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Tourism is big business for Cypress Hills Destination Area

Election 2016 Results - Chinook Board of Education Contributed editor@advancesouthwest.com

Congratulations to the following candidates, who are elected as trustees for the Chinook School Division Board of Education: • • • • • • • •

Sub-division 1: Shane Andrus (acclamation) Sub-division 2: Larry Caswell (acclamation) Sub-division 3: Tim Weinbender (acclamation) Sub-division 4: Bernie Ford Sub-division 5: Kimberley Pridmore* Sub-division 6: Shannon Armstrong (acclamation)​ Sub-division 7: Susan Mouland​* Sub-division 8 (3 trustees AL - Swift Current): ​Alan Bridal, Tim Ramage, Dianne Hahn

*We apologize for the delay for sub-divisions 5 and 7, however the votes in both sub-divisions were close enough that they required a review by our Returning Officer before official results could be posted.

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2016 Civic Election Results Town of Gull Lake

Mayor: Blake Campbell Elected by acclamation Councillors: • Nasser Zanidean • Tim Temoshawsky • Mike Yates • Steven Haithwaite • Dwayne Lavoie • Ed Lowenberger

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By Kate Winquist kate@advancesouthwest.com

The Cypress Hills Destination Area hosted its annual Fall Forum at the Eastend Memorial Hall on October 25.

Chair of the Board of Directors of the CHDA, Royce Pettyjohn welcomed guests and thanked everyone for being part of this initiative - an initiative that has brought together all three levels of government, all of the communities in the southwest and really has built tourism as an important industry in our area.

“Going into this development of the CHDA, tourism was already estimated at bringing in about $25,000,000 into our area’s economy. We’re believing now that it’s well over $30,000,000.

Recent statistical information shows the southwest region generates about $100,000,000 in tourism spend annually. So, it’s

big business and it is industry, stated Pettyjohn, and it really does make sense for us to work together, motivate that travel and get people coming into our area.”

It was another banner year for the CHDA. 330,000 visitors came to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park alone. Many operators in the area saw some of their best sales and visitation months since they’ve been in business.

The CHDA is now truly a regional initiative with partnership from communities in the area … Elkwater, Maple Creek, Gull Lake, Shaunavon and Eastend, all participating as core funding members of the organization.

Executive Director of the CHDA, Gail Kesslar spoke on the initiatives and projects that have been going on throughout the year - from Tour Tuesdays, Cowtown Culinary Tours, new pack-

ages, travel deals, selling packages, tours and projects, and the Feast on the Range.

Two guest speakers, Shann Gowan of Windscape Kite Festival fame and Kristin Catherwood, Saskatchewan’s own storyteller, shared their wisdom with the audience. While Kristin was on hand to help tell the stories of culture and heritage, Shann explained how to grow the many wonderful events that take place throughout our region.

Cafe Terra (Shon Profit and Stephen Girard) served up a delectable selection of appetizers on their famous Whitemud Clay pottery for all to enjoy.

For more information on the Cypress Hills Destination Area, you can visit their website at www.visitcypresshills.ca, or call Executive Director, Gail Kesslar at 306-774-6451.

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Mayor: Grant Greenslade Elected by acclamation Councillors: • Michael Greenlay • Riley J. Kornfeld • Karri-Anne Sachkowski • Tyson Skjerven • Garrett Thienes • Kyle Bennett

City of Swift Current Mayor: Dennis Perrault Councillors: • Ryan Plewis • Pat Friesen • Ron Toles • Bruce Deg • George Bowditch • Chris Martens

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Influenza Immunization Campaign Begins Lower your flu risk. Get immunized 31. Several evening and weekend opportunities are available. While attending clinics people are encouraged to wear a short sleeved shirt and should bring their Saskatchewan Health Card. A complete listing of all clinic dates, times, and locations has been mailed to all households throughout the southwest and can be viewed electronically as events on the Region’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ cypresshealth/events/). Advertisements have also been placed in local newspapers with clinic information.

Injectable (needle) vaccine will be offered in 2016. FluMist® nasal spray will not be available as part of the publicly-funded immunization program this year.

Several pharmacies will also be offering free flu shots. For a complete listing of pharmacists that are participating in the publicly-funded immunization program in 2016 please visit www.cypresshealth.ca/ influenza. Pharmacists can only immunize those nine years of age or older who have a valid Saskatchewan Health Card.

Deciding whether to be immunized can sometimes be complicated by misinformation and myths that circulate on social networks each year. The public is reminded to trust information from reliable, credible sources only. Immunization advice should be sought from individuals and organizations qualified to address the subject through evidence-based research. Trusted resources include the Public Health Agency of Canada, immunize.ca, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization.

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For most, influenza is an inconvenience that will cause a few days of fever, cough, and generally feeling unwell. For some, the highly contagious disease can lead to severe complications that require hospitalization or worse.

The best way to protect yourself and your family from influenza is through immunization. Vaccine is recommended to all residents six months of age or older.

The influenza vaccine is safe, effective, and protects everyone including those who are unable to obtain their own immunization.

This year’s vaccine contains two influenza A viral components (H1N1 and H3N2) and two influenza B viral components which have been identified by the World Health Organization as being the most likely to circulate this flu season.

Influenza vaccination is particularly important for people at high-risk of complications most likely from preexisting conditions. These individuals include pregnant women, young children, the elderly, persons with underlying health conditions or compromised immune systems, and caregivers or regular contacts of those who are at high risk. Anyone living with lung or heart disease, asthma, diabetes (types 1 and 2), neurological conditions, cancer, kidney disease, and children on long term aspirin therapy are highly recommended to be immunized.

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Smiley and Williams both denied bail

Alleged actions “showed a callous disregard for life”

By Kate Winquist kate@advancesouthwest.com

Two persons accused of allegedly burning down the Clarendon Hotel on October 9 were back in Swift Current Provincial Court last week.

Phylisia Smiley, 30, of no fixed address, has been charged under Section 434 of the Criminal Code with intentionally or recklessly causing damage by fire to the hotel, break and enter, theft, two counts of dangerous driving and two counts of breach of probation.

Roy Williams, 46, of Swift Current, has been charged with one count of arson, breach of probation, break, enter and theft and possession of stolen property.

On Wednesday, October 26, Williams appeared before Judge Karl Bazin and was denied bail. He’s been remanded to prison until his next court date via video link on November 21.

Smiley appeared in court on three different occasions last week with defence attorney, Ryan Nagel, and Crown Prosecutor, Curtis Wiebe, both providing evidence during the bail hearing before

Judge Bazin. The court ordered that a Section 517 publication ban be put into place.** On the morning of Friday, October 28, Judge Bazin made the decision to not grant Smiley bail. He stated that Smiley’s alleged actions “showed a callous disregard for life”.

Both Williams and Smiley have been ordered to have no contact with one another or Roger Bouvier.

Smiley will be remanded to prison and will make her next court appearance by video link on November 7, 2016.

Smiley has 30 days to appeal Judge Bazin's decision. ** Section 517 Publication Ban. A section 517 publication ban is a temporary ban which extends until the accused is discharged after the preliminary inquiry or the trial is completed, subject to any other court orders. The purpose of the ban is to preserve the rights of the defendant to a fair trial, and the presumption of innocence. Further, the ban prevents public dissemination of information or evidence so that jurors make their decisions based only on admissible evidence presented during the trial. It is also intended to maintain the integrity of the evidence of any potential witness who may be called to testify in the case.

More drug charges for Gilbertson

By Kate Winquist kate@advancesouthwest.com

Eight new charges have been laid against a Swift Current man who plead guilty to multiple drug charges just last week.

Dwayne Anton Gilbertson, 50, was arrested at his residence at 461 - 1st Street NE by RCMP on October 26. and was back in Swift Current Provincial Court last Thursday, only 6 days after he plead guilty to possession of methamphetamine (Crystal Meth) for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon. That case was adjourned until December 5.

The new charges, under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act include pos-

session of methamphetamine (Crystal Meth) for the purpose of trafficking, possession of cocaine with the purpose of trafficking, possession of a prohibited weapon (brass knuckles), and possession of property obtained by crime (more than $5000 in cash).

Gilbertson is also charged with four counts of failure to comply with condition of undertaking or recognizance.

The accused has also been placed under a no-contact order, prohibiting him from communicating with three other individuals that are involved in the matter.

Judge Karl Bazin ordered Gilbertson to be been remanded in police custody until his next court appearance on Monday, October 31.

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Sometimes I wonder … what if rural women ruled the world? Just imagine …

1. For starters, we wouldn’t call it ‘ruling the world’. I think we’d call it something like ‘making the planet a better place to be’. And, we probably wouldn’t have a prime minister or a premier, we’d have a ‘council of like-minded ladies’ who would meet on Mondays for coffee. And, we certainly wouldn’t hold our meetings in a marble legislature or a presidential palace, we’d hold them at Susan’s house.

Well, it wouldn’t be fair to have them at Susan’s house every week, so we’d rotate the meetings to the houses of various ‘Like-minded Ladies’. And, we certainly wouldn’t eat from the legislative cafeteria or presidential palace restaurant because everybody would bring something. Kathy cooks up a mean pot of chili, Sally has the best homemade buns around and Betty makes a killer rhubarb crisp. So, it’s settled, the ‘Making Our Planet to a Better Place To Be’ council of ‘Like-minded Ladies’ would meet weekly over chili and buns, and

coffee and crisps to decide the future of the world.

2. ‘Play nice’ would be the driving principal behind all decisions made by the ‘Like-minded Ladies.’

That goes for playground fights, legislature disputes and world wars. Leaders would be reminded to ‘play nice’ and if they chose not to, they would be asked to leave the playground. End of story.

3. ‘Treat others as you would want to be treated’ would be another fundamental principal by which the ‘Like-minded Ladies’ would rule. This mind-set would effectively eliminate bullies, name-calling, racism and proposals for walls between countries.

4. If rural women ruled the world … each town would be legislated to have a shoe store. Well, I don’t think we’d legislate, so much as ‘kindly suggest’ that if a community wanted to keep the ‘Like-minded Ladies’ happy, they best be considering opening up a shoe store on main street. It wouldn’t have to be a fancy shoe store, just something down-to-earth with a smattering of high heels for special occasions, along with rubber boots, winter boots, barn boots and some comfortable every-day shoes in shades of black, brown and tan. Oh, and the rural shoe stores should all carry a selection of ‘city shoes’ as

well. These shoes shouldn’t be too high, after all, they will be worn when us ‘Like-minded Ladies’ travel to the nearest city. While there, we typically have to run to at least 10 stores over the course of five frantic hours in order to get everything done before the kids get home from school. So the shoes should be designed for both attractiveness, and speed! If the shoe store had a purse department, that would good too.

5. If rural women ruled the world … we’d have ‘Share-our-thoughtsand-feelings’ nights once a month.

Men would certainly be invited to these large gatherings, however, they’d be encouraged to listen, rather than to talk.

6. If rural women ruled the world …

Donald Trump wouldn’t be in the race to lead his country. Actually, I’m pretty sure the ‘Like-minded Ladies’ wouldn’t let Donald Trump run in any kind of race whatsoever, from the Indie 500 to the 100-yard dash.

So, you see, the world would indeed be a better place if rural women ruled the world!

Christalee Froese welcomes comments at Lcfroese@sasktel.net or visit 21days2joy.wordpress.com.

OPINION

A Carbon Tax Will Cost Canadians Billions. What Will We Get For It?

by Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director editor@advancesouthwest.com

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this month his government would move to impose a minimum price on carbon (i.e., a carbon tax) on any province or territory that did not voluntarily do so by 2018. The question most Canadians are asking is: how much will this new tax cost us?

Figures will vary by household and province, but by 2022, when the tax will be a minimum of $50 a tonne, the average Canadian household could face $2,569 in new taxes. This, pro-carbon taxers insist, is necessary to reduce Canada’s carbon emissions.

After all, climate change is a global issue. Surely Canadians must do their part to help solve the problem.

On the surface, this argument is extremely appealing. And sometimes, sacrifices must indeed be made in the service of an important objective.

But to get a sense of just how much Canadians’ sacrifices will help in achieving the goal of fighting climate change, it’s worth unpacking the numbers.

We can start with the Trudeau government’s carbon emissions target for 2030, which would bring Canada’s total annual emissions down from 748 megatonnes (Mt) this year, to 524 Mt by 2030.

Assuming we can meet that target — and that’s a big assumption — Canada’s total annual emissions would drop by 224 Mt. Now consider the biggest contributor to global carbon emissions: China. In 2014, China’s annual carbon emissions were estimated at 10,540 Mt. China is a very large and rapidly developing country. It understandably wants to focus on raising the living standards of its people. Yet, despite strong economic growth in recent decades, the country still has hundreds of millions of people living in relative poverty, especially when compared to more developed countries like Canada. Accordingly, its climate change commitments are less stringent than Canada’s: China’s existing policy will see annual carbon emissions rise to about 13,600 Mt in 2030.

Its annual emissions will thus increase about

3,060 Mt over this period, which means that by 2030, all Canada’s efforts will be cancelled out by just 27 days’ worth of China’s increased carbon emissions. Remember, this isn’t the worst-case scenario; this is if everything goes according to plan.

Even if Canadians nobly “do our part” — at a cost of untold billions of dollars for millions of families and businesses — the sum of our efforts will be rendered pointless by the giant Chinese juggernaut in less than a month.

This is a sobering fact, but one worth emphasizing: no matter what Canada does, we’re simply too small a country to have an impact. In fact, even if we could magically bring our emissions down to zero, it would only take two more months of Chinese emissions to cancel that reduction out, too.

In response to this harsh reality, some pro-carbon taxers argue that it’s still important that Canada show “leadership,” to boost our credibility when trying to persuade other countries to follow our lead. Yet this argument rests on some flimsy logic.

Either the governments of other countries, China included, agree that climate change is something that needs to be addressed, or they do not. If they do, they already have all the incentive they need to act.

As the largest emitter, China knows its impact is decisive and that no amount of action by smaller countries such as Canada can have comparable impact. And if it does not agree that climate change is a problem, Canada’s decision to impose a hefty tax on its own people is unlikely to change its mind.

The Trudeau government’s decision to tax Canadians into submission is likely to achieve many things: it will strain the budgets of millions of Canadian households; it will devastate thousands of Canadian businesses; and it will fill government coffers with billions of dollars in new tax revenues.

The one thing it definitely won’t do is impact global climate change.

This column originally appeared in the National Post on October 24th, 2016

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Got milk?

By Megan Lacelle megan@advancesouthwest.com

When I was about four years old my dad traded a couple cows for a rather charismatic milk cow. Most days our milk cow, affectionately named Lick, would hang out in the barnyard. In the early mornings and after work, my dad would head out to the barnyard, pail in hand, to milk her.

Sometimes I’d tag along, mostly to play with the barnyard cats. Lick would greet us at the gate and follow us into the barn where she’d eat her grain and patiently be milked. Lick was friendly, making her less intimidating to four-year-old me, however she had a habit of trudging onto the back of your heels in an effort to lick the back of your head – hence the name. About 20 minutes later, after the milking was done, we’d head inside. Lick would head back outside and lazily chew on her cud.

I remember mom standing by our steel sink and pouring the milk through the fine filer, only to later cover it and put it in the fridge. After a while they’d skim off the cream and serve up a glass. Dad says we had the cow for about three years, providing our only source of milk from age four to seven. My other siblings remember Lick too, some because of their inability to milk her and others for her charming head licking.

It wasn’t odd to me at the time, having a milk cow around the yard, I’ve never thought about Lick too much until recently.

I learned in my agricultural law class that selling or distributing raw milk is illegal in Canada, under the Canadian Food and Drugs Regulations Act. The act of pasteurization, which was introduced in the late 1800s, proved as an effective method to destroy bacteria in milk that was sometimes associated with Listeria and E. coli. Since this time, raw milk has become less and less available to the public, unless you have your own cow in Canada, you’re unlikely to be able to find it.

As times changed in Canada and more people began to live in the city, the switch to larger dairy farms and pasteurization made sense.

It was less about being antiraw and more about safety for consumers. The issue now is, how heavy-handed should the government be when it comes to deciding the content of our milk?

The aspect of food safety is valuable to society, but where do the risks outweigh the benefits? Some believe raw milk provides bacteria that can strengthen an immune system and prevent allergies, Crohn’s disease

and even eczema. However, more studies are concerned with the possible life-threatening bacteria that can grow in unpasteurized products.

My family never became sick from raw milk. However, we got the milk from our own cow, practicing safe methods and drinking the milk within an reasonable time frame. We knew where our milk was coming from.

It’s not that simple these days, not everyone can afford or has the space/ time for their own milk cow.

Instead most people purchase one per cent or two per cent pasteurized milk from the store, waiting two weeks or longer for the expiry date to hit.

However, some people in Ontario were looking for an alternative. Michael Schmidt, an Ontario farmer, created a “herd share” program where individuals looking for raw milk would buy ownerships rights in parts of his cow to skirt around legislation prohibiting the purchase of unpasteurized products. The owners claimed because they owned part of the cow it didn’t count as selling or distributing raw milk and instead they were exercising their own rights as owning parties.

The case was taken to court in 2010 before reaching the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2014. Schmidt is still fighting for the educated consumer’s right to raw milk, currently trying to avoid an injunction on distribution.

I have no stance on the issue. I understand the reasoning and importance behind pasteurization, but as a child of raw milk I know the risks can be minimized through proper care.

There aren’t a lot of statistics regarding raw milk related illnesses in Canada over the last five years, probably largely due to the pasteurization legislation.

It’s odd to look back on my childhood and realize the controversy such behaviour would stir now. The legislation exists for a reason and protections in place for the larger segment of society are important, but I don’t think the government needs to protect farm families from themselves. Safe food handling, whether it be milk or meat, is always necessary for optimal health.

If you want to drink raw milk from your milk cow or you want to drink pasteurized milk from the store down the street, that’s your business.

If you want to fight about someone’s milk of choice, maybe it’s time to mooove on. Pun intended.

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Banish the RV bylaw, Regina

By Brian Zinchuk brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net

This little missive popped up in my Facebook feed for some reason.

While I don’t live in Regina, if I did, and owned an RV, I would be breathing fire.

The City of Regina’s official Facebook page said, “It’s officially time to pack up summer. Between Nov. 1 and April 1, campers, RVs and boats aren’t allowed in front yards or driveways. Bylaw Enforcement Officers may ask you to move them.

“See you next April, summer fun!”

I’m so glad they’re cheery in the horrible abuse of Regina’s citizens.

To the incredulous responses, they went on to explain, “This bylaw has been in place for some time in order to prevent residents’ views or sunlight being blocked by recreational vehicles in yards nearby.

The City realizes that recreational vehicles are a part of life for many residents, so the bylaw strikes a balance between allowing them in front yards in the summer when they’re commonly used, but not in the winter. Recreational vehicles are still allowed in side yards and back yards all year.”

How thoughtful. Or perhaps thoughtless, as in lacking in thought.

Views or sunlight blocked in

November, December, January, etc?

Who cares? What do you see then?

Snow! All the way until March, usually. And it’s dark in the evening.

There’s no light to see by, either.

We had a lot of parking in our former North Battleford home. The driveway was wide enough to park four vehicles wide, including a 33 foot fifth wheel on the side along the fence. My parents were kind enough to give us their old RV when they bought a newer one. Sure, it was nearly as old as me, but it functioned, and it was paid for. However, when we moved to Estevan, our parking situation was different, and there was not room to park it in our driveway. So we hauled the old camper back to my parents’ acreage and parked it by the shed, and then the field.

There mice gained access to it and utterly destroyed it. You really shouldn’t enter it without hazmat attire. So long, RV. I still haven’t figured out how to dispose of it. A match came to mind, but then what do I do with the wreckage?

This is what I expect will happen to hundreds of RVs from municipalities like Regina who seek to banish them from their homes. Not everyone is going to want to pay for some storage facility. So they’re going to find their way to farms of people they know, or charge a lot less than storage compounds. There, out of site, out of mind, and not regularly checked on, the RVs will be contam-

inated and destroyed by mice.

Also, they become easy pickings for thieves.

Too bad, so sad, right? You don’t own an RV, so why should you care?

Perhaps you will when your SGI bill goes up due to mice-related claims.

If I had been able to keep my RV in my yard, check on it every few weeks or so, I would still have a camper today.

If you have purchased a yard in Regina large enough to park an RV or boat in, you have surely paid several hundred thousand dollars for it. That also means you are paying more taxes than smaller yards that are not capable of fitting these RVs. You are paying for the property, you are paying additional taxes, you should have free enjoyment of it.

One wonders if someone was in cahoots with some storage facility operator(s) when this bylaw was cooked up.

Why stop at “unsightly” RVs and boats? What’s the difference between a 22 foot camper and a panel truck, such as those used as food trucks or tool salesmen?

Maybe they city should be dispatching those to the wilderness, too?

This RV banishment bylaw is a horrid example of nanny state over-government. Fix it, Regina.

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

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Welcome to Woodstock

By Cleo Morvik editor@advancesouthwest.com

Now that I'm settled in my very humble abode, I'm sitting down to tell you all about it. Late afternoon of Friday, October 21st we arrived at Woodstock Farms, also known as Woodstock Grazing Co. The farm is located east of Newdegate, Western Australia, a town of about 500 people or so.

So how did arrange this?

This very farm is the neighbouring farm that my Dad flew over to work on when he was just a young lad, twenty years of age. For his sake, I won't state the year.

It was 1982. While I am here, working for the Newmans, my dad was once here working for their good friends, the Lee's. Fun fact – they're partly where I get my middle name from, Lee. Clearly they made a lasting impression on my Dad. Rusty, Dad's former boss, his wife, Val, and my Dad have kept in touch through the years.

Rusty brought his daughter, Genna, to meet us in 2006 (Val was pregnant with Genna while my Dad was over here and was born soon after he left!). One day in 2008 my family received a save-the-date card with a post mark from Australia.

The four of us, my Mom, Dad, brother and I, were fortunately to be able to attend Genna’s wedding in Hopetoun, Western Australia in December of that year. In the summer of 2013 Rusty brought Val and a couple of their friends back to our farm for a Canadian summer. Then Rusty and Val came back again in 2015 for their first white Christmas.

Dad spent a year at the Lee's farm, learning the ins and outs of life in the outback, raising sheep. Meanwhile, his twin brother was placed at a farm a couple hundred kilometres away, learning how to grow beef.

The funny part of this story is that my Dad now runs cattle and my Uncle owns sheep. I guess what they really learned is what they didn’t like!

What I have come here to do however is harvest.

Woodstock's crops consist of wheat, barley, canola, and oats. Harvest is set to begin next week, as the plants are still looking a

bit green. In the meantime I've been designated as the camp cook. This is not good news for those of us here who need food to live, and there are four other hired hands here besides Kerry and I, plus the bosses. I'm infamous for my cooking.

I overcook, I undercook, I cook too much or too little, and I burn myself. A lot. Why I have been called upon for this task, I cannot say. Wait, yes I can. It's because I'm the girl. Go figures. So I've been messaging my parents back home with questions such as, how long does it take to bake a potato in the oven? And, how do you boil water?

(Just kidding, I can totally boil water. It's when stuff goes into it that it gets a bit hairy.)

It's the time in between meal prep that I'm living for now. So far, I've accidentally let the chickens out of the pen and spent the better part of the afternoon herding hens, I've actually herded sheep and got to “sick” the sheep dogs on a stray sheep, made friends with the dogs (Woofit – love that name, and Bindi), found a bobtail lizard in the showers, drove to town by myself (I realize this sounds simple, but remember everything's backwards down here), and most interesting of all, slaughter a sheep.

As the daughter of a parttime butcher, I must say I felt right at home and quite enjoyed myself. It took the boss man all of five minutes to completely skin and gut an entire sheep, which I think even the most squeamish of stomachs would be impressed by. But I suppose I wouldn't know; I have fond childhood memories of playing in the guts of a recently slaughtered cow in the yard. Too much information? Sorry.

Back to the humble abode part. Kerry and I share a 10-by-10 foot, odd smelling room which contains two single beds shoved together, a sink, and a desk. Wondering where all our clothes go? So are we. I've had to seriously lower my standards of cleanliness around here, but hey, if it makes you uncomfortable right?

Besides, it's all part of the adventure.

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Ask your life Q: Where are you from?

By Madonna Hamel

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I have ridden across the country by train five times in my life. One of my favourite questions to ask fellow passengers is: where are you from?

You might thing that’s a standard, straight-up question. How hard can it be? I mean, there’s only one answer, right? But my question was most often answered with another question: “You mean, most recently?” Canadians move around a lot, for work, family and love. Few of us actually live within, or even near, the town in which we were born. To map out the trajectory of your life tells you a lot about yourself.

I was born in Dawson Creek, BC., mile 0 of the Alaska Highway. I was two when we headed ‘south’ to Prince George, BC, pulp and paper capital of the world. I do recall two grain elevators in DC. I also recall the sun staying up way past my bedtime. We left Prince George on my fourteenth birthday, and headed for the real ‘south’: Kelowna BC, land of sun, sage and sand. We left behind the working class culture of the pulp mills, and the strong sulphur smell embedded in our clothing and hair.

By contrast Kelowna was drenched in the scent of fruit blossoms every spring, and in the dead heat of summer our brown bodies radiated the scent of the sun. I left Kelowna at nineteen and went to University of Victoria on Vancouver Island. After getting my English degree I stayed on for five more years until I realized that I had better get a move on, because one day I would wake up sixty, so pleasant was life on the Island. After Victoria came Vancouver, then Memphis TN, then Quebec City, Toronto, with commutes between Marshall MI and Santa Cruz, CA, then back to Kelowna and, finally,I ended up in the birth place of my mother, Val Marie, SK. If I were to answer my own question, I would be hard-pressed to answer exactly where I came from.

I call myself a westerner, but in fact my ancestors are French Canadian and go all the way back, on my mother’s side, to the first colonist, Louis Hebert, who arrived after Champlain in the early 1600s. Canada’s first nun came from that family.

My father’s ancestors arrived not much later, in the form of two broth-

ers, Jacque and Charles. My people were a robust, courageous mix of new world adventurers and wouldbe mystics.

My mom’s family didn’t head west until the late 1800s. Her mother was sixteen years old when her older sisters, serving as nuns in LaFleche, SK, encouraged her to take the train west from Montmagny disguised as a nun, because nuns travelled for free. My dad’s family came west on a covered wagon through Wyoming. Native blood courses through our veins on both sides, and could serve as greater connection to the land, if we knew more about the anonymous ‘femmes sauvages’ who ‘married’ so many of our coureursdes-bois. As it is, I sometimes wonder if their presence in my DNA is what makes me weep or sigh with an inexplicable longing when I head out for a long walk in and around the Grasslands. Apart from Emma Lucier, my dad’s dad’s mom, an Iroqouis from Vermont, I have none of their names. I have only a deep, inexplicable, disquieting yet relieving sense of déjà vu that nearly bowls me over some evenings returning from my wandering.

Where do I come from, indeed?

I almost have to reply: “That all depends. Which ‘me’ do you mean?”

I am speaking of the various struggles that manifested as Catholic girl, poet-preteen, Huck Finn wannabe teen , burgeoning feminist woman, a Buddhist celibate, a blues singer traveller, as lover, as fighter, as artist, as writer, as performer, and as, as one friend refers to me, ‘feral nun’. The list will no doubt grow on.

I am not a fan of the post-modern term: “reinvent”. To reinvent one’s self is to anticipate the needs of a fickle culture, is to operate from the outside-in, is to abandon one’s own inner moral compass. But then I ‘come from’ a tradition that encourages listening to the still small voice within, rather than attend to the noisy diverting whims of the powers that be.

Geographies play an essential role in identity. No matter where I lived, I have always had to consider the territory. The territory renders up information. When I lived in Memphis there were areas you did not go. But desperate to sit on the banks of the Mississippi one night after hearing Mojo Buford at King’s Palace I asked a friend to accompany me. When the police barge shone its

light from its patrol in the middle of the river, we waved cheerily, but my Huck Finn dreams were forced to face my dangerous romanticisms of the place. Neighbourhoods dropped the neighbour from the word and became hoods. Branded a ‘northerner’, I was not always welcome.

“Where are you from” asks you to consider your good fortune if you live in a safe place. If you have ‘been here’ your whole life you know the people and land and critters so intimately you don’t need a bird book to identify, nor an invitation to ‘drop by’. You tell the same stories over and over until there are a dozen versions of what happened, yet there is stability and continuity in stories passed down by generations, if simply because the stories exist.

History is not so much a research project done online or in libraries, but told over supper. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to some of those suppers surrounded by generations of families, fathers and sons, grand-daughters and great granddaughters in attendance.

Where are you from? What territory do you know by heart? Is the outer landscape as important to you as the inner landscape? When is the last time you’ve been back home? Could you find your way back, again? Recently, a man took me to the house he was born in.

It was still standing, albeit leaning dangerously in the wind on the edge of the old farm. It made me think about where I was born. I haven’t been there since I left at the age of two, except for a couple Christmas holidays with grandparents who eventually moved to the same town as us. I haven’t been to that town since I was fourteen. The Okanagan was a brief stint in paradise but as a teen I had to get the hell out of Dodge, no matter how idyllic the weather and scenery. I returned to live with my dad in my early fifties, but eventually we had to sell the family home of forty-three years, so that is no longer home.

Where do you come from begs the question: what do you call home?

Itinerant freelancers like myself have called their cars home. But truthfully, we are always looking for a place to stop, let down our guard, build a bookshelf, stock the fridge, plant a garden. We may not have a deep attachment to where we ‘came from’, but we long for home.

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Canada winter forecast Snowy season to yield best ski

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AccuWeather reports a snowy season is in store for some of Canada's biggest cities as winter storms dump frequent snow on eastern Canada.

Stormy weather is also in the forecast for British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies this winter, while the Prairies face bitter cold.

Frequent snowstorms to slam eastern Canada This winter is expected to play out much differently across eastern Canada than it did last year, when mild conditions and below-normal snowfall dominated.

"The upcoming winter will likely be a stormy one across eastern and Atlantic Canada, especially during January and February," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said.

"This pattern will lead to a higher probability of significant snowfall events from eastern Ontario through Quebec and into New Brunswick and Newfoundland," he said.

This includes some of Canada's largest cities such as Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec City.

The forecast is good news for ski resorts across the region that had a slow season last year due to mild weather and below-normal snowfall.

"I expect this upcoming ski season to be significantly better than last winter's," Anderson said.

Meanwhile, areas closer to the relatively warmer ocean water will receive more than just snow.

"Areas such as Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island will see constant battles between snow, ice and rain," Anderson said.

Arctic intrusions to freeze the Prairies The Canadian Prairies have already had a taste of winter with both chilly air and accumulating snow, but the worst of the season will hold off until the arrival of 2017.

The start of the season will feature occasional intrusions of chilly air, but the overall pattern will favour

windier and milder conditions in cities such as Calgary and Edmonton.

"A pattern change by midwinter will likely send waves of very cold Arctic air directed into the southern Prairies for January and February," Anderson said.

The onset of each wave of arctic air may bring some periods of snow, especially in southwestern Alberta, but this will be followed up by drier conditions once the frigid air takes hold.

"Despite the arctic fronts, a persistent northwesterly flow of air during the second half of winter will suppress moisture far to the south, leading to below-normal snowfall over the eastern Prairies," he said.

Skiers to benefit from stormy start to winter in British Columbia, Canadian Rockies A stormy pattern typical of winter will set up over British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies, delivering rounds of rain and mountain snow across the region.

"Heavy snow will quickly pile up in the mountains, which should get the western ski season off to a good start," Anderson said.

This will allow ski resorts in British Columbia and Alberta to establish a solid base early in the season that will last through the spring.

While winter may start off wet and snowy across the region, a change in the weather pattern will cause the frequency of storms to decrease heading into February and March.

This flip in the weather pattern will also bring the potential for some brief shots of arctic air all the way down to the lower mainland of British Columbia, according to Anderson.

These intrusions of arctic air may even reach areas closer to the coast, possibly making it all the way to Vancouver.

Meanwhile, the overall weather pattern this winter will favour warmer-than-normal conditions across far northern Canada, including Nunavut, the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories.

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Kamryn and Shannon laying a wreath on behalf of The War Amps. Photo Provided.

People often can’t help but smile when they see six-year-old Kamryn Bond lay a wreath with her friend, Shannon Krasowski, 40, at their local Remembrance Day ceremony.

Although an unlikely pair, they are both amputees and are part of a legacy that goes back nearly 100 years.

Kamryn is a member, and Shannon a graduate, of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program. It was war amputee veterans who created The War Amps in 1918, its Key Tag Service in 1946, and later, the CHAMP Program. Since 1975, thousands of child amputees across Canada have received financial assistance for their artificial limbs through CHAMP and attended regional seminars where they learn about growing up as an amputee.

When Kamryn was 11 months old, both of her legs, right hand, and several fingers on her left hand, were amputated due to a respiratory illness. Shannon’s left leg was amputated when she was 13 years old due to bone cancer.

They met three years ago at their local Remembrance Day ceremony.

That year, Kamryn watched Shannon lay a wreath on behalf of The War Amps Operation Legacy, but ever since, it has been a tradition they share.

While growing up as a Champ, Shannon met many war amputee veterans and heard their firsthand accounts of the devastation of war.

“They passed this legacy to us younger amputees and now it’s our turn to share their stories, so that we never forget their sacrifices,” she says.

Although Kamryn is still quite young, her mom, Dale, says it is important for her daughter to lay a wreath on Remembrance Day. “It builds the foundation for her to understand how much our war veterans gave up for our freedom.”

Dale adds, “We will always be appreciative of the work of the war amputee veterans and the message they have left for young amputees like Kamryn to carry into the future. It is for this reason that she lays a wreath every year in their honour, and will do so for many years to come.”

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works to insist that, “these songs don’t need to be revived,” Verch exclaims. “They are timeless. They are still very much alive and relevant.”

The album’s title pays tribute to a special space in the Verch family home, where old meets new. The house, a one room schoolhouse her parents attended, received a new addition the same year Verch was born. It was dubbed “The Newpart."

With the exception of the large collection of trophies April and her sister won for their music and dancing, it hasn’t changed much over the years, right down to the 70's shag carpet. To Verch, it’s the perfect symbol of family, tradition, and music, the things she values most: “It’s the place we gather to jam, to practice songs for family baptisms, funerals, and weddings. It’s where I practiced countAmong the most promising less hours and wrote fiddlers in roots music today... many tunes, including the songs on this Verch is never afraid to lace album. It’s where we her playing with clever twists take family pictures, visit and entertain of bluegrass, blues, and pop.” our guests. It’s the -The Boston Globe most special place in the house, the scene er to fiddle wunderkind and sil- of my most cherished memories.” ver-voiced singer, Verch may still Many years ago, Verch was up on spend many a fond hour rehearsing stage at the county fiddlers’ monthin the Newpart, when at home and ly dance event in her native Ottawa not on tour, but like tradition itself, Valley. She was a darling among the she has never been content to stand fiddlers there, a cute kid who could still. “When you really know and play beautifully, and the more sealove this music,” Verch reflects, “you soned players encouraged her. But want to go deeper, to bring out new April noticed something: “When I dimensions, without straying too played a waltz, even though I had much into novelty.” decent tone and technique, the Now on her milestone 10th floor didn’t fill up. At the urging album The Newpart (release: April of my Dad, I began to listen to 7, 2015), with producer Casey Dries- the way elder fiddlers played, and sen, Verch digs deep into songs and watched how, even if they were a tunes from the era before the often- little scratchy, they got people dancmined mid-century heyday of blue- ing.” grass and folk.

Verch marked that lesson well, Harkening back to vaudeville even as she plays with the tradition and beyond, Verch and her fel- she inherited. She keeps the comlow trio members pare down their munity-fired celebratory side of her arrangements, highlighting the music at the forefront, honing a simple pleasures of upright bass, keen awareness of how to engage guitar, clawhammer banjo, mando- contemporary listeners. lin, voices, fiddle, and stepping in With ten albums and years of intimate conversation. At the heart touring under her belt, Verch has lie Verch’s delicate voice, energetic moved from upstart prodigy to footwork, and stunning playing, a mature and reflective songwriter, trifecta of talents she brings togeth- interpreter, and storyteller. er simultaneously for the first time Verch’s inspiration often comes on stage and on The Newpart. It all from unexpected quarters: the mix anada’s triple threat fiddler-singer-stepper April Verch will be promoting her new album release at The Lyric Theatre on Friday, November 4.

Verch knows how relevant an old tune can be. She grew up surrounded by living, breathing roots music—her father’s country band rehearsing in the “Newpart,” the beloved Verch family room; the lively music at church and at community dances; the tunes she rocked out to win fiddle competitions—and decided early she wanted to be a professional musician.

She took that leap, and has been quietly leaping into new, nuanced places for more than two decades.

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made by a dedicated fan or regional music aficionado (how Verch discovered many of great Old-Time American tunes in her repertoire), a field recording played in the tour van that left Verch and her two trio-mates dumbstruck. The rough blues gems, the ballads with roosters crowing and dinner cooking in the background; Old recordings often touch this trio profoundly.

Yet Verch never forgets the roots of her music, that connection to the people out there in the audience, on the dance floor, to the community

sparked by a good song. It’s about doing less to engage more. “I’ve lived with these songs and tunes, and my job is to get out of the way and let them hit the listener. To let them shine on their own and to leave space for interpretation,” Verch muses.

“It’s all about touching people, about bringing them together in a community to celebrate music. I’ve understood that better and better as time has passed: how to take this music that is at the center of my life, and make it live and breathe for other people.”

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I was meeting with some friends a few days ago when one of them commented that snacks had been banned from their kid’s soccer games. My friend’s son is six years old. The team was forced to ban snacks because some overzealous parents had taken to social media to shame other families because their snacks did not measure up to their idea of social acceptability. It is a disgrace that we are inflicting this behavior on anyone, let alone children.

Food shaming impacts almost all consumers. What about that family that can’t afford the latest gluten free, organically produced, GMO-free, locally grown, produced on a Tuesday afternoon yogurt? Are they raising unhealthy children by giving them ordinary yogurt as a snack? Of course not. What is the right choice for a family on a tight budget – purchase the extra expensive fruit and vegetables that conform to the social standard of the soccer field or buy regular produce and feed their kids the healthy servings that are outlined in the Canada Food Guide?

Choice is good. Everyone has the right to choose what they want to eat.

Everyone has the right to include social factors important to them in their food choices. What we don’t have the right to do is claim that these choices are healthier or better than the choices made by other families. We don’t have the right to impose our choices on others.

This is an important issue for all of agriculture and we need to be part of the discussion. We need to ensure that our statements around health and food safety are based on solid research. We must ensure that the moms and dads at the soccer game know where they can get the facts behind the healthy, nutritious choices provided by modern Canadian Agriculture. That way they will be equipped to respond when someone tries to shame them into alternative lifestyle choices. If modern agriculture fails to provide this factual foundation,

our choices in production methods will become limited by what people without the facts believe.

“Healthy” is not an arbitrary word that can be loosely defined by what the latest celebrity is pushing on the internet.

A great deal of research goes into the definition of “healthy eating”. The Canada Food Guide, published by Health Canada is the right place to start on this definition. You will notice when reading through the guide that production practices – conventional agriculture, organic, GMO-free, etc. – are never mentioned.

These are choices outside of the realm of “healthy”.

The fact-based food guide does not talk about any of the latest internet celebrity fads for a reason. For example, let’s take the long-running (and thankfully waning) fad around gluten. Unless you have been diagnosed with celiac disease, a painful and debilitating condition, there are no health based reasons to avoid gluten in your diet. In fact, the reverse is true. Avoiding products like whole grain and pasta will deny you nutrients that are important to good health.

Agriculture needs to lead the discussion that will help better articulate the difference between social choices and fact-based healthy choices. We need to work to ensure that the facts around “healthy” are readily available and not distorted by marketing campaigns designed to sell lifestyle choices. It is fair ball for social choices to be part of marketing campaigns from those who want you to buy their “stuff ”. However, it is not acceptable to have food fads and marketing campaigns attempt to re-define the meaning of healthy.

There is room on our grocery shelves for all different kinds of food choices.

There is room on our farms for all different kinds of production practices. This variety is good. But we must remember the word “choice” for both the farm and the supermarket. This means differentiating between social choices and researched facts behind healthy eating recommendations. It means respecting the choices that others make.

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Maybe you feel despair because you can hardly pay the rent, or because you have been diagnosed with a horrible condition, or you are a caregiver whose physical and spiritual resources have been depleted.

Whatever your burden, or the burden of someone you love, insights shared by Viktor Frankl may be helpful. In Nazi death camps during WW II he clung to life and later shared his experience about how he kept going with the world.

“When we are no longer able to change a situation,” he wrote, “we are challenged to change ourselves.” Even to the very end, we have the freedom to look beyond our fear and despair to ask what we can do that is positive.

Survival with dignity depends on our attitude. Disappointment, anger and

bitterness will weigh us down. But forgiveness, acceptance and love can lift us. We are blessed with an incredible capacity to carry on with grace.

What does it matter if we notice we are aging? or if we have made a huge mistake? Look with pride at life’s rich moments. Hold tight to humour.

Laughter “gives us the ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.”

During the day, we may find distractions for our agonized thinking. But in the dark of night, when resentment and anger churn our thoughts, we have the freedom to release the negative and search for that which will help us move forward with dignity and grace.

In the end, when we have fought the good fight, may we feel at peace as we prepare to meet our Maker.

Frankl wrote “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”

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STORY & PHOTOS BY KATE WINQUIST he may not be related to Canadian music icon, Gordon Lightfoot, but Hamilton’s Terra Lightfoot is embarking on her own impressive musical career.

The roots rocker with her powerful voice and electric guitar wowed the sold out crowd at The Lyric Theatre on October 22.

Lightfoot’s stop in Swift Current was her second last show in a lengthy tour that started out in Europe over a month ago.

“We started the tour in London, UK on September 18, so I’ve been going for quite some time now. The band came over and we did Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and then the UK. I did Scotland on my own. I flew into Calgary (October 13) and the boys drove the van to meet me there,” said Lightfoot who took the time to speak with Advance Southwest prior to her Swift Current appearance.

The band’s Western Canada Tour dates included stops in Calgary, Spruce Grove, St. Albert, Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna and Canmore. They were also scheduled to play the Winnipeg Folk Festival before heading home for a break.

Terra Lightfoot has been promoting her sophomore album, Every Time My Mind Runs Wild which is quite different than her debut album.

“On this album that we’re promoting, I would say it’s rock, and

it’s folk, and a little bit of Mowtowny soul music - that kind of thing. I’m pretty old school with my taste in music. I’m not acutely aware of what’s going on in music currently, as often as I should be, considering I am in the industry. You hear a lot of the old things in my music.”

Lightfoot is looking forward to heading home for some down time before getting back into the music routine. So how does Terra try to relax?

“At home I don’t enjoy my walks as much as when I’m on the road. I try and walk everyday or hike or run. There are so many beautiful spots here … cause I’m not from here. So going for a walk in Swift Current is a lot cooler than going for a walk in my neighbourhood. I’m going to miss that a lot. And I don’t think I’ve turned on the TV, any kind of television since we’ve been on the road, so I might watch some TV,” Lightfoot jokes. She may even try to catch a Tigercat game - after all, the girl from Steeletown performed the halftime show at the annual Labour Day Classic this year.

Terra and her band are getting ready for a busy start to 2017. In January they will be heading into the studio to start working on album number three.

“It’s gonna be so much fun!

That’s the other thing I’m going to be doing when I’m home, obviously, is writing new tunes.

We’ve been working on a bunch of them, especially on this tour.

We will be rehearsing the whole time we are home pretty much.”

Lightfoot also shared a special project that they recorded last year with the National Academy Orchestra.

“We went into this real cool space at McMaster University it’s like a brand new, million dollar facility - state-of-the-art. The National Academy Orchestra was playing my tunes, with me and the band … so it’s like a rock band / orchestra album. We will release that in the spring.”

Lightfoot commanded the stage in Swift Current, featuring a number of new songs from her latest album, including the popular radio hits, "No Hurry and Never Will." She ended the first set with an awesome cover of Jackson Browne’s, "Running On Empty." The crowd wanted more at the end of the performance and Lightfoot and her band did not disappoint, coming back for an additional three songs, concluding with a stunning version of Lead Belly’s soul classic, "Where Did You Sleep Last Night."

After witnessing her powerhouse performance at the Lyric, it’s safe to say that Terra is a monster talent that is set to become the next Canadian musical icon with the last name Lightfoot.

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For a short-term craving for something green with bright flowers, you can turn to seasonal plants like chrysanthemums and kalanchoes. But once these have flowered, it’s off to the dumpster or compost heap with them. For something a little more permanent, the following are easy-care and tough.

Spider plant (aka airplane plant, spider ivy, ribbon plant; Chlorophytum comosum) produces a 6 – 12 inch tall mound of arching, green and cream striped, long grass-like leaves.

Long runners, often two to three feet long with an occasional side branch or two, leap from the centre of the mound. A few small, short-lived, white flowers are produced along the runners. At the very ends of the branches, new plantlets or babies are produced. These eventually become large enough themselves to produce more runners, continuing the cascade of runners and plantlets. Brown leaf tips are common with low humidity, uneven moisture, too much fertilizer or fluoridated water. Simply trim back the brown ends and use distilled or rainwater if in Saskatoon. Grow as a hanging plant, on a high shelf or on a pedestal.

Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema commutatum and A. nitidum) is an excellent foliage plant with dark green and silver-white, gray or light green variegated, lance shaped leaves; some varieties also have red-pink undersides. It rarely outgrows its space, reaching no more than 1 to 3 feet tall and wide. It grows well in low indirect light near the window of a north facing room in moderate to cool temperature. A slow growing plant, expect it live ten years or more.

The cast iron plant (aka bar room plant; Aspidistra elatior) - its name describes its constitution perfectly – tolerant of very low light, low humidity and a wide range of temperature; does best if kept on the dry side. Like the Chinese evergreen, it is strictly a foliage plant. The most common variety has dark green, glossy, leathery leaves but there are a few cultivars with speckled, striped or narrow leaves. Expect it reach 1 to 2 feet tall; it spreads by underground stems, eventually expanding to fill its pot. The cast iron plant is a very slow growing plant, so start with as large a plant as you can find.

The snake plant (aka mother-inlaw tongue, devil’s tongue, bowstring hemp; Sansevieria trifasciata and other species) is perhaps just as indestructible as the cast iron plant.

I’ve seen them survive under Sahara-dry conditions but they respond well to regular care (keep soil moderately dry). Long, leathery, sword-like leaves erupt from the soil in clusters forming a dense forest of green. One of the most common varieties, ‘Laurenti’, sports leaves with a bold yellow edge enclosing a dark and light green variegated leaf. Depending the variety, snake plants range in size from 6 to 48 inches.

And finally, there’s the Aloe vera, perhaps the most common herbal home-remedy that people turn to when sun-burned or have other skin ailments in need of soothing. It is a short-stemmed succulent plant with long, pointed, flecked light green-gray, thick leaves lined with small teeth along their margins. It can reach 3 feet tall and wide. Grows best in bright light, shirtsleeve temperatures and moderately dry soil.

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I.G. Baker’s store at Fort Walsh. The trading posts of I.G. Baker and T.C. Power (Fort Benton firms) were a hub of activity especially during the height of the fur trade season. They also carried goods and supplies for the NWMP at the nearby Fort c. 1880. It was at this store that George Wood worked. (Photograph attributed to George Anderton – courtesy of the Montana State Archives Helena.)

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ost people living in the southwest are familiar with the basic story of the formation of the NWMP and the building of Fort Walsh but few are familiar with the frontier village that grew adjacent to the Fort.

The focus of Parks Canada has been on the massacre site, the formation of the NWMP and the establishment of the Fort, whereas the village site has received only cursory attention and has gone relatively unexplored both by historians, archeologists and contemporary journalists.

This is unfortunate as the village and its colourful inhabitants are as interesting and integral to the story of the west as the other stories. In addition to the official reports of the NWMP, a good source for information on the Cypress Hills during the frontier period is the Fort Benton, Montana newspaper – The Fort Benton Record. The following is a “letter to the editor” taken from the Benton newspaper with the heading “Cypress Mountains” dated November 20, 1875.

who is now assisted by, Mr. George Woods.

A half breed named McCoy is, to a trifling extent, competing with these firms; but, as the old saying is “money makes the mare go.” Over fifty houses have recently been built in the immediate vicinity of Fort Walsh, and about six miles east about fifty more buildings have been put up, all which are occupied by Scotch and French halfbreeds. A number of lodges of Assinaboins are encamped in the vicinity of this post, and a large camp of Crees are about to move in to remain during the winter. The Crees are at present hunting buffalo a few miles distant. A large camp of half-breeds are to winter at the Widow Mountains, which is said to contain excellent pasturage for horses.”

George Wood(s) an employee with the T.C. Power store as he has a present day connection. After leaving Fort Walsh George Wood and his brother-in-law, A. Shurtcliff (discharged NWMP) ranched on the former “Indian Farm” three miles south of Maple Creek. Mr. Wood was one of the men instrumental in the building of the first Anglican Church in Maple Creek.

Needless to say I was both thrilled and disappointed when only a few weeks back, I read a recent inscription in the guest book at the Jasper Centre – it reads: “George Betts - My grandmother, Lucy Maud Wood, lived on what became the Greeley Ranch from 1884-88 and before that in Fort Walsh. Daughter of George Wood.”

and a photographer shop under the proprietorship of George Anderton. Several of the NWMP had cabins in the town site for their families including W.R. Abbott, R. McCutcheon, and P. O’Hare.

Although the village was a thriving and bustling centre its future was short-lived.

Its survival was dependent upon the fur trade and subsequent Metis/First Nations traffic, as well as the NWMP and their contracts. With the disappearance of the buffalo by the early 1880s, the settlement of the First Nations on reservations and the closure of the Fort in 1882/83 and the arrival of the CPR to the north in 1883, the death-knell sounded. The people of the

Further research is necessary to confirm a number of assumptions and/or questions raised from this letter. I presume the McCoy trader mentioned is actually Edward McKay, who along with his Metis wife and family had a small trading post near the Fort. I am also assuming the mention of the “fifty buildings” about six miles east is actually the Four Mile settlement which was a well-es-

First Nations travois “parked” in the middle of Fort Walsh village. Some of the village cabins can be seen around the travois c. late 1870s. (Photograph attributed to George Anderton - courtesy of Donny White.)

A bull-train similar to those which carried supplies from Fort Benton to Fort Walsh. Several of the village characters such as Molly Smith and Four Jack Bob came north with the bull-trains. One of the most colourful characters in the village was a gentleman by the name of “Buck Rainey”, a bull-whacker who operated from eight to ten bull trains between the two communities c. 1870s. (Photographer unknown, courtesy of Glenbow Museum Calgary.)

“The advent of the beautiful snow is a reminder of the near approach of the fur trade. Preparations have been made and are still in progress for a long and successful trade this season. Building still continues in order and to such an extent that the aboriginal old timers are now scarcely able to recognize the place. Similar improvements are likely to continue for some time to come.

Among the trading posts now nearly completed are three of I.G. Baker & Co., and T.C. Power & Bro. The first mentioned post was built under the supervision of Mr. Charles Price and is now in the charge of Mr. Clarke.

Power’s post was built by Mr. H.A. Kennedy,

tablished wintering site for the Metis, complete with a Catholic Chapel. Perhaps someone can clarify where “Widow Mountains” is located or is the writer referring to Wood Mountain and simply had the name incorrect? As mentioned further research is necessary to confirm or dispel these assumptions. We have to remember the frontier was new and writers of the time were just as likely to error as are today’s journalists, but with the former everything was new and without reference.

Another rather interesting note to make from this letter is the mention of

I am very disappointed I was unable to speak with this man, but hope to track him down and learn more of his great grandparents and the part they played in the early history of the southwest.

Returning to the village of Fort Walsh – RCMP historian, John Peter Turner writes the village was “a gathering place for freighters, traders, halfbreeds, buffalo hunters, Indians and all the human flotsam and jetsam of the frontier.” The trading posts mentioned in the newspaper excerpt eventually came under different management from what was referenced – T.C. Power was placed under Dan Marsh, assisted by Horace Greeley and Tom Raisin whereas the I.G. Baker store continued under Frank Clarke assisted by Don Fisher, George Powell, Tom Homer and Howard Jordan. In addition to the trading posts mentioned, the village had a dance hall run by “Four Jack Bob” (Robert Everson), a barber shop, a billiard room run

by Jean Claustre, a hotel operated by Red Fitzpatrick, a tailor and repair shop run

by John Stuttaford, a restaurant in competition to Fitzpatrick and Everson run by Pete McDonald, a laundry by Molly Smith

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village quickly dispersed to other frontier settlements, especially those along the CPR including Maple Creek and Medicine Hat. However for a brief period in time, a village thrived in the Cypress Hills full of colourful and rowdy characters, which in appearance was more similar to those frontier towns across the border than the settlements that later developed along the CPR line. Thanks to the columns in the Fort Benton newspaper, the Manitoba Free Press, NWMP reports, John Peter Turner’s history of the force, a few surviving photographs and a hand-drawn map of the town-site by Horace Greeley, we are provided with a glimpse into the life of this village and its inhabitants. Perhaps the descendants of George Wood will be able to shed further light on the settlement and the role their family played in the village.

In closing, I would like to thank Faye Logan of Gull Lake for her interest and kind assistance with some postcards referenced in a previous column - feed-back is always appreciated.

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I don’t typically consider myself to be a writer. If asked to describe myself, I usually stick with wife, mom, rancher, Gelbvieh breeder, and sometimes range ninja (or in other words, a prairie plant geek). I even still refer to myself as a piano player before a writer, although based on my behaviour, I’ve pretty much retired from tinkling the ivories.

I do not possess an English degree and I haven’t taken any classes in journalism or communication. In fact, I only took one required English class in university where my biggest victory was the fact that we covered Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the very same play that I studied a few years earlier in Grade 10. Having kept all of my old high school notes, they came in very handy that semester and I didn’t overexert myself in that class.

These characteristics do not a writer make. In fact, these are the very characteristics that annoy actual, legitimate writers. I recently discovered, however, that I do have a voluminous lifelong portfolio of mediocre writing to my credit.

In a recent fit of productive procrastination, I decided to clean out numerous boxes of childhood mementos and made some interesting discoveries. These boxes, which I had “accidentally” left behind at my parents’ when I moved, and were now taking up prime real estate in my basement, needed to go. Opening them up, I found the usual doodles and school pictures, comic books, and science fair projects. I discovered binders full of class notes from university that seemed much more relevant in the olden days before smart phones and Google. Among these time capsules were extensive archives of written stories. They were all in my hand writing and they looked somewhat familiar, but I didn’t remember writing so many.

There was one story I recall pitching to a well-known author who happened to be a family friend. While that particular venture didn’t go as

my eight-year-old-self had imagined it would, apparently it didn’t dampen my spirit because I continued to write volumes. As I got older, I moved past writing fiction (where the main character was inevitably name Sarah) and delved into the non-fiction that defined my teenage years. Somehow I had also forgotten that I wrote page after page in journals, documenting the angst and drama that apparently permeated my teenage rural Saskatchewan existence. There were also never ending dramatic letters that friends and I wrote to each other about our perceived teenage struggles. I now realize how many trees were sacrificed just to get me through my adolescence. Apparently I’ve been writing stuff down for several years without really noticing and I have a body of “work” to show for it.

In spite of not really being a writer, I do spend a considerable amount of time writing these days, especially with my part time work. I don’t necessarily allocate a lot of time to writing this column (perhaps that’s better kept a secret?) but I am always writing a piece or two about prairie conservation, species at risk, invasive weeds, or beef production for a few different organizations. I get the opportunity to write riveting technical reports, web content, newsletters, fact sheets, even the odd funding proposal. The subject matter isn’t always charming and it can be a challenge to present a topic (i.e. bovine internal parasites) creatively, but the content is useful.

I do enjoy the creative challenge of this column. I appreciate the deadline, for without it I would not take time to cobble 650 words together a couple times a month. Life gets blurry and I like documenting the highlights and perhaps even more so, giving literary credit to the boring, everyday things I experience as a rancher, mom, and wife. I like stirring memories in others and hearing about their experiences with clotheslines, calves, lost dogs, stubborn kids, getting stuck (not that I do that!), and anything else they may identify with.

I may not be a writer, but I think I’ll keep doing it for a while.

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Our junior volleyball playoffs will be starting the first week in November.

Host sites are as follows: • Cypress Hills girls @ Fox Valley on Sat, Nov 5. Teams participating include Maple Creek, Fox Valley, Leader, Cabri and Hazlet.

• Cypress Hills boys @ Fox Valley on Fri, Nov 4. Teams participating include Fox Valley, Leader & Cabri.

• Rolling Hills A girls @ Gull Lake on Fri, Nov 4. Teams participating include Gull Lake, Swift Current Comp, Herbert, Waldeck, Ecole Centennial.

• Rolling Hills A boys @ Waldeck on Sat, Nov 5. Teams participating include Waldeck, Swift Current Comp and Ecole Centennial.

• Rolling Hills B girls @ O. M. Irwin on Fri, Nov 4. Teams participating

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• Rolling Hills B boys @ Ponteix on Thurs, Nov 3. Teams participating include Ponteix, Hodgeville, Wymark, Vanguard and Irwin.

• Whitemud girls @ Consul on Sat, Nov 5. Teams participating include Consul, Eastend, Frontier, Shaunavon and Val Marie.

• Whitemud boys @ Val Marie on Sat, Nov 5. Teams participating include Val Marie, Consul, Eastend, Frontier and Shaunavon.

• Junior teams will be vying for the chance to take part in the SWAC District Championships on Nov. 19.

Senior volleyball teams will be starting SHSAA playoffs in November. It will start with the girls on Sat, Nov 5 with conference play. The boys will start on Nov 12 with conference play.

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The number of Grade 3 students reading at grade level continues to rise, thanks to the collaborative work between the education sector and the Ministry of Education. School division data from 2016 shows that 74 per cent of students are reading at grade level compared to 65 per cent in 2013.

“I am thrilled to see continued improvement in Grade 3 reading levels this year as our government continues to work collaboratively with our sector partners toward the goal of having 80 per cent of students reading at grade level or above by 2020,” Deputy Premier and Education Minister Don Morgan said. “Students who are reading at or above grade level are more likely to go on to be successful in school and to graduate, and are better able to reach their full potential.”

“This nine per cent improvement over a very short period of time is a

result of the dedicated work from students and teachers in school divisions across the province,” Chinook School Division Director of Education and leader of the provincial reading initiative Liam Choo-Foo said. “Once again, we see the power in identifying a priority, dedicating resources and maintaining focus on achieving a specific goal. The Provincial Reading Team also deserves credit in providing collective expertise in developing the Saskatchewan Reads framework that has been incorporated by all Saskatchewan school divisions.”

To support the Education Sector Strategic Plan goal, a provincial reading team created a provincial resource called Saskatchewan Reads. It provides practical supports for teachers to assist students in achieving their reading goals and is a great planning tool and methodology to bring people together and focus on a common goal.

A companion resource, Saskatchewan Reads for Administrators, was intro-

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It was a sold out crowd that gathered for the final Rider game ever played at Mosaic Stadium.

The B.C. Lions came into a very hostile environment looking to spoil the party and keep their hopes alive for a home playoff game.

It wasn’t a great start for the offence. Greg Morris fumbled deep in Rider territory that the Lions were able to convert. Jeremiah Johnson was able to cash in from four yards out and after the two-point conversion B.C. had the early 7-0 lead.

The Riders got on the scoreboard five minutes into the second quarter on a 42-yard Tyler Crapigna. The offence was set up nicely by a Ricky Collins Jr 34-yard

punt return.

The Lions offence continued to hum along in the second quarter when Jonathan Jennings connected with Manny Arceneaux in the back of the end zone for a 36-yard touchdown strike to up the lead to 15-3. After a Richie Leone single on a missed field goal, the final play of the half the Riders Tyler Crapigna hit a short field goal to cut the lead to 16-6 at the break The first half also saw the Rider give both Darian Durant and Jake Waters rotate series. It was Waters first pro appearance.

The Lions continued to roll in in the third quarter.

Marco Ianuzzi took a Josh Bartel punt back 50 yards to the Rider 16 and on the next play Jennings hit Terrell Sinkfield in the back of the end zone. After another

missed convert, the Lions were up big 22-6.

The Riders defence stepped up on the next Lions series as Tyler Hunter picked up his first ever CFL interception, but the offence couldn’t move the ball.

It was academic from there as the Lions added a couple more singles to complete the 24-6 victory.

Even with the loss, fans were jubilant during the final seconds, giving Mosaic Stadium the sendoff it deserves.

The night was capped with an electric salute to over 100 years of football at Park Hughes, Taylor Field and Mosaic Stadium.

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