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SSGA announces benefit concert for Biggar area ranchers after devasting Argo fire Submitted The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) is coordinating the Argo Wildfire Benefit Concert as part of its Wildfire Relief Fund to help Argo area ranchers affected by the mid-April wildfire. The benefit will take place on Saturday, July 6 at the Jubilee Stadium in Biggar. “By bringing together
the community, this benefit is a way to support those cattle producers affected by the wildfire,” stated SSGA President Bill Huber. Shortly after the April fire, SSGA launched a Wildfire Relief Fund to help ranchers in the Argo area affected by the wildfire. Over 22,000 acres of grass pastures were lost
and at least 75 miles of fences were destroyed. For cattle producers, the losses are a devastating setback at this time of the year, just when cattle need to be turned out to pasture. There are reports of some producers losing up to 80 per cent of their grazing pasture for the year. This means that, in the
short term, cattle producers will have to buy feed and rent summer grazing land to replace lost grass which may need up to two years to recover. “We are proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Agro Wildfire Benefit Concert,” said Darrell Crabble, SWF Executive Director. “Most ranchers provide access to Saskatchewan’s hunting and
angling community, and we felt playing a role in this event provides the SWF an opportunity to return their ongoing support. Ranchers provide crucial wildlife habitat and support healthy wildlife populations through stewardship of the land.” “We’re asking our members, and everyone who can help, to pull together for those in the
ranching community who suffered losses due to the wildfire,” Huber said. The benefit event will include a concert, live auction and dance. Tickets are available in advance for $25 or at the door for $30. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the concert starting at 8:00 p.m. For tickets, contact the Biggar & District Credit Union or SSGA at (306) 757-8523 or online.
Husky: ‘We’ve learned from this incident’ By John Cairns Staff Reporter
Husky Oil Operations Ltd. has been penalized $3.82 million after entering three guilty pleas in connection to the oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River on July 20 and 21, 2016. Husky pled guilty June 12 to two federal counts: allowing the deposit of a deleterious substance, blended heavy crude oil, contrary to s.40(2) of the Fisheries Act, and one count of permitting a substance harmful to migratory birds, blended heavy crude oil, under the Migra-
Duane Rae, VP production, Husky. Photo by John Cairns
tory Birds Convention Act. Husky Oil Operations Ltd.
A photo from the exhibits presented in court.
also entered a guilty plea on one provincial count for violating the Environmental Management and Protection Act. The guilty pleas cover the period July 20 and 21, 2016. The charges had initially covered a longer period but amendments were agreed to which reduced the date frame to those two days. The Crown withdrew the seven counts against Husky Oil Operations Ltd. of not taking reasonable measures to prevent the deposit of a deleterious substance under s. 40 (3) (e) Fisheries Act. As well, all federal charges filed against the parent company Husky Energy Inc. have been withdrawn. The pleas were entered in Lloydminster provincial court before Judge Lorna Dyck. She accepted the sentence recommendations, which were a joint submission from the federal and provincial Crown as well as the defence.
A photo from the exhibits presented in court.
On the federal charges, Judge Dyck imposed a fine of $2.5 million on the Fisheries Act count, or $1.25 million for each day July 20 and 21. The sentence falls within the range; the charge carries a minimum fine of $100,000 and a maximum of $4 million for each day for this offence. On count nine, the migratory birds charge, Dyck went along with the joint submission to impose a $200,000 fine. Both fines are payable to the Environmental Damages Fund which goes to benefit the environment. The penalty imposed on the provincial count was a fine on the provin-
cial count of $800,000, or $400,000 per day. The provincial surcharge was $320,000, for a total penalty of $1.12 million. This also fell within the range with the judge noting the maximum sentence is $1 million per day. The money here would go to the Impacted Sites Fund set up to clean up environmentally impacted sites. The fines are payable immediately, said Judge Dyck. Various other standalone orders were also made. In her remarks, Judge Dyck found the conduct of Husky towards the lower end of the scale. This was not an intentional act, she
said. There were two previous convictions against Husky, both related to improper operations of sewer systems in Ontario; Dyck called these of limited application in this case. Judge Dyck also acknowledged the guilty plea taking place prior to a trial date being set, as well as changes to practices and procedures by Husky as evidence of corporate remorse and contrition. Judge Dyck also noted the harm done by the spill as outlined in the agreed statement of facts. Judge Dyck was of the view that the need for general deterrence was Continued on Page 2
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Husky: ‘We’ve learned’ Continued from Page 1 a significant sentencing factor in this case.
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ecutor Carol Carlson delivered a presentation in the morning on the agreed statement of facts filed in the case, outlining events leading up to and during the oil spill. The spill near Maidstone on July 21 saw 225,000 litres of oil escape into the North Saskatchewan River. It was acknowledged the spill came about because the pipeline buckled due to ground movement. Chief Wayne Semaganis of Little Pine read a joint victim impact statement on behalf of Little Pine, Red Pheasant and Sweetgrass. Councillors from Red Pheasant and Sweetgrass were also present. Chief Semaganis pointed to their treaty rights to hunt, trap and fish, and pointed to the impacts of contamination to the fish in the river as well as the water supply. Semaganis cited the damage to fish and waterfowl, and said First Nations members no longer hunt on or near reserve lands, no longer fish in the river, no longer trap on or near reserve lands, no longer farm on reserve lands, no longer collect medicinal and other plants in the vicinity of the river, and no longer drink water drawn from reserve lands. Instead, band members drink bottled water, said Semaganis. Semaganis also described the anxiety, fear, physical stress and inconvenience. He also called the cleanup of the contamination “inadequate and incomplete.” Two more victim impact statements were filed, one from the City of North Battleford and the other from the City of Prince Albert. Those outlined the impact
of the disruption to their water delivery and other services to both cities. North Battleford was unable to water and the water treatment operators had to manage additional filtration plant and a water service line from the Town of Battleford. The impact was “dire, ongoing and will cause long-lasting changes to procedures and processes,” the statement read. The statement from Prince Albert was longer. They were forced to discontinue use of the North Saskatchewan River and find alternatives. The statement described an “intensive and stressful situation” and also cited other disruptions including the closure of recreational services and car washes. Federal Crown prosecutor Stephen Jordan presented the joint submission on the federal counts against Husky. Jordan noted the guilty plea was a mitigating factor that shows remorse. “Husky has accepted responsibility, they have taken steps to make sure this never happens again,” said Jordan. However, he also pointed to the importance of the North Saskatchewan River as a factor. Miazga spoke on the provincial count, calling it the “most complicated file” he’s ever been involved in. Miazga referred to the numerous case management hearings held, and said a trial would have lasted weeks. Judge Dyck noted a trial would have lasted between two to four weeks. Of the spill, Miazga said there has “never been an incident in Saskatchewan such as this.” Regarding the financial penalty,
Miazga suggested preference be given for the funds to go to Sask. based organizations. Husky’s lawyer Brad Gilmour began his submissions with an apology from Husky Oil Operations Ltd. for the damage caused and to those affected. “There’s no question this was a serious and significant event and Husky is sincerely regretful for both the occurence itself and the impacts its had to the environment and the communities downstream.” Gilmour spent considerable time outlining Husky’s response to the spill, saying it should be seen as a “model” response. He also outlined changes brought in by Husky in the aftermath of the spill. Gilmour noted Husky updated its procedures for investigating alarms and those have been implemented across the Saskatchewan gathering system. The revised procedures require an investigation into all incidents where dual leak alarms occur with a maximum analysis period of 30 minutes. If the cause of the dual alarm is not determined within that time the control room operator must shut down the pipeline section, said Gilmour. Husky has also made changes to control room operations and added three positions, implemented control room management plans that includes documentation and the clarification of roles and responsibilities, and revised the shift change process. Husky also created a new position called a Senior Spill Preparedness and Response Advisor whose sole function is to
oversee policies and procedures for spill preparedness and response. Six new boats have been added as well for spill response. These responses “clearly demonstrate an acceptance of responsibility on behalf of Husky,” said Gilmour. Gilmour also said Husky acknowledges the incident “resulted in actual harm,” he said. It had “impacts on downstream communities as well as the environment.” While there was actually harm, it had been remediated, he noted. Gilmour said Husky “has expressed remorse for the incident and has taken responsibility since the incident.” After sentencing, Husky vice-president of pipelines Duane Rae told reporters the company was taking full responsibility for the spill. “From the outset we accepted full responsibility for the spill, and we repeated that today in court. We recognize that the spill had a significant impact on communities in the North Saskatchewan River and we’re deeply sorry for that. And we’ve been working hard since that day to try and set things right.” He thanked the downstream communities and Indigenous groups for their understanding, saying the cleanup was a “testament to the cooperation and support that we’ve received from the communities.” “We do understand there are people who think we could have done better. We hope to demonstrate through our actions that we’ve learned from this incident and we are making things better.”
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How the world can win the hunger games
It’s not a scarcity issue, it’s about knowledge and access. We have the means to fix that, in Canada and globally By Sylvain Charlebois Senior Fellow Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
Hunger is horrid, an undesirable state few deliberately choose. We know that over 800 million suffer from hunger around the globe. In the Western world, hunger surrounds us without knowing that it’s there. It’s estimated that four million Canadians experience food insecurity regularly. World Hunger Day, on May 28, should help bring that into focus. Hunger is cruelly invisible and unfairly discriminatory. Women, the disabled, Indigenous and people living in northern communities are disproportionally hungry compared to the average Canadian. Despite having access to one of the more affordable food baskets in the world, relative to household income, vulnerable populations in Canada are severely affected by hunger. But while hunger is a real issue, there’s little evidence that food is becoming increasingly scarce in the world. In fact, never in history has the supply of food per capita been greater than in the last three decades or so.
Agriculture is serving the world and Canadians quite well, but the number of food insecure Canadians is unacceptably high. It’s been estimated that over 850,000 Canadians visit a food bank every month and a third of them are children. Food banks can make the imperceptible nature of hunger more noticeable. Food banks are powerful mechanism to redistribute food to those in need. Grocers, companies, farmers and most organizations in the food system participate to realign resources and support Canadians with less means, for the short and longer term. Food banks can quickly provide distribution improvements and foster ideas for programs and improved linkages between food banks and other social agencies. They also offer long-term solutions in redesigning societal approaches to reducing food insecurity and poverty by using volunteers and, most importantly, compassion. Food banks are truly a miracle of the human spirit. Food banks ought to be used as portals to a community in which wealth is exchanged, redistributed for the sake of equality, democracy and welfare
for all. Food banks should be demystified and more attention given to them as we try to figure out how to alleviate hunger. Beyond the reality of hunger and food banks is our relationship with food itself. For most of us, that’s changing. Consumers appear to be more engaged, wanting to understand how food is produced, processed, distributed and sold. Some want industry to be more transparent and comply with expectations that are often different than rules set by regulators. But Canadians are also largely food illiterate. Most have never lived on a farm, so they see food through the lens of an urban-centric lifestyle, without appreciating the complexities of both ends of the food continuum. As we sought more convenience in feeding ourselves, we cooked less and became complacent about food while expecting more. This is the unfortunate legacy of schools not looking at food as an import-
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piece of society. Food education was marginalized for decades but the younger generations expect something different. To change this, Canadian schools need to become knowledge nucleuses for agriculture and food. Breakfast programs, gardens in classes and school yards, a curriculum with a
greater focus on food systems and cooking would make significant differences in children’s lives – and for educators. As this greater emphasis on food gets more institutionalized, Canadians should become healthier. And as more of us know what’s good, bad and utterly objectionable, the chances of anyone suffering from hunger should be greatly reduced.
Education is likely the most powerful tool we have to deal with hunger as a nation, especially among youth. Self-efficacy in the kitchen and adequate knowledge of dietary recommendations can go a long way when budgets are constrained. Some people suggest food should be a right in Canada. It’s much more than that. It’s a necessity of life, like air and water. Anyone claiming food is a right undermines the intricacies of food systems and how food connects us all. With hunger, the big picture is quite simple but solutions are far less simple. People will be left behind, no matter how much food we produce. The world population is expected to rise to 9.2 billion by 2050. Food production must in turn double by 2050. But with more efficient technologies and better knowledge, agriculture is up to the challenge, particularly if we encourage youth to connect with food systems . Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is senior director of the agri-food analytics lab and a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University, and a senior fellow with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.
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Did you wet your plants? When it comes to growing healthy lawn grass and great trees and shrubs, your best defence is a good offence. You must act before your landscape begins to naturally shut down and conserve its own moisture. The Battlefords area averages about 13” of precipitation per year. It is a borderline desert climate. The minimal precipitation in conjunction with hot temperatures and sometimes relentless wind makes for very tough growing conditions. Most of our landscape
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Grand opening at Nutrien Ag Solutions Fielding Submitted Another growing season is here and Nutrien Ag Solutions is looking forward to serving area farmers from its new retail location near Fielding, on the north side of Highway 16. Nutrien Ag Solutions
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