypress-Hills Grasslands William Caton is a third-generation cattle rancher, ranching with his wife Sherry and his children Ceara and Virgil. For the first 30 years, the Caton ranch was more of a mixed farm, with cattle and wheat production. But when the CPR closed their branch lines, along with the demise of the Canadian Wheat Board, grain farming became unviable. For the last 10 years, Caton and his family have maintained a cow-calf operation, with 400 cows grazing on 9000 acres of prairie grass. Some years, the family breaks even, but some years they don’t. Caton is a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada, because he believes the Liberals will fight for the survival of the family
farms and ranches in southern Saskatchewan. Over the last four years of Liberal government, unemployment has reached new lows as more than a million people have been added to the workforce. Oil is the key for better returns in southwest Saskatchewan, which fuels economic growth. Like the Liberal Party, Caton believes pipelines are the safest way to transport oil. The Liberal candidate supports construction of the XL Pipeline and the expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. However, meeting strict environmental standards and striving for support from Indigenous peoples is the only way to ensure these developments are able to continue moving forward. Caton is committed to
the ideals of a healthy environment. He recognizes the dangers of the warming climate and the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The candidate understands how putting a price on those emissions will help to reduce greenhouse gases. He strongly supports building a strong, green energy infrastructure, by switching the nation’s energy supply from an over-dependence on fossil fuels, to a future made from renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Caton is confident about this country averting the climate crisis and further extinctions with the right green policies. He knows the Liberal Party of Canada is the federal party that can accomplish these ends.
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