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Mayor Bater: No requests made, no decisions pending By John Cairns Staff Reporter
A renaming ceremony took place Tuesday outside Unity, in which the previously known Killsquaw Lakes were changed to Kikiskisitotawânawak Iskwêwak Lakes. The new name is Cree for “we honour the women.” See the story on Page 3. Photo by Josh Greschner
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The new RCMP inspector for the Battlefords detachment was introduced at a meeting of North Battleford city council Monday. Mayor Ryan Bater welcomed Insp. Tom Beck to the community to fill the role left vacant by the reassignment of former Battlefords RCMP Insp. John Sutherland last year. Beck comes to the detachment from Victoria, B.C., where he ran the Major Crimes Unit there for three years. He also spent
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Beck is brand-new to the community, and just settling in. “This is actually my first full-time week that I’ll be here,” he told council in brief remarks Monday.
The issue of downtown benches has made its way to City Hall. Controversy had been swirling in the community about the benches, which were installed as part of the downtown revitalization efforts in recent years. They have come under fire lately from residents who claim the benches attract vagrants, panhandlers and others who harass legitimate customers downtown. The benches were brought up at a recent RCMP town hall meeting, and there was also a news report that some downtown business owners were preparing to send a delegation to City Hall to raise the issue. That has yet to happen. Instead, council heard presentations Monday from two other delegations who supported retaining the benches. One of those was Tracey Reimer of The Lighthouse.
“We all share the downtown, and we all share the benches. It takes relationships to build a healthy community,” Reimer said. “The downtown businesses and owners deserve respect. I don’t question that. But so do those who sit and visit our benches.” She added that “eliminating the benches in order to eliminate a population of people from the downtown business district” reminded her of “the early architects of colonialism.” “The potential is great for healing and moving forward together. What we do with decisions such as the benches has impact on this bigger relationship,” said Reimer. That reference to “decisions” drew a reaction from Mayor Ryan Bater, who pointed out “there is no pending decision on benches.” He said the decision on benches had been made years ago as part of the Downtown Master Plan to include them. Continued on Page 3
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Schubert, Joseph Haydn and Astor Piazzaolla. Knutson, Zaide Masich and Jeanny Jung also performed music as a trio. Knutson will be attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England. He wrote in an email to the NewsOptimist he has managed to pull together funds for a year, and possibly half of the second year, including through a fundraising effort in the community. He could also receive more funding once in London from grants and scholarships. Knutson was in the News-Optimist recently, telling a story about get-
ting struck by a vehicle while studying in Germany, and speaking of recovering from a double concussion. He added the concert was his first solo piano performance since coming home after the accident. In August, more performances are planned, in the form of a piano trio recital again featuring Jung and Masich, and an August performance with Knutson and Canadian baritone Jonah Spungin, in which the two are to perform an evening of English art songs and German lieder (poetry set to music). The Catholic Women’s League hosted the event. 190626G0 190626G1
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Lakes near Unity get new Cree name Kikiskisitotawânawak Iskwêwak Lakes
By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter
Those involved with the renaming of lakes by Unity hope the new name isn’t lost in translation. A ceremony took place on Tuesday near Unity to honour the name change of nearby lakes, from Killsquaw Lakes to Kikiskisitotawânawak Iskwêwak Lakes. The new name means “we honour the women” in Cree. Saskatoon lawyer Kellie Wuttunee said the new name was brought forward by elders and other council. The bodies of water are located a short drive southeast of Unity. The previous name of the lakes originates in oral narrative, Wuttunee said. Cree women were getting water in the area of the lakes, Wuttunee said, and Blackfoot warriors killed the women. One woman survived and was able to tell others. According to a Saskatoon Star Phoenix article by Doug Cuthand, the groups were at war as buffalo were dwindling, and competition for land and hunting grounds increased. Wuttunee said story-
teller Antoine Lonesinger, connected to Sweetgrass and Red Pheasant First Nations, was interviewed regarding the name’s origin. Lonesinger’s English wasn’t good, Wuttunee said, “and back then he wanted [to honour] the women that were killed” in the area where the lakes are. “But the way the translation in the story came about was Killsquaw Lake,” Wuttunee said. “We can’t have that anymore moving forward, especially in Canada.” Wuttunee said she consulted with elders, community members and leadership regarding the name change, and she applied to change the lakes’ name through the heritage branch of the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport. Wuttunee said she worked with Bruce Dawson of the ministry, which she said was a good experience. The ceremony featured a feast, a jingle dancer, songs and words from dignitaries including former Red Pheasant Cree Nation Chief Sheldon Wuttunee, Fred Sasakamoose, Turtleford MLA Larry Doke, Chief Sylvia Weenie and Unity Mayor Ben Weber.
A renaming ceremony took place Tuesday outside Unity, in which the previously known Killsquaw Lakes were changed to Kikiskisitotawânawak Iskwêwak Lakes. The new name is Cree for “we honour the women.” A number of people were on hand for the ceremony, with included a feast and singing, and dignitaries including Saskatoon lawyer Kellie Wuttunee (above centre), and former Red Pheasant Chief Sheldon Wuttunee (below left) and Ben Weber, Unity mayor (below right). See our Facebook page for video. Photos by Josh Greschner
In her comments to the public, Wuttunee connected the lakes’ name change to the recently released Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report. The former name of the lakes, Wuttunee said, “highlights what Canadian policy was up to now.”
Missing person case now officially a homicide Staff The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit North, with the assistance of the North Battleford
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Continued from Page 1 “The benches are there and, as we continue to rehabilitate downtown, we will stick with the Downtown Master Plan,” said Bater. The other presentation came from local lawyer Benedict Feist, who expressed his own concerns about “the comments of my fellow citizens and business people in the downtown core of North Battleford” about the benches. Feist said he had writ-
ten at length about the intersection between Indigenous poverty and policing in the Battlefords, and noted there was “no better example of the problem than the overpolicing of the people who frequent downtown North Battleford, who I honestly suspect are among the most policed people in Canada.” He said not a day goes by without him seeing RCMP or community safety officers driving by 101st
Street or Central Park. “I question whether the response of more over-policing of these people will solve the problems that have existed in our community since European settlement of this area in the 1870s to the 1880s.” He pointed to the system that had been in place in the 1880s when RCMP would examine the passes of Indigenous people and send them back to their reserves for being in town without a pass.
“We must remember the kind of message we are sending to the Indigenous members of the community … responding in a similar way 130 years later.” Feist called for the Battlefords to move past “discredited broken windows” theory and called for “real solutions” such as an antipoverty strategy and more initiatives such as managed-alcohol and the new rooming house. “Ripping out benches and authorizing CSOs to
harass vulnerable individuals and Indigenous people and write more tickets for people downtown” are not real solutions, he said. Mayor Bater was receptive to Feist’s focus on the need for health or social supports – “something we’re very aware of as a municipal government,” he said. As for the benches, Bater pointed out that while there was advocacy outside in the community on the issue, “there has been no
advocacy here.” “There has not been an official request to come to council to remove any of the benches,” said Bater. In speaking to reporters, Bater acknowledged there has been talk “socially” outside of City Hall on the benches, but reiterated the city has not been formally approached by businesses to remove them from downtown. “There’s no request for council to consider,” said Bater.
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As stated in last week’s From This Corner, the poll we conducted was roughly tied about whether there should be benches downtown or not. This week, two delegations to North Battleford city council spoke about the issues that have made the benches a source of contention. One of them was Benedict Feist, lawyer, whose letter to the editor was published on this page last week. The other was Tracey Reimer, with The Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords management. Both pointed to a history of poverty among vulnerable people and discrimination toward Indigenous people as the issues needing to be addressed, rather than trying to police away the problem. While not all the people being blamed for harassment of downtown shoppers are Indigenous, it is a reality that many of them are. They are poor, often homeless and often dealing with addictions. In addition to the downtown issue, poverty and addictions are also driving forces behind the broader reputation for crime that has made North Battleford so famous. What if we were famous for something else? Sadly, when somebody says they are coming to North Battleford, they are often challenged with, “Why would you want to go there? There are 10 reserves within a hundred-mile radius.” I’ve had the notion for years now that it should really go as follows: Q. “Why would you want to go there?” A. “Because there are 10 reserves within a 100mile radius.” To make that change, there has to be understanding and respect. Most non-Indigenous people are profoundly clueless when it comes to the world view of their Indigenous neighbours. We’ll talk more about that next week. Stay tuned.
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make up for theft and increased police presence. Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s 1982 Constitutional Act: Charter of Rights and Freedoms changed the legal system. It put the rights of the individual above the rights of society. Now the criminal often has more rights than the victim. Our system of justice is not perfect, but is probably one of the better world legal systems. Our government is quick to criticize legal systems of other countries. When you go to another country, you have to follow their laws and regulations. We expect foreign visitors to follow our laws. For example: Americans transporting their guns from Washington to Alaska are expected by border security to strictly comply with our gun laws. When I was young, there seemed to be few rules, laws and regulations, but if you did something wrong you really got your butt kicked. Today, there are 10 times more laws and regulations, but nobody follows them. Certain special groups (pipeline protestors) are allowed to break the rules and laws. Disrespect for the law even goes to the highest office in Canada. There needs to be more respect for police, teachers,
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The oilpatch, and Alberta, saved Newfoundland This year, the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show (also referred to as the Weyburn Oil Show) went all out in getting guest speakers, and they surely did not disappoint. In the movie about the Watergate scandal, All the President’s Men, the secret source, Deep Throat, implores the intrepid journalists to “follow the money.” That is a notion Vivian Krause has followed at great length over many years, and finally, in the last seven months or so, people have finally stood up and taken notice.
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Krause has exposed the deep ties behind funding of various campaigns to landlock Canadian oil. She should be a rock star in the oilpatch, and I think she’s gaining a bit of that fame. She had good attendance
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during her presentation, much better than most of the speakers I’ve seen over the last decade. But it was the acerbic Rex Murphy, formerly of CBC and who does not appear to miss his former employer, who truly enraptured his audience on June 6. Indeed, he wore his disdain for the Mother Corp, as it is known, quite clearly on his sleeve, especially their fawning for “Bishop Suzuki.” To be clear, Rex Murphy is a Newfoundlander. He was not born a Canadian. He was born a Newfoundlander, when the Rock was still its own dominion, a sovereign state. He only became a Canadian at the age of two, when the nearly destitute nation was absorbed into Canada as its 10th province. But you wouldn’t know that from his speech. Indeed, he is a Canadian through and through, and he spoke about unity. Destitution was a prominent theme of his riveting speech. He spoke of how Newfoundland, and its people, were laid low by the cod fishing moratorium of 1992. With no work at home, in desperation, he estimated more than 30,000 Newfoundlanders went west to find jobs. Many stayed in the order of at least a decade. “Employment is not just a damn paycheque. It is the spine of most people’s existence,” Murphy said. I should note that usually at these events, the
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speaker has to speak above the crowd. This time, you could hear a pin drop. And that crowd was easily twice as large as what one usually expects at one of these luncheon events. “Outside of family life itself, and mortality, I don’t think there’s anything more savage to the human personality than someone who wishes to work and has been working, and works no more. And then they have to face the humiliations of either borrowing, begging or going on some government program. Most people guard their dignity by their own self-reliance,” he said. Murphy’s message was that when things were at their most bleak, those people came west. And we, in the west, with our oil and gas, had jobs. And paycheques. And as a result, these people were able to maintain, or reclaim, their dignity. “It was one of the great moments of confederation that all people from all over Canada were summoned to the western provinces. And people
from provinces who had never intermingled before, were working on the same project, or allied projects,” Murphy said. And he’s right. I’ve worked on pipelines with Newfoundlanders. The commanding officer of the air cadet unit I was a part of in North Battleford called Fortune, Nfld., home. She was part of this great diaspora, and her sister and parents came, too. They came to the west, where there was work to be had. She spent many years as a grain buyer, if you can believe. But I digress. Murphy took expected potshots against Neil Young, Leonardo DiCaprio and Catherine McKenna, he spoke to the crowd about the absurdities of the movement against oil. Where were the protests against Russian oil? Or Nigerian? Why the “jihad against pipelines?” He noted, “I cannot figure out. I do not know what processes are going on, in what strange minds, that has turned almost the entire energy of the country, especially at govern-
ment level, and especially at various NGOs (non governmental organizations) and self-appointed monitors of the earth’s doom, that has made the oil industry the number one villain of the entire world.” Rex Murphy has had the courage to tell Canadians for many years the truths many don’t want to acknowledge. Fundamentally, he told the audience of the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show, rightly, that they were good people, doing good work, and providing good jobs. That was a message they needed to hear. We, as Canadians need to hear it. In my own, much less impressive way, I gave a similar speech in tone and message a year ago. We, in the oilpatch, are not Darth Vader. We are not the devil. This is what we need to stand up and say. And I am so glad I got to sit in the front row to hear it. Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian. zinchuk@sasktel.net.
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Theories of Justice: Gladue in Saskatchewan
This is a four-part story about Canadian sentencing law, Aboriginal people in jail and what the government and the courts have tried to do abut it. Canadian sentencing law is a complicated and poorly understood story. Sentencing Aboriginal people is an even more complicated and even less well understood story. This week, we look at the arguments for retributive and restorative justice, the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan (and Canadian) jails and what the federal Liberals under Jean Chretien tried to do about overrepresentation in the 1990s.
By Josh Greschner The boxes Tristan Pinder, in an orange jumpsuit, asked for a smoke outside Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench. On an April afternoon, he was being escorted from court to jail. Earlier that afternoon, the Crown presented its case against him. Pinder was charged with stabbing and robbing a cab driver last year, discharging a firearm at police, fleeing from police and stealing gasoline. The Crown recommended a 14-year jail sentence. A News-Optimist contingent spent an afternoon as courtroom bench bums to see if Gladue factors would affect Pinder’s case. Pinder eventually received a 13-year sentence. No one had a smoke for Pinder. Rocky Ochusayoo’s sentencing took place right before Pinder was in court. In 2017, Ochusayoo was involved in a shootout with police on Onion Lake Cree Nation. He fired and police fired back. He was also
Wednesday, April 10, was a busy day at Court of Queen’s Bench in Battleford. Rocky Ochuschayoo was sentenced, and the court heard arguments from Crown lawyers about why Tristan Pinder should go to jail for a long time. Pinder is pictured here facing Judge Gerald Allbright. Drawing by Josh Greschner
charged with escape from Onion Lake court months later. Ochusayoo received a six-year sentence. Ochusayoo was involved with gangs, and told the court he wanted out of that life. He grew up in difficult circumstances, according to a pre-sentence report, and was affected by alcohol and crystal meth addictions. He had Gladue factors. North Battleford is sometimes referred to as the crime capital of Canada. In fact, the Battlefords
are something of a law capital. When they’re not at work, local legal professionals, including judges, Crown, Legal Aid and private lawyers participate in sports, arts and politics, pay their taxes and give to charity. A good portion of workdays are spent in Court of Queen’s Bench in Battleford, and in provincial court in North Battleford. Queen’s Bench was built in 1907 and is a pillar of historic Battleford. It’s located beside a lum19062MD1
ber yard and near a school yard. The court house is within smacking distance of a long home run. In the upstairs courtroom, which resembles a small church, the accused sit in a wooden box in the middle of the room. Pinder and Ochusayoo sat there. So did Gerald Stanley. North Battleford Provincial Court was built in the 1990s. Its interior features Dixie Cup colour combinations. The boxes in provincial court are covered with glass. Rather than sitting in the provincial court boxes, the accused usually stand. Many of the people who find themselves in the boxes or in front of the courts (or appearing via closed circuit TV) are Aboriginal. Some of their last names appeared in crime stories in the News-Optimist 30 years ago.
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A glass box at North Battleford Provincial Court. Photo by Josh Greschner
“There’s already too many Aboriginal people in the bucket.” – North Battleford provincial court trial judge, 2018
Seventy-six per cent of these people were Aboriginal. Two Supreme Court decisions, Gladue in 2000, and Ipeelee in 2012, were supposed to have a role in attempting to decrease Aboriginal jail overrepresen-
Aboriginal people are overrepresented in jails in Saskatchewan, meaning there is a much higher percentage of Aboriginal people in jail compared to the overall population of Aboriginal people in the province. Currently, about 16 per cent of people in Saskatchewan are Aboriginal. The amount of Aboriginal people in Canadian jails has increased since the Second World War. According to research by Dr. John H. Hylton, the number of Aboriginal people admitted to Saskatchewan correctional centres increased from 3,082 in 1976-77, to 4,757 in 199293. Aboriginal people made up 65.4 per cent in 1976-77 of overall rates of admission, and 69.1 in 1992-93. According to StatsCanada, nearly 13,400 total people in Saskatchewan were in sentenced custody or in remand in 2016-17.
Court of Queen’s Bench in Battleford and Provincial Court in North Battleford. Offenders who committed crimes in the area are sentenced in these courts before starting their sentences. Photos by Josh Greschner
Theories of justice “Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth” – Book of Leviticus Some don’t see the quantity of incarcerated Aboriginal people as much of a problem. Since the offenders did the crime, they should do the time. Canadian philosophy professor Robert
M. Martin’s book, Philosophical Conversations, summarizes arguments into conversations. In one conversation, “Retributivist” talks to “Utilitarian.” Retributivist thinks Utilitarian misses the point of punishment. Retributivist argues reform or deterrence aren’t moral means of punishment, and supports “nasty” jail sentences as punishment. “Why just bring additional pain or suffering into the world?” Utilitarian
tation. Some argue Gladue and Ipeelee aren’t being properly applied in Saskatchewan. Some say the problems leading to overrepresentation are bigger than what the courts could, and should, deal with.
asks. “Because it’s deserved,” Retributivist says. “People who harm others deserve to be harmed in return. They deserve to suffer in return for the suffering they caused. It’s only justice. When they cause harm to others, they incur a sort of debt to society, and they repay that debt when they suffer themselves.” Utilitarian says retribution doesn’t do any good, is vengeful and crazy. Continued on Page 7
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Continued from Page 6 “I think that punishment with utilitarian motives shows disrespect for the criminal as a person,” Retributivist says. “Retributive punishment is a way of showing respect for the criminal.” Utilitarian can’t believe it. Retributivist says showing respect for people involves treating them in a way they don’t like or appreciate. Respecting people “involves treating them seriously, as a source of their actions, not as victims of society or economics.” Utilitarian disagrees. Retributivist says, “if you’re a utilitarian, you say, ‘Oh well! Punishing him won’t do any good! Let him go back to his nice life in suburbia. “But this is incredibly misguided. He had to be punished. Anyone with any sense can see that.” “I guess you must think I don’t have any sense!” Utilitarian says. “Clearly we must agree to disagree here,” Retributivist says. Restorative justice, has emerged in Western law in recent decades as a different way to do sentencing, and as a possible alternative to sending offenders to jail. As opposed to retributive justice which can be more straightforward and concerned with actions,
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work at a food bank for some time and package food baskets for families in need. Two Department of Justice Canada videos relate two situations. A consequence (chosen by the victim) for a woman who stole from a cafe was to prepare a meal for a large community dinner, in which much of the community knew the victim and knew about the crime. In another situation, a young man assaulted his social worker. A consequence was a sentencing circle. In a discussion, the young man revealed he was frustrated with being moved to another foster home. He apologized and the social worker accepted his apology. In a class taught by law professor John Borrows available online, a woman explained her situation. “My youngest brother was killed by a drunk driver … and over the years … the young boy who was driving the car, he spent his life helping my father until the young boy died.” Continued on Page 8
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Theories of Justice: Gladue in Saskatchewan Continued from Page 7 “That’s how he made things right for my father.” Justice Vancise of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal wrote in 2000 that restorative justice can be more severe than retributive justice. Offenders often face their victims in restorative justice settings, and must confront their own problems. Shame can be involved. In summarizing such an argument, lawyer Daniel Kwochka wrote “the healing process can be more intense than incarceration.”
Former Liberal Minister of Justice Allan Rock wrote sentencing law into the Canadian Criminal Code. Canadian sentencing is a mix of retributive and restorative justice. A rule in the Code is that judges should look for penalties other than jail given the right circumstances, and pay “particular attention to the circumstances of Aboriginal offenders.”
Western ideas of restorative justice and Indigenous legal systems have similarities, but Jeanette Gevikoglu of Public Prosecutions Canada made a distinction between Western restorative justice and Indigenous law. Indigenous legal systems also have retribution. In order for restorative justice to be effective for victims, victims must also agree with the basic premises. But much of the public thinks the system shows it cares about victims by the length of a jail sentence.
Bloc Quebecois MP Pierette Venne questioned those “sneaky words,” and expressed concern they might sneak in “a parallel system of justice for Aboriginals.” Do those nine words actually do that? We’ll look at the issue next week. Photos from ourcommons.ca
The Hill “Parliament, in a typically Canadian way, has tried to blend retributive goals of sentencing with concepts of restorative justice” - Justice Vancise, 2000 Sentencing in Canadian law isn’t strictly retributive justice or restorative justice, but uses both. Criminal justice reform was a hot topic on Parliament Hill in the early 1990s. In 1996, the federal Liberals passed new sentencing laws. Sentencing principles are found in section 718 of the Criminal Code. Judges use them to make sentences. The fundamental purpose of sentencing in Canada is “to protect society and to contribute, along with crime prevention initiatives, to respect for the law and the maintenance of a just and peaceful society.” Sentencing objectives include denouncing unlawful conduct, deterrence, rehabilitating offenders, separating offenders where necessary, providing reparations and promoting a sense of responsibility in offenders. The fundamental principle, according to the Criminal Code, is “a sentence must be proportionate to the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender.” Another principle is sentences should be similar to
sentences imposed on similar offenders for similar offences. The judge’s goal is to make fit sentences given all these factors. Judges also take a person’s criminal record into account. Retribution by itself isn’t a sentencing principle. The Criminal Code also notes, at 718.2(e) “all available [penalties], other than imprisonment, that are reasonable in the circumstances and consistent with harm done to victims or to the community should be considered for all offenders, with particular attention to the circumstances of Aboriginal offenders.” 718.2(e) has been controversial. In a committee meeting, Minister of Justice Allan Rock said the inclusion of the reference to Aboriginal people was because “they are sadly overrepresented in the prison populations of Canada.” Law professors Philip Stenning and Julian Roberts wrote the “circumstances of Aboriginal offenders” didn’t attract much attention in Parliament at the time, although some commented. Bloc Quebecois MP Pierette Venne called the reference to Aboriginal people in 718.2(e) “nine sneaky words,” saying the government was “trying to sneak through the back door the concept of a parallel system of justice for Aboriginals.”
In 1994, a report by the Canadian Police Association denounced section 718.2(e). “To specify one race in particular as requiring special treatment not afforded to others on the sole basis of membership in a racial group has no place in legislation like this,” the report stated. “It is paternalistic discrimination of the worst kind and philosophy aside, it just does not work. One need only examine our history of dealing with native people to see that this approach is doomed to failure.” The Liberals also introduced conditional sentence orders at the same time they introduced sentencing principles. When someone is convicted of an offence where the court imposes a sentence of less than two years, and the judge thinks the sentence in the community would not endanger the community, and is consistent with the purpose and principles of sentencing, the court can order a community-based sentence, with conditions. In a familiar recitation at North Battleford Provincial Court, such conditions include being of good behaviour, appearing before the court when required and other restrictions involving a supervisor. Additional conditions could include alcohol and drug restrictions, a weapons prohibition, attend-
ing a treatment program and others. Many people are skeptical of the ideas around Canadian sentencing, and how sentencing has taken place over the years, even before Gladue. According to a recent unscientific News-Optimist poll, 76 per cent of responses found the Canadian justice system to be “broken and frustrating.” “To many Canadians,” writes Canadian lawyer Linda Silver Dranoff, “sentences for crimes often seem unduly short,” while many Canadians think sentences are too lenient. Canadians have been criticizing lenient sentences since at least the early 1980s.
This week, we looked at the arguments for retributive and restorative justice, the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan and Canadian jails. Next week, we’ll look at the important 1999 Supreme Court decision Gladue, some reactions to the decision, and the effects of residential schools on many Aboriginal people. A big question in the debate is: what should justice look like today if the state enacted injustice in the past?
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1,088 square feet 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Meticulously maintained inside & out Same owners for 45 years Walking distance to schools & parks Call Jayna Hannah or Tracy Voigt for your personal showing today!
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Condo Living at Heritage Landing Quality condo features 1,164 sq. ft. plus fully finished basement
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Vaulted ceiling, open concept living, dining & kitchen areas 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, main floor laundry Attached dbl. garage, rubber pavement driveway Includes all appliances, custom window treatments, central vac, garburator, central air & more • Affordable condo fees, only $100 per month • Contact Donna Ray at (306) 441-9173 or Karen McMillan (306) 441-2224 to view
MLS®SK772847
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It’s All About The Garage!!
• 840 sq.ft. • 3 bedrooms / 1 bathroom • 26 x 28 heated, detached garage • Complete new exterior • EE furnace, A/C, hot water on demand • Call Jayna Hannah or Tracy Voigt @ (306) 445-5555 MLS®SK776144
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Total of 5 bedrooms, 2 baths Nice kitchen c/w breakfast bar Plenty of hardwood on main floor Large, nicely landscaped view lot Double garage Call Brian for details at (306) 441-6433 MLS®SK758981
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1,362 square feet - built in 2015 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Totally developed up & down Double heated garage Call Brian Lampitt to view at (306) 441-6433 MLS®SK772050
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1,020 square feet 4 bedrooms, 1 bath Open concept main floor Low maintenance Call Kevin for more information at (306) 441-5960 MLS®SK761902
3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom • Main floor laundry Some updated windows Hardwood flooring on the main Beautiful fruit / lilac trees Call Tracy Voigt or Jayna Hannah @ (306) 445-5555 MLS®SK773755
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MLS®SK771587
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1,143 square feet 4 bedrooms, 2 baths Close to schools Large fenced yard 24 x 32 heated garage Call Kevin for more information at (306) 441-5960 MLS®SK763233
1,793 square feet 5 bedrooms, 3 baths Double car heated garage Close to several schools Call Kevin for more info @ (306) 441-5960
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738 square feet 2 bedrooms, 1 bath Large backyard Many updates Call Kevin for more information at (306) 441-5960 MLS®SK758652
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MLS®SK761878
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• Renovated 1,412 square foot home close to all amenities • Newer vinyl clad windows • 3+1 bedrooms • Abundant kitchen cabinets, large kitchen & dining areas • Sunken living room with gas fireplace • Newer basement development, amazing back yard oasis • Call Donna Ray at (306) 441-9173 to view
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848 square feet. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths Large fenced yard Single car garage Call Kevin at (306) 441-5960 for your private viewing
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MLS®SK759832
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Corner Condo!
2 bedrooms / 2 bathrooms 5 major appliances • Two storage areas Laminate flooring in living - dining Central air conditioning Call Brian for details at (306) 441-6433 MLS®SK772489
North Battleford Golf & Country Club Great membership options available please check our website at www.northbattlefordgolf.com. Sign up for our E-Club on the website to receive information for great golfing deals. Also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
For more information phone the Pro Shop at 306-937-5659
Benjamin Moore The Colour Experts
Doug’s Paint Shoppe Inc. • Full line of interior & exterior paints • Painting supplies and accessories • Color matching • Custom window coverings • Supplier of Graco paint sprayers
Quality Service & Professional Advice to Get the Job Done Right! 1561 - 100th Street, North Battleford, SK 306-445-7775
VOTED BY Score Golf Magazine Top Ten Public places to play in Saskatchewan & Manitoba
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Location, Location, Location
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West side bungalow, 1,050 square feet 3 bedrooms, 2 baths New windows, shingles & 3 pce bath in 2016 Off street parking at back w/large electrified shed Close to Bready, Holy Family & JP II schools Call Donna Ray at (306) 441-9173 or Karen McMillan at (306) 441-2224 for more info MLS®SK759530
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BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE THE BATTLEFORDS 306-445-5555
908 square feet 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Large detached, heated garage Lots of living space for family and friends Call Tracy Voigt or Jayna Hannah to view at (306) 445-5555 MLS®SK766366
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Great Location, Amazing House!!
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You Can’t Beat This Location! Located on Gregory Drive Over 1,500 square feet 5 bedrooms / 2 bathrooms Single attached garage w/ direct entry Beautiful, mature backyard Call Tracy Voigt or Jayna Hannah at (306) 445-5555 MLS®SK775826
• West side bungalow, 911 sq. ft. • 2 bedrooms, 1 baths • New shingles (May 2019) • Basement open for future development – R.I. plumbing • High EE furnace, newer water heater, updated electrical panel • Call Donna Ray @ 306-441-9173 for your personal viewing MLS®SK776041
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Well cared for east side bungalow, 950 sq. ft. Single detached garage Recent renovations including windows 2017 Large fenced yard with extra parking in back 4 bedrooms, 1 bath Call Donna Ray at (306) 441-9173 MLS®SK766731
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BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE THE BATTLEFORDS 306-445-5555
Designed with Distinction!
• Executive custom built home, located in Battleford, 1,342 sq. ft. • 2+2 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, main floor laundry • Open concept living, kitchen & dining areas boast vaulted ceilings • Master Bedroom, walk in closet, large en-suite with Jacuzzi tub & sun tunnel • Kitchen features island and pantry • 2 car heated garage and beautiful manicured yard • Call Donna Ray @ (306)441-9173 for your personal viewing
$
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In-Town Acreage
• 1,469 square feet • 2.37 acres • Park like yard • In town services • Located in town of Meota • Call Kevin for more info at (306) 441-5960
MLS®SK776108
Mechanical Ltd.
“Qualitythat thatdoesn’t doesn’tcost, cost,ititpays” pays” “Quality SERVING THE AREA... “Quality thatBATTLEFORDS doesn’t cost,& it pays”
Plumbing & Heating
Dion Locally BelRose 306-937-2083 owned & operated
ESTIMATES 306-937-2083 Call Dion or Pat 937-2083
• Sales - Service - Parts - Bodyshop • 3022 99th Street, Hwy 4 North, North Battleford, SK
306-445-7799
www.rainbowtoyota.com
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1,040 sq.ft. • 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Large yard with new fencing Brand new EE furnace Updated kitchen and flooring Contact Jayna Hannah or Tracy Voigt at (306)445-5555
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• Gasfitting • • Furnaces • • Water Heaters • • Boilers • ...and much more, call today!
SENIOR DISCOUNT AVAILABLE
Licenced/Insured WCB A263327
• New & Used Cars & Trucks • • Leasing & Financing Available •
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Big Sky
Serving the Battlefords & Area...Locally Owned & Operated
#1
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J&D Roofing
Driving the World’s Selling Import
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306-445-5555
FREE ESTIMATES
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River Valley Estates, 1,040 square feet Large kitchen w/maple cabinets & portable island 2 bedrooms, 4 pc bath & 3 pc bath off master Spacious living room w/balcony, spectacular views of river valley & city skyline • In unit laundry • 2 parking stalls - 1 inside main complex & additional in outside heated garage • Contact Donna Ray at (306) 441-9173 or Karen McMillan at (306) 441-2224 to view!
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WCB ESTIMATES • Fully Insured FREE
3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms Windows all updated 2009 Basement recently finished EE furnace Double detached garage All appliances remain Call Tracy Voigt at (306) 441-1981
For People On The Go!
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Insurance Claims Welcome Licensed, WCB Coverage • Fully Insured LocallySnow Owned & Operated Rooftop Removal Available
So Many Updates!!
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306-480-5030
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Park Like Yard!!
Huge double lot, double detached garage Tons of garden space • Energy efficient furnace Some windows replaced Call Tracy Voigt at 306-441-1981
MLS®SK740170
Discovery Co-op
Home Centre & Lumber
Open 7 Days a Week
MIKE HUTCHISON Manager
for your Home Projects Territorial Place Mall, North Battleford Phone 306-446-7225 Fax 306-446-7212 www.discoverycoop.com
IF WE SELL IT... WE GUARANTEE IT Bus: 306-445-4171 Cell: 306-481-6081 Fax: 306-446-0862 592 - 110th Street, North Battleford, SK www.kaltire.come
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Commercial
Open for Business
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE THE BATTLEFORDS 306-445-5555 $
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• 7,000 sq. ft. with lots of parking • Almost 1,400 sq. ft. of upstairs living area • Boiler, in-floor heat, A/C in office & living quarters • 16’ wall height • Zone M-1 • Call Brian Lampitt for more information at (306) 445-5555
Acreages
6,560 sq. ft. building, .77 acre lot 1.3 acre adjacent lot available Fenced compound Call Kevin for more info (306) 441-5960
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE THE BATTLEFORDS 306-445-5555
MLS®SK737216
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Family Business
Located at Co-op Aquatic Centre Includes equipment, leasehold improvements, business Serves fresh coffee, paninis, wraps, gelato, etc. Good margin on sales Call Archie Robinson at (306) 441-3455
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Prime Office Location
Corner of 13th Avenue & 102nd Street Close to downtown • Good traffic area for exposure Over 2,000 square foot office area on 4 levels Ample parking space • Central air, internet wired Call Archie Robinson for more details at (306) 441-3455
MLS®SK757017
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Acreage Living minutes from town!
1,344 sq.ft. raised bungalow 10 acres fully fenced 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms • 32x60 pole shed Many updates throughout Quiet, peaceful, beautiful location Call Jayna Hannah or Tracy Voigt to view (306)445-5555
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Denholm Acreage
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2 km east of Denholm - 16 acres 3 bdrm home • Double garage - metal quonset Deep well - underground wiring Sheltered yard site • Requires some TLC Call Archie Robinson or Brian Lampitt at (306) 445-5555 for your personal viewing
MLS®SK766668
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Located less than 1 kilometer North of city 100_ acres - 94 cultivated 877 sq. ft. home - double garage Machine shed & barn • Many possibilities Call Brian Lampitt for more info at (306) 445-5555
MLS®SK744078 • • • •
Steel Frame Construction
4,000 sq. ft. •In-floor heat Corner lot with great access Fenced compound Call Kevin for more info 306-441-5960
Commercial Exposure
MLS®SK737183
• 5,500 sq.ft. building • 1.3 acre lot • Downdraft paint booth • Fenced compound • Call Kevin for more info (306_)441-5960
W NE
Great Location! • 1,232 sq.ft. • 3 bedrooms, 2 baths
Industrial Lot
• Double car garage • Great workshop • Call Kevin (306)441-5960 for more info.
• 1.3 acre lot • Fenced compound • Available with purchase of 11 - 4th Ave. • Call Kevin for more info (306) 441-5960
MLS®SK773495
MLS®SK737199
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• Over 21,000 sq. ft. • 1.37 acres of land on highway: 4 North • Many possibilities • High traffic count, great exposure • Call Brian to view
Exclusive Come For The Food...Stay For The View!
THE MAIN COURSE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE
Casual & Special Occasion Dining Large Menu Selection 1 Riverside Drive North Battleford Golf & Country Club
306-445-5055
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Lake Life is Waiting For You!
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FISHER’S
Located on Martinson’s Beach • Beautiful lot at water level Year round lakefront property 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom Loft with extra beds, Walk-out basement Call Tracy Voigt or Jayna Hannah at (306) 445-5555
MLS®SK774415
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Prime location in town limits • 160 acres with view Natural grassland & rolling hills Adjacent to newer grid road • Could be subdivided Call Karen at (306) 441-2224
MLS®SK739208
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Resort Village of Aquadeo • Water front lot Overlooking Jackfish Lake • Approximately 50’x114’ Services to lot Good home or cottage site Call Archie at (306) 441-3455 or Brian at (306)441-6433
MLS®SK768659
DRUG STORE
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Friendly Family Health Care 1501-100th St., North Battleford
306-445-6153
Migneault Law Office
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Gateway to the North
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BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE THE BATTLEFORDS 306-445-5555
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Lake
MLS®SK773065
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Great Location!
1,488 sq.ft • 4 bedrooms, 3 baths Double car garage 44x100 Quonset Close to Table Mountain Call Kevin (306)441-5960 or Brian (306)4455555 for more info
MLS®SK727459
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• 18.54 acres • 485’ frontage on Highway 26 • Could also be used for resident development • Call Kevin for more info 306-441-5960
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View Included!
Located in Resort Village of Aquadeo Spectacular view or Jackfish Lake Approx. 2 acres • Services available to lot line build your dream home here Call Archie at (306)441-3455 or Brian at (306)441-6433
MLS®SK740850
Barristers and Solicitors
Kevan M. Migneault, B.A., LL. B. Monte M. Migneault, B.A., LL. B.
SALLOWS BUILDING at
1391 - 101st Street (across from the library) North Battleford, SK
306-445-4491 or 1-800-667-1320
Where Else...
...Also in Hague, Sask.
(mailing address: P.O. Box 520, North Battleford, SK S9A 2Y8)
Phone: 306-445-4436 or 306-445-8151 Fax: 306-445-6444
Email: monte@mglawoffice.com
9 $ 49
Territorial Drive & 100th Street, North Battleford
Office located in the
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NORTH BATTLEFORD | HAGUE
Todd Heck
Tracy Cook
Kevin Russell
Jay Price
Kevin Colliar
www.valleyfordsales.ca
• • • • •
Evergreen Beach
4 bedrooms, 2+ baths • Open concept floor plan Gas Fireplace (stove) & furnace 2 enclosed patios & covered deck Garage & lots of storage Call Brian Lampitt; to view at (306)4416433
MLS®SK773161
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Endless Possibilities
• 27.67 Acres, adjacent to campgrounds • Across the street from golf course • Short walk to sailing club and public beach • Could be used for residential development • Call Kevin for more info (306) 441-5960 MLS®SK727460
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Dreaming of Lake Life
NEW PRICE
• Waterfront • Year round • Single detached garage • Walk out basement • Beautiful view of Jackfish • Call Tracy Voigt at (306) 441-1981 MLS®SK743156
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Year-round Lakefront on Sutton’s Beach
• 1,445 sq. ft. • 4 bedrooms, 3 baths • Custom cabinets • ICF basement • Beautiful view of Jackfish Lake • Call Jayna Hannah or Tacy Voigt today @ (306) 441-4555 MLS®SK768760
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• Located at Summerfield Beach • Beautiful views of Murray Lake • Call Tracy Voigt or Jayna Hannah at (306) 445-5555 MLS®SK7677944
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• 1,920 sq.ft. • 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Dual sided wood burning fireplaces • Double attached heated garage • Steps away from prime beach • Call Jayna Hannah or Tracy Voigt for your personal showing today (306)445-5555 MLS®SK772650
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• Located in Meota - facing lake • Close to concessions, swimming area, boat launch • 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • Great view from 2nd storey • Gas fireplace • CallArchie to view MLS®SK755551
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Beachfront Home on Jackfish Lake!
Lakefront Lot
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• 848 square feet • 5 bedrooms, 2 baths • Private backyard • Close to beach • Call Kevin to arrange a viewing (306) 441-5960 MLS®SK773119
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• 1,260 sq. ft., located at 4 Season Elk Ridge Resort • 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, immaculate move in ready! • Sleeps 11, fully furnished, includes all appliances & well equipped kitchen • 27 hole golf course and close to Prince Albert National Park and Waskesiu • Owner occupied, but could be put into Elk Ridge Rental Pool • Call Donna Ray at (306) 441-9173 for your personal viewing
MLS®SK748927
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BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE THE BATTLEFORDS 306-445-5555 Premium Condo, Elk Ridge Resort
Miles Wide View
• 1,080 sq. ft. • 4 bedrooms, 2 baths • Quality build • Year round home • Call Kevin to arrange viewing at (306) 441-5960 MLS®SK741101
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Shown With Pride
Lakefront home, Summerfield Beach, Murray Lake Immaculate bungalow with developed walk-out basement, double attached heated garage Situated on 2 beautiful manicured lots, mature landscaping, amazing lake views 4 bedrooms, 3 baths Hardwood floors, jet tub, central air, central vac, UGS & heated basement floors Large deck, walkout to lower covered patio Shingles replaced on home & sheds 2017 Call Donna Ray to view (306)441-9173
MLS®SK764297
Lake Living!
• 1,312 square feet • 4 bedrooms, 3 baths • Year round home • Open concept, modern decor • Call Kevin Menssa to arrange viewing at (306) 441-5960 MLS®SK759987
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Beautiful Lakefront View
• Located on Pelican Point • Extra-large lot with no neighbours on 1 side • Year round home • Professionally landscaped • Amazing views of Murray Lake • Double attached garage • Call Tracy Voigt or Jayna Hannah at (306) 445-5555 MLS®SK766584
Golf & Lakeside Living!
• Renovated bungalow in the lake community of Meota • New kitchen/bath cabinets/c/w quartz counter tops • New flooring, paint, light fixtures, upgraded appliances (2018) • 3+1 bedrooms, useable partially finished basement • Backyard is fenced with private deck and shed • Call Donna Ray @ (306)441-9173 to view MLS®SK768444
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702 - 102nd Street
306.445.2739 Locally crafted beer! armourbrewing.com HOURS: Tues 3 – 9; Wed 3 – 10; Thurs 3 – 10 Fri 3 – 11; Sat 12 – 11; Sun/Mon Closed
WE’VE GOT YOUR LUMBER. TWO LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU
11301 - 6th Avenue, North Battleford, 306-445-3350 AND 218 - 22nd Street, Battleford, 306-937-2642
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Waterfront With a View!!
Year round home in Aquadeo 3 bedrooms/one bathroom Triple detached garage Covered deck overlooking the lake Dock & hot tub included Call Tracy Voigt & Jayna Hannah @ 306445-5555 MLS®SK776083
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Bernier Millwork
• Commerical • Residential • Kitchen & Bath • Computer Design Service Anything & Everything in Cabinets & Tops REALTOR®
306-446-3555 (f) 306-445-3538 2511 Commerce Dr., N. Battleford, SK www.berniermillworkltd.com b.mill@sasktel.net
ASSOCIATE BROKER/REALTOR®
BROKER/ REALTOR®
REALTOR® We cut & program transponder keys to most cars.
REALTOR®
306-446-2252 1731 - 101st Street North Battleford, SK
REALTOR®
Mechanical contractors Phone 306-445-4344
www.rcph.ca email: rcph@sasktel.net 841 - 106th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 1W3
ASSOCIATE BROKER/REALTOR®
REALTOR® Part-Time
1541 - 100th Street North Battleford
306-445-5555
www.realestatethebattlefords.ca
GET
Harley Collins 306-480-4330 306-386-3355 hdc.cont.electrical@gmail.com “Serving the Battlefords & Area”
THE
STRA GHT L NE BU LDERS INC. JOB
DONE
RIGHT
- new homes - whole home renos - additions - outbuildings - kitchen & bath - insurance repairs www.straightlinebuilders.ca 306-937-3601 Battleford, SK
Hudec Law Office
2nd Floor, 1201-103rd Street North Battleford, Sask. S9A 1K7 E-Mail: hudeclaw@sasktel.net
Bus. 306-446-2555 Fax. 306-446-2556
MONSEBROTEN & ASSOCIATES
www.silvesterglass.ca
GUY’S EVERYDAY
Barristers & Solicitors Micheal P. Hudec, LL.B. Marusia A. Kobrynsky, B.A., LL.B
“We have been in business since 1953 taking care of residential windows & doors.”
FURNITURE
LOW PRICES!
1421 101st Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 1A1
General Practice Including: • Real Estate & Mortgages • Farm Law • Wills & Estates • Corporate • Commercial • Family Law • Employment Law • Civil Litigation • Criminal
Accepting New Clients
KEVIN A MONSEBROTEN, CFP, CLU, RRC, R.F.P. Senior Financial Consultant Tel. 306-446-1200 Cell 306-441-1636
YOUR LOCAL FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE STORE!
kevin.momsebroten@igprivatewealth.com
General Plumbing Heating & Electric Ltd. 692 - 109th Street North Battleford, SK S9A 2C4 A. McKim Cook, Manager
Email: gphe@sasktel.net
Phone: 306-445-2341 Fax: 306-445-2289
1822 - 100th Street North Battleford Eldon Lindgren, Q.C., Patricia Meiklejohn, Clifford Holm, Jaylyn Lawrence, Brent Illingworth
306-445-7300 www.matrixlawgroup.ca reception@matrixlawgroup.ca
306-446-0545
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Thursday 9:00 am - 9:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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If your group or institution has been the recipient of a donation or gift, or if you have made a donation to your community, we’d be happy to let our readers know. Send a photo to our email address: newsoptimist.news@sasktel.net. Please include names of those in the photo and the details of the donation or gift. See some of our Hometown Heroes on this page.
Grassroots Support for Community Garden
For more than 25 years, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has supported grassroots environmental projects across Canada, providing more than $85 million in funding to over 25,000 local projects in communities just like the Battlefords. In 2017 alone, TD provided $6 million in support to more than 600 projects. TD has approved a donation of $7,500 to Battlefords Family Health Centre Community Garden in North Battleford. At the cheque presentation were Jay Kovilakam, manager of Customer Experience at TD Branch in North Battleford, Branch Manager DJ Vaibhav Thakar and Rose Favel from the Battleford District Health Centre. Photo submitted
Donation Goes Toward Maymont Playground
Maymont Central School is home to six different communities of students. Maymont, Radisson, Fielding, Sonningdale, Ruddell and Richard. As student numbers increase, so does the need for an updated playground as well as track elements. This year the school community council, staff and students set a goal, and took on the task to fundraise money to make this dream a reality. With the support of a $15,000 donation from the Richardson Foundation, the school is on target to achieving this goal. “We are a community-driven school that thrives on building relationships and it makes it that much more special that their values align with ours,” states the school in a news release. “Time and experience have helped shape our company, but it is our enduring relationships with generations of farmers, customers and the dedication of our employees that has helped us grow into the wellpositioned and globally connected company we are today,” says the Richardson Foundation. The school says, “We thank the Richardson Foundation, as there will be many generations of children laughing, playing and building relationships on the new playground and track that you helped build.” Photo submitted
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BATTLEFORDS ART CLUB
By Jean M. Dunn “Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson With that thought in mind, if you’ve ever had an inclination to paint, you’re welcome to come down to the basement at the Don Ross Community Centre on Tuesdays. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for the art club. You can check it out. This Tuesday after lunch we went down to the Western Development Museum to hang up another display of our paintings. They will be hanging there through the end of July. Another thing to check out. Another display at the Chapel Gallery is starting July 27 through Sept. 19. This is for gallery members only and will have pieces created only in the last year. It should be spectacular.
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I have just teamed up with Shirley and Joyce at Styles Plus, 156 - 22nd St, Battleford for custom bra fittings. Friday, June 21 9:00 am to 5:30 pm and Saturday, June 22 9:00 am to 4:00 PM. To book your appointment call 306-446-1319 and if there isn’t an answer please leave a message on the answering machine and they will call you back.
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EDWARDS SOCIETY INC. would like to pay a
SPECIAL TRIBUTE to IRENE COWIE an employee who demonstrates special skills in her employment with our agency.
Irene has been employed with Edwards Society since January, 2002. She began as a casual staff and has worked all the various shifts. She has worked full time in the Supported Living Program and has now been
Program Coordinator since Sept, 2009. Her flexibility is shown by her varied positions. Irene is a dedicated employee, who has a strong work ethic. She is organized and sets high standards for herself. Irene is a person of many talents and skills. She is gifted in construction, horticulture, aesthetics/designing, domestics (cooking, cleaning, etc.) as well as having good knowledge of mental illness and human behavior. Irene is a lifetime learner. She has utilized the education received from the various trainings Edwards has provided for her and she also reads the resource materials provided by the agency and uses them in working with the clients.
Irene spends time in thoughtful consideration and planning how to best work with each client and what can be done to help them in their rehabilitation, developing individual plans for their care and making changes as needed. Irene embraces challenge and even likes change. She is gifted as a teacher and is always teaching. She is often seen with a hand on a shoulder and making eye contact as she is talking. She is firm and consistent, compassionate and understanding. Irene believes in making life fun and incorporates this in all she does. She creates a happy, upbeat environment, encouraging positive thinking – which is conducive to everyone’s well being.
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• Métis. This term refers to people of mixed an cestry who developed their own traditions, cultu res and languages distinct from those of their Indigenous and European ancestors. Most Métis populations are historically located in the Prai ries, especially along the Red River in Manitoba. This term should only be used to refer to people who identify as Métis and not for all people of both Indigenous and European descent.
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• First Nations. This term is used to describe Indi genous peoples who are ethnically neither Inuit nor Métis. It became common during the 1970s as an alternative to the outdated term Indian. It’s used to refer to people who have official status under the Indian Act of Canada as well as people without status who identify as belonging to a First Nation. Whenever possible, you should use the name of the specific nation in question rather than simply saying First Nations or Indigenous.
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sports JPII Crusaders joining Hilltops this fall Submitted Andrew Pyle and Zack Wells have been playing JPII Crusader football throughout high school. Following graduation from Grade 12 at John
Paul II Collegiate, they’ll be joining the Saskatoon Hilltops. Both play defence as linebackers and have consistently contributed to special teams for the Crusaders.
Andrew, who has been playing with the Battlefords Minor Football league since Grade 7, and Zack who has been playing since Grade 9 in Biggar, are looking forward to the next level
Zack Wells and Andrew Pyle with the Crusaders logo in the background. Photo by Ramona Stillar
of play, especially since they recently played in the Senior Bowl where Andrew won the North MVP. They were subsequently scouted for the Challenge Cup roster. The athletes have each
Zack Wells at the Senior Bowl in Regina. Photo Andrea Wells
maintained high academic standards throughout high school while also being involved in other extracurricular activities such as track and field. Additionally, Andrew plays basketball and has
worked as a Vacation Bible School leader. Andrew formerly attended Holy Family School. Zack grew up in Biggar and relocated to the Battlefords in Grade 10.
Andrew Pyle won the North MVP at the Senior Bowl in Regina. Photo by Averil Hall
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B’ford Legion unveils plaque to deceased veterans By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter
Battleford Legion members are continuing the military tradition of remembering and commemorating veterans with a new plaque they recently unveiled to the public. On Saturday, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 9 of Battleford presented a plaque dedicated to military veterans of the Anglo-Boer War, the First World War, Second World War and others in unmarked graves in the Battleford cemetery. Veterans in unmarked graves in the cemetery include George Racette, Henry H. Dugan, Thomas Drought, Patrick Maskel (spelling could also be Maskill) and Everette Porter. The aforementioned died in the 1890s, 1910s, 1920s and the 1990s. According to Legion vice-president Tim Popp, Drought was in the AngloBoer War, Maskel is reported to have served in the Crimea War, while Porter is reported to have served with the Canadian Militia during the Fenian Raids, in which an Irish Republican organization raided British forts in Canada. The ceremony, which took place at Battleford cemetery on Saturday, featured Legion members, Legion of Riders, cadets and
Battleford Legion members hosted a ceremony Saturday to present a plaque dedicated to military veterans and others who served, including those in unmarked graves. Former veterans in the Battleford cemetery fought in different parts in the world, and in battles that aren’t as famous as the world wars, including the Anglo-Boer War and the Fenian Raids. Photos by Josh Greschner
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members of the public. The ceremony featured distinctive features of Legion ceremonies, including appropriate music and a moment of silence. Pastor Jan Cooke read from the Book of Joshua. The plaque commemorates “the cost of liberty,” Cooke said. A statement by Battle-
fords-Lloydminster Conservative MP Rosemarie Falk was read aloud. According to the statement, “though their graves are unmarked, the shared accomplishments of these soldiers are entrenched in our Canadian story.” Popp said he and Gil Bellavance were researchers on the project.
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GPLS, motocross, school activities coming up By Sherri Solomko Correspondent
This weekend get ready for a mass population explosion as 38 teams arrive in Unity for the GPLS championship weekend. The event starts Friday night and runs into Sunday with softball teams in U12, U14, U16 and U19 divisions playing off. As well, you can go watch some fast track action as the Unity motocross club hosts races in their circuit June 15. Coming up at St. Peter’s school: June 12 - AR year end celebration; June 20 Kindergarten grad; June 24 - Kindergarten Orientation; June 26 - Year-end Mass 1 p.m. and Awards 2 p.m.; June 26 - Grade 6 class and parents grad lunch in the church hall at noon; June 27 and 28 teacher work Day. Swimming will also be on the June agenda. This year St. Peter’s bid a fond farewell to Miss Lauren Johnston who has spent the past four years teaching in Grades 5 and 1. Miss Johnston always participated in the annual music festival with her students and coached a few Grade 6 sports teams. We also need to thank Miss Johnston for leaving her legacy in the building; she came up with the idea to put motivational writings on the student washroom stall doors this year and she made sure it was completed before she left. Congratulations to Miss Johnston as she marries Dylan McGill this summer and moves out to Vancouver to start her married life Mrs. Worthington is also leaving as she has accepted a position with Living Sky School Division. Miss Wildeman will be getting married this summer Unity Composite High
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School held their annual awards ceremony June 4. Awards were handed out as follows: Senior Math/Science – 97.72% Paige Schultz Grade 10, 97.23 Kyle Parker Grade 11, 98.57% Kabri Rutley Grade 12; Senior Practical and Applied Arts – 96.78% Tianna Watt Grade 10, 96.47 Allison Ward Grade 11, 96% Joel Timmermans Grade 12; Senior Humanities – 96.48% Emma Baker Grade 10, 97.16% Allison Ward Grade 11, 96.93% Kabri Rutley Grade 12; Senior Visual Arts 95.34% Ainsley Orobko; Senior Physical Education/Wellness - 96.3% Tyrell Kuhn. Multiple district and provincial awards in multiple sports, robotics and drama were recognized. Twenty Grade 7, 21 Grade 8, 18 Grade 9, 31 Grade 10, 24 Grade 11 and 22 Grade 12 students were named to this year’s honour roll and presented awards. Proficiency medals were presented to Emma Baker 94.8% Grade 10 and 95.5% Allison Ward in Grade 11. Grade 12 proficiency is presented at the graduation ceremonies. Inaugural attendance awards were presented to four in Grade 7, six in Grade 8, four in Grade 9, eight in Grade 10, six in Grade 11 and five in Grade 12 Multiple bronze, silver and gold athletic awards were presented for both junior and senior high students. Three Legion awards were presented with two in zone for color poster and Emma Baker winning first
in zone and third in district for black and white poster. Arts and Culture awards were presented to Kerrigan Bowey in junior and Reece Gilbert in senior with Ashley Loadman winning director’s choice. Citizenship awards were presented to Ram Felipe in junior and Abby Stifter in senior high. Leadership awards were presented to junior girl Kerrigan Bowey, junior boy Pearson Bast, senior girl Courtney Smith and senior boy Tyson Moon. Three beliefs award was presented to Carrie Poitras in junior high and Dallas Spendelow in senior high. Select UCHS students were also invited to a special awards ceremony with the Living Sky School Division on June 6 in North Battleford. Congratulations also to the graduating Warrior football player Dawson Wilson, who was not only selected to play in the North South Bowl at Mosaic stadium, he has now learned he will be part of Team Canada in the CanAm Bowl coming up July 6 in Wakaw. 10 Track and Field students qualified for provincials last weekend in Moose Jaw but results were not known at press time. At UPS, on the remainder of the school calendar this year is: June 12 Grade 5 Field Trip; June 12 and 13 Grade 6 Field Trip; June 13 Grade 2K Field Trip; June 18 Kindergarten Year End Celebration; June 20 Grade 4 Field Trip; June 21 Grade 3/4 Field Trip; June 21 Grade 2P Field Trip; June 24 Grade 6 Year End Celebration; June 25 Last Day of Kindergarten; June 26 Last Day of Classes. Congratulations, Taelyn Wildeman, who was the 2019 Unity Western Days’ Rodeo Queen with Lexi Cooper as runner up and Kira Mielkie second runner up.
UCHS students were honoured at the Living Sky Student Fall of Fame event on June 6 in North Battleford.
UCHS students Courtney Smith, Tyson Moon, Pearson Bast and Kerrigan Bowey were honoured at UCHS awards night June 4 and all won the UCHS leadership high for boy or girl in the senior and junior category. Photos by Sherri Solomko
Coffee row participants’ conversations revolve around the lack of rain and predictions/thoughts for what summer could hold for us in the weather
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Marcella Pedersen of Cut Knife makes the Embroidery Association of Canada Seminar her annual holiday as it takes place in a different province each year. She was among more than 225 people from across Canada who attended this year’s seminar in Victoria, B.C. Pedersen placed first in the EAC Board Challenge with her stump work (three dimensional) embroidery of the “Western Red Lily.” She also won first with “Recalculating, Recalculating” for the EAC Seminar Theme “Beyond the Edge.” There were more than 50 entries in the Viewer’s Choice Award, several in the “Original” award, Leonida Leatherdale Award for innovation in embroidery, Youth Award, Group Award and Members Exhibition. The group award went to the Victoria Guild that showcased “Seahorses” done by individual guild members in different types of embroidery. There are at least 30 different kinds of embroidery, says Pedersen. Next year’s event will be in Halifax.
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Marcella Pedersen (left) placed first in the EAC Board Challenge with her stump work (three dimensional) embroidery of the “Western Red Lily,” above left, and first with “Recalculating, Recalculating” for the EAC Seminar Theme “Beyond the Edge.” (below) Photos submitted
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OBITUARIES SOULE: With deep sadness, the family announces the passing of Herman Soule of Ruddell, Sk. He was born in Hafford, Sk on April 30, 1935 and passed May 12, 2019. Herman spent his whole life on the farm at Ruddell, along the river. He came from a large family and learned early about adversity and hard work. He attended Ruddell School, leaving early to help on the farm. He was devoted to his family including all his special nieces and nephews. His love of animals was lifelong and included everything except maybe gophers. The farm was never without at least one dog but usually several were on hand and they were his very loyal companions always. His Saturday trips to the Saskatoon Auction Mart were legendary. He called it his office. His genuine interest in talking to others led to many great friendships at the auction mart. The Soule Tube Hill was a gathering place for family, friends, neighbors and others for many years as dad diligently fixed tire tubes to fill the tube shack. The family also enjoyed many wonderful trips, especially to Salt Spring Island, BC where his in-laws lived. His absolute favourite place to be was home on his farm and spending time with family and friends having wiener roasts, bonfires on the sandbars and rides in his river hills through the many trails. He often remarked “I just don’t know of any place as beautiful as this right here” and he meant it. He had a great smile and was always laughing and sharing stories. He loved being a part of the community and attending as many events as possible. He loved playing cards and having coffee. He was very social and loved nothing more than a good conversation with someone. We will miss his smile and great sense of humour, his strength, his kindness and so much more. He is survived by wife, Colleen of Ruddell, daughter Erin (Dennis) of North Battleford and son Everitt of Ruddell. Sister Agnes Woroch (Steve) of Prince Albert. Brother-in-laws: Patrick Lee, Salt Spring Island, BC; Alfred Gemperle, Salt Spring Island; Sister-in-laws: Marguerite Lee, Salt Spring Island; Jeannette Lee, Victoria; Vivian Soule, London, England; Edna Soule, Saskatoon. Predeceased by: Parents Slim and Nora Soule, brothers: Lawrence, UK, Leonard, Edmonton, Alan, North Battleford and Norman, Ruddell. Sister: Lorna Binder, Cranbrook. Special Nieces and Nephews: Donald, Doug, Lenora and Sherry. Parents-in-law: Cliff and Gladys Lee, Salt Spring Island, Brother-in-laws: Roy Lee, Salt Spring Island; Rom Binder, Cranbrook; Leonard Voegeli, Maymont. Sister-inlaws: Sharon Lee, Salt Spring Island and Ellen Redman, Vernon, BC. Thank you to the entire staff of 3rd Floor at Battlefords Union Hospital and the staff at River Heights Lodge. Thank you to Dr. Johnson, Dr. Campbell and Dr. Khurana for the care given. Thank you to the Primary Health Care Clinic for your friendliness and service over the years. Thank you to Trevor and Eternal Memories for your compassion. Memorial gathering will take place at a later date. To our family and friends, we cannot say enough. We thank you for all the special visits to Herman and our family. For the many acts of kindness, for the beautiful words expressed about Herman and so much more. We truly are overwhelmed by the support. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at https://www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca/ Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.
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PENNER: Mrs. Anne Penner resident of North Battleford, SK passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019 at the age of 79 years. Funeral Service was held Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. from the Territorial Drive Alliance Church with Pastor Keith Klippenstein & Reverend Don Unger officiating. A Private Family interment was held at the Glenbush Cemetery. Anne is beautifully remembered by her children, Barb (Rick) Rosendahl Travis & Kaylee, Karen, Melissa; Keith Penner - Brooke & Kyle, Spencer, Saige; Bev (Fred) Klassen - Chalsie, Briar & Kristen, Harley & Amanda Calvin & Cain, Lisa & Curtis - Jasmine, Dara, Vienna, Luna; Dave (Karen) Penner - Jaxon - Renae, Nichole; Corey (Christine) Penner - Brittany & Adam - Great-Grandchildren Zayden, Huxley, Sawyer, Brett & Katie; Judy (Blake) Lybeck Jessica - great-grandchild Cash, Brandon & Steph, Meghan & Shane, Sabrina & Micheal; Heidi (Hugh) Brinkhurst - Dawson, Conner. Predeceased by her parents, John & Elizabeth Wiebe; husband, Frank Penner; daughter-in-law, Chantel Penner; grandchild, Braxton Penner; great-grandchildren, Chloe Penner and Hannah Penner. Memorial donations may be directed to Sanctuary of Hope - John Hagee for more information visit https://www.jhm.org/sohcares For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Battlefords Funeral Service.
CARNAHAN, Edna Irene June 28, 1942 – May 28, 2019 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our sister Edna Irene Carnahan on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at the age of 76 years. Edna was born on June 28, 1942, the second daughter of Albert & Gertrude Sherman of Fielding District. She married in July, 1969 to Allan Bruce Carnahan. Left to mourn her death are: her sister Lucille (Marshall) Wynn’s children Rosemarie (Greg) Masnyk; Albert Wynn (Pat Norris), Rob Wynn and Les Wynn; her sister Pat (Jim) Carnahan of Battleford & their children Jennifer Carnahan (Alex Meschtcheriakov), Kristel Carnahan and Alexis Jones; her sister Helen (Ben) Fields of Trail, BC and their children Daniel, Luke (Pearl Penner), Cam (Lila Schug); her brother-in-law Roy (Donalda) Carnahan their children Auvery (Joe) Reid, Shannon, Bob (Stephanie Gratton) and 1 great niece and 6 great nephews. Edna was predeceased by her husband, Allan in 2017; her parents, Albert & Gertrude Sherman; in-laws, Stan & Elsie Carnahan; and her older sister & her husband Lucille (Marshall) Wynn. Edna had many interests, one being her love of travelling to Maui every few years to be with family. Memorial donations in memory of Edna may be directed to the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Nicole Welford of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.
Sachko- Edward James September 04, 1943 - May 31, 2019 Edward passed away on Friday, May 31, 2019, he struggled with cancer for 16 years and finally he succumbed to it. Edward was born on the farm homestead near Cando, Sask., he was in the middle of seven children. He attended Willowfield School and Cando School. While growing up on the family farm, Edward had a passion for farming and chose it for his career in which he did extremely well with grain and cattle. The family knew that Edward was proud of his crops because a crop tour was a must. He always purchased new vehicles and took you for a tour in them. Edward always kept up with current farming practices even when he was retired. He also kept up with current affairs and news. His love for animals is why he had cattle in his farming operation. He also loved nature which is why he kept the birds well fed. When Edward was younger and in good health, he went with friends on holidays to Mexico and Hawaii and Las Vegas. He also liked trapping and hunting and skid doing with his brother, Walter and friends. Edward was always well organized and meticulous about his house and yard on the farm. It was always neat and upkept. Family was very important to Edward, he liked helping when he could and hosting and visiting them Edward is survived by his siblings Margaret (James) McConaghy, Elsie Evashenko, Walter (Marlene) Sachko, Judy Hrycuik, and Jeannette (Andy) Krakowetz. As well nephews and nieces, James McConaghy and Terry (Inga) McConaghy, Karen (Dale) Reeves, Roxanne(Perry)Anderson, Craig Evashenko, Jason (Roxanne) Evashenko, Stacey(Collin) Hirschfeld, Shannon (Sean) Timmons, Crystal (Kenzie) Bunney, Darren Hrycuik, Rhonda (Perry) Burns, Marlis Hrycuik, Melissa Krakowetz, Chantel (Brett) Trost, and Scott Krakowetz. Edward was predeceased by his parents Mary and James Sachko, his brother, David, his nephews, Neil, David and Gordon McConaghy. His two brothers-in-law, Walter Evashenko and Eli Hrycuik. At Edward’s request there will be no funeral and he will be cremated. The family wishes to thank the Battleford Union Hospital staff on the second floor for the excellent care they gave Edward during his short stay there. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca. Arrangements are entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Home, North Battleford, Sask.
Agnes Jeanne Jullion Wilkinson Mrs. Agnes Wilkinson resident of Edam Enriched Manor passed away peacefully with family by her side at Battlefords Union Hospital at the age of 92 years. Agnes is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Jocelyne† (Gary†) Grismer and their daughter, Jennifer Ritchie (Darryl Wensley) and family; son, Guy (Emily) Jullion and their children, Angela (Mike) Weber and family, Joel (Cindy) Jullion and family, Adam (Lindsey) Jullion and family, Brett (Cassie) Jullion and family, Jenna (Jason) Nash and family; son, Denis (Cami) Jullion and their children, Amy (Brad) Crossland and family, Suzanne (Chad) Blais and family; son, Marc (Carlys) Jullion and their children, Dustin Jullion, Sean (Shauna) Jullion and family, Jessica (Blair) Knowlton and family; daughter, Paulette (Lenny) Blais and their children, Jeremy (Nicole) Blais and family, Robyn (Grant) Wilson and family; daughter, Nicole (Alan) Babiuk and their daughter, Kaitlin (Scott) Hedin and family; son, Mike (Shelley) Jullion and their children, Shalane (Mat) Thacker and family, Alyssa (Ryan) Roach and family, Rylan (Brittany) Jullion and family, Bryn Jullion (Jessica Belland); 18 grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren; brother, Francois Gallais; sister, Anne Sitter; brother-in-law, Ted Williams; and sisters-in-law, Rose-Marie Gallais and Margaret Gallais. She was predeceased by her parents, Honoré and Marie Gallais; father and mother-in-law, Alphonse and Julie Jullion; her first husband, Charles Jullion; her second husband, Neil Wilkinson; brothers, Maurice, Hubert and Brieux; and sisters, Marie, Celine, Therese, Gertrude, Cecile and Helen. Vigil of Prayer was held Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. and Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, June 10, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. both from St. Hippolyte Roman Catholic Church in Vawn, SK with Father Peter Paase as celebrant. Interment will be held at a later date. Memorial donations in memory of Mrs. Wilkinson may be directed to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 1738 Quebec Ave #26, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1V9. Condolences for the family may be left at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Nicole Welford of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.
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MATERI: Mr. David Materi passed away Monday, May 27, 2019 at the age of 51 years. A Come and Go Celebration of Life Service was held Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. from the Air Cadet’s Hall in North Battleford, SK. David Materi was est. May 1, 1968. He grew up in North Battleford but spent a lot of time in Metinota at the lake with his siblings and cousins. At the age of 16, David met his soulmate, Sherry. She was his life, as he was hers. They married on June 11, 1988. Kylie was born, and then along came Jessie. David loved to travel and go to concerts. He enjoyed boating and tubing at the lake with his kids. Other hobbies included playing the trumpet, throwing darts, playing slo-pitch, and he was also an avid gamer. David worked hard to provide for his family. Helping his community was important to him and he always encouraged people to be their best. Whether it was building up his daughters’ and wife’s confidence or being a sounding board and sage advice giver to his sons-in-law, he was always there when you needed him. He was a friend and a mentor, and he meant so much to so many people. David’s biggest passion was his grandchildren. His eyes completely lit up at the site of them. They brought so much joy and laughter into his life. Always in our hearts: Sherry, Jessie, Trevor, Caleb, Kylie, Brent, Khloe, Tabitha, Levi, Damien, Colton, Heidi, Family & Friends. “If you want to live life on your own terms, you gotta be willing to crash and burn.” Mötley Crüe “Primal Scream” Memorial donations in memory of Mr. David Materi may be directed to International Association of Fire Fighters - Local 1756, Local Charities - 902-104th St North Battleford, SK S9A 1N2. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium. CARD OF THANKS Thank you to friends, family, Eternal Memories, and the community for the food, flowers, support, and donations.
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Quietly remembered every day, Deeply missed along life’s way. Just as he was, he will always be, Treasured and loved in our memory. Loving Remembered by wife Anni and children and grandchildren
OBITUARIES BEITZ, Larry In loving memory of Larry Beitz who passed away suddenly on May 29, 2019 with his loving wife Debbie at his side. Larry leaves behind to mourn his wife Debbie, children Jenny, Tamie and Dereck, brother Ed (Bev), sisters Janet (Rob), Sue, and Wendy (Kerry), brother-in-law Bob Healy, and sister-in-law Janet Beitz, many grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews, as well as his 2 dogs that he adored, Bella and Maggie. Larry was predeceased by his mom Beatrice Stead, sister Donna Healy, brother David Beitz, brother-in-law Brian Johnson and grandson Adam. Larry was born in Kitchener, Ontario on November 29, 1943. He grew up in Ontario but lived in many communities in BC before settling in the Battlefords. Larry worked as an entrepreneur, in mining, in pulp and paper and in human resources. His latest business adventure was with Debbie at the Kitchen Zone. Larry was all about people, touching the lives of many over the years. He could connect with people of all ages. Larry was loved, respected and happy. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. In staying true to Larry’s wishes there will be no service. The greatest tribute to Larry would be to take what you learned from knowing him, use it well and pay it forward. In lieu of flowers, donations in Larry’s honour may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation (26-1738 Quebec Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7K 1V9). Cremation arrangements in care of Mourning Glory Funeral Services (306) 978-5200. Messages of condolences can be left at www.mourningglory.ca. __________________________________________________ COOK: On Friday June 7, 2019, Phyllis Marie Cook at the age of 84 years passed away at St. Paul’s Hospital Palliative Care Unit in Saskatoon. Vigil Of Prayer will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2019 from Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, 1201 – 105th Street, North Battleford, SK. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 from St. Joseph Calasanctius Roman Catholic Church, 1942 – 98th Street, North Battleford, SK with Father Cuong Luong as Celebrant. Interment will be held at the City of North Battleford Cemetery. Phyllis is survived by her son Kim (Sandy) Cook with children A.Jay (Rebecca) and Mitchell; Brian (Jill) Cook with children Christopher (Krista) and Danielle (Andrew) Kidd; Robert (Deanna) with sons R.J. and Logan;Tracy (Cheryl) with Alexandra (Derrick) Welford and Taylor ( Ariana). Her sisters Gerry Ryan, Bertie (William ) Brannon; Lynne Ryan; and Maudie Laliberte. Phyllis is predeceased by her loving husband Albert Cook; parents Fortunate & Caroline Cadrain; sisters Marge, Ida, Estelle, brothers Ernie & Bill, and several in-laws, cousins and friends. Memorial Donations in memory of Mrs. Phyllis Cook may be directed to Palliative Care at St. Paul’s Hospital- stpaulshospital.org or BUH Foundation Inc at canadahelps.org Or to North Battleford Golf and Country Club Junior Golf Program. For those wishing to leave a condolence can do so atwww.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Robert MacKay of Battleford Funeral Services (306-446-4200).
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OBITUARIES SUTTON: It is with great sadness that the family of Beverly Sutton announces her sudden death in Okotoks, Alberta, on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, at the age of 57. Bev is survived by her precious children, Kalle and Briana; her mother, June Sutton; sister and brother-in-law, Maureen and Alex McIsaac; numerous nieces and nephews; extended family; and treasured friends and colleagues. Bev was predeceased by her father, Brian Sutton. Bev was born July 27, 1961, in North Battleford. She loved growing up on the farm, spending her days swimming in the lake, snowmobiling, and enjoying her dogs and horse. Bev grew her talent for music taking piano and singing lessons, consistently participating in the North Battleford Music Festival over the years. After furthering her post-secondary musical education, Bev began her career in the film industry, working her way up through the ranks to become a well-respected Production Coordinator. Bev's greatest achievements and the guiding forces in her life were her beloved children, Kalle and Briana. As a single parent, Bev ensured her children were well loved and had a wealth of opportunities available for growth and development. Bev took great enjoyment from introducing Kalle and Briana to world travel and to promoting their dreams, wherever those dreams may have taken them. From sailing to horseback riding, Bev created lasting memories with Kalle and Briana. Bev's most precious moments were those spent with her children. Interment will be in the Meota Cemetery by private family ceremony. Please join us for a Celebration of Bev's Life on June 22, 2019, at the Meota Community Complex from 2 - 4 pm, with the Memorial Program beginning at 2 pm. In lieu of flowers, or for those who so desire, memorial donations may be made to STARS Air Ambulance, 2475 Airport Rd, Saskatoon, SK S7L 1M4, https://stars.ca/ or the charity of your choice.
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FUNERAL SERVICES Joan Potratz: A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. from St. George’s Anglican Church with Reverend Janice Trost officiating. A Private family interment will be held at the Turtleford Cemetery. Flowers are gratefully declined. For those who wish, donations can be made to the Battlefords Humane Society (https://www.battlefordshumanesociety.com/apps/donations/) or the charity of your choice. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Arrangements were entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium.
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This year on the 15th you will have been gone 14 years, and for dad it is three years. Hope you are happy together doing what you loved best just being together. The last year has been hard both physically and mentally. It is hard to do things alone. The weather down here has been lousy too hot, too cold, too windy. You had a cat called Tiggie, Dad had a cat called Tiggie II. Tiggie was a tabbie and Tiggie II was a tortoise shell. I got a cat that is both and is called a torbie, but her name is Arizona. She is my therapy cat and I am her therapy person. Was ready to retire this year in June but carelessness caused me to go on sick leave at the end of May. I almost lost the tips of two fingers.
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IN THE ESTATE of JACK KARLSON ASPELUND, late of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, deceased. ALL CLAIMS against the above estate, duly verified by statutory declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held, if any, must be sent to the undersigned before the 6th day of July, 2019. Denmans Baldwin Friedman Frank Barristers & Solicitors 201,1291-102nd Street, Box 905, North Battleford, SK S9A 2Z3 Solicitors for the Estate of Jack Karlson Aspelund
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NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the City of North Battleford for the year 2019 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the Assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days: June 13 to and including July 12, 2019
A bylaw pursuant to Section 184(1) of the Cities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with: City of North Battleford 1291-101 Street Box 460, North Battleford, SK S9A 2Y6 Dated this 13th day of June, 2019 — Steve Brown, City Assessor
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MEEWASINOTA CRAFT & TRADE SHOW 35th Annual - Sunday, July 7, 2019 Meota Community Complex - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Admission $2.00 per person (12 and over)
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Wednesday June 19
Battlefords Concern For Youth, Inc.Annual General Meeting at Room #101 Don Ross - Door #5.
Wednesday June 19
Time for Tots at the North Battleford Library. For ages 18 months to 3 years and their parents or caregivers. Come and enjoy 30 minutes of simple stories, rhymes and finger plays.
Wednesday June 19
Adult Art Workshop at the North Battleford Library. Create amazing works of art on ceramic tile, mugs and glasses! Using alcohol-based inks, we will explore the medium in this FREE workshop.All materials provided. Brng a smock or wear old clothes; this can get messy! The inks also have a smell, so those who are scent-sensitive should be aware. Registration is required, as spots are limited. Ages 13+.
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Tuesdays and Thursdays from at 1371 - 103rd Street (Living Faith Chapel Gym - use parking lot doors off 102nd). All ages – youth to senior, all skill levels. Annual membership fee $125.00 (or $5.00 drop-in fee per night) plus a $5.00 fee for the Table Tennis Saskatchewan membership/insurance.
Saturday, July 13th - Battleford Connie Leask Gant Antique & Collectable
Saturday, July 20th - Battleford Estate of John & Diane MacDonald Household, Shop
Saturday, July 27th - Glaslyn Area Garry & Marlene Conacher Farm Equipment Sale
Saturday, August 10th - Medstead Marj Klassen & the late Carl Klassen Farm Machinery, Cattle Handling, Equipment, Shop
Friday June 21
Tales and More at the North Battleford Library. Enjoy thematic storytimes inspired by STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math) activities. Ages 4-8.
Saturday June 22
If someone’s drinking troubles, attending Al-Anon Family Group provides understanding and support. Meetings Monday at 7:00 p.m. and Friday at 10:00 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, corner of 15th Ave. & 108th Street. Contacts 306-937-7765, 306-937-7289 or 306-441-9324.
Saturday, July 6th - Medstead Walter & Wilma Isaak
Makerspace Play Date at the North Battleford Library.Think & play with STEM and STEAM activities, build robots, create video games, explore circuits and more! All materials provided. Ages 5-12.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
Thursdays
Peer to Peer Support Group for Mental Health meets Thursday mornings @ 9:30 am at 1602 103rd Street in North.We welcome you to join us as we work towards recovery, and support one another.You will be warmly welcomed by all.
Growing Summer Reads! at the North Battleford Library. June 22nd is the kickoff for the TD Summer reading program, and our theme this year is Growing Summer! All ages are invited to help plant a children’s garden, sign up for the reading program, and do a scavenger hunt. Begins at 1:00 p.m. Hope to see you there!
Saturday June 22
Show & Shine, Barbeque Fundraiser & Biker Games Main Street, Hafford. Registration starts 11:00 a.m. - Beer Gardens open until 11:00 p.m. Live music from Dukes Under Fire - The Bros G. Show & Shine - $25.00 Bike Games - $25.00, Elk Burger & Pop $5.00. 100% of proceeds donated to Lupus SK Society Inc. For more information contact Larry Dale on Facebook or 306-491-3877.
Saturday June 22
Topline Social Dance Club will be hosting a dance at The Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 1352-100th Street in North Battleford at 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., lunch served. Gold Tones as entertainment for the night. Members $10.00 Guests $12.00, minimum age of 19, dress casual. For more information please contact Sharon at 306-446-0446, Leela at 306-445-7240 or Jean at 306-445-8815.
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Friday June 14
Adult Book Club at the North Battleford Library. Join us for discussion of Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult at 7:00 p.m. Refreshments provided.
Saturday June 15
Teen Book Club at the North Battleford Library. Our teen book club will be discussing Caraval by Stephanie Garber at 4:00 p.m. Snacks will be provided.
Tales and More at the North Battleford Library 10:45 a.m. Enjoy thematic storytimes inspired by STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Enginnering, Art, Math) activities. Ages 4-8. Community Garage Sale at St. George’s Church Hall, 191 - 24th Street, Battleford. From 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Church BBQ at 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Table rental $25.00. Contact:Val 306-441-9468.
Monday June 17
Musical Monday at the North Battleford Library. Bring your toddlers and preschoolers to the auditorium for some fun music and movement! Note: The main library is closed during this time. We are only open for this event.
Wednesday June 26
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News ‘n’ views from Baljennie By Dorothy M. Mills Correspondent
The Western Development Museum held Museum School Days on June 6 and 7 for Grade 4 children of the area. It was well attended by many interested little ones and their chap-
erones. There were hands on activities and many things to see in the main
museum building. There were volunteers on board to explain some of the working machines. There were also outdoor happenings in the barnyard and village. They had live animals in the corral and each day they sheared four sheep. Now the children know where wool
comes from. The volunteers had different wheeled items to give them a ride through the village. Also there was someone to give them all rides on the fire engine. The weather co-operated so they all had a good time. Sincere condolensces go out o the Norman Soule
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We are hiring! The Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan is currently recruiting an ambitious and result-oriented individual to work as a permanent full-time First Link® Coordinator based in North Battleford. You will primarily support people living with dementia and their family caregivers. You will help build awareness with physicians, specialists and other health care providers about the First Link® direct referral program and how they can connect people with dementia and their families to the programs and services of the Alzheimer Society. For more information visit our website.
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Macro Properties is seeking a skilled Cleaner for North Battleford. The ideal candidate will have experience in cleaning residential buildings or hotels with excellent attention to detail. The ideal candidate is a team player, is able to work under tight deadlines and has a positive attitude. In this role, you will be expected to:
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CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OFFICER The RM of Parkdale is looking to hire a Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). The preferred applicant will possess standard or higher certification in Local Government Administration and be proficient with Munisoft programs. Consideration will be given to applicants that possess acceptable degrees, certificates, diplomas or designations in Commerce, Administration, Business or Accounting similar to the preferred certification. Consideration may be given to applicants that are willing to take training necessary to attain Local Government Administration certification. Parkdale follows the salary schedule provided by RMAAS, provides a comprehensive benefits package and mandatory pension benefits. For further information regarding this employment opportunity please email the municipal office at rm498@ sasktel.net, call (306) 342-2015 or visit our office. Email applications with resumé and references to the HR Committee at rm498@sasktel.net or drop off at the municipal office.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume via fax 306-445-6711 or email to battleford@macroproperties.com. The successful candidate must have a clear criminal record and a valid driver’s license with a reliable vehicle.
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Keyanow Child and Family Centre Inc. is seeking application for a highly motivated individual who is willing to meet the challenges of Child Protection on Little Pine First Nation, Poundmaker and Lucky Man Cree Nation. In this position, you will be responsible for investigating allegations of neglect, physical or sexual abuse; assessing family function; determining risks to children’s safety; implementing intervention plans to address child protection issues; and providing support services to families. When necessary you will initiate court proceedings and work through this process with the family. You will be required to travel and work flexible hours. Our Agency has Zero Tolerance of Drugs including Marijuana, and Alcohol. Must have a BSW or BISW.
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vember of 2002. Connie has been having health problems and had to make the move. She had her grandson Lloyd living with her for the past few years. Good luck, Connie. D-Day ceremonies took place at Juno Beach in France June 6. Between 1939 and 1945, the area of Baljennie had more than 40 young men and women active in the Second World War. Some were killed in action. Others returned injured and had a difficult time getting back to normal life. Their memories are still with them. Most of them are in the age group of 90 years old. The larger part of them have passed on, but they will be remembered. Sympathy goes out to the Sachko family of Cando on the recent passing of Edward Sachko. He was the fourth child in a family of seven children. He went to the old Willowfield School and later to Cando School. Living on the family farm all his years, he took pride in his house, yard and his crops and cattle. He was a great lover of nature and kept the birds well fed. He did a little travelling with friends when his health was good. He was also a great help to his family whenever needed. He will be missed by all.
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family of Ruddell on his passing on May 12. He was a community person and loved his family. He had a love for nature, living on the high river hills close to the North Saskatchewan River. Baljennie will certainly remember the Soule family. Back in the early years before good roads were built and the ferry at the Denholm crossing was out for the winter, the only other way for Baljennie people on the south side of the river to get to North Battleford was to cross the river ice just south of the Soule farm, travelling with a team of horses with a cutter or sleigh box to Ruddell to catch a bus or train to North Battleford. You could stable your horses at the stable in Ruddell. Trying to get up those steep snow-covered hill trails through the Soules’ farmyard meant they were many times called to help out, which was very much appreciated by the travelers in need. Norman Soule and his brothers came to Baljennie events, and always the annual Christmas dance. Connie Rayner of Battleford made a recent move to the Battlefords District Care Centre. Buster and Connie moved from Baljennie a few years ago. Buster passed away in No-
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Friendship Club entertains By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent
Two Borden athletes were competing at provincial track and field meet in Moose Jaw June 7and 8 and did well. Wyatt Dyck was 11th out of 28 competing in midget boys javelin and Savannah Sutherland did exceptionally well, beating some old provincial records. In junior girls, she was first in 80M hurdles in a time of 11.36, beating the old record from 2004 of 11.53, in 200M dash she was first with a time of 24.89, beating the old record of 25 set in 2004 and she was first in 400M dash with a time of 56.21, beating the 1982 record of 56.57. Savannah also placed second in long jump, with total points of 70 to win the Individual Junior Girls Aggregate. She was also the anchor leg on two relay teams for Central Valley – junior girls placed first in the 4 x 100 and in an open girls 4 x 400 they placed first. Central Valley, to which Borden belongs, placed second in overall standings behind Saskatoon and Regina was third. Borden Friendship Club hosted their annual gettogether with clubs from Radisson, Langham and Maymont attending a supper and program on June 3 in the Borden Community Centre. There were 70 from
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out of town and 64 Borden members present to enjoy a cold plate meal catered by the Borden Club. The tables and wall were decorated with pastel cloths and flowers with potted plants for centerpieces set on pastel doilies. Twenty of these were awarded as door prizes to the guests from out of town. The entertainers for the evening were Randy and Rae Smith from Denton, Alta., and they played and sang many old time tunes for over an hour. Randy plays guitar, yodels and whistles and Rae plays a soft percussion instrument. The 50/50 of $151 was won by Wendell Dyck of Borden and he donated $100 back to the club. Each of the out of town clubs thanked Borden for a great meal and entertainment. Two memorial services were held in Borden on June 8, with Dorothy Buswell’s (1924-2019) in the morning at St. John’s Anglican Church, with Rev. Sheldon Carr presiding and pianist Sharon Assman. Her sons Alan and Neil spoke of memories of their mom and gave the eulogies and grandsons Lane and Steve
read the scriptures. After internment at the Borden cemetery, lunch was served at the church by the Borden Friendship Club. Then at 2 p.m. Rev. Carr presided at the memorial service of Winona Taylor (1927-2019) in the Borden Community Centre. Tributes to Nonie were given by her siblings Colleen Goosen and Garry Stone with Bob Wardhaugh reading David Stone’s memories as David was in hospital, and then more memories from close friends Moira and Annette (Wardhaugh). Pianist for hymns and special music was Maurice Taylor, brother-in -law from Tisdale, and Music Prelude was played by Bob Wardhaugh of Borden. After internment of ashes at the Borden Cemetery, lunch was served by the Borden Friendship Club. Borden School Graduation was held June 7 in the Borden Community Centre with five graduates – Brooke Brazeau, Kody Munkholm, Ovidio O’Toole, Danika Pidwerbesky and Colton Thiessen. The banquet was catered by the Borden Lions, the exercises were held following the banquet, then the presentation of roses and a dance with lunch served by the Grade 11 class. There will be a write-up when a photo of the class is obtained.
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Last noon meal of the season at the lake By Lorna Pearson Correspondent
The rainwater collected last week was a horrible brown colour that I have decided must be from the smoke in the air. It was a shocker to see how awful it looked, but it’s still soft water. The gentleman in the picture last week at Edam Manor who painted his ‘Pet rock’ was Max Olding. He’s good at taking part in activities going on there.
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The dead animal by the Pulse Plant last week was a big bull elk, not a moose, as reported to me. Mark your calendar for the June noon meal at the Community Complex, last for the summer until November.
Louise Cadrin will be back in Meota from June 29 to July 4 for anyone wanting to see her. She lives in Vancouver and writes children’s books. Fifteen people turned out for the first cemetery clean-up day at the Idylwild Cemetery, north of Bapaume. They came with mowers, clippers, hedge trimmers, rakes and so on and left with it looking pretty neat and tidy. Another former Spiritwood resident has passed
away in Calgary, Laura (Mitchell) Cave passed on June 5. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Duplicate bridge was played Monday in Meota at the Do Drop In with high scores in order - Vern Iverson and Eric Callbeck, Margaret Dyck and Maureen Campbell, and third were Cletus Scherman and Catriona Winterholt. They played in the Pioneer Hall in the city June 4 with highs in order - Betsy Brown and David Sharpe, Vern Iver-
son and Gerry Craig, Marlene Brydges and Donna Scherman. June 6 found them back in the city with high scores by Margaret Dyck and Jean Lawes, Vern Iverson and David Sharpe, Cletus Scherman and Anne Crozier. Doesn’t your house get quiet when the power goes off as it seems to do more often lately? This couple in northern B. C. were doing up their chickens and as they worked back and forth
across the yard the odd feather would drop. The tree swallows soon appeared and started to pick them up, often within a foot or so from a person. They took them to line their nests and when they tried to take a bigger one with a stiffer end into a birdhouse, they had trouble getting it in first try, but eventually did. Once they had all they could use, they quit – most interesting and fun to watch.
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Behind the Bar - Barrels, Beer Kegs and Bung Starters How did small-town Saskatchewan hotels serve beer in the early 1900s? It started with the shipment of wooden beer barrels by train to the hotels, unloaded on railway station platforms. The Bulyea history book, Between Long Lake and Last Mountain (1982), shares a yarn about two local farmers who crawled under the train platform “armed with a brace and bit, a washtub, and several buckets.” When the hotel owner arrived to pick up his whiskey delivery, he was dismayed to find an empty barrel. Because they had to stand up to pressure and liquid (and the occasional tampering), beer barrels were lined with pitch and made of thick, good quality wood. The barrel
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joanchamp@shaw.ca was filled by the brewery through a bung hole. Once filled, a plug was hammered into the hole, sealing the barrel. Opening the beer barrel presented a challenge to many a hotel barkeep. They used what was called a “bung starter” – a heavy wooden mallet – to drive the wooden plug, bit by bit, up and out of the bung hole. Bill Graham, head
bartender at the Great West Hotel in Davidson during the pre-1915 days, told the Star-Phoenix on June 1, 1948 that he opened many a keg of beer with a bung starter. Unless you were quick, Graham recalled, beer sprayed all over the place. “I got pretty good with that old bung starter,’ he said. “People would stand around and watch me with their mouths open.” The heavy bung starter also served as an excellent weapon for a beleaguered bartender. During Prohibition, some hotel owners kept a barrel or two of beer hidden away in the basement of their establishments. On February 3, 1925, the Regina Leader-Post reported that police raided the Cecil Hotel in Moose Jaw. As the officers entered the hotel, they saw the man behind the bar pull a string. “The officers darted to the basement and attacked a locked cabinet, where they found a small keg overflowing with
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water driven into it at high pressure,” the paper stated. “There was, of course, a smell of beer about the place.” The hotel had installed a beer keg apparatus – allegedly invented to defeat liquor enforcement methods – consisting of a double spigot connected to the water main. The pulling of a string flooded the keg and removed the beer within seconds. In 1935, when the Government of Saskatchewan permitted hotels to sell beer by the glass, Saskatchewan’s hotels scrambled to meet the government’s rigorous regulatory standards for licensing and reopen their beer parlours. In addition to building renovations and new furniture, hotels had to install new equipment for serving draft beer. “A 25-table beer parlour will require the most modern beer pumps, a cooling system, and cabinets,” the LeaderPost wrote on December 4, 1934. “It will need 100 chairs, at least 400 glasses and an insulated storage cellar.” Collectively, Saskatchewan hotels spent hundreds of thousands of dollars upgrading their bars. The Star-Phoenix reported on April 8, 1935 that Sterling Millwork Company and Cushing’s Limited had many orders for tabletops and refrigerators, and the John East Foundry was manufacturing $8,000 worth of table bases for hotels. 1935 was also a boom year for beer keg manufacturers. The Leader-Post reported on May 4 that one Regina brewery acquired 2,900 kegs for its new draft beer business. Of these, 800 were steel with an insulated aluminum lining. The remainder were wooden kegs “Handling of the empties by the breweries entails a lot of work,” the
Bill Davidson, former bartender of the Great West Hotel at Davidson. Source: Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, June 1, 1948 The bung starter. Source: www. matthewrowley. blogspot. com/2008/11/ barkeepersfavoriteweapon.html
newspaper wrote. “They must be sterilized and repitched each time they go back to the brewery.” Eventually, bottled beer
became popular and draft beer sales declined. Today, draft beer is enjoying a comeback thanks to craft breweries.
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Don’t correct and criticize others when you can let them do it themselves “Why is it that folks feel they have a right to criticize and correct others?” I asked Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan. Ed believes that it may be genetic as everyone seems to have a critical streak in them from childhood to old age. Children accuse parents of being able to find fault with them anywhere or at any time. Parents accuse teens of having an insatiable enthusiasm for criticizing everyone and everything. Most people end up blaming themselves from time to time. Politicians spend their lives criticizing each other. Ed summed up his opinions on criticizing by saying that everyone likes
words and have a steady diet of parental words that are critical and meant to improve them as children. Not just children, but everyone, needs to hear words that encourage them According to Ed and show them approval. By Raymond Maher Some bosses leave their www.accordingtoed.com employees without any supportive words. People revraymaher@accesscomm.ca tend to work harder when they are appreciated and to correct and criticize oth- today, 2019 might also be find support for their ers, but they do not want to described as a critical time. work from their employer. be corrected or criticized We are entitled to our own People may feel that some themselves. opinions, but our thoughts people in their lives will William Tell, famous are not necessarily right ex- never be satisfied with for shooting an apple off cept for ourselves. We can their efforts. Do some the top of his son’s head share our views but must people in authority live in1307 is reported to not be surprised if someone to find something wrong have said: “Our present wants to criticize them. with those under them? time is a criticizing and Some children are Sometimes it seems so. critical time.” I think that raised without encouraging When we deal with
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others, we can encourage them or criticize them. The Bible reminds us that there is only one lawgiver and judge, God, who can save or destroy. The Bible also asks in the book of James, “But who are you to judge your neighbor? Brothers, do not slander one another.” Jesus said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Jesus knew we have a distorted image of ourselves for we look at ourselves in a mirror seeing our reflection as right for who we are. A mirror only shows one side of us.
There is a hidden side of us that others don’t see, but God sees all of us. We cannot see ourselves fully and completely and need God’s word to help us understand ourselves in His truth. What we think we see in others isn’t clear and full, for we only see a small speck of the other person. We may see others as having a great deal wrong with them like a big log rather than a speck. We are not God, who is all-knowing and perfect in his judgments. We leave God to correct and criticize others in His authority of truth and mercy. May God show us our own faults and remove them in the forgiveness of Jesus.
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(RC) St. Joseph Calasanctius Parish 1942 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 0N4
TerriTorial Drive alliance church
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PASTOR: Rev. Phinh Do
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St. George’s Anglican Church - 9:30 a.m.
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191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK
St. Paul’s Anglican Church - 11:00 a.m.
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1302 - 99th Street, North Battleford, SK
Hope Mennonite Fellowship
Battlefords Grace Community Church
1291 - 109th Street, North Battleford
SUNDAY - 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service
Pastor: Bill Hall
Pastor Gerhard Luitjens & Abel & Sonya Zabaleta (Mission Partners)
191 - 24th Street W., Battleford, Sk. 306-937-7575
WORSHIP SERVICES - 11 a.m. Sunday
Church Phone 306-445-4181
Everyone Welcome
Battlefords Cowboy Church Services 1st & 3rd Thursday of each Month
Battleford Legion Hall 7:00 p.m. PASTOR - Rick Martin
All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Parish 902 - 108th Street, North Battleford
DIVINE LITURGY Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.
Contact: Fr. Ivan Derkach 306-937-3767 or 306-317-8138
Battleford United Church 52 - 4th Avenue West Battleford, SK
306-937-3177 Rev. Gayle Wensley
SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 a.m.
Third Avenue United Church Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 1301 - 102nd Street, Phone 306-445-8171
Everyone Welcome
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ROMAN CATHOLIC ST. VITAL’S 11 - 18th Street, Battleford, SK
Phone 306-937-7340 PASTOR - Fr. Sebastian Kunnath
Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.
Living Water Ministry
Sr. Pastor Brian Arcand Pastor Anand George Phone: 306-445-3803 Cell: 306-441-9385 Fax: 306-445-4385
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St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Roman Catholic Church SUNDAY MASS - 9:00 a.m.
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Maidstone/Paynton United Church of Canada Phone: 306-445-4338
Clergy Person: Rev. Ean Kasper
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Church & CE Wing: 306-893-2611 For booking the Wing: 306-893-4465
Sunday Services 10:30 am Various Weekly Programs www.livingfaithchapel.ca
Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church
DELMAS - Fr. Sebastian Kunnath Box 10, Delmas, SK
Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
1702 - 106th Street, North Battleford
Come Join Us Sundays at 11:00 am Loving God Growing Together Serving Others Phone Church: 306-445-4818 Fax: 306-445-8895 Email: tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca
Pastor James Kwon
Corner 16th Ave. & 93rd Street, North Battleford
Phone 306-445-9096
Saturday Services Bible Study - 10:00 a.m. Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
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