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Paul Carroll reﬂects on Tory leadership race By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Paul Carroll’s bid to become the next leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan came up short. Carroll, who was the party’s candidate in the Estevan constituency in the 2016 provincial election, and is the current mayor of Bienfait, was defeated by Regina’s Ken Grey during the party’s leadership convention Saturday in Moose Jaw. The results of the leadership race were not immediately available. Carroll said he didn’t perform well during his speech before voting took place, and he expects that cost him some votes. “Ken did perform well at the podium, and delivered a very dynamic speech, and I think that he was rewarded for it,” said Carroll. In his speech, Carroll criticized what he views as an excessive amount provincial sales tax (PST) now being paid in Saskatchewan. He not only targeted the decision to increase the PST from five per cent to six per cent last year, but to apply it to such expenses as children’s clothing. “That’s very detrimental to people with young families, and they should be rewarded for helping grow the population,” said Carroll. He also criticized the amount of money spent on the Regina bypass and the issues

Paul Carroll that have been encountered with the Global Transportation Hub. “I talked about committees to help bolster our party both in the north and south, and to arrange for candidates in all of the ridings in the next election,” said Carroll. Most of his support came from the Estevan area. Carroll doesn’t think he had enough support from people in Regina, and he believes Grey had most of his support from the Queen City. It was tough going up against someone from a market of that size. “He had many members here who were in attendance, and so I could see that I was up against the wall early in the day, but I tried to put my best face on and hope for the best, and that didn’t happen,” said Carroll. Carroll was the first candidate to submit his nomination papers for the party’s leadership. At the time, the A2 »CARROLL

Charge dismissed against Nalco Champion Nalco Champion, an Ecolab Company, has had a third and final Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) charge under the Saskatchewan Employment Act dismissed in connection with the death of one of its workers, Michael Bunz. Bunz died on May 22, 2014, due to exposure to hydrogen sulphide (H2S) at an oilfield separator site near Kipling, owned and operated by Harvest Energy Corporation. A ball valve had failed while Bunz was preparing to take a fluid sample, causing a release of high, and lethal, levels of H2S, killing him. The dismissal Friday in Estevan Provincial Court was the conclusion of a long and drawn-out court process which began with the filing of three different charges against Nalco on Dec. 9, 2015, nearly three years ago. For the full story, please visit www.estevanmercury.ca.

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Change made to 2020 election date The next municipal and school board election will be happening in 2020, but not on the date that was initially scheduled. The provincial government announced last week that it had moved its next provincial election to Oct. 26, 2020. The municipal and school board election will instead happen on Nov. 9 of that year. It’s going to be on a Monday, as opposed to the traditional Wednesday date, because Remembrance Day is on a Wednesday in 2020. There had been discussion of having the next civic election in 2021, but those plans appear to have been abandoned. Mayor Roy Ludwig said local city council gave the issue some thought, and said previously they would grudgingly back a five-year term. “It definitely wasn’t overwhelming support,” said Ludwig. “After giving it some thought, our council said ‘If it has to be, it has to be. We didn’t have consultation on this particular date that they’ve changed it to, but we’ll try to make it work.” The mayor believes other municipal governments in Saskatchewan were opposed to the change. “I know quite a few of the larger cities especially did not agree with it,” said Ludwig.

The next civic election will be held in 2020, deciding who will be part of Estevan city council. File photo He also found out about the government’s decision through the media. Ludwig would have rather seen the provincial government keep the civic election on its original date of Oct. 28, 2020, and to see the province have an election in September or November. City clerk Judy Pilloud also voiced a few concerns with the new election dates. The first is that the majority of election workers are snowbirds who are usually gone by the date the provincial government has selected for the municipal election. “A lot of snowbirds would like the ability to vote before they leave for their

winter homes,” said Pilloud. “Typically those are people we can count on. They are retired and dedicated and love to sit at the polls.” Another concern is the city budget. It is usually completed in the last week of November, and if a new council is being sworn after Nov. 9, they will need time to understand what the city does operationally. Pilloud conceded the new council will be elected only 12 days later than expected, but by the time they’re declared elected and sworn-in, it won’t leave much time for the budget. “If you have any hitch in your election, this will throw

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the timing off. If there’s a tie vote, or if you have to do a recount, that just delays everything longer. Not that we’ve ever had this happen in the past, but I just like to be prepared when I do things.” If a second call for nominations is needed for mayor, councillor or school board trustee, then it pushes the date of the vote even closer to Christmas. “Most people don’t want to be out, going to the polls at Christmas time. They would rather be at home with their families.” Other cities have found themselves in situations in which they haven’t had A2 » CONCERNS

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He sold coke to a cop, now Dubois is heading to the slammer By Brian Zinchuk brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net

If you’re selling coke, selling it to a cop is going to land you in the slammer. And that’s exactly where Ryan John Dubois, 31, of Weyburn, will be spending the next 3 1/2 years, minus time served. On Nov. 2, Dubois appeared before Judge Lane Wiegers in Estevan Provincial Court. Guilty pleas and a joint submission resulted in his heading off to the pen. But just which level of security was of great concern for Dubois, as he had previously been a Crown witness in a double homicide case, and he did not want to end up in prison with the those he helped convict. Dubois pleaded guilty

to trafficking cocaine and possession for the purpose of trafficking. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of breach of a recognizance, reduced from four counts. Federal Crown prosecutor Scott Moffat said that on Feb. 13, 2017, Weyburn police targeted a dial-a-dope operation in that city, with an undercover police officer ordering one gram of cocaine for $100 from Dubois. On March 3, 2017, another individual delivered 3 1/2 grams of cocaine for $300 to an undercover officer. Moffat filed to seek minimum punishment in this case. Dubios had a prior, but dated, conviction for drug trafficking. Thus Moffat noted the appropriate range for a

second offence is three to six years. The joint submission was for a 3 1/2-year sentence. Since Dubois had been remanded in custody since June 17, he had served 138 days. With enhanced credit at 1 1/2 times time served, that equated 207 days. Moffat broke down the sentence as 20 months with respect to the Feb. 13 charge and 22 months for the March 3 charge. The sentence also included a DNA sample order and a weapons prohibition for life. Several items were seized, including a Dodge 300 sedan car, but he was allowed to keep a laptop and Samsung phone. Defence attorney Jonathan Goby said, “He does have a record that is signifi-

cant,” but added that the most recent offence was in 2010. “The record is the reason for the joint submission,” Goby added. As for the breach matter, which prohibited Dubois from using a cellphone, Goby said he had used one to call a tow truck when his vehicle had broken down. Dubois told the judge, “I just want to say I’m sorry for what I did. I undertood the impact on the community.” W iegers responded, “Those comments serve you well,” and spoke of how cocaine destroys a lot of lives. He gave credit to Dubois for his plea, comments and taking responsibility. When it came to imposing sentence, the judge went

along with the suggestion of the joint submission, but chose to use days instead of months and years, noting there can be some discrepancy between the length of individual months. Stating that he would use 30 days as the basis for a month, he sentenced Dubois to 600 days minus 207 days credit for times served, resulting in 393 days in custody for the trafficking charge. For the possession for the purpose of trafficking charge, he sentenced Dubois for a consecutive 660 days. A victim impact surcharge of $600 was imposed, with four years to pay. The breach charges netted a concurrent sentence of three months. Goby requested a mini-

mum security facility for Dubois, noting that two individuals are currently serving in a federal institution and they are not in minimum security. Dubois personally told the judge he had helped out with two Crown cases, and he was not violent. Wiegers spent some time discussing that, but, ultimately decided it wasn’t his place, nor did he have jurisdiction, to make such an order that was binding. “I don’t feel that I am in a position to make a fully informed order with respect to that,” Wiegers said, noting corrections staff have the option to put Dubois in a different facility. “I’m not saying it’s not a legitimate concern. They’re the specialists.”

Concerns remain for new election date « A1 enough candidates for an election. She is also concerned about the effects of having the elections so close together, because the rules and regulations are so different between the province and municipal elections. “That’s when people get

confused on what requirements are for voting,” said Pilloud. The city doesn’t enumerate, unlike provincial and federal governments, and she is worried people will think the procedure for voting in the civic election will be the same as federal or provincial.

In a news release, Premier Scott Moe said he received a clear message from municipalities and school boards about a desire to keep the civic election in 2020. “ We believe we have reached a reasonable compromise that will allow local officials time to prepare for

these changes,” said Moe. As for the school boards, Saskatchewan School Boards Association president Shawn Davidson said the association is pleased election dates have been chosen. “We believe that this change will be less challenging than other options that

were considered and we look forward to ongoing partnership and collaboration,” said Davidson. “Locally elected boards will continue to work hard to represent the families and communities that elect us.” Moe noted that in 1991 and 2003, the municipal and

provincial elections were held about two weeks apart. He said the government decided to have the provincial election first because moving the provincial election back would make it difficult, if not impossible, to hold a fall legislative session before Christmas.

Carroll will remain involved with PC Party « A1 PC Party was calling for candidates to become the next leader. He was looking to start the process, and he hoped that after he filed his papers, others would follow suit. “As I gathered a little bit of momentum in my campaign, I certainly got more serious about

it, and the last half of my campaign, I certainly was considering the possibility (of becoming the PC leader),” said Carroll. Grey filed his nomination papers in September, after running for the PCs in the Regina Northeast by-election. Carroll had campaigned for Grey dur-

ing the by-election, and Carroll was impressed with how Grey presented himself. Carroll characterized the leadership race as an excellent experience, and he was happy with how he was received and

the knowledge he gained. “Will I ever try it again? I don’t know. I’ll take some time to reflect, because there were some mistakes made on my part,” said Carroll. He will remain involved

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good ideas, and some good people that he has brought in, too.” Grey will replace Ken Swenson, who has been the party leader since 2006. Swenson was presented with a gift during the convention for his service.

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Talented curator wins Estevan adjudicated art show By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

Regan Lanning knows a thing or two about art inspiration. The Weyburn artist and curator’s pottery exhibition of small portraits won the Ev Johnson Memorial Adjudicated Art Show Saturday, with the art shown in the multipurpose room at the Estevan Leisure Centre in the late afternoon. “They’re all pictures of myself or my family,” said Lanning, who manages three galleries in Weyburn. “I treat the pottery almost like a canvas. And then I paint upon it and then I do slip trailing as well. The blackout lines are done with clay slip which is basically like a clay sass that’s used primarily to glue pieces of pottery when they’re being built together.” She tinted it black with their studio’s glaze and then squeezed it out onto the drawings, which she does herself. Lanning found herself inspired by family, relationships and mental health. “My background is in

Artists and their work at the show are, in the back row from left, Nancy Samoluk, Rich Meckler, Marleen Vicary, Chris Borshowa, Rob Fenwick and Michael Koops. The front are Alison Norlen, left, and Regan Lanning. Submitted photo portraiture so I think marrying the two together was only a matter of time before I got

Adjudicator Alison Norlen, left, congratulated Regan Lanning for winning the Ev Johnson Memorial Adjudicated Art Show Saturday at the multipurpose room at the Estevan Leisure Centre.

there,” said Lanning. “The images all come from photographs that I’ve captured myself, so there’s a certain intimacy which is inherent in the fact that mom or wife or myself is taking that photo, so there’s a certain level of trust those subjects have in me. Then (I’m) putting that down on clay and trying not to lose that intimacy.” Even with this recognition, Lanning isn’t done with these pieces of art. She’ll be breaking them and putting them back together using a Japanese technique called kintsugi. “It uses gold to kind of put the pieces back together, so that kind of pushes the metaphor of relationships and fragility even further, in that

those cracks would be visual representations of emotional traumas or betrayals that happened in relationships.” Lanning, unable to be at similar art shows in Weyburn due to her running of galleries, said that by the time she’s showing in Estevan again, those pieces will have reflected the changes. The show was adjudicated by Alison Norlen, who herself had an exhibition recently at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum and created an ice cream cone sculpture at the Estevan Fair earlier this year. Norlen admitted that her adjudication was coloured by who she is as an artist herself. “Even in my teaching… one of the things I advocate

more than a finished product is exploration,” Norlen said. “And if you encourage people to explore, to take (a) risk and try to find something out of their own box, you may not end up with something that’s 100 per cent perfect as an end result, or you may end up with something that’s not yet formed, or something that’s in a process of going somewhere. “What I like to imagine is what you’re looking at is a frozen moment in time. And that you’re looking at somebody’s exploration as a fragment of a much larger picture.” While announcing Lanning’s win, Norlen said there were a lot of art that was a very close second place. But Lanning stood out.

“I’m going to contradict myself a bit and say that was a little bit more show-ready than some of the other candidates, and it was chosen for that specific reason,” Norlen said. “But I’m equally excited when I’m seeing somebody stepping aside from what they normally do. A lot of our discussion today was about work that was at a certain point where it could veer left, or veer right or it could go backwords or do all these kinds of things. I’m an advocate to the process.” Other local artists who had their work at the show included Nancy Samoluk, Rich Meckler, Marleen Vicary, Chris Borshowa, Rob Fenwick, Brenda Blackburn and Michael Koops.

Kotelo creates unique portraits of Canadian icons By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan artist and teacher Wade Kotelo can go from creating portraits of poet Alden Nowlan to Stompin’ Tom Connors in a few quick steps. Kotelo created portraits of Nowlan, Connors, Bruno Gerussi’s Nick Adonidis character from The Beachcombers and Al Waxman’s Larry King character from King of Kensington and displayed them at Art Concepts for an opening of his work Friday night. “I love Alden Nowlan, and I painted a couple of Alden Nowlans,” said Kotelo. “None of these guys are off the beaten path. They’re all highly regarded in their fields. But they all kind of slip away. They’re all dead… “All of these touched me in some way growing up

and as an adult… so they’re personal but they’re also very public, and so I think they’ll connect with a lot of people who are … in my age group.” In going from Nowlan, a poet who died in 1983, to the popular television stars Gerussi and Waxman, Kotelo said they’re all artists in one broad sense. “That affected me and kind of represented the best in Canadian ideals,” Kotelo said. “You learn a lot from Larry King, the man stuck in the middle, helping everybody out sometimes at his own expense as we learn through the life of his television program. Likewise with Nick Adonidis. These are small-town guys who did the best they could with what they had and still found ways to rise above.” Nowlan was a model of Canadian resiliency, Kotelo said. He had a turbulent life

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growing up on Canada’s east coast with an unforgiving family and minor education. “And you can’t get more Canadian than Stompin’ Tom,” Kotelo said. “He never performed a show outside of Canada and sent back all his Juno (Awards) in protest, and he’s got landmark things that are unforgettable.” Kotelo has been painting portraits for a long time. “You paint a portrait of somebody, it lifts them up,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s you or me or a celebrity, it changes their status in a way and it just might be a feeling. Someone’s taken the time to change the way people look at you… “I haven’t in the last month or two remembered when somebody has talked about Bruno Gerussi or Nick Adonitis or the Beachcombers, so it’s all kind of sort of shared Canadian history.”

Kotelo said he can’t wipe the smile off his face when it comes to being able to have his own art show. There are different sizes and colours in his work, even with similar poses with the subject matter, and he doesn’t look at one to paint the other. “It ’s a neat look,” he said. “Right off the bat, despite the repetition, I think it’s an overwhelming bit of variety. There’s something unique and interesting happening.” As a portrait painter, people have a ‘look’, he said. The picture that he worked on with Connors to create his art was from the mid to late 1960s. “To me, this is an open ended set,” Kotelo said. “The idea of working on the fiercely Canadian, it already has me thinking about who can be represented with that notion of being Canadian first.”

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The compromise still wasn’t enough The provincial government has announced the next municipal and school board elections will be held in 2020, rather than 2021 like the government had suggested earlier this summer. That was about the only good news from the provincial government’s revelation last week about a “compromise” regarding the date of the next municipal and school board elections. The province has decreed that the next provincial election will be held on Oct. 26, 2020, while the civic election has been pushed back to Nov. 9, 2020, which is the second Monday of November. Normally a civic election would take place on the second Wednesday of November, but since the second Wednesday of November in 2020 happens to be Remembrance Day, the election had to be moved by two days. We’re pleased that the next civic election will be in 2020 rather than 2021, since five years is too long of a term for a civic or school board government, or any other government for that matter. But there should have been more give from the province on this issue. The province could have held its next election in April 2020. The most recent provincial vote was held in April 2016, and while that date posed some problems with the start of the spring sitting of the legislature, and the release of the provincial budget, it was one that was overcome. Yes, the provincial budget was hanging over the election, and the opposition parties

routinely questioned why a budget wasn’t released before the election, but it’s not like the 2016 provincial budget was a powder keg like its 2017 counterpart. The other option was to keep the next municipal and school board election on its original date of Oct. 28, 2020, and to have the provincial vote in November, a situation that played out in 2003. While a November vote would place a strain on the fall sitting of the legislature, it’s not as significant as the challenge as the new election date will be for municipal governments and school boards. For starters, what happens if there aren’t enough candidates to fill the election slate? Then a second call for nominations would be necessary. We’re not sure that could be an issue for Estevan city council, since there is always an election for councillor, and there’s always somebody running for mayor. But when you get into these small communities, and you have fewer people to choose from, it could mean a second or even third call for nominations, which would push the date further back, and leave it close to Christmas. Most people aren’t thinking about voting for a village or town council once December arrives. And there’s a risk of bad weather hurting voter turnout. Also, while the provincial government doesn’t want to have a spring election because

of the impact on the provincial budget, this new election date will make it tougher for municipalities to wrap up their budgets before the end of the year. New mayors, councillors and school board trustees have enough to worry about when they’re elected for the first time. A budget is one of them. And now it will be tougher to get the budget out. Municipalities are also concerned with finding enough workers for the election, since most of their workers are snowbirds who head south for the winter. Usually their last task every four years before leaving is to work at a polling station on election day. And there’s the matter of it being easier to reschedule a provincial election. There are 61 provincial ridings. Most will have four or five candidates in the next election. There are thousands of urban and rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, and dozens of school boards. There are far more candidates trying to join their municipal council or school board. Civic politics represent the bedrock of our democracy. Voters, especially those in smaller centres, have more access to their councillors than they will with their MP or MLA. Municipal politics might not be as glamorous and federal or provincial politics, but it’s still vital. The provincial government should have found a more appropriate date for their vote, and left the municipal election date where it was.

100 years since the end of the Great War, and what do we really know? This Nov. 11 will mark the 100th anniversary of the guns falling silent; at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. The Great War, which has since become known as the First World War, was over. In recent years, I’ve used the reference of the Great War more often than not, because that is what it was known as by those who fought it. Most people today wouldn’t even know that. And that’s why, instead of talking about the impact, or the horrors of war, this time I’m going to suggest some ways people can better educate themselves about the War to End All Wars, that didn’t end wars in the slightest. Instead, it led to the biggest one of all. Several audiobooks (and, correspondingly, their hardcopy versions, if you prefer) have opened my eyes. The Great War very much led to the Second World War. The early parts of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, by William L. Shirer, an American journalist in Berlin during the rise of Hitler who often saw him in action, first hand, from 1933 until 1940. He goes into this in great length, following how Adolf Hitler was affected by the Great War, and how its outcome was an enormous motivator for his later actions. Hitler’s nemesis in the Second World War was Winston Churchill, a man who was an instrumental player, at least in the early years, on the British side during the Great War as First Lord of the Admiralty. He was the guy who came up with the Gallipoli campaign to seize the Dardanelles. It was an inspirational stroke that all went for naught due to the British admirals flubbing their element of surprise. The Gallipoli disaster had a huge impact on

From the Top of the Pile BRIAN ZINCHUK Churchill, who gave up his cabinet seat and went and fought in the trenches. Churchill also was the one who came up with the idea for the tank, something that has changed war ever since. You can read about Churchill in The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory 1874-1932, by William Manchester. The most significant book, for me, is A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918, by G.J. Meyer. I thought I knew something about this war before. I found out I knew squat. While this book is very difficult to get into, with the lengthy explanations of how various countries came to mobilize, once the guns start firing, it picks up from there. For those who aren’t into audiobooks or reading, there is a remarkable YouTube series I’ve just discovered in recent weeks. It’s called The Great War, and can be found at www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar. The channel’s description notes, “The Great War covers the events exactly 100 years ago: The story of World War I in realtime. Featuring: The unique archive material of British Pathé. Indy Neidell takes you on a journey into the past to show you what really happened and how it all could spiral into more than four years of dire war.” It’s an absolutely fascinating body of work.

Taking over four years, the video series, each a little over 10 minutes, goes week-by-week explaining what happened during that week of the war. It wraps up this week, and as a result, it is possible to binge-watch the entire series. (They started doing the same treatment to the Second World War this fall. Look up “World War Two” on YouTube. It’s also great to watch.) In addition to the weekly episodes of The Great War, they have done an enormous number of snippets, profiling everything from tank tactics to mountain combat. Many individuals are profiled. While the name of Canadian Billy Bishop is well known as our premier flying ace, have you ever heard of Francis Pegahmagabow? Me neither. But the series says he, First Nations man, was the most successful sniper of the whole war, credited with killing 378 Germans and capturing another 300 more. He was born on what is now known as Shawanaga First Nation in Ontario. Let’s put this into perspective: Vasily Zaytsev, the hero of Stalingrad, who has had a Hollywood movie, Enemy at the Gates, made after him, is credited with 225 kills. Yet no one has heard of the Canadian sniper Francis Pegahmagabow. And that’s my point. I’ve studied the Great War a bit, and there is so much that most people don’t know about the conflict that, today, still shapes our lives. All of these are well worth a read, a listen or a watch, because the War to End All Wars certainty didn’t. Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.

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“Tax this, Brian!” (Not you, Zinchuk) Corey Atkinson New Material Only People are protesting a controversial tax, while Albertans and people from the rest of Western Canada are frothing at the mouths. Is it like today? Kinda, sorta. “It’s too much! No one should be taxed like this!” they say. People from coast to coast to coast were up in arms over it. The goods and services tax, when it was conceived as a measure against the rising debt, was never a popular measure and in some ways was the ultimate killer of the Progressive Conservative party federally. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and finance minister Michael Wilson introduced the tax in 1990, even though they weren’t there in Parliament when the bill was voted on for a third time, amid heckling of the rest of the Tories. Mulroney originally floated out the idea of a nine per cent sales tax. And as Canadians, we were all told the tax would be revenue neutral, just replacing a couple of manufacturers and telecommunications taxes at the retail level. The amount we’d pay for things wouldn’t really change, we were told. And I’m sure almost all of us rolled our collective eyes at that. A total of 1.7 million people filled out protest cards and some members held them up as they voted. It was said at the time in Parliament that 85 per cent of people opposed the GST. Alex Kindy and David Kilgour were the only PCs who voted against it. Kindy and Kilgour were bounced from the Tories but Kilgour was re-elected repeatedly as a Liberal. But there was a problem – Mulroney hadn’t effectively stacked the upper chamber enough to pass the tax past the Senate so he temporarily added eight more senators. One of those was Saskatchewan’s Eric Berntson, originally from Oxbow. Mulroney said he was just defending the ideal of responsible government. Mulroney’s gambit worked magnificently, if his only bright idea for his second mandate (given in the 1988 general election) was to introduce this tax. The senators voted the way he wanted. Through retirements, Berntson was able to stay on until he resigned to serve a one-year jail term in 2001 as his sentence for defrauding Saskatchewan taxpayers for $41,000 when he was this province’s deputy premier. The final vote took place in December and on Jan. 1, 1991 we all started paying the general sales tax. Cue Jean Chrétien on his white horse. Riding a wave of popularity from a convention, he spent the better part of 1992 and the lead up into 1993 crusading effectively against the tax. But economists will tell you that consumption taxes are good for the economy. They make people work longer hours, increasing productivity and output. No word from those most affected by it, although maybe one of the old GST protest cards would be an interesting thing to have on your wall. Taxes and the opposition to these taxes are almost always political. If people see a purpose to a tax, or an ideal (read: virtue signal), they’re more likely to swallow their pride a bit and roll with it. Chrétien wanted the GST replaced but it was a much different tune once he was in office. It seemed that every truck was issued a ‘Tax This, Brian’ bumper sticker, with a middle finger aimed directly at Mulroney. If your name was Brian or you know someone named Brian, it seemed a bit more personal but I always thought it was aimed at Mulroney. The GST issue helped the Reform Party immeasurably federally and by the time the 1993 election was over, the PCs were down to two seats and separatist Bloc Quebecois was the opposition. Voters (and soon to be voters) weren’t only upset at Mulroney for the GST, but it’s fair to say that it was the key issue that divided all of the parties’ respective platforms. I don’t remember much of a price difference from one year to the next when it came to consumer durables, or to anything so much as a bag of Skittles. Costs went directly to the consumer and they really haven’t stopped the escalation since. Although one of the things the GST was supposed to be was a measure against inflation, we still talk of 1980s costs as if they’re another currency. So we as a country protested a tax far more effectively in 1990 than at any other time past or present, and it’s still there. While most, if not all of us, would prefer to not pay it, it’s a fact of life and unless our government changes to a complete libertarian style, it’s probably not coming back down to zero anytime soon.

Estevan Farmers’ Market and former vendor refute rumours The editor: The Estevan Farmers’ Market has been a part of the Estevan community for many years. We do our best to support local vendors and charities, and to provide a wide variety of product for our customers. The market started our 2018 season with sad news – we were notified by William Hofer of Rose Valley Colony near Assiniboia that he would be retiring and that Rose Valley Colony would not be returning to our market for the 2018 season. William Hofer had been a very important part of our market and was a good friend

to many of the vendors and those of us on the board of directors. While we were happy for William and wished him well in his retirement, we knew his absence would leave a large void and we were concerned about how our customers would react. We expected to have some unhappy customers and hoped that bringing in additional produce vendors would help. We were in no way prepared for how the rumours would become so hateful and eventually be focused on another vendor, blaming her for forcing William out of our market. These rumours have become slanderous towards her,

which affects her business as the farmers’ market is her livelihood. It has become obvious that something needs to be said to stop these rumours. William Hofer would like us to pass on the following message. “Contrary to rumors, I retired from gardening which included coming to the market in Estevan, in the fall of 2017. I had travelled to market weekly for 19 years and made many good friends with vendors and customers. At the present time the new gardener has no plans to return to market. “ I h a ve m a n y f on d memories of the market, the vendors and the board members. They included me in

operational plans and are true friends. My decision to retire was made on family health and my age. I now have a position on the colony. “I enjoy the work but do miss Estevan market and the people. Please accept my sincere thank you for your loyal business and friendships over the years.” We would like to take this opportunity to thank our customers that continue to support us and we look forward to being a part of this community for many more years. Patricia Thompson Market Manager Estevan

Telling tales and raising money for a good cause The Estevan Toastmasters Club parlayed their ability to tell stories into raising money for charity during a story night Friday at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum. About 25 people gathered for the event. Most of the storytellers were members of the club, but there were a few tales that came from those who are closely connected to club members. Louise Schnare opened the evening by talking about her family’s love of fishing. Brandon O’Hanlon discussed a medical procedure he recently went through, and added to his story with a song that he wrote. Zia Abdul reflected an encounter he once had with elephants. Lutos Villanueva reflected on some of his experiences after coming to Canada from the Philippines. Greg Johnston, who lives in the Kisbey area, shared some of his experiences from dealing with horses at his farm and driving a semi-truck when he hasn’t been farming. Lindsay Heier explained some of the differences between living in Canada, and living in Russia and Nicaragua. Heier recently returned to Canada after living in Nicaragua for 20 years, and chronicled how he met his wife, who is from the Central American nation. The speakers often used humour in their stories, and sometimes the stories were tailored to adult audiences. Villanueva was born and raised in the Philippines, but he now considers Estevan home. He didn’t know any-

thing about Canada before coming here, so the culture, politics, food and traffic rules were new to him. “In our community now, there are lots of Filipinos, and I tried and got a job,” said Villanueva. A head-hunter he had hired told him about an opportunity in Estevan. He took the job, and eventually flew from Manila to Vancouver to start his new life. He arrived in in Canada in July 2009. His mother had packed him the thickest jacket and sweaters she could find, and put them in his backpack, because she believed that Canada was a cold country. “We put our sweaters on, we put our jackets on, and we arrived in Regina,” said Villanueva. “After saying ‘hi’ … to our employers … we went to the parking lot to go to his vehicle. Boy, I was sweating big-time. My armpits were like a faucet that wouldn’t shut off.” He quickly learned that it wasn’t always cold in Canada. Villanueva believes that when someone moves to another country, they will miss the food the most from back home. He soon found himself pining for the seafood and the rice served in the Philippines. Proceeds of the event will be directed to the STARS Air Ambulance. MC Desmond Bilsky said it’s a great cause, and he said each person in attendance might need STARS’ services at some point in their lives.

Lutos Villanueva reﬂected on his adjustment to life in Canada during the Estevan Toastmasters Club’s story night on Friday.

Regina police lay charges against local woman An Estevan woman has been arrested in Regina on drug-related charges. Members of the Regina Police Service were dispatched to a call for service in the 2000-block of Broder Street on Oct. 30. Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle leaving the area and found the female driver had an outstanding warrant for driving while disqualified. She was also found to be a suspended driver. The suspect was placed under arrest and, in a search, police found a significant

quantity of a substance believed to be methamphetamine. Investigation led to charges against her. Kaylee Heddie Turnbull is charged with breach of probation under the Criminal Code and possession of a substance for the purpose of trafficking under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. She made her first appearance on these charges on Oct. 31 in Regina Provincial Court. The charges have not been proven in court.

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Meeting looks at future of Glen Peterson Park By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The City of Estevan continues to look at options to fill the Glen Peterson Industrial Park in east Estevan. A meeting was held with land owners in the area on Oct. 31. Richard Neufeld, the manager of land development services, said it was a good opportunity to bounce ideas around for the development of the subdivision. “I’m putting it to paper now, and drawing up some maps, illustrating what they’re looking for,” said Neufeld. Among the ideas tossed around at the meeting was to see how the commercial and industrial area can be integrated, and perhaps prevent businesses from develop-

ing there that don’t belong. Those at the meeting were concerned about a car crushing business or salvage yard opening there. “Right now it could happen,” said Neufeld. “It would be an automatic approval. There’s nothing I could really do to stop it, because it’s a permitted use.” He doesn’t believe it would be the best location to have such a facility, with the Southeast College, restaurants and commercial businesses nearby. Also suggested was residential development in that area, which Neufeld said would be a major departure from what the city has done in the past. “We don’t have any residential east of Kensington,”

Richard Neufeld said Neufeld. There was also a discussion about reducing the cost to purchase land in the area,

or the cost of off-site development levies. “That comes up every time I have a meeting with developers. It doesn’t matter where it is in the city. The cost of development is a concern for everybody in the city.” The cost to purchase a lot in Glen Peterson has been cited in the past as a reason why several lots remain vacant nearly a decade after they went on the market. Another issue, according to Neufeld, is a policy that requires hard surfaces for parking lots. Neufeld pointed out that until 2010, companies could have pavement or gravel with dust control. But pavement is now required, except for in low density residential areas. “It’s required in certain

areas but not throughout,” said Neufeld. A three-acre industrial property would need to have a hard-surfaced parking lot, and Neufeld said that would be expensive. He wants to find a balance between the desires of the people that were expressed in the Our Estevan survey program, and the realities associated with the cost of achieving it. He would hate to see a parking lot surfacing requirement turn away a business that would be beneficial for the community. There is interest in the subdivision, he said, and some new developments might be coming in. He is optimistic the economic development incentives introduced by the city in the summer will pay

off. Neufeld said he wanted to have the meeting to discuss whether there are portions of the bylaws that are detrimental to business growth and sustainability in the city, and if there are ideas that aren’t included in the bylaws that could help the business community thrive. The next step will be to draft a document and present it to the stakeholder group. He hopes to have a final version that he can bring to council in the next month or two. From there, an open house or a community meeting will likely take place, and he expects that’s where they will get a lot of feedback about the future of the industrial park.

Josh LeBlanc and Brian Enns appointed to economic development committee The City of Estevan appointed two new members at large to the economic development committee at Monday night’s meeting. The Rural Municipality of Estevan withdrew from the committee earlier this year, creating two vacancies that can

be filled for members at large. Josh LeBlanc and Brian Enns applied to fill the spots, and were acclaimed. *** Also during the meeting, Troy LeBlanc, the pastpresident of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Estevan branch,

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presented poppies to council members. LeBlanc said the poppy campaign started Oct. 27, and poppies can be purchased at locations throughout the city. *** Council approved a new five-year agreement with

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the Estevan Comprehensive School so that the school can continue to use Affinity Place for its annual graduation ceremonies. Grad has been held at the events centre since it opened in 2011. In a letter to council, Lori Meyer said that the previous three-year agreement expired earlier this year. She noted the school paid 50 per cent for the cost to rent Affinity Place, and she would like to see a similar arrangement continue. After some discussion

regarding the length of the agreement, council settled on five years. *** During the inquiries portion of the meeting, Councillor Shelly Veroba asked whether the Estevan Arts Council’s adjudicated art show could be moved back to the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM), which was the site of the show for many years. This year’s show was held Saturday in the Estevan Leisure Centre’s multipurpose

room. “I had a couple of ladies approach me, and asked me if it could be moved back to the art gallery,” said Veroba. When it’s in the multipurpose room, it takes away from exercise programs and other activities, and Veroba believes the art gallery is where art shows should be held. Councillor Travis Frank, who is the city’s representative on the EAGM board, said he would take Veroba’s request to the board.

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PSAC predicts 4.3 per cent decline in Saskatchewan wells drilled in 2019 The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) released its 2019 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast on Nov. 1. PSAC expects a total of 6,600 wells (rig releases) to be drilled in Canada in 2019. That’s down slightly from this year. For 2018, the association’s final revised forecast predicts a yearly total of 6,980 wells. For Saskatchewan, the forecast is a decline of 4.3 per cent in wells drilled. PSAC bases its 2019 forecast on average natural gas prices of C$1.45 per thousand cubic feet (AECO), crude oil prices of US$69/ barrel (WTI), a Western Canadian Select (WCS) vs West Texas Intermediate (WTI) differential of US$24.50/barrel, and the Canadian dollar averaging $0.80USD. Outgoing PSAC president and CEO Tom Whalen said in a release, “While we’ve recovered from the very dark days of 2015 and 2016, there really isn’t any cause for celebration in the near term, as drilling activity is in its third year of a plateau, averaging

around 6,900 wells per year. The unprecedented, wide heavy oil price differentials caused by our chronic pipeline constraints is nothing short of a crisis for Canada. At current differentials, it exceeds a $100 million cost to the industry and Canada. Today, the only near-term line of sight to added pipeline capacity is Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement which isn’t projected to be in service until at least the third quarter of 2019. “Based on recent industry analysts’ reports, we currently have approximately 165,000-225,000 barrels per day of excess oil supply for the existing egress system. Consequently, we project slightly softer drilling activity in the first half of 2019 than we had in 2018. We’ve seen crude by rail volumes increase to over 200,000 barrels perday in recent months and we know there is more rail capacity building in progress. However, we only see rail providing some limited relief to those operators like Cenovus who are willing to step out and commit to

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longer-term contracts.” On a provincial basis for 2019, PSAC estimates 3,532 wells to be drilled in Alberta, and 2,422 wells for Saskatchewan, representing year-over-year decreases of 221 and 110 wells, respectively. At 255 wells, drilling activity in Manitoba is expected to drop by 16 wells year-over-year, whilst activity in British Columbia is projected to decrease from 415 wells in 2018 to 382 wells in 2019. PSAC noted the projected total year-over-year decrease of 380 wells equates to approximately $1.5-$1.8 billion less in capital spending by exploration and production companies. This translates into more pain for the oilfield services, supply and manufacturers as they are already competing for share of a smaller pie that’s about to get even smaller. This sector continues to suffer as prices for products and services in Canada are severely depressed. This ‘lower for longer’ is forcing companies to consider alternatives such as moving more of their

operations to other jurisdictions outside of Canada in an effort to survive, as reported in PSAC’s annual business issues survey. Whalen continued, “The on-again, off-again saga of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is another blow to investor confidence in Canada. It’s not a positive signal to investors that it takes state ownership as a ‘last resort’ means to move national interest projects forward. While there are numerous barriers to business going forward, if Bill C-69, the new Environmental Impact Assessment Act is passed into law, it is unlikely another major project will ever be proposed or built in this country. Unfortunately, the biggest casualties in this debacle are the hundreds of thousands of middle-class Canadians who rely on the resource sector directly or indirectly for jobs, Indigenous peoples who would benefit from jobs, skills training, and economic opportunities to raise them out of poverty, as well as all levels of government that collects royalties

Outgoing PSAC president and CEO Tom Whalen delivered the 2019 drilling forecast, one of his last acts in that position with PSAC. File photo and taxes used to support health care, education, and other public infrastructure that benefits all Canadians. “Market access and development of our natural resources would not only help reduce global emissions and help lift third-world countries out of energy poverty, but would continue to benefit all Canadians by providing energy security, LNG for remote and northern communities, great high-tech

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Brickery event delights local Lego users By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

While the majority of the bouncing down the aisles at the Brickery Lego event was done by children, both young and not-as-young can enjoy the experience of building Lego. Lego enthusiasts turned out at the 60 and Over Club Saturday for the third annual Brickery, taking place for the first time in its own space. “We had a show connected with another show in Estevan but we found that we were big enough that we needed our own space,”

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said Waylon Klix, one of the members of the local group. The local Lego users are part of a group called the Saskatchewan Lego Users Group (SLUG) and they have different shows around the province. “It’s a really fun show and it’s smaller than some of the other shows we do but it’s really relaxed. The kids love it and the adults are always surprised that they enjoy some of the different things that are created.” SLUG members all love to build and their creativity is shown in some of the things they ’ve built. Not just restricted to the large commercial sets available in department stores, they will often build elaborate, moving pieces that reflect their interests. Whether that’s a specific movie or band, or a part of everyday life, there’s always something unique about those who show at an event. It’s good to have a group like SLUG to get along with

and spend some time with, Klix said, but there’s also another reason. “You have enough to make an exhibit like this so people can come out and see the stuff and get to see the smiles on peoples’ faces.” Klix said SLUG not just a group of people who got into Lego as kids and then back into it as adults, although some are like that. “Some people were never into it as kids,” he said. “Some people have been into it the whole time, and others like myself have built for awhile and then got back into the hobby as adults.” At the show, Klix enjoyed so many of the pieces, like the Cathedral Gollum that was near the front. “The guy who builds it is just amazing at building cathedrals and that sort of stuff,” he said. “It’s just a cool take on what a cathedral can look like if it turned into a monster. It’s hard to pick a favourite because there’s lots of cool stuff.”

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Legion Past President – Troy LeBlanc

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Jim Spenst still has strong memories of his service By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Â Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been more than 70 years since Jim Spenst returned to Canada following his service in the Second World War, but he still has enduring memories from his time in the service. Spenst was a private in the Canadian Army in the war. He joined the North Battleford Light Infantry reserve unit while still living in his hometown of Meadow Lake. More than two years later, on Nov. 11, 1943, Spenst enlisted for active duty with the service corps, and he went to Red Deer, Alta., for his training. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just about all the young kids at Meadow Lake did,â&#x20AC;? said Spenst. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were some older members, too, but it was mostly all young guys, and we spent two summers in Dundurn, training there on summer holidays,â&#x20AC;? said Spenst. The next six months were spent in basic training. While

he had experience from his time in the reserves, there was still a lot to learn, such as driving a vehicle with the steering wheel on the right hand side. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew how to drive because I delivered milk at Meadow Lake with a 1941 Ford van,â&#x20AC;? said Spenst. He was only 17 years of age when he joined the army, and like many in his generation, he lied about his age to serve his country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My brother Clarence had been there about a month or so before, and they asked â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;How come youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 18 1/2, and your brother was just here (to enlist)? And the name Spenst is not common.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I said my mother and dad were fast workers,â&#x20AC;? said Spenst, displaying a quick wit even at that young age. Spenst told them he was going to serve actively, regardless of his age, or he was going back to Meadow Lake to be a mechanic. After Red Deer, he was

sent to Truro, N.S., and then Debert. They boarded a New Amsterdam ship and sailed to Scotland, and then they were transferred to northern England during the German invasion. W hile in England, Spenst had an encounter with his brother, Arnold, who was part of the Regina Rifles and recovering in hospital after losing both of his legs in France. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I got to Farnborough, he â&#x20AC;Ś and a lance corporal came in, and they were looking for Jim Spenst, Arnoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little brother,â&#x20AC;? recalled Spenst. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was guarding my socks, and I looked up and I said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Arnie, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Jim.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen him for five or six years.â&#x20AC;? Spenst was eventually deployed to France in July 1944, a few weeks after the Normandy invasion off the coast of France. He was involved with the liberation of the Netherlands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we go there, they

Jim Spenst and wife Elaine in front of the Remembrance Day display at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home.

Jim Spenst holds a frame with photos of his brothers and sons who have served their country. treat us like kings, because Canadians liberated Holland,â&#x20AC;? said Spenst, who never made it back to the Netherlands after the war. He was with the Canadian Occupational Forces in Germany when he was discharged March 4, 1946. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a choice of joining to go to Japan or staying in Germany with the occupational forces,â&#x20AC;? said Spenst. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of them signed up to go to Japan, and I stayed in Germany.â&#x20AC;? He made a lot of friends through the army, and said he never had any problems with any of the people he served with. Spenst noted that two other brothers, Clarence and Edward, also served during the Second World War. After the war, he spent time with family near Stewart Valley in west-central Saskatchewan, and then he moved to Moose Jaw. He started working in a public works government garage in

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Regina. He eventually met a young woman from Estevan, Elaine, and they were married in 1947. She was a Peterson, and still has lots of family in the area. It was through a friend, Harry Moroz, that the couple first moved to Estevan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He came to Regina, him and Archie Holley, who had Holly Motors. And that was in â&#x20AC;Ś 1948.â&#x20AC;? Spenst ran the body shop at Holley Motors. But he had a disagreement with the service manager the following year, and so Spenst went back to Moose Jaw, contacted a friend in public works in Regina, and went back to work there. He returned to Estevan to his former job at Holley Motorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; body shop in 1951. Three years later, he started Estevan Auto Body, and then went to work for Dyer Ford. In 1971, he bought Petersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Redi-Mix plant and started Spenst Auto Body Ltd., which

he owned until 1986. Jim and Elaine Spenst had five children together, two of whom, Doug and Daryl, served in the forces. Doug was with the South Saskatchewan Regiment reserve unit, while Daryl was part of the Logistics Transport Peacekeepers with two tours of Africa and one in Bosnia. Spenst is proud of his kids, and the service of the two boys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Darylâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got five war medals, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only got â&#x20AC;Ś the four here,â&#x20AC;? said Spenst. Spenst has been active in the Royal Canadian Legionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Estevan branch. He held several positions on the executive and was a mainstay in the kitchen, preparing meals for legion banquets and community events. He received a Meritorious Service Medal from the legion for his contributions to the Estevan branch, and was also involved with coaching and umpiring baseball in the community. Â

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Craig Bird documents Canada’s military history By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Craig Bird says his interest in military history has become a 30-year passion. Bird, who is a sergeant with the Estevan Police Service, is one of several people in southeast Saskatchewan who has compiled an impressive collection of uniforms, memorabilia and other artefacts. Bird will be the guest speaker for the Remembrance Day service hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion’s Estevan branch. The service will be at Estevan Comprehensive School on Nov. 11, starting at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will take place on the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Much of Bird’s collection is from the First World War and the Second World War. He has an array of what an infantry soldier would have had or carried during that wars. It’s not just of Canadian and British soldiers, but German and Japanese as well. “It’s … something that piqued my interest early on,” said Bird. In the last three or four years, Bird has ramped up his research into southeast Saskatchewan’s contributions to the First World War, because of the events held locally to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. “I’m trying to keep it a little more fresh, plus I’ve been running into people in the area that have a connection with World War I, they’ve had a relative or what not in the family, so some of the stuff is coming out a little bit more.” He noted a lot of local soldiers joined with the 152nd

Battalion, but that ended up being disbanded over in England in 1917, and they went into the 15th Saskatchewan Reserve Battalion. When the drafts came occurred the end of the war, they often went into the First Saskatchewan Garrison Battalion. “A lot of these guys would have gone to the units that needed reinforcements at the time because of battles and what not,” said Bird. He has also learned more about people who came to Estevan after the war who weren’t originally from the city. Bird believes recent milestones have boosted interest and awareness of the war, including the 100th anniversary of the start of the war in 1914, to the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge last year, and this year’s 100th anniversary of the end of the war. In a visit to the Mercury office, Bird brought a number of items from his personal collection. One of them was an 18-pound British shrapnel shell that is dated 1917. It was fused to detonate over troops. It could be set for height and distance, and it would rain down marble-sized lead balls onto the opposing soldiers below. “It was just carnage,” said Bird. “And they would use the shrapnel shells basically for breaking up wire entanglements, or infantry in the open.” Also with him was a smaller German howitzer shell from the following year. “They called them whiz bangs because when you watch the old movies and hear the whistle, those are calibre shells that would whistle over your head,” said Bird. Millions of those howit-

zer shells were fired during the First World War. He also brought several photos with him. One is a collage of photos and other artifacts that includes a picture of a tent city at Camp Hughes, Man., during the First World War. At the time, more than 30,000 people lived at Camp Hughes, making it the second largest city in Manitoba. He also had a photo of the presentation of the colours to the battalion on June 22, 1916. Bird believes that Prince Arthur’s wife presented the colours. Another of his framed collections is of the regimental badges of Estevan area soldiers who died during the First World War. And then there is a photo that was taken during the war of the first depot battalion in Regina. Among those in the photo are the grandfather of Bird’s wife Tina, and a soldier named Michael Ching, who was from Bienfait. Bird has both of their uniforms. He also brought a buckle, a medal and a trench periscope, which was created at the end of the First World War. The periscope allowed soldiers in the trenches to see activity on the other side. Bird said he likes to bring items that people can relate to, see and touch. Other items in his collection can’t be handled due to their fragility. “If it gets damaged, it would be hard to replace. Some of the things are a little bit more resilient in that manner, like the shell casings and the photos and stuff.” Bird says he gained his interest in military history through his own service. He joined the Regina Rifles infantry unit when he was still

Craig Bird holds one of the shells that is part of his collection of First World War memorabilia. in high school and living in Lumsden. It provided parttime, summer employment, and he could drive to Regina for training, particularly during the summer months. After he graduated high school, there was a full-time opening with the Rifles, and he was fortunate to be hired. “They weren’t a regular

force at the time. It was basically a full-time reservist. So you got to travel and do courses and do training all over the place, and basically had a steady paycheque at the time, which was nice.” While he was with the Rifles, he learned a lot about the unit’s history and its esprit de corps.

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He teaches the military history course to the army cadets each year, and he has talked to the Second World War veterans at the legion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They start talking to you because they know you were in the military, and

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Legion will mark 100 years since the end of the First World War at Remembrance Day service The Royal Canadian Legion’s Estevan branch is going to mark the 100th anniversary since the end of the First World War during its annual Remembrance Day service on Nov. 11 at the Estevan Comprehensive School. Due to the significance of the anniversary, and the possibility that there could be a larger crowd, the legion has moved everything into the school’s g ymnasium. Traditionally the ser vice has been at the school’s cafetorium, and the ensuing cenotaph ceremony has been at the school’s courtyard, with the assembled crowd watching from above while wreaths were laid at a makeshift cenotaph. This year’s service will start at 10:30 a.m. “We wanted to make it a little more special with the 100th anniversary,” said Estevan legion past-president Troy LeBlanc. The service has usually attracted a very good crowd, and in the last few years, people have been standing at the back of the cafetorium. Having the entire service under one roof should be beneficial, LeBlanc said. He noted a few people usually leave between the service and the cenotaph ceremony, while the crowd is shuffling towards the courtyard. It should also be a

slightly shorter ceremony, he said, because they won’t have an opening prayer or a moment of silence before the laying of wreaths at the cenotaph, nor will they be

marching in and marching out dignitaries and colours twice. To mark the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, the legion will have a guest

speaker instead of the multimedia presentation that they have had the last few years. The speaker will be Captain Craig Bird from the No. 2901 Estevan PPCLI Army Cadets. Bird has conducted extensive research on Canada’s military history, including the First World War. The multimedia presentation has shown photos of local residents who served in various combat and peacekeeping missions, with old-time music playing in the background.

At the end of the cenotaph ceremony, people will be invited to follow the procession of veterans and dignitaries, and drop off their poppies at the foot of the cenotaph. Af ter the process is finished, they can head for the exit. “This is a part of the program that usually happens at most Remembrance Day services, but with our facility and the way we have it, we have not been able to do it for many years, other than those who would just

like to do it after the service concluded,” said LeBlanc. LeBlanc noted there is one other reason the service will be held at the gymnasium. The school is producing a musical this year, and with the multiple stages that are being set up, they couldn’t properly utilize the cafetorium for dignitary and veteran seating. He said it’s too early to say whether this will be a permanent change. It will depend on how well the change goes over with the community.

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Estevan’s contribution to the First World War Submitted by Melissa Davidson Estevan-area men served with many units that made up the Canadian Expeditionary Force, including some who sailed in the fall of 1914. Two infantr y battalions were raised in the area. The 46th Battalion, raised in late 1915, reached France in August 1916 and fought at Vimy, Passchendale, and in the Hundred Days campaign. The 152nd Battalion, recruited in early 1916, was ultimately broken up to serve as reinforcements, primarily for the Fifth Battalion. But area men served in not only the various infantry battalions, but also the flying corps, medical corps, artillery, and railway troops. Our war memorials are eloquent testimony to the service of those who gave their lives. Most soldiers were able to return home, although often marked by their service. By the spring of 1918, returning veterans were not uncommon. Every month a

few veterans returned, most having been wounded at the front and declared unfit for further service. In March 1918, there were enough returned men in Estevan to form a branch of the Great War Veterans’ Association, predecessor of the Royal Canadian Legion. Unfortunately, some of the area’s wounded men faced lengthy recoveries at the military hospitals in Moose Jaw or Regina. Those at home worked for the war in their own ways. Residents were generous with their time and energy, meeting weekly to make goods for the Red Cross’ work with wounded men. On the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the women of Estevan collected jam for the men recovering in Saskatchewan military hospitals. Fundraisers were also held, including dances, whist drives, and curling tournaments. Estevan also supported the Canadian Patriotic Fund, which provided for the dependents of overseas soldiers, and Estevan MLA George Bell was treasurer of the provincial

organization. The area exceeded its targets in the Victory Loan campaign, helping fund the war through the sale of war bonds, and the 1918 YMCA Red Triangle campaign, which provided recreation huts for soldiers. Agriculture was also mobilized. Britain was dependent on imports to feed its population and the millions of soldiers, including Canadians,

and Canada was a major supplier. In March 1918, Estevan formed a Feed the Fighters Committee to prevent the shortage of farm labour from hindering production. It suggested adapting the school year to begin in October, freeing up youth to help with the harvest. Women were also urged to conserve food, cook more fish (a suggestion that did not prove popular), and plant gardens.

Without television or radio, Estevan residents learned of the Armistice the morning of November 11 by phone and telegraph. An armistice had been erroneously announced a few days earlier, but that did not diminish the joy and excitement felt now that the war was really over. Not even the Spanish flu epidemic, which was only beginning to subside, kept people from gathering to

celebrate. A city holiday was swiftly proclaimed and a parade was organized. Speeches were made, and cheers given for the work that had been done by the soldiers, sailors and women. Then three silent cheers were given for the fallen. Editor’s note: Melissa Davidson is a former Estevan resident who is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Ottawa.

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Awards handed out after Estevan Motor Speedway season By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

In a year where weather played a big role in cancelling some races, the Estevan Motor Speedway wrapped up its 19th season with an awards night banquet and fundraiser without a hitch. The year had thunderstorms and big rainfalls early in the racing season but the racing that did happen was at times tight from wire to wire, as evidenced by some of the classes being decided on Championship Day in August. “We were tasked with getting ourselves financially responsible and kind of bring-

ing back the fun to the track,” said track president Byron Fichter. “The board members and all the volunteers do all the work. I can’t take any credit for it. They really put a lot of effort in… “The weather wasn’t 100 per cent co-operative but considering that, I thought we did alright.” The points champion in the slingshots was Ryder Raynard, in IMCA hobby stock was Leevi Runge, in IMCA sport mods was Robby Rosselli, in IMCA stock car was Jeremy Swanson and in the IMCA modifieds was Chris Hortness. Swanson said the com-

petition was tough all year in his category. “There’s Joren (Boyce) and Cody Nelson and (Devon) Gonas and Gregg Mann,” said Swanson. “Lots of guys who are really good at this. But it was a good year.” Swanson, who also won the title in 2016, rolled one night and had vehicle issues on another night but he was able to get things right in his No. 68 enough for a season title. “That’s what we do. That was my 19th season, so we’re pretty good at fixing stuff and I’m pretty good at wrecking it… That’s what we do and we enjoy it.” After a few years away

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form the Estevan Motor Speedway track, Rosselli won the sport mods in the first year it was back in Estevan, winning every race along the way. “(There was) a lot of time and preparation throughout the week, making sure the maintenance is up,” said Rosselli. “Always looking for an inch or an advantage in every spot you possibly can and try to make the car perform better. You’ve got to be consistent and have your finishes.” The year’s runners up and rookies of the year were also rewarded. Runners up were Ty Saxon in the slingshots, Blake

Penna in the hobby stocks, Rylan Raynad in the sport mods, Cody Nelson of the stock cars and Tyler Wagner in the modifieds. Rookies of the year were Jorja Ashworth in the slingshots, Connor Hansen in the hobby stocks, Rylan Raynard in the sport mods, Gonas in the stock cars and Isaiah Geisel in the modifieds. The 2018 Wall of Fame inductee was James Gustafson, who literally physically helped build the track two decades ago, and the volunteer of the year award went to Dave and Joyce Mack, a pair of longtime volunteers who still love to go to the track and help out in

various aspects. The live and silent auctions raised over $20,000, not including the ‘Humboldt Strong’ side panel on American Tim Dignan’s car that went for $3,400, which will be donated to the STARS Air Ambulance service. “It’s kind of like a bittersweet thing because I get to see all the people from the whole year, and some of the people I won’t see until we start racing,” said Fichter. The 2019 schedule won’t be out yet but Fichter said they are trying to organize something to be involved with the Rafferty Rumble coming to Estevan in the summer.

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Elecs football team presents out awards to players By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

With their top defensive player of the year getting five forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries on the season, and their top offensive player of the year getting 249 yards rushing in their playoff game, it was an interesting choice the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs would have to see who would be named the team’s most valuable player. On defence, defensive back/linebacker Jonah Bachorcik was solid in coverage and caused the opposing teams a lot of problems with his ability to strip the ball. On offence, receiver/running back Jonah

Bachorcik caught or ran for the most touchdowns all year. The coaches chose Jonah Bachorcik, a Grade 11 player for the Elecs who was one of several players honoured at the team’s banquet Monday night, as the team’s most valuable player. “Just coming up to the team this year, I knew I wanted to play an important role on the team but I didn’t think this much,” said Bachorcik, who played nearly every down on the season. “I love my team so much for sticking with me through the year.” Once, Bachorcik won both player of the year awards for both sides of the ball, it was a bit anticlimactic to walk up to the stage once again for the

most valuable player. “It means a lot to me being MVP for this year,” Bachorcik said. “My first year being a rookie on this team it’s amazing.” The team was 1-5 on the season, their lone win coming in their second game of the season against Moose Jaw Vanier. “Unfortunately, we experienced a number of serious injuries in those first few games and beyond, which meant that we were unable to have our team reasonably healthy throughout the rest of the season,” said Elecs head coach Mark Schott at the banquet. “However, we didn’t use those injuries as an excuse or allow them to alter our mentality as a team.” The team continued to

compete and practise to the best of their ability throughout the season, even after losing player after player to injury – including first year starting quarterback Kaleb Bechtold and last year’s defensive player of the year Triston Sorenson. “Everyone on our team knew that the road ahead became more challenging,” Schott said. “But they also knew that complaining or pouting about it wouldn’t help the situation at all.” Schott noticed the team was starting to come together in unity until their last game, a playoff loss in Swift Current. “ We had 23 players dressed, and we ended up losing two of those players to injury resulting in having 21 players

available for most of the game,” Schott said. “The heart that those players played with, the way that they supported each other and the effort that they gave right till the end knowing that the odds are stacked against them was very impressive. And I’m extremely proud of how that group responded to the situation that they faced.” Other award winners in-

cluded a split of the rookie of the year award between Brennen Stubel and Bechtold, Colten Kolakowski winning special teams player of the year, Kolby Janssen winning lineman of the year, the Bryan Illerbrun award and the player’s choice award, and Brayden Weber won the Who Are We? award. Kade Bachorcik won the team’s ironman award.

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Bruins stage pair of come from behind victories a 4-3 lead at 3:08 of the third when Logan Spence’s shot trickled through Grant Boldt. Koop came again to the rescue with the tying goal at 8:48 of the third period. “They got a late period goal and they got one at the start but I think we just knew if we got back to our game and how we were playing in the first, we knew we could win that period,” said Koop. “I think it was just mental toughness that got us through that third and got us to keep going.” Tanner Manz’s go-ahead goal a couple of minutes later ended up being the winning goal, and Koop helped out the cause once again with an assist on Michael McChesney’s empty net goal. Boldt stopped 25 of 29 shots in the game for the victory, while the Bruins fired 30 shots at Joel Grzybowski. Saturday night’s victory saw the club claw back from a 2-0 deficit against a stingy Klippers team to tie the game and force extra time, and then survive an 11-round shootout. The first period was fairly uneventful until the final minute, when a skirmish resulted in a four-minute power play for the Klippers. Brendon Borbely scored moments into the first power play to give the Klippers a 1-0 lead.

By David Willberg and Corey Atkinson Who wants a come from behind victory at home over a team the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins beat in the playoffs last year? Well, how about two of them? The Bruins won 6-4 Friday over the Battlefords North Stars and 3-2 in a shootout Saturday against the Kindersley Klippers. Friday, the Bruins came out with the first three goals by Will Koop, Bryce Platt and T.J. Irey and forced the Stars into calling a timeout 5:05 into the first period. Koop opened the scoring at 2:04 of the first for his second as a Bruin. “J.D. ( Jayden Davis) made a nice pass across the ice to Ripper (Turner Ripplinger) and Ripper just kicked it wide out to the net and took a D with him, and I just had a nice lane to walk in,” said Koop. “I saw some net in the top corner and I just walked it in.” While they enjoyed the momentum for a while, they weren’t able to score again for a while. The Stars took advantage of that and scored two before the end of the second period, including one with three seconds left in the frame, and took

The Bruins were assigned a two-minute bench minor at the end of the first period, giving the Klippers a two-man advantage, which they converted on when Caden Benson tallied 62 seconds into the middle frame to take a 2-0 lead. At one point early in the second, the shots were 15-9 in favour of the Klippers. But the Bruins started to take control of the game, and with 6:34 remaining in the middle frame, Platt scored on a rush to cut the deficit in half. The Bruins had chances to tie, including an opportunity for Irey late in the stanza. Midway through the third, Ripplinger scored on a breakaway to tie the game. And while the Bruins outshot the Klippers 13-6 in the third, Kindersley had the best chances late in the third, thanks to a power play in the final minutes. The Bruins had a power play in overtime, but couldn’t score. The game went to a shootout, and it proved to be one of the longest shootouts in Bruins franchise history. Irey scored on the Bruins first chance, and some thought Ripplinger had scored in the second round to give the Bruins a 2-0 advantage, but the referee ruled no goal. Austin Nault scored for Kindersley in the second round

Williamson team competes at SWCT event An Este van cur ler made a splash on the Saskatchewan Women’s Curling Tour over the weekend. Leah Moriarty, who is the lead on the Rae Williamson rink, helped her team win their first two games at the tour event at

Saskatoon’s Nutana Curling Club, 8-7 over Rachel Fritzler and 10-7 over Stasia Wisniewski-Starkell. They conceded 6-1 to the eventual winner Robyn Silvernagle and then made it to the tiebreaker but lost 5-3 to Saskatoon’s Sherry Anderson.

Teams were curling for provincial points towards the Viterra Scotties Tournament of Hearts Jan. 22-27, 2018 in Humboldt, and cash. The next provincial women’s curling tour event is Nov. 16-18 in Moose Jaw.

Turner Ripplinger goes to the net to look for a rebound Friday against Battlefords North Stars goaltender Joel Gryzbowski at Afﬁnty Place. to tie the shootout at 1-1. From there, neither team would score until Carievale’s Kade McMillen scored in the 11th round. Boldt then stopped Tyson Laduke to clinch the victory. “I was waiting for my name to be called, and when it was, I was excited,” said McMillen. He saw that Kindersley goaltender Justen Close was “biting pretty hard” on fake shots, so McMillen faked the shot, went wide on Close, and scored. “It’s the first one I’ve put

in the net this season, too, so obviously it feels really good,” said McMillen. Head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood said the Bruins were not out of players capable of scoring in a shootout situation, although they only had five players remaining to shoot after McMillen, since forward Koop left the game due to a broken arm, and another forward, Davis, was kicked out of the game for fighting early in the second period.

“It wasn’t even a matter of ‘Are we going to get another shot,’ it was more like ‘Who are we going with next,’ because our goaltender has been so good for us,” said Lewgood. Boldt made 26 saves in the Bruins net for the win, while Close stopped 37 shots in defeat for the Klippers. The Bruins will go on the road this weekend, with games Friday at the Battlefords, Saturday at Kindersley and Sunday at Humboldt.

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Atom tier one Bruins win dramatic B side ﬁnal over Weyburn at home tournament By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

If you were to script the way a tournament in Estevan is supposed to go, a last minute clutch win over Weyburn in the final is where you would start. The Estevan atom tier one Western Star Signature Hotel Bruins did just that in the B final against the Weyburn Red Wings, with a wild third period on the scoresheet Sunday at Affinity Place. Tied at 2-2 after the second period, the Bruins’ Tristan Brownridge scored 46 into the third period to take the lead. That lead held until there was 7:01 left in the period when Weyburn scored to tie the game again. Jaxon Orsted scored to break the tie with 1:05 on the clock and Kail Hillstrom scored with 28 seconds left to get a two-goal lead. Not done, Weyburn scored with six seconds left to bring the game back to within one and after a timeout, forced the puck deep into the Bruins zone. They couldn’t get a chance at the net before the final buzzer sounded, and the Bruins

leapt off the bench in celebration. “The guys played well, they played the full 60 minutes we’ve been trying to get the entire year,” said Bruins head coach Andrew Tait. “We’ve been working through the past month trying to get that full 60 minutes and today we did. We had all three lines going, all five defencemen going and our goaltender (Kris Phillips) making key saves.” Captain Carson Deichert and Deegan LeMoine also scored for the Bruins in the game. The team was undefeated in the round robin, beating Moose Jaw 11-5 and the Regina Mustangs 8-5, while tying the Minot Wolves 5-5. Minot went to the A side final based on the goals-against tiebreaker. “Even with that goal differential, we’re happy with where we’re at,” Tait said. “They got a couple of extra goals on us going through but the effort on the guys with that way they went undefeated through the round robin, that’s just the way the tournament was drawn up… we’ll continue going and keep it up.”

Tait said that every day the team comes to practice, they’re getting better. “You can see each kid getting better,” he said. “We’re starting to implement some systems and the kids are picking it up and the penalty kill is getting a lot stronger. The kids are just working hard.” The final game saw the Bruins outshoot Weyburn 35-23. The Bruins’ next action is this weekend when they play regular season games Saturday and Sunday in the South East Minor Hockey League against Yorkton at the Power Dodge Ice Centre. The Bruins are 0-3-0 on the season.

The Atom tier I Bruins celebrate their B side championship Sunday at Afﬁnity Place.

Bantam Bruins defeated by Pat Blues in Regina The Estevan TS&M Bruins had a quiet weekend with only one regular season game after a busy tournament with five games the weekend before. The Bruins (2-5-0-1) lost their bantam AA hockey

game 3-2 to the Regina Pat Blues (3-1-0) in Regina in Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League regular season action. Mason Kukura and Mason Fichter scored for the Bruins in the game, each goal

giving the team a one-goal lead, but the Monarchs proved too tough and scored a third period goal to win the game. The Bruins were outshot 36-23 in the game, with goaltender Jackson Miller saving 33 in the Bruins net.

Their next action is at home this weekend, as the Bruins look to bounce back Saturday at 5:15 p.m. against the Regina Monarchs (1-31-0) and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. against the Melville Millionaires (1-8-0).

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Estevan police had a few calls on Halloween Members of the Estevan Police Service responded to a few calls on Halloween. Police received a report of a pedestrian walking down the middle of Kensington Avenue. Officers attended and were unable to locate the individual. Members were called to a complaint about a vehicle being operated in a residential area of the city with a loud muffler. Police attended and were unable to locate the vehicle. Police were notified of a loud social gathering at a residence in south Estevan. Officers attended and warned the property owner under the noise bylaw. The EPS had a heavy presence in the residential areas of the city, both in patrol

units and bike patrol. In other recent EPS news, police received a report of stolen property involving two roommates during the Oct. 29 day shift. The matter is still under investigation. Officers received a report of a stolen vehicle. The vehicle is a 2006 silver Dodge 2500, with Saskatchewan licence plate 459 IIC. The vehicle was last seen on Oct. 25, and was reported stolen from an industrial area on Highway 39 east. It has a red slip tank in the back. The matter is under investigation. The EPS received a complaint during the Oct. 29 night shift of an assault that took place in the 1200-block of Sixth Street. The matter is under investigation. Officers received a call

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during the Oct. 30 night shift from somebody whose coworker had not been at work for a number of days. Police attended and took the individual to St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital for an assessment. Police received a driving complaint regarding a vehicle failing to stop for a red light. The matter is still under investigation. Police received a report of a theft of natural gas from a north end residence during the Oct. 31 day shift. Officers have interviewed two suspects and charges are pending. Members were called regarding mischief to a vehicle. The suspect has been identified and the matter remains under investigation. Police received a report during the Nov. 1 day shift of a theft of a mountain bike that occurred about a month earlier. The complainant had left it unsecured outside a business and when the complainant returned, the bike was gone. Police remind the public to secure their property when leaving it unattended. Officers were called about a driving complaint involving a local company

vehicle being operated improperly. The caller didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to identify themselves nor did the caller want to provide a statement as to what was witnessed. Police were unable to take any further action other than to document the matter. Two people were apprehended for drug possession during the Nov. 2 day shift. Officers received information that a male was breaching conditions of his release. The 28-year-old man was found to be in possession of a cell phone, which violated his release conditions. After the male was arrested, a search of his residence was conducted and subsequently, he and a 30-year-old woman have been charged for possession of cocaine. K-9 unit dog Max was utilized to locate the cocaine. Police responded to a complaint of a possible impaired driver. The driver was stopped and a breath sample demand was made. It was found the 37-year-old man had not consumed alcohol. Police determined the driver was having a medical issue and was taken to hospital for assessment. No charges have been laid.

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Officers arrested an impaired driver during the Nov. 2 night shift. Police stopped a 29-year-old man from Red Deer, Alta., for speeding. The man was then arrested for impaired driving and driving while over .08. He was processed and released with a future court date to deal with his charges. Police also received multiple calls of a couple of moose that were loose on the north end of the city that night. Members monitored the movements as best they could with hopes the animals would make their way out of the city. Police did not see them again and no further calls came in during the night. Members also received a call of a possible impaired

driver during the evening. Police located the vehicle and the driver was found not to be impaired. Officers conducted a well-being check on a female on the north end of the city during the Oct. 3 night shift. She was located at her residence and everything was fine. Members stopped a vehicle on Kensington Avenue travelling 98 kilometres per hour. The Alberta driver was charged for speeding and received a fine of $776. Police also received reports of attempted frauds. In one instance, the caller told the complainant that a prize had been won through a STARS Air Ambulance lottery. The matter is still under investigation.

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