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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

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Taking a proactive approach to community safety is the focus of a protocol signed by a wide range of community organizations last Wednesday.

The signatories to the protocol include: Living Sky School Division No. 202; Light of Christ Catholic Schools; North West College; City of North Battleford – North Battleford Fire Department; Battlefords RCMP; the provincial Ministry of Justice, Corrections and Policy; the Ministry of Social Services, Child and

Family Services; Catholic Family Services of the Battlefords; Prairie North Health Region, Mental Health and Addictions Services and Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions Services; Kanaweyimik Child and Family Services, Battlefords First Nations High School Joint Board of Education, which includes Sakewew High School; Treaty Six Education Council which includes all the First Nations schools in the North Battleford area; the Conseil des ecoles fransakoises; and Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology.

For more turn to Page 3.

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Celebrating St. Pat, Indoors and Out

Dekker Centre’s Best St. Paddy’s Day Party had a big name to live up to, but attendees looked impressed. The entertaining event offered Irish stew and Guiness throughout the evening, with Irish dancers and a performance by celtic band Back of the Bus, as the Dekker Centre transformed into McGuinty’s Pub for the night. Photos by Shannon Kovalsky

École Père Mercure was the scene for a balmy Winter Carnival. Students were treated to a day in the sunshine with snowshoe racing, a game of soccer and famous maple syrup taffy, although finding untouched snow for cooling the hot syrup wasn’t easy. French Canadians have celebrated the Carnaval de Québec annually since 1955, inside, or outside, of the province. This year the carnival was celebrated on St. Patrick’s Day. Above and at left, Happy faces enjoy maple syrup taffy. The tradition was started when workers in sugar shacks threw the boiling syrup on the snow to solidify. Photos by Shannon Kovalsky

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Protocol takes proactive approach to safety

Representatives from Living Sky and Light of Christ school divisions as well as other signatories and partners, including the City of North Battleford and the RCMP, were on hand for the signing of the Community Threat Assessment and Support Protocol. The protocol has been expanded this year to include four new signatories. Photos by John Cairns

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

A renewed commitment towards safety and reducing the risk of violence took place Wednesday with the signing of the Community Threat Assessment and Support Protocol.

The protocol had previously been signed a year earlier on March 1 by Living Sky and Light of Christ school divisions as well as various local and provincial agencies.

This year, the protocol added four new signatories: the Battlefords First

Nations High School Joint Board of Education, which includes Sakewew High School; Treaty Six Education Council which includes all the First Nations schools in the North Battleford area; the Conseil des ecoles fransakoises; and Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology.

According to Kelvin Colliar, superintendant of learning at Light of Christ Catholic Schools, this was described not as a re-signing, but rather a “second edition” of the protocols.

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edition was to add on other organizations that we felt would be of benefit to our protocols.”

The existing signatories to the protocol include: Living Sky School Division No. 202; Light of Christ Catholic Schools; North West College; City of North Battleford – North Battleford Fire Departmentß; Battlefords RCMP; the provincial Ministry of Justice, Corrections and Policy; the Ministry of Social Services, Child and Family Services; Catholic Family Services of the Battlefords; Prairie North

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With the addition of the four new signatories, “all the educational institutions in the Battlefords are covered,” said Colliar.

All the partners signed the agreement at Western Development Museum on Wednesday morning. The signings took place prior to a training session involving Kevin Cameron, an expert in threat assessment and trauma response who has conducted extensive training sessions on the subject.

The goal of the protocol is to prevent violence and promote safety in schools and the community.

According to Nancy Schultz, superintendant of student services at Living Sky School Division, the protocols will “essentially identify students who are at risk for harming [themselves] or others. It’ll identify the level of risk the student is at, at that moment in time, and then as a group we’ll determine what level of interventions that we need to provide.”

According to Colliar, “rather than waiting to be reactive to situations, what the protocols do is allow us to be proactive to make sure that we’re looking for baseline changes in student behavior or situations that students are in so that we

can be proactive in supporting them and getting them supports they need.

Therein lies the benefit of having all the organizations involved that we do.”

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Commentary

Are we witnessing the slow death of cooking?

By Sylvain Charlebois

Canadians are cooking less and eating faster, and our obesity rates are at worrying levels.

An increasing number of consumers are taking ownership of food systems, but taking control of our food systems can’t be fully achieved unless some cooking is involved.

Humans are the only species on Earth that cooks. But are we witnessing the slow death of cooking?

Home economics courses have almost completely disappeared from curricula across the country and we may have lost at least one generation of cooks.

Although some reports suggest more people are eating at home, restaurant revenues were up more than three per cent in 2016, a sign of growth in the industry.

As the food service industry prospers, food retailing is almost at a stalemate. Canadian food retail sales were up a minuscule 0.7 per cent in 2016.

What we eat is changing, and how and where we eat is also rapidly changing. Technology has a lot to do with it as it alters the concepts of going out and eating in. Consumer choices have never been so abundant: fast food, fine dining, food trucks, ready-to-eat products by traditional retailers and so much more. Eating at home can be equally confusing. You can ‘dine out’ at home and you can cook a meal that’s been ordered in.

Yet much of society is obsessed with cooking shows and celebrity chefs.

Cooking programs have been on air for more than 60 years, initially as women’s programming. In the early years, viewers could watch a handful of hours a week of shows from experts like Julia Child or Jacques Pepin.

Now, Canadians have access to hundreds of hours of food-related shows a week. Shows on food have gone mainstream, attracting a new generation of viewers and sponsors. Cooking shows range from reality competitions to saving restaurants from going out of business.

Some are so incredibly well produced they should

compel you to go directly into the kitchen and cook the most exquisite meal. Yet evidence shows that’s not happening. In fact, recent surveys suggest the average adult spends more time watching cooking shows than cooking.

Even more disturbing is how these shows inspire some people. A recent study in England said 20 per cent of adults who cooked a full meal only did it to post pictures on social media. It’s not about learning cooking skills, it’s about showing off.

It would seem many adults want to cook more, since they spend so much time watching cooking shows.

But in fact people aren’t cooking.

One fundamental and obvious reason is the integration of women in the workforce. As more women get better jobs and spend more time outside the household, they spend less time cooking. Having more women actively engaged in the workforce is critical to our economic growth. But as we pursue socio-economic equality, we need to encourage everyone to invest more time in the kitchen.

There’s no better way to share our varied values and cultures than through food and cooking.

Yet cooking has become optional for most of us.

That means we’ve relinquished control of what we eat to corporations. And those corporations want to provide us with conveniently-served and easily-prepared products — both healthy and not-so healthy.

For many years, the meaning of good and proper eating was imposed on consumers rather than driven by them. That, of course, is changing. More companies are

responsive to our desire for more food product transparency, and to our desire for authentic food experiences.

Essentially, an increasing number of consumers are taking ownership of food systems.

But consumers can’t truly gain control unless some cooking is involved. Cooking can make our food tastier, and more tender and digestible. And consumers can add their own touch to their meals, truly making it theirs.

Humans should have a precious relationship with food. However, modern life has caused most of us to drift away from that relationship.

We tend to think cooking is too challenging, that it requires too much time and costs too much. Those perspectives drive us to convenience foods, and out of the kitchen.

Even more troubling is the amount of time we spend eating, which is decreasing at an alarming rate. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the average Canadian spends less than an hour and 15 minutes eating each day.

Canadians should get back in the kitchen and get back to taking the time to enjoy our food. Perhaps if we do, our obesity rates will start to decline and we’ll be healthier in general.

— Troy Media columnist Sylvain Charlebois is dean of the Faculty of Management and a professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University, and author of Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking, published by Wiley-Blackwell (2017). www.troymedia.com

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Pay cuts, GTH hot topics in question period

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The spring sitting continued March 8, this time with a dispute erupting over a Board of Internal Economy meeting that was cancelled that morning after the Opposition failed to show up.

The Opposition was protesting the Sask. Party government’s proposal that ministers and MLAs take a pay cut of 3.5 per cent. That request had gone to the Board of Internal Economy meeting that morning.

The NDP were concerned the government would use the ministerial and MLA cuts to demand similar pay cuts from public-sector workers across the province.

According to the news release from the NDP caucus that day, Caucus Chair and Ethics and Democracy Critic David Forbes and opposition House Leader Warren McCall “shut down a meeting where the Sask.

Party was attempting to pass their latest plan to attack Saskatchewan families and workers with even deeper cuts.”

The Sask. Party, however, quickly painted the NDP as opposed to the pay cuts. According to the news release from the Sask. Party caucus that day: The Board of Internal Economy, made up of government and opposition MLAs, is the body that sets the salaries of MLAs. A Board of Internal Economy meeting was called for 8 a.m. this morning to pass the pay cut, but the NDP MLAs on the board boycotted, which meant the meeting did not have quorum and could not proceed.

“Just yesterday, NDP interim leader Trent Wotherspoon said the NDP would support the MLA pay cut,” said Jeremy Harrison, one of the Saskatchewan Party government members on the board. “Now, the NDP have gone on strike to block this pay cut. It’s absolutely ridiculous. They need to do their job and support this pay cut, which their leader said they would do.”

Opposition critic Cathy Sproule and Premier Brad Wall had this exchange in Question Period on the dispute, as recorded in Hansard.

Ms. Sproule: — Well,

another day, another line of attack from the Premier. Mr. Speaker, he says we won’t accept the pay cut. He’s wrong. Of course we will, and our intrepid leader has been very clear about that.

But if he thinks that we’ll stand by and let the Sask. Party cabinet make Saskatchewan people pay for their mismanagement, scandal, and waste, we will not. If he thinks we’ll stand by while he keeps covering up for his GTH [Global Transportation Hub] scandal that took Saskatchewan money and put $11 million into the pockets of his well-connected friends, Mr. Speaker, we will not.

Every day, every day, Mr. Speaker, we push for answers on the GTH land scandal, and instead of transparency, we get lines, lines, and more spin lines.

The people of Saskatchewan are tired of those lines, but are the people who sat around the cabinet table fed up yet? We’d like to know. Can the Minister of Government Relations tell us if she still stands by this scandal that ripped off Saskatchewan taxpayers?

The Speaker: — I recognize the Premier.

Hon. Mr. Wall: — Well, Mr. Speaker, the question was allowed with respect to the referencing of Board of Internal Economy, so I trust the answer will be as well.

Yesterday a meeting was scheduled expressly to deal with the interim leader of the NDP’s commitment that NDP MLAs would accept the pay cut that we had announced on behalf of the elected side of government — a cut that I’ll be taking, a cut that ministers will be taking. And by the way, the ministerial cut will wind up being twice what is taken by private members because it comes off both of the allowance that ministers receive and the base pay as MLAs. In fact it’s about a 49 per cent increase on the basic cut. Mr. Speaker, they didn’t show up at the meeting.

And what we were hearing in this place from across the way — and the interim leader was all over this — they really weren’t interested in the pay cut, notwithstanding his comments publicly, unless a list of demands had been acquiesced to by the government.

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So they didn’t show up for work this morning . . . or yesterday at the committee meeting, Mr. Speaker . . . or this morning I guess it was.

It was this morning. They didn’t show up for work.

When they were caught not showing up for work, not willing to do their part, not willing to take their cut, why then the leader of the NDP, the interim leader of the NDP, came forward and said no, they are going to be a part of this. That’s a good sign. We welcome his reaffirmation of his support. We think it’s important to lead by example with respect to the budget challenges that the province is facing. And we’re glad that after second-guessing and changing their mind, the NDP is back on board, Mr. Speaker.

By the next day, Thursday, the line of attack by opposition leader Trent Wotherspoon resumed again on the now familiar topic of the Global Transportation Hub. Mr. Wotherspoon: — Mr. Speaker, time and time again I’ve asked a very straightforward question of that Premier. He’s failed to answer it. There’s no excuse for him not to provide an answer. We hope that he will here today. When did that Premier find out that the original seller of the land involved in the GTH scandal was the former landlord of the minister of the GTH? The Speaker: — I recognize the Premier.

Hon. Mr. Wall: — Mr. Speaker, the issue of the GTH has been explored extensively here in the legislature but I think more importantly by the Provincial Auditor. It was our government that asked the Provincial Auditor, an independent officer of this Legislative Assembly, to do a full report, and the Finance critic opposite, the member for Nutana, is saying the government shut it down. The government asked for the Provincial Auditor to do this work.

Then the government indicated to the auditor that she would have the full co-operation of the government. And, Mr. Speaker, we

took an additional step. We indicated to the Provincial Auditor and her team that they could have access to cabinet documents. That does not happen in every circumstance. The reason we did that, Mr. Speaker, is that we knew there was, in terms of the allegations presented by members opposite, there was nothing there…

The Speaker: — I recognize the Leader of the Opposition.

Mr. Wotherspoon: — It’s not just passing strange that the Premier won’t answer that question. It’s weak. It’s pathetic. He goes on with a bunch of nonsense and bafflegab, but not an answer to a very straightforward question.

On Monday, March 13, in Question Period, Wotherspoon tried again.

Mr. Wotherspoon: — … I’ll ask a very simple, straightforward question to the Premier once again here today. There’s absolutely no excuse for him not to answer. When did this Premier find out that the original seller of the land in the GTH scandal was the landlord for the then minister of the GTH? The Speaker: — I recognize the Minister of the Economy and the GTH. Hon. Mr. Harrison: — Well thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of course the Provincial Auditor has looked into this matter. The Provincial Auditor had full authority to examine all of the records related to this matter. The Provincial Auditor had access to all of the individuals to whom she wished to have access to. She availed herself of those opportunities to interview parties involved. She availed herself of the opportunity to review all of the documents involved, and she came to a conclusion, Mr. Speaker…

The Speaker: — I recognize the Leader of the Opposition.

Mr. Wotherspoon: — No answer. The question was for the Premier, and this question is for the Premier.

After the opposition leader repeated the same question, only for the min-

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newsoptimist.john@sasktel.net ister of the Economy to respond again, the opposition leader tried a different tack.

Mr. Wotherspoon: — … Maybe I’ll move along from this scandal and more into the waste and even more mismanagement, Mr. Speaker.

The Regina bypass of course was studied to death, as this government said, and it was $400 million at that time. Then it doubled to $800 million.

And then it just kept going, and now it’s $2 billion and counting. And that Premier has signed taxpayers on to an overrun of more than a billion dollars. Even with so much at stake, that Premier and the Sask. Party refused to release any of the details. If there’s really nothing to see here, then open the books.

Mr. Speaker, he’s attacking workers. He’s attacking democracy. He’s attacking our Crowns, and he’s attacking the jobs of Saskatchewan people, the contracts with Saskatchewan people. Will he open up the contract with Vinci?

Will he fight to get back the more than a billion dollars that have been wasted in this overrun back from this conglomerate from France and beyond?

The Speaker: — I recognize the Premier.

Hon. Mr. Wall: — Mr. Speaker, the member opposite repeats over and over again this nonsense with his numbers with respect to 400 and the updated amount that we’re currently investing in the

bypass. The $400 million estimate is years old, and it contemplated a much smaller project that frankly wouldn’t have been much of a bypass, as it turns out.

What we’re talking about here is a complete bypass operation, Mr. Speaker, one that is employing Saskatchewan people, principally . . . [inaudible interjection] . . .

Well, do members opposite want to hear the answer to the question? It’s employing Saskatchewan people.

It’s utilizing the services of a great Saskatchewan company called Broda Construction.

Will that member please take to his feet and finally indicate that he understands it was never a $400 million project at the scale it is now, Mr. Speaker? It’s a $1.8 billion project putting Saskatchewan people to work.

And, Mr. Speaker, I think a lot of people are surprised that the Leader of the Opposition doesn’t want to talk about the jobs report that came out last week, Mr. Speaker: 8,000 new jobs in this province, year over year. Eight thousand new jobs, Mr. Speaker, from month to month, from January to February.

Aboriginal employment up, Mr. Speaker; the third-lowest unemployment rate in the country even as we face headwinds in terms of commodity prices, Mr. Speaker.

Part of the reason for the success are projects like the Regina bypass.

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Keith Koberinski:

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St. Mary School opens doors for health fair

By Shannon Kovalsky Staff Reporter

Students and teachers at St. Mary Community school welcomed visitors to their health fair March 17. The fair, with displays and activities set up in the gym as well as outside classrooms, was open to students and their parents in order to start a conversation.

"It's a way to get parents to see what their kids are learning and to get involved," said Grade 3 teacher Amy Noseworthy, adding, "hopefully it's a way to filter that information into the community."

Rather than a typical science fair, the staff decided on a health fair, with students presenting on topics ranging from the effects of smoking, exercise, nutrition and mental health. Noseworthy's Grade 3 class was given the topic of tobacco and had stations devoted to "how tobacco affects the lungs," and "how to say no to smoking," among others.

The health fair isn't a totally new idea, having been organized by St. Mary in past years, but it's one that Noseworthy and fellow teachers, Jennifer Gentes and Laurette Koshman, were eager to pick up again as the topics learned about are applicable to all students in their everyday lives.

And it's not just informational for younger students. Noseworthy said she found even she had learned during the process.

The ultimate goal for the event is to teach kids about healthy lifestyles,

but also to open up a dialogue between families.

The health fair presents topics that kids "can talk to their parents about," said Noseworthy, who also shared that the feedback from students has been positive, with many talking to their parents about

what they've learned.

The intended message of the health fair is something everyone can learn from.

Noseworthy is seemingly in agreement. "I think every school should do something like this," she said.

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Noseworthy's Grade 3 class line up around one of their stations, "How to say no to smoking," located in the hallway outside the class. The topic for the grade was tobacco.

Students present their display on diabetes in St. Mary School's gymnasium for their health fair March 17. Parents were invited to attend the event in which each grade presented on a topic related to health.

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March 6, Jennifer Schwab was recognized for 10 years of service at Battlefords Victim Services. Presenting the award to Schwab is Battleford Victim Services board of directors president Dianne Lauritzen. Photo submitted

Art Auction items to be exhibited Staff The annual North Battleford Art Auction may have been cancelled in 2017, but there will still be an opportunity to see and purchase those works that were to be put up for bid.

The art that was intended for that

auction will be on display in an exhibit at the Chapel Gallery beginning March 16. Members of the public are invited to see those works, which are available for sale.

As well, an exhibition reception will be hosted Friday, March 24 from 6-9 p.m.

A number of hunting and angling fees and penalties, as well as eHealth and Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority fees, are going up April 1 to address the deficit situation facing the government.

According to the government’s news release March 16, the changes will add $8.7 million to the General Revenue Fund and $886,500 to the Fish and Wildlife Development Fund in 2017-18.

The increases will also raise about $1.1 million to assist in recovering the cost of services provided by eHealth and the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority for the upcoming fiscal year as well.

The changes were announced in advance of the March 22 budget. Here is a rundown of the changes that are taking effect April 1: Saskatchewan resident hunting and trapping licence fees will go up by $10; Wildlife Habitat Certificates will increase by $5, fees will be rounded to the nearest $5 (inclusive of GST); Canadian and nonresident hunting licence fees will also increase; and a new $50 wolf hunting licence will be available for Saskatchewan residents.

These changes are expected to raise $2.1 million.

Saskatchewan resident angling licence fees are increased by $3 for one-day licences, $4 for three-day licences and $8 for annual licences. Fees are to be rounded to the nearest full dollar amount (inclusive of GST). Canadian and non-

resident angling licence fees are also increasing.

That is expected to raise $850,000.

Fines for fishery and wildlife offences are also going up. As of April 1 the voluntary payment option for fishing without a licence rises from $100 plus $25 per fish to $200 plus $50 per fish; a fine of $500 will be introduced for failing to stop at a watercraft inspection station; and the fine of $1,000 for unlawfully hunting big game will be extended to include bison.

Beginning April 1 will be an Immigrant Nominee Skilled Worker Application Fee. Applicants to the International Skilled Worker – Occupations in Demand and Express Entry categories of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program will be required to submit a new, non-refundable application fee of $300. This is expected to raise $1.1 million in additional revenue.

The fee for General Education Diploma and Adult Basic Education transcripts will rise from $15 to $20. That will bring in revenue of $3,000.

Fees for all requested vital event certificates from eHealth will increase between $5 and $15 depending on the type of certificate. That will raise an additional $785,000.

Annual fees for credit union regulatory oversight will be $25,000 for SaskCentral Credit Union and $275,000 for all individual credit unions in the province. This move is expected to raise an additional $300,000.

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Fees for all water testing provided by the Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory will increase by 10 per cent (by between $1 and $20 depending on the requested test). That should raise $136,000.

Finally, a penalty of 10 per cent will be applied on audit assessments for mineral and oil and gas producers, a move expected to raise an additional $4.5 million.

In addition to the changes coming April 1, payday lender licence fees will be going up Oct. 1, with the licensing fee for each location rising from $2,000 to $3,000 annually at approximately 55 payday loan locations.

This move should raise $37,000.

2017 Festival of Trees at WDM Submitted

BUH Foundation

As Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation prepares for the 2017 Festival of Trees, we look back at the successes experienced over the past 21 years.

In 1996, BUH Foundation held their first Festival of Trees in the Western Development Museum.

It was a successful venue for this fundraising event for many seasons. BUH Foundation’s Festival of Trees has changed venues over the years as the foundation feels it is important to embrace and use change, to always stay fresh and exciting. The foundation appreciates and is grateful for the support received at each of the past venues.

The Festival of Trees starts Friday, Dec. 1 and will end Thursday, Dec. 7. The week will include a formal evening, seasonal family activities and plenty of public viewing of the beautifully decorated seasonal items, trees and wreaths with the opportunity to bid through silent auction.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - PAGE 9

RCMP Name the Puppy Contest underway

Puppies are born at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre throughout the year. Children are being invited to submit names for 13 of them. Photos submitted

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Again this year, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police needs help in naming the puppies that will become Canada’s future RCMP police service dogs.

We are asking Canadian children to choose the names of 13 German shepherd puppies that will be born at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail, Alta. throughout the year.

The winning names will be original and imaginative

and will serve the puppies well during their careers as police dogs.

The 13 children whose puppy names will be selected will each receive a laminated photo of the puppy they named, a plush dog called Justice and an official RCMP baseball cap.

The rules of the contest are: • puppy names must begin with the letter “K” and have no more than two syllables and nine letters, • contestants must live in Canada and be 14 years old or younger,

• only one entry per child must be sent, • entries must be received no later than April 11, 2017.

To participate, fill the online form at: www.rcmpgrc.ca/depot/pdstc-cdcp/ name-the-puppy-nommele-chiot-eng.htm or mail your puppy name, own name, age, complete address and telephone number to: Name the Puppy 2017 Contest, RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre, P.O. Box 6120, Innisfail, Alta. T4G 1S8 We love to receive draw-

ings and paintings! If you are submitting your puppy name by mail, you are welcome to get creative with your entry.

Winning names will be chosen by the entire PDSTC staff. In the event of multiple submissions of the same puppy name, a draw will determine the winning entry. There will be one winner from each province and territory.

Contest winners will be announced on May 11, 2017.

Non-winning puppy names will be considered for other puppies born during the year.

The PDSTC is home to the RCMP national police dog training program and is a part of RCMP “Depot” Division. The Centre has earned a great reputation for breeding top quality working German shepherds and for training dogs with outstanding searching and tracking abilities.

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North Stars win pair at home over Red Wings to start playoffs

By Lucas Punkari Sports Reporter

The Battlefords North Stars began their post-season over the weekend with a pair of wins at the Civic Centre.

Heading into the third game of their best-of-seven Saskatchewan Junior Hockey league quarter-final series Monday night in Weyburn, the North Stars held a 2-0 advantage over the Weyburn Red Wings.

After earning a first round bye with the best record in the regular season, the North Stars returned to action Friday for their first game in almost two weeks.

They started off strong with four goals in the opening 30 minutes, but withstood a second half charge by the Red Wings on their way to a 4-3 win.

“You can’t take the foot off the gas pedal like we did tonight, otherwise you are going to be golfing sooner than you will have planned to,” North Stars head coach and general manager Nate Bedford said.

“I think some of that is my fault a little bit. I was having a little too much fun at times and that translated to them feeling the same before the final buzzer.

Keaton Holinaty, left, and Coby Downs flew past the Battlefords North Stars bench following a first period power play goal at the Civic Centre Friday night. Photo by Lucas Punkari

Weyburn’s a team that doesn’t quit, and we saw that here tonight.”

The North Stars offence was running on all eight cylinders Saturday night.

For the first time since a pair of home wins in October over the Kindersley Klippers and the Yorkton Terriers, the North Stars found the back of the net eight times on their way to an 8-3 win.

“As the series goes on here, I think we’re starting to play a lot smarter on offence,” North Stars forward

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Connor Logan said. “We’re throwing pucks into better areas and good things are happening for us.”

“We were more relentless tonight, especially on the forecheck,” teammate MacGregor Sinclair added.

“I think that’s what allowed us to get more goals.”

While the North Stars offence was clicking, Bedford is looking for some improvement on the defensive side of things after his team gave up three goals for the second straight game.

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“We need to go back to what made us successful in the regular season, and that’s playing as a strong five-man unit,” Bedford said.

“Weyburn is doing a good job at scoring on their high-quality opportunities and that’s coming from some poor decisions on our end. We need to do a much better job of preventing those chances.”

Ben Allen continued his strong start to the playoffs with his second straight two-goal night, as he

moved into the SJHL playoff goal-scoring lead with four lamp-lighters in two games.

“It’s nice to be able to help the team out and get us ahead of Weyburn in the series,” Allen said.

“Our line (which includes Coby Downs and Layne Young) have been working hard on playing well in the defensive zone and getting out of our end cleanly. When we get into the neutral zone, everything seems to be clicking for us right now.”

Downs finished up the evening with three assists, while Young had a goal and an assist.

Sinclair also had a pair of goals in the victory, as he and linemates Troy Gerein and Logan Nachtegaele were dominant on the forecheck right from the opening whistle.

“We were clicking right from the start today, especially compared to how things went for us Friday,” Sinclair said.

Levi Kleiboer, Keaton Holinaty and Logan also scored for the North Stars, while Taryn Kotchorek made 20 saves.

On Friday, Young finished up the evening with three assists, while Downs helped to set up an early power play goal by Holinaty.

Ryan Rosenberg had two assists, as his point shot was redirected by Gerein and he fed the puck to a wide-open Allen in the second period.

Kotchorek got the start in the series opener and made 26 saves Game 4 takes place in Weyburn Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

If needed, the series will return to the Civic Centre for Game 5 Thursday.

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Vikings senior girls advance to Hoopla

By Lucas Punkari Sports Reporter

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings senior girls’ basketball team are heading to the provincial championships in Regina with an impressive win on their resume.

In a quarter-final game held at their home gym Saturday afternoon, the Vikings cruised to a dominant 80-30 win over the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones and earned a berth into the 4A girls’ semifinal that will take place Friday.

“We’re really working hard and I have a lot of confidence in the girls right now and how they are playing,” Vikings head coach Bryan Cottini said.

“With our performances as of late, I would have been really disappointed if we hadn’t won that game.

It’s a big win and it’s another step towards our end goal.”

The Vikings took control of the game early Saturday as they raced out to a 26-7 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.

“We saw Central use a full court press against Humboldt in the game here Friday and that was something that I told the girls to keep an eye out for in our pre-game chat,”

Cottini said. “I’m not sure if it was a respect for our point guard or what it was, but we really didn’t see that a lot today.

“I was really happy with how our post players preformed today, as they really took it to Central down low.”

Nahoni Tootoosis led the way for the Vikings with 15 points, while Jenna Fransoo had a 14-point afternoon.

The Cyclones, who were led in scoring by sixpoint showings by Sydney Booth and Katie Coulson, advanced to the quarterfinal with a 49-37 win over the Humboldt Mohawks Friday night.

“North Battleford’s a very good and aggressive team,” Cyclones head coach Jocelyn Wigmore said.

“I felt like our first half defence was pretty good, as we were matching their aggressiveness, but we just couldn’t hold them off as they pushed forward.”

The Vikings will be facing a familiar foe in the semifinal in Regina Friday, as they will go up against the Peacock Toilers of Moose Jaw, who have won the last three provincial 4A titles.

Both teams have squared off in the semifinals the last two years at Hoopla,

with the Toilers winning both times.

This year’s Peacock squad is much different than what the Vikings have faced in the past, as point guard Libby Epoch is now playing for the Saskatchewan Huskies and Louisana Tech bound forward Macaela Crone hasn’t played since suffering a knee injury early in the season.

“The door is open for us,” Cottini said. “We played them at their tournament in January and beat them by 20 points, so the confidence is there for us going forward.

“Peacock is still a good team though. They have a couple of small point guards that are very good players and our work is going to be cut out for us.”

The winner of Friday’s semifinal will take on either the Melfort Comets or the Weyburn Eagles in the championship game Saturday.

Meanwhile, the John Paul II Collegiate Crusaders saw their quest for a provincial title end in Melfort Friday as they suffered a 52-41 loss to the Marion Graham Falcons of Saskatoon.

The Falcons would lose their 4A quarter-final contest to the Comets in a 9641 affair Saturday.

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Vikings senior boys qualify for 5A Hoopla quarter-final

By Lucas Punkari Sports Reporter

There was a feeling of mission accomplished for the North Battleford Comprehensive High School senior boys’ basketball team Saturday.

Thanks to a pair of wins at the 5A boys’ rural regional tournament at Prince Albert Carlton, the Vikings will be returning to the Hoopla provincial championships for the second straight season.

“This is something that the guys had hoped to do this season, and they are feeling pretty good about doing just that,” Viking head coach Jamie Sommerfield said.

“They played well in Prince Albert in both of their games and we’re heading into Regina on Thursday with some con-

fidence.”

The Vikings, who lost in the quarter-finals of last year’s provincial championships to the Marion Graham Falcons of Saskatoon, officially clinched their spot into Hoopla with a 72-62 win over the Estevan Elects in the regional semifinal.

Riley Rathwell led the way for the Vikings with 29 points.

The Vikings would then go on to win the regional tournament title with a 67-62 win over the Yorkton Raiders.

Rathwell once again led the Vikings in scoring with 19 points.

Awaiting the Vikings in Thursday’s quarter-final game at Hoopla are the Bishop James Mahoney Saints of Saskatoon.

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Meanwhile, the John Paul II Collegiate Crusaders missed out on making a second straight trip to 4A boys’ Hoopla tournament.

Last year’s bronze medal winners were knocked out of the provincial title hunt Friday night with a 75-64 first round loss to the Yorkton Sacred Heart Saints in Moose Jaw.

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BVC Impact win home tournament

By Lucas Punkari Sports Reporter

The Battleford Volleyball Club Impact 15U girls’ team took full advantage of playing on their home court this weekend.

As the host club for a 12-team 15U girls’ tournament at the NationsWEST Field House, the Impact had a perfect 7-0 record on their way to a straight sets win in the final Sunday over the Huskie Volleyball Club from Saskatoon.

“The girls were playing well right from the start,” Impact head coach Jana Friedenstab said. “They did an excellent job in the round-robin with a 5-0 record, and they did a good job of playing against some different teams that we may not have expected to face in the playoffs.

“We were running a more complex offence, especially in the front row,

and the girls did a great job of connecting on their set plays.”

After winning the first set of the final by a score of 25-13, the Impact team had to claw their way back in the second set as they edged out the Huskie club by a 25-21 margin.

“The Huskies run two lines that they swap out, so that presented a bit of a challenge,” Friedenstab said.

“What I like about our team is that they didn’t get down on themselves, especially in that second set.

We needed to get points off of the serve and we did that to get the win.”

While her main focus was on helping her team play well on the court, Friedenstab said she was happy with how the tournament went as a whole.

“The games ran on time all weekend, which is very rare for a volleyball tournament,” Friedenstab said.

Mason Slabaida leaps up to make a smash for the Battleford Volleyball Club Impact team at the NationsWEST Field House Sunday afternoon. Photo by Lucas Punkari

“I know that the other coaches were happy about that.

“We had the 12-team field that we were hoping for and the games were very competitve all weekend. So I think it was a big success for everyone here.”

Sunday’s home court win for the Impact 15U squad came a week after they picked up a bronze medal at the second Sask Cup tournament of the season in Saskatoon.

“We had a really good match in the semifinal against Oxbow, but we just missed out on winning that one,” Friedenstab said.

“In the bronze medal game against Swift Current, we started off a little bit slow in the first set, but we really picked things up in the last two sets to get the win.”

The Impact team will be heading to a tournament in Swift Current next weekend before competing

in the third Sask Cup event of the year in Saskatoon on April 1.

Meanwhile, the BVC Thunder U16 boys are looking to improve from a 13th place result that they achieved at a Sask Cup tournament here two weeks ago.

“I think the guys learned a lot from that weekend, especially when it comes to the mental aspect of the game,” Thunder coach Paul Sarsons said.

“The attention to detail at that level is huge, especially when you play against the top teams in the province.

“We’ve worked on a few things with our serving that we hope to be better at when we go to Prince Albert in two weeks. We’re also without a couple of our middle players due to injury, so we’ve had to make some adjustments with that part of our lineup as we move forward. ”

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Power to Empower theme of Social Work Week Staff The government has proclaimed March 19-25 as Social Work Week in Saskatchewan.

“Social Work Week is a wonderful opportunity to recognize and thank the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers and its membership for sharing their skills, commitment and passion for helping others in communities across Saskatchewan,” Social Services Minister Tina Beaudry-Mellor said.

“Social work is a valuable profession, and it’s important we highlight the

role social workers play and the work they do for the people of our province.”

Social Work Week was established by the Canadian Association of Social Workers in March 1990 to recognize the contribution of social workers across the country. Each year, a different theme is selected to serve as a focus for activities within the profession and promotion of the role of social work with the public.

This year’s theme is, “Social Work: The Power to Empower.”

“Social workers can be

found in public and private practice, health, education, community-based organizations, policy, planning and administration,” Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers president Ryan Labatt said.

“Social Work Week helps us to highlight just how diverse and fulfilling a profession social work is and to recognize the efforts of our membership in improving the lives of the people we serve.”

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For more information on Social Work Week in Saskatchewan, please visit SASW website at www. sasw.ca.

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BLK 132 135 135 136 137 1 144 144 144 153 2 7 11 12 2 5 2 3 3 7 6 6 6 12 227 227 225 227 228 222 229 232 219 221 221 221 307 310 238 238 239 239 239 312 9 16 1 1 312 3 307 STL 10

PLAN C4240 C4240 C4240 C4240 C4240 65B09632 H3562 H3562 H3562 H3562 B3419/102122402 B3419 B3419 B3419 G4415 F2183 101517072 84B13897 101517139 BT912 BH574 79B08438 79B08438 C24 71B04762 71B04762 72B06576 72B06576 72B06576 71B07992 76B12503 76B12503 74B08633 101959566 101959566 7408633 79B13921 83B16695 78B06784 78B06784 78B06784 78B06784 85B18315 86B04232 C113 C113 BL4683 BW3436 82B04071 67B05756 68B01812 CNR RT OF WAY

CIVIC 641-104 ST 562-104 ST 591-105 ST 542-103 ST 512-102 ST 641-99 ST 1491-95 ST 1481-95 ST 1401-95 ST 1511-93 ST B-1451-107 ST 1381-109 ST 1441-110 ST 1391-110 ST 1462-110 ST 882-110 ST 1181-113 ST 1252-113 ST 1132-113 ST 1106-112 ST 1081-112 ST 921-112 ST 901-112 ST 1931-102 ST 1582-110 ST 11309-15 AVE 1751 TRUDEAU ST 1862 ST. LAURENT DR 1639 MACKENZIE KING CRES 2133-101 CRES 11008 MARTIN CRES 11320 CLARK DRIVE 9025 MITCHELL AVE 8994 "A" PANTON AVE 8994 "B" PANTON AVE 2161-95 ST 2462 CANARY ST 2530 CARDINAL CRES 2602 ROSS CRES 2542 ROSS CRES 10106 ROSS CRES 2541 ROSS CRES 2398-100 ST 10326 MAHER DR 2800 BLK 105 ST 2961-101 ST 1201-95 ST 1202 GAGNE AVE 501 WERB ST 1009 HWY 16 BYPASS 10032 MARQUIS AVE A

TOTALS

ARREARS 2,169.09 2,464.43 2,664.61 2,002.87 2,388.28 2,727.84 1,808.38 2,679.46 3,141.63 967.97 1,129.13 2,936.52 2,051.05 2,637.83 3,129.90 1,770.46 2,566.50 3,443.17 3,038.99 2,453.42 2,350.28 2,695.04 2,243.38 2,357.44 2,393.26 2,630.63 950.45 2,930.62 3,012.99 2,462.52 1,494.80 2,858.76 2,534.55 2,647.23 2,530.78 2,539.15 3,631.68 3,689.06 2,891.35 2,784.85 2,050.33 1,721.61 2,951.85 5,707.62 50.07 282.89 1,675.85 414.94 9,609.72 30,977.27 3,067.44 376.01

COSTS 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00

TOTAL 2,182.09 2,477.43 2,677.61 2,015.87 2,401.28 2,740.84 1,821.38 2,692.46 3,154.63 980.97 1,142.13 2,949.52 2,064.05 2,650.83 3,142.90 1,783.46 2,579.50 3,456.17 3,501.99 2,466.42 2,363.28 2,708.04 2,256.38 2,370.44 2,406.26 2,643.63 963.45 2,943.62 3,025.99 2,475.52 1,507.80 2,871.76 2,547.55 2,660.23 2,543.78 2,552.15 3,644.68 3,702.06 2,904.35 2,797.85 2,063.33 1,734.61 2,964.85 5,720.62 63.07 295.89 1,688.85 427.94 9,622.72 30,990.27 3,080.44 389.01

$311,981.18 1,365.00 $313,346.18

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‘New’ small shrubs for the prairies Sara Williams

Saskatchewan Perennial Society

As people from rural areas move to cities and towns with more limited space in which to garden, and urban lot sizes decrease, the demand for smaller shrubs has increased. Nurseries have been meeting this need with new introductions as well as the reintroduction of some fine older shrubs that seemingly got lost in the shuffle.

Here is a selection from various nursery catalogues from across the prairies.

Many provide a long season of foliage colour and texture, others a burst of flowers, and a few give both foliage and floral interest through a long season.

(Note that Agriculture Canada hardiness zones have changed. Whereas Saskatoon has been in zone 2b for decades, it is now classified as zone 3b.)

Little Lady lilac (Sy-

ringa x Jeflady) combines the large fragrant flower panicles of Miss Kim with the dwarf compact habit of Syringa meyeri, the dwarf Korean lilac. The flowers are pink and the shrub reaches only four to five feet in height. Plant it in full sun in well-drained soil. Zone 2 Avalanche French lilac (Syringa vulgaris Avalanche) is indeed small for a French lilac at eight by 12 feet. It boasts freely produced pure white fragrant flowers. Plant it in full sun on well-drained soil. Zone 2 Creme de Mint dogwood (Cornus alba Crimzam) is a little over five feet in height and spread. With white variegation on light green leaves, the foliage turns brick red in fall. Clusters of creamy white flowers in late spring are followed by white berries by midsummer. In winter, the stems and branches are an attractive chartreuse.

Place it in sun or partial shade. It is fairly drought tolerant once established.

Zone 4 Little Rebel dogwood (Cornus alba Jefreb) is a rounded compact shrub of only three by three feet

with crisp green foliage that turns maroon red in fall. It has excellent red winter stem colour. Place it in sun or partial shade.

It is fairly drought tolerant once established. Zone 2 Pucker Up dogwood (Cornus sericea Neil Z.) is about four feet in height and spread. Its dark green “puckered” foliage turns a bright burgundy in fall.

The white spring flowers are followed by navy blue fruit in late summer.

The scarlet branches add winter interest against the snow. Grow it in sun or partial shade. It is fairly drought tolerant once established. Zone 3 Morden Golden Glow elder (Sambucus racemosa Morden Golden Glow) is only four feet tall and wide. Rounded and compact, it has extremely finely cut golden yellow foliage. White flowers are followed by red berries, much beloved by birds.

Plant it in full sun in well drained soil. It is drought tolerant once established.

Zone 2 Fireball burning bush (Euonymus alatus Select) is a compact, rounded shrub that is five feet tall by four feet wide. The foliage is a bright golden

Fireball burning bush. Photo courtesy Proven Winners

French lilac Avalanche. Photo by Liz Lawley

green through the summer, turning a brilliant red in fall. For best foliage colour, place it in full sun.

Zone 3 — This column is provided courtesy of the

Pucker Up dogwood. Photo courtesy Proven Winners

Saskatchewan Perennial Society (SPS; www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@ yahoo.com; www.facebook.com/saskperennial).

Check out our Bulletin Board or Calendar for

upcoming garden information sessions, workshops, tours and other events: Don’t forget about GardenScape, March 24-26, at Prairieland Park. (www. gardenscapeshow.ca).

Hanbidge on Horticulture

Begonias brighten the indoor landscape

By Patricia Hanbidge Saskatoon School of Horticulture

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Houseplants are essential to a quality of life many of us demand. Begonias have been around since Victorian times, and have long been a favourite. They are actually native to South America, and have thousands of species that you might like to grow. They are relatively easy to grow, have attractive foliage and can grace your home in the winter months with relative ease.

Sometimes begonias are a bit confusing as they have actually three types of root structures: tuberous, fibrous or rhizomatous. Tuberous begonias have a fleshy underground root structure and will generally require

a rest period at some point during the year. This begonia is not usually grown indoors. Rhizomatous begonias have an above-ground or slightly below-ground creeping stem that roots wherever it contacts moist soil. Fibrous begonias have a very fine, dense root system with no taproot, and these have the most variation in foliage and growth habit.

Begonias are grown for a variety of reasons – their wonderful foliage, their colourful flowers or sometimes both. The “ Rex” begonias are hybrids that are without doubt one of the best foliage plants.

There is also a group of fibrous-rooted begonias, commonly known as Angel Wing (due to their leaf

shape) that are coveted as houseplants in temperate climates. Angel Wing begonias have hanging clusters of white, pink or red flowers that can be up to 30 centimetres across. The larger the leaves of the cultivar, the larger the flower clusters.

Wax begonias are often considered the bedding plant of begonias. They typically have light green foliage or foliage that is edged with red, or sometimes is a deep bronze colour. There are variegated cultivars as well. Flowers are numerous and continuous in shades of red, pink or white with some cultivars having double and two-toned flowers.

If you are looking for an ideal houseplant, the begonia is an excellent choice.

In your home, place your

plant in a well-lit area. Rex begonias like a few hours of direct morning or late afternoon sun and a north window with no curtains, trees or overhangs is also acceptable.

Placing your begonias to the side of a window or far back in the room will result in light-starved, spindly plants. This is not conducive to optimum growth.

Your begonia will be happy if it receives a few hours of direct sunlight, avoiding hot afternoon sun in the summer.

As long as you have given your begonia adequate light, it will grow quickly.

If it begins to seem like it is out of proportion with its pot, or begins to dry out faster than normal, it is time to transplant it into a larger

The Angel Wing begonia gets its name from the shape of its leaves. Photo submitted

container. Feel free to upgrade the pot size by a couple of inches as begonias are rather forgiving. Give the pot a gentle squeeze to loosen the rootball and gently wiggle the pot away from the soil. Pot up with any all purpose soil, as begonias are not fussy about soil.

Treat as you would any houseplant and water week-

ly. It might be beneficial to fertilize with a dilute solution of high phosphorus fertilizer to ensure the bloom occurs often.

— Hanbidge is a horticulturist with the Saskatoon School of Horticulture (www.g rowyou r f ut u re. ca.) and can be reached at 306-931-4769 or by email at growyourfuture@gmail. com.

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The family of the late Diane Yonz would like to extend our most sincere thanks to everyone who offered their condolences, came to the funeral, shared memories at the luncheon, or supported us in any way.

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Saturday, March 25

Topline Social Dance Club - Leon Ochs at the North Battleford Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 1352 - 100th Street from 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight. Lunch served. Min. age 19. Dress casual. Phone Sharon at 306-446-0446, Leela 306-445-7240 or Jean 306-445-8815.

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Battlefords Seedy Saturday at the Don Ross Centre at 12:00 p.m. This event celebrates gardening and the arrival of spring with displays and vendors featuring locally-grown open-pollinated seeds, composting information, local honey, seed crafts for children, music, speakers and more.

Celebrate International Women’s Day - Ending Violence Against Women “Strength & Resilience of Indigenous Women” through sharing of stories, art, song, flea market, door prizes. Bring your art for display &/or sale at the Pioneer Hall, South Railway, North Battleford at 6:00 p.m. Advance tickets by March 22 at Co-op Pharmacy. For more information call Marcella 306-398-2795.

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Craft Bake Sale at the Co-op Mall from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Friday, March 31

NWC Fireman’s Ball at the Gold Ridge Centre, North Battleford at 5:00 p.m. This Gala event will feature cocktails, plated meal service, music and a live & silent auction with all the proceeds going to the North West College Scholarship Fund and the Fire Fighter Local 1756 Charity Fund. Tickets to the NWC Fireman’s Ball are now on sale.

Tickets can be purchased by phone 306-937-5100 or in person from North West College. Come and enjoy a night with North Battleford’s bravest!

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 31, April 1 & 2

Come Discover Hope - Prayer Conference with Rev. John McGregor.

With over 40 years of ministry John can relate many times when the Lord has come into the midst of a season of prayer to bring life change and the enabling of the Holy Spirit. Friday from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. and Saturday from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at St. George’s Anglican Church. Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. All are welcome, come join us.

Sunday, April 2

Roast Beef Supper - Fundraiser at the Maymont Hall at 6:00 p.m.

Everyone is welcome.

Sunday, April 2

The Music Ministry of St. Paul’s Church & friends present “Joyfully we Sing” at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 1302 - 99th Street, North Battleford at 2:30 p.m.

Monday, April 3

Recruiting Pipes and Drums Band Members - open invitation to any old or young, male or female interested in pipes and drums players or learners but only pipes and drums. Battleford Royal Canadian Legion #9 needs a pipes and drums band for various functions and therefore the Battleford Legion would like to sponsor the reorganization of this unit. A special meeting at the Legion Hall, 272 - 22nd Street, Battleford at 7:30 p.m. Entry is via the street level door to the right of the outside stairs. Contact Piper Jim Ramasy 306-937-3347 or 2nd Vice President Robert Tannahill, C.D. Captain (retired) 306-937-2165.

Sunday, April 9

Girl Guide Cookies Blitz at the Discover Co-op Mall at 1:00 p.m. and door to door in select neighborhoods in the Battlefords.

Saturday, April 29

Topline Social Dance Club - Gold Tones at the North Battleford Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 1352 - 100th Street from 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight. Lunch served. Min. age 19. Dress casual.

Phone Sharon at 306-446-0446, Leela 306-445-7240 or Jean 306445-8815.

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Weak as a baby, but with power past knowing Newborn babies are limited in what they can do. They can’t go anywhere on their own, or clothe themselves. They can’t focus their eyes properly, can’t even hold their heads up without support, or articulate their needs–beyond crying because something feels wrong. They are weak and vulnerable, and require a lot of patient, loving care.

For the animals it’s often quite different. Dolphins are born swimming, calves and colts are soon up on their feet moving about, ducks and turkeys are ready to leave the nest in a couple of days. But for human babies, these things take months, or even years.

When we turn to Bible, we learn that “children are a heritage from the Lord” (Ps. 127:3). By extension, their care then becomes a God-given responsibility.

We see that with Moses, born at a time when the people of Israel were in slavery in Egypt. Male Hebrew babies were being killed according to royal edict, but Moses’ parents hid him and provided for his protection (Exod.

2:1-9).

When the Israelites were called together to worship the Lord, or hear instruction from His Word, their little ones

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8:35; II Chron. 20:13; Joel 2:16). Practically speaking, this was because, since everyone was to attend, no one was left to care for them. But it also sets a worthy precedent for today. Children need to be taught early on to attend the house of God on the Lord’s Day. Regular church attendance should be a family affair.

In the Gospels, we see the love and compassion of the Lord Jesus for children and infants (Mk. 10:13-16; Lk. 18:15). And the same tender care is represented in Isaiah’s poetic imagery concerning Christ’s second coming, when He will reign as King of kings, and Lord of lords (Isa. 40:1011).

Given who He is, and how He will one day reveal Himself, it is remarkable that the Lord began His earthly life as a baby, a weak and vulnerable infant (Lk. 2:11;14). The Word of God tells us that the One

born in Bethlehem had existed from all eternity (Mic. 5:2) and, as the second Person of the triune Godhead, He was involved in the creation of all things (Jn. 1:1, 3). Yet He willingly humbled Himself in this way.

But there is more. During His years of earthly ministry, the Lord Jesus demonstrated His power over the raging storms of the Sea of Galilee (Mk. 4:39), over demonic forces (Lk. 4:33-35), over disease (Lk. 4:40), and over death itself (Jn. 11:33-34). Yet there came a day when Christ allowed a rabid mob to take Him, rush Him through an illegal trial and nail Him to a cross, even though, at His bidding, 12 legions of angels could be summoned to His defence (Matt.

26:53).

Since “the wages of sin is death,” only through His death could Christ, the eternal Son of God, become our Saviour

(Rom. 6:23). He gave Himself up to die in order to pay our debt of sin (Jn. 3:16; Eph. 1:7), then rose again, triumphant over death (I Cor. 15:3-4).

This combination of humanity and deity, of utter weakness and helplessness with the sovereign ability to wield infinite power, was captured in a wonderful hymn by Anglican

bishop William Walsham How (1823-1897). The hymn was written in 1867, the same year in which Canada became a nation.

“Who is this, so weak and helpless, / Child of lowly Hebrew maid, / Rudely in a stable sheltered, / Coldly in a manger laid? / ’Tis the Lord of all creation, / Who this wondrous path hath trod; / He

is God from everlasting, / And to everlasting God. / Who is this that hangeth dying / While the rude world scoffs and scorns, / Numbered with the malefactors, / Torn with nails, and crowned with thorns? / ’Tis the God who ever liveth, / ’Mid the shining ones on high, / In the glorious golden city, / Reigning everlastingly.”

Covered by grace I found it, the perfect fit and an end to a more than a year-long search! “It,” an elusive Tupperware lid, sat at our local thrift shop, possibly destined for recycling.

I’ve come close to tossing the accompanying large storage container but I couldn’t make myself do it because the size and shape is unique and perfect for my baking sprees.

Over the years the lid had warped until the corners cracked and finally, it became unusable. Efforts by our local representative to locate another one were unsuccessful.

As simple a thing as it may seem and probably as unlikely a topic for an inspirational article as one could imagine, that lid was extremely important to

me. For example: a large loaf of my homemade whole grain bread fits in perfectly. Storing several dozen muffins is no problem and three or four dozen cookies are right at home in there. Without a lid, however, all the usefulness of the vessel is gone. I found myself mulling over the similarity of that lid and the lessons God longs for us to learn.

I thought of how valuable we are to Him. While we may consider ourselves beyond redemption or

usefulness and while He allows circumstances in our lives in order to refine our character, He never discards or punishes us.

“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love …” Jeremiah 31:3 If we choose to ignore His gestures of love, that’s our privilege. God will never force Himself on us but He never stops loving us.

Next, I realized afresh the glorious privilege of being covered by His grace through salvation. “… He has clothed me with the garments of salvation; He has covered me with the robe of righteousness.” Isaiah 61:10 Loved to receive salvation, covered to make us useful. Oh the lessons in a lid!

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The fact the novel is set in La Ronge and involves a First Nation community might also give one pause. What Johnson does well is create engaging characters, especially male characters. First, there is George Taylor, a wellmeaning fellow who finds being a prosecuting attorney an uncomfortable fit, since the role expects him to be safe and predictable.

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George has a love interest in fellow prosecutor Lenore Hanson.

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It seems obvious George and Lenore might solve both their dilemmas by coming together.

However, as every good novelist knows, things should never be too easy, and life gets more complicated when George crashes his man-sized raven-mobile into a First Nation community and is exposed to a grassroots way of life. Meanwhile, Lenore encounters an attractive renegade named Richard Warner, who lives in an ashram not far from the city. Richard too is a war veteran, but one who challenges the values that create war, use technological inventions to oversee all human actions and attempt to control independent thought.

By the end, Johnson exposes more humanity than prejudice and offers a satisfying climax and a kind of hope.

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Viola Desmond, née Davis (1914–1965) Businesswoman and civil rights advocate

Taking a seat to take a stand In December 2016, Viola Desmond was selected to appear on the future Canadian ten-dollar bank note. The public suddenly became aware of this extraordinary woman, whose bold stance against racial discrimination furthered the cause of equality in Canada during the first half of the twentieth century. Even neatly summed up in a Royal Canadian Mint press release, Desmond’s story is an inspiring one, and the actions of this soon-to-be icon are well worth a closer look.

Viola Desmond was born in Halifax in 1914. She and her nine siblings had a white mother and a black father, an unusual situation for the time. Growing up, Viola noticed that all of the professional beauty and skin-care products on the market were for white women. Far from an innocuous observation, this perceived injustice prompted Desmond to take things into her own hands. Because black women could not attend beauty school in Halifax, she moved to Montreal for training before returning to her hometown to open a salon.

Not one to idly enjoy her business’s success, the young entrepreneur founded the Desmond School of Beauty Culture so that others like her could study close to home. The school created opportunities for countless black women in Nova Scotia by enabling them to open their own salons and create jobs in their communities.

Desmond also single-handedly created, marketed and sold a line of cosmetics for black women, Vi’s Beauty Products, to fill the void she’d noticed as a youth.

It was in the rainy evening hours of November 8, 1946, that Viola Desmond went from empowering entrepreneur to full-blown civil rights activist. Her car had broken down en route to a meeting, so she decided to catch a movie at Roseland Theatre to pass the time. Her ticket was for a balcony seat; the cashier had refused to sell her one for the main floor, where only whites were welcome. Undeterred, Desmond took a seat downstairs, but was quickly told by a manager to either sit where people of her colour should, or leave the premises. She did neither. Police were called. What was supposed to be a pleasant outing turned into an overnight stay in jail for Desmond, who was arrested on bogus charges and later sent to court. During the proceedings, matters of race were never discussed. Still, the trial’s true motivations were painfully clear, and its verdict—which came with a hefty fine—was as predictable as it was unjust.

For years, Viola Desmond fought her charges, mobilizing the province’s black community in the process. It wasn’t about the ruling, nor was it about the fine. It was about sending a crystal-clear message: non-whites would no longer tolerate being treated as second-class citizens. Slowly but surely, Desmond and her supporters’ steadfast determination ushered in a new era of tolerance. Segregation in Nova Scotia was finally abolished in 1954. Eleven years after this watershed moment, Viola Desmond passed away, and her baseless conviction followed her to the grave.

As the twentieth century reached its end, Viola Desmond’s courageous actions had all but disappeared from public consciousness. The story resurfaced in the early 2000s thanks to her sister, Wanda Robson, who released a book about Desmond called Sister to Courage in 2010. That same year, Nova Scotia premier Darrell Dexter granted Desmond a total pardon, at long last turning the page on a dark chapter of the province’s story.

Where are we from?

THE 52 LARGEST GROUPS IN CANADA’S MULTICULTURAL MOSAIC

CANADA’S DUTCH COMMUNITY Once upon a time, North America’s east coast was home to a Dutch colony known as New Netherland. This seventeenth-century settlement, which was created to take advantage of the region’s booming fur trade, represents the first group of Dutch people to live on the continent. While the Dutch were forced to relinquish the colony to British authorities at the end of the Third Anglo-Dutch War in 1673, these settlers and their descendants stayed put and played an important role in the development of colonial America.

After the end of Dutch colonization in North America, the vast majority of immigrants from the Netherlands chose to settle in the American frontier to capitalize on the area’s rapid development.

However, the supply of affordable land in the region quickly dried up, and by the 1880s an increasing number of Dutch immigrants and Dutch Americans turned to Canada for a more promising future. Over the next few decades (until the start of the Great War), the Canadian Prairies saw a steady flow of new residents from the Netherlands, who came to work on the railways or start their own farm. At the dawn of the 20th century, the largest concentration of Dutch people in Canada was located in and around Winnipeg.

After the Second World War, tens of thousands of Dutch people fled their devastated homeland and came to Canada to lay their roots. By the mid 1960s, more than 150,000 Dutch immigrants were living in Canada, mainly in Ontario and the West. Immigration in the present day still gravitates toward these historic bastions.

While Canada and the Netherlands both share many of the same societal values—openness, liberalism and collectivism, for instance—the 1.2 million+ Canadians with Dutch ancestry have a rich heritage of their own to add to our collective cultural patchwork. From retired NHL star Steve Yzerman to actress Neve Campbell, notable Dutch Canadians have made their mark on every facet of our delightfully heterogeneous society.

Quiz TEST YOUR CANADIAN KNOWLEDGE

Question 1:

A 1922 film about a group of Inuit in Northern Quebec is widely considered to be the first-ever feature-length documentary. What was it called?

Question 2:

Which province celebrates the statutory holiday St. George’s Day in April?

Question 3:

Which Canadian city launched the world’s first computerized traffic control system in 1963?

Question 4:

Which former MLB pitcher was the first Canadian named to the prestigious National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York?

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1: Nanook of the North, directed by Robert Flaherty 2: Newfoundland and Labrador 3: Toronto, Ontario 4: Ferguson Jenkins

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QUEBEC FLOWER: BLUE FLAG IRIS The blue flag iris (Iris versicolor) became Quebec’s provincial flower in 1999. Originally, the province had adopted the Madonna lily as its floral emblem, but it was legislatively changed after debate due to the lily’s non-native origins. The blue flag iris is perennially native to Quebec’s freshwater shores and marshes.

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