Regional News-Optimist September 22, 2022

Premier and CEO tour $2.3 billion oilfield purchase

By John Cairns SASKTODAY.ca

Premier Scott Moe and representatives Strathcona Resources Ltd., the compa ny that recently bought Se rafina’s thermal facilities, toured those assets Tues day.

Also there was Kinder sley MLA Ken Francis as well as a delegation from Strathcona’s board and executive, including Presi dent and CEO Rob Morgan (see the video below).

The tour took them to Strathcona’s facilities lo cated between Lloydmin ster and Meota. Strathcona recently acquired those in a purchase of Serafina En ergy Ltd. earlier this year at a reported $2.3 billion.

The company has four plants in operation today, and Morgan indicated they would like to expand even further with potentially a fifth or sixth plant.

Strathcona, owned by Waterous Energy Fund out of Calgary, is the fourth largest producer in Sas katchewan, producing about 60,000 barrels a day in the province. On a royal ty basis, the company paid the province close to $85

million for the first half of the year.

In speaking with re porters at Western Devel opment Museum in North Battleford following the tour, Moe made it known he was impressed with what the company was do ing, particularly with re spect to emissions at their production sites and even at their loading facilities.

“All of those emissions are being incinerated or being utilized, not being emitted into the atmo sphere,” said Moe.

“Some of the greatest innovation in oil produc tion is happening right here in this province and it’s happening right here in this particular oil field.”

Morgan said Strathcona was attracted to Serafina’s assets because of “the technology. It’s unique-toSaskatchewan technology.”

“In the oil sands reser voirs in Alberta the nature of that would be a large fa cility to produce steam to basically produce the oil at the end of the day, where in Saskatchewan the nature of the Reservoir‘s are such that we need much smaller scale. And the company

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Climate Action Incentive Thousands to be doled out this year

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In October, Saskatchewan families will receive their latest quarterly installment from the Climate Action Incentive pay ment.

According to the federal government, for the 2022-23 fiscal year, a family of four will receive $1,101 in Saskatchewan from the annual payments.

The program in Saskatchewan provides an annual credit of $550 for an individual, $275 for a spouse or common-law partner, $138 per child under 19 and $275 for the first child in a single-parent family

The quarterly payments re place an annual credit from pre vious years. Canadians living in those provinces where the Continued on Page 3

Employees from Strathcona Resources arrive at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford for a press conference. | Photo by Averil Hall/Freelance Photographer

Charges dropped in $50,000 drug bust case

Lisa Joy Staff Reporter

The Crown didn’t pro ceed with drug trafficking charges against three Sas katchewan residents who were arrested by Lloyd minster, Alta., RCMP in a large drug bust last year. Charges were withdrawn against 34-yearold Robin Stacy Michelle Moccasin of North Battleford, and 27-yearold Kellie [Kelly] Paige Moccasin of Saulteaux First Nation. And, on Sept. 14, charges were stayed in Lloydminster, Alta., court against 41-year-old Leroy Moccasin Jr. of Saulteaux First Nation.

When the Crown with draws charges they can’t be brought back before the court. When the Crown

enters a stay of proceed ings, however, the charges can be brought back to the court within one year but it rarely happens.

RCMP arrested 34-yearold Robin Moccasin, Kellie Moccasin and Leroy Moccasin Jr. following a traffic stop in a hotel parking lot in the 5400 block of 44 Street in Lloydminster, Alta., on April 29, 2021. Lloydminster straddles the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. The RCMP station is on the Alberta side and also serves the Saskatchewan side. Each province, however, has its own court house in Lloydminster.

During a search of the vehicle, police say, they seized $50,000 worth of street drugs including co

caine and meth.

All three were charged with two counts of posses sion of drugs for the pur pose of trafficking.

Robin Moccasin was

additionally charged with obstruction of a peace of ficer, resisting arrest, iden tity fraud, and three counts of failing to comply with release conditions.

Lloydminster RCMP said that at the time of her arrest, Robin Moccasin was under conditions from another large-scale drug trafficking file in

North Battleford on March 19, 2021. On the North Battleford charges, the Crown entered a stay of proceedings against Robin Moccasin on Sept. 7.

Youth arrested after attack at NBCHS

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Battlefords RCMP lo cated and arrested a youth after an assault that oc curred at North Battleford Comprehensive High School Sept. 14.

A release from the City of North Battleford indi cated the assault was re ported a 12:04 p.m. by of ficials with the school. The victim was transported to a hospital in another ju risdiction for treatment of what RCMP are calling a non-life-threatening in jury.”

The release also said RCMP considered it a tar geted incident and both victims were known to one another. The suspect was located off school grounds at a residence and was ap prehended by police at ap proximately 3 p.m

The school went into safe mode and the public was alerted. Other schools also went into safe mode as the location of the suspect was unknown.

Mayor David Gillan has extended gratitude to high school staff and to

first responders for their handling of the incident Wednesday at the North Battleford Comprehensive High School.

The full statement from Mayor Gillan is as follows:

‘The City of North Bat tleford would like to extend gratitude to the adminis tration and staff of North Battleford Comprehensive High School for recogniz ing an active threat and enacting their safety plan to protect the well-being of those at the school, in the surrounding area, and

keeping our children safe.

“We also want to ex press our sincere apprecia tion for all the emergency responders who responded to this incident promptly and professionally. Your immediate response en sured the safety of all in volved. The City [of North Battleford] understands that these situations can be scary, and for this rea son, we share our deepest gratitude for the quick res olution to this crisis which helped ease the minds of our community.”

Possible resolution for two charged in Glaslyn-area murder

By Lisa Joy Staff Reporter

There may not be a trial for two people charged with first-degree murder in the death of 54-year-old Bradley John Ham.

Ham’s body was found near a grid road 30 kilome

tres southeast of Glaslyn on Nov. 27, 2020.

A preliminary hearing for 28-year-old Jonathan Christopher Swiftwolfe of Moosomin First Nation, and 25-yearold Cassandra Yvonne Mary Fox of Sweetgrass First Nation, was set

for Sept. 12 but didn’t proceed after court heard there may be a possible resolution. Swiftwolfe was represented by Mike Nolin and Fox was represented by Brian Pfefferle. Senior Crown Jennifer Schmidt is prosecuting the two coaccused. Judge Michelle

Baldwin adjourned the matter to Sept. 29 in North Battleford Provincial Court.

Preliminary hear ing dates have been re served for Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1, and Dec. 2, in case a resolution isn’t reached

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Premier and CEO tour $2.3 billion oilfield purchase

Continued from Page 1 was very successful in be ing able to develop small scale thermal projects, so 10,000 barrel a day proj ects that could move with the reservoir as it would, and being done and high lighted in a fashion that was energy efficient, make very efficient use of the energies being generated from an emissions per spective.”

Morgan adds the com pany was investing in engineering studies for carbon capture in storage, looking at the feasibility of capturing emissions from the burning of natural gas to generate steam and then injecting it into the ground.

“That would reduce emissions further by about 60 per cent,” said Morgan. “It would certainly make the oil produced from this facility by far the cleanest in the world. And that to us is a very important hall mark of our industry and our country. We want to promote and produce the clean energy that Canada produces for the rest of the world.”

Premier Moe made it known was excited about the future of the industry.

From a jobs perspective, Moe said the government had set a growth target for the industry of 20 to 30 per cent, adding that was a “low target.” Moe pledged his government would put policies in place to allow companies like Strathcona to locate in Saskatchewan.

Moe cited the impor tance to the province of both creating jobs and also providing energy secu rity. On the latter note, he pointed to issues the Euro pean Union was happen ing in having to buy their energy from Russia, and in turn indirectly funding their invasion of Ukraine.

“We should not in this province, in this country, I would put forward on this continent, ever have a conversation that doesn’t have energy security, food security at the forefront of that conversation. We’re seeing that on full display in the European Union, what ideological political decisions and where that has gotten a number of countries, over 20 countries, in their energy security situation here today.”

Rob Morgan, president and CEO of Strathcona Resources.

at the Lloydminster Oil Show, which he compared to a “climate change con vention” because of the in novations talked about there on lowering emis sions.

He pointed to an arm chair conversation presen tation at the Lloydminster Oil Show the previous week between Morgan and David Yager, on how the heavy oil play in Lloyd minster over the past num ber of decades had provid ed innovation that could be replicated for the rest of the world.

that is being utilized in this heavy oil play in the northwestern part of Sas katchewan that ultimately

is going to be exported to other areas of the world. It’s global-leading innova tion and it most certainly

is leading the world and in every respect, in particular from the production of sus tainable energy.”

Farmers come to town for a garage sale

By Miguel Fenrich Freelance Reporter

Glaslyn-area murder

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Swiftwolfe was arrested at Saskatchewan Peni tentiary, a federal institu tion in Prince Albert, and charged with first-degree murder. This means that Swiftwolfe is in dual re mand, provincially and federally.

Swiftwolfe was moved from the federal Sas katchewan Penitentiary in

Moe was also excited about what he has heard

Prince Albert to Drumhell er Institution in Alberta at the request of the warden.

In October 2021, Schmidt told the court that the warden at Saskatche wan Penitentiary in Prince Albert wanted Swiftwolfe moved to an Alberta prison and had asked her for the court’s help moving him to Drumheller Institution in Alberta.

“He is a Westside Out law and incompatible with

nearly everyone at (the penitentiary),” Schmidt had told the court.

Fox was arrested at Pine Grove Correctional Cen tre for Women where she was for an incident stem ming from December 2020 involving a police pursuit of Swiftwolfe and Fox that reached speeds of up to 190 km/hour.

“What we saw today is that happening again,” said Moe. “Innovation here Action Incentive

Continued from Page 1 federal pollution pricing system applies — Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta — started re ceiving the first quarterly payment in July. Instead of being paid entirely at once, the first payment was a double-up payment to return proceeds from the first two quarters of the 2022-23 year for AprilJune and July-September.

The next quarterly payments are in October 2022 and January 2023; Canadians can receive the payments by direct deposit and can sign up for that. Also, it should be noted those in rural and small communities are eligible to receive an additional 10 per cent.

Full details are found on the Climate Action Incen tive payment webpage.

Fox and Swiftwolfe are also facing charges out of Swift Current including theft of a vehicle, theft, possession of stolen prop erty, firearms offences, and breach of court or ders. The court heard that the Swift Current charges against Swiftwolfe and Fox are interconnected with the murder charges and need to be heard together in North Battleford court.

Swiftwolfe and Fox had pleaded not guilty. The first-degree murder, weapons and theft charges against Swiftwolfe and Fox haven’t been tested in court.

The Battlefords Ag ricultural Society hosted its final indoor garage sale of the year at the AgriVilla Building on the Exhibition Grounds Saturday, Sept. 17.

With free admission, visitors could treat them selves to an all-day $5 pancake breakfast, con cession items throughout the day and perusal of the 50+ garage sale tables from around the Battl efords and surrounding area.

The Agricultural So ciety started hosting biyearly indoor garage sales so that farmers without a street address could also have the opportunity to sell their items at a garage sale in town.

“There are a lot of people on farms who have items for sale, but people don’t want to drive out to them. So we decided we’d give people the opportunity to haul in everything at once, to one spot,” said Jocelyn Ritchie, general manager of Battlefords Agricul tural Society.

“It’s caught on with everyone around town because they like the idea of coming to one place to purchase items … the community likes it because you don’t have

to find addresses and it’s all inside, so people don’t have to worry about the weather,” Ritchie added.

There was vintage de cor, children’s books and toys, books, games, house hold items, jewellery, handmade wooden items, vintage Cabbage Patch

dolls, perfume, men’s and women’s clothing, and various home decor items for sale. Territorial Drive Alliance Church was also present, offering face painting, brochures for their youth program ming and free items at their table.

Premier Scott Moe. | Photos by Averil Hall/Freelance Photographer

People look at items to purchase.

A table covered in jewellery. | Photos by Miguel Fenrich

Special feature

Saskatchewan bids farewell to Queen Elizabeth II

By John Cairns SASKTODAY.ca

Saskatchewan has bid a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II.

St. Paul’s Cathedral in downtown Regina was the venue for the provincial memorial service for the Queen on Monday evening.

The service coincided with the National Day of Mourning, as well as the Queen’s state funeral in the United Kingdom ear lier that day, and brought a conclusion to the official period of mourning for the province.

The ceremonies attract ed dignitaries including Lt.-Governor Russ Mirasty and Donna Mirasty, Pre mier Scott Moe, Opposi tion Leader Carla Beck, Speaker Randy Weekes, Regina Mayor Sandra Masters, and a number of other provincial dignitaries and officials. Upon his ar rival, Premier Moe signed the book of condolences for Her Majesty.

Lt.-Governor Mirasty gave remarks at the memo rial service on the Queen’s legacy of public service. He noted the many oc casions the Queen vis ited Canada, including six times to the province of Saskatchewan.

Mirasty said that the Queen’s final public state ment on Sept. 7 was a mes sage of condolence to those impacted by the attacks on James Smith Cree Nation.

“Donna and I attended the funeral service there on Saturday, and it was amaz ing how appreciative peo ple were of that last act of Her Majesty,” said Mirasty.

“Our Queen cared about Canada and she cared about Canadians,” he said. “The expanse of world events and societal changes Her Majesty witnessed was astonishing. She showed

us a remarkable capacity for change, yet valued the history and tradition of her role. Throughout her life she was respected and admired, recognized for a dedicated service and resilience in the face of personal challenges. With a long, well lived life, and a unique role that required working with dozens of Heads of State over seven decades, Her Majesty was a woman of wisdom and experience. She made ser vice a priority, and was an inspiring example for us all.”

The service was pre sided over by The Right Reverend Helen Kennedy, Bishop of Qu’Appelle. Kennedy has something of a small personal con nection to the Queen: her grandfather was part of Elizabeth’s protective en tourage in North Africa during her honeymoon.

“She has a special place in my heart,” said Kennedy, who was happy to see St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral play an important role in paying tribute to the Queen.

“It’s been a whirlwind of activity for sure. We are quite proud to be hosting such an important event for such an important person,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said she was one of those who had got ten up early in the morn ing to tune in to the state funeral coverage from the United Kingdom. “That was when the grieving hap pened, as it has been for the last couple of weeks, really. But tonight is a chance to honour her, and give thanks for all that she has done for this country and for the Church in general.”

For this memorial, the Anglican Church followed the traditional liturgy of the funeral service, fol lowing protocol as closely

as possible. Protocol has been important for entire period of mourning in the province, including during the accession proclama tion for King Charles III at Government House on Sept. 10.

Jason Quilliam, Chief of Protocol for the Gov ernment of Saskatchewan, explained that preparations for the potential death of the Queen had long been in place.

“Most folks are familiar with ‘Operation London Bridge,’” he said, refer ring to the plans and pro cedures approved by the Queen which were in place for decades in the United Kingdom.

At the provincial level, “certainly we have also been planning for some time. As soon as we heard back on (Sept.) 8th that Her Majesty had passed, those plans were put into place.”

The province started speaking very quickly with St. Paul’s Cathedral to put the service together, and “they were more than ready to assist and play a

role, and in most respects actually lead it because it is a church service.”

Despite the prepara tions, the death of Queen Elizabeth II still came as a surprise, as she had re

mained active to the end.

Quilliam paid tribute to her many years of service.

“She said when she was 21 years old… that no matter how long her life, whether it be short or long,

Final Salute

that it would be devoted to at the time she said the Im perial Family, but we know that now mostly as the Commonwealth. I think that’s a promise she kept unequivocally.”

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Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022. St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral in downtown Regina hosted the provincial memorial service for Queen Elizabeth II on Monday evening. | Photo by John Cairns

Esther Delainey. president of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 9, salutes after she lays a wreath to honour Queen Elizabeth II. See the story on Page 5. | Photo by Averil Hall / Freelance Photographer/Reporter

Emotional ceremony at Battleford Cenotaph honours monarch who has passed

By Averil Hall Freelance Photographer/ Reporter

It was an emotional day as a group gathered to say their goodbyes to Queen Elizabeth II at the Battleford Cenotaph.

MC Tim Popp said, “We are gathered here to day to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who passed away on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. It was only on June 2 that we celebrat ed Her Majesty’s 70th an niversary on the throne, the longest reign in Brit ish history. Today marks a day in history that no one will soon forget. Queen Elizabeth II is considered by some to be one of the greatest persons in modern history. She was true to her word that she would serve, doing her duty to the very end, an amazing accom plishment that will never be equalled.”

Trumpeter Jack Tatchell played the Last Post and afterward there were four minutes of silence. Children from Battleford Central School stopped their playing at recess to listen respectfully to the ceremony and took part in the moments of silence.

Jim Ramsay played the lament, Flowers of the For est on the Bagpipes. After ward, the trumpeter played Reveille.

President of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 9, Esther Delainey, gave the Act of Remembrance.

She mentioned how the Queen, just the day before she died, gave a statement to comfort the people of Saskatchewan after the killings that happened at the James Smith Cree Na tion and the community of Weldon.

She then recited the first verse of In Flanders Field.

Mayor Ames Leslie offered a few words and Tim Popp gave the Benediction.

To end the ceremony.

Tim Popp was the MC for the event. He became emotional when he spoke about the Queen.

Children from Battleford Central School stopped their play at recess to listen to the ceremony as an RCMP member saluted. As the children took part in the moments of silence one could hear a pin drop.

A group photo was taken at the end of the ceremony with the RCMP members, Legion members, mayor, piper and trumpeters present. | Photos by Averil Hall / Freelance Photographer/Reporter

everyone joined in to sing God Save the King.

Children get a chance to ‘Meet a Machine’

By Miguel Fenrich Freelance Reporter

The Battlefords Early Years Family Resource Centre held a “Meet A Ma chine” literacy event for children zero to six and their families Saturday, Sept. 17.

“Kids grow up knowing the garbage trucks, seeing our street sweepers, they grow up loving the Zam bonis at the hockey rink … sometimes, the kids don’t actually get a chance to meet the machine and the operator. So this is an op portunity for kids to get that real-life interaction with the machines,” said Kailyn Tyndall, the co-or dinator for Battlefords Ear ly Years Family Resource Centre.

Children had a chance to meet with 22 vehicles and their operators, in cluding a firetruck, street sweeper, police car, gar bage truck and a combine. Children’s books focused on vehicles that children will see around the Battl efords were given to them and their families, along with scavenger hunt cards.

“At home, they can read books about the real-life interaction they’ve had with the vehicles that day,” Tyndall said.

Event organizers said the inaugural event was started to provide access to the myriad of vehicles chil dren often see but never get a chance to meet.

“I think it really pro vides that sense of interac tion, not only the child with the machine, but the child with the operator,” Tyndall added.

The Battlefords Early Years Family Resource Centre, which opened at the end of January 2020, is relatively new to the com

munity and could not host in-person events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fi nally, they’re able to start hosting in-person events.

“We were very limited in the in-person services that we could offer. Now, just this year, we have lift ed some of our restrictions, and we just had our grand opening in June,” Tyndall said. Now, programming has gone back to pre-pan demic levels.

All of the vehicles for the event were volunteered by local organizations, governments, and busi nesses including: the City of North Battleford, North Battleford RCMP, North Battleford Fire Depart ment, Loraas Environmen tal, Department of High ways, RedHead equipment, Brad Mcleod Milk & Wa ter Delivery, Battlefords Pure Water Delivery, Bout Time Ride Truck, BATC, Western Development Mu seum, and First Student Canada.

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Victim of Rare Syndrome Remembered in Battleford

At a walk to remember Megan Burnett were Debbie Sidebottom (Megan’s mother), Chelsea Penley (Megan’s good friend and one of the organizers of the walk), Neil Phillips (Megan’s father) and Mitch Phillips (Megan’s brother). The walk was held Sept. 17 in memory of Megan Burnett (Sept. 15, 1983 - Sept. 23, 2016) who passed away from a rare condition called amniotic fluid embolism syndrome during the birth of her second daughter. For a video interview with Penley, visit SASKTODAY.ca

The walk began at the park on 35th Street in Battleford up to 4th Avenue and on to 26th Street and then back. The walkers were raising awareness of a condition called amniotic fluid embolism syndrome that took the live of Megan Burnett. The condition is usually fatal.

| Photos by Averil Hall / Freelance Photographer

The Megan Phillips Burnett memorial bench sits under a tree and is a nice place for people to come and reflect. The friends and family who donated the funds to place the bench encourage donations to the Amniotic Fluid Embolism Foundation to fund research and support.

Kids enjoy sitting in a snowplow.

A young boy sits on the City of North Battleford’s Zamboni. For more photos, visit SASKTODAY.ca.

A young girl sits in the WDM’s heritage vehicle.

Kids sit in a combine as the Battlefords Early Years Family Resource Centre hosts Meet A Machine event. | Photos by Miguel Fenrich

First pumpkin festival attracts hundreds to Midwest Food Resources community garden

By Miguel Fenrich Freelance Reporter

Midwest Food Re sources held their first Fall Pumpkin Festival Sunday, Sept. 19, and hope the event will return again next year.

The festival was well received by the hundreds of people who came out to support the local charity organization and the host of activities, volunteers and other local organizations that helped to make the fes tival a success. Vesna Fa, the organization’s execu tive director, has been with Midwest Food Resources for almost six years and of fered a few comments.

“This is our very first event, and we’ve been planning to do it for a long time. There is nothing like this in the area,” Fa said.

The event was held at Midwest Food Resources community gardens at 1262 Gagne Ave. and of fered a wide range of ac tivities for families, includ ing horse rides, a bouncy castle, face painting pro vided by Battlefords Immi gration Resource Centre, pumpkin bowling, a pump kin carving contest and various games brought by KidsFirst, BGC and Bat tlefords Trade and Educa tion Centre.

Chibogz (Let’s Eat) Food Truck was present, selling authentic Filipino dishes.

Holly Hildebrand, a lo cal artist, donated her time to set up a children’s paint ing station.

Vendors were present, selling honey, baked goods and handcrafted items.

Rhea Good, local au thor of Bottle of Grain and Incremental, offered pre sentations throughout the day on bokashi composting techniques.

“Bokashi composting is a superior form of com posting because anything organic can go into the system … anything from bones to napkins, coffee filter paper, even lint from your dryer. The food waste is fermented before it is returned to the soil, which gives the microbes a bit of a head start on the de composition process, and it’s a great way to recover all of your household food waste,” Good said.

Good explained that bo kashi is a form of compost ing in which organic food and household waste are added in layers to an air tight container and allowed to ferment. Wood chips are often included to absorb accumulated moisture as matter breaks down. A special mix with additional microbes is also added to the pail to speed decompo sition and fermentation.

“There is no need for all of our food waste to go into landfill when it can be returned to the community garden. It’s so unnecessary when you can turn it into something so wonderful for your garden, or for your yard.”

Traditional Indigenous knowledge keeper Reilly Checkosis was also present to assemble a teepee and teach Indigenous history.

“It was easy to erect, take down, and carry to the next camp … you use 15 poles, and the wrap ping represents the strong relationship between the male and the female, the husband and the wife. This was the family home. At the top there, it looks like a bow, and it represents them asking the creator, God, to send down a child,” Check osis said.

Checkosis added that when a child was born, it

was said to come down through the teepee and out the south-facing door towards the creator so that a new generation of life could begin. After canvas is added, and due in part to the tripod like-struc ture, the tipi could stand throughout the winter. Tee pees can range in height from the eight-foot teepee that was present to more than 40 feet.

“Each pole represents something different; you have either respect, kin ship, hope, thankfulness, obedience and so forth,” Checkosis added.

Jay’s Transportation Group and Battleford Flooring Centre donated over $600 worth of gift cards, which were given as prizes to the various win ners of the Gardening Con test. Categories included: largest pumpkin, largest zucchini, ugliest potato, craziest carrot, wackiest squash, biggest beet, larg est tomato, most impres sive corn and an open cat egory. Moon’s kitchen also donated $75 to the winner of the pumpkin carving contest.

A host of local orga nizations sponsored the event, and the raffle priz es were donated by Gold Eagle Casino, Artrageous, Innovation Credit Union, Northern Nurseries, Peavy Mart, Doug’s Paint Shop, City of North Battleford, Chic & Shabby and Battl eford Furniture.

After 2:30 p.m., the pumpkin festival pivoted to an adult-focused event with beer gardens, live en tertainment and an on-site pig roast. Local musicians Stevie Dean, Brian Mc Carthy, the Battle River Bandits, Jeff Dean Arndt, and Lance Whitecalf were present and performed from three to nine p.m.

“Midwest Food Re sources is a small, nonprofit, charitable organiza tion,” Fa said, which has been in operation since 1997. “We do cooking classes … partner with dif ferent organizations and schools, and we do fresh food boxes every second and fourth Thursday.”

The organization runs gardening programs and cultivates two acres of land each year. They rent out community garden plots, fundraise by selling organic produce at the farmers mar ket, and donate food to the food bank, the emergency shelter and other commu nity-based organizations. Early in September, they sent over 300 food boxes to Indigenous reserves around the Battlefords.

When asked what a perfect pumpkin festival would look like next year, Fa said, “I see us growing way more pumpkins and teaching people and bring ing awareness about food. Next year should be bigger and better!”

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Two children pose with their dog amongst the pumpkins.

Produce Midwest Food Resources has harvested from their garden.

Rhea Good at her bokashi composting booth.

Battleford Fall Festival Draws Crowds Downtown

G3 is Moving Saskatchewan Farmers’ Grain to Market Faster Than Ever

G3’s network of grain elevators in Saskatchewan has grown quickly, with more and more communities served by its high-efficiency facilities. The latest, G3 Swift Current, opened this year and another is due to open in Melfort next year

These elevators are part of the smarter path from farmers’ fields to global markets G3 has been building since the Winnipeg-based company’s inception in 2015. Its modern facilities are setting new standards for speed and efficiency that save farmers time and money.

“Customers are excited about the speed and efficiency that G3’s inland terminals have to offer as they deliver their grain to market,” says Bert Benoit, General Manager of G3 Maidstone. “Our facilities can dump a Super B truck of grain in about five minutes, which allows customers to haul multiple loads of grain in the same day.”

Farmer Keaton Dowdeswell delivers to G3 Swift Current and likes how his grain is quickly probed and graded before his truck pulls into the driveshed for a quick unload.

“You can just about open your hoppers all the way, so it’s fast that way. Once you’re done unloading, the grain is gone from the pit so the next guy can come in and just start unloading right away,” he says.

Saskatchewan producers are also benefiting from G3’s loop-to-loop rail system, where trains load and unload in continuous motion, moving quickly from prairie to port and back. This keeps grain moving to market, speeding up the grain supply chain and allowing more marketing and delivery opportunities for farmers.

G3 has more than 600 employees in facilities across the country. The company’s head office is in Winnipeg. Visit G3 smarter.ca.

Celebrating classic cars

By Miguel Fenrich Freelance Reporter

All Out Graphics and Design hosted their 2nd Annual Truck and Car show on Sunday, Sept. 18, with people turning out to share their love of classic cars.

The Battleford Fire de partment was also in at tendance, with all proceeds from the barbecue and 50/50 raffle returning to the department.

Event organizers said that All Out Graphic and Design wanted to give back to the community, which included the fundraiser for the Battleford Fire Depart ment. They also wanted to bring back the joy of com munity events around the Battlefords and wanted to instill a love of classic cars in the younger generation.

“We want young people to be able to enjoy the love of classic cars, love for all types of vehicles, and to support local events,” Danna Gard, sales

representative for All Out Graphics and Design, said.

“So that the next generation can also love classic cars.”

The event featured clas sic cars from around the Battlefords and a host of activities for youth, includ ing bouncy castles, a stick

er station, scavenger hunts and vendors.

Valley Ford and Hyun dai sponsored the day’s car contest, with prizes for each category, including cleanest classic, loudest, lowest, fan favourite and judge’s pick.

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Vehicles line All Out Graphics and Design parking lot. | Photos by Miguel Fenrich

Ernie How with his 1965 Austin Healey Sprite. For more photos from this event, visit SASKTODAY.ca.

It was perfect weather for the Battleford Fall Festival and Street Fair held on Saturday, Sept. 17, on 22nd Street in Battleford.  Suzanne Reid and Judy Pruden, two of the many members of the Battleford Community Spirit Group, sold tickets for the raffle as well as selling lights for the Lights of Joy trees in the Lions park at Christmas.

Keegan Isaac, who recently released an album, performed.

Pam Beaver gave an historical account of various buildings as people enjoyed a wagon ride. For more photos visit SASKTODAY.ca. | Photos by Averil Hall / Freelance Photographer

Apparently, alligators came to the festival, too, as told by these imaginative youngsters as they listened through a manhole.

One of the judges trying out one of the delicious pies entered into the pie contest.

Gardiner Gazebo a New Destination

Antelope are the fastest land animals in North America, reaching speeds up to 100 km/h. These females were in a herd of 10 between Wilkie and Battleford this past Sunday. They already have their winter coats fully grown out. I think female antelope have the most inquisitive faces in the animal world. You’ve just got to love their eyelashes. Too bad they can’t smile. | Photo and text by Jim McLane

BCP presents Maggie’s Getting Married - and you’re invited is Awesome

The Gardiner Gazebo is a place where people can gather to appreciate Battleford’s scenic river valley or take a break along the walking path. Evelyn and Fred Gardiner and their family donated funds toward the gazebo as did several local businesses. Pictured are the Gardiners unveiling a plaque with Mayor Ames Leslie (centre). | Photo courtesy of Town of Battleford Facebook.

By Donna Challis

BCP Executive Producer

Will we see you at the wedding? Battlefords Community Players are proud to announce our 2022-23 season beginning in October with a comedy by Canadian playwright Norm Foster.

“Maggie’s Getting Married” Re bekka Landon, Amanda Gies, Crystal Gilbert, Fra ser Glen, Mauri Gagne and Gregory Kwong and everyone is invited to the wedding. The show runs from Oct.18 through to Oct. 29, with two shows only on Tuesdays and six dinner theatre show on the Thursday, Friday and Sat

urday evenings. Tickets are available by calling 306446-3133 or bcpdrama@ sasktel.net. Make sure you have a seat at the theatre as we open our season.

Up next is the produc tion of “Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Town women’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol.” This show will put you in the festive mood. This show runs from Nov. 29 to Dec. 10 with the same two show-only and six din ner theatre evenings. This show is a bundle of fun — songs, crazy antics and a great evening for a compa ny social, a family gather ing or just for you and your partner.

The new year brings two further shows including a light drama called “Straw berries in January” which takes place from March 14 to 25 with the same format and we conclude the season with “Clever Dick” a farce – a tongue-in-cheek spoof which pokes wicked fun at the English class system. There is also a murder to solve. This show ends our season with a run from May 23 to June 3 again with both show-only and dinner theatre evenings.

Four great opportuni ties to enjoy theatre right here in the Battlefords and you can purchase a pack age for all four shows and save or purchase one at a time. But don’t wait too

long and miss the shows as seating is limited as we work to ensure everyone is comfortable in the theatre. What else is the club up to? Well, we have an Improv Club operating ev ery Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the clubhouse/ theatre at 102 – 26th St. in Battleford under the guid ance of Karen Bayne. She provides an opportunity to have some fun, learn the atre skills and meet some new friends. You do need to register to participate, so again call 306-446-3133 and we will get back to you.

This fall the theatre will see a whole new lighting system thanks to a number of grants and donations by

the community including Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs-Community Devel opment Corporation, Asso ciated Canadian Travellers, TheatreSask Inc., city of North Battleford – Com munity Grant Program and town of Battleford – Com munity Grant Program. We are so very thankful, as our present lighting equipment is between 20 and 35 years old and expensive to oper ate. We should see a big savings in our electrical and heat as the new system runs much more efficiently and cooler. The actors and audience will also feel the benefits as the present lights were real heat gen erators. We are so fortu nate to live in a community

where this kind of support is available to a non-profit volunteer group like Battl efords Community Players.

Speaking of volunteer ing BCP is always looking for new members wanting to act or work on produc tions – directing, building sets, running lights, sound, costumes, makeup and other jobs that make the show a success. However, we are also interested in people who would like to volunteer to host, operate the bar, cut the grass or any number of things that just take a couple of hours on your schedule. Everyone is welcome. Please consider this your invitation to get involved.

See you at the theatre.

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‘Clay Faces and River Hats’

By Jean M. Dunn Battlefords Art Club

“Clay is very inter esting and fundamental material - it’s earth - it’s water - with fire - it takes on form and life.” — Ritzy Panh

I was lucky to have attended, Aug. 11, the class “Clay Faces and River Hats” taught by Charley Farrero and Bonnie Gilmour. It was put on by River Valley Programming, hosted by Leah Garven.

It was a delightful day out on the Chapel Gallery patio. We were given precut pieces of clay, some tools, water, glazes, three hours and lots of instruc tions! Building them was quick as there was quite a breeze and our time was limited! Who would’ve ever thought the ears would be the handles!

Our mugs now had fac es. The hats/lids were com posed with the river valley for inspiration.

So animals and objects were piled on top amongst leaves to construct a unique topper. Glazes we’re ap plied, not so colourful yet, but wait!

The creations were then taken to be fired and re turned to us, ready to use.

Hats off to Charley and Bonne!

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Author Cliff Burns is concerned with the state of literacy and the decline of the printed word.

He has also observed a rise of mindless memes that he says have cheap ened human dialogue and destroyed meaningful communication.

Libraries are among the last free, public in stitutions. More than a repository of knowledge, libraries are spaces to dream, imagine, explore the world, he says. Burns says critical thinking is needed now more than ever in a world fraught with existential crises and unprecedented inequality.

The truth is out there, Burns insists, provided you check your sources and ignore your crazy un cle when he starts raving about “lizard people.”

As part of the celebra tions for the Lakeland Regional Library’s 50th anniversary, Burns will be speaking at the North Battleford branch (1392 –101st St.) on his enduring love for libraries, and the critical role they played in his development as a pro fessional author. He will also be touching on mat ters relating to censorship, space and the timeless ap peal of storytelling.

A longtime resident of North Battleford, Burns has 16 published books to his credit, including

Electric Castles and The Definition of Melancholy.

Two of his titles have been shortlisted for national in dependent press awards, and Canadian author Timothy Findley once described Burns’ work as “literary ‘Far Side’ car toons.”

Burns will speak Sept. 24, starting at 10:30 a.m., to thank the Lakeland Li

brary Region for 50 years of service to more than 30 branches in the area. There will be a barbe cue, cake, a virtual reality demonstration and much more.

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. You just have to get people to stop reading them.”

– Ray Bradbury

North Battleford author Cliff Burns will be a featured speaker during Lakeland Library Region’s 50 th anniversary celebrations. | Courtesy Lakeland Library Region

Unity

Two UCHS golfers qualify for provincials

By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

The days of Sept. 4-7 were a non-stop blast of breaking news stories from the tragedy at James Smith Cree Nation and the eventual apprehension of the fugitive who then subsequently died after ar rest. We barely caught our breath from that, and we learned Queen Elizabeth died. My sister sent these profound words we could all adhere to, “Turn off the news, go outside, breathe. You were never meant to carry the burden of the en tire world.”

At Unity Composite High School, senior dis trict golf was held Sept. 13 at Jackfish Lake with four UCHS boys competing. Congratulations to Thom as Snell and Nash Sperle who won silver and bronze respectively and will now represent their school at SHSAA provincial golf Sept. 23-24. The last home game for Warrior football is Sept. 29 and it will be a night lights game, as the team heads on the road for last two games of regular season.

UCHS played host to a senior high student session in the afternoon and eve ning session for the public on the legacy of residential schools, with speaker Tony Stevenson. As we approach Sept. 30, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this offered some more background on this impor tant topic.

Unity Public School

cross-country runners will be participating in competitions this month. UPS staff and families are thankful for volunteers who helped install the new playground equipment Sept. 15-16, thanks to the efforts of student fundrais ing and other donors.

St. Peter’s School says their enrolment has stayed steady at 128. Of this en rolment number, there are 17 students in Grade 6 and 20 new kindergarten stu dents. Mrs. Ackerlund has returned to Grade 4 from her maternity leave while Miss Michaela Deck has moved to Grade 3 replac ing Mrs. Alison Cooper who is on maternity leave. Staff and students are col lecting for the food bank, reminding themselves that there are others in need in our community and the de livery will be made prior to

Thanksgiving. Sept. 30 is a federally recognized statu tory holiday to acknowl edge a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, therefore with no school that day, staff, and students will observe “Orange Shirt Day” Sept. 29.

As long as the weather co-operates, pickleball and basketball are options at the Richardson Park and once weather turns colder the outdoor rink will be part of the community’s recreation options.

Speaking of pickleball, you can now register for the indoor pickleball league for Wednesday nights at UCHS. You can contact Marty at 306-228-7393 or Kathy at 306-228-8226

Luther Place has as a new standby generator re ceived Sept. 6 and installed providing backup power in case of power failure. which will enable all suites to maintain power as well as the building itself. They are still accepting dona tions towards purchase of this equipment.

The Unity Miners have affirmed they are proceed ing again this year after fears last year that a lack of executive replacements might cause the team to fold. A recent, highly suc cessful golf fundraiser has helped kickstart their fund ing to begin the year.

Delta Co-op dedicated their Fuel Good Day Sept. 20 to our local fire depart ment who say they will use the donation towards equipment and ongoing training.

Simply Swimming, the new pool constructed on Main Street, continues to take registrations for les sons and aquasize classes. See their Facebook page for the latest details.

We continue to be thankful for the many op portunities available in our home community.

UCHS students, Thomas Snell and Nash Sperle, after winning medals at Battle West District Golf Championships, have qualified for SHSAA provincial golf competition Sept. 23-24 at Jackfish Lodge Golf Club. | Photo courtesy of Kyla Snell.

A July 21, 1959 photo shows Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Unity as part of a 45-day royal tour across Canada. Unity residents shared photos and memories of, for many, the only monarch people have known as Queen Elizabeth II served 70 years on the throne. |

Photo courtesy Nick Seneshen

Unity Motocross Club had volunteers spend a week preparing the track for the Sept. 10 Mid-West Am races and with the combination of Mother Nature cooperation and excellent support from riders and fans, the day was a terrific opportunity to catch some high-flying action. | Photo by Sherri Solomko

The Unity Miners annual Fun Day of Golf fundraiser included 103 golfers on a beautiful fall day at the Unity Golf Course Sept. 10, a last event at the course as the season winds down. | Photo by Sherri Solomko

Meota District

Harvest wrapping up, decent yields reported

By Lorna Pearson Correspondent

Harvest is coming to an end in this area, and it sounds like the farmers are happy with the run, but not likely with what they get paid for their produce. It’s good to see straw bales in a lot of the fields and most of the hay bales have been brought in off the fields.

The bridge players got together Tuesday after noon with top score going to Barbara Mitchell and second was Donna Scher man. They played individu ally as there were only two tables. It was still a nice outing they all enjoyed.

Thursday, Sept. 15 had 18 seniors out enjoying the nice fall weather at the golf course. The winners of the day were Terrence Dasilva, Marcel Duhaime and Lou ise Goodheart with a score of 39. The consolation

event was a tie at 43. The runners-up were Dennis Tebay, Larry Dyck, Sandy McVitie and Sal Ferguson who lost out on the count back to Lawrie Ward, Car ol Dyck, Yvette Dasilva and Eric Callbeck. The fall windup is coming up on Sept. 22, so come out for a free lunch and an enjoyable morning.

The 2022 Meota Golf Course Fall Scramble, sponsored by Trojan In dustries/Aggregates of Meota, was well attended with more than 100 golfers participating. The weather was fantastic and the beers were cold. The winning team shooting a 12 under was the Tyler Stewart team. There were two silent auc tion items donated by Jack Day of Meota that netted a profit of $470. Thanks to everyone for coming out and participating.

Only 10 people showed

up Friday evening to play canasta in the Do Drop In, so we played two tables of three and one of four. hence there are no winners or losers to report, just that we all enjoyed our time to gether.

Two Brothers and Two Cousins Paul and Robert St. Amant along with Louis and Charles Baillargeon ran in the Queen City Marathon in Regina Sept. 11. Robert and Charles are from Meota while Paul re sides in Bonnyville, Alta. and Louis lives in Saska toon.

It was a perfect day for the race at 13C with sun shine and a light breeze. Paul and Robert ran 42.2 kilometres; a full mara thon, at a blazing pace of 3:10:18 and 3:22:59 respec tively. Louis and Charles decided to run a half mara thon at a distance of 21.1 kilometres. Louis finished at 1:51:37 while Charles completed the race in 2:00:21.

This year’s race theme was, “Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince.” This is so true when it applies to running.

This has become an annual event and the four runners who are cousins or brothers are already look ing forward to next year.

Maidstone and District News Community pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

By Kathy Utri Correspondent

Maidstone Legion Branch No. 142 conducted a wreath laying ceremony as a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II at the ceno taph in Maidstone Cem etery. Legion members as well as members of the public were in attendance.

O Canada, Last Post, Lament and God Save the King were played as part of the ceremony. Dennis Noble prepared a prayer for King Charles as well as words to honour the Queen. Two minutes of si lence were observed at 11 a.m.

A special wreath was placed in the Queen’s hon our. The mayor, an RCMP member, as well as other community members also placed wreaths.

Queen Elizabeth II was a kind, humorous, loving, devoted, dignified and highly respected monarch who will be missed all around the world.

The first Maidstone Health Care Auxiliary pie bingo Sept. 14 welcomed a full house with 30 scrump tious pies available to be won. The blackout prize at half-time, a huge fall gift basket, was won by Ty Kraft. Bingos continue every Wednesday at 7 p.m. until Oct. 26.

Storytime started a new year at the Maidstone Li brary on Sept. 16. From 10 to11 a.m. on Thursdays, there will be a story, craft and snack for children three to five years of age.

Ladies of Maidstone, if you’re looking to get out for a fun night away from it all, Ladies’ Night says it all with live music and lots of laughs. Who better to hang out with than a bunch of crazy ladies? Lloyd Ki nettes are hosting and a few of our very own Maid stone Kin Club guys will be serving up drinks at the bar. Chantelle Rose Marie

or Michelle Leanne Stepp are the Kinettes to talk to if you’re interested.

Corrections (due to ed iting errors these items are being reprinted):

Winners of the Maidstone Museum corn roast scavenger hunt were: child - Sage Eggeson and Addyson Young; adult - Ava Rigden and Noah Schempp.

Maidstone Gully Mul tiple 4-H Club’s first meet ing is Monday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at Milleton Hall, 22 kilometres north of Maid stone on Highway 21. 4-H offers the opportunity to explore anything that piques a member’s interest. With more than 50 projects including a Make-YourOwn option, anyone ages six to 25 is encouraged to check out this program. Call Deiedra Blyth 780205-2684 or Kristin Shantz 306-903-7401 for more in formation.

If you have any Maidstone area news, please let me know. Email duwell@sasktel.net, text 306-893-7378 or phone 306-893-2799.

Members of Maidstone Legon and others honoured Queen Elizabeth II during a wreath laying ceremony at Maidstone Cemetery. | Photo submitted

Paul and Robert St. Amant and Louis and Charles Baillargeon ran in the Queen City Marathon in Regina Sept. 11. | Photo submitted

Borden News and District News Lions support guide dog fundraiser

By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent

The Borden and Dis trict Lions Club hosted the Lions ride for dog guides when seven motorcycle riders stopped in Borden on Sept. 10 en route from Saskatoon to North Bat tleford and back. The pur pose of their ride was to raise funds for the Lions dog guides program that has its training location in Oakville, Ont.

With the donations from the Borden Lions, village of Borden and individual donations, Saskatchewan Lions clubs have raised more than $70,000 in the past 11 years, which has all gone to the training fa cility. It costs $35,000 to train one dog for whatever purpose is needed and the dog is given to individu als free of charge, courtesy of Lions. Borden supplied bottled water for the riders who stopped at the Borden Community Centre.

The Borden Lions start ed back into their season with a meeting Sept. 20 with quite a few new mem bers signed up.

The Borden Threshermen’s Club members were busy the morning of Sept. 17,

loading the sheaves on to the hay rack in readiness for Threshing Day Sept. 24. Loading the sheaves were Stew Walton and Ruben Rempel with Mel Brooke driving the truck pulling the rack. Dropping in to help load some of the sheaves were Carrie Harkness and her children and Les Saunders brought his whipper snipper to cut grass around the cook car. Mel and Ruben did a bit of cleaning around and in the cook car in readiness for serving soup, borsch, bread and beverages Saturday.

The gates open at 10 a.m., then there is a parade of horse-drawn equipment and a number of vintage vehicles, tractors and the threshing machine. There will be a number of demonstrations going on and threshing will start at 2 p.m. Then the drive in to Borden for a roast beef supper at 4:30 p.m. in the Community Centre. Supper tickets will be sold in the Senior’s room starting at 4 p.m. While you are waiting you could visit the museum which will be open from 2 to 6 p.m.

The Borden Farmers Market in the Community Centre Seniors’ Room from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. will be holding their appreciation day Oct. 7, the last day of the summer market. The beverages will be at no charge and there will be goodies to snack on. At last Friday’s market the winner of the 50/50 draw was Sheri Sutherland. The Christmas market will be Saturday, Nov. 26 in the Community Centre from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Borden’s early learning centre, the Little Sprouts, have purchased the former cafe/coffee shop in Borden and will be renovating the building to house the learning centre. The learning centre will provide affordable childcare in a licensed facility and the group are half way to goal. Next fundraiser will be the proceeds from the Halloween dance Oct. 29 in the Borden Community Centre. Thanks to Chanda Chabot of Borden who gives $5 from every massage she does and from June 1 to Aug. 31 she donated $565 to the cause.

Ruben Rempel and Stew Walton loading sheaves on to the hayrack in preparation for Sept. 24.

Lions motorcycle ride for dog guides stops in Borden Sept. 10. President Perry Nicol is on the right. | Photos by Lorraine Olinyk

Ruben Rempel and Stew Walton cleaning out the cook car getting ready for Threshing Day.

The Borden Threshermen’s Club members are getting ready for Threshing Day Sept. 24.

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DWINNELL: Tim Dwinnell, aged 69 years, of North Battleford, SK passed away suddenly at Lloydmister Hospital, Lloyminster, SK on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 surrounded by his children. Tim is survived by his three children: Amy Baier (Kurt), Michael Dwinnell (Amanda) and Dani Dwinnell (Kevin Apted); his eight grandchildren: Ryan Klassen, Kaebri Baier, Tyler Klassen, Matthew Klassen, Kash Baier, Brylee Apted, Maylin Apted and Everly Apted; his loyal fourlegged friend, Tank. He will be missed by his many friends and family. In lieu of flowers please make donations in Tim’s honor to the Heart and Stroke Foundation100-119 14 Street NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1Z6. Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to Vanessa Macnab of Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium. Misc.; Household. KIRSCH AUCTIONS 306-367-4925 www.kirschauctions.ca PL#908445

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ILLINGWORTH. John passed away peacefully at the Battlefords Regional Care Centre on September 3, 2022 at the age of 90 years. Born April 7, 1932 at North Battleford, John spent his life farming and operating a pedigreed seed farm in the Brada District East of North Battleford. On the few days off from work that he ever allowed himself before retirement he enjoyed ice fishing and hunting and playing with his beloved dogs. John is survived by his wife of 61 years, Viola; his 3 sons: Darin (Renee & Domi), Kevin (Connie), Brent (Lezlie); and grandchildren: Jace (Rian), Tyler, Alexandra and John-Thomas. A private family ceremony will take place graveside and a celebration of life will follow at a later date to be announced. Memorial donations in memory of Jack Illingworth can be directed to the BUH Foundation Po Box 1358 North Battleford, SK S9A 3L8 Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium - Trevor Watts Funeral Director.

BULLERWELL: Karen Gail Bullerwell April 12th, 1948Sept 10th, 2022 Karen Gail Bullerwell (nee) Werner passed away at the Villa Pascal in North Battleford, Saskatchewan the evening of September 10th, 2022 at 74 years of age. Karen was born in Saskatoon on April 12th, 1948 and spent her early childhood years in Dafoe Saskatchewan. Karen’s mother, Gwendolyn married George Menzel, a section foreman with the CPR. The balance of her grade school years were spent in various locations throughout the province. In 1965, Karen’s family arrived in Baldwinton Saskatchewan. From this location, she completed her high school in Cut Knife, met her future husband, Virgil Bullerwell and planted the roots that would sustain her life in the Baldwinton area until the Summer of 1990 when Virgil retired and moved the family to Battleford. She was a devout practitioner of her faith and her brethren were an important part of her life. Time spent practicing hymns on the piano at home brought her joy, as did playing them at church services. Music ran deep in Karen’s home, and the sound of her or Virgil’s favorite artists could often be heard out an open window. One of her most favorite things would certainly have been her family gathering and Karen joining in with her sons singing and playing guitar. Karen also loved games and puzzles. Bridge, Kaiser and Cribbage were staple pastime in her household. Always an avid reader that loved school, upon completion of her grade 12 in Cut Knife, Karen attended Reeves Business College in Lloydminster and worked for the City of Lloydminster where she remained for 2 years prior to returning to the Baldwinton area. Upon arrival in Battleford, she enrolled in a book keeping course to renew and expand on skills acquired earlier in life. Karen worked various book-keeping roles in the Battlefords and eventually found her permanent second career with Alumi Glass / Fortress Windows and Doors where she spent many fulfilling years until health issues forced retirement in the fall of 2017. Karen was predeceased by her eldest son, Werner and her husband of 52 years, Virgil. Karen is survived by her sons: Clinton (Rochelle) – Jack and Sam of North Battleford; Edan (Tammi) -Noah and Eva of Rosetown, and Lloyd (Ashley) - Oli, Bo and Gus of Rural North Battleford. As per Karen’s wishes there will be no funeral service; a private family interment will be held at the Baldwinton Cemetery. Donations in memory of Karen Bullerwell may be directed to the Villa Pascal Building Fund – 1301 113th St North Battleford, SK S9A 3K1. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium – Trevor Watts Funeral Director.

ILLINGWORTH: It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of JOHN JAMES “JACK”

The Reading Place, Child and Youth Development by Reading, Inc. invites you to attend the Annual General Meeting on September 29, 2022 starting at 7:00 pm and conducted via Zoom. If you would like more information Call Cheryl at 306-937-3381

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Sunday, Oct. 2nd @ 7:00PM

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A Memorial Service will be held at the Monument for the Unborn at 11:00a.m. at the City Cemetery.

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the offices of:

Councillors for Divisions 2, 4, and 6 (4-year terms)

will be received by the undersigned at the Municipal Office during regular office hours until Wednesday, October 5, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. local time.

Nomination forms and Public Disclosure Statements may be obtained from the Municipal Office – 17 Main Street, Hafford or email: rm435@sasktel.net.

Dated this 15thth day of September, 2022.

Mark Misquitta Returning Officer

Notice of Call for Nominations (Municipal Election)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the office(s) of:

Councillor: Rural Municipality of Cut Knife No.439 Division No. Two (2) Number to be elected: One (1) Division No. Four (4) Number to be elected: One (1) Division No. Six (6) Number to be elected: One (1) will be received by the undersigned on the 5th day of October, 2022 from 8.30 am to 4:30 pm at The Rural Municipality of Cut Knife No. 439 located at 114 Broad Street, Cut Knife Sask. during regular business hours on September 21st, 2022 to October 5th, 2022, at 114 Broad Street, Cut Knife, SK.

Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location(s): RM of Cut Knife No. 439 Office located at 114 Broad Street, Cut Knife, SK.

Dated this 20th day of September, 2022

Dana Klus Returning Officer

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DOUGLAS NO. 436

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the offices of:

COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 2

COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 4 COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 6

will be received by the undersigned on the 5 day of October, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the municipal office, #123 Main Street, Speers, Sask., and during regular business hours on September 15 to October 4, 2022 at the same.

Nomination forms and public disclosure statements may be obtained at the Following location # 123 Main Street, R.M. of Douglas No. 436 Municipal Office, Speers, Saskatchewan.

Dated this 15 day of September, 2022.

Darrin Beaudoin Returning Officer.

PUBLIC NOTICE

AGPRO SEEDS: BUYING HEATED, DAMAGED CANOLA. On farm pickup, prompt payment!

TOP PRICES PAID IN SASK. Phone: 306-873-3006 or Visit AGPRO website for bids: agproseeds.com

FEED

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NOTICES / NOMINATIONS

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nomination of candidate for the office of:

COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 2

COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 4

COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 6

will be received by the undersigned on the 5th day of October from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the municipal office located at 300 1st St. East, Meota, Saskatchewan, and also during regular business hours from September 15th until October 4th, 2022.

Nomination forms may be obtained from the Municipal Office, 300 1st St. East, Meota, Saskatchewan.

Dated this 15th day of September, 2022.

Wanda Boon Nomination Officer

RM of Mervin No. 499 Public Notice Zoning Bylaw Amendment

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality (RM) of Mervin No. 499 intends to adopt a bylaw under the Planning and Development Act, 2007, to amend Bylaw No. 94-4, known as the Zoning Bylaw (ZB).

INTENT: The proposed amendment would: clarify that all mobile homes are to be placed on a permanent foundation in all Zoning Districts; classify previously used or occupied residential uses (both principal and accessory) as discretionary uses with and provide supporting regulation, standards, and evaluation criteria; and replace the definition of “Move-In Residential Building” such that it is not restricted to single detached dwellings, but all previously used or occupied residential buildings and uses.

AFFECTED LAND: All lands within the RM would be subject to the proposed amendment.

REASON: While currently required by the RMs Building Bylaw, Council wishes to clarify that mobile homes are to be on a permanent foundation and for the use to be consistently listed within the applicable Zoning Districts. Where previously used or occupied residential uses are being relocated within the RM, Council wishes to evaluate said uses on a case by case basis based on pre-defined criteria to encourage a more consistent form of development and address potential impacts to the surrounding community and upon its infrastructure.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw at the RM of Mervin No. 499 office between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. excluding statutory holidays. Copies will be available to the public at a cost, by emailing the contact below, or on the RM’s website. A copy of the proposed amendment is available for viewing here: www.rmofmervin.ca/planning-and-development/public-notification/.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 1:30 PM in the RM office located at 211 Main St. in the Town of Turtleford to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed amendments; a digital participation component will be available to the public. Council will consider written and emailed comments at the meeting, along with in-person and digital representations. The deadline for receipt of comments, and requests for online representation must be received by the RM office or its Planner by October 7, 2022. For additional information, please contact the administrator at (306) 845-2045 or rm499@rmofmervin.com. Box 130 Turtleford, SK S0M 2Y0.

Issued at the Town of Turtleford this 12th day of September 2022

Janessa Macnab

HEAVY EQUIPMENT

OPERATORS REQUIRED: motor scrapers, dozers, excavators, graders, rock trucks. Lots of work all season.

Camp job; R & B provided. Competitive wages. Valid drivers license req’d.

Send resume and work references to: Bryden Construction Box 100, Arborfield, Sk. S0E 0A0; Fax: 306-769-8844

Email: brydenconstruct@ xplornet.ca www. brydenconstruction andtransport.ca

MooseJawToday.com/MooseJawExpress.com seeking f/t motivated journalist/sports reporter immediately. Vehicle required. Good benefits. For more information email jritchie@moosejawtoday.com with resume and cover letter.

AUCTIONS

Fall Consignment Auction Sale

Saturday October 1st

Medstead Community Hall @ 10:00am Medstead Sk of New Tools, household, vehicles, campers, furniture, marbles, coins, collectable many more items our Facebook

Terms of payment; Interact Debit, Cash, or Cheque with ID. Boechler-Schira Auctioneering does not charge buyers fee on items sold at our sales

BOECHLER-SCHIRA AUCTIONEERING

For all your sale inquiries or to book a sale Contact Kelly @ 306-386-7110 or Marlene @ 306-883-8610

Check out our Website and Facebook page for more details

NOTICES / NOMINATIONS

RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MEOTA NO. 468 Public Notice – Zoning Bylaw Amendment

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468 (RM) intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007. A bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 02/2011 known as the Zoning Bylaw (ZB).

INTENT: To add swimming pools as an allowable accessory use to a residential principal use.

AFFECTED LAND: Lands within the H – Hamlet District, LR3 – Lakeshore Mixed Use District, CR – Country Residential District, LR1 & LR2 –Lakeshore Residential Districts will be affected by the amendment.

REASON: The Zoning Bylaw did not clearly outline that swimming pools were allowable accessory uses. Council wanted to clarify that swimming pools are allowed as accessory uses to a principal residential use subject to any hazard land provisions.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaws at the RM Office during regular business hours, excluding statutory holidays. Hard copies will be available to the public at a cost at the RM Office. Digital copies can be obtained by contacting the Municipal Planner (robin@ northboundplanning.ca; (306) 873-2200).

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing at 2:00 PM on October 5th, 2022, in the RM office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Public may attend meetings via teleconference or in person. If you wish to attend the meeting via teleconference, please contact the RM Administrator, Kirk Morrison, at cao@rmmeota468.ca requesting meeting link invitation. Council will also consider written comments received on or before September 30th, 2022, by the undersigned at the RM office by hardcopy or email before the hearing. The RM office is located at 300 1st Street East, Meota, SK, S0M 1X0. The RM Office contact information: (306) 892-2061 or info468@sasktel.net .

Issued by the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468 this September 9, 2022.

Robin Bloski, BA (Hons), MCIP, RPP Development Officer / Municipal Planner RM of Meota No. 468

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Notice of Call for Nominations

RM of Mayfield No. 406

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the office(s) of:

COUNCILLOR DIVISION 2 COUNCILLOR DIVISION 4 COUNCILLOR DIVISION 6

will be received by the undersigned on the 5th day of October, 2022 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the municipal office, 201 B Main St., Maymont, Sk and during regular business hours until October 5th, 2022 at 4:00 pm. Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location: 201 B Main St., Maymont Sk S0M 1T0

Dated this 20th day of September, 2022

Chyanne Hawkins Returning Officer or Nomination Officer

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Rural Municipality of Round Hill No. 467

Public notice is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the offices of:

Councillors for Divisions No. 2 Councillors for Divisions No. 4

Councillors for Divisions No. 6 will be received by the undersigned at the municipal office during regular office hours until Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. local time.

Nomination forms may be obtained from the municipal office.

Dated this 20th day of September, 2022

Christina Moore Returning Officer

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR

RESORT VILLAGE OF AQUADEO

We are searching for an individual for the position of Water Treatment Plant Operator.

This will be a Permanent Part-Time position. We are looking for a candidate who:

• Has or is working towards or willing to work towards obtaining the “Small Water Systems Certificate” OR “Level 1 Water Treatment Plant Certificate”;

• Has a minimum Grade 10 Education;

• Can be available 7 days a week to perform daily water testing;

• Can be on call for emergency situations;

• Is available to do routine water treatment plant backwashing & maintenance as required;

• Will report directly to the Head Water Treatment Operator, CAO and Council;

• Resides in or near the Resort Village of Aquadeo and can provide own transportation; and

• Is available to begin work and training in October 2022.

This is a contract position and wages will be based on experience and certificate level. Details will be discussed upon hiring. Please send resume with cover letter by September 30, 2022 to:

The Resort Village of Aquadeo by email to: aquadeoadmin@gmail.com or fax to: 306.386.2544

Attention: Betty Stephan/CAO

DO MEANINGFUL WORK HIRING SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

MGBHLM Economic Development

Board Member

Duration – 3 Year (Due in February 24, 2025)

Start Date - TBD

Reports To Chief and Council

Description

Members of the Board of Directors are responsible for fulfilling responsibilities, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and bylaws, conducting board business, and holding overall accountability for their performance. The Members of the Board of Directors will propose policies and practices, monitor financial results and planning, evaluate organizational performance, sit on various committees, formally evaluate the Chief Executive, and will submit various reports to the board, funders, and other stakeholders if necessary.

Members of the Board of Directors will be relied upon to perform business development duties, including the creation of suitable and beneficial partnerships, conducting assessments of other organizations viability and potential fit while determining their overall value for possible purchase or acquisition.

Requirements

- Communication

- Being able to work in a fairly large team

- 10-15 years experience in business development, financial analysis and strategic planning

- Proven experience negotiating and closing strategic partnerships

- Excellent management writing, presentation and verbal communication skills

- Understanding of financial reports including budgetary guidelines and project expenditures

- Strong knowledge of fiscal management and responsibility, business finance, capital funding, contracts and partnerships.

- Experience creating and managing budgets for a large, distributed organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

- Monitoring financial planning and financial reports

- Performing business development duties including the creation of suitable and beneficial partnerships.

- Discussing issues confronting the organization with the Chief Executive Officer.

- Setting overall policies, defining goals, setting targets, and evaluating performance against agreed targets

- Being able to ensure the financial stability of the organization

- Attend and participate in Board meetings as set by CEO.

Term of Office

Staggered terms from 1-3 years, depending on which seat is available.

Countless mats and signs proclaim the word welcome at the doors of homes. Likewise, many notices clarify that you should stay away or keep out as you are not wanted. Who is welcome to share your life, and who do you reject as unworthy in that you want nothing to do with them?

We have our reasons for who is welcome to share in our lives and who we reject and avoid. Some see rejecting their enemies as the right thing to do. Their enemies shouldn’t get another chance to hurt them again. It seems like common sense, but Jesus said instead, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Mat

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By Raymond Maher www.accordingtoed.com

thew 5:44

Jesus’s champions undeserved love, giving others what they don’t deserve but need. He said we need to act like our Father in heaven, for He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and He sends rain on the righteous and unrighteous. What reward is there for

loving those who love you? The challenge is to love our enemies. Jesus was willing to do that entirely by sacrificing his life for those who saw him as their enemy.

In his life on Earth, Jesus was a champion of sinners. He acted as the good shepherd of God. Jesus saw all people as

sinners despite how some were labeled as righteous and others as the worst of sinners. Jesus invited everyone to repent in humility before God and to treasure God’s forgiveness and acceptance as a gift to them.

Have you ever consid ered who are the folks you champion, uphold, support and promote in your life? Who are the people you criticize, oppose, reject and refuse to give another chance? His enemies op posed Jesus for welcom ing sinners and eating with them. The Pharisees and teachers of the law wanted nothing to do with those labeled as the worst of sinners. They were about keeping people as

either friends or enemies, as people to include or exclude, as either righteous or wicked. Those who grumbled about Jesus as sociating with sinners had no regard for those they called sinners, as they did not see them as lost sheep needing rescuing.

Jesus invited his critics to think about one of them being a shepherd who needs to search for a lost sheep even if he has 99 sheep safe in his care. The shepherd must find the one lost sheep in his flock of 100 and bring it back to his fold. Dead or alive, the shepherd must account for the lost sheep. With joy, the searching shepherd finds his lost sheep alive, and he

carries it home. There he rejoices with friends and neighbours over the rescue of his sheep. Jesus then emphasizes that in heaven, there is more rejoicing over one sinner who repents than over the 99 righteous persons who do not need to repent. (Luke 15:1-7)

People wander away from God and get broken and wounded by sin and need a search and rescue mission. They may not know they are lost, but Jesus knows. So, he uses us to share how Jesus loves and invites sinners to come to Him, for Jesus gives us His righteousness as we repent. All of us, as sinners need to repent.

Pastor Melvin Bartley

Mayfair and District News Rain brings a break from harvest work

By Elaine Woloshyn Correspondent

There has been much pomp and pageantry these past 10 days since Queen Elizabeth’s pass ing at a remarkable age of 96 years. As thousands of people worldwide were interviewed, many agreed she was either a mother, grandmother or greatgrandma figure to them. I for one, since a wee child, always watched Christmas evening to listen to her world-wide message. Let’s hope for the best for the new king of England and Commonwealth countries.

Through this past week and a half, one certainly did learn much about Eng land’s royal history if one chose to watch TV or listen to the radio.

Sincere condolences to Janelle (Otto) Lavallee of Mayfair on the recent pass ing of her dad, 76-year-old Andy Serhyenko of Haf ford. He and wife Carol had a farm auction just three weeks ago. The RM of Meeting Lake office, where she is administrator, is still open while she is away for a couple of weeks.

Guests at my cabin last Friday were my good

friend Shirley Lamontagne and her brother Jack Day from Shell Lake. We remi nisced about good times as farm neighbours before she moved almost two years ago to a seniors’ housing complex, which holds 10 units. Much food, wine and, best of all, laughter was shared.

Saturday, I re-stained the 600-square-foot deck at my cabin. Sunday, fin ishing my deck project was more of a task as it was windy, so I was forever removing the pine needles and other debris in order to finish before taking supper to the harvesters 45 miles from Chitek. Never a dull

moment this time of the year so the Monday’s rain is bringing much needed rest.

Henry Konopelski of Rabbit Lake celebrated his 97th birthday two weeks ago and wife Mary’s is on Sept. 29. Wishing both of you happiness and good health in your golden years.

The village of May mont is having a big har vest bash Saturday, Oct. 8 in the Memorial Hall. It is advertised as Country Music Roast Beef Supper and Entertainment. Sup per is at 5 p.m. and guests Shirley Johnson, Norm Rice, Leroy Sloan, Mike Dygert, Jon Sloan and Erin

Foreman perform at 7 p.m. Admission is $25 for the meal, entertainment $20 or admission to both is $35. Kids six to 12 twelve years pay $10. Advance tickets only. To obtain them please call Bonnie at 306-3894312; Dale 306-389-4301; or Judy 306-481-5475. I at tended something like this about six years ago there. Those entertainers’ names bring back the wonderful evening we had. Come out for an excellent meal and toe-tapping music, as you will not be disappointed.

In two days, another season of many changes will be shared by all prai rie folks. As gardeners hustle to bring in all pro duce, farmers wanting to complete the harvest, out

Flamingoes are always an interesting bird to observe. I saw these while visiting Calgary Zoo two weeks ago. | Photos by Elaine Woloshyn

door carpenters scurrying to do their building proj ects, highway construction crews wanting to complete their work before the snow falls and many more folks wrapping up golfing and

other activities, the weath er will have its ups and downs. The warmer cloth ing will certainly feel good as temperatures will dip below freezing one of these nights.

Our combines along with third son Ryan’s will be sitting idle for a few days as rain brings harvest to a halt. It’s been dusty, so these machines will get a thorough washing.

Hardy wildflowers still adorn the prairies this time of the year.

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Next Dekker Centre show sold out

By Miguel Fenrich Freelance Reporter

The next two shows coming to the Dekker Centre for the 2022-2023 season are Menopause: The Musical! and Three Knights and a Tenor. One is a lighthearted, hilarious musical look into the feminine journey through menopause. The other is a contemporary blend of Ken Lavinge’s unique sound and story with the classic music of world-famous musicians, including Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber.

When asked how the Dekker Centre chooses its shows for the season, Kali Weber, the general man ager for the Dekker Centre, said, “There are a number of things we consider when we think about bringing a show to the Dekker Centre: planning a season of diver sity and variety … capac ity to bring the show into our facilities, and also … is there is an audience for it.

“For example, the ma jority of our shows are music-based,” Weber said. The Dekker Centre has a variety of dance, theatre and sometimes illusion or comedy shows. “Usually two to three family shows a year,” Weber added.

Menopause: The Mu sical! is coming to Sas katchewan Friday, Sept. 23, and they have sold out the Dekker Centre’s Gordon Tootoosis Memorial Stage. The show has toured for more than 20 years and, in that time, has run in South Africa, the United States, Canada, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand and more.

The 90-minute show without intermission will bring the Canadian all-star cast of Fredena J. Williams, Lorena Mackenzie, Sarah Lynn Strange, Barb Scheffler, and Janet Martin to Saskatchewan for the night. The musical is the longest-running scripted show in Las Vegas, and more than 17 million people have attended in more than 500 cities.

Weber said, “It’s a musi cal, something people love because they tend to bring us joy and laughter, and they tell a story in a light way.”

Menopause: The Musi cal! is centred on bring ing the women in the Battlefords together by sharing and laughing about a possibly taboo subject. On the musical’s website, three listed facts add, “6K women enter menopause each day … there are 1.7B menopausal women worldwide, and there are 70M women experiencing menopause in the US.”

Then, on Oct. 7, Ken Lavigne will visit the Battlefords as he tours Saskatchewan with his show, Three Knights and a Tenor. “... he pays tributes to the greats, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Billy Joel … artists that people know really well,” Weber said.

Ken Lavigne is a re nowned musician with seven albums: Believe, Keep Holding On, Show time, Comfort & Joy, The Ken Lavigne Christmas Roadshow, Closer Than Ever and Let Me Be Frank. Lavigne played for his maj esty King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2009. Since then, he has played with Grammy-win ner David Foster and con tinues to “charm his way into the hearts of many,” according to his website at kenlavigne.com

“The timing is right. He’s actually telling a story with his music. He’s going to share their music through his own artistry,” Weber said.

For more information on the Dekker Centre’s upcoming shows, visit dekkercentre.com. To pur chase tickets for upcoming shows, visit the box office, phone 306-445-7702, or visit their website.

Ken Lavigne will visit the Battlefords as he tours Saskatchewan with his show, Three Knights and a Tenor. | Photos courtesy Dekker Centre

Menopause: The Musical! is sold out.