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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

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New nursing home committee presents letters to provincial government

By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca

The committee that is trying to bring a new nursing home to Estevan has presented all of the letters that it received from people in the community who also want to see a new nursing

home in Estevan.

Health Minster Jim Reiter and Rural and Remote Health Minister Greg Ottenbreit were the recipients of the 614 letters submitted by concerned residents of Estevan and the surrounding area who want a new nursing home.

No insurance coverage for Civic; building will remain closed The City of Estevan will not receive insurance coverage for the Civic Auditorium, and so the 60-yearold arena will remain closed.

In an interview with the Mercury on Tuesday morning, Mayor Roy Ludwig said he was surprised with the decision.

“After going over all of the documentation we sent them, they finally got back and said that although they will cover until the end of this month, that will only be with the understanding that the Civic remains closed, and after that, they will not insure it any longer,” said Ludwig.

Ludwig said council was not willing to reopen the Civic without the necessary insurance coverage.

While Ludwig said he was surprised, he added that other members were not confident that the Civic would get the necessary insurance. And the longer council went without hearing from the insurance provider, the more concerned they became that the insurance will not come through.

Next week’s edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.

The letters were presented by the new nursing home committee during a meeting with the two ministers on Jan. 9. The committee had hoped to present the letters in December, but their plans were shelved due to weather.

Committee chair Don Kindopp was feeling generally positive about meeting with the health minsters and presenting them with the letters. But the committee did not receive a commitment from the provincial government as to when it would proceed with the new nursing home.

“We met with the minsters yesterday morning and we were told that it will be a while before the province will be in a financial position to come up with the other 80 per cent of the funding required,” said Kindopp “We were asked to be patient and continue to have good and constant communication with the provincial government.”

The new nursing home committee’s Hearthstone Community Campaign reached its goal of raising $8 million, or 20 per cent of the facility’s projected $40 million cost, back in January 2015.

The health minster has assured those involved with the new nursing home that he can be the direct line of communication until a local representative can be found and the health authority amalgamation is complete.

From left, Rural and Remote Health Minister Greg Ottenbreit, new Estevan Regional Nursing Home committee chair Don Kindopp, Estevan MLA Lori Carr, committee members Tania Hlohovsky-Andrist and Vern Buck, and Health Minister Jim Reiter participate in a group photo on Jan. 9 in Regina. Photo submitted A statement issued from with the budget that was rent nursing home has, that the Ministry of Health said, brought down this past Kindopp pointed out are “At this time, the ministry March, that the people of severe, is the rooms have no has not approved any plan- this province and the citi- tracks in the celling for lift zens of Estevan are aware devices, which is a staple of ning for this project.”

Late March or early that we do not have a lot of new nursing home designs.

April was the time given extra money,” said Carr. “If He also mentioned issues for those involved with the a project like this does get up surrounding the privacy new nursing home to have and going it is going to take and dignity of the current any new information about a little bit of out of the box patients.

“Currently the only the direction of the project. thinking.”

Kindopp pointed out privacy they have is a curDespite the limbo that the nursing home is sitting that the current nursing tain that has be pulled back in, the ministry did mention home was built 52 years frequently every time they “The Ministry of Health ago, and at the time, the want to leave their bed,” said recognizes that the new Es- type of senior care provided Kindopp. “The new nursing tevan regional nursing home was different than what is home will have partition walls that will separate the replacement project is a high prevalent today.

“With the current nurs- beds and living spaces from priority for the community ing home we had issues with each other, giving a great of Estevan.”

Estevan MLA Lori Carr air quality and the roof was deal more privacy and digsaid she also feels positive leaking some time ago but I nity to the home’s resident.”

Kindopp said he does about the new nursing home believe that has been fixed,” feel that the minsters are and the response that was re- said Kindopp.

“The rooms are 45 per behind the project and they ceived from the ministry of health. She also is aware that cent smaller then what is themselves are awaiting dimoney right now coming the recommended for present rection to come down from the province on the nursing day design,” he added. province is greatly limited.

Other issues the cur- home issue.

“There is obviously,

Estevan Police Service members handled more than 10,000 calls and infractions in 2017

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan Police Service (EPS) members had one of their busiest years on record in 2017, as they responded to 10,647 calls for service, infractions and occurrences.

Police Chief Paul Ladouceur, in an interview with the Mercury, said the number is up from the 7,671 calls they handled in 2016.

Ladouceur stressed, though, that the spike is partially due a few factors.

One of them is the way in which they code community appearances.

“We are doing a better job at tracking our community services,” said Ladouceur. “So, for example, if we have an officer who

is attending a community event, we are generating an occurrence for that.”

If an officer participates in a parade, or when the Estevan Police Association held its youth nights in the fall, those counted as occurrences.

“We can track how much time we’re engaged with public service outside of regular police work,” said Ladouceur. “Those calls increase the numbers a little bit, but not substantially.”

That information wasn’t tracked previously.

Also affecting the call volumes is the EPS’s involvement with the Combined Traffic Services of Saskatchewan, which has members of both the EPS and the Estevan RCMP.

When a member of the EPS, who is part of the traffic unit, hands out a ticket for speeding or another infraction, it counts towards the EPS numbers.

The EPS also received 2,267 reports of attempted frauds worth less than $5,000. Those calls would include scam phone calls and e-mails that have been circulating the community, with callers claiming to be with banks, the Canada Revenue Agency or other organizations.

“There is a huge number there … and we have been cautioning people, throughout the year through the media, in regards to all of the different scams out there. We can’t say it enough, time and time

again, that there are so many scams out there.

“With the Internet … a lot of these frauds are occurring from far away places, and they’re tapping in locally, and they’re contacting people via e-mail or via fraudulent websites, claiming to be people’s banks, or promising them thousands of dollars if they provide certain information, or claiming that they have won a prize.”

If people are being asked to pay money so that a prize can be transported or shipped, it’s bogus, the police chief said. If they receive a notification for payment from their bank, they should head to the bank and ask them directly to verify the issue.

Ladouceur said there wasn’t any point in the past year in which he saw a staggering increase in a particular crime category.

“What I’m suspecting is it’s a few rises in every area,” said Ladouceur. “We might have had 24 break and enters in 2016, and last year we had 27. So there’s not a large increase in that category alone, but when you combine it through all the categories, it increases the numbers overall.”

Among other crime categories, the EPS had 161 calls for impaired driving last year. Forty-eight were unfounded. Out of the 113 actuals, 70 were cleared by charges, with 55 of those charges for impaired driving.

Three were charged for impaired care and control of a vehicle by alcohol, two were for impairment by a drug, one was for impaired care and control by drug, seven were for failing or refusing to provide a breath sample, four were for failing to provide for an approved screening device and one was for failing or refusing to submit to an evaluation.

As was documented through numbers released at the Estevan board of police commissioners meetings throughout the year, the number of drug-related charges was down.

“We focused more on larger trafficking investigations than on low-level (crimes),” said Ladouceur.

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Two caught with theft from multiple stores On Jan. 15, a 19-yearold man, Paul Jewhurst of Moose Jaw, and a 17-yearold girl who cannot be identified appeared in Estevan Provincial court facing multiple charges of theft under $5000. The charges came from several days in early January, ending on Jan. 14. They were in custody when they appeared.

The stores in Estevan hit included Peavey Mart,

Canadian Tire, Walmart, Fas Gas and Shell ProWash.

The youth was released, sent to alternative measures, with a court return date of April 30.

Jewhurst was released on an undertaking with the Crown’s consent. Both are to not attend the stores and gas stations listed above.

Jewhurst is to appear in court on Feb. 5.

Three travellers turned back at the U.S. border Three travellers were turned away from Canada-U.S. border crossings in the southeast region in late December and early January.

Officers at the North Portal border crossing seized a loaded, prohibited .38-calibre revolver from a Texas commercial driver on Dec. 28.

He was arrested and issued a $1,000 penalty for failing to declare the revolver, and returned to the U.S. Their counterparts at Oungre seized a semiautomatic rifle, a prohib-

ited handgun and two overcapacity magazines from a North Dakota man on Dec. 29. He was arrested, issued a $2,500 penalty for failing to declare the items and returned to the U.S. North Portal officers made their first seizure of the year on Jan. 2, when an examination of a moving van led to the discovery of a semi-automatic rifle and handgun that had not been declared. An Alaska-bound traveller was arrested and issued a $2,000 penalty.

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Alleged thieves came back, and were nabbed by the Mounties JUDGE EFFECTIVELY BANISHES ONE FROM SASKATCHEWAN EXCEPT FOR COURT DATES Returning to the scene of the crime landed two Edmonton men in cells, charged with copper theft and meth possession The Two Edmonton men appeared in Estevan provincial court on Jan. 15 facing charges of theft of bundles of copper from SaskPower and possession of methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth.

On the morning of Jan. 11, Fillmore RCMP received a complaint of a break and enter to a SaskPower location in Stoughton. A large amount of copper wire was stolen from that location.

Fillmore RCMP received a second complaint later in the day, in which rolls of copper wire had been located at a rural property near Stoughton.

While officers from Fillmore Detachment were investigating at the location where the wire was recovered, two males returned to the scene. These individuals were taken into custody and subsequently charged with break and enter and theft.

Bradley Borden William Hess, left, and Cody Lee Sangster, appeared in the prisoner’s dock of Estevan provincial court on Jan. 15. Sketch by Brian Zinchuk Further search revealed a quantity of a substance believed to be crystal meth.

Bradley Borden William Hess, 33, and Cody Lee Sangster, 32, were in custody on Jan. 15 in court.

Hess faced an additional charge of breach of a probation order from Nov. 1 from the provincial court of Alberta.

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« A1 “So there were not as many, but the investigations were a little lengthier in time. Unfortunately, drugs are still alive and well in this community, as they are in most communities.

“It depends on the length and time of a given project. Some take weeks, some take months, some take a matter of days and some take hours to conduct.”

Ladouceur noted there have been 30 major investigations since the drug

unit’s creation in 2015, and there have been 179 charges laid. A total of C$203,507, six vehicles worth $232,000 and 15 firearms have been seized.

The drug unit has one individual working in it.

Among the other highlights for the past year were 143 traffic accidents, with 109 of them resulting in damage, 139 calls under the Mental Health Act, 14 sexual assaults, 48 criminal harassment complaints, 17 harassing communications calls, 60 for uttering

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Ladouceur said monitoring this data allows the EPS to track the time spent on community engagement, along with the amount of time spent on other areas.

“We really want to start in 2018, looking at being able to track down how much time our officers are spending on specific types of incidents, so that we can get a handle on if our officers are tied up, spending a significant amount of time on thefts from vehicles for some reason,” said Ladouceur.

“Then we can say we need to concentrate more resources on that area, because obviously this is

consuming a lot of police time, and how do we better manage that time?”

If the city goes through another boom cycle, then the EPS has to be ready with its time management, because Ladouceur doesn’t want to see an increase in the amount of staff for the EPS. Legalization of marijuana will be a big issue for the EPS in 2018, he said.

Members have to be ready to adapt and deal with those types of incidents. It could lead to more charges of impaired driving by drugs, or it could affect addictions rates, or enforcement time for those who are handling the regulations.

The potential arrival of fentanyl and an increase in calls for domestic violence are among other issues the police chief expects local officers to be handling this year.

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Sangster is to appear in Weyburn provincial court on Feb. 6. He was given 72 hours to get out of the province.

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Sangster was released with the consent of the Crown on a recognizance of $1,000 cash deposit.

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The past year brought successes and challenges for CCS facility at Boundary Dam

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Howard Matthews, the acting vice-president of power production at SaskPower, believes the carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station has turned a corner, despite challenges it encountered during the past year.

In an interview with the Mercury last week, Matthews said the facility captured 506,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) last year. But the type of challenges facing the facility are changing.

“The issues we were challenged with last year were really mechanical in nature, if you will,” said Matthews.

Once those mechanical issues were sorted out, the CCS facility performed better than it ever has before.

When the CCS facility opened in 2014, with technology that was the first of its kind in the world, Matthews said the problems encountered were with the chemistry, including the different amine solutions used. SaskPower had to look for solutions.

But the issues this past summer were largely for the piping for the CO2 compressor, which takes the captured CO2 and compresses it. The compressor is very large and expensive, so Matthews said it’s important for SaskPower to maintain it properly and carefully to prevent future problems.

Those compressor issues resulted in a shutdown that was much larger than originally anticipated.

Originally it was happen in June and early July, so that

some planned improvements in the capture process could take place. Those upgrades included adding proper valve isolations to allow crews to carry out future equipment cleaning without shutting down the entire facility. They also added other reserve pieces of equipment, such as heat exchangers, so that those can be maintained without a shutdown.

But when SaskPower started putting the CCS facility back online in July, it ran into challenges with the piping arrangement of the compressor.

“We were trying to find the staffing and the technical expertise through the summer months, which added to the challenges.”

The capture facility came back online in September.

In November, the boiler at Boundary Dam Unit 3 ran into problems, knocking it offline for several weeks.

“Because the boiler is offline for some repairs in the turbine, there’s no steam and there’s no flue gas in the CCS,” said Matthews.

“By definition, if the power plant unit goes offline, it takes CCS off, but it has nothing to do with CCS.” But the chemistry components of the facility have been performing well, he said.

The good news came in October, when the CCS facility had its best month ever, with more than 85,000 tonnes of CO2 captured.

“We were getting ready to do some particular testing in October, so we actually ran the facility up pretty much at the full load through the bulk of the month to get ready,” said Matthews. “We had to do

The carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station had its ups and downs last year, as it had its best month ever in October, but also went through a prolonged shutdown. File photo some testing for some contractual issues, so we ran the facility pretty hard, and captured quite a bit of CO2 as a result.

“But there’s no call for that level of production,” said Matthews. “If the offtaker doesn’t require it, we really don’t need to run the facility as hard as we did in October. You can dial it back a little bit, you save on some of the costs if you will, and still have really good production in the facility.”

Since Unit 3 went back online on Dec. 19, following the issues that arose in November, it has been performing well, capturing 2,500 to 2,700 tonnes per day, close to the pace established in October.

Matthews noted that the 506,000 tonnes of CO2 captured last year is equivalent to taking 127,000 vehicles off the road each year.

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for about 60 per cent of the year, but the vast majority of the time offline was for the three-month shutdown from June to September, and the shutdown in November and December.

SaskPower netted about $5.5 million by selling the captured CO2 to Cenovus Energy for advanced oil recovery efforts.

But since the amount of captured CO2 didn’t meet the terms of SaskPower’s arrangement with Cenovus, SaskPower will have to make up the difference financially, Matthews said.

A few outages are planned for the CCS facility this year, he said, but nothing would be of “great consequence.” Matthews expects it will run steadily this year.

A decision has not yet been made on the future of Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station, or

the other coal-fired generating facilities in SaskPower’s fleet.

“Within SaskPower, we’re still working on recommendations internal to SaskPower, let alone the decision process that it goes through,” said Matthews.

SaskPower has been conducting analysis work on Units 4 and 5 before it can make a recommendation. The provincial government will ultimately make the final decision on whether to proceed with a retrofit of Units 4 and 5, or to proceed with another option, such as natural gas, for baseload power needs.

Matthews pointed out that SaskPower is getting close to an equivalency agreement with the federal government.

“The existing regulations are very prescriptive around retirement dates and those sorts of things,” said Matthews. “It’s very

black and white … in terms of what we have to do.

But under an equivalency agreement, rather than look at it on a per unit basis, we can look at our operations across the entire fleet, and that gives us quite a bit of flexibility.”

The CCS facility at Boundary Dam lowers carbon emissions for SaskPower’s generating fleet considerably.

Once the two sides reach a pact, it would give SaskPower more time to make a decision.

“It will give us quite a number of options, and a great deal of flexibility on what our future is over the next number of years,” said Matthews.

Matthews said discussions have been taking place between the federal and provincial governments for some time, and he hopes the equivalency agreement can be finalized soon.

Test facility will play a key role for Boundary Dam SaskPower is excited to have a new tenant at its carbon capture test facility (CCTF) at the Shand Power Station.

The Crown corporation announced last week that Shell Cansolv would be moving into the test facility this year. Howard Matthews, the acting vicepresident of power production for SaskPower, said he expects the carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station will run steadily this

year, which will allow SaskPower to turn more attention to CCTF. “We’re looking to working with … the clients in CCTF, looking for some ways to improve some of the performance, and continue to lower our costs on the CCS facility going forward,” said Matthews.

Shell Cansolv is in the process of moving into the test facility.

The previous client, Mitsubishi-Hitachi, completed its testing and left in

March 2017, after its contract expired. The company was allowed to be the first tenant of the test facility thanks to its contributions to the development of the test facility.

The test facility at Shand has been without a tenant since MitsubishiHitachi pulled out last year.

SaskPower has been making changes to accommodate the chemistry used

by Shell Cansolv. Those have been completed, and now SaskPower has been

busy getting the facility started up with Cansolv.

“It has to do with the particular configuration of the equipment itself, just some of the particular equipment related to the capture technology, if you will,” said Matthews. “You always need to have some slight changes based on what the specific chemistry is.”

Matthews noted that the amine solution for the test facility has been loaded in, and Shell Cansolv did

some preliminary testing at the facility in December.

The company will be in the facility and operating by the end of the month.

“We have been doing quite a bit of work with Cansolv for the past little while here,” said Matthews.

Cansolv does quite a bit of work in a laboratory environment, he said, and it’s important to find out how it scales from the lab.

“Between the lab and CCS, that’s a big jump, but CCTF provides a great op-

portunity in between a lab environment and a full-scale production test,” he said.

“Where CCTF is fairly large, but it takes a slipstream of flue gas, and you get to test it in an intermediate size, if you will. All the work that Cansolv does in the lab, and all the great work that they’re doing to modify some of the chemicals … this allows them in the CCTF facility to test it in a much larger scale before we introduce it into the CCS environment.”

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We should be proud of new fire hall The City of Estevan undertook an extensive survey of the public in 2015, asking citizens their thoughts on a variety of topics to find out priorities and learn their satisfaction levels.

In most cases, the survey told us what we already knew, including the fact that the department with the highest level of satisfaction was the Estevan Fire Rescue Service. The fire department (along with the police department) tend to be the most well-received municipal services. Most people respect how protective services personnel put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe.

But you have to wonder how many people had been in the Estevan fire hall, and seen how cramped the building really was. It might have been sufficient when it was built in 1961, but it’s not the 1960s any more, and at about 6,000 square feet, Estevan needed a large building for a department that people respected so much.

There had been plans for years to construct a larger building at the north end of

From the Top of the Pile BRIAN ZINCHUK

Brian is the Family Guy I set up No. 1 daughter Katrina with her own computer, including Lightroom 4 and Photoshop Elements 13. The first thing she did was Photoshop my head onto Peter Griffin’s body. That’s Peter Griffin, the Family Guy, heh heh.

I walked her through how to do it, including using the magic wand to erase Peter’s head, and the clone tool to get rid of my hand resting on the tripod. But the work was most definitely hers. And I realized she did turn me into a passable Family Guy. All she needed was a giant chicken for me to fight. That’s next week’s lesson.

The ironic thing is the talking dog is named Brian. But he looks nothing like me. Peter does.

I had to think about that. I look like a morbidly obese cartoon character. My chin, or lack thereof, is even a close approximation. So is my gut hanging over the very necessary belt. This is what my daughter sees of me. Not the pipeliner who had abs, or the teenager who used to work out three times a week and bike 10 kilometres a day, fitting into 28-inch waist jeans.

the city, but it would have carried a price tag of $7 million to $10 million.

When the city had the opportunity to purchase the former Murray GM building for $2.3 million, so that it could serve as the home for the fire department for decades to come, they had to jump at that chance.

Yes, it cost a lot of money, and there were costs for the renovations. But it’s better to spend that money, and get a building that can efficiently be converted from a vehicle dealership to a fire hall, than to spend $7 million on a new building in a few years.

If you could select one type of building that could be converted into a fire hall, it would likely be a dealership, since the service department could be used to store the fire trucks, thanks to its size, height and large bay doors.

The old dealership is a big building, nearly three times the size of the old fire hall, and it has a large parking lot, but now the fire department has all of its fire trucks and other apparatus in one building. With the old fire hall, one of the fire trucks, and

some of the other rescue equipment, were at city yard. Not necessarily the best approach for handling protective services.

The fire department had also reached its maximum number of firefighters in its old building, because it couldn’t accommodate any more lockers in the building.

Members of the Estevan Fire Rescue Service dedicated a lot of hours of sweat equity converting the dealership building to a fire hall, saving money on contractors.

You could argue that the new fire hall is too big for the department, but there were people who said that when the previous building opened more than 50 years ago, and we know how that turned out. The fire department is making good use of the added space.

The fire department now has a building that is worthy of a service that we previously said we appreciate so much.

Purchasing the dealership and turning it into a fire hall is likely the smartest decision city council will make during this term.

She sees me, and I guess for most of her life has seen me, as an ever-increasingly rotund tub of lard.

Shut up, Meg, I mean, Katrina. (If you watch the show, you’ll get it.)

As it so happens, the day before this occurred, our production staff were updating the rate card for Pipeline News, putting all the pertinent information on it like what we charge for ads, what we’re going to focus on, and who to call. This is where we include the mugshots, or floating heads, of those people. Jihyun asked me about replacing my floating head photo. She asked how old it was. She said I looked so young.

I was young, like 28 years old young.

I explained that was taken in North Battleford, probably in 2003. In other words, it’s about 14 1/2 years old. And I only had one chin then. Well, okay, 1 1/2 chins. But definitely a more oval than round face.

I suggested she go with a photo from 2014, because, hey, it’s sorta newer. And I’m wearing a hardhat in it. Columnists never age. They just don’t update their floating heads.

As I write this on Jan. 4, ’tis the season for people to sign up for gym memberships based on New Year’s resolutions, then promptly begin never using said memberships. Yeah, I won’t be one of them. I keep planning on buying a treadmill, but it hasn’t happened yet.

It’s partly my wife’s fault. She feeds me too well. I blame my mom as well.

She taught me how to cook. If she had neglected that, perhaps I would be skinnier today.

In the news business, normal people

tend to get intimidated by people with large cameras hanging around their necks, even if the camera-bearer is rolly polly. Thus, I find it’s useful to open with a disarming, self-deprecating joke. In many cases, I’ll make some reference to me being fat and ugly. That’s usually good for a laugh.

But that’s kinda backfired recently, as our son, Spencer, has picked up on my joke and now occasionally refers to me as “Fattie.” He thinks it’s funny. My mother is appalled when she hears that, thinking it highly disrespectful.

So I tell him, “No, sir. That’s my joke, Spencer. I can make fun of me, you can’t.

That’s disrespectful.”

We’re still working on that.

The reality is that “Fattie” is a) funny, and b) truthful. So you can’t fault the kid for lying, because he’s not.

In one episode from the fifth season of Family Guy, Peter describes himself with “bulging ripliness” after one visit to the gym. He was inspired to get in shape after losing a fight with an aquarium octopus.

After giving himself a hernia trying to lift up Bill Clinton’s limo to repair a flat tire, he ends up in hospital, explaining what happened to his family.

“I thought I was just out of shape, but that’s not it at all. I’ve got to face the fact that, I’m just getting old,” he said.

Peter told Clinton, “I’m starting to realize I’m not as young as I used to be.”

Amen, brother.

Brian Zinchuk is the fat editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian. zinchuk@sasktel.net.

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Rest in peace, Mike Sarada. And thanks for all you did.

At the far-too-young age of 44, Sarada died last week unexpectedly on the side of the highway just north of the city.

When he lived, he did what adults are supposed to do – teach young people to be better – and many hockey players’ lives are better for it.

One need look no further to understand the value of life that to look into the players and people affected by Mike’s life, which reached out to young people and made their lives better on the ice. As the assistant coach for the Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins, Mike helped turn a lot of young Estevan and area players over the past few years from children into hockey players capable and confident of playing at the next level.

Hockey circles in the province are filled with people that I’ve either seen once before or I know of their name. Mike was one of those. We attended the University of Regina at about the same time and although I covered the U of R men’s hockey team from 1996-99, he wasn’t quite on the roster at the same time of the team, although I do vaguely recall someone of that name at least trying out.

As the years have gone on and their university careers became over, I would see those players sometimes with their own teams. Some of them with kids, some of them are just coaching because they like it. It never fails to surprise me to see a name from those days – over 20 years ago now – pop up in a program all this time later.

Some of the players I covered in midget AAA about 12 years ago are now bright young coaches in their respective leagues. I think it’s a strong possibility that some of the names recently on the bantam AA Bruins roster will, in the coming years, have coaching careers of their own, passing on what they learned from Mike onto another batch of young defencemen. Regardless of where the players end up in their careers, that might well be the best tribute to what Sarada accomplished.

Sarada may have been the best kept secret in Saskatchewan hockey coaching like bantam AA head coach Tom Copeland said he was, but there are a lot of coaches out there that are the backbone of the competitive and non-competitive teams throughout the province. Most members of the hockey scene in the province is taking a deep breath and counting their blessings that they still have their head and assistant coaches through all of this.

Count the number of teams that travel from the area that have a head coach, a couple of assistants, a couple of people that run the travel schedules for the teams, etc. It’s not an exaggeration to say that for every player on a team there is also that team behind them making sure they know how to play the game, as well as where and when to play the game.

Whenever I was living in another city, when news would come of someone passing well before their time, I’d try to place it in a local context, thinking about what it would be like if we lost a similar person. Not so in this case, as his fingerprints were all over the development of local hockey players. His legacy will be that of helping young people, and there is no greater legacy one can have.

Sarada’s death is not only a chance to step back for a moment and celebrate him – a defensive specialist who helped mould the lives of local young players – but to realize that there are a lot of Mikes in our lives in various mentorship roles who often stay behind the scenes. Their only real benefits to this life are the knowledge that they’ve helped young people achieve a part of their dreams and the camaraderie that comes with the role.

Sarada’s words and assistance will never be forgotten by the players he mentored and helped develop, by the coaches he worked with and the parents whose children’s lives were forever impacted by him. There will in the future likely be more tributes to Mike’s legacy as the year and the hockey season goes on, as well there should be.

So indeed, Mike Sarada, rest in peace. For a whole lot of players, there’s a spot on the bench and in their lives that will never quite be the same without you.

Envision Counselling and Support Centre executive director Christa Daku spoke at the Jan. 8 meeting of Estevan city council.

Envision gets some support from Estevan city council

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The Envision Counselling and Support Centre came to the Jan. 8 meeting of Estevan city council looking for some support, and had their wish granted.

Executive director Christa Daku and resource development co-ordinator Tania Hlohovsky-Andrist appeared before council to make the appeal and answer questions from council members. Daku noted that Envision faced some tough challenges financially in the past year, and one of them was from a tax increase for the city.

“That’s equated to about $7,000 for our rental agreement,” said Daku. “It has not been budgeted for, and it’s not funded for at this point.”

While Envision isn’t taxed directly, the organization is responsible for the taxes on the space it leases.

When the landlord saw a tax increase, it affected Envision.

Envision asked council to waive the rental fee for Savour the Southeast at Affinity Place in May. Council agreed to the request.

Envision also asked council for $2,000 in sponsorships for the next five years. That request was tabled to council’s budget deliberations, which are slated to wrap up this

month, so that council can study the level of support from other municipalities.

“We are very content with the city just stepping up and supporting us with Savour the Southeast,” said Daku.

But if council does agree to sponsor Envision, the agency would be pleased with the contribution.

Daku noted that in recent years, Envision has approached rural municipality (RM) and town councils in the southeast for support.

According to Envision’s website, four towns and 12 rural municipalities are now among their funders.

“We’ve had a lot of the RM councils be receptive to our sponsorship package, be it $500 for a year for five years, or $1,000, and we’ve had some for $5,000,” said Daku. “We would like council to look at that as an option for supporting Envision as well.”

Part of Envision’s strategic direction moving forward is to look at having more community supports, and being less reliant on government funds. Envision currently receives 81 per cent of its funding from the provincial government, but it hasn’t received an increase in the last three years, even though there has been an increase in demand.

“We have managed,

and been able to expand our services to include Oxbow, to include an intake counsellor through the support of the United Way in Estevan and Weyburn, but we need to look at our cities as well,” said Daku.

She believes this is the first time the city has been approached for funding by Envision.

Last year Envision had 1,081 counselling sessions in Estevan alone. And in the 2016-17 fiscal year, Envision served 3,300 clients in the region.

The agency currently doesn’t charge for its services, but it is looking at the possibility of a fee for some services, beginning at the start of its fiscal year on April 1.

“If we were to entertain a fee for service, that would be individuals who do not meet mandates of our services and don’t fit anything else in the southeast,” said Daku.

An example of what Envision would charge for is couples’ counselling, in which there aren’t children in the home.

“We would like to provide an opportunity to the area itself to provide those services to individuals who need them, as opposed to them travelling to Regina, and it would also provide a little bit of an opportunity for a revenue stream for us,” said Daku.

Daku noted that on Jan. 8 alone, Envision received 15 calls for service that fell under the organization’s mandate.

Envision also has offices in Weyburn, Oxbow and Carlyle. Daku noted that the Town of Oxbow is among those to step forward with support for Envision. Envision will be meeting with the Town of Carlyle this week, but most of the support has come from rural municipalities, including the rural municipality of Estevan.

A meeting has yet to be booked with the City of Weyburn.

“It’s really nice to go into a community like Weyburn and say ‘Look what Estevan did for us. Maybe you guys could also come on board,” said Andrist.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said Envision does great work in the community, and he’s confident Savour the Southeast will be a success, so council was willing to waive the rental fee.

The city has $5,000 in the budget for donations each year, but the sponsorships can be a grey area, he said. The city has previously contributed significant money to such events as the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games.

“If it’s going to help the community in a large way, well then we would help out accordingly,” said Ludwig.

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Council approves appointments for 2018 Estevan city council has revealed who will be sitting on city and community committees this year.

Mayor Roy Ludwig will be part of the economic development board, the emergency management organization, the Estevan board of police commissioners and the city’s liaison committee for the rural municipality (RM) of Estevan.

As for the councillors, Coun. Travis Frank will be part of the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum board, the Estevan Public Library Board and the Southeast Regional Library board.

Coun. Greg Hoffort will be part of the airport liaison committee, the economic development board, the Estevan Arts Council’s board, the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins board and the Woodlawn Regional Park authority.

The committees for Coun. Trevor Knibbs will include the business improvement district’s board of management, the Estevan board of police commissioners, the Estevan Housing Authority board and the RM of Estevan liaison committee.

Coun. Dennis Moore

will be part of the Creighton Lodge management committee, the regional water association board, the RM of Estevan liaison committee, the Southeast Saskatchewan AirShed Association board, the Southeast Transportation Planning Committee and the Woodlawn Regional Park Authority.

Coun. Shelly Veroba has been named to the Estevan Exhibition Association board, the Souris Valley Theatre board and the St. Joseph’s Hospital board.

Councillor Lyle Yanish has been named to the Estevan board of police commissioners, the Souris Valley Museum board and the SMILE Services board.

Committees will be rounded out by people from the community and, in some cases, city staff and management, or representatives of RMs in the area.

Ludwig noted the appointment list tends to be “a living, breathing document,” and so changes can occur during the year. *** Council also approved members at large for the upcoming year. Lynn Chipley and Loren Resler were acclaimed to the Estevan board of police commis-

sioners, the second consecutive year that both will be part of the police board.

The number of applicants for the police board’s member-at-large roles was down significantly from last year, when 10 people applied.

Chipley was also selected to be part of the new community grant committee, after she was the only person who applied. The

committee will be tasked with selecting the organizations that will receive community grants.

Meghan MathiasKrickan was appointed to the economic development board. Mathias-Krickan and Dustin Hockey applied for a vacancy on the board.

Council voted, by secret ballot, to have MathiasKrickan on the board. ***

of elected officials from small communities, would be $602.86, but that was referred for budget deliberations.

As for SUMA, the city’s contribution will be $10,913.86, including tax.

It will be $533.43 for each of the seven voting delegates from council, for a fee of $3,734.01, and a 58cent per capita fee, which amounts to $6,660.14.

Council approved its annual commitment for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA).

The city’s commitment for FCM was $378 in base funding, and $.1483 in per capita support, for a total of $1,788.08. A second request, for a travel fund to support the participation

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By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Showcase Business Expo is returning in September for its 25th anniversary and a number of changes have been announced for the event.

Showcase will be happening on Sept. 28 and 29 at the Power Dodge Ice Centre. Those who want to purchase a booth will enjoy a 25 per cent discount and if they register before Jan. 21, they will receive an additional 10 per cent off.

It will be held over just two days this year, instead of the traditional three. The doors will be open on the Friday and Saturday.

“We have decided to extend the Saturday hours because that is one of the busiest days and the Sunday has always been hit or miss, depending what events are in town, which is why we are just holding the event for two days being the Friday and Saturday,”

said Jackie Wall, the executive director of the Estevan Chamber of Commerce.

“We generally book between 60 and 90 booths but this year because of the discounts we may see more booths being purchased,” she added.

The Estevan Salvation Army’s food bank will be taking donations at the entry points into the ice centre.

Showcase not only has a variety of business vendors on hand, looking to sell products to shoppers, but it also has non-profit organizations and artists.

“We get all kinds of businesses at the event big or small with everything from home businesses and large companies to self employed artists” said Wall.

“Some people book in multiple shows throughout the whole year so some years we have a lot of artisan crafts people and some years we don’t,” she added.

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The Estevan Showcase Business Expo will be only two days this year instead of the traditional three. File photo. as a great opportunity to bring people to Estevan, where they utilize the city’s restaurants, gas stations and hotels. Walls said that people come as far away as Alberta and Manitoba just to be a part of the Show-

case and believes the event means a lot to the people who buy booths because they see value in being involved with Showcase.

“The (SaskTel) Tankard had a booth last year that was a great opportu-

nity for them to get some exposure,” said Wall. “The Showcase brings a lot of people from out of town and from rural areas that may not have a reason otherwise to come and visit Estevan.”

Last year’s edition of Showcase attracted 61 vendors and more than 1,700 people. It was held at the Ice Centre for the first time since 2010; Showcase was at Affinity Place from 2011 to 2016.

Government announces plans for marijuana sales The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) will issue approximately 60 cannabis retail permits to private operators in as many as 40 Saskatchewan municipalities and First Nations communities.

According to information released by the provincial government on Jan. 8, there could be up to two private retailers in Estevan.

“The federal government has established very aggressive timelines for the legalization of cannabis,” said Gene Makowsky,

the minister responsible for SLGA. “Our government is being diligent to ensure the sale and regulation of cannabis in Saskatchewan strikes a balance between public safety and access for consumers.

“It’s also important to our government that the 40 municipalities and First Nations selected for retail locations have the opportunity to decide whether they want cannabis retail stores in their community.”

The initial allocation of retail store permits will be in municipalities and

First Nations with populations of at least 2,500, with larger communities being allocated additional permits. Eligible First Nations and municipalities will have the option to opt out of having a retail cannabis store in their community if they choose.

The final number of retail permits will depend on the number of community leaders that decide to opt out.

Both wholesaling and retailing of cannabis will be conducted by the private sector and regulated by

SLGA. Cannabis retailers will be required to establish a standalone storefront operation, with the option to also operate an online store.

Stores will be limited to selling cannabis, cannabis accessories and ancillary items. They must also have the ability to track and report cannabis inventory to help ensure consumers only have access to safe, legal products from regulated wholesalers.

An independent third party will be engaged to assist SLGA with select-

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Phase two will be a random selection (lottery) of the qualified applicants.

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New water division manager has enjoyed his job The new manager of the City of Estevan’s water services division has enjoyed the job thus far.

Shane Bucsis became the head of the city’s water and wastewater treatment plants, and the other aspects of water operations, on Jan. 1, after the retirement of long-time division manager Kevin Sutter. Bucsis started working for the city as a superintendent in September, and spent the next few months learning from Sutter.

“I have enjoyed the work a lot,” said Bucsis. “Everyone that I have worked with has been good with the change, and has been helpful in any way they can.”

Sutter showed Bucsis the various aspects of the operations, toured him around the plants, informed him of the upgrades that have taken place and explained the projects that are needed in the future. Bucsis also learned the various operating procedures, and got to know the operators within the plants.

“He let me know who to go for resources,” said Bucsis.

Replacing Sutter has been tough, he said. Sutter was with

the city for 30 years and had full knowledge of how the plants operated, and was well-respected and well-known within the water treatment industry.

While he had experience in the water treatment industry before coming to Estevan, since he worked at Buffalo Pound First Nation, aspects of this job, such as meeting with Estevan city council, were a new experience for him.

He’s also coming to Estevan at a busy time. The new residuals management project at the water treatment plant was completed late last year, and has been operating well.

“There have been no problems whatsoever with it,” said Bucsis. “We were worried a little bit with the ice and how everything would work, but through the cold snap, it just worked fine. It didn’t overflow or anything like that.”

A project to switch the city’s primary water source from Boundary Dam to Rafferty Dam is underway and is scheduled to be finished next year. A new pump house, a new intake and a pipeline will be constructed.

Comedian to perform in Estevan The Estevan Arts Council will bring the Comedy in Motion show with Bob Cates to the city next month.

Cates will perform at the Estevan Comprehensive School on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.

The performance will be through the Stars for Saskatchewan and Koncerts for Kids series.

Cates is a Canadian juggling champion, clean comedian and physical variety artist who has been delighting audiences for 20 years.

Estevan will be his first stop on his Saskatchewan tour in 2018.

He keeps the crowd laughing with fast paced comedy routines involving advanced juggling, wild unicycling and balancing skills, and a real plate spinning finale that amazes the audience.

Cates’ small town charm, clean comedy and witty sense of humor have won him fans all over the nation.

He has earned numerous awards for his versatility and his abilities, and he has performed on stages around the world.

Advance tickets are available at Henders Drugs or the Estevan Arts Council’s office, and can also be purchased at the door.

Comedian Bob Cates will perform in Estevan on Feb. 7. Photo submitted

Estevan Police Service called to three stolen vehicles and industrial area thefts Members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) have handled calls for three stolen vehicles and multiple thefts from the industrial area recently.

The first vehicle theft involved a truck that was left running in the parking lot of a downtown business during the Jan. 8 day shift. Police were not able to locate the vehicle in the city, and the matter is under investigation.

The vehicle is a white Ford F350 with a black slip tank in the box, with Saskatchewan licence plate number 187 IRQ. Members also attended to a complaint of a stolen vehicle around Nicholson Road. A white 2017 Ford F250, with

Saskatchewan licence plate 856 KXV, was stolen during the evening hours of Jan. 9, and reported missing the following day.

Police received a report of a third stolen vehicle during the Jan. 13 day shift.

The vehicle was located a short distance down the street from where it was taken.

The EPS urges the public to be cautious when warming up their vehicles prior to driving them, to prevent their vehicles from being stolen.

Anyone with any information on these crimes is asked to contact the EPS at 306-634-4767, or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Police are also investigating several reports of thefts from the industrial areas of the city. Police recovered several items that were taken and the matters are under investigation.

Officers are requesting that citizens lock vehicles and secure valuable equipment to help prevent the thefts.

Police have been patrolling several areas of the city, including the industrial and commercial zones. Members have also spoken to business owners who have had smaller items taken from their property in the last little while, but have not reported the thefts to police. Although several small items can be hard to track

down, police want to encourage all residents and business owners to call in and report thefts and suspicious activity, as it helps police map areas of interest.

Resources can then be directed to appropriate areas to try and deter or stop the activity.

Police were checking suspicious vehicles in industrial Estevan during the Jan. 10 night shift. A vehicle was stopped and checked and the passenger was found to have marijuana in their possession. The passenger was subsequently arrested and transported to the police station to be processed and released with a court date in early February.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Arts Council brings Paverpol workshop to Estevan

By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca

Paverpol is a fairly new type of artwork originally from Holland that has gained a great deal of popularity worldwide.

The Estevan Arts Council held a paverpol workshop on Saturday. Loretta Metzger was invited by the arts council to come to Estevan and teach paverpol to participants.

“I have come down here hoping someone gets excited about it and maybe even becomes a paverpol instructor for the Estevan area,” said Metzger. “It was the arts council that helped me to come here and they found me a room and did the registration for me, and I am very grateful for their efforts.”

Paverpol art allows people to make sculptures with natural textiles such as cotton based cloth. When the sculpture dries, it becomes hard enough that it can have such uses as a lawn ornament.

Metzger said that when

she goes to art shows a lot of people come by her table and examine her art because it looks very similar to painted tin.

Since her retirement as a teacher, Metzger has gotten involved with paverpol.

“I started with art in 2010, and back then, I started doing some pieces with a teacher from Red Deer, and after that I became an instructor in 2012 and recently in 2016 I moved up to being a distributor,” said Metzger.

Metzger wanted to come to Estevan because there is a large art community here and she wanted to show people how to create paverpol sculptures.

“The people that came out today are working on an introductory piece that isn’t very high skill,” said Metzger.

All the participants that came out to the class were very happy to attend the event and enjoyed it.

Marleen Vicary said it was her first time being exposed to paverpol, and if Metzger ever were to come

From left, Lorna Lachambre and Lorelei Lachambre shape compressed tin foil in the early stages of assembly back to Estevan, she would like to be a part of her class again.

“The art I created today can go outside but I am going to put it in my living room and make another

one,” said Vicary.

The art sculptures that were being made in class started as tightly wrapped tin foil that later had cloth affixed to it. Tape was used to hold the compressed

foil in place and when the cloth dried, it created a hard exoskeleton that held everything together.

Metzger said she is passionate about her work, and she is happy art allows

her to continue to teach.

“The value I think this art class and paverpol brings to the community is it’s new to them. I find women generally like doing these art classes,” she said.

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In Junior 1 tap, Brooke Dzeryk, Grace Styre and Levi Stepp were highly commended. Hunter McNabb earned a commended plus, while Sydney Ross, Mya DesRosiers and Cana Marsh were commended. Sienna Kuntz and Sierra Mantei passed.

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Crescent Point to spend nearly $1 billion in southeast Saskatchewan this year

By Brian Zinchuk brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net

Crescent Point Energy Corp announced its $1.8 billion capital budget for 2018 on Jan. 9, of which 55 per cent is expected to be spent in the Williston Basin.

That roughly equates to just under $1 billion. While the company does have some activity in North Dakota, almost all their “Williston Basin” efforts are in southeast Saskatchewan.

Southwest Saskatchewan (including the Kindersley area) is pegged for 20 per cent, and the Uinta Basin in Utah. That basin is getting increasing attention from the company, as noted by this budget and its associated press release.

Crescent Point established a significant position in the Uinta Basin in late 2012, a stacked multi-zone, light oil resource play.

Torquay area Of the 26 drilling rigs Crescent Point had working in Saskatchewan as of Jan. 12, 25 were in Saskatchewan, and nine were working in an area roughly the size of a township, southwest of Torquay, between Highway 18 and the United States Border. It’s an area the company refers to as “Flat Lake.”

Ryan Gritzfeldt, Crescent Point vice president of marketing, told the Mercury on Jan. 12 that concentration was not by design, but rather a product of licensing and their drilling schedule.

“In general, Flat Lake will be a bigger area this year, no doubt,” he said. “in general, you could see that Flat Lake area busier than Viewfield.”

Asked what formations they are pursuing there, Gritzfeldt said “It’s Torquay and Ratcliffe, specifically.”

As for their announcements in October of a ma-

jor land purchase to the northwest of there, with the intention of pursuing the Lodgepole formation (also known as the Souris Valley Beds), he replied that is still in very early stages, and that nearly all the drilling in that region would be on Torquay and Ratcliffe. A handful of Lodgepole wells were planned for this year.

Uinta The company also successfully identified new drilling locations during 2017, including additional horizontal locations in the Uinta Basin. At year-end 2017, Crescent Point’s risked Uinta Basin horizontal inventory increased to approximately 850 net locations, up from 120 at the end of 2016. The company noted these new higher rate locations have the potential to generate significant production and increase the productive capacity of the company’s drilling inventory by approximately 70 per cent compared to the prior year.

Crescent Point also updated its estimated original oil-in-place for the Uinta Basin, which grew by over 60 percent to approximately 8.5 billion barrels. Put in perspective, in 2013, the United States Geological Survey’s assessment of the Bakken and Three Forks formations in North Dakota said, “The assessments found that the formations contain an estimated mean of 7.4 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil. The updated assessment for the Bakken and Three Forks represents a twofold increase over what has previously been thought.”

“Our operational execution was highly successful in 2017,” said Scott Saxberg, president and CEO of Crescent Point. “We added

new drilling locations in each of our core areas and advanced new plays for future development. In Uinta, our risked horizontal drilling inventory increased to approximately 850 net locations and can potentially increase to over 1,700 based on the continued success of our newly acquired lands on the western portion of the basin, new zone development and additional downspacing.” Crescent Point’s budget remains focused on allocating capital based on returns and balancing longer-term development goals for its core areas.

Over 75 percent of net wells drilled in 2018 are expected to payout in two years or less at US$55.00/bbl WTI. “Each of our core areas are expected to generate growth in 2018,” said Saxberg. “Our Williston Basin and southwest Saskatchewan areas continue to generate free cash flow and support our growth strategy in the Uinta Basin. Our 2018 focus in Uinta will include two-mile horizontal wells, multi-well pad drilling for improved efficiencies, new zone development and further delineation on the western portion of the basin.”

Waterflood Throughout 2017, Crescent Point advanced its injection control device (ICD) waterflood systems, which resulted in improved water injectivity and production rates. Within the company’s Bakken waterflood in the Williston Basin, ICDs doubled water injectivity and increased oil production by approximately 25 percent. In 2018, Crescent Point is targeting total waterflood capital expenditures of approximately $35 million, an amount similar to the prior year.

The company’s 2018 budget also includes invest-

ments in climate change initiatives as well as additional remote field monitoring and automation pilots to further improve efficiencies.

During fourth quarter 2017, Crescent Point executed additional non-core asset dispositions for a total value of approximately $40 million, of which approximately $20 million are expected to close in first quarter 2018. These transactions are in addition to the $280 million of previously announced 2017 dispositions. Crescent Point continues to market non-core asset packages, with proceeds providing increased balance sheet strength and financial flexibility.

“In 2017, we captured over 400,000 net acres in our core areas that provide three times the potential upside relative to the noncore assets we disposed throughout the year,” said Saxberg. “These transactions provide us with significant future production, reserves and inventory growth potential. We are currently marketing non-core asset packages and may also look to sell larger non-core assets to further strengthen our balance sheet, should market conditions allow.”

The company’s 2018 budget is expected to generate annual average production of 183,500 boepd and

exit production of 195,000 boepd. This represents annual growth of approximately five percent and year-over-year exit growth of approximately seven percent. These growth rates are in addition to the company’s monthly dividend income provided to shareholders.

Crescent Point announced it achieved a 2017 exit rate of 183,000 boepd, which represented year-over-year production growth of approximately 10 percent, both on an absolute and per share basis.

This growth was realized despite executing several non-core asset dispositions throughout 2017.

IWS Safety Standdown Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Daniel Cominskey was the speaker at Independent Well Servicing’s 2018 Safety Standdown. He spoke at Southeast College’s Estevan campus on Jan. 10. The event was supported by Crescent Point Energy Corp., which invited the crews of nearly 40 service rigs who work for them to attend. Photo by Brian Zinchuk

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Comedy night planned for late February

By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Family Resource Center (EFRC) has scheduled its annual comedy night fundraiser for Feb. 24.

“We would love to see 150 people come out to the event; last year we only had 100 people attend but overall our comedy nights have been very successful,” said Brittany Zahn, who is one

of the committee co-chairs for the family centre.

The event will be held at the Beefeater Plaza, starting with cocktails at 6 p.m. and then a pasta buffet supper. The comedy show starts around 8p.m. Those who want to attend are encouraged to get in touch with the family centre.

Jody Peters, who is from Saskatoon, will be the entertainment for the evening. There will also

be an silent auction and a 50/50 draw.

“The comedy night is just one of three fundraisers that we do throughout the year, in the summer time we have a golf tournament. This will also be the second year we are doing the family expo in May,” said Zahn.

“Those are the big three fundraising events that we do to raise money and they are normally very

successful,” she added.

The vast majority of the funding for the EFRC comes from their fundraising efforts like the comedy night. Moreover, they do receive some grants but only if they are deemed to be eligible.

After a break from hosting comedy show fundraisers, the family centre decided to bring them back, thanks to their past success.

“We used to do comedy

nights a lot, but we stopped and tried out some different fundraising methods,” said Zahn. “We had Jody last year and he is just hilarious.

He has what I think would be prairie humour and his jokes about cold weather are always entertaining.”

The family services that are provided cover a wide variety of needs.

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Bruins stymied in Sunday loss to Kindersley

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

It was a week to forget on the ice for the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins as a visit from the Kinderlsey Klippers ground the Bruins to an offensive halt.

They lost 2-1 to Kindersley (16-16-3-2) Saturday after a 3-2 win in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League action Wednesday in overtime to the Klippers as the Bruins (23-14-3-1) battled an offensive malaise against the stifling defence.

“I thought we sort of fell into their game plan a little bit,” said Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood after Saturday’s loss. “They’re good at that… heavy hockey is the way I’ve been describing it tonight because it’s not a disrespect to them. It’s just the way they have to play and they do a good job of it.

I thought we overcame it to an extent but weren’t able to solve their goaltender. At the same time we left a lot on the table.”

Kindersley weren’t able to pour much offense on Estevan goaltender Bo Didur and didn’t score until there were 25 seconds left on the clock in the second period – but the Bruins weren’t able to generate a lot of second chances or shots inside either.

“They’re a big team and play really well and collapse towards their net in the d zone,” said Bruins defenceman Jake Heerspink.

“We’ve been having some trouble scoring goals lately and I think we need to work harder and gets pucks to the net and bear down that little extra to out it through.”

The Klippers went up 2-0 on a power play deflection in front of Didur at 9:34 of the third when the Bruins picked up the urgency and poured on the chances in the rest of the period. Only Arthur Miller’s power play goal at 17:34 of the third was able to dent the twine for the Bruins.

“It shouldn’t happen this way but with teenagers

Bruins forward Hayden Guilderson tries to power by Kindersley’s Blake Kleiner Saturday at Affinity Place. and young men sometimes the urgency isn’t there,” said Lewgood. “As the game gets older and older and we’re trailing behind that urgency builds naturally and you could see it later in the game where we’re doing things with a little more of that. At the end of the day, I thought we played pretty good (Saturday) but we weren’t good enough to win.”

Heerspink said that playing a team that has a bit of a messy style isn’t to the Bruins’ advantage.

“We’ve just got to find a way to get through that, calm the game down and play through it, and play the way we want to,” he said.

Off the ice, the team stayed mostly silent at the Jan. 10 trade deadline – only picking up a player to anticipate playing next year – but made more news as six members were chosen for the SJHL/MJHL Showcase. Heerspink was joined

by Johnny Witzke, Hayden Guilderson, Kaelan Holt, Zach Goberis and Michael McChesney for the two day showcase in Regina.

“It’s a huge honour to be named to that team,” said Heerspink, who will be trying to earn a NCAA Division I scholarship through

his play in the SJHL. “Sixty guys from the league get to go so obviously it’s exciting. It’s great that we’ve got six guys here and we’ve got a great group here. Honestly I thought there could be more of us going. We’ve got a lot of skill and a lot of talent…

“That showcase will be good for us. It’ll get some names out there and get some different eyes on us.”

All of those players were on Team Mitchell for the six-team event.

“Every single one of these guys deserves it,” said Lewgood. “I’d like to see a couple more of those guys there but there’s nobody on that list that doesn’t belong from the other teams. At the end of the day it’s going to be a couple of fun days for the guys and I hope they can show really well.

They were also pleased to welcome Ryder Pierson to the roster as an affiliate player for the team’s Wednesday game against the Klippers.

The Bruins also said what they believe will be a temporary goodbye to Austin King-Cunningham.

The 17-year-old defenceman had been playing with the Bruins after getting sent here by the Vancou-

ver Giants of the WHL in October, but the Giants traded his WHL rights to the Tri-City Americans.

With injuries on their D, the Americans called him up on the weekend to play a couple of games as an affiliate player.

“It’s unebelievable to

reaction of our guys when they found out he got the call,” said Lewgood. KingCunningham had three assists and 106 penalty minutes in 17 games with the Bruins. “He’s so well-liked in our room, he fits in so well. The guys are just so pumped for him to get an

opportunity.”

The Bruins’ next action will be this weekend against the Weyburn Red Wings (22-13-4-0) Friday at Affinity Place and Saturday at Weyburn. They then go on a lengthy road trip as the SaskTel Tankard takes over Affinity Place.

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Pierson gets taste of SJHL action The Estevan Bruins got to see a little bit of their future as Ryder Pierson has able to get into the lineup last Wednesday against Kindersley.

Pierson is an Estevan Minor Hockey Association product but has played the last two seasons with the Yorkton Maulers of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA

Hockey League.

“I didn’t play very much but when I got out there it was fast and it was good to be around the guys for a little bit here,” said Pierson, who has nine goals and nine assists in 31 games for the Maulers this year and was sent back to Yorkton.

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coming for Pierson, whose family needs no introduction to the Bruins’ organization.

“I grew up watching the Bruins my whole life,” he said. “My parents billeted for a few years and it was nice to know the guys.

My grandparents billeted and so I would interact with the guys when I would go

over for supper.”

Pierson was excited and nervous to play in his first game in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

“Especially to play it at home, too in front of family,” he said.

Pierson has been on the Bruins’ radar for sometime.

“Physically, he’s got

to grow a lot,” said Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood.

“You saw (Wednesday) he skates really well, has good hands and he’s a good kid.

That’s a really good starting point. Even though he’s 17 years old, he’s got a lot of physically maturity to go before he can be a key player at this level. But he’s

a good kid and he can do the work and we’re excited about potentially seeing him as an Estevan Bruin next year.”

Pierson wants to come back to play next year for the Bruins.

“I have to work hard and try to finish strong in Yorkton and see what happens,” he said.

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Sarada fondly remembered as TS&M Bruins carry on

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

It was a long week for the TS&M Bruins bantam AA hockey team and it had nothing to do with things happening on the ice.

Assistant coach Mike Sarada, 44 from Midale, was struck by a semi and killed on the highway north of Estevan after he exited his vehicle which was pulled over to the side of the road Monday at 5:50 p.m.

The team carried on with an emotional week capped off by a win Sunday over the visiting Regina Aces.

“It’s the loss of a good man, a member of our family and a member of our team,” said Bruins head coach Tom Copeland after Friday’s loss against the visiting Yorkton Terriers (9-12-2).

The death of Bruins coach cast a spotlight on the team throughout the province as news moved through the city.

“The kids didn’t find out till Tuesday,” Copeland said. “We had a conference call with the parents on Tuesday morning. I found out Monday night. Jeff (Clauson, assistant coach) kind of found out first and gave me a call. Wednesday we got the kids together for a meal and sat down and spoke with them and their parents about some things. We want to celebrate Mike’s legacy rather than be sad about it.

“We just wanted to encourage them to feel things.

It’s not a bad thing to feel.

It’s just that Mike wouldn’t want us sitting around and pouting. It’s going to take some time to regroup but it’s not an excuse.”

Copeland had many fond memories of his friend, a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League alumnus of the Melville Millionaires and Flin Flon

Teammates and Coaches watch Austin Davis of the TS&M Bruins skate by the Bruins’ bench, which will have a Sarada jersey hanging for the rest of the season.

Bombers. He shared some of those just before Friday’s game before a moment of silence to honour Sarada.

“I read it to the kids before the game so that they were prepared for it,” Copeland said. “Writing it was more emotional for me rather than saying it…

“We lost a good man and you’re not going to repair that in a week.”

Copeland had first thought of Sarada as an assistant when he was first hired to coach the Bruins five years ago. In that time, Sarada has worked with a lot of young defencemen who have gone on to bigger things.

“Brayden (Pachal) in particular,” Copeland said, referring to current Prince

Albert Raiders blueliner. “He did a lot of work with Brayden to help him out and the other defencemen that ended up getting drafted (by the Western Hockey League), whether it’s Alex Von Sprecken or Carey Levesque, all these guys, Mike had a real hand in that. Mike did a really good job of in particular of working with and developing rookie defencemen.

Really impressive and a real ability to educate young defenders.”

Copeland said if he’d wanted to, Sarada could have made a career as a coach for defencemen in much the same way Charlie Huddy is in the NHL. “I brought him in thinking he’d be good but

he more than exceeded my expectations,” Copeland said. “I’ve described him in the media this week as the best-kept secret in Saskatchewan as far as coaches go. I’ve been talking about that for the last two years probably. It’s remarkable what he accomplished as a coach.”

The team will continue to honour Sarada with the jersey, a helmet sticker and another patch on the back of their jerseys. There are also plans on honouring Sarada in other ways through the season, Copeland said.

“You do what you can to honour the man and remember the man,” Copeland said. “He was important to the kids and important to me, and important to

Jeff. We’ll miss him.”

Sarada had been working with the defencemen and those responsibilities shift to Copeland, while assistant Clauson will work with the forwards.

The Bruins ended up winning the last game of the weekend following a flurry of goals in the third.

“Goaltending today was the difference but I think the kids were just ready to play,” Copeland said. “Sometimes you start to get those bounces going in and that makes a big difference. All of a sudden you get the guys buying into the team concept and all the guys are going.”

The Bruins got a hat trick from the stick of Kieran Stewart as they were

again outshot by a wide margin of 52-15.

“I really wanted to do it for Mike today,” said Stewart. “Our whole team clicked better than we did for the past two days.”

Tu r n e r M c M i l l e n scored the other goal. Zane Winter stopped 51 shots in the Bruins net.

The game Saturday was Jackson Miller’s finest goaltending game of the season according to Copeland, as Miller stopped 29 shots with the Bruins outshot 35-15.

The Bruins will play at home this weekend against the Regina Monarchs (147-1) Saturday at 4 p.m. and Moose Jaw Warriors (0-220) Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Affinity Place.

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Elecs boys teams do well at home tournament

John Sasi of the Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs takes the ball to the net against a Weyburn Eagles player Friday afternoon at the ECS gym.

The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs and Weyburn Eagles senior boys teams gave spectators a bit of a preview Friday of the McLeod Series.

And although the game went the Elecs’ way in a 92-81 victory, assistant coach Dustin Wilson said Weyburn were missing a couple of key players for the weekend.

“Obviously we won it so it was a positive thing,” said Wilson. “They were missing two of their senior guys so it’ll be different the next time we play them. We’re not taking that win for granted. We’ve got to go with a different mindset for the next game, which I guess will be closer to the McLeod series.”

Elecs forward Jack McGeough led the way offensively with 39 points in the game, with John Andres adding 28.

After that thrilling Friday game, the Elecs went on to lost 91-75 to Moose Jaw Vanier and 96-87 to Swift Current in a pair of games Saturday.

“A couple of tough losses and we hung in both games,” Wilson said. “But some of the stuff we’ve been working on in both games started to show up in the last two… Once again, some positives to take from it but it’s still kind of frustrating to take two losses to finish it out.”

The shooting went well on the weekend for some part, which was a good sign for Wilson.

“That kind of stuff, if we can keep doing that and using our big guys on the inside, I think we’ve got a good chance as we head on this season on making a few upsets and having success in the rest of the tournaments.”

The Elecs have a tournament in Swift Current this weekend and another in Yorkton the following weekend.

The junior boys in their event held simultaneously at the ECS gym won silver after an exciting pair of games. They beat Oxbow 63-49 Thursday, defeated Carlyle 69-48 on Friday and then lost to Moose Jaw Central in the final Saturday.

Junior curlers win C final at youth bonspiel

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

It was a good weekend for the Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs curling teams, who played at the Power Dodge Curling Centre at the Pepsi Youth Bonspiel.

The rink skipped by Jamison Keating won the C side for the event over Gainsborough’s Hannah McCannell 7-2. They qualified for the C final after earning a 1-2 record in their pool in the round robin.

“I’m really pleased with the kids,” said coach Pauline Ziehl-Grimsrud.

“They’ve been working really hard. They’ve been practicing every week, they’ve been playing once or twice a week, we’ve gone to a couple of ‘spiels.

They’re really putting in the time and effort. Today it really showed. They really played as a team.”

The win included a

Sweepers Kaylee Carlson, Sami King and Jamison Keating work to bring a guard over the hog line. pair of steals of one in the second and third end and then a steal of three in the fourth. The team looked more confident in their

shotmaking abilities. Shot control and weight control were part of an increase in skill, she said.

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Their goal will be to do well as Districts in Radville on Feb. 9-10.

“We do have one of our members Jamison Keating, who is joining some of the

boys in Lampman next weekend for qualifying for the Winter Games,” ZiehlGrimsrud said. “That will be going on too, but our focus for the ECS teams is on districts in February.

From there, we’re going to be doing some Curl Sask events too at the end of February. We’ve got a busy schedule in front of us.”

In the U15 division the ECC rink skipped by Katelyn Zukewich went 0-3.

That rink also has Kristen Carlson, Brandon Ludtke, Kody Campbell and Logan Yurkowski. The other ECC rink was skipped by Seth Bohlken and had Abby Renkas, Lily Haygarth and Alex Spencer.

“They don’t actually curl as teams on a weekly basis,” Ziehl-Grimsrud said. “They just do lessons and they curl. So this is the first time most of them have been in a bonspiel and others have only been in one once before.

So for them to come out and form teams, they did really well.”

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Tankard only a week and a half away

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

The SaskTel Tankard is so close, one can almost hear the top men’s curlers in the province urging their sweepers.

Place for the Tankard, which will take place Jan. 31 to Feb 4 at Affinity Place, have been underway for over a year and are now nearly all in place.

“It’s hard to believe it’s almost here,” said Tankard planning committee co-chair Helen Fornwald.

“The community support has been completely overwhelming. We’re getting lots of people to sign up for volunteer shifts, it’s outstanding. People are pur-

chasing tickets, we’ve had some really good response with our sponsorship and we’re getting geared up for our entertainment in the Patch.”

The event will bring the 16 best men’s curl-

to come out to our opening ceremonies on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 5:30 (p.m.),” said Fornwald. “We want to welcome the 16 teams to our city and the junior stars and our curlers as they parade out with those teams.

“The community support has been completely overwhelming.”

Helen Fornwald, event planning co-chair ing rinks to the city from across Saskatchewan for the honour of representing Saskatchewan at the Tim Hortons Brier in March.

“We want everybody

We’re pretty excited.”

With everything nearly complete, “We’re just fine-tuning schedules now and finetuning when the icemaker

comes down,” Fornwald said. “That transformation from hockey and figure skating ice into curling is much different. (So we’re) fine-tuning schedules and turning that whole area into four sheets of curling ice with the requirement of what Curling Saskatchewan has.”

There are specific logos to put in on the sheets of ice that will need to go up, as well as carpet getting put in and glass along the boards taken out.

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Tickets to the patch are $10 at the door or free with a curling ticket. Live bands will play Friday and Saturday nights.

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Westmoreland Bruins come close Apex Bruins to winning on Sunday keep on winning The Apex Bruins are starting to get their momentum rolling in the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League’s Midget AA Division, even on the road. The Bruins defeated the Moose Jaw Warriors (5-17-2-2) by scores of 5-1 Saturday and 7-3 Sunday.

With the wins, the Bruins (18-7-2-0) are now in first place, a point ahead of the Regina Rangers (17-7-3-0) Saturday, Dawson Schaff scored a hat trick and Dalton Schrader added a pair as Bryson Garton stopped 24 shots in the

net for the Bruins. Tristan Seeman, Jaiden Gervais and Cale Adams each added a pair of assists.

Game statistics were unavailable from the source for Sunday but Gervais recorded a hat trick in that game.

The Bruins continue with their busy schedule this weekend with three games, travelling to Lumsden/Bethune to play the Lions (10-11-4-0) Friday, Regina Saturday against the Vics (9-14-00) and then home Sunday at 5:15 p.m. at Affinity Place against the Notre Dame Hounds (8-14-2-0).

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Westmoreland Bruins player Landon Marcotte moves the puck against a Yorkton Terriers player Sunday at Affinity Place.

The second place Yorkton Terriers had a lot of success against the Estevan Westmoreland Bruins Saturday but weren’t able to put away the Bruins until late in Sunday’s game.

The Terriers (14-1-22) won 9-1 Saturday but the Bruins (5-15-0-0) gave them more than a handful Sunday in Yorkton’s 5-3 win in South Saskatchewan minor Hockey League peewee AA action.

Carson Birnie scored the game’s only goal for the Bruins Saturday. Goaltenders Tallan Howie and Chloe Sorenson split duties in the net.

The Bruins opened

the scoring Sunday 1:20 into the game when Birnie scored, assisted by Landon Marcotte and Jordan Marcotte. Although the Terriers scored three by the end of the period, the Bruins came back with one of their own in the second with another goal

by Birnie to make it 3-2.

At 1:14 of the third period, Macade Ochitwa tied the game for Estevan.

But the Terriers’ Ryan Hildebrandt banged in a third rebound by goaltender Howie to give the Terriers the lead 4:57 into the period. An empty net goal sealed the game for Yorkton.

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Estevan Mercury

Celebrating the Grand Opening of

ESTEVAN FIRE DEPARTMENT

The Estevan Fire Rescue Service will celebrate the grand opening of its new fire hall on Jan. 20. Speeches, ceremonies and tours are planned to mark the occasion.

New fire hall grand opening will be a time to celebrate The Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS) is looking forward to the

grand opening of its new fire hall.

A ceremony will hap-

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pen at the building on Jan. 20, starting at 2 p.m. Fire Chief Dale Feser said they have a number of dignitaries from the community and across the province who will be present.

Mayor Roy Ludwig has confirmed his attendance. Souris-Moose Mountain MP Robert Kitchen and Ralph Goodale, the federal minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, have been invited.

The fire department has also reached out to Duane McKay, the commissioner of fire safety and emergency management,

along with fire departments from the surrounding area, the Saskatchewan Association of Fire Chiefs and the Saskatchewan Volunteer Firefighters Association.

“Hopefully they’ll be able to make their presence and attend this particular event,” said Feser.

Not only will there be a ribbon-cutting ceremony, but there will be a hose uncoupling.

“We’re going to add our fire hall flavour to the ribbon-cutting,” said Feser. “We’re going to have a length of hose that the mayor will uncouple, similar to cutting of the ribbon.

Congratulations Estevan Fire Department on your new location!

we’re going to do it with the new fire station,” said Feser.

Pastor Geoff Thiessen from the Estevan Church of God has been picked to bless the building.

Feser said the fire hall grand opening marks a historical event for the fire department.

The EFRS is also marking 110 years of serving the community this year, and so it’s exciting to have the grand opening of a fire station in a milestone year. He expects the ceremony will mark the highlight of the year for the department.

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And then we’re going to stencil on the date that the grand opening was on that particular hose, and we’re going to use it as a display.”

Following the ribbon and the hose cutting ceremonies, Feser said the fire department is looking to have another unique moment. Members of the fire department, and possibly dignitaries and members of the public, will then push the fire truck into the fire hall. Feser hopes to have a pipe band playing as the fire truck is rolled inside.

“It’s history or tradition, moreso when it involves new fire truck, but

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January 17, 2018 A19

Celebrating the Grand Opening of

ESTEVAN FIRE DEPARTMENT

New fire hall has been a big boost for fire department

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS) has been in its new home for about two months, but the novelty hasn’t worn off for the department.

The department officially started operating out of the building in midNovember, after several months of work by contractors and firefighters to renovate the building and make it suitable for the EFRS’s needs.

The building was previously the Murray GM dealership for Estevan, but when the dealership vacated the building in late 2016 in favour of a new home on Kensington Avenue, the City of Estevan purchased the building for $2.3 million.

The city had been looking at constructing a new fire hall in north Estevan for some time, but viewed purchasing the existing building as a better option because of its location and size, as well as its ability to convert into a new fire hall.

Also, constructing a

Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser is excited to be in the new fire hall. He is looking forward to the grand opening on Jan. 20. new fire hall would have cost between $7 million and $10 million.

The fire department had occupied its previous building, located at the intersection of Third Street and 11th Avenue, since 1961. The former fire hall had 6,220 square feet of space; the fire department’s new home has 16,892.

Fire Chief Dale Feser said the new building has been “fantastic.”

“We’ve seen a reduction of about two minutes in response time because the central location,” he told the Mercury. “That includes both the firefighters getting to the station and once they get onto the fire trucks, responding out

Deputy Fire Chief Rick Davies stands next to the fire trucks inside the new fire hall.

Thank you to

Estevan Fire & Rescue for keeping our community safe.

to the emergency location.”

That time difference might not seem like a lot, but it is a big deal, Feser said, especially if it’s a working structure fire.

“Thirty seconds can make a big difference when it comes to something like that,” said Feser. “When you think about the travel time from the fire station

location to the burning structure, and then crews have to set up their operations, we have to effectively catch a hydrant for water supply for fire suppression, and then stretch a couple of hose lines in to actually get water and suppress the fire itself.”

Deputy fire chief Rick Davies echoed Feser ’s comments, saying that it’s been a positive mood. The firefighters are pleased to have more space and more room to work.

“Since being in this location, we’ve noticed what we think are better response times for calls, and that’s big,” said Davies.

Members of the EFRS dedicated many hours to get the building ready for occupancy.

“We could not have done this without the firefighters,” said Feser. “They put in thousands and thousands of hours. We’re still tallying up the total number of manhours that have been dedicated and donated by them, just to do a lot of the demolition and preparation work for the contractors, to keep the cost down to a manageable level.”

It’s a reflection of the dedication and volunteerism in the fire department, he said.

“These guys believe in what we do,” said Feser.

“They believe in protecting the citizens. And they need to be praised for the amount of work they have done.”

Davies said that once the renovations started in the middle of May, he was in the building just about every day until the fire department moved in.

“For the most part, we had a pretty dedicated crew of people who did a lot of work here themselves, among the guys who could put in the time,” said Davies.

Much larger apparatus floor at new location The apparatus floor, which houses the fire trucks and other emergency response equipment, including the firefighters’ turnout gear, is much larger. It means the firefighters no longer bump into each other when getting dressed to respond to a fire.

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Estevan Fire Rescue Service administrator Rhonda Gillespie is pleased the fire department has moved into the fire hall.

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Thank you for your commitment to keeping us safe.

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ESTEVAN FIRE DEPARTMENT

Reduced response time makes a difference « A19 Also included on the apparatus floor are the communications centre and maps of the area.

“Once all of the information has been received, it’s a central call centre location here at the fire station, so the guys can review all of the call criteria, reference it to the maps, get onto the trucks and get out the door they go in a quick and timely fashion,” said Feser.

All of the fire department’s equipment is now under one roof, a luxury they didn’t have at the old fire hall. The apparatus floor is full, and some of the other search and rescue equipment is there, too.

“It sheds quite a bit of time off our response time when it comes to using some of the secondary or seasonal equipment,” said Feser.

Davies noted that not only did they have vehicles parked at the city yard, but the trucks at the old fire hall were packed so tight together that you could barely get the doors open to get in them.

“Now you have the room to walk around, be able to clean them properly and inspect tools properly,” said Davies.

The fire department had basically maxed out the number of firefighters it could accommodate at the old building. It had enough space for 32 tightly-packed stalls. As of Jan. 12, the department had 30 paid

The apparatus floor inside the new fire hall allows for the fire department to have all of its fire trucks stored under one roof. on-call firefighters.

The new building has five more stalls, and more can be added if necessary.

A recruiting intake will be held in the spring.

Training room among other amenities The parts room for the dealership has been converted into a training room for the fire department.

Firefighters can sit at desks and learn, or the desks can be cleared out for practice.

“The training room has been very, very active,” said Feser.

An emergency medical responders recertification course in November

attracted more than 30 people, including firefighters from Estevan and Bienfait, along with emergency response teams from SaskPower and Westmoreland Coal Company.

It also served as the pickup point for the Estevan Kinettes Club’s pajama campaign when the Community Hamper Association’s toy store was at the fire hall; and it was the site of a luncheon for the Rotary Club of Estevan.

There is also an outdoor training area at the east side of the property that will be further developed in the future. Equipment will be added later.

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Celebrating the Grand Opening of

ESTEVAN FIRE DEPARTMENT Lots of amenities in new fire hall

The added space in the new fire hall allows for more lockers, which means the department can add more firefighters. « A20 Eventually Feser would like to see a training facility in the outdoor training area that would cover high-angle rescues and confined space rescue.

“It’s going to have three different Class A burn chambers inside of it.

It also will have balconies that can be used for ventilation props.”

The front area of the fire hall includes reception and the offices for Feser and deputy Chief Rick Davies. The area that

was used as a showroom when the building was a dealership will eventually be used for informational and historical displays.

Items that the fire department has retained over the years and memorabilia from Feser’s personal collection will be displayed.

Feser has an antique, 150-pound wheeled fire extinguisher that still has its steel wheels, but he wants to refurbish it. He also has old turnout gear and breathing apparatus.

“We do have a man-

nequin that we’re going to dress up in … periodcorrect pieces to show the general public what firefighters used to wear compared to what we wear now,” said Feser.

There are also some items from the old fire hall to bring over.

The public education area will include tip sheets for fire safety, including Christmas tree safety, winter travel, space heaters, high-rise occupant safety and smoke alarms for the hearing impaired.

“We have all kinds of different tip sheets there to make sure everyone is safe,” said Feser.

Those items won’t be displayed until the spring.

Bigger and brighter Feser said it’s nice to have some natural come in through the front windows that they didn’t have in the old building. The department can monitor weather conditions, and greet people who come by to visit the fire hall.

The fire department has a rescue boat that plays a key role in water operations. the firefighters to park.

Other than that, firefighters had to park on the street.

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Estevan Mercury

Celebrating the Grand Opening of

ESTEVAN FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire hall visitors have been impressed « A21 “Now we’re able to effectively park on our own vehicles here, and the guys can safely make their way into the fire station,” said Feser.

The location is also much better. Not only is it a central site, but it’s adjacent to a pair of arterial roads, Souris Avenue North and 13th Avenue. In their old home, they had to use narrow residential roads to access Fourth Street.

Davies said there is a morale boost to have more room to operate.

“People are watching” Some people have dropped by to view the new fire hall, including fire chiefs from across the province, and structural and architectural engineers who want to see what the fire department did to repurpose an existing building.

“They’re very excited and they’re very happy with what we’re able to accomplish here,” said Feser.

“This has really gotten a lot of people’s attention right across the province.”

It used to be rare to see a fire department take an existing building and convert it to a fire hall, but as communities and fire departments encounter budget issues, organizations are starting to take a look at repurposed building.

The new fire hall has a spacious entry area that will eventually be used for historical displays and public safety information.

Feser noted the Regina Police Service has announced it will convert the former Saskatchewan Transportation Company building into a police station near its headquarters. “ We ’ v e d e f i n i t e l y blazed a lot of trails in this area, and people are watching right across Canada,” said Feser.

Public is adjusting The public is also

adjusting to the fire department’s move to the new location. Feser said the general public is now largely aware the fire department has moved into the 13th Avenue location, but the fire department still asks people to exercise caution when accessing 13th Avenue and Souris Avenue North in case the department is accessing the roads due to a fire call.

Motorists have generally been very good at

Congratulations Estevan Fire Department

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Feser has also noticed fewer motorists using the fire hall’s parking lot as a thoroughfare from 13th Avenue to Souris Avenue North, thanks to an article appeared in the Mercury in December and a social media campaign.

“An education component really helped out,” said Feser.

The EFRS still has some lingering work in

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“There is still lots of working going on here, so not everything is perfectly set up the way it

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The Estevan Emergency Planning head office will be relocated from the upstairs of the old fire hall to the second floor of the new building. Some work needs to be done in the new fire hall for the move to happen, but it appears there will be enough room for the emergency operations centre to be upstairs in the new fire hall.

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Douglas Lyle Harris August 9, 1943 – January 7, 2018 Douglas Harris late of Estevan, SK passed away at the Regina GeneraL Hospital on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at the age of 74 years.

Doug leaves behind the love of his life, Bertha (Yoner) Harris and their four children, Janine (Mike) Waldner and their son Quintin, Janice (Curtis Raymond) Harris and children Reggie (Grace) Harris, Justin Garrow, Evan Garrow and Kortney (Braden) Klatt, Jody Harris and son Kelsy Omland, and James Harris, children Ryan, Alyssa and their mother Gay. Also left to cherish precious memories are seven great grandchildren and Doug was awaiting the arrival of the eighth. Doug is also survived by his mother Mae Harris; sister Marie McCleary and brother Ed Dundas; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, close friends and business acquaintances.

A celebration of Doug’s Life was held Friday, January 12, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at the Days Inn Plaza, Estevan, SK with Tim Pippus presiding. Following the celebration a time of reminiscing and lunch was held.

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Estevan Mercury

Traffic unit issues 217 tickets Members of the Estevan Combined Traffic Services Unit, which includes the Estevan RCMP and Estevan Police Service, issued 217 tickets in December.

A total of 156 tickets were for exceeding the posted speed limit. Six tickets were for operating a vehicle at a speed greater than 35 kilometres an hour (km/h) over the posted speed limit, 12 were for speeding in an area where the posted speed limit is 80 km/h, and two were for exceeding 60 km/h when passing a stopped emergency vehicle with its lights activated.

Eleven tickets were for operating a vehicle or trailer without the proper registration or permit, and one each were for driving

a vehicle without a valid licence and for not producing a licence upon request from an officer.

Seven tickets were for distracted driving. Four were for the driver failing to wear the proper seat belt, one was for the passenger failing to wear a seat belt, and one was for driving a vehicle with a passenger under the age of seven who wasn’t in an appropriate restraint system or booster seat.

Unit members issued three tickets each for disobeying a stop sign and for failing to stop for a red light, and one was for proceeding before it was safe to do so.

Other infractions included three for having excessive damage to a windshield, two for unlawful tint

on front side windows, two for driving to the left of a solid centre line, and one for failing to move to the right when approached by an emergency vehicle.

Traffic unit members also issued 362 warnings and found 82 vehicle defects.

Members are reminding the public that winter temperatures are constantly changing, causing roads to thaw and freeze again, making for extremely icy conditions. Intersections can be extra slippery, so motorists are asked to adjust their driving in order to slow down well in advance to stop at stop signs. Sliding through an intersection is considered the same as disobeying a stop sign. Fines can start at $230.

The best way to give Many years ago, our Bible college honoured a couple who had been good givers to the school. To look at them, you would not know that they were good givers, or that they even had the means to be such.

They did not drive new cars. They did not own a big house. They certainly never talked about how much money they made. Apparently, though, they were very generous.

As the ceremony was winding down, someone said, “The best part about this couple is that they gave without remembering.” I have never forgotten that phrase, because it struck me as being such a rare thing.

Tim Pippus of the Estevan Church of Christ I know some generous people, but I also know that some of those generous people find it hard not to talk about all the good they have done. I know some people who have helped me, but I also know that they like to remind me about it once in a while. Personally, I know it is harder to do the right thing when no one else sees or acknowledges it.

One of the most quoted

verses about giving says, “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7).

When this verse is taught, the emphasis is often placed on the “cheerful” part.

However, I wonder if we are missing something important in the phrase that says, “Give what you have decided in your heart to give.” I have always heard that defined in a monetary way as in “Give the amount you have chosen.” However, what if the “deciding in your heart” has less to do with the amount and more to do with the way? In other words, I have decided, in my heart, to give cheerfully. I will give and let it go. That is likely closer to the goal.

The Bible says, “Love keeps no records of wrongs” (I Corinthians 13:5). Maybe, then, it is true too that love keeps no records at all. What if I loved you so much that I kept no record of what I have done to help you? No record of how much I have given away. No record of whose turn it is to be generous now.

Think what would happen if we all gave without remembering.

That would be something to remember.

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Duties include (but not limited to) mowing, snow removal, installation of signs and culverts, equipment servicing and repairs and ordering products.

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THE PROCESS If you are interested and believe you match the qualifications for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter online no later than January 31, 2018.

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For further information about the position, please contact Holly Ong at hrcanada@welltec.com

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The RM of Souris Valley No. 7 thanks all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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