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Owner laments the loss of the Moosehead Inn after fire destroys beloved Kenosee Lake business

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A fire broke out at the Moosehead Inn on Friday night, destroying the popular nightclub and restaurant.

Photo courtesy of Dale Orsted Saskatchewan and by other “It wasn’t half an hour gin to overheat and start some

By David Willberg sources. later, maybe 20 minutes later stuff around it to catch fire.”

But the Moosehead is … and you could hear (someOne twisted up bottle of The Moosehead Inn at Kenosee Lake has been gone, after a fire destroyed thing like) somebody knock- rye that was about half full was ing down trees, or some found at the site. Everything one of the go-to restaurants the building Friday night.

Nobody was injured in big chopping sounds, and I else was a total loss. and party destinations in Orsted is thankful that the southeast Saskatchewan for the blaze, and no surround- thought ‘What the heck is weather conditions were ideal decades, a place where people ing structures were damaged. that?” said Orsted.

W h e n t h e O r s t e d s that night. There was a light created fond memories while A cause of the fire has yet to be determined. looked outside, they could breeze blowing towards the lake, surrounded by friends.

Moosehead owner Dale see a fire coming from the so the breeze blew the embers It was not only popular with southeast Saskatchewan Orsted, who lived across the upstairs cabaret area. They towards the water. He believes residents, but those from street from the building, said called the fire department they were fortunate the fire outside the region who were he was at home when the and grabbed a hose, but by didn’t damage any neighbouring visiting Kenosee Lake and fire occurred. His wife Nelly that point he said the fire properties or nearby trees.

The heat from the fire Moose Mountain Provincial came home just after 11 p.m. was pretty large and growing.

Fire crews would remain melted the mailbox and an outPark. It was even purported after making pizza dough; a to have a resident ghost, co-worker left the restaurant at the scene until Saturday door thermometer on his house.

The night of the fire which was widely promoted with her. At the time of their morning, and they would by the Moosehead and docu- departure, they didn’t smell have been there even later if marked the first Friday in nearly a large trackhoe wasn’t called two months that the Moosehmented in the book Haunted any smoke in the building. in to help with knocking ead cabaret area wasn’t open. down the building and other The cabaret reopened on July 11 efforts. for the first time since SeptemDue to the extent of the ber 2019, and was open Fridays damage caused by the fire, and Saturdays during the peak Orsted doesn’t believe they’ll summer season, but starting last ever know the exact cause, weekend, the cabaret was to be but he suspects it started in open only on Saturdays. the beer cooler in the bar. As for the restaurant, located Earlier in the evening, one downstairs, it was open four of the pizza cooks thought he days a week, from Thursday to heard a big door slam upstairs Sunday. Reaction on social mein the cabaret area. dia was swift, with people taking “They went and looked, to Facebook and other platand they went and looked, and forms to share their memories they thought maybe it was the of great meals in the restaurant ghost slamming doors,” said and fun times at the cabarets.

Orsted. “So they didn’t know “I’ve received lots of meswhat was going on. I think sages, and a lot of stories. A lot maybe the compressor blew up, from the locals, and a lot from that would have been the noise, the staff and customers,” said when it started, and then it took Orsted.

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“We are super proud that we’ve been able to keep them in the centre for as long as we have,” she said.

School-aged kids usually come just before and after their classes, and preschoolers and toddlers have their own programming that keeps them busy throughout the day.

A usual day at Hillcrest Early Learning Centre starts with a snack and then kids go into group work and group play.

Weather dependent, they usually spend quite a bit of time outside, then have lunch at the centre followed by a rest period, snack and more outdoor time.

“We do believe that outside is the best place for them, especially with COVID. And on days that we can’t go outside we have different centres, different areas set up and lots of art and science and exploration for them,” Hitchens said.

Hillcrest Early Learning Centre has room for education and entertainment. Photo submitted by Tyley Hitchens A licensed child care facility, Hillcrest Early Learning Centre will be celebrating 10 years this December.

For a decade they’ve been providing care and supervision for children between the ages of 18 months and 12 years.

And Tyley Hitchens, the director at the Hillcrest Early Learning Centre, said that some kids were with them throughout that entire time.

Their programming is based on play and exploration.

“We believe that children learn through their play. The more children have to explore in their environments, the more they’re learning through that form, than if we were to sit them at a table and have them do just workbooks all day. They are learning through all the different things they’re exploring,” Hitchens explained.

The board-ran centre is taking care of 55 kids from 6 a.m.6 p.m. Monday-Friday.

With a pool close by, some kids got to enjoy swimming throughout hot summer days. Besides, they have a water source on their property, so children had a summer-long water battle to cool down and just have some fun.

Hitchens added that they have powered through COVID, doing the very best they could within the limitations. At some point, they could take in as little as eight kids at a time, and some staff had to be laid off, which was really hard.

“We are a family here. We like to see everybody succeeding in their positions and their jobs here. And the time that the schools were closed, we had all of our school-aged kids here in the building doing online learning. And that was probably the hardest time in the centre, trying to make sure that all those kids were able to do that,” Hitchens said.

So far the centre is learning as they used to before the pandemic, but Hitchens said that if the situation changes, they will follow the directions from the health authority.

While the age range of their patrons is wide, they currently have school-aged kids that have been with the centre since they were toddlers.

Hitchens said their biggest asset that keeps kids excited about coming to the centre is the staff.

“We have a wonderful staff in the building. They really care about the kids. They want to be here. They enjoy their jobs. And you can see it when they’re working with the kids,” Hitchens said.

While after 10 years some kids start to age out and are getting ready to leave the centre, Hitchens said having them for so long was very pleasurable.

With many toys and great staff, children keep coming back from year to year. Photo submitted by Tyley Hitchens

GoFundMe for Moosehead Inn « A1 Some people who have been taking pictures of the site have stopped to talk to him.

“It’s nice to hear that they cared,” he said.

Orsted said they will clean up and fill in the site and try to sell the property. He won’t be reopening the Moosehead, but he hopes someone will resurrect the business.

“We have lots of property, and we’ve got adjacent property, and you could build a pretty big building there, even bigger than before. It’d be nice if someone did, because Kenosee really needs another restaurant.

In the summertime, when it’s so busy, the ones that we have now are jammed full, and there’s lineups.”

Orsted purchased the Moosehead as a DJ in 1990, and his focus was up in the cabaret area. A lot of upgrades had been made in the past two years.

“We rebuilt the new big DJ booth, and bought an allnew sound and light system, and reworked it all before we opened again,” said Orsted.

The crowds were big every night in the summer. Most years they came at 11 p.m. or midnight, but this summer they were coming earlier in the evening. The summer of 2021 was a busy one for the Moosehead.

“We had a lot of time with low income, so it made things pretty tough,” said Orsted.

A former Estevan resident and Moosehead employee, Brad Chapman, launched a Go-

FundMe campaign just hours after the fire.

He wrote he was working to help Orsted and the Moosehead family after “a devastating fire which has left a hole in all our hearts.” Money will be used for debris removal, cleanup efforts and other expenses.

“We are doing our best to raise as much funds as possible to assist during this most difficult time,” Chapman said.

It provided decades of entertainment to thousands over the years, had a great atmosphere, “amazing” food, and the best people anywhere.

“Every dollar helps, I’m asking to share this for us and let us help those who have us so many priceless memories,” Chapman said.

As of Monday afternoon, the GoFundMe campaign had raised $5,580 of its $40,000 goal. A total of 35 donors had supported it. The Village of Kenosee Lake praised local and surrounding fire departments for their efforts in containing the Moosehead fire.

“Without these volunteers this fire could have been much worse,” the village said in a Facebook post.

They said they are thinking of the Orsteds during this devastating time.

“The village has lost an iconic business that will never be forgotten. Many memories were created by so many!” the village wrote.

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By Ana Bykhovskaia Three out of the five candidates for the Souris-Moose Mountain constituency in the upcoming federal election joined the all-candidates forum, organized by the Estevan Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall.

Robert Kitchen of Conservative Party of Canada, Greg Douglas of Maverick Party and Diane Neufeld of People's Party of Canada (PPC) partook in the debate to shine some light on what they plan and hope to do for the constituency if they are sent to Ottawa on behalf of the people of southeast Saskatchewan.

Liberal candidate for Souris-Moose Mountain Javin Ames-Sinclair and NDP candidate Hannah Duerr didn't come out to participate in the discussion.

About 50 people gathered at the Legion hall to ask questions and gather information, which would allow for a more informed choice on election day Sept. 20.

Issues related to vaccination, as well as the future of oil, gas and coal, were among the main topics discussed on multiple occasions throughout the night.

The forum, moderated

by Jeff Richards, started with opening words from each candidate.

"As I travel around, the three things that I hear from constituents. One, get rid of Trudeau and the Liberals; two, get the economy and jobs back on track; and three, why are we having elections in the first place? Now, I believe that the economy and jobs are the key issues of this, and our platform carries that and talks about that in five main focuses," Kitchen said in his opening remarks.

He added that conservatives' platform focuses on the creation of new jobs, securing accountability, mental health,

the country, its supplies, stocked or locally produced goods including vaccines, and the economy in general through balancing the budget.

Douglas pointed out that for the Maverick Party, the needs, rights and interests of the western provinces come first, and that is what they want to bring to Ottawa.

"On any issue, any concern that you have tonight think about it through the lens of what's best for the west, what's best for Souris-Moose Mountain, and that would be our position. Specifically, we will fight for pipelines, we will continue to push for repealing the carbon tax. We want the constitution opened up so we get fair representation in Ottawa for Western Canada.

We want provincial rights respected," Douglas said.

He added that Mavericks want to see structural change in Canada so that the West has an equal voice.

Neufeld stated that for the PPC, their guiding principles are freedom, responsibility, fairness and respect.

"I am dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the people in my community and my country. It is time to stand up and assist in creating and establishing a better environment and country for our children, grandchildren and all the future generations to come," Neufeld said.

The opening remarks were followed with three questions from the chamber, to which candidates had time to prepare their answers.

The first question was on what the candidates would do for small businesses in the context of the pandemic.

Douglas advocated for "less red tape and less lockdowns" as well as a shorter Canada Emergency Response Benefit timeline, explaining that the extended support led to difficulties in bringing employees back to work. He

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stated that out of his experience with the Prairie Animal Health Centre, other safety measures such as extensive cleaning, physical distancing, etc., worked well enough to manage the pandemic while keeping the economy going.

Neufeld pointed out that the PPC wouldn't have mandated anything from a federal or provincial point of view, and would leave it up to individual businesses to decide how to act in response to risks posed by the pandemic. They'd rather focus on protecting the most vulnerable groups of the population and guarantee freedom of choice.

Kitchen noted that the money provided to small businesses wasn't enough, and the Conservatives would more than triple the $60,000 proposed to support entrepreneurs. He added that conservatives would listen to the individual needs of small businesses and act accordingly.

The second question was on how each party would work to unite Canada. All three candidates spoke about the change needed in the equalization system.

"When the provincial inequalities are addressed, it will encourage provinces to develop their own resources and would increase fair trade among the provinces.The current equalization formula would be adjusted for fair distribution, free our economy from interprovincial trade barriers for families, businesses, and also increase competition, raise productivity and unite our country," Neufeld said.

"We need to ensure that each province is treated equally.

That's the step that we will look forward to. We would work with the provinces instead of telling them what to do, we listen to what they have to say and respect their decisions," said Kitchen.

"The power structure in Canada exists in Montreal,

The all-candidates forum saw Conservative Robert Kitchen, Maverick Greg Douglas and PPC Diane Neufeld joining the discussion.

Ottawa, and Toronto. And so for us to do well, it is about constitutional change, entrenching provincial rights into the constitution, so we don't get national standards, or a carbon tax forced down our throats," Douglas said.

The third question was about the first change each party would make if elected.

"The biggest thing … is getting the economy back on its feet," Kitchen said. "The first thing we'll do is repeal Justin Trudeau's carbon tax.

This plan just taxes Canadians, and basically redirects jobs out of this country and redirects investment to other places other than Canada."

"If we send a Maverick Party (MP) down to Ottawa, it'll get their attention on issues like pipelines," Douglas said.

"Pipelines are important, we have so much oil going down those tracks in Weyburn and Estevan past our farm. And not only is it dangerous, but it also takes up transportation room that other commodities could be on as well."

"The first priority would be to regain our freedom of choice in our businesses, our homes, in schools, workplaces, and personally and reinstate the human rights," Neufeld said.

"Then we would move on to abolish the carbon tax."

The next part of the forum saw candidates answering three more questions that were sub-

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mitted by the residents to the chamber. They each had a minute to answer the questions that they didn't see ahead of time.

The first question was about the steps each party would take to encourage the social and environmental sustainability of the oil industry.

Douglas praised the Canadian oil industry for being progressive and proactive in implementing "roads to becoming carbon neutral, and the whole sustainability fight." He added that the dialogue with Ottawa is needed to better "educate" them about the energy sector.

Neufeld said that for the PPC, building pipelines would be the first priority.

Kitchen spoke about enhanced oil recovery, as well as the Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. geothermal energy project as examples of the sustainable energy that he said he'll push for this riding.

The second question focused on the position on vaccination passports. Kitchen and Douglas, both doctors, were resonant in stating that while they are pro-vaccination as "vaccinations are the best public health measures we know today," as Kitchen put it, the decision on taking the vaccine should be a matter of choice and should be between the doctor and each individual patient.

Neufeld said that the PPC is against any kind of mandates

and will get people's freedoms back.

The third question inquired about parties' suggestions on what they'd do to make housing more affordable for millennials.

Kitchen opened the conversation by stating the Conservatives would build more houses to make them more affordable. Douglas pointed out that it all comes down to "sound fiscal policy, (which) is the only way to maintain interest rates and a low debt and debt to GDP ratio," which according to him none of the main parties have. He added that the other issue is equalization, which has to be opened up and renegotiated. Neufeld stated that Ottawa "should stop taking billions of dollars from private sector," and instead "lower taxes for all businesses and encourage saving and investment."

The open mike portion of the debate saw six questions from the floor. Residents inquiring about gun regulation, riding representation in Parliament, pandemic-related measures, vaccination, vaccination passports and privacy rights, their parties' stance on a global reset agenda, and the future of coal in Estevan.

The debate was recorded

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An encouraging sign for technology It was nice to hear an announcement made by the provincial government the day after Labour Day. The provincial government held a press conference at the Whitecap Resources enhanced oil recovery site outside of Weyburn, and outlined the priorities for carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) moving forward.

It was encouraging because the government was talking about CCUS and the vast potential it possesses. We’re hearing more and more about governments elsewhere who are jumping on board with CCUS, and we’ve heard claims that the world won’t be able to meet its climate targets without CCUS. The Government of Saskatchewan has been touting CCUS for some time, since we’re world leaders in the technology and with enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and CCUS is certainly an innovation that we’ve been promoting for a number of years. We’ll continue to do so.

But it’s good to hear the government dedicating a press conference to talk about it and their priorities moving forward, especially with a federal election wrapping up. We haven’t heard a lot of specific talk from the government on this front for a while. Typically CCUS has been mentioned as among the options for Saskatchewan to reduce its carbon footprint, whether it is through power generation or other avenues.

It’s encouraging to see the government lay out five priorities for CCS technology, which covers everything from pipelines to a greenhouse gas credit generation program.

It’s also worth noting that the province has asked the federal government for further investment into CCS technology in the Estevan area.

Those with keen memories will recall that the federal government, under Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the CCS facility at Boundary Dam. You’ll also recall that the Harper Conservatives also said there wouldn’t be further investment into CCS technology in Saskatchewan, because they had made their contribution.

We don’t know what the federal government, whoever that government might be, will say in response to the province’s request. And we don’t know with absolute certainty what the province will do if the feds say no, although we have suspicions.

What we do know is there is a greater awareness of the benefits of CCUS technology, that we’ve seen it work, that it reduces emissions and there is a greater reliability in that technology.

When innovation champion and entrepreneur Elon Musk offers $100 million in a contest for the top carbon capture technology, you know people are paying attention.

Saskatchewan has been a world leader in CCUS technology. Much of that leadership is

due to what has happened in our own backyard at the Boundary Dam Power Station.

We’ve dedicated much time and space over the last few years to call on the province to commit to further investment in carbon capture and storage technology at Boundary Dam Power Station and Shand Power Station.

They opted not to do so for Units 4 and 5 at Boundary Dam, going with natural gas instead, despite the wildly unpredictable fluctuations in natural gas prices.

The province still has a few years to make a decision on Shand and Unit 6 at Boundary Dam. We’ve seen the reports on how the price has come down to retrofit a facility like Shand.

We hope it will help with the government’s decision.

CCUS isn’t always a popular concept. Its critics will be opposed to it in principle; they won’t want anything to do with a concept that is beneficial for the oil and gas sector or coal mining, even if it’s the right idea.

But these people tend not to be accused of being pragmatic.

CCUS and EOR have long been great for Saskatchewan. They have allowed us to take positive steps on the environment, while balancing the needs of the economy.

Retrofits of Boundary Dam and Shand would certainly help, and be a win on both fronts.

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Last week I got to cover the SourisMoose Mountain all-candidates forum at the legion.

I am not sure if I would be there, if not for work. Not that I don't care for politics, rather the opposite. But as a recent newcomer, I'm still not fully established in Canada, and I simply can't vote yet here. So for me, someone who has been voting ever since I turned 18, watching political campaigns is like going to a travel company to look at tours to go somewhere, but not being able to affect the destination, or type of transportation, or potential quality of my life over the course of that trip.

Nevertheless, I got to go to what appeared to be my first Canadian political debate, which was actually a forum, but nonetheless an interesting experience. I was there as an observer, trying to catch some details and getting a better understanding of the Canadian political platforms.

The forum saw Conservative Robert Kitchen, Maverick Greg Douglas and People’s Party Diane Neufeld answering questions that matter the most to the riding.

The point I marked right off the start was that I actually ran into three candidates present at the forum all within one week in Estevan. Kitchen partook in the SMILE Service Rodeo parade; while not on the political agenda, Douglass came to Estevan on behalf of his business to announce the support for the new urban dog park; and Neufeld made an appearance at the third annual Patriots rally. These are all very different events, and I'm not trying to compare. The point is that I, as anyone else, could actually meet people in the community who put their names forward

Ana Bykhovskaia Twenty Lines About… for the Souris-Moose Mountain constituency.

You know how our editor Dave Willberg always pushes for candidates in all kinds of elections to be present, to do their job, and even if they are representing the local political minorities, to put an effort into campaigning rather than being ghosts, or parachute candidates? Right away I could tell that they are actually trying.

At the start of the forum, keeping in mind huge support for the Conservatives we witnessed two years ago, I felt like the Maverick and PPC candidates deserved a round of applause just for showing up and ensuring that Canadian democracy is indeed one.

But I guess things may change drastically, and they did before. If judged by the applause Douglas drew a few times throughout the night, I thought that the 2019 absolute local leader may end up needing to put additional effort in this time to secure his seat in Parliament for the next few years.

In general, the forum experience was indeed interesting.

When catering to the southeast corner of Saskatchewan, different party candidates had similar approaches on some issues. For example, none of them said that equalization the way it is, is a good thing. None of them supported vaccination passports. All of them paid respect to carbon capture technology and/or other potential innovations that would

allow the region to continue its course being energy-oriented. None of them praised the carbon tax, and on the contrary, all said that their parties would get rid of it.

It was interesting to watch the Conservative candidate promote their plans and promises out of the existing reality created by the Liberal government, while the Maverick used the examples set, stating that what Conservatives do is "not enough," and pointing out that they won't work out for Western Canada. What I got from the People’s Party of Canada candidate was mainly "no mandates." She did speak about other issues as well, but this refrain stood out the most in what to me didn't look like a very convincing presentation of ideas on how to operate the country in the midst of economic crisis and pandemic, with many other local and global issues on the agenda for the next few years.

But I think lack of realism is a common problem for PPC. Altogether, the forum provided many good insights and gave me a better idea not only about the political platforms but also about people who are trying to represent this corner of the country in Parliament. I always thought that details matter as much as bigger parts. The forum did shine the light on some details.

The hour and a half forum didn't cover it all and didn't give all the answers. But these days, there is no lack of information. So check our recap of the forum, look up the platforms, candidates' bios, leaders' promises and achievements, potentials for each party, etc.

Do your research, and then, please, use your right and vote. Because you can, and because it matters.

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The sad loss of a southeast icon I woke up Saturday morning, the first full day back in Saskatchewan after a 10-day holiday through northern B.C. and the Yukon.

I didn’t like something that I saw almost immediately.

My Facebook page was already brimming with posts about the demise of the Moosehead Inn, the beloved restaurant and nightclub at Kenosee Lake. People were sharing the initial photo of the fire that tore through the business late Friday night, leaving it in ruins.

By the time fire crews left the scene Saturday, there was nothing left except rubble.

It seems like most people in southeast Saskatchewan have a Moosehead story, and they were eager to share it. For some, they remember great times with friends, listening to a band or dancing to the music of a DJ. Other people shared about the time they had a great meal, enjoyed with friends in the restaurant area. Many reminisced about the great pizza or the restaurant’s nautical theme.

We often talked about the best-kept secrets in southeast Saskatchewan, but you couldn’t use that to describe the Moosehead.

People who hadn’t been there before likely knew of the joint, either because of its reputation for a great night out, or because of their infamous ghost, who reputedly wandered the building when the customers were gone. (Some business owners might not want you to know their business was haunted, but the Moosehead revelled in the publicity).

I’ve been to the Moosehead a few times over the years.

Not nearly enough, of course. The times I was there, the food was great. When a pal from university visited for a few days in 2005, I decided I would take him up to the Moose Mountain area for a night. The Moosehead was the place to go for supper. (And if you know anything about the Moose Mountain region, you know there are some great places to eat).

Most times I was in the Carlyle area was in the morning or early afternoon, before the Moosehead was open for the day.

But my memories are dwarfed by those of others. And it’s not just the customers who look back fondly on time spent there.

It has to be toughest on the owners, the Orsted family, who have proudly ran the business since the 1990s. It has to be tough on the current staff members, but also the former employees. One former staff member, Brad Chapman, who now resides in Nova Scotia, has started a GoFundMe campaign to support the Orsteds.

And it’s tough for the Kenosee Lake community. For those who live in the resort village year-round, they’re used to seeing the Moosehead as they drive into town. It’s one of those landmarks that’s seemingly always been there (it was about 50 years old) and you expect it always will be there.

In smaller communities, every business has immense value.

And you get to know the owners and the staff as well.

You hear the stories occasionally in the provincial media: an important restaurant, hotel or other business in small-town Saskatchewan burns down. The owners will talk about the loss. So will people in the community, in particular regular customers or the mayor. Those moments keep you thankful for what you have in your own community, and maybe try to think about what it would be like if you lost such an icon from your own town.

If it happens, it hurts.

We should be thankful that nobody was inside when the fire struck, that nobody was injured, and for the firefighters who worked throughout the night to extinguish the flames.

We’ll see what happens next. While Dale Orsted says they won’t rebuild, he hopes somebody will. And he points out the need for another restaurant in Kenosee Lake, especially during the peak summer season, when people flock to Moose Mountain Provincial Park, Kenosee Lake and the White Bear First Nations for the spectacular scenery and array of activities for people of all ages.

If the Moosehead is rebuilt, or if something else takes its place, for those who had some of their favourite memories at the Moosehead, it likely won’t be the same. But for many others, it would represent the start of new traditions.

And maybe, just maybe, there’ll be a ghost sighting or two.

The editor: Much has been bantered about socalled assault firearms now that the election has been called.

No one has explained to my satisfaction what an assault firearm is. Now first, I must say I have been around firearms all my life, since I was old enough to carry my dad's old single shot 22 around the farm. Is the Rugger mini 14 an assault firearm? It is a firearm that is used a lot for predator control by farmers, ranchers, and trappers.

And one that is now on the banned list by the Liberals, along with many firearms that are black and have a scary look.

These types of firearms that are mainly used for sport shooting (plinking)

rather than hunting, are regulated the same as any other type of firearm in the number of cartridges that the magazine can hold.

So here's the question, is my old 12-gauge pump that my dad bought for me when I was maybe 15 or 16 years old an assault firearm? Is my 22 that I bought many years ago to sport shoot in the old Redvers gun club an assault firearm? Is my dad's old single shot 22 that would now be an antique an assault firearm?

The point is, any firearm could be called an assault firearm in the hands of someone that wants to cause damage. All the Liberals are trying to do is appease the majority of city people that have no idea if an old single shot 22 is an assault firearm or world two howitzers.

Is the guy that owns a semi-automatic 30-06 hunting rifle now the owner of an assault firearm and will he, because it is a semi-auto, then find out his hunting rifle is banned? I hear now that O'Toole will continue banning certain types of so-called assault firearms, but I have more faith in him reclassifying and removing some from the banned list that should have never been on the said list in the first place.

So is there any difference between legal licensed firearm owners owning a so-called assault firearm than owning a so-called sport or hunting rifle? I see no difference.

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Estevan pathway system construction passes 50 per cent mark City engineer Kiflom Weldeab attended the latest city council meeting on Sept.

7 on behalf of Rod March, the manager of leisure services’ parks and facilities, to provide an update on the latest progress with the construction of the pathway system in Estevan.

"We are past 50 per cent.

We are approaching 60 per cent. Everything is moving well," Weldeab said.

There are several complications, but Weldeab said they are working to get everything done on time. One of the issues that hasn't been resolved yet is one of the crossings of the railways on Kensington Ave. The construction of the pathway across the south crossing was already arranged with the local CP representative. But, Weldeab said, the north one is managed by someone out of Manitoba, and no agreement has been reached at this time.

The rest of the project is progressing fine.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said the project should be done before freeze-up.

"The concrete work should be done in the next

week or two. And the dashboard is progressing," Weldeab said.

Councillor Shelly Veroba confirmed with Weldeab that the pathway going down Valley Street and connecting to Churchill Park was still a part of the project. She also passed on to council the positive feedback she received from a past councillor.

"Pathways have been a very hot topic, very positive topic. Most people are very impressed. Past councilor … (Trevor) Knibbs, actually

called me wanting to pass on to this council a congratulatory message," said Veroba, adding that past council was a part of the application as well.

Council also touched on the possibility of announcing and advertising different parts of the pathway system as they are completed and accessible to the public to ensure that the community is aware of the many routes they have. Ludwig added that in the future there should be maps set up in different locations, illustrating the pathway system.

"We would like to get maps set up at different locations because some of them you can have a loop so that people, maybe, only want to walk 3K instead of a whole lot more," Ludwig said.

"I know this will come with time. We will have proper maps available; we will have … litter bags; we will have garbage receptacles in proper locations; and we will have solar lighting."

Weldeab confirmed that so far all of that is part of the plan.

Organizations awarded charitable gaming grants Groups and organizations that conduct charitable gaming activities are benefiting from more than $900,000 in grants from the provincial government's charitable gaming grant program.

Four organizations in Estevan will split $15,293.76: the Estevan Bruins, $10,533.78; the Estevan Gymnastics Club, $2,988.85; the Estevan Kinette Club, $1,451.41; and the Estevan Wildlife Federation, $319.72.

Four organizations in Carnduff shared a total of $4,568.40: the Fast Trucking Carnduff Centennial Area, $2,611.88; the Carnduff Community

Daycare Parent Advisory Committee, $235.64; the Carnduff Curling Club, $820.71; and the Carnduff branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, $900.17.

Also receiving support were the Carievale Recreation Board, $143.47; the Carlyle and District Leisure Complex, $647.50; the Carlyle Volunteer Fire Department, $672.25; the Glen Ewen-based Choose Life Ministry, $267.50; the Glen Ewen Community Rink, $1,649.95; the Lampman branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, $616.79; the Village of Manor and Rural Municipality of Moose Mountain Fire

Department, $5,045.27; the Midale Minor Hockey Association, $895.05; the Oungre-based Doctor Brown Fundraising Committee, $809.09; the Oxbow branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, $228.43; the Redvers and District Lions Club, $3,946.79; and the Redvers and District Recreation Board, $709.11.

Groups that raise funds through licensed charitable gaming (bingos, raffles, break-open ticket sales, Texas hold 'em poker and Monte Carlo events) receive a quarterly grant equal to 25 per cent of net proceeds raised through these activities.

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Community-wide event celebrated summer in Macoun Macoun hosted a funfilled weekend to celebrate the community and the summer.

The Labour Day long weekend saw all types of events and entertainment where people of all ages and interests could find some-

thing exciting to do.

"It was so great seeing our community come together again," said Mayor Suzanne Kuchinka. "Slowpitch used to be a big thing here in Macoun when I was younger, so to see that happening again now for the sec-

ond year in a row was great."

Af ter many months of life with restrictions, Kuchinka said it was great to see the community having fun together again.

"This event was organized by the Macoun Parks and Rec committee but was

Chicken poop bingo attracted many curious spectators. Photo submitted by Suzanne Kuchinka

done trying to include as many of our community organizations as we could.

I can't speak for everyone, but for myself, it was important to see the community come together again,” said Kuchinka. “ With 18 months of isolation and social distancing behind us (fingers crossed), it was so great to see kids on the streets on their bikes and the stands of the ball games full, people sharing meals and laughs together. Everyone together and enjoying the outdoors and the community and each other.”

The fun-filled weekend started off with a ball game Friday night and a beer pong tournament with eight teams participating, which saw Renai Easton and Chayse Graham as the winners.

A pancake breakfast put on by the Macoun Evangelical Missionary Church set the mood for the weekend.

Eight teams entered the slow-pitch tournament.

Nine games were played on Saturday and four more were on Sunday, with Fireball winning the final against The Meat.

"I hear from the players it's a great tournament and thanks need to go to

Corn hole tournament winners Sharon Kuntz and Sharon McGillicky. Photo submitted by Suzanne Kuchinka our board member Kayden Hjortland for putting that together," said Kuchinka.

The slow-pitch tournament occurred for the second year, but it was the first-ever

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three-day event. Kuchinka said that keeping in mind the feedback they received they are now thinking about making it annual. But one thing may need to be adjusted going forward.

"I think if we move forward on the same weekend next year we will have to address being able to watch the Labour Day (football) game," Kuchinka said with a laugh. "I think that was probably our biggest misstep."

Little Cubs pre-school provided lunch on Saturday, which was a fundraiser to help them with their operations. The Macoun Town Hall committee had their corn hole tournament with 12 teams competing. Sharon Kuntz and Sharon McGillicky won the tournament and Breanna DeBruyne won the long shot.

A petting zoo, bouncy castles and face painting on site provided for entertainment for kids.

Chicken poop bingo sold out in two hours and saw Chantelle Stang and Shayla Arnold split the winnings when Roosty pooped on the line of their two squares.

Parks and Rec served a beef on a bun supper on Saturday, and burgers and hotdogs on Sunday. Saturday night also had Crossroads entertaining at a cabaret, and Lisa Kuntz sang for the hometown crowd with about 100 people attending.

A Sunday afternoon kids parade had 22 young riders entering.

After the final ball game and supper, the weekend was capped off by fireworks Sunday night.

"All in all, it was a great weekend. A little something for everyone," Kuchinka said.

"Just a big thank you to our community for coming out, all of our sponsors for supporting us and enabling us to put the funds from this event back into the community and a thank you to all the ball teams, pong teams and corn hole teams for coming out."

They are currently working on a beach volleyball area at the William Snider Park as well as getting the outdoor hockey rink boards back up on their permanent home and ready for the upcoming winter season. The money raised through the long weekend activities will help pay those bills.

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Saskarc excited to be operating in Estevan Saskarc, an Oxbow-based structural and custom steel fabrication company that does work throughout North America, is continuing with its expansion efforts by opening a location in Estevan.

Jodi Evans, who is the executive assistant to the company’s general manager, said the facility opened in August. Located at the former Estevan Brick Plant site in southeast Estevan, steel fabrication was being commercially produced from Estevan by the end of August.

The location started off as a small team of three permanent employees, and additional staff members go there from Oxbow as required, but Saskarc anticipates the permanent staffing levels to quickly grow in Estevan over the coming months.

Saskarc is expanding into Estevan because it is a larger centre, while still close to the company’s head office, and is accessible to the local labour pool.

Also a factor in the decision was the availability of good real estate and facilities. The Brick Plant site was selected because there is a large, newer

fabrication facility there that fit the expansion requirements Saskarc was looking for – sufficient property, large open shop, overhead cranes, etc.

This location will be focused on structural steel fabrication, rather than the large complex projects that Evans said many have seen come out of the Oxbow location.

So far, the City and RM of Estevan have been very supportive and have welcomed Saskarc to Estevan, she said.

Over the past 12 months, Saskarc has extensively expanded, adding additional capacity in Oxbow where their head office and main fabrication and coating facilities are located. It has also opened a site in Edmonton, and implemented field offices at two locations in the U.S., in Lynchburg, Va., and Shallowater, Tex., to support expansion into the U.S. market.

Now with over 70,000 square feet under roof and 20 acres, Saskarc has expanded to take on large projects across North America.

The company has been operating since 1991.

Oxbow-based Saskarc now has a location in Estevan. Photo courtesy of Saskarc

McHappy Day is happening at McDonald’s Sept. 22 A familiar fundraiser will be making its return to Estevan and locations throughout Canada next week.

The annual McHappy Day will take place on Sept.

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A portion of the proceeds from every item sold on McHappy Day will go

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It’s not the only fundraiser happening at McDonalds. The restaurant has also launched an initiative named Nickel a Nugget. For every single Chicken

McNugget sold in the month of September, the Estevan McDonalds will donate a portion of the proceeds to the United Way Estevan for its upcoming telethon on Oct. 15 and 16.

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Fire crews respond to accident, battle combine and field fires Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS) members, along with Estevan RCMP and EMS, responded to a two-vehicle collision Friday afternoon.

The vehicles collided at the junction of the truck bypass and Highway 47 North at about 12:30 p.m.. One vehicle sustained minor damage, while the other one had significant damage and had to be towed from the site. One of the drivers was treated by EMS for what is believed to be minor injuries

and then taken to the hospital for further assessment.

EFRS members provided traffic control on the scene and cleaned debris off the road.

Fire crews also responded to four calls for service last Tuesday.

At about 12:30 p.m., two vehicles collided at the intersection of 13th Avenue and Fifth Street. One of the vehicles came to rest against the traffic light stand. Airbags deployed, but the driver was able to get out

of the vehicle on their own and had no injuries.

Firefighters neutralized and isolated batteries to prevent any further airbag deployment, and ensured there were no other electrical hazards.

"The other vehicle had been released from the scene already by Estevan city police.

We provided a system of traffic control and then released the scene back to Estevan city police to further investigate the cause of the collision," said

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Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser.

The next call for service came at about 1.30 p.m. Crews responded to a residential fire alarm. It was found upon arrival that the residents were smoking close to a monitored smoke alarm, which set it off.

"A reminder to all the residents that do have monitored systems, you want to keep any smoking activities away from any detection heads to avoid any premature or unwanted smoke alarms from occurring," Feser said.

At about 3.30 p.m., crews headed out to a field west of Benson, where a combine caught on fire. A farmer managed to contain the fire and protect the surrounding environment.

"Quick thinking actions of the farmer that (helped) prevent any spread to the fields.

He relocated the machinery to a summer fallow field and then got another tractor while we're responding and cut some fire guards around the combine that was on fire. We're able to get in and extinguish the fire without incident," Feser said.

It appeared that the hydraulic line rapture ignited the fire. Feser assumed the combine will be a total loss.

Once crews headed back toward Estevan, they received another call for service from a location just a kilometre down

One vehicle had some major damage and was towed from the intersection of the bypass and Highway 47 North. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia the road in the RM of Benson.

This time a fire started in a field.

"We were able to be on scene within minutes of being dispatched and brought the fire under control and extinguished it without incident. The cause of this particular fire was a flyer stack that had some of its contents and hot fluids and flame blowing out due to the wind conditions and started the vegetation on fire," Feser said.

The fire occurred in a pasture, so no livestock, crop or buildings were at risk.

Last Tuesday for the EFRS came to an end with a three-hour training that saw volunteer firefighters practising in vertical and horizontal ventilation operations for roofs on homes.

Later last week a couple of fire alarms had firefighters out

in the community.

On Saturday, fire crews responded to a residential fire alarm that went off in the southcentral area of the city.

Homeowners were on scene, and it was quickly found that the alarm was triggered by the steam that escaped from the shower.

The following day, a commercial fire alarm went off in the east-central part of Estevan at a hotel. Upon arrival, firefighters found that the alarm was set off by smoke produced by cooking, and no emergency was occurring.

"They were able to reset the fire alarm panel and then the fire department assisted with resetting the elevators," said Feser, explaining that once the fire alarm activates, elevators stop and have to be reset.

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Province seeks federal support for carbon capture

By Greg Nikkel of the Weyburn Review The provincial government's key priorities to advance private sector investment in carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) was announced by Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre on Tuesday, at one of the world's largest enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects, operated by Whitecap Resources near Weyburn.

She said the province is seeking federal assistance in recognition of the carbon capture work being done here, as well as federal dollars for infrastructure projects to expand CCUS projects.

Accompanying her at the news conference were municipal councillors and representatives of Chambers of Commerce for Weyburn and Estevan, as well as Environment minister Warren Kaeding, Estevan MLA Lori Carr, and Grant Fagerheim, president and CEO of Whitecap Resources. " We w a n t t o b u i l d on Saskatchewan's energy strength and make our prov-

ince the most competitive jurisdiction in Canada to invest in CCUS technology and infrastructure," Eyre said.

"Saskatchewan is already a world leader in carbon capture, particularly with enhanced oil recovery, which leading environmentalists agree countries can't achieve Paris Accord Targets without.

CO2 EOR also emits 82 per cent fewer emissions than traditional extraction methods."

The Government of Saskatchewan anticipates that CCUS projects will attract provincial investment of more than $2 billion and sequester over two million tonnes of CO2 annually.

Fagerheim explained to reporters there are many opportunities for expansion of their project, but they are looking for some cooperation from the federal government in the form of investment tax credits for spending on capital projects.

"S equester ing more CO2 is just not feasible without the credits. We think there is much opportunity right within this facility and in this capture area. There

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Of the carbon tax, he noted it will go from about $40 a tonne to $170 a tonne, with no offsetting credits for what his company is doing.

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"Penalizing people for better behaviour doesn't work, but incentivizing people to better behaviour and lower carbon emissions, that does actually make a difference."

Fagerheim noted Whitecap spends about $27 million a year for their supply of carbon dioxide, from the Synfuels plant in North Dakota and from the Boundary Dam-3 at Estevan, with about a third of the CO2 from the Boundary Dam. "It's higher priced CO2 than what we pay the Synfuels facility," he said, adding they are looking at the possibility of expansion, as they have the capacity in the Weyburn field to sequester another 80 million tonnes of CO2. Fagerheim also pointed out that of the four million tonnes of CO2 being sequestered in Canada every year, half of that is sequestered in the Weyburn Oil Field.

Over the last 25 years, Saskatchewan EOR projects have sequestered more than 40 million tonnes of CO2, which has also resulted in over 100 million barrels of incremental oil production.

Energy minister Bronwyn Eyre doing a scrum with reporters, with Whitecap employees listening in behind them. Photo by Greg Nikkel of the Weyburn Review Eyre said they also are looking to the federal government for help, particularly if they are serious about CCUS being a viable environmental technology for the sequestering of CO2.

"It was disappointing to us when the federal government excluded EOR from tax credits," said Eyre.

She pointed out that in the United States, EOR projects are recognized for their environmental benefits.

"We see an enormous boom around the whole menu of projects. Absolutely we're hopeful that whoever is in on Sept. 20th, will take another look at the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) side of this," she said.

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"They themselves acknowledge that we are world leaders in CCUS technology," she added, pointing out this is a big buzzword in environmental circles.

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Estevan Diversified Services invited the community for celebratory lunch; add a new van the idea that we need to get our own wheelchair accessible van to get the client participants to where they needed to be at any time."

Once they saw the need, the EDS board got to work. It took just under a year to get everything organized, and finally, the brand new shiny white van became a reality.

"It certainly was a process.

But people have probably seen us all over the community with this because we love it. Everyone's dubbed it the party van," said EDS executive director Trisha Salmers.

And changes create only more changes. Once the van process was underway, the board also decided to update the logo, which hasn't been modernized in a very long time. And Salmers said that they are currently looking into getting everything else updated as well.

"We are looking at getting a new sign, basically putting our logo everywhere. We thought we'd start here and show that off," Salmers said.

The new logo depicts three houses and two people intertwined inside.

"There are multiple support

By Ana Bykhovskaia Estevan Diversified Services (EDS) hosted a celebratory barbecue at their location on Sixth Street on Sept. 8, but the barbecue was just one of several attractions.

Everyone in the community was welcome to come and join them in the celebration of their brand new wheelchair-accessible van that they also call "party van."

Acquiring this van was a long thought-through process.

"We opened a group home, group home number five, for the residents from Moose Jaw, and all of them were in wheelchairs, they had no way to move around or anything," said the chairperson of the EDS board Susan Colbow.

"And all we had was vehicles, SUVs and stuff like that. So they had no way to get to their doctor's appointments, go visit family, go visit people. So how do we move these people around? Well, we hire somebody to come and move them around. So that's when we decided, as a group, we needed to do something about that.

“Because what if they needed to get someplace after hours, after the place that we hire isn't working. What are we going to do? That's when we came up with

structures, which to us shows the various ways in which we can support people in this community.

This may be through a sheltered workshop, a group home or us providing services out of your own home. And the individual in the middle shows the two people intertwined within that community of support," Colbow explained.

EDS invited the entire community to join them in celebration of the new van and the new logo that was put on the van just a few days ago, and was officially revealed during the barbecue organized in front of their building.

The weather co-operated, allowing for a great outdoor afternoon for the community.

"We're part of the community and part of the reason we're able to do some of this is the community," Salmers said, adding that they are always grateful for the support they receive from Estevan.

The van will be utilized for the needs of EDS clients that live in one of the five group homes, an apartment or independently.

"Anybody that needs it and that's a part of the Estevan Diversified Services has access to this now," Colbow said.

Katrina Mantei, one of the regular users of the van, was joined by EDS board members Susan Colbow, Cindy Billesberger, Margaret Mack and Norma Blackburn, standing in front of the new van with a new logo.

The EDS celebratory lunch attracted many community members on Sept. 8.

August sees more calls for Estevan Police Service There was a slight increase in calls for the Estevan Police Service (EPS) in August.

The number of calls for service for Estevan police last month was 1,044, up from 837 in August a year earlier. On the year to date basis, the EPS has also seen an increase in activity.

According to data released at the Sept. 9 meeting of the Estevan board of police commissioners, the EPS had 6,383 calls for service and infractions through Aug. 31, an increase of six per cent from the first eight months of 2020.

Acting Chief Warren Morrical noted that they had “a relatively uneventful month in August, especially in terms of crimes against the person.”

The EPS had four crimes against the person in August, down from 14 the previous year. All four crimes against the person were assaults.

Twenty-three crimes against property were reported

in August, compared to 43 the previous year. There were five residential break and enters, one theft of motor vehicle, nine thefts under $5,000 and eight mischief-willful damage incidents. In two cases of break and enters, the individuals breaking into the residence were known to property owners.

The vehicle was also taken by someone known to the victim.

No charges were laid for the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. But two charges were laid under the Cannabis Act, one for sale and one for production.

And there were 11 Criminal Code Traffic violations, with nine for impaired driving/exceeding-related charges and two dangerous driving and other violations. Morrical explained that one of the last two charges was associated with an impaired driving case,

and in the second situation, an individual was making donuts at a parking lot and based on the total circumstances of the event, such as location and the presence of children, it was considered dangerous driving.

As for the crime statistics for the first eight months of the year, the EPS has had 72 crimes against the person. The bulk of the crimes against the person this year were assaults (49), sexual crimes (16) and assaults causing bodily harm (five). One of the incidents was a murder, and one was a robbery.

The EPS has handled 177 crimes against property, with 76 thefts under $5,000, 74 mischief-willful damage complaints and 15 residential break and enters accounting for the bulk of the activity.

There were 25 charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in the first eight months of the year, with

18 for possession, six for trafficking and one for production.

And there were 82 Criminal Code traffic violation charges, with 59 for impaired/ exceeding charges, 14 for impairment by drugs and nine for dangerous driving and others.

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The report for bylaw enforcement officers Monica Prentice and Josie Palmer showed that there were 104 monthly occurrences last month, bringing the total for the year to 1,136.

The majority of August’s activities were unkempt prop-

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Riding for Ronald McDonald House The Prairie Winds Motorcycle Club held its 23rd annual Ride for Ronald McDonald House on Sunday.

More than 80 motorcyclists gathered at the Estevan McDonald's for the ride on a breezy afternoon. After registration and socializing, they departed on the ride, which took them to Lampman, Arcola and Stoughton, where they enjoyed a beef on a bun supper at the Crossroads Inn. Raffle prizes were drawn in Stoughton, too.

Approximately 80 people registered this year, and they raised about $4,000 for Ronald McDonald House in Saskatoon.

Representatives of Ronald McDonald House were in attendance. Karen Linsley said COVID-19 provided challenges for those at the home, but they never had to close their doors.

“We were always able to support families, which is what we do,” said Linsley. “Right now we’re sitting at about 90 per cent occupancy, which is what we’re able to take with COVID.” They’re grateful to have people continuing to access the house, and they want to be there for families when they need support the most.

Participants in the Ride for Ronald McDonald House depart the Estevan McDonalds on Sunday afternoon.

City gives the green light to further development for building on Kensington Avenue

By Ana Bykhovskaia Estevan city council gave second and third readings to a zoning bylaw amendment for the redevelopment of the building at 418 Kensington Avenue during their latest meeting on Sept. 7.

The bylaw allows the building owners to develop the main level of what now is a commercial building into a residential property, thus turning the building into mixed commercial/residential.

Since the suggested changes for Sigma Place were brought up in front of council in August, no written inquiries have been made to land development services in favour or against the proposed bylaw. However, there was one phone inquiry. It was related to dust control and traffic on the laneway adjacent to 308 Petterson Drive. Balconies there are only about three metres from the property line shared with the laneway.

The caller was told that this issue was raised in the initial council meeting and would be monitored by the city.

C o u n c i l l o r L i n d s ay Clark asked that if the rear entrance ties into the back alley, would it result in people using it as a shortcut to Kensington.

“From a shortcut perspective, when I was reviewing this with the city engineer and with the developer, people coming from Sigma Place to go to Kensington, it wasn’t really the shortcut that we're anticipating. Because all those

City council discussed the possibility of residential development for 418 Kensington Ave. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia residences that are in Petterson Drive, they're only accessible on the Petterson Drive,” said Richard Neufeld, the land development manager with the City of Estevan.

“The shortcuts we're anticipating are people from Sigma Place going westbound to get to the mall … One mitigating factor possibly is the trail system that the city's implementing this year … a walking trail that's going to connect Sigma Places directly into the mall. So if people are going to be doing shortcuts my gut feeling is that they're going to be westbound and not eastbound.”

The bylaw was carried.

The next step will be a discretionary use permit application, followed by a building permit application.

Adjoining property owners will have another opportunity to provide feedback as part of the feedback process. * * * The city also looked at the GFL cart reports for June and July. In June they emptied

15,831 trash carts with a total weight of 353,530 kilograms, as well as 4,089 recycling carts with a total weight of 27,760 kilos. In July 15,022 trash carts and 3,779 recycling carts were emptied with total weights of 313,760 kilos and 24,000 kilos, respectively.

Councillor Kirsten Walliser questioned the low uptake of recycling and suggested that the city could potentially do something to stimulate the residents to recycle more.

“We'll talk to GFL. I know it's part of their campaign as well. So we work with them, show them these numbers and see what we can do moving forward,” said city manager Jeff Ward.

Councillor Shelly Veroba also asked for an update on where the city is on having a separate bin for compostable garbage. “ We've talked about composting for a number of years. It's never really taken off. But it's something perhaps we can take this opportunity to look into, for the

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“It has come up a couple of times. We even talked about it during Operation Clean Sweep, having a centralized bin at the Fifth Street

depot and see how much use there is, so I don't know if there's a lot of that type of waste in the fall. I know in the spring it's very useful but I'll talk (to GFL) when we talk about the other bins and see what they say. And maybe we try one for Operation Clean Sweep,” Ward said.

Council confirmed the dates for the next Operation Clean Sweep, which will take place on Oct. 15-17. * * * The water quality report for August showed that a total of 181,832,200 litres of water were treated and 173,842,400 litres were pumped into the distribution system for the month. There were no plant upsets and all regulated parameters for the drinking water were below government regulations.

However, when the water treatment plant sampled drinking water for their yearly chemical testing, aluminum came in high. It is an operational guidance value under the Government of Canada.

“It is not a guideline under our permit to operate and doesn’t have any health effects

at this value,” said Shane Bucsis, water and wastewater services manager in his report. “We will begin to work to correct this. I’m starting operationally to see if there is a solution for this. There are options to correct this, I just have to make sure it’s done in a way that it doesn’t create a different issue.”

There were no water breaks in August. * * * During the inquiry period, Veroba brought up an issue of trees hanging too low over main streets. While the city has allocated money in the budget to maintain trees on the back alleys and also takes care of the vegetation on the city properties, if a tree is located on private property then a homeowner will have to take care of it.

It was recommended that if people see trees that are interrupting traffic, but are not sure if it’s private or city property, they should call 6341800 to consult with the city first. If it’s a citizen’s property, then a bylaw officer should be contacted at 637-4767 to enforce further actions.

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Family time during harvest The Wock family, farming out of Hitchcock, found a way to spend time together during the hottest season. Sheena Wock with the younger generation of potential farmers, including Theodore Wock, seven, Oliver Wock, six, Wilder Wock, three, and Anderson Wock, one, joined their dad Kevin Wock in the combine learning the basics of harvesting on a busy September day. "Wock Industries Inc. working towards the future," that's how Sheena described their little adventure. "I hope one of these little men will consider farming," she added. Photo submitted

Wilson family holds old-time harvest event

By Laura Kish The sixth annual old-time harvest event was held Sept. 4 at the Ken and Kevin Wilson farm northeast of Carlyle.

“It was a smashing success,” says Kevin.

Although the weather 10 days prior was looking a bit sketchy, the weather on the actual day was ideal, bringing out a whole lot of spectators.

“Everything went on without a hitch,” says Kevin.

“It was really good.”

It takes many helping hands to pull this event off without a hitch. Other than

Kevin and his dad Ken, his significant other, his son and his mother are also very involved and pitch in any way they can.

Although his mother may not be as involved as she once was, Kevin states that she makes sure everyone is fed and watered.

As well, a small crew of friends camp out at the farm to help with the preparation three days in advance, spending four or five days with the Wilson family.

“I guess you could call it a working holiday,” says Kevin.

During the event on Saturday, approximately eight acres of a wheat crop was harvested

using antique farm equipment.

“We cut sheaves and we pitch the sheaves on the wagon and haul them to the two threshing machines,” explains Kevin.

“We have various people in the crowd who volunteer.

They take part in the event which is a unique thing about what we do here. The crowd is very involved in what we do,” said Kevin.

During this event the Wilsons harvest with various pieces of antique equipment.

The newest piece of machinery that they have on display would be over 50 years old and

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Haylie joined 4-H five years ago because her father was in 4-H when he was a kid, although Haylie doesn’t recall any pressure to be part of the long-standing organization for youths.

She enjoys working with her steer and attending meetings.

Haylie has had some cool experiences through 4-H during her five years. She has competed in public speaking, finishing second at the district level for a speech on curling.

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the oldest piece would be 115 years old.

“We do have several other enthusiasts who bring machinery as well,” says Kevin.

Kevin goes on to explain: “We’re driving tractors that are in that 1930s to 1950s range. One of the threshing machines is from 1919 and the other is 1926. We also combine with antique combines ranging in years from the mid-40s to the mid-60s.”

“Our event is a hands-on visual show of harvesting in its infancy with machinery such as threshing machines and binders to the early combines that we’re using.”

The Wilsons had the inspiration to start this type of event after attending a few other similar events and caught the bug that way.

“We decided we needed to have one of these events in the area because they’re few and far between,” says Kevin.

This type of farming equipment is almost obsolete and people aren’t likely to see it actually running any longer.

“It’s past the point of use-

Antique equipment at the old-time harvest event held on the Wilson farm. fulness,” says Kevin. “We’re kind of holding onto the past.

None of the machinery really has a purpose anymore.”

This allows other people to have an opportunity to come and have a bit of a taste of what they may have experienced when they farmed 60 and 70years ago.

The Wilsons have acquired antique harvesting equipment over the years.

“We’ve travelled the country and picked up bits and

pieces along the way,” explains Kevin. “We’ve been collecting pieces for a while … we bought out first antique tractor back in 1990.”

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Of course, she has made a lot of friends through 4-H, not only through her local club, but from other clubs.

Haylie said she would recommend 4-H to others, because it’s a lot of fun, and there are lots of projects.

When she is not doing 4-H and working with her 4-H animal, she loves to be riding, whether it’s out in the field or when moving cows.

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Spectators of all ages witness old-time harvest « A12 Super 92 Massey combine and I’ve always kind of thought it would be neat to have one of these again so that’s what started it. We picked one up about 12 years ago and then it’s just kind of ballooned into more machinery and then Dad figured we needed a Harvest Brigade combine and that’s another story. That’s the 1945 combine that we ran on Sunday.”

“It’s an obsession now,” says Kevin about buying these antique pieces. “It’s pretty addicting.”

“It’s a lot of tinkering with these old machines to keep them running,” explains Kevin. “We tinker 12 months a year.”

This year’s event had some spectators in their mid-90s who came out to reminisce.

They probably wouldn’t want to ever go back to farming that way but when they come to watch how farming was done in their day, they see the activity and at 85 years of age or more it brings back many memories.

“One fellow was 94 years old here on Saturday and he grabbed a fork and he pitched a few sheaves,” says Kevin.

Even the young kids attending heard their grandfathers talk about how they used to farm but you can actually see in person how farming was done at the Wilson’s Old Time Harvest event.

Although the big event was held Sept. 4, they carried into the following day.

“We took to the field with six antique combines and we never had a

breakdown. We combined a 15-acre patch in about 3 1/2 hours. It went without a hitch.”

“We have spectators come from far and wide including one from Honolulu who comes every year to visit relatives in Wawota,” says Ken. “She’ll also come and help the ladies serve lunch.”

“There’s quite a few who come from Melita, Manitoba every year,” adds Ken. The Wilsons are mainly livestock farmers so that’s why they say they have time to hold this old time farming event.

“This is kind of our little hobby I guess,” says Kevin.

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Keely Shaw believes the Tokyo Paralympic Summer Games were definitely a “lifechanging” experience.

Shaw (nee Toles), who hails from Midale, is back in Canada after representing her country in para cycling. She won bronze in the women’s C4 3,000-metre individual pursuit, recording a time of three minutes, 48.342 seconds in what was her debut event at the Paralympics.

She edged out Australia’s Meg Lemon in the bronze race at the velodrome.

“After the year and a half, almost two years that we’ve had, that just made it that much more special,” said Shaw.

She also finished fourth in the time trial with a time of 42 minutes, 11.09 seconds, and 13th in the road race.

Shaw has played the day of the pursuit competition over and over in her mind.

She’s quick to admit that she did not perform very well in the qualifying race, and had she raced to her potential, she believes she might have been racing for gold.

“If I’m being perfectly honest, my nerves got the best of me. And I think that’s fair and reasonable for somebody at their first Paralympic Games.”

The times posted for the top four qualifiers would have been a world record two years ago, she said, which reflects the growth of the sport.

Shaw fell behind Lemon early in the bronze medal race, but she didn’t know that until afterwards. Due to the nature of racing on a velodrome, she only knows how she’s doing.

But she gradually caught up and took the lead, winning by about 1 1/2 seconds.

“Meg and I have always been back and forth between our placings. We started racing on the international scene at the same time, and it’s always been a back and forth for us,” said Shaw.

Lemon won the bronze medal in the C4 time trial over Shaw.

“We’re fighting tooth and nail for every .1 per cent, because it’s that .1 per cent that could mean being on the podium or not,” said Shaw.

When Shaw and the other two medallists in the pursuit were in the waiting room following the pursuit, they were smiling and laughing.

“At that point, we’re not competitors, we’re just three girls from three different countries who happen to race bikes, and we’re joking,” said Shaw.

Receiving the medal and watching the Canadian flag being raised from the podium was “absolutely incredible,” but she was also motivated because she didn’t win gold.

The pursuit has traditionally been her best event, and the one she has focused on the last eight months.

The time trial was initially the event she was targeting, and she has had a World Cup podium finish – a silver medal from her first event.

She described fourth place as “the loneliest placing,” because she’s so close to the podium.

“I went out saying ‘I just want to have fun on my bike.

I really like riding time trials.

I find them so much fun. And I just wanted to leave anything out there on the track. I think

I achieved that.”

The time trial proved to be the most fun she’s had on her bike for a long time.

“And that was my ultimate goal for that race, was to have so much fun on my bike.

And that, without a doubt, was achieved. Placing fourth sucks.

I’m not going to lie.”

But she was still proud to see other people experiencing the emotion of being on the podium.

The goal for the road race was to stay on her bike, which was even more difficult considering a torrential downpour and low visibility that day. Her back wheel was skidding a lot in the corners, so she had to play conservative.

Due to the pandemic, there were experiences the athletes missed out on, beyond the chance to perform in front of spectators. They also didn’t get to perform in a multi-sport environment.

They weren’t in the Olympic village itself, as their venues were quite a distance from Tokyo, so they stayed in satellite villages outside of the main host city.

“In that way, it felt a lot like any other World Cup, any other world championships, because we didn’t have the opportunity to interact with other sports,” said Shaw.

But that was a pretty minor inconvenience.

“I wouldn’t say that detracted from how special the Games were by any means. It was still absolutely incredible to pull on the Maple Leaf, as it always is, when you actually get to race day, it had a whole another feeling. You see the Paralympic symbols all around, you see the media all around, and you know that

Keely Shaw races around the velodrome in the para cycling event at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Photo by Jean Baptiste Benavent

Keely Shaw proudly carries the Canadian flag and wears her Olympic bronze medal at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Photo by Jean Baptiste Benavent everybody there is the best in their country at what they do.”

They did get to spend one day in the Games village.

Shaw is grateful for the support shown by people in southeast Saskatchewan and Midale in particular. When she won the bronze medal, she suspects it was late at night on Aug. 24 in Midale.

“All of a sudden my phone exploded with Facebook messages and Instagrams and emails. Everybody who had stayed up to watch me.”

The town put up banners on the lamp posts on Main Street, celebrating Shaw’s connection to the community. Residents donated to the Harry O Memorial Arena in her name.

“They sent me the list of everybody who had supported that cause the day after my race.”

She plans to be back in the community soon, and can’t wait to show everyone her medal.

“The whole town has been so invested in me. I think Midale might be the only community in Canada who was more excited to watch the Paralympics than they were to watch the Olympics.”

Shaw already has her eye on the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. She wants to upgrade the colour of the bronze medal in the pursuit, and win another in the road race event. But first she’s giving her body and her mind a chance to rest, and she’s riding her bike because she loves to, rather than for training purposes.

Ultimately, it will be up to Cycling Canada to decide whether she is selected, and she knows they’ll have lots

of options.

“I’ve just gone through what can only be described as a life-changing event. There’s very few people in the world who will get to compete at the biggest sporting event in the

world. I’m trying to let myself process everything that has gone down in the last four or five weeks, spend time enjoy being home with my family, and focus a little bit more on school.”

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Woodlawn hosts Parent-Child golf tournament One of the top junior golf tournaments of the year was held at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course on Sunday afternoon.

The 38th annual ParentChild Tournament attracted 35 teams.

The tournament uses the Rondeau scoring system, which has a handicap based on age. All the juniors received a trophy and food following play, thanks to the tournament’s sponsors.

Charlotte Hoffort finished first in the Mother-Daughter Junior Division with a score of 59. Second place went to Ryley Istace with a 65 while Giona Fagerheim shot a 68 to claim third place.

The Mother-Son Junior Division winner was Brexon Jesse with a score of 54.

Three-year-old Lila Donovan finished first in the Father-Daughter Junior Division with a score of 37, while Lucy Hoffort was second with a 46. Third place went to Abby Jutras with a 52.

The final junior division was Father-Son, which continued to have the most entries with nine this year. First place was claimed by Brooks Cote with a score of 40. Second place went to Sutter Hoium, shooting a 45, while Greyson Schmollinger shot a 48 to

Alanah Wollner with her niece Giona Fagerheim at the Parent-Child Golf Tournament on Sunday.

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Mykenna Dreidger won the Father-Daughter Senior Division with a 38. Finishing second with a score of 40 was Cammy Henry, while Kiarra Biette was third with a 45.

There was a tie for first place in the Mother-Daughter Senior Division as Greycin Biette and Malina Stead both shot a 57.

The Father-Son Senior Division also had the most

entries for those 12 years and older. The champion was Boston Tait who shot the lowest score in the tournament with a 6-under par 30. Second place went to Jayden Chernoff with a 32, while third place was Ryan Chernoff with a 33.

The final group was the Mother-Son Senior Division with Kashton Jesse taking first place with a score of 48, while Donovan Dyer finished second with a 61.

The Estevan Coldwell Banker Choice Real Estate U13 Chargers football team has enjoyed a strong start to the season.

The Chargers trounced the Weyburn Eagles 50-12 on Saturday in Weyburn in their second game of the season. The win followed a 26-22 loss to the Moose Jaw Lions, who won the Moose Jaw Minor Football League’s U13 division last year.

“We have a lot of new faces this year, but it’s just a really good group of kids,” said head coach Matt Schell. Against Weyburn, Estevan thrived in all three facets of the game – offence, defence and special teams.

Quarterback Caleb Crossman scored three touchdowns on the ground and passed for another, while Hugh Ross had two rushing majors and one special teams score.

Out of the 25 players on the team, Estevan has just six back from last year. The players want to learn and they’re really competitive, Schell said, not just with the opposition, but with each other. And they’re good athletes.

The game against Moose Jaw was the first for many of the players, and it gave the team a lot of hope. A good week of practice followed, which translated to the blowout win over Weyburn.

• • • The Estevan Lions Club U15 Oilers started the season

1-1, after playing a home and home against the Moose Jaw Raiders. Estevan won the first game 14-6 in Moose Jaw on Sept. 4, and lost a 14-6 decision on Sept. 10 at the Dana Quewezance Memorial Field at Woodlawn Athletic Park.

Coach Paul Duncan said they had scores on offence and defence in the first game against Moose Jaw, and they had a punt return for a touchdown on Friday.

“Our defence has been very stout for us,” said Tribiger.

“It’s been solidified by some really good play by Peyton Tendler and Payton Klein, and followed by some of our other members on the front four.”

Nick Ogdanskiy has led the strong play on the defensive line. Truman Ciepliski has scored a couple of touchdowns this season.

Twenty-seven players are on this year’s roster, including 12 returning players.

• • • The Estevan Kinette Club U18 Viragos female football team dropped their opening game of the season Saturday, 35-0 in Regina against the Victorias.

Despite the score, head coach Mark Tribiger said a lot of positives came out of the game.

It was a good learning experience for the players.

Out of the 27 athletes on the team, about 12 are first-year

players who were in their first game. Addison Shiels, Hailey Tangjerd, Skylar Milford, Trinity Cantin and Lily Hauber all had strong games for the Viragos.The offence played well, but stalled three times around the Victorias 10-yard line.

He’s also encouraged that the scores are much closer than at this time a year ago.

“I think this was one of the better scores we’ve actually had since the team started. Last year we were losing 66-0, 70-something to nothing, so 35-0, at this point, I’ll take it.”

• • • The Estevan Power Dodge U11 Cudas have had two jamborees so far this season.

Estevan visited Moose Jaw the first week and Weyburn the second.They were split into two teams and played games with six players on the field for each side. Weyburn and Moose Jaw also participated.

• • • This coming weekend marks the annual Football Weekend in Estevan. The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs will host Weyburn on Friday night at 7 p.m.

Three games are slated for Saturday: the U12 Chargers versus Weyburn at noon, the U14 Oilers versus Yorkton at 3 p.m. and the Viragos against Melville at 6 p.m. The Cudas will have their jamboree at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

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Thousands of rubber ducks for the humane society The fifth annual Judy Martin Memorial Duck Derby was a big success for the Estevan Humane Society (EHS).

The fundraiser was held Sunday afternoon along the Souris River and at the free park for Woodlawn Regional Park. Two thousand rubber

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Approximately 100 people were watching when the ducks were dropped into the river, and Zimmerman believes they could have attracted more if the weather would have cooperated.

She was pleasantly surprised that the EHS was able to sell all of the tickets, since they only started selling them in late August.

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Estevan library gets a new children’s program co-ordinator

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By Josie Hlohovsky Bringing children to the Estevan Public Library is set to be more entertaining with the new children’s program coordinator Alyssa Vacca.

“That means I’m co-ordinating programs for kids to welcome them to the library,” said Vacca.

Born in Winnipeg, Vacca came to Estevan two years ago, and settled well.

“I’m originally from Winnipeg. I’ve been here for almost two years, and there’s still a lot that I have not experienced yet, so, so far so good,” she said.

And, with a history of working with children, she’s more than prepared.

“I worked at a daycare for five years, back (in Winnipeg), and then I worked at the daycare here as well,” she says.

Working with kids is something she enjoys, Vacca mentioned, but daycares and children’s play centres aren’t exactly the easiest places to develop.

“I felt that, like working at a daycare, you can’t really grow as much,” she elaborated.

“But here you can grow, in a sense. That was it. I have more room for growth here than I did at a daycare.”

And although she does admit the two jobs are similar, she does enjoy her new job.

“Doing activities, reading books, a bunch of stuff. It’s kinda like working in a daycare, but in the library.”

Vacca said she endured no difficulty with the program during the pandemic, especially as she started after the protocols were lifted, but

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Vacca expressed her enthusiasm to begin her work with the kids, and hopes parents bring their kids to experience everything she’s been preparing for the year.

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Bid items an important part of United Way Telethon

By David Willberg Bid items have always been an important part of the United Way Estevan’s Telethon, and this year’s promises to be no different.

The United Way’s 45th annual telethon will take place on Oct. 15 and 16 at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Estevan Branch, and will air live on Access Now. And it will be tough for the bid items to surpass last year’s numbers.

Eighty-one bid items were received last year, and

they brought in more than $6,500 for the United Way’s member agencies and community projects. Both figures set records.

Bid items have to be homemade or hand-crafted.

Melanie Graham, who is the chairperson of the bid items committee, said they have a good variety of items.

There will be a Canadian flag made of pallet wood that can be displayed outdoors, knitting throw blankets, pet apparel, handbeaded Remembrance Day poppy pins, diamond dots

and much more.

Baking will be donated as gift certificates, but other foods can be taken home from the telethon.

So far the United Way has received commitments for about 40 items. Some people have given more than one item.

“I’m going to get really busy here. Items are going to start coming in, and at the end of the month I’m going to take individual pictures so then I can get everything uploaded to our Facebook account,” said Graham.

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The United Way has some dedicated, long-time donors. One of them is Candace Smyth, who has been a contributor for 12-15 years.

When she first started, she was supplying flower arrangements and different crafts, but in recent years she has been sticking with pottery.

“This year I have two baskets,” said Smyth. “One is just a blue floral arrangement of trays. Last year I had donated bowls with the same flowers on it, so this year I decided to do matching trays.”

Smyth also has a basket of trays that are white with red poinsettias on them.

“They take quite a few hours. Especially the ones that I’m hand-painting this year. You do spend a lot of time on them. By the time you start working on them, then they have to dry, go to the kiln, and then you paint, and they go back in the kiln.

There’s several hours put into them.”

She donates to the telethon because the United Way is a very worthwhile cause.

There are a lot of agencies that benefit from money raised at the telethon.

Smyth encourages other crafters to provide a bid item for the telethon, and has referred the United Way to some local artisans in the past.

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it does without the support of the community and the people who help out the United Way. Graham is asking that people have their items in

by Oct. 1, so that she can take a photo, craft a writeup and post the donation on Facebook by Oct. 8 or 9. The paperwork takes some time as well.

“The public has that week prior (to the telethon) to be looking at all the items, and placing their bids if they like online, and come telethon weekend, we’re set up there with the phone to ring and accept bids that way, but bidding still can be done online,” said Graham.

Last year was the first time they allowed people to bid on something online before the telethon started.

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Rhonda Jacobs has been a donor for more than five years, supplying a framed print of one of her photographs. She started donating to the telethon because she is involved with the Estevan Regional Nursing Home’s Auxiliary, which is one of the United Way’s member agencies.

“This is one of the ways that the community helps us out, so when they ask us for help, it’s easy to say ‘yes,’” said Jacobs.

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City-wide sees some action City-wide registration attracted a few parents Wednesday evening. Many families also chose to register online to ensure their children get a spot, especially when it came to the most popular programs. With city-wide, the registration officially opened for the 2021-22 year for most Estevan clubs and organizations. Most participants had their tables set up at the walking track at Affinity Place to allow for safe spacing. Representatives answered questions about their programs and accepted registrations. Unless programs were filled to capacity the first night, organizations will accept further registrations.

Grants for Estevan student and North Portal musician Estevan student Brayden Renkas received a $1,250 Prince Edward Arts Scholarship from SK Arts to study towards a combined degree in dramatic arts and management.

In the summer of 2021 Renkas was a counsellor at the Souris Valley Theatre’s summer camps, alongside Ciara Dayman.

Dayman and Renkas have been teaching and instructing kids on the basics of acting and theatre. Both veterans of the craft themselves, they took this opportunity to share their skills with the

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The Prince Edward Arts Scholarship provides funding to Saskatchewan students who are studying or training in arts programs at post-secondary or recognized arts training institutions.

Another local talent was also recognized with a grant.

Popular North Portal musician receives scholarship as an independent artist North Portal musician Lindsay Davis (nee Arnold) received an $8,000 Independent Artists grant from SK Arts “to write, arrange and rehearse eight to 10 orig-

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At the most recent grant deadlines, SK Arts awarded funding to almost 100 in-

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Council gives second and third readings to cannabis bylaw

Estevan city council has given second and third readings to a bylaw, regulating the area within the city that a cannabis retail store may be established in. Council looked into comments brought up by the residents since the first reading that occurred on Aug. 9, when a detailed report of the proposal was presented to council.

One resident reached out to Richard Neufeld, the land development services manager with the City of Estevan, stating that cannabis should not be legalized and available for sale in Estevan.

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“This is a federal jurisdiction. And we fall not only under the federal but under the provincial jurisdiction. So we follow what we’re told to do,” said Mayor Roy Ludwig.

Another person pointed out that Estevan has enough cannabis stores. To that, the response was that Estevan has not employed a cap on the number of stores of any kind that can operate within city limits.

“The council up to this point in time has said, ‘Let free enterprise take its course.

And when they reach a critical mass, i.e. too many, then they will stop having new ones and we may have one

or two that may close. I don’t know that it’s up to us to dictate a number. We would rather let the free enterprise take its course like we do with some of the other businesses in town,” Ludwig said.

Another person noted that cannabis stores should not be close to any addictions treatment or counselling centres.

“Right now … to our knowledge, there are no outlets close to addiction counselling that we’re aware of,” Ludwig said.

The only addictions treatment centre in Estevan is located at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Councillors also noted that there is a drug testing facility and a counselling centre located on Fifth Street.

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We have to look into that a bit more because I hear what they’re saying, and I don’t think we’d want to open one up right across the street from the hospital, but in the same breath, how far do you go with what kind of addiction centre?” raised concerns councillor Shelly Veroba.

“I think part of it’s going to come down to who’s there first,” responded Neufeld. “If there was a concern about separation distance from an addiction centre, that could be dealt with as part of the development permit process, that’s what it’s there for. We have a minimum 75-metre distance that we refer to typically on discretionary uses, but we do expand that from time to time if it looks like there’s merit in doing so.”

He added that even if

the distance is greater than 75 metres, they would notify existing businesses anyways and go from there. Councilors Travis Frank and Tony Sernick supported the idea to deal with potential concerns about future counselling or addictions centres opening close to cannabis stores in consultation with the community and on a precedent basis as potential businesses apply for permits.

“It was pointed out to each respondent that the point of his bylaw was to open up the existing locational restrictions with the main exception of the school separation, which would remain in place.

Any actual proposals for a new cannabis retail store would require further public consultation within the neighbourhood surrounding the proposed store location,” Ludwig added.

The bylaw was carried in second and third readings.

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Max O’Laney Passed away in his home with his family at his bedside September 3rd 2021 at the age of 98. Born to Bill & Mary O’Laney on April 25, 1923 in the RM of Bifrost, Manitoba. Married Barbara June Parkhill on April 19, 1947. They enjoyed 74 years together. Together they had 7 children: Clifford (Sue) O’Laney, Scott (Marilyn) O’Laney, Lois (Jim) Mann, Sherrill (Dwayne) Yoner, Bil O’Laney, Maureen O’Laney, Guy (Denise) O’Laney.

Max was predeceased by his infant daughter, Maureen; parents: Bill and Mary; in-laws: Walter & Clara Parkhill; sister and brotherin-law: Lois & Burt; nephew, Curtis Shipman; brothers-in-law, Jim Parkhill, George Parkinson, Mike Hrabal.

Max is survived by his wife, June and six children. He was a very proud grandfather to 22 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren. Sisters-in-law, Betty Parkinson, Margery Hrabal, Sharon (Clarence) Heinz and Roberta Parkhill; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

No formal service will be held and Interment will take place in Estevan at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Second Chance Wildlife Rehab Po Box 709 Battleford, SK S0M 0E0 Condolences for the family can be made at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

Maurice Didkowski 1933 – 2021 Maurice Didkowski passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at St. Joseph’s Hospital at the age of 88 years.

Maurice will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 66 years, Jean and their 2 children and their families; son Brent (Christina) Didkowski (grandson Alan (Mel) and their children, Kayden and Aurora, grandson Ryan and his son Zachary, (granddaughter Marissa (Roland) and their children, Kleandra and Araeya); daughter Cindy (Tim) Veroba. Maurice will also be missed by his 2 sisters, 3 sisters-in-law, numerous nieces and nephews, many good friends, and neighbours.

Maurice was predeceased by his son Curtis Didkowski; his parents, Paul and Nadia Didkowski; Jean’s parents, Len and Marjorie Leader, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, 5 brothers-in-law and 3 sisters-in-law.

The Public Visitation was held on Monday, September 6, 2021, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, SK. The Funeral Service was held on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, Estevan, SK with Sandy Dalziel officiating. The luncheon took place immediately following the service in the church auditorium. Interment took place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan, SK. For those that could not attend the service for Maurice the family invites you to watch the recorded video on his tribute page at www.hallfuneralservices.ca If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Healthcare Auxiliary,1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 0H3 in memory of Maurice.

Hall Funeral Services in Estevan provided care for Maurice’s family- Yvonne Clark, Funeral Director.

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1949 - Ivadelle Pratt - 2021 Ivadelle Mae Pratt passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021 at the age of 72 years, beloved wife of George Pratt of Medicine Hat. She also leaves to cherish her memory four children Shane (Roxy) Pratt of Estevan, Tracey (Bob) Krupa of Medicine Hat, Sharlene (Robert) Van der Helm of Bow Island and Ryan (Steffi) Pratt of Medicine Hat; eight grandchildren and one great granddaughter, Derian Pratt, Dylan Pratt (Trinity), Courtney (Kyle) Gruszi (their daughter, Emberly Mae); Shayna Krupa (Justin Vann), Lee Van der Helm, Quinten Van der Helm, Nicholas Pratt and Conor Pratt and one nephew Geoff Wilson. She was predeceased by her parents Phyllis and McDiarmid Wilson, one grandson Dustin Pratt and one brother Wayne Wilson. A private funeral service will take place in the PATTISON CHAPEL (Medicine Hat) with Life Celebrant, Pat Grisonich. Those who wish to remember Ivadelle with a donation, may do so to Kidsport Medicine Hat and Redcliff www.kidsportcanada.ca/alberta/medicine-hat-and-redcliff.

To e-mail an expression of sympathy, please direct it to: office@ pattisonfuneralhome.com subject heading: Ivadelle Pratt, or you may visit www.pattisonfuneralhome.com and leave a message of condolence.

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Robert Glenn Sweeney 1938 – 2021 It is with great sorrow that the family of Robert Glenn Sweeney announces his sudden passing on Monday, August 30, 2021 at the age of 82 with his family by his side.

Robert (Bob) is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Sharon Sweeney (Larson); son Brad (Debbie) Sweeney of Yorkton, SK, grandson Aaron (Melanie) Sweeney of Yorkton, SK, greatgrandchildren Joanna, Emma and Miguel, granddaughter Carrie (Luke Brunskill) Sweeney of Regina, SK; his favourite daughter Tammy (Calvin) Ross of Regina, SK, granddaughter Kirsten Ross of Regina, SK, grandson Robert ‘Lucas’ Ross (Lauren Schumacher-Fischer) of Regina, SK; son Trevor (Corrie Gray) Sweeney of Regina, SK, granddaughter Shannon Sweeney of Regina, SK, grandson Robert (Olivia) Sweeney and a greatgranddaughter Sweeney on the way of Kingston, ON. Bob is also survived by his brother Ron (Gwen) Sweeney of Ogema, SK; his sister Ileen Yates of Weyburn. SK; brother-in-law Jim Hollingshead of Cold Lake, AB; sister-in-law Darlene Reichert of Heritage Pointe, AB; brotherin-law Allen (Mardi) Larson of Carnduff, SK; brother-in-law Lorne (Elaine) Larson of Tribune, SK; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Bob was predeceased by his parents Joseph and Edna Sweeney; father and mother-in-law Harvey and Eleanor Larson; sister-in-law Eleanor Sweeney; his sisters Cleo Afterchuck and her husband Joe Afterchuck, Beatrice Hollingshead and Marjorie Hollingshead and her husband Glenn; brother Clayton Sweeney; and brother-in-law Royce Reichert.

Bob was a true oilman and served in the oil patch in Saskatchewan and Alberta for over 40 years. He started his career with Kenn Immler Services as a service rig driller and tool pusher in Estevan and Gull Lake. He then changed to working as a battery operator and then production supervisor for Ashland Oil in Gull Lake and Drayton Valley. Later, Bob and his family returned to Estevan. He chose Fabro Industries of Swift Current to build a new hot oil unit and started up his own company called Ringo Services. With a wealth of oil production experience Bob embarked on his own career as a petroleum consultant. He named his company Dial Consulting.

Sharon was Bob’s office administrator. Bob supervised the drilling, completion and work over maintenance of new or existing oil wells. He also supervised the construction and maintenance of new or existing oil production battery sites. Bob also supervised oil production for numerous oil companies in Southeast Saskatchewan. He was well known and respected in the oil industry through working relationships with numerous different petroleum service and supply companies and their staffs. Dial Consulting was the pinnacle of Bob’s successful petroleum career which he operated until his retirement.

Bob had a great sense of humour. He loved to tease with a twinkle in his eye and made everyone feel welcome. He had a voracious appetite for books as well as food. His infamous eyebrow would always shoot up at the mention of treats and was always appreciative of a good meal. He also enjoyed curling, golfing and was a Saskatchewan Roughrider season ticket holder for many years. The Labour Day Classic will always remind the family of his feisty exit out of the motorhome to “greet” some Blue Bomber fans. Bob was very mechanically inclined and thoroughly enjoyed building projects around the house and never missed the opportunity to lend his kids or grandkids a helping hand. He was always ready to listen to stories and tell his own about the oil industry, farming, current events or politics in the coffee shops or when visiting with friends and family.

After their retirement Bob and Sharon moved from Estevan to Regina. To say they loved dancing would be an understatement; Bob and Sharon were excellent dancers. They traveled to Polka Fests across Canada and the United States, especially enjoying the Walter Ostanek Band, whom they befriended throughout the years. Many of these trips were in their motorhome, which was their home away from home.

Bob was a proud family man who cherished his kids, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The family would like to express their deepest gratitude to the EMS First Responders, the attending nurses and doctors of the Regina General Hospital Emergency Ward and the ICU Surgical Unit. We would especially like to thank Dr. Sy and Nurse Megan of the ICU Surgical Unit for the kind care and compassion shown to our Dad and the family.

As per Bob’s wishes, the family will have a Private Interment.

Flowers are graciously declined. Bob’s wishes are that you do a polka in his honour.

You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online obituary at: www.MyAlternatives.ca

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Thank you to all our friends and family for the cards, flowers, online condolences, food, visits and calls of support. We would like to acknowledge the excellent care provided by the staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital staff. A special thank you to Sandy Dalziel for the wonderful service celebrating Maurice’s life, the St. Paul’s choir and Shirley Andrist for the lovely singing and music, the ladies for the wonderful lunch, Dustin Hall for the beautiful solo and for Don Yuzak at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens. A special Thank you to Yvonne Clark and all the staff of Hall Funeral Services for guiding us every step of the way.

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Flashback Sept. 14, 1988 Commercial league chairman Les Pattemore, left, presents the championship trophy to Vikings captain Terry Rohatyn. Next to Rohatyn, from left, are Dale Fox, Ken Dowhanuik and Rick Rohatyn. The Vikings edged the Gorillas in Sept. 1988 to win the golf playoff title.

EPS members apprehend an impaired driver Members of the Estevan Police Service apprehended an impaired driver on Friday night.

Police conducted a traffic stop after observing a suspected intoxicated person who was driving away from a local establishment.

After further investigation, a 20-year-old Estevan man was charged for impaired operation/exceeding .08.

His first court appearance has been set for October.

Also on Friday, police responded to two separate reports of vehicle collisions.

The first report was between two vehicles but it was determined that no collision actually occurred. The second report was a single vehicle experiencing equipment issues. No injuries or property

damage occurred in either incident.

A complaint of an assault was reported to police.

The matter remains under investigation.

Members responded to a local establishment after a report of an unwanted person had entered after being banned. The subject left prior to police arrival. The matter remains under investigation with charges pending.

Officers had a busy day Saturday, with a variety of calls, including two separate incidents involving one person.

Police received a request to do a wellbeing check on an individual in a home in the Pleasantdale area. Officers attended and found a 57-year-old man extremely intoxicated and threatening.

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The man was admitted to the hospital. Later, police were advised he left the hospital against medical advice and was located a short distance away from the hospital. Due to his level of intoxication, he was lodged in cells until sober. Police also determined he was the individual responsible for a grocery theft earlier in the week. The man was charged with theft under $5,000 and given a court date in October.

Members received a report of an argument between individuals at a local apartment complex. Police attended and one party was already gone. Officers were advised the two parties began discussing an issue and it turned into an argument.

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From my heart Normally I have my theme pretty much worked out by Friday. Not this week.

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you to cast one. I’m not even going to address the topics of oil and gas, climate change or COVID. I will, however, mention that we should all dispose of our garbage in a responsible manner.

What I do want to express, even at the risk of evoking the displeasure of some of my readers, is that we make encouragement rather than harassment a rule of our lives. Phew, there I said it and by doing so I’m sending out my deepest and most sincere thanks to all those medical people who daily give their hours, days, inner and outer strength to care for folks fighting for their lives.

Yes, we have a choice as to how we accept or reject prof-

fered assistance, but yelling, blocking traffic, spitting on and even hindering medical care for seriously ill patients is wrong in my books.

Just wondering what the effect would have been if crowds had cheered those same nurses, doctors and EMTs while waving signs of thanks for all their commitment and hard work. Might not have made the national news but it would have lifted some of the heavy loads these folks carry.

You or I may not be involved in such a gathering, but who in our world can we encourage and cheer on. At home? Your neighbour(s)?

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A great day for a ride The Prairie Winds Motorcycle Club held its annual Ride for Ronald McDonald House on Sunday afternoon.

Approximately 80 people met up and registered at the Estevan McDonalds, and they rode through much of the southeast, raising money for the house’s Saskatoon location. Photos by David Willberg Laurie Norman, Bonnie Seitz and Verdie Mellquist were among the riders.

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