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Weather delays spring operations Normally City of Estevan public works crews would be getting started, or even well into, their spring operations, but the weather conditions the last few weeks have delayed those efforts. Norm Mack, the manager for the roads and drainage division in public works, said the street sweepers have been out just once in late March, and that was to remove dust and debris on Priority 1 streets from the white and yellow lanes. “That’s our first step is to get the sweepers out right after the snow melts, but the temperature has to be at freezing or above, because they carry on-board water, and the machines can’t freeze up,” said Mack. Estevan has experienced a cold snap in late March and early April, with temperatures well below normal. “Right now we’re hauling out snow from parking lots,” Mack said. Once temperatures are warm enough, street sweeping will be one of the first orders of business, to prepare the streets for asphalt patching. Crews have been patching holes with cold mix thus far, but it’s only a temporary solution, and it doesn’t take long for the patch to be dislodged. The plant for the hot mix, which is a more permanent solution for pothole patching, will fire up in mid-April. “There aren’t a whole lot of potholes, but any time you get moisture … more potholes show up,” said Mack. “Moisture like snow or melting snow, it more or less creates potholes.” The most troublesome areas for potholes include the intersection of Perkins Street and Souris Avenue South. Mack said even though it is the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure’s jurisdiction, the city fills the potholes in that area because they are troublesome, and the city can’t afford to wait. King Street from Petterson Drive to Kensington Avenue, which is slated to be resurfaced this year, is also a problematic area right now, he said. Another portion of King Street, through the Pleasantdale valley, also suffers from pothole problems. Pothole patching will start on the main arteries and then move into residential areas later in the year. Crews will also look after crack filling once the temperature warms up. “We can’t do that with snow and below zero temperatures. We’ll have to just wait,” said Mack. Mack said it’s surprising that it has taken so long to get into spring operations. He recalled that Estevan received a lot of snow in the winter of 2016-17, but most of it was gone by the first day of spring last year, and spring operations started in late March. “This year we didn’t get much snow all winter long, and we thought we would be at it really quick in March, but the temperatures were so cold from January to March,” said Mack. With cold temperatures remaining in the forecast for the next few days, it means the annual spring work will be delayed a little while longer. But Mack stressed Estevan needs the moisture, after the drought experienced last summer.
The Wylie Mitchell Building was the site of the B&T Estevan Gun Show on March 24 and 25. Those who attended the show had plenty to say about the Liberals’ new gun control legislation.
New Liberals’ firearms bill draws plenty of local reaction By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca
The Liberals new firearms bill, called Bill C-71, has been criticized for being a new long gun registry and also attacking legal firearms owners while not containing enough to address gun violence associated with gangs, illegal gun sales and the smuggling of firearms. Souris-Moose Mountain MP Robert Kitchen was in attendance at the
B&T Estevan Gun Show that occurred recently and commented on the issue. “They say they are creating these laws to deal with issues in Surrey, British Columbia, and the Greater Toronto Area and similar places, but all we see from this is basically the long-gun registry 2.0,” said Kitchen. Since the bill’s introduction, registered firearm sellers were the first to get access to a booklet from Public Safety Canada that took the legal jargon out of the bill and provided people with
a bullet point summary of the bill’s intentions. The most controversial part of the bill that has many gun owners upset is a section on the licence verification page. The first point on that page reads, “Anyone selling or giving a nonrestricted firearm, including private sellers, will be required to verify the validity of the firearms licence of the recipient with the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP).” A2 » NEW
Tickets are selling well for Alice Cooper The City of Estevan is pleased with the ticket sales thus far for the Alice Cooper concert happening later this year. In an interview with the Mercury last Thursday, city manager Jeff Ward said about 1,300 tickets have been sold already for the concert, which will take place on Aug. 26 at Affinity Place. About 2,000 tickets need to be sold to break even. Having this many tickets sold in the first two weeks that they were available helped ease the city’s concerns of whether the concert would make money. Ticket sales for the event started in mid-March, with a pre-sale that saw hundreds of tickets gobbled up. “We’d like to sell out, and make these types of shows very viable so we
can continue having them,” said Ward. Capacity for the concert would be about 3,500 spectators. Cooper’s appearance will be the first concert at Affinity Place since January 2017, when Blue Rodeo performed. Ticket sales for Cooper have already eclipsed what was seen for Blue Rodeo. Ward believes people are eager to see concerts return to Affinity Place. “You’ll see comments every once in a while about how it’s just back to a rink, it’s not an events centre like what it was advertised as,” said Ward. “I know we went through some changes with our staff over at leisure (services), as well as our promoter. I know the new promoter is very good at getting us options.” It also helps that Cooper hasn’t been through Saskatchewan for a while, and he’s still well-known in music
circles. He’ll put on a great show, Ward said, so even if people aren’t fond of him, they know they’ll be treated to a great theatrical concert experience. Additional advertising will take place prior to the concert. Ward hopes Estevan will be able to attract spectators from Weyburn, Regina and other markets, since the nearest stop to Estevan for Cooper on his Paranormal Evening Tour will be Saskatoon and Winnipeg. Ward said the city will usually experience a big rush of ticket sales in the final week before a concert, once people find out their plans and determine whether they will be able to attend the show. Limited tickets are now available at Henders Drugs and at the leisure services office, or on the Ticketmaster website.
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Several cases heard at Estevan Courthouse By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca
Several different cases were on the docket at the Estevan Courthouse on Monday morning. Kenneth EJ Johnson of Estevan appeared in court by video for charges of resisting a peace officer in the execution of their duty and an offence related to drug possession. Johnson is facing other
charges that relate to his November 2017 arrest, which stemmed from a drug investigation led by the Estevan Police Service. Johnson will be appearing in court on some of his charges on May 24 for a preliminary inquiry, and then he will again appear in court on July 31 for a trial to face his other charges. David Alan Tierney’s court case was again brought before the court.
His charges relate to an October 2016 arrest that was associated with drug and firearm charges. Tierney’s case will be heard again on Aug. 29 for a preliminary inquiry. Russell Howard James Goforth of Estevan was back in court in connection with a child luring case from October 2015. Goforth served a oneyear sentence in jail stemming from the charge. Since
his release, he broke three different conditions of his probation: failing to comply with a summons related to appearing in court, mischief against property and a charge associated with becoming a resident of an area where prohibited to do so. The joint investigation involved members from the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit, Carnduff RCMP and the Estevan Police Service. He
was charged following the execution of a search warrant at at Estevan residence. Goforth’s recent charges will be dealt with on April 30. Also appearing was Zachary Gessner of Estevan, who was arrested in May 2016 in connection with a drug bust the Estevan Police Service had conducted. Gessner was charged at the time with trafficking cocaine, possession
of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking prescription drugs, possession of prescription drugs for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking marijuana, possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, obstruction of a police officer and breaching the conditions of a previous release. Gessner was back in the court on Monday for a hearing, and it was set over to April 9.
New firearms bill would affect rural residents « A1 The CFP is a physical branch of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that, if Bill C-71 were to pass in its current form, would have to be contacted over the phone by a firearms seller every time a non-restricted weapon is about to transfer ownership. Within the recordkeeping by vendors section of the booklet, all businesses, excluding private sellers will be required to keep records of all the sale of their firearms and their purchasers. This section does exclude private firearm sellers, but if the bill passes as mentioned private sellers will be legally required to call the CFP when selling a firearm. Moreover, law enforcement agencies can request the mandatory sale records from businesses and that request would also be mandatory and nonnegotiable. Gun advocates and the Conservative Party have noted that there is no difference between a long gun registry, kept within a collection of private business, compared to all those sale records being kept within the Canadian government. To that end, between the CFP verification process and the ease in which the police can access private sales records, many are saying C-71 is a new
Souris-Moose Mountain MP Robert Kitchen has concerns about the new federal firearms legislation. File photo long-gun registry. In terms of dealing with some types of assault rifles and handguns within the transportation of restricted and prohibited firearms section of the booklet, owners of restricted or prohibited firearms who are used to receiving an automatic authorization to transport (ATT) certificate when transporting a restricted or prohibited firearm will only receive an automatic renewal of said certificate when bringing a newly purchased restricted or prohibited firearm into their home or taking it to an approved restricted gun range. All and any other rea-
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sons to transport a restricted or prohibited weapon is proposed to be subject to a physical phone call to a chief firearms officer, who will grant on a person-byperson basis ATT certificate approvals. Each individual firearm will require its own certificate. A recurring point by the Conservative Party and gun owners is that tracking legal guns, owners, transactions and sales falls short of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals who do not follow any firearms law. “When we talked about the cost of the long gun registry before, it was horrendous, and this one is basically adding more cost and the administration costs are going to be huge,” said Kitchen. Kitchen also noted during a briefing he attended by Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, the Conservatives did question him about the logistics of having firearms owners call the already overburdened CFP commutations lines every time a non-restricted weapon
transfers ownership. Kitchen said that during that briefing, Goodale responded to questions regarding the phone call verification issue by saying, “We will get it done.” Kitchen expressed that Goodale provided no further information on the topic and after that statement walked out of the briefing and the meeting was over. Also in attendance at B&T Estevan Gun Show was Greg Illerburn, the chair of the Recreational Firearms Community of Saskatchewan (RFCOS). He also has been a part of parliamentary public safety committees in the past, when bringing his concerns and suggestions to Ottawa every time new gun legislation is proposed. He noted that his experience this year at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention included a lot of upset farmers and other rural residents, who are aggravated by the lack of police enforcement in rural areas that has led to the rise of rural crime and
property theft. Kitchen also noted this point when he said, “We are hearing concerns, not just in my constituency, nor just in Saskatchewan, about the issues of rural crime.” “We have talked about the idea of hiring more police in rural areas within our caucus and it needs to be looked at,” he continued. “As I mentioned before the past budget that came out recently the Liberals want to hire carbon cops (in relation to enforcing the carbon tax) and that cost is more money than the government spends on training new RCMP officers.” Illerburn took a similar tone, saying the current government could have spent billions of dollars on hiring more police but instead is funnelling it towards the new gun bill and the result is “a bureaucracy that does nothing to stop criminals and gangbangers from misusing firearms,” he said. “The people who have been alienated the most by this bill is rural Canada
Envision offering self-defence for girls The Envision Counselling and Support Centre is offer a free self-defence course in Estevan for girls this spring. Fight Like a Girl is a series of classes geared towards girls ages 12-17 and their female caregivers. Women’s self-defence training aims to provide the confidence needed to react quickly and appropriately in any confrontational situation, even if the situation does not involve a physical altercation. Fight Like a Girl offers a safe space to develop confidence, safety skills and fitness, as well as an
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and they are the ones that need something done about rural crime the most. We could have lots of police in rural Canada if we stopped wasting money on tracking legal firearms owners,” said Illerburn. He noted that within the booklet he obtained from Public Safety Canada, he sees useful gun legislation with the proposed changes to the eligibility standards for issuing new firearms licences to new gun owners. Within that section, it states anyone who has any criminal history could be information that the RCMP will have access to when issuing a new firearms licence. Goodale has said publicly a few times he is aware of rural crime issues and how that relates to the lack police enforcement, however, he has not yet provided further detail on any ideas associated with hiring more police officers as a means to stop rural crime. The Liberal Party of Canada was not available for comment.
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United Way celebrates the successes of the past year By David Willberg
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The United Way Estevan celebrated the support it received from the community, and installed its new executive during its annual general meeting on March 28. According to audited financial statements released during the meeting, the United Way received $358,496 in donations last year, with $350,215 of those donations coming during the 41st annual telethon in October. There was a little more than $6,000 in pledges that were uncollectable, but that
money was partially offset by interest income, so total revenue was $354,572. The goal for 2017 was $325,000. The United Way allocated $260,572 of the money it raised to its member agencies, and $23,835 to its community impact projects. Angela Stepp from MNP Chartered Accountants said the firm was happy to see the United Way have another successful year. “The goal was set and it was surpassed once again, showing that the United Way has immense support in the community,” said Stepp. A new executive was
New United Way Estevan president Travis Frank, left, accepts the president’s gavel from past-president Patrick Fisher.
installed at the meeting. Patrick Fisher’s one-year term as president came to an end, and he handed the president’s gavel to Travis Frank. Becca Foord will be the first vice-president and Melanie Graham will be the second vice-president. Fisher will be the pastpresident and Lynn Trobert will remain the treasurer. In his acceptance speech, Frank noted his first community involvement came when he joined the United Way’s board of directors when he was 16 years old. “In these past few years, I have had the opportunity to take on several roles in the community, and every time I do so, I always cited my great love of supporting my hometown as the reason,” said Frank. Estevan is a city with incredible services for its residents, he said, through helping families build a community and a culture of support, assisting people with disabilities or special needs, helping seniors with group care or access to better medicine, and more. All of these are possible through the United Way’s 15 member agencies. “You are what make life a little better, for everybody,
no matter what the situation may be,” said Frank. “Every person in this city will at one point in their lives be touched by the work your groups do.” Frank said he is looking forward to an exciting year, raising lots of money for the member agencies and community impact projects, and noted the annual telethon will be Oct. 12 and 13 at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Estevan branch. In his report, Fisher said it was important for the United Way to receive the support it did, because the 2017-18 provincial budget cut a lot of funding that the member agencies rely on to do their work. “I heard stories from a lot of you about grants being taken away, or cuts in terms in funds, and it was really tough to hear. I think it sparked our board significantly,” said Fisher. “We knew it was going to be a very lean year, and we wanted to do everything we could to help our member agencies out, and help the community as a whole.” The telethon was a tremendous success, not just because of the support from the community, but because the member agencies shared their stories
President Travis Frank offers his thoughts on becoming the new United Way Estevan during the annual general meeting. during the 33 hours. “It’s a real testament to the determination and passion that the residents of Estevan have for the work that not only the United Way Estevan does, but the work that you, our member agencies, do,” said Fisher. In a year filled with talks of budget cuts and a recession, the people of Estevan did not let down those who would be affected the most. The United Way held a successful Day of Caring in May, he said, and launched a Community Impact Committee to help smaller groups and organizations to host events. A new website will be
launched later this year, and in recent months, the local United Way has been arranging to help its counterparts in Regina and Saskatoon for the launch of 211 Saskatchewan. Fisher also paid tribute to the United Way’s board and its staff for their commitment, and to the volunteers and the donors for their support during the past 12 months. The meeting ended with each of the member agencies and community impact projects explaining how the United Way’s allocation has allowed them to support people in the community and carry out programs locally.
Estevan’s United Way looking to help a variety of events through its community impact committee By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca
The United Way Estevan is looking for events that it can support in the community through its community impact committee. Speaking at the organization’s annual general meeting on March 28, committee members Becca Foord and Roberta DeRosier chronicled the committee’s background and how it will work moving forward. The United Way has had a community impact committee for some time, and it has backed a number of initiatives, including the Hillcrest School Breakfast Club and the United Way’s Day of Caring. It also supported the Challenge Day held at Estevan Comprehensive School from 2012 to 2015. “Anybody I’ve talked to who has been involved with
Challenge Day has said that it was life-changing for them, and it affected them in such a positive way, so it was really important that we helped with it,” said Foord. But now the United Way has decided to renew its focus with community impact, because it believes this is something the community needs. “It’s something that we, as a United Way board, can help better our community by,” said Foord. DeRosier noted the United Way has evolved. The telethon started small in 1977 in the showroom of the former Trout Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership building. For many years, the United Way had the telethon. But a few years ago, the organization went through strategic planning to determine the needs of the city, and how the United Way
can help Estevan beyond the telethon. Now it’s moving forward with its community impact fund. “We’ve polled people in Estevan,” said DeRosier. “We literally went to the police station and city hall, and we talked to a lot of people, and we wanted to know what they think the needs in the community are.” The member agencies do a great job of meeting the needs of the community, she said, but there are some gaps, so the focus of the community impact committee will be on events. “These events will meet other needs in our community,” said DeRosier. “These events are going to align with our focus that United Way stands for already.” Three focus areas have been identified, Foord said. One is called from poverty to
Becca Foord, left, and Roberta DeRosier explain the United Way Estevan’s community impact fund during the annual general meeting on March 28. possibility. There is also one for healthy people and strong communities, and a third for helping children reach their potential. “These are very wideopen, focused areas,” said Foord. “You can put a lot towards them. Once you read the application, you’ll understand what the idea behind these focus areas is. Our application is quite a few
pages, but it’s quite simple. It asks some good questions, and they’re quite easy to answer.” She said it’s similar to the application that member agencies fill out every year. DeRosier told the member agency representatives in attendance that they won’t be eligible for community impact funding, but she said the committee needs the member
agencies’ help by talking to people they know, sharing information on social media, distributing applications and getting the word out. “We’re pumped about this,” DeRosier said. “This will make some changes in Estevan in some very key areas.” A copy of the application form can be found on the United Way’s website.
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Canadian farmers deserve better Four years ago, grain producers in Saskatchewan and other provinces were facing a tough situation. They had a bumper crop in 2013, and had to get the grains to market. Yet they couldn’t transport it as quickly as they wanted, because there weren’t enough rail cars to ship it. Estimates indicate the bottleneck wound up costing farmers in Saskatchewan and across the country billions of dollars. And just like other industries, when farmers feel the pinch, other industries are hurt, too, because farmers don’t have the income they have earned. History is repeating itself again. Granted, last year wasn’t a bumper crop to the same degree as 2013, but farmers still have a lot to get to market. But they can’t, because there aren’t enough rail cars to ship the product. It’s so bad this year that railways have apologized, and the head of CN Rail stepped down over the mess. The federal government has rebuked the rail companies, and the good news is it appears that grain
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Financial literacy programs coming to schools The other day I got paid for a project I had put several months and many hours into. When the cheque was in my hand, I did something many parents might consider unusual. I showed it to our kids. It was a big project, so for me, at least, it was a sizeable cheque, although compared to many people in the oilfield, it would be peanuts. Nonetheless, these were my hardearned peanuts. I explained to the kids, as I often do, that all those late nights of Dad working at his computer, the times he said, “No, I can’t watch a movie right now,” are what earned this. You work hard, you get rewarded. This is what pays the bills. This is what pays for baseball and softball, and trips. This is the real, tangible benefit as a result of long hours of hard work. This is the payoff. So now, Katrina, we can get those shoes you needed. Let’s go get them. And, Spencer, what do you do with a cheque? “Take it straight to the bank!” he replied. My message is apparently getting through. Financial literacy is absolutely crucial to each and everyone of our lives, and yet I think too many people, and the education
is going to get moving again. But it’s going to be the farmers who are hurt in the situation. In an industry with little margin for error, the lack of grain movement is another problem beyond their control, and it is ultimately hurting their bottom line and their profitability. It’s bad enough that many went through a significant drought last year that affected their yields. Now those who did have a strong crop have to worry about the rail companies once again hindering their ability to turn a profit. Was nothing learned from what happened four years ago? If we were going to have this conversation again, it should have well into the future, not just a few years after the last crisis. You can’t blame the farmers. All they did was their job: growing a crop in a responsible fashion so they can meet the food needs of the world. They do it year after year, hoping that they will get enough rain to grow a crop, but not so much that the crop quality is reduced. They have to worry about spending money so they can keep pace with
the latest technological advances with their expensive equipment. On the list of things that farmers should have to worry about, a sufficient number of rail cars should be near the bottom of their list. Anyone who is in business will tell you they would be furious if someone’s inability to do their job properly cost them a significant amount of money. Farmers are no different. It comes down to rail companies not being prepared to meet the needs of their customers. They have an idea of the crops that are being grown in Canada, and how much is being grown. They receive the estimates during the year. And so you would expect they would plan accordingly. But instead they’re caught with an insufficient number of rail cars, and now they have to deal with politicians and angry farmers, over a situation that could have been avoided, for the second time this decade. And now you have to wonder how long it will be before we get to hear of this situation all over again.
system as a whole, fail in passing this critical knowledge onto our kids. I don’t know about now, but my own high school and university education had essentially zero training in this regard. On March 28, deputy premier and Education Minister Gordon Wyant announced that writing is set to begin in April for new financial literacy courses. These courses will soon be available to help ensure Saskatchewan students are prepared for a successful future, the press release said. “In response to requests from the education sector and industry stakeholders, including the Saskatchewan School Boards Association and the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, new financial literacy curricula are being developed for Grade 11 and 12 students. Grades 7 - 9 teachers will also be able to introduce their students to financial literacy topics by using modules from these curricula in middle level Practical and Applied Arts courses,” the release went on. Katrina, soon to be 14, has been asking about exactly this sort of financial literacy. She wants to know about taxes, the things that will affect her daily. It looks like she’ll miss the Grade 7-9 modules, but she’ll catch the later ones. “The ability to manage personal finances is an essential skill in our daily lives,” Wyant said. “We want our students to be prepared for their futures, and that’s why it’s so important to engage students in financial literacy.” Curricula are written by ministry consultants along with teachers who apply and are selected by the Ministry of Education in consultation with the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation. Curriculum development and implementation is approximately a twoyear process, during which the writing team
consults with industry experts to incorporate industry standard learnings. The financial literacy courses should be ready for piloting in the 2018-19 school year with full implementation as early as September 2019, according to the release. That’s good, because Katrina will be in high school then, and should be taking those courses. But I’m not waiting. With another project soon wrapping up, I showed Katrina how much my cost of goods were (expenses), what I was charging (revenue), and the remaining money (profit). Again, she heard, this is what pays for gas, food, etc. I’m drumming this into my kids now, before they hit those teenage years where they just turn off their ears to anything their parents say. For me, this has been hard-won and largely self-taught knowledge. Hopefully it will make things easier for my kids. So this tax season, Katrina gets to sit beside me and go through it all, and I mean everything. Sorting receipts, highlighting bank statements, entering them into spreadsheets, taking that data and putting it into the tax software. It will mean going through a T4 and showing how much gets taken off in deductions. For instance, my wife’s deductions are greater than my net income. That will be eye-opening, I’m sure. In three years time, Spencer will get the same lessons. So thank you, Minister Wyant and the Ministry of Education. I’m sure there are some other things in the curriculum that could see a bit less emphasis, so that we can make room for financial literacy. Kids need to know money. Can I have an amen? Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@ sasktel.net.
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Corey Atkinson New Material Only It might be a bit early to think about this, but it seems like once every eight years I’m covering a junior A hockey team from a major energy city on its way to the league final. In 2010, I covered the run of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons (MOB) en route to their Enerflex Cup final against the Spruce Grove Saints. Not that I had anything to do with the makeup of the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins team that is currently leading their Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League final against the Battlefords North Stars, but it’s a bit of a coincidence. For some Bruins fans, I’m sure they’re getting ready to party like it’s 1999 – the last year the Bruins won the SJHL playoff championship, following that up with an Anavet Cup win over the OCN Blizzard. But that was the last time the Bruins made it to the league final and although it doesn’t seem like that long ago in some ways, it’s now 19 years ago. Back in 2010, the Spruce Grove Saints were a well oiled machine from the opening day of the season to the last, They lost only four games in regulation during the regular season and accumulated 108 points in 60 regular season games. After the Oil Barons scored a couple of upsets, it set up a league final against the Saints, who went 8-1 in their nine games leading to the final. The MOB earned a split in their first two games in Spruce Grove, bringing the final to McMurray, where a whopping 1,788 people filled the Casman Centre. The next two games were split, sending the series back to Spruce Grove for Game 5 tied 2-2. When I got there for the Good Friday game, ‘standing room only’ had a new meaning, even in the press box in the upper corner of Spruce Grove’s Grant Fuhr Arena. Bewildered as to how I was going to set up the laptop to send photos in time for their deadline to the Edmonton Sun (a semi-freelance thing I’d picked up when they were part of the chain I was working with), I inadvertently knocked off the Oil Barons’ radio broadcast. I’m still sorry about that, Kenny Trenton. The Oil Barons lost a raucous 7-5 decision to the Saints that night. As exhilarating as it was to watch that scene and to cover that game, it still meant packing the family up again and taking the five-hour drive up back north to our Fort McMurray home to go back to work for a Sunday night Game 6 that happened to be on my birthday. Hometown McMurray kid Dylan Seymour scored a natural hat trick in the second to lead the MOB to a 4-2 win and force a Game 7. If I’d thought Game 5 was nuts, Game 7 was even nutser. There was simply no gas left in the tank for the MOB once Spruce Grove scored a couple of goals early. A Grant Fuhr Area crowd that was extremely loud and incredibly close roared each time the Saints scored. Going on the ice at the end of the game to shoot the handshakes and trophy presentation, I looked at the MOB players lined up and they looked like they lost a friend. It was a long ride back that night on the bus organized for fans and parents (I had a good long chat with the dad of one of the defencemen) and I was dropped off at the office to write the story for the early afternoon paper, walking back home and in bed at 7 a.m. There will never be another 2010. But if we put the Nipawin Hawks in the role of the Saints, the pieces fall a bit more into place. The Oil Barons were fourth overall in the AJHL that year. The upsets that the MOB had to do in order to get to the final (Grande Prairie and Okotoks) are kind of like beating the Battlefords Stars in the semifinal. And what SJHL fan wouldn’t want to see a seven-game final series? Neither semifinal series is over and both could be turned around by some stellar goaltending by the netminders on the two teams that are currently down. But this playoff run does cast memories for me back to 2010, and I’m sure for some in this city, 1999.
Council approves several public works tenders Members of Estevan city council approved several tenders for the public works division during the March 26 meeting A 2018 Freightliner M2-106 tandem gravel truck will be purchased from Warner Industries in Regina for $134,260.18. Warner Industries had the lowest bid, and the truck met the city’s criteria and specifications. Norm Mack, the manager for public works’ roads and drainage division, said the new tandem truck will replace a 1999 unit that has been facing some repair costs. Mack noted the tandem trucks play an important role in public works. Also, two 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 fourdoor crew cab trucks will be purchased for $76,242.18 before taxes. It was not the lowest bid, but met the specifications, while the lowest bid did not. The trucks will replace two aging units in the fleet. A 20-foot High Boy
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wanted to know when some of these rinks previously had inspections, similar to the ones carried out on the Civic last year, because he has heard concerns about the condition of those arenas. *** During the inquiries portion of the meeting, Councillor Dennis Moore asked the public that if they have a problem with anything related to the city, such as the condition of their street, they should call city hall, rather than becoming so frustrated that it’s hard to give them advice regarding their complaint. “We will look after the problem one way or another,” said Moore. He finds that often when disagreements occur, people don’t have the patience they used to, and it often turns to name-calling. “Once it’s all over with, they calm down and apologize, but I think it could be handled a lot better,” said Moore.
Savour the Southeast will have lots to offer this year By William Acri wacri@estevanmerucy.ca
The Savour the Southeast festival that has quickly become a popular annual event and a key fundraiser is just around the corner, and one of its organizers, Josh LeBlanc, says that everything is going well so far and he is looking forward to the festival. The event on May 5 at Affinity Place begins at 7 p.m. LeBlanc encourages people to preorder tickets or at least show up very early to get a ticket at the door. Overall LeBlanc noted that planning for the festival is going well and there is going to be something new this year with some professional chefs. “Planning is coming along well, so are sponsor-
ships and we have lots of vendors registering, we had out cutoff date to register today (on March 29). I have counted up our applications and we are going to have 62 booths this year, and we had the same amount of booths last year,” said LeBlanc. “We are starting the chef showdown this year. That is something that is new to the festival. The way it works is we will be bringing four up-and-coming chefs to the province, who will be in Estevan during the festival,” he added. All four of the chefs will be creating a product throughout the day and at night they will be there to serve what they have made. They have been instructed to make about 1,000 portions and LeBlanc believes that those supplies will run
out quickly. The money raised from the festival will be going to a charity that LeBlanc believes is very important for the community and the southeast corner as well. “This year we are going to donate to the Envision Counselling and Support Centre. They operate in and outside of Estevan and we are happy to be able to donate money to them,” said LeBlanc. “I think they provide some very important services to the communities they serve. We decided to go with an organization that is more southeastfocused and not just something that is in Estevan. A lot more people can be helped by spreading that donation around into a few communities,” he added. LeBlanc noted that the
aim this year was not just to look at Estevan for a donation but expand outward from the city. “We are appealing to a wider demographic this year and we are providing services towards that demographic so they can come out and enjoy the festival as well,” said LeBlanc. “In prior years we had people show up at the door and they were able to get some $45 door tickets, but since we are catering to a larger area, people who want door tickets should really buy in advance or show up very early to purchase their ticket,” he added. LeBlanc said there is going to be a lot of craft breweries there and a good variety of different types of alcoholic drinks and food at the festival.
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for this year is $102,300. It was not the lowest bid, but the other bid substituted magnesium chloride with calcium chloride and did not meet specifications. *** The Town of Stoughton has joined the municipalities that support the decommissioning of the Civic Auditorium. In a letter similar to the one sent by the Town of Lampman and the Rural Municipality of Browning earlier in March, Town of Stoughton administrator Chris Miskolczi noted that communities of similar size to Estevan have two arenas, and there are communities in close proximity to Estevan that have ice arenas and ice time for Estevan residents to utilize. The letter also noted that many rural communities supported Estevan’s bids for grants for the construction of Affinity Place, with the understanding that Affinity would replace the Civic Auditorium. Coun. Trevor Knibbs
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Envision has online activities for International Women’s Day By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca
Envision Counselling and Support Centre’s International Women’s Day initiative was a great success, with people participating in a video campaign. Juli Dzuba, who is the community outreach coordinator with Envision, said she was very happy with how the campaign worked out. “We got a good response from the community as far as our video is concerned. We had about 25 people participate through pictures or videos. We just put them all together and posted them online and we have had great success with people reposting
and sending things in. It’s been great to see a lot of people come out to support International Women’s Day,” said Dzuba. “The highlight of the event was seeing the feedback from the community and how many young people are interested in pressing for progress and changes for the future. We had women’s and girls’ sports teams that wanted to participate, which was wonderful.” International Women’s Day happens every year on March 8, and Envision has a different event or initiative each year to mark the occasion. Dzuba was involved with organizing the local campaign and helping out with the video.
“Each year a different theme happens and this year it was Press for Progress, so we decided to create this hashtag Press for Progress, and we thought it would be a good way get young people involved as well to reach more people in your community,” said Dzuba. Press For Progress has a lot of meaning for Dzuba, who described it as helping with equality. “Press for Progress means just trying to figure out what you can do to make changes in your everyday lives throughout the world to help equality take place,” said Dzuba. “I think what we did was very successful because we had a lot of peo-
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It might not have been the type of day that Darcy Vatamaniuck was looking for, but he’s still excited about the potential for Estevan Fresh Farms. A ground-breaking ceremony was scheduled to happen on Saturday morn-
ing at the site of Estevan Fresh Farms greenhouse just northwest of the Bienfait town limits. But thanks to the frigid temperatures which hovered around -20 C those plans were scuttled. The greenhouse will be located on 37 1/2 acres of land, which is currently an empty field. Vatamaniuck is looking forward to the
time when the greenhouse is complete. He said about 500 to 600 people have expressed an interest in purchasing fruits and vegetables grown at Estevan Fresh Farms through its membership program. “Ultimately it comes down to it’s fresh fruit and vegetables, and everyone
likes fresh fruit and vegetables,” said Vatamaniuck. “A lot of our produce in Estevan and in Canada comes from Mexico and southern California. There’s getting to be more and more tomato greenhouses in Alberta and in Ontario, and peppers and what not, but there’s a large part of our produce that comes from outside the country.” Vatamaniuck has been selling memberships for $100 each through Kickstarter as a way to generate revenues and create interest. But the reason he went through Kickstarter is once the greenhouse is built, he’s only going to have so much available space and produce each week. “If I were to open it up and say whoever wants to be a member can be a member, then I could have
let’s say 10,000 people and it would be just a random free-for-all of whoever ordered when,” said Vatamaniuck. With Kickstarter and the yearly memberships, it means people are committed to it, and they’re more likely to be a weekly purchaser. Vatamaniuck believes there are 30,000 to 35,000 potential customers within an hour of the greenhouse’s location, and Vatamaniuck is looking forward to supplying fresh fruits and vegetables to this market. The goal is to not only sell fresh fruits and vegetables through the greenhouse’s membership program, but to supply local stores with the fresh fruits and vegetables. The stores that have agreed to accept his produce are smaller. To
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“Your most important asset is your men, plain and simple.” That’s according to Rod Benning with L&C Trucking of Estevan. Asked how things are going, he replied with a laugh, “They’re certainly not going.” “We had a better January in 2017 than in 2018.” They had hired extra people with the expectation of a busy winter season, but it never happened. “We were at 40 to 44 people. We had hired prob-
L&C Trucking didn’t see as busy a first quarter as they had hoped. Photo by Brian Zinchuk ably five guys,” Benning said. The company, at peak during the boom years, had
78 people. “I thought there would be a little more work than the
Road bans suspended on provincial highways The recent cold weather has allowed the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure to immediately suspend road bans on provincial highways. “Suspending road bans lets farmers take advantage of the recent cold snap, while also protecting roads from unnecessary damage,” said David Marit, the minister of Highways and Infrastructure. “With the backlog in the grain handling system, our producers need to be able to haul as much grain as possible when they have the opportunity.” Allowable weights are reduced on some provincial highways and roads in rural municipalities (RMs) as roads thaw in the spring in order to
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drilling rigs,” he said, referring to production work. “It just didn’t happen.” He noted that smaller companies, who operate with lower overhead, and don’t pay for substantial safety programs or dispatchers, have taken some of the work. “There’s too many one-man shows, charging unsustainable rates that won’t cover their costs of wear and tear,” he said. “Over the last year, we’ve worked to cover our manpower,” Benning said. They bought a truck six months ago, used. They sold off five used trucks to get the
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Bruins won first three games against the Battlefords
By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca
The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins have been the much hungrier team through their first seven games of the playoffs and Zach Goberis almost made sure to feed that hunger singlehandedly Monday night at Affinity Place. In a convincing 5-2 win over the Battlefords North Stars in Game 3 of their Canalta Cup semifinal, Goberis completed a hat trick by the second period and hit a post from long distance with a yawning net that would have seen all 1,744 fans walk away with a free pizza. “I was trying my hardest but I just couldn’t squeeze it in,” said a smiling Goberis after the game While only Section C got the pies, the Bruins have now put themselves in a 3-0 series lead with their first SJHL final berth since 1999 staring them in the face. The Bruins got to that point in this series by scoring early and often in games on the North Stars, the defending SJHL champions. “I think we have a lot of confidence right now and we’re playing well as a team,” said Goberis. Their current 10-game winning streak – including the regular season – is their longest this season. The Bruins are showing the kind of confidence that they’ve had
at times during the season but had not been able to sustain it for lengthy periods until now. “I think we’ve got to keep it simple,” said Goberis. “For us, we know we’re confident but we’ve also got to work hard. Every time we’ve stepped on the ice, we’re always playing for each other, which is a big thing.” All factors in the game Monday pointed as positives for the Bruins. It’s a rare thing for a team to be firing on all cylinders in the way the Bruins are in the playoffs so far, a fact not lost on Goberis. “Honestly this is the first year I’ve been a part of a team like this,” he said. “It’s nice to see that coming together at just the right time.” The Bruins won 5-3 Friday and 7-2 Saturday in the Battlefords before the series came to Estevan. Michael McChesney, who hit the empty net moments later after Goberis’ post hit, and Jake Fletcher scored the other goals for the Bruins. Bo Didur made 36 saves in the Bruins net in the victory. “Last year these guys kind of did what we’ve doing to them right now,” said Didur. “Everybody’s coming together at the right times. We’ve got a bunch of guys stepping up. I think the scoreboard kind of showed our depth. If first and second lines aren’t producing, our
Zach Goberis pits the puck behind Battlefords goaltender Joel Grzybowski for the Bruins’ first goal of the game Monday at Affinity Place. third and fourth are doing the job. Right now, we kind of have a military mentality where if one guy’s out the next guy steps up in that role like nothing ever happened.” No small part of this run so far is Didur, the reigning goaltender of the month. In between the whistles, he’s a solid factor in his team keeping the lead while tapping his glove and singing along to classic rock like Foreigner while officials sort out penalties. “I don’t think I’ve ever been on a team that’s clicked like this before,” said Didur. “Maybe back in atom hockey, but since playoff season started everybody is really dialed in and stepped
up and started to perform.” The Bruins’ early leads have helped establish that, as in each of the first three games they’ve scored before the seven-minute mark of the first period. “As the season’s gone on and as the playoffs have gone on, we’ve just kept building and building and building,” said Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood. “It’s come in different fashions the last few games and we’re on a pretty good roll here. I’m really happy with the work ethic and we’ve got to clean up some of the details but for the most part things are going well and we’ve got to
continue to build.” The Bruins were doing all this while two affiliate players were taking a fairly regular shift – even in the third period. Defenceman Kade McMillen from Carievale and forward Eric Houk from Regina had their AAA midget seasons end in Prince Albert and Regina and skated for the first time in an SJHL regular season or playoff game Monday, a testament to the Bruins’ depth. “We feel we’ve had as good a team as we’ve had in many, many years in Estevan,” said Lewgood. “We also feel like we’re set up for a long time. Guys like
McMillen and Houk are great examples of that, and Ryder Pierson and Jack Michel have played well for us. All these guys have played playoff games and they’ve played really well.” The teams met again Tuesday night at Affinity Place at 7:30 p.m. in a game that could see the Bruins off to their first SJHL final since the Anavet Cup-winning team of 1999. (Result of the game not available at press time). The game could go back to the Battlefords Thursday night if Game 5 is necessary and Saturday night at Affinity Place if Game 6 is required.
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Woodlawn Golf Course’s opening just around the corner By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca
It may not look like it from a quick glance on the ground, but golf season at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club is just around the corner. The golf shop opened for general sales last week and the range won’t be too far behind. “It always depends on the weather, and for the course, typically the third week of April is ideal,” said Woodlawn general manager and head golf professional Amanda Minchin, who won’t be rushing to get the 18-hole grass green course open. “We never like to rush it in the spring because if you rush it, you’re taking a chance of not having your best product in May, June, July, August.” Right now there’s a
snow cover on the course but the frost was really deep. Minchin said superintendant Bob Currie won’t be able to tell exactly how well it wintered until the tarps fully come off. “He’s optimistic,” she said. “The course went to bed in really good shape even with the drought we had in the fall. There hasn’t been a lot of time where he had open tarps where we had a melt and then it froze.” There was other maintenance necessary at Woodlawn in the early spring, late winter period. “He’s doing a little bit of tree work on the course, getting rid of a couple of trees that were causing some safety concerns for us, that were older and split down the middle,” Minchin said. “We were worried about them possibly breaking in a high wind … Everyone else
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The Estevan Wolves came from behind March 27 to win the South East Minor Hockey League’s peewee championship. They beat the Radville Nationals’ Red team 7-5 in Game 2 at the Power Dodge Ice Centre after entering the third period down 5-4. Shea McNabb scored the tying goal 58 seconds into the third period, and then Zach McGillicky scored the eventual game-winner, his second of the game, with 11:28 on the clock on a breakaway. After a tense period, Logan Lang scored into the empty net to ice the game and the win for the Wolves, who swept the Nats in two straight games. Other goal scorers for the Wolves in Game 2 were Connor Spencer, Carson Baumgartner, Jayden Kuchinka and Shea McNabb.
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Some tyke-age lacrosse players play in a tournament put on by the Estevan Lacrosse Association at the Power Dodge Ice Centre last summer. File photo.
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The Moose Mountain Hot Peppers faced the Oxbow Renegades in the Certified Energy Services Division last year at Affinity Place. File photo. The annual spring tradition of dozens of recreational hockey teams is once again upon the city of Estevan and area. The Estevan Strippers’ 36th annual Spring Bust tournament will be alive and well within the friendly confines of Affinity Place, the Power Dodge Ice Centre and for the first time, the Bienfait Memorial Arena. A total of 40 teams will be coming to Estevan to play hockey and raise money for the Strippers’ community efforts. The tournament has eight women’s teams this year, with two pools of four teams each. For the men’s teams, there are 12 teams in the 45+ division and 20 in the 30+ division. After three days of round robin and playoffs, Sunday will see the championship trophies handed out to the divisions, with the game times earlier depending on how far the teams are based out of Estevan. The tournament is scheduled to get underway Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. with the Estevan Flyers battling the Estevan Taphouse Rookies at Affinity Place and the Estevan Vikings taking on the Estevan Wolves at Power Dodge Ice Centre. There are three games on the schedule for that night, and the Thursday is when the teams from out-
side hit the ice, with three games with start times from 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday, games go from noon to 9 p.m. and Saturday, games run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, teams wrap their schedules with games from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and playoffs starting in some divisions at 1:30 p.m. and going till the last puck drop at 7:30 p.m.
By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca
The Estevan Minor Lacrosse Association is going to a different league with a new name for its teams. The teams from mini tyke to midget will now all be known with one consistent logo as the Voltz – heretofore only the peewee team’s name – and will be playing in the new South
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Saskatchewan Lacrosse League. “Our new logo is going to be plastered all over our clothes,” said the Estevan Lacrosse Association president Marc Seeman. “The board thought that Estevan Lacrosse was just too boring, and some of the teams had both their logo and their name on it.” The new league will have interlocking play with teams from Moose Jaw,
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Obituaries Alice “Evelyn” Glenora Hansen 1919-2018 Hansen, Evelyn passed away peacefully on March 22, 2018 at the age of 98 years. Alice “Evelyn” Glenora (Pederson) Hansen was born December 12, 1919 in the Bromhead district. She was the middle child with four brothers. Evelyn’s mother suffered from multiple sclerosis and was unable to walk, so Evelyn spent a lot of her youth taking care of household and family duties. Her brothers and cousins taught her to catch a ball with bare hands, Evelyn and future husband Ole, along with her brothers, played on the same ball team. Evelyn married Ole Hansen on July 7, 1948. They had six children, 5 girls in the 1950’s and a boy in 1962. Music was very important to her and Evelyn played the organ at Lac Qui Parle for 56 years and later played at senior centres for services and sang with the Gospel singers. Evelyn played an active part on the farm, selling eggs, raising chickens, planting huge gardens, driving tractor, bringing lunch to Ole in the field, an equal partner. The home was a welcome place for any visitors, there was always food and coffee, hot dishes and of course chocolate cake with caramel icing. Evelyn could be counted on to remember birthdays, she was the human computer. Ask her a question – she knew the answer! She enjoyed family events and did a few special trips – Victoria, Palm Springs and Arizona. Evelyn got her first passport at the young age of 80 plus years. Evelyn was predeceased by her husband, Ole Hansen in September 2005; her parents, Ole & Emma Pederson; four brothers, Orville (Evelyn) Pederson, Harold (Ruth) Pederson, Henry (Della) Pederson, Arnold Pederson; brothers in law, John (Viola) Hansen, Carl (Julia) Hansen, Palmer (Tillie) Hansen; sisters in law, Gladys (Clarence) Torgunrud, Helen (Ray) Steiro, Myrtle (Art) Clauson, Mary (Henry) Temple, Ann (Art) Shelstad, Jennie (first husband Gilbert McAllister), (second husband Cliff) Hanna; son in law, Allan Uhl; two siblings that died in infancy and several nieces and nephews. Evelyn leaves to celebrate the memory of her life, daughter, Carol Hansen (Ron Korinetz) and Trevor, Chris and Kelsey; daughter, Darlene (Brian) Molberg and Keri, Devin and Janine; daughter, Brenda (Mike) Kaytor and Brianne and Megan; daughter, Lorna Hansen (Michael Cartwright) and Michael and Justin; daughter, Sherry Hansen (Tim Stepp) and Alicia, Michelle and Sara; son, Gary Hansen (Shawn Goritz) and Angela, Lucinda and Kimberly; 16 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren as well as many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Evelyn has been the surviving aunt on both sides of the family and the nieces and nephews looked to Evelyn as a link to their parent’s generation.
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The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Hilltop Manor for taking such good care of our mother over these last 15 months. May God bless with His peace, all who mourn. Visitation was held on Sunday, March 25, 2018 from 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Fletcher Funeral Chapel, Weyburn, Saskatchewan and the Funeral Service was held on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. from Zion Lutheran Church, Weyburn, Saskatchewan with Pastor Victoria Mwamasika officiating. Interment followed at Lac Qui Parle Cemetery, Bromhead, Saskatchewan. Pallbearers were Trevor Uhl, Devin Molberg, Stephen England, Michael Evans, Sara Rollins and Matthew Lees. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Evelyn may be made to the Lac Qui Parle Cemetery Fund, Zion Lutheran Church or Hilltop Manor. Condolences may be left at: www.fletcherfuneralchapel.com Arrangements entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Chapel Weyburn, Saskatchewan 306-842-5432
Bernard "Bernie" Collins 1935 - 2018 With great sadness, the family of Bernard "Bernie" Collins, late of Estevan, Sask. announces his passing at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Sask. on Monday, March 26, 2018 at the age of 82 years. Bernie was born on June 18, 1935 in Regina, SK. He attended Campion College. He received his B.Ed from the University of Saskatchewan and his M.Sc in Educational Admin. from Northern State College in Bismark, North Dakota. He met his future wife, Delphine (Del) Fahlman, in high school and they were married in Regina. Bernie worked as an educator, starting his teaching career in 1960 in Kamsack, SK. He then taught in Regina, and then back to Kamsack before moving to Estevan, where he spent the remainder of his career as a teacher and principal. He was active on many boards in the community. His involvement with Estevan City Council spanned four decades (1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s). He served several terms as a city councilor and was the Mayor of Estevan from 1985 to 1988. He was elected to Parliament as a Liberal party candidate in the 1993 federal election and served in the 35th Canadian Parliament. He represented the federal riding of Souris-Moose Mountain from 1993 to 1997. Bernie was an avid sports enthusiast – coach, player and fan. When he no longer played, he became an avid sports fan and enjoyed cheering on his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bernie was an outdoor enthusiast, spending many hours hunting and fishing. His years in Kamsack led to his lifelong love of Madge Lake where Bernie and Del later bought a cabin, where he could often be found during the summer months, meeting friends for coffee, fishing and playing bridge. In recent years, Bernie spent his winters in Arizona. No matter where in the world he travelled, Bernie had a knack for bumping into a friend, colleague, or former student. No matter where he was you could count on Bernie going out for coffee with friends and finding a bridge game to play! Bernie was predeceased by Del, his wife of 44 years; parents, Matthew and Annie May; infant son David and infant great granddaughter Zara; brothers, Michael, Gil and Father William and sisters, Delores and Mary Margaret. He is survived by eight children: Michael (Delaine); Carol (Lynnwood) and their four children: David (Amanda and their children Isla and Bennett), Amy (Michael), Michelle (Curtis and their sons Connor and Luke) and Matthew (MacKenzie); Neil (Barb) and their three children: Erin (Kirk and their sons Max and Cruz), Kathleen (Chad and their children Holt and Rory), Michael (Shenise); Gordon (Janet) and son Sam; Paul (Connie) and sons Jesse (Kenzie) and Jaime and their mother Lindsay Collins; Catherine (Marcos) and their daughter Isabella; Sean (Leane) and their four children: Liam, Kaelyn, Ainsley and Seamus; Carrie (Jason) and their sons: Ryan and Ty. Bernie is also survived by his sister Pat and brothers, Vincent, Alan, Martin and Glenn. Prayers will be said on Friday, April 6, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. and the Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. Both will be held at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, with Rev. Basil Chomos presiding. A luncheon in the parish auditorium will follow the Funeral Mass, after which a family interment will take place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens. Those wishing to make donations in Bernie's memory may do so directly to the St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation, 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 0H3 or the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 - 2nd Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 0M1. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.
Margaret G . Wock October 20th, 1924 - March 25th, 2018 Margaret passed away peacefully at the age of 93 at the Misercordia Hospital from complications of pneumonia with family at her side. Margaret is survived and sadly missed by son Dennis (Jan), Granddaughter Brandi (Greg), and Great Granddaughters Chayce and Shayne. Also survived and lovingly missed are sisters Katie and Monica, brothers Joe (Marcie), Lawrence (Eleanor), sister’s-in-law Rita Mack and Donnell Mack and several nieces and nephews and their families and many friends. Margaret was predeceased by husband Ole, sister Lena and brothers Valentine and Ralph. Cremation has taken place. A celebration in Margaret's memory will be held in Estevan at a later date.
Fire department had four calls on March 27 Members of the Estevan Fire Rescue Service had a busy day on March 27 with four calls and a tour. Two of the calls on March 27 were for fire alarms. The first, a commercial fire alarm on Kensington Avenue, proved to be a faulty detection device, according to Fire Chief Dale Feser. The other was at a condominium complex in northeast Estevan. “When crews arrived on the scene there was no smoke or flame visible from the exterior of the occupancy,” said Feser. “Crews entered in to find the alarms indeed still going off at that time.” Crews swept the entire building, and after speaking with occupants, it was determined a tenant who was cooking opened the door, and the smoke migrated into the hallway, triggering the fire alarm for the entire building. Later that day, members of the No. 60 Wylie-Mitchell Air Cadets squadron visited the fire hall for a tour of the building and to view the fire trucks.
Just as the tour was coming to an end, the fire department was called to an accident with injuries on Albert Street and Alexandria Avenue. A vehicle blew a tire and veered into a parked vehicle. Firefighters arrived on the scene and assisted the Estevan Police Service and the Estevan Emergency Medical Service to isolate the vehicle. The fire department also received a report of possible stolen fire extinguishers that day. Two residential fire alarms came in on Good Friday, one due to a cooking-related issue and the other for a homeowner who was trying to repair the system, and triggered an alarm. Finally, a residential fire alarm call came in just after 5:30 a.m. on April 2. The homeowner was preparing tea, and it set off the smoke alarm system. Feser said it could have been prevented if the homeowner would have called the monitoring agency.
Four people have been arrested on drug possession charges, following a conditions check at a residence in downtown Estevan during the March 28 night shift. According to information from the Estevan Police Service, two Estevan males, ages 18 and 33 years, and a 21-year-old woman from Torquay were released on a promise to appear in court at a later date. A 21-year-old Estevan man was lodged in cells and appeared in court on March 29 for breaching his conditional sentence order. In other recent police news, officers are looking into a report of a possible identity fraud that came in during the March 27 day shift, involving the false registration
of a vehicle. The matter is still under investigation. Members received a report during the March 30 night shift from a citizen regarding an individual thought to be breaching the court-ordered conditions of their release. Further investigation determined a 34-year-old Estevan man was breaching his conditions. He was arrested and charged with breaching various clauses of his probation order. The male is scheduled to attend court on April 2. Police executed an arrest warrant on a Regina male during the March 31 night shift. He is scheduled to appear in Estevan court in May.
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Obituaries Brent Lee Davidson 1960-2018 It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Brent Lee Davidson. Brent passed away at his home with his family at his side on Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 at the age of 57 years. Brent was the first born to Douglas & Margarett Davidson on March 30, 1960 in Estevan Saskatchewan. He grew up with 2 sisters Gaylene and Colleen as well as his Uncle Darrel, who was more his brother and definitely his best friend. Brent spent his youth in and around Lampman, Kenosee Lake and Estevan until 1975 when his mom, dad and sisters moved to Brooks Alberta. Uncle Darrel followed shortly thereafter. Brent married the love of his life, Sheryl Galbraith, on April 6th, 1985 and together they had Dustin Nathaniel on March 15, 1988. Brent went to work in the oil patch in 1977 working in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Texas. April 14, 1988 a tragic work accident left him a paraplegic, but alive. Brent being Brent, someone who always played the cards he was dealt, moved forward in life with Sheryl and son Dustin. With his moto being “Breath In, Breath Out, Move On“ he continued to enjoy spending time with family and friends, be it modified snowmobiling, traveling, hill climbs, fishing, playing cards and games as well as going to as many races as possible in Estevan and Minot North Dakota. Brent returned to work dispatching in the oilfield in about 1992, then in 1994 he became part owner of New Wave Marine Ltd. untill 1998. He then followed his heart and returned to the oil patch with Cansco until complications from his accident forced him to retire in 2009. Brent was predeceased by his Father Douglas (2007), Granddad Nat Davidson (1999), Grandma Edna Davidson (2008), Grandfather (Daddy Frank) Frank Thompson (1992), Grandmother Leana Thompson (2002) as well as his Uncle Darrel Davidson (1995) and Darrel’s wife Karen (2006). Brent is survived by Sheryl, their Son Dustin, Mother Margarett Davidson, Sister Gaylene, Sister Colleen (Bud Roguski), Niece Brittany, Nephew Brady, Cousin Leslie Boulet and her children Kayden and Trinity, Cousin Chris Davidson, wife Amanda and their children, Jordyn, Sydney and Ryder. Brent is also survived by numerous extended family and friends in Saskatchewan and in the United States. At Brent’s request there will be no funeral. Interment will be in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens in Estevan, Saskatchewan followed by a Farewell Gathering to be announced at a later date. Cremation is entrusted to Smith Funeral Home Ltd. and Crematorium in Brooks. Katherine Peters 1929 - 2018 Katherine Peters passed away peacefully with family by her side on Saturday, March 24, 2018 in Estevan, SK at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home at the age of 88 years. Katherine is survived by her husband John of 61 years; sons, Tony Peters of Hirsch, SK, John (Laura) Peters and family of Emmett, KS and Richard (Maria) and family of St. Marys, KS; sister Anne Fleck (Ernest), Estevan, SK; 14 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, inlaws and friends. Katherine was predeceased by her parents, Anton and Margaret Friess; son John in 1960; brothers, Lawrence, Roy, Ralph, George, Peter and Joseph Friess; sisters, Bertha and Eva (Jake) Winter and Monica (Dewaine) Gjovig. Prayers were held on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, and the Funeral Mass was held on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Rev. Richard Vachon presiding both services. The interment took place at Sacred Heart R.C Cemetery, Torquay, SK following the service with the luncheon that was held at the 1124 Social House (behind the Tower Cafe), 1124 4th Street, Estevan, SK. If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made to the Society of St. Pius X, 480 McKenzie Street, Winnipeg, MB, R2W 5B9. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. Katherine Ludwig 1925 - 2018 With great sadness, we announce the passing of our mother Katherine Ludwig (Makellky), 92, on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Regina Wascana Grace Hospice, Regina, SK. A celebration of Kay's life took place on Saturday, March 31, 2018 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 1317 4th Street, Estevan. Interment will take place at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Wordsworth, Saskatchewan at a later date. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to make donations in Kay's memory may do so directly to Regina Wascana Grace Hospice, 50 Angus Road, Regina, SK, S4R 8P6. Arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.
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Art Gallery Record Shop exhibit ends with reception By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca
The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum hosted a closing reception for Kevin Ei-ichi deForest’s exhibit The Record Shop on March 28, with the Manitobabased artist in attendance to discuss his work. The EAGM also held their movie trivia night at the same time, and there were many in attendance during both events. DeForest is a professor at the University of Manitoba who teaches in the visual art program. He has been an instructor for the past 12 years. He has travelled and lived around the world, but has since returned to
Canada to teach and also be closer to his parents, who also live in Manitoba. He said he has been involved with art most of his life but has been doing it professionally for about 30 years. As for the type of art that DeForest does, he noted he does a lot of work with popular culture with his imagery. “My mom is Japanese and my farther is Swiss, they were both first generation and they both moved to Canada many years ago. With my art I like to speak about the fact that I am coming from this mixed background and that doesn’t often get talked about,” said DeForest. “It is something that becomes invisible and it
is important to me, and I don’t see it represented very much, so I am trying to provide that with my work. My work is kind of light with humour involved, but at the same time it is something important I want to talk about, these ideas of being different and your identity,” he added. DeForest was not able to attend a reception for the exhibit back in January, but was able to make it for the closing reception for his work. “My art has travelled around a bit. I think this might be the first time I have shown my art in Saskatchewan, but it has been seen in every other province so it’s been great coming here and showing my art,” he added.
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