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he City of Swift Current’s Planning & Growth Development Division is seeking input from the community regarding the drafted Preliminary Policies document for the City’s Official Community Plan.

Information from the document was recently presented at a Public Open House, held on March 15th at the Main Street Swift Current office. The materials presented at this Open

House are now available on the City’s website at www.swiftcurrent.ca/ ocp, below Phase III of the Work Plan section.

“The Official Community Plan is, of course, a plan that belongs to the entire community,” explained Michael Ruus, the City’s General Manager of Planning & Growth Development.

“The more engaged our community members become in the process of updating this plan, the better the final results will reflect the wants and needs of the entire

community. We encourage every community member to take a few minutes to review the presentation and share their thoughts with us.”

The current Municipal Development Plan (Official Community Plan) was adopted in 2003, and outlines the current physical, environmental, economic, social and cultural development policies of the City. This document has been amended to incorporate new development policy as our City has grown in recent years.

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Both the quarterly and annual population gains were the third

highest among Canadian provinces.

“The growing population shows that despite the budget challenges we are addressing, Saskatchewan’s economy remains strong and resilient,” Premier Brad Wall said. “Last month, Saskatchewan led the country in job growth, so I expect the population to keep growing as new opportunities attract new people to our

province.”

Over the past decade (January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2017), Saskatchewan’s population grew by more than 163,000 people – the biggest increase in any 10-year period since 1921 to 1931. That’s a sharp contrast to the previous decade (January 1, 1997 to January 1, 2007) when Saskatchewan’s population actually dropped by more than 23,000 people.

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Mumps Confirmed in Cypress Health Region Southwest residents urged to take extra precautions to help avoid infection Contributed

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ositive lab results received from the National Medical Laboratory in Winnipeg have confirmed the presence of mumps within the Cypress Health Region. The Region is currently reporting three confirmed cases and a fourth suspected case, affecting both youth and adult individuals.

Mumps activity has been reported across Canada, with a number of recently identified cases in Alberta and Manitoba including individuals within the hockey community.

The confirmed cases within Cypress Health also include individuals from the hockey community.

Mumps is an acute viral infection characterized by painful swelling of the glands on one or both sides of the jaw. Mumps can also affect the reproductive organs sometimes with long term complications.Other symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, sore throat, vomiting, tiredness and loss of appetite. Symptoms can appear 14-25 days following the original exposure and the virus can be unknowingly transmitted to others during that time.

The mumps virus can be easily spread by coughing, sneezing, or being in contact with another person’s saliva. Transmission is more likely in crowded environments and with close contact such as classrooms, sporting

events, bars, and dormitory living.

“Mumps can be quite a painful illness to go through and un-immunized cases have more severe symptoms than immunized individuals and likely with more complications,” commented Dr. Torr, Medical Health Officer for Cypress Health.

“It is key that individuals are up to date with their immunizations, most especially at this time those involved in sports, including players, coaches, volunteers, parents, and others. A significant number of cases across the country, and locally, have been associated with sports gatherings. We are encouraging children and adults to make sure they are up to date with their immunizations. Those born before 1970 are likely to have acquired natural immunity. Those born after 1970 should make sure that they are up to date with their immunizations, and if not, should contact public health to get up to date.”

Dr. Torr recommends a variety of measures that can help to reduce the spread of the mumps virus: • Vaccination is essential – infants and children receive protection as part of their MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) immunizations; teenagers and adults can contact their local public health office to check their immunization status and schedule an appointment for a booster if required.

• Individuals suspected of having mumps or mump-like symptoms should stay away from childcare, school, post-secondary settings, sporting and social events, and workplaces for at least five days after onset of symptoms.

• Cover mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.

• Wash hands frequently with soap and water.

• Disinfect frequently touched surfaces.

• Avoid sharing eating utensils, water bottles, drinks, and lipsticks with others.

• Call ahead before going to your physician, so they can prepare to see you without exposing others.

“In addition frequent hand hygiene, especially when at events or public places, not sharing eating and drinking utensils, and toys for daycares are all key measures that help reduce spread of infection.

Of course, those ill with mumps symptoms should get checked by their health practitioner and stay at home whilst recovering,” Dr. Torr added.

For more information on the mumps virus and immunization status, please contact your local Public Health office, call TollFree at 1-866-786-2510, visit your family physician/ nurse practitioner’s clinic or visit www.saskatchewan.ca and search mumps.

The provincial HealthLine can also be contacted 24 hours per day by calling 811 for any non-urgent health questions.

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A message for all Chinook Regional Library users: As you may have heard by now, the current provincial budget presented on 22 March 2017 has resulted in significant cutbacks to regional library funding throughout Saskatchewan. We are very disappointed that Education Minister Don Morgan has cut about 60% of the provincial funding to our region, and at this time, we are uncertain what will become of our 32 rural public libraries and 14 corner libraries in Southwestern Saskatchewan.

The small rural communities throughout our region depend on our public libraries for Internet access to online banking, as well as access to online government services and

for submitting online job application to businesses.

Last year, the Internet was accessed 22,800 times in our rural public libraries.

In addition, we provide a variety of inclusive programs and learning opportunities for all ages and abilities in our library facilities. Last year, in the Chinook region, we circulated almost 300,000 items, issued 12,00 new library cards, and 664 local children read 8,000 books and participated in 92 free library event with the TD summer reading club.

None of this would have been possible without the “brick and mortar libraries” that Minister Don Morgan thinks the cur-

rent government should no longer support.

On behalf of the more than 100 employees of Chinook Regional Library, we encourage you to contact your local town council and your local MLAs, to let them know how much you value saving your rural library services. Information regarding local MLAs is available online: http:// www.legassembly.sk.ca/ mlas/current-mlas-printversion or alternatively, please contact us directly and we will forward your concerns to the Provincial Librarian.

Dr. Jean McKendry, Director, Chinook Regional Library jmckendry@chinook.lib.sk.ca

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There were plenty of smiles at the Moms vs Initiation Greyhound game last week. Photo by Kate Winquist

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Gull Lake Skating Rink Fundraiser bringing in CCR Tribute Band Kate Winquist

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f you’re a “Fortunate Son” and are “Down On The Corner” or “Up Around The Bend” on Saturday, April 1st in Gull Lake, head on down to the Recreation Complex.

All lyrical puns aside, if you’re a fan of Creedance Clearwater Revival, you will not want to miss the fundraiser being held to raise money for some repairs at the community’s arena.

Advance Southwest talked with Sara Kuntz, Recreation Director for the Town of Gull Lake and she advised us on where the proceeds will be allocated.

“We actually just heard from the Health Inspector and our dressing room bathrooms are not quite up-to-snuff, so that’s where the proceeds will be going towards.”

So far ticket sales are going okay, but Kuntz would like to see a packed house.

“Get your tickets and

head to the rink. We are so pumped to have this band (The Travellin’ Band) coming in. CCR is so multi-generational.”

Along with the great entertainment for the evening, there will also be an Elimination Lottery. Kuntz explains that it’s like a reverse 50/50. “You buy your ticket and if your name is drawn, you lose out on the raffle. When it gets done to the last three tickets, they can either agree to split the pot or be selfish and go right to the end.”

As Creedance Clearwater Revival's (CCR) music continues to maintain its popularity for over 4 decades, The Travellin Band delivers a high energy tribute to one of the most celebrated rock acts of all time.

If you love the music of Creedence Clear Water Revival, The Travellin Band is a must see.

They have been recognized as one of Canada's premier tributes to CCR and the music of John Fogerty. Singer James Patterson creates

a life like re-creation of CCR's greatest hits with his stunning vocal performance and stage presence. Accompanied with the rhythm section from The New Meanies (Virgin/Emi) this act performs to many sold out crowds of all ages and is always in high demand. The Travellin Band has shared the big stage with the likes of The Beach Boys, Nazareth, Streetheart and Harlequin. This high energy show always brings the crowd to their feet, singing and dancing to their favourite hits.

The Rink Fundraiser will take place on Saturday, April 1st with doors open at 8:00 pm.

The show starts at 9:00 pm. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased at the Town office. The Elimination Lottery tickets are $20 each and can also be purchased at the Town Office or at the event, but you must be present to win. No minors are allowed.

For more information call Sara Kuntz at 306672-4449.

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Donors are backbone to Great Plains College Entrance Scholarship program

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reat Plains College Swift Current Campus recently awarded a total of $9,500 to Electrician students in celebration of their decision to continue their education. Innovation Credit Union, a longtime donor, made a $3,500 commitment to scholarships this year and was on site to present an Entrance Scholarship to Brendan Nelson.

“Innovation Credit Union believes strongly in supporting both the communities we serve and the youth that grow up in these communities,” said Darla Lindbjerg, AVP of marketing and strategic intelligence of Innovation Credit Union.

“These young people are the future leaders of our communities, province and country. It is inspiring to see the caliber of students that are produced through organizations like Great Plains College,” she added. “We are thrilled to continue to strengthen our partnership with organizations such as Great Plains College going forward with the goal of creating vibrant and sustainable communities that cel-

ebrate and reward the success of their youth.”

A donation, such as the one from Innovation Credit Union, has the ability to impact students in a number of different programs. This year, it will provide fi nancial support to students that are Innovation Credit Union members and are enrolled in the Business (certificate or diploma program), Administrative Assistant, Electrician and Welding programs, at any of the Great Plains College locations. Great Plains College is able to match contributions to the college through the Saskatchewan Innovation and Opportunity Fund.

“The Scholarship Receptions are an opportunity for us to celebrate our students’ choice to further their education,” said Carrie Voysey, Great Plains College director of communications and development. “It is also an opportunity for us, and our students, to say thank you all our donors. They are the ones who make the scholarship program a reality.”

The Scholarship Reception for the Electrician students was held on March 15, 2017, at the Great Plains College Swift Current Campus.

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a fall Electrician program—classes begin in September—and a winter Electrician program— classes begin in February.

To date, Great Plains College has awarded a total of $204,500 Entrance Scholarships to students taking full-time, student loan-eligible programs.

Another $7,000 will be awarded at Scholarship Reception in Biggar on March 30, 2017, which will take the annual total to $211,500.

"The scholarships directly support our students and contribute to their educational success by lessening fi nancial burdens. Once our graduates fi nd employment in the region, it is our hope that they will give back to their community as they are able to," said Voysey.

The Great Plains College Swift Current Campus also offers a wide variety of full-time, student loan-eligible programs, including University and the recently announced Business Diploma program. Students who apply

by April 30, 2017, may be eligible to receive a $500 to $5,000 Entrance Scholarship in the fall.

A complete list of Great Plains College locations and eligible scholarship programs is available at greatplainscollege.ca.

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What will become of our 32 rural public libraries and 14 corner libraries in Southwestern Saskatchewan?

You Answered...

What is this government thinking? Libraries are very important to the rural areas. They're just passing the buck onto RM’s and towns to come up with the money to save the libraries.

It would appear that the current government does not value Sask. citizens to be literate and educated or have places in the community where people can come together to learn from each other and share ideas. Maybe it is in their interest to prevent voters from becoming critical thinkers instead of voters that are lead like sheep. The RM’s won't cover library's because the leaders in the communities think like the current government. It is another sad day under the Sask Party.

Connect with us and share your response on Facebook or email us at kate@advancesouthwest.com. Your answers could be featured in an upcoming issue.

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The hip-check … in dance?

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y six-year-old daughter loves to dance.

We identified her keen interest in dance very early on in her life. In fact, the first day that we received her into our family in a hotel in China, we knew we had a dancing soul on our hands. It was the inaugeral morning of our new existence as a family of four (our new adopted 11-month-old baby, my 14-year-old son, my husband and I).

Each morning of our two-week stay in China, we’d find ourselves dining on the best of Asian buffet at hotel brunch bar. The

first breakfast with our daughter, as we ate pork buns and congi (rice soup), we noticed the child moving rhythmically back and forth in her high chair.

The only music playing was some background classical piano that was hardly danceable, but there she was…dancing anyway! We picked up the subtle ‘dance’ again, as we ascended in the elevator up to our hotel room after brunch.

This became a daily routine with our daughter doing her ‘dance’ every single time we encountered any kind of music at all.

When we got back to Canada, our musical 14-year-old figured out the

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piano tune that had played in that first Chinese restaurant. The minute he played it on our piano, our new daughter began ‘dancing’ again. That’s when we knew we had a dancer on our hands.

What we also knew about our daughter as we got to know her better is that she was extremely joyous and smiley; and very strong willed. We received our first clue to the ‘strong-willed’ side of her character as we visited her orphanage in China and her caregivers politely told us she was the, ‘boss of the babies.’

I wasn’t sure what ‘boss of the babies’ could possibly mean, but as we fast-forward to pres-

ent-day, I now know.

Journey’s love of dance has only grown over the years, nurtured by the local dance club. She has certainly honed both her dance skills, and her assertive ‘boss of the baby’ skills.

This brings us to the annual Weyburn dance competition last weekend where my dear little dancer and 10 of her dance group partners took to the stage. The 11 tutu-adorned angels tip-toed out and performed their danced steps on cue. That is, until the part where they had to gallop around in a circle.

My daughter was eager to gallop, but the two younger dancers in front of her were not. That is

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when the combination of her aggressive dance style and her ‘boss of the babies’ personal style collided.

She scowled at her fellow non-galloping dancer in hopes of eye-balling her into a gallop. When that didn’t work, she pointed in the direction the dancer was to go. When that didn’t work, she did something I absolutely did not see coming. She gave her fellow dancer an abrupt jolt with her shoulder and a hockey-like check with her hip. The stunned little dancer stumbled forward and had no choice but to fall into a gallop.

When the group earned a second-place award for their ballet dance, my

dear daughter had only one thing to say, ‘Mom, do you think it was because we were punching each other on stage?’

‘Well honey,’ I thought to myself. ‘You were the only one who did any punching, or hip-checking.’

We’ve suggested that she try hockey—where hip-checking is slightly more acceptable. But our girl loves to dance…and to boss.

Here’s to many years of interesting dance competitions ahead of us?!

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ack when a fast computer was called a 386, scrawny bespectacled nerd who on occasion wore a shirt and tie to class and a beaver hat in winter found himself the editor of the Yorkton Regional High School newspaper, The Regional Rap. In the spring of 1992, that high school held a career day.

During that career day a soft-spoken bespectacled man stood behind a table in the main hall, talking to teenagers about a career in journalism. This man, then-Yorkton This Week & Enterprise editor Murray Lyons, is entirely to blame.

(After many years at the StarPhoenix, he’s now a communications guy with a big mining company.)

The bespectacled kid dragged the bespectacled editor to his school news-

paper office in C-Wing, handed him a stack of school newspapers, and asked what he was doing wrong and how he could improve it. A couple weeks later, the editor asked the kid to add 150 words to his most recent column, and he would be willing to run new columns in the local paper every second week.

He’d even pay for it.

The scrawny nerd then pitched the column to the Canora Courier, and they took to printing it in the Courier, Preeceville Progress, Norquay North Star and Kamsack Times. And they were willing to pay for it, too!

That was 25 years ago, today, March 20, 2017, and my life has never been the same.

Roughly 1,200 columns later, that outspoken kid is no longer skinny by a long shot. I’ve discovered in my middle age I’m now fat and ugly, so it’s a good thing

I didn’t go into television news. After Plan A, B, C, D and E didn’t work out, I think I’m on Plan F in life, and still writing about it.

If you did the math, I took about a year off, coming back in 1999 after the late Ken Sobkow, who owned the Canora Courier group of papers, encouraged me (at my wedding) to resume.

When you write 1,200odd columns, often those columns are about what pisses you off this week.

In the process, you will occasionally piss some people off in turn. Some family members have not spoken to me in 24 years after an ill-advised piece I wrote about phone bills.

One man, perturbed at my column talking about how my home town of Hyas was slowly turning into a ghost town, advised my now-late grandfather that I should have been strangled at birth. Don’t get me started on gun nuts. They get their

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I could not help but smile as I watched it, pleased to see such inclusivity praised in my new home.

The next commercial was for a Swedish cruise line. It featured an attractive young man sitting at

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Soon another attractive young man joins him. The commercial then follows the two as they experience all the cruise had to offer, together. At the end you can clearly tell the two have found love on the cruise.

This was not an advertisement for a gay cruise company, it was just an advertisement for a cruise company in general.

The last commercial featured a look forward to 2045. The screen was split in two featuring what the future would look like depending on the choices we made now. There were kids walking around in masks or kids playing on the beach. A homeless man pushing a cart or a father pushing a pram. A news anchor talking about war or a news anchor discussing new advancements in technology.

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Agriculture – A Good News Story

By Cam Dahl

President of Cereals Canada

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here are some organizations that don’t like modern agriculture. I really don’t understand why.

My personal hero is Dr. Norman Borlaug who led the green revolution, which lifted millions of people out of poverty and provided food for millions of more who would have otherwise starved.

The green revolution and the many innovations that have followed are the product of science.

Because of this most of us involved in agriculture tend to rely on scientific arguments to counter those who want to shut down modern practices and tools. However, the language of science does not lend itself to telling our story, and agriculture has a fantastic story to tell. We need to adjust our approach.

We can’t dismiss those who want to turn back the clock just because we might not understand them. Campaigns aimed at eliminating crop protection products like glyphosate, or inputs like fertilizer, are tapping into an emotional appeal that is real and is driving consumers.

Pulling out science to say “you’re wrong” does give some personal satisfaction. However, the approach does little to counter the activists. Instead we too need to reach beyond just science and talk to consumers in their day-to-day life. To do this we need to stand up and talk about what agriculture has delivered.

A Monty Python bit asked “what have the Romans ever done for us?”

To paraphrase, what has modern farming done for us? Well there is all this food of course. The developed world spends less time and energy putting

food on the table than any other group of people in the history of the planet.

Food has never been safer or cheaper.

Activists say we could feed the world without modern agricultural practices. But reverting to the time before Dr. Borlaug would mean less, but more expensive, food, and greater hunger for many that have abundance today. Agriculture should stand up and be proud of the food we deliver.

But what about the environment? Isn’t all this food coming at an environmental price that future generations will have to pay? Well no, actually. Here too agriculture needs to stand up and be proud of our sustainability record.

What does sustainability mean to you? To me, it means growing food in a way that gives a good living to farmers and leaves the land and water in better shape for those

who will be farming after us. Canadian farmers are doing just that.

Did you know that in the last twenty years the amount of fuel used to produce a tonne of wheat has gone down by thirty-nine percent? At the same time, farmers are producing more grain from every acre of land.

This is an incredible story, especially in a time when governments around the world are searching for policies and programs to reduce energy use.

Every year Canadian farmers are increasing soil organic matter. Why does this matter? Because every bit of that increase in soil organic matter is sequestered carbon.

Farmers are locking away carbon while improving soil health. They do this without any government regulations forcing them to action. How many sectors of the economy can say this?

Modern agriculture is also reducing soil erosion. Google “1930s dust storms” to get a picture of the environmental impact of farming the old way.

Saskatchewan does not blow into Ontario anymore and we have modern agriculture to thank. This is a good news story that we should be shouting from the rooftops.

Who should be telling this story? Our best spokespeople are farmers themselves. Producers are trusted by consumers.

The public wants to know why farmers do what they do. And the interest is genuine. Why do you treat your seeds to protect your crop against insect infestations? What would it mean to the sustainability of your farm if these pesticides weren’t used?

How has glyphosate facilitated conservation tillage? What does this mean to the health of your soils and the water around you? Why do you test the

fertility of your land and how does this contribute to more efficient nutrient use?

Reaching out to our customers and consumers and telling your good news story should now be part of every farm’s business plan. If you (and we) are not telling our great story, there are others who will speak for agriculture. And they may not like what you do.

Some want to take away modern farming tools.

By proudly standing up and speaking up we will not only preserve the gains of the past but help drive forward to a more sustainable and profitable future. Social media gives farmers an outlet to tell their story, an outlet that did not exist just a few years ago. This should become a tool as familiar on the farm as a tractor.

while I wasn’t exactly relishing the task, I had a functional washing machine and ample water to use which made the job almost painless.

Hauling bedding to the creek to pound the filth out with a rock would have added unnecessary work onto an already full day.

2. Technology: I had a few commitments to follow through on this week, in spite of our contagion. I was fortunate to be able to make a virtual presentation to a very accommodating audience via webinar instead of having to travel to the event in

person, which was most helpful! I also deposited a cheque, paid some bills, and completed some other work all without having to leave my house, thanks to modern convenience.

3. Ranch life: I was on cow-checking duty for a couple of days this week and I must say I really enjoyed the opportunity to escape…. Okay, maybe escape is a bit harsh, but I definitely relished every trip away from the house and out to the barn. A little fresh air, coupled with sweet baby calves that buck around the field, mixed with that earthy smell

of wet, spring dirt was just what I needed to put me in a good mood.

4. We live in a good place: Both the provincial and federal budgets were tabled this past week, something I could follow closely thanks to the previously mentioned technology. While there were some tough choices that were made, and a few things that many people were less than excited to hear about, including myself, I can’t help but feel that we are fortunate to live where we do. We live in a safe country, free from persecution, and have ac-

cess to many privileges like voting, education and healthcare, things that others around the world can only dream about. Politicians and budgets come and go, but it’s the people who make a place great.

A LITTLE BIT WESTERN

The Simple Life

By Tara Mulhern Davidson

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ur household has remained relatively healthy all winter long, something that I am very grateful for. That changed this week however. For me, it started out with a major sinus cold, and ended on an equally strong note with a gastrointestinal virus that left no victim unscathed in our household. Looking back, much laundry was done, some or all kids made it to school on most days, cows had calves, phone calls were made, Lysol wipes

were used with abandon, and lots of other things somehow seemed to take place too.

We certainly aren’t the first family to have illness run its course, and I am wise (or jaded) enough to know that this definitely won’t be the last week that we have like this.

But when all was said and done, I found more than a few things that made me happy this week.

1. Running water: I’ll admit that doing load upon load of unplanned, revolting laundry at all hours of the night or day isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time. And

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Thank-you from Saskatchewan Stock Growers Zone 4 SSGA Zone 4 would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our business and industry sponsors for your support of our annual meeting. To those who donated their time and talents for another successful western gear and art auction we thank you! Without your continued support and those that supported by bidding, this annual event would not be possible. Many thanks to our informative guest speaker Dr. Wanda Mann and to our auctioneer Tyler Cronkhite! Thanks to all who attended from near and far. Your support of the livestock industry in southwest Saskatchewan is greatly appreciated!

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he evolution of farming has been constant since it began, with organic production becoming ever so popular in today’s world. But where do you start when making the transition into the organic world?

Swift Current will be holding its fi rst cohosted Spring Workshop on Organic Research. The allday event on Friday, April 7 will be put on by SaskOrganics and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Myriam Fernandez is a research scientist in Swift Current with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and explains the importance behind the intensive workshop for organic farmers at all levels.

“Basically, we’re trying to have as much as we can that can be of value to organic producers,” Fernandez said. “They can leave the event feeling that they have more information for planning their operations and for making their operations a success.”

Presentations will be conducted by a panel of experienced organic producers throughout the province. Discussions will include updates on organic research, information on improving fi nancial performances within organic production, personal experiences and other information regarding organic farming.

Martin Meinert has been in the organic production industry for over 16 years now and will be speaking at the workshop.

Meinert is a strong proponent behind research of not just in his field, but research of any kind.

This workshop will not only give him the opportunity to present his own personal research through trial and error, but gather knowledge from other colleagues that can be transferred to his production.

“I’m going to be talking about … some of the things I’ve learned the hard way and some things I’ve learned the easy way just so people don’t have to repeat some of the things I’ve done,” Meinert explained.

“I’m importing some of my knowledge so a beginning farmer knows rather than starting at base zero, they may be starting at step four on their hundred step journey.”

Organic producers have already had the opportunity for the past several years to attend annual field days put on by the Advisory Committee on Organic Research. This committee is formed by experienced organic producers, provincial government and university members which invites organic producers yearly to participate in research.

But having this workshop allows the panel of presenters to go more in depth with their research and open the floor to questions.

“The [producers] will be able to also advise other producers that are just becoming organic now or transitioning, so that is another important component,” Fernandez explained. “We are trying to give people as much time as we can to network.”

Meinert sees this workshop as a networking opportunity as well for organic producers.

“Anytime you get a

group of farmers discussing methods or research or what somebody has tried, someone will pop up and say well I never thought of that,” Meinert explained.

“It stimulates people’s thinking to try new things or advance the knowledge on their farm.”

As a presenter himself but also attending as an organic producer, Meinert hopes the knowledge given at the workshop will be worthwhile for all attendees at any level of their organic production career.

“Something that’s going to improve the farm practices or life on their farm,” Meinert said. “I want them to do something new that they haven’t done on their farm before.”

The workshop invites experienced, new and thinking about becoming organic producers to learn about recent and upcoming research and meet new farmer’s at all different levels.

“The demand for organic product far exceeds the organic supply,” Fernandez explained. “So organizations such as SaskOrganics and POGI (Prairie Organic Grain Initiative – an initiative to increase quality and output of organic grains) are holding workshops for conditioning farmers and trying to give them support to transition into organics.”

Registration for the Spring Workshop on Organic Research will open until April 3. Registering before this date will include a free lunch. Registration after April 3 will not include the lunch.

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Brokop brings the music of Patsy Cline to life Country singer makes stops this week in southwest Saskatchewan Contributed

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t’s not often – in fact, some might say very rare – for an artist to have an enduring musical career. In a day and age when most artists barely fl icker for a moment before fading out of the spotlight, Lisa Brokop is set to celebrate 20 remarkable years of singing, songwriting and performing.

Known for one of the most recognizable voices in Canadian music, Lisa has long been admired for her incredible vocal abilities. She is truly thrilled about using her voice to pay tribute and interpret the classics of Patsy Cline in this all new presentation.

Lisa Brokop: The Patsy Cline Project will showcase Lisa’s amazing voice in a distinct and exciting way. In addition to featuring many of the hits that Lisa has recorded and performed over the past 20 years, she will transport the audience back to the hey-day of country music with her presentation of Patsy Cline classics.

Buoyed by supporting multi-media imagery, Lisa will take the audience on an incredible musical journey featuring some of Patsy Cline’s most memorable songs including “Walkin’ After Midnight”, “I Fall to Pieces”, “She’s Got You”, “Sweet Dreams” and Lisa’s favourite, “Crazy”.

A number of the hits that helped to make Lisa a favourite with audiences throughout North America will also be woven into the presentation. With songs such as “Give Me a Ring Sometime,” “Take That,” “She Can’t Save Him,” “What’s Not To

Love,” “How Do I Let Go” and the top-10 smash hit “Better Off Broken” Lisa Brokop fans will truly not be disappointed.

Lisa is thrilled to bring some the incredible music of yesteryear to stages across the nation.

What’s the secret to her success? “I love what I do,” says Brokop. “Every note I sing, whether in the studio or from the stage, is true. It hasn’t always been an easy road. There have been many curves, bumps and detours. But really, it is the love of the music that motivates each step I take in the business. It keeps me moving forward.

And I think fans feel and appreciate that love.”

Lisa’s love affair with performing began in suburban Vancouver, British Columbia. As a baby, it was clear to her parents that she was special - She was singing before she could talk! By the age of 7, she was on stage with her musical mother and broth-

er, performing everything from polkas to Kenny Rogers' classics.

By age 12, she was sitting in with other Vancouver bands, and went professional at age 15 when she joined a touring band. A year later she began a solo career and released "Daddy Sing To Me", the fi rst of a string of successful singles from her independent debut album My Love.

At the age of 19, Lisa landed the lead female role in the feature fi lm Harmony Cats. The movie, in which Lisa plays a country singer who leaves home in search of a big break in Nashville, proved to be prophetic. Shortly after fi lming wrapped, and on the strength of her very fi rst Nashville showcase, Lisa was signed to Capitol Records. Over the next three years, she released two critically acclaimed albums, the Canadian-certified Gold record Every Little Girls Dream and

music and gripping lyrics.

Brokop’s seventh album, Beautiful Tragedy was released in August 2008 on the independent Ellbea Records label and featured the top-20 hit "Break It". Eleven of the album's twelve tracks were co-written by Brokop and all tracks were produced by Brokop and her husband Paul Jefferson.

Lisa and Paul welcomed baby Ivy into their lives in August 2009. The couple released a duo project The Jeffersons in 2011.

In 2013, Lisa returned to commercial country radio and had success with songs "Let It Burn" and "Love Me If You Can" both of which were produced by fellow Canadian superstar Carolyn Dawn Johnson.

Ready to begin a yet another new chapter, Brokop has put together the self-titled Lisa Brokop, with a series of Canadian the new musical venture, which garnered hits Country Music Awards, "Lisa Brokop: The Patsy such as "Give Me a Ring including two nods for Cline Project". Lisa will be Sometime," "Take That,” Independent Song of the paying homage to one of "Before He Kissed Me," Year for the hits "Somecountry music's greatest and "She Can't Save Him.” thing Undeniable" and "I'd ladies with some of Cline's In 1995, the prestigious Like to See You Try," and classic hits like "Sweet Academy of Country Muthree consecutive trophy Dreams" and "Walkin sic recognized Lisa with wins for Independent FeAfter Midnight" as well as an award nomination for male Artist of the Year. some of her own material Top New Female Vocalist.

It was during this time specifically written for the In 1998, Lisa signed with that Lisa really began to project.

Sony Nashville/Columget noticed for her song"I'll be coming full circle bia Records and released writing abilities. All ten with this project", Brokop When You Get To Be You songs on Undeniable were says. " When I fi rst started featuring the hit singles co-written by Lisa and singing, I would sing some "What's Not To Love,” before long other stars of Patsy's song because I "How Do I Let Go” and the were recording tracks she didn't have my own. They top-10 smash hit "Better penned, including Reba are still among some of Off Broken."

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Mistasinîy by Mary Harelkin Bishop Illustrated by Heaven Starr

by Michelle Shaw

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f you loved Mary Harelkin Bishop’s Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story you’ve no doubt been waiting for it’s companion book with eager anticipation. Bishop has a way of painting characters that are memorable and her style of writing easily draws the reader into the story. You’re on chapter two before you know it!

This is a story that stayed with me. It snuck into my brain and left me pondering for days.

The basic plot involves two young boys who are assigned a Canadian heritage project by their Grade 6 teacher. Danny discovers his great great grandmother’s diary of arriving in Canada and the struggles the family endured as they established their farm. Zach though is First Nations.

While the rest of the class has family that arrived in Canada at some point, his family has always been a part of the land. What about his family’s heritage? Doesn’t it count? Zach becomes very angry and confused.

To complicate the story

even further, the boys have a long history of antagonism. They’ve tried, on the whole, to avoid each other over the past few years but now their new teacher (who has no idea of their volatile feelings for each other) assigns them as study partners on the heritage project.

The book is set in rural Saskatchewan and gives a day-in-the-life glimpse as to what it’s like to grow up in a small town. Danny, who lives on the family farm just outside of town, is caught up in helping his family with their bumper harvest (it’s the fi rst year Danny is considered old enough to drive the trucks and he is beyond excited!).

Zach lives with his mom in a small rental house near the reserve where his grandparents live. Zach is learning drumming from his Mósom (his grandfather) and wants to learn to be a Grass Dancer.

At the heart of the story is the mistasinîy, a very large sacred stone to Zach’s people, the Cree.

As Zach’s mósom describes it, “our people had a place to go when they were feeling angry or sad or when they were celebrating and giving

thanks”. But, he says, it’s now lost, gone. Legend has it that it was blown up many years before when the settlers were breaking up the land. The mistasinîy provides a constant thread throughout the book in the lives of Zach and Danny and their families.

Although, the book is aimed at ages 10 and up I have no doubt that it will be enjoyed by readers of all ages.

The book is illustrated

by Heaven Starr, a Dakota Cree woman who lives on Starblanket First Nation in east central Saskatchewan. Mary Harelkim Bishop is best known as the author of the bestselling Tunnels of Moose Jaw adventure series.

Joseph Naytowhow and Madonna Hamel, made a couple of appearances in southwest Saskatchewan earlier this month. The two well-known Val Marie writers and performers took to the Write Out Loud stage at the Lyric Theatre, and again for a World Storytelling Day in Grasslands, where they performed at the Prairie Community Centre in Val Marie. Photo by James R. Page

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he second-tolast “Stars for Saskatchewan” concert of the season features a Newfoundland folk-pop duo, “Fortunate Ones”.

Hailing from opposite ends of the province, Andrew James O’Brien and Catherine Allan joined to produce an earnest blend of acoustic folk/ pop and roots which has been gaining them significant critical and popular praise.

“We always enjoy a chance to feature East Coast talent in our lineup, “ notes Swift Current

Arts Council President Melanie Friesen. “The neat message in this partnership is that sometimes the most important decision you can make is to just say ‘yes’”, Friesen continues. The pair met in St. John’s in 2010 when O’Brien heard Allen sing harmony at a private event. He immediately asked her to sing with him, she agreed and within 48 hours they were singing together on stage.

Singer/guitarist O’Brien joins vocalist/ instrumentalist Allan in bare-bones arrangements and delicate, quietly assured harmony,

creating endearing and memorable live shows.

They perform with the open-heartedness of two people that live the songs that they sing; the vulnerability and closeness between the two is palpable on stage during each and every performance, in effect positioning the audience as the fortunate ones.

Tickets for the 7:30pm April 12 show are available for $45 at www. ticketpro.ca or 1-888-6559090, with any remaining tickets available at the door. The performance takes place at the Sky Centre.

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fter a tough 4-2 loss to the Watrous Winterhawks in game one of the best of three Provincial B Final, the Gull Lake Greyhounds needed a win on Saturday night to force a third

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Ullyot’s goal spoiled a valiant comeback in the third period by Gull Lake.

The Greyhounds found themselves down 2-0 heading into the third period, but goals

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"New" small shrubs for the prairies and some you might have missed...Part 2 Sara Williams

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mall yards are becoming the norm as lot sizes shrink. This means that to add colour and texture to your landscape, smaller plants are the order of the day.

And smaller gardens also means that the plants you choose must be able to supply season-long interest with interesting foliage, colour, texture and bloom. Plant breeders and nurseries have responded to this trend with the introduction or reintroduction of smaller interesting ‘double-duty’ shrubs.

Design tip: shrubs with purple foliage are best set off when placed slightly in front of or beside those with variegated or golden foliage.

'Incrediball' hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Abetwo') is a very much improved version of the older 'A nnabelle' hydrangea. It has enormous round white flower heads up to 30 cm across produced on the current season's growth in late summer. The flowers open

green, mature to white, dry in place (or in a vase indoors) and provide beauty through the winter landscape. Grow it in sun or partial shade out of the wind with even moisture.

Zone 3 'Bobo' Hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata ‘ILVOBO’) is a mounded dwarf shrub of only 3 feet tall and wide with white panicles, again produced on new wood. It does best in shade or partial shade with even moisture. Zone 3 'Little Quick Fire' hydrangea (Hydrangea

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f we had to face dustbowl conditions like the 30’s, crop scientists shake their heads and admit we are woefully unprepared. Technology, the great provider of our Age, has made incredible advances in farming techniques and plant-breeding for maximum yields. But we remain vulnerable to the weather because we’ve ignored plant “variance (difference) and resilience”.

Is this same inadequate focus also evident in our personal and spiritual lives? Are we more geared to insuring we are living well (more luxuriously) than to equipping ourselves for resilience to the situations we encounter?

Are these decisions based on the expectation that we should be immune to the stormy seas that come with everyday living? Are we like ships that are fearful of embarking on a journey because we might encounter bad weather?

Disappointment, pain, death, despair, failure – all are part of the package when it comes

to living in the everyday world. There’s an old poem that says “God did not promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain”. It concludes, “God did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way”.

Plant breeders could search how to make their seeds more resilient to the weather, and their cropping techniques less vulnerable to the extremes. We humans could do the same. Not only can we develop resilience readiness, but as we work our way through various situations our changing expectation could help us become more resilient than ever.

Having realistic expectations, learning coping skills, strengthening ourselves as we pass through the dark channels, seeking after the glimmers of hope that lie before us – it is up to us to make our preparations. What values have priority – riches of affluence or riches of the spirit? The ability to satisfy our physical needs or the ability to nurture our soul?

What is the legacy we would like to pass to those whose lives touch ours?

paniculata ‘SMHPLQF’) is upright, dwarf (3 feet tall and wide) with pinky white lacecap flowers produced on new wood. Grow it in sun or partial shade out of the wind with even moisture. Zone 3 'Tiny Wine' ninebark (physocarpus opulifolius SMPOTW) is one of the smaller ninebarks yet released at 4 feet in height and width. The delicate white and pink flowers in late spring are a lovely contrast to the dark purple foliage. The flowers are followed by reddish flat-

tened seed clusters. Place in full sun. Zone 3 'Sunny Outlook' ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius 'Podarus 3') is an upright rounded ninebark of only 4 x 3 feet tall and wide. It has fluorescent gold foliage and white flowers followed by red seed pods. Place it in full sun in well-drained soil.

It is drought-tolerant once established. Zone 3 'Mandarin Tango' potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa 'Jefman') is only 2 feet tall and wide with mandarin-orange flowers with a

touch of red. It flowers profusely, is round, compact and tidy. Place it in full sun. Zone 2 'Red Robin' potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa) forms a dense mounding shrub only 2feet in height and spread with a very long blooming period from late spring to early fall. Place it in full sun to partial shade. Once established, it is quite drought-tolerant. Zone 3 'Fairy Queen' spiraea (Spiraea trichocarpa x S. triloba) was originally introduced by Dr. Frank

Skinner of Dropmore, Manitoba in 1961. He described it as "hardy, dwarf, white and free flowering." It is a compact (3 feet in height and width), spreading shrub with upright branches covered in pure white flowers in late spring. Plant it in full sun for best flowering. It is quite drought-tolerant once established. Zone 3 'Glow Girl' spiraea (Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold') is a golden version of 'Tor' spiraea with intense lemon-lime foliage that turns a soft warm orange in fall and pink buds that open into bright white flowers in late spring. It forms a compact mound. Plant it in full sun for best flowering.

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Tales of Transport Cleo Morvik

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very once in a while I see an article pop up on my Facebook feed debating what schools should really be teaching.

I've read articles boasting that schools need to be teaching more real life skills, like how to do your taxes and your laundry.

Personally, I have my own opinions about what should fall into the category of parenting versus schooling, but either way, adult Cleo wishes she would have had a lesson in public transportation.

In my travels, using public transportation is always my biggest stressor, and lately it is not without reason. I've had some seriously unfortunate experiences. I've also had some pleasant and easy experiences, but of course those aren't the first that come to mind.

All public transport ran quite smoothly for me until I got to Europe. It was in Prague when the first mishap occurred. I was attempting to get myself to the main bus terminal in time to catch my ride to Berlin, Germany. After double checking with the hostel about directions and tickets, I thought I

would be set. Since I'm perpetually paranoid when it comes to public transit, a few minutes after boarding the bus I decided to just take a quick look at my map to make sure I was heading in the right direction. I wasn't. I got off the bus at the next stop, bought a new ticket, and got on the bus heading the right direction.

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I've had some seriously unfortunate experiences. I've also had some pleasant and easy experiences, but of course those aren't the first that come to mind.

Berlin turned out to be the true test. Your beloved columnist and my dear friend Megan decided to meet me for a quick holiday in Berlin. I'll skip over the part about how I couldn't find the train to my Airbnb at first, and how it was pouring rain when I got off at the wrong stop, and we'll carry on to the real “oh crap” moment. After a joyous reunion, and a lovely day spent sight seeing, Megan and I decided last minute

to hustle over to a museum across town before it closed. Not really ever knowing what the proper train ticket was to buy, we punched in something or other that we thought might work, and hopped on. For the first time since I had arrived in Europe, official train personnel began walking down the row, checking the tickets of the passengers. This is when we began to panic. Honestly, we knew we didn't have the right ticket, but we also didn't know how to obtain the right ticket, since all the maps and instructions were written in German. When the authority figure inspected our ticket and started to shake his head and speak in German, we apologized, in English, and said we didn't understand. He asked us if we were tourists, and for a beautiful, fleeting moment I thought he might let it slide. However shortly after that we were asked to exit the train in the company of the officials.

We were told we could either accept our fines of 60 euros, or the police would be called. The fines were quickly issued.

After Berlin, Megan and I parted ways, but only for a week. I had plans to meet up with her again in Lund

after I had visited my friends in Denmark. This meant I would be taking two separate train rides - one from Sønderborg to Copenhagen Airport, and then on to Lund. Somehow I ended up getting off miles away from Copenhagen Airport, even though my ticket told me otherwise. I thought I was lost for good.

Thankfully, a sequence of kind strangers took pity on me and showed me the way.

My most recent misadventure was also my welcome to the city of Barcelona. It involved buying a train ticket as the train was pulling away, only to find out that that was the last train of the night, and then discovering that the metro I had been instructed to take was also closed, which lead to a lovely halfhour stroll at one o'clock in the morning.

Seven weeks into the European portion of my itinerary I thought I'd be a little more fluent in public transit, but it looks like I'm still learning. Although I do have to remind myself that coming from Eastend, Saskatchewan, my experiences in public transportation go about as far as the school bus picking me up from my house.

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y sister Jody was just here. She could only stay a couple of nights but hey, I’ll take what I can get, I said, as I said to my only brother, Doug, when he blew in for the same amount of time two weeks earlier. He was moving from Banff to start a whole new life on eleven acres on magical Cortes Island with his sweetie. He’d never been here, the birthplace of our mother. Although he’s cycled across Canada, he never dipped down into the mystery that is the Saskatchewan Southwest, with its coulees and buttes and giant glaciertransported boulders stark against the sky, where Eternity is visceral, ineffable, when one sees it from the top of The Divide.

Two summers ago I had all five of my sisters with me, celebrating my eldest sister’s sixtieth. We slept in a tepee, hiked up 70 Mile Butte, then ran immediately back down to escape an approaching storm. We cooked and ate and drank and laughed. A lot. These are my oldest friends, I realized. I know people who are best friends with people they

went to high school with.

Some even stay connected to grade school friends. I marvel at what that sense of continuity must do for each other. What is it like to have such an old friend, a lodestone, a litmus test, a fixed star that is a shared past to which one can look back and say: wow, look how far I’ve come- you’ve come? Even as that friend is changing daily- the shared memories, the reality checks and balances of a past, serve as a reminder that people change, grow, alter their perspectives as they get old. Real friends remind us along the way of what we’re capable of, what we’re better than, what our dreams were.

“Don’t you remember?

You had that little orange scribbler with you and you were always writing things down?”

“Oh you’re much better!

You would have run from the room crying at a remark like that ten years ago!”

“You had to be reminded to brush your teeth!”

“Don’t let him get to you- don’t waste your pearls on that swine, that’s what you used to say.”

“You were never a good listener, but I always went to you for advice!”

“Oh my God, I never

thought I’d laugh at this, but you always know how to turn a tragedy into a comedy!”

“I just want to vent, so I called you.”

“I just wanna cry.”

“You’re back! For so long you were like a zombie, we were so worried about you, but the old Madonna is back!”

That last remark is from a sibling. In fact, they’re all from siblings. Because my sisters and brother are my best friends. At different times in my life we’ve had the chance to take turns being younger and older, pal and parent, honourable opponent and fierce defender of each other. We have held each other and wept fiercely, unabashedly. And we have wept silently, on the other side of walls dividing rooms, crying along beside each other in isolated solidarity.

As teens, my youngest sister and I shared a room, exchanging the traditional vituperative of teenage girls. She would play her music at all hours, and I would claim a need for silence so I could read.

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Much later, my little sister worked for the movie industry in Toronto and owned a very cool pad with a patio on the roof top and a loft for guests. And I was the hobo, unravelling between worlds, leaning on family and friends in Toronto or spending as much time as I could with a beau in Michigan, or on the road. I was worn down by fear, the lack of a physical home, the scramble for money, pitching constantly to producers at CBC and editors at the Globe. I didn’t make enough money to get my own place, but my sister always let me crash at hers. I was the lost sister, then. I felt her concerned looks, and even when I couldn’t talk about my life, I knew she knew.

Once I drove from

Connecticut to Toronto in a day.

“Pour yourself a gin and tonic and get some sleep”, she advised, over the phone, from her latest shoot.

I searched for the gin and found it under the sink. I mixed a small drink and capsized on the couch, asleep instantly.

When she got back the next day I thanked her for the drink- “Man, that knocked me out!”

She picked up a gin bottle sitting on the counter.

“Where did you get this?”

“Under the sink.”

“Maudy, that was water.

For my plants. Yep. Drunk on water.” And she shook her head.

At that point in my life, I was the gullible little sister. I needed my big ‘little sister’. And she was there.

My eldest sister and I shared a room as children.

At the age of twelve she was reading “Brothers Karamazov” late into the night, while on the bottom bunk I was fast asleep after two intense pages of a Bobbsey Twins mystery.

There’s been a lot of theorizing, in my family, about character development based on who shared a room with whom. I am certain my bookishness has everything to do with a

sharing a room with a big sister who read constantly.

It never occurred to her, and later, to me, that a book might be too ‘heady’, ‘old’, ‘difficult’ to tackle.

My sister Celeste has always listened, even when I know that I’ve gone on too long, and that she has stories of her own, and insights to aid my own myopic perspective. Our lives have dove-tailed several times, only to diverge again, as we head off to parts unknown. When she turned sixty in October I fetched her in Kelowna and took her back to Val Marie for a week. I had plans, big plans, for long hikes in the Grasslands, standing dumbstruck under sunsets you can rely on. Except in a snowstorm.

There was no hike. No sunset. Not even a coyote call in the night. But my sister slept. For huge, long stretches at a time, as did my other siblings, when they plopped down in Mary’s Valley. “This is Sanctuary”, said Jody. It’s what we do as family, as ‘best friends’, we provide sanctuary. And who, when you show up at their door, opens their arms, shows you the couch, gives you sanctuary?

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by-election is taking place on April 12 for a Chinook School Division No. 211, Subdivision 4 (Tompkins, Gull Lake, Wymark) Board Member after the passing of longstanding member Bernie Ford this past December.

Katie Toney, who previously ran against Bernie last fall and Brent Castle have thrown their names into the race for the position.

Brent Castle has been in education all his life, from grade school to university, teaching to principal, Castle has been on many different sides of the educational world.

Now taking over the family farm, Castle sees the board member position as an opportunity to stay within the education system.

“I’ve been at every level except board member and

I think it would be a really challenging experience,” Castle said. “Every school has challenges, whether it’s their facility, their programming, staffing, it’s kind of nice to be on the different side of the table helping out.”

Katie Toney, photographer, rancher and mother of four, was not going to let the loss to Bernie stop her from achieving her board member council. Already

a part of the School Community Council (SCC), Toney believes her experience with the SCC would be invaluable for the board member position.

“The Chinook [School Division] sets out their learning mandates for this division and then the SCC group take those mandates and we work with the schools to help them reach and achieve their goals,” Toney explained. “We

already have experience working with the schools, with the board. Transitioning from that into a trustee position I think is a perfect transition.”

Both candidates have their own experience that they believe would be an asset to the school board.

Both candidates want to be the voice for smaller schools that may feel left out and to make sure no school closures are in the

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Castle would fight for arts programs, like band and drama, which he believes should keep being funded, as well as maintenance of school facilities.

“Facilities always get left behind, the fi rst things that get cut are all the arts programs or industrial arts,” Castle explained. “It really frustrates me to see those programs for kids … those programs seem to get cut fi rst. I would really defend that area.”

Toney wants to be the voice of the children in the smaller areas and to work more closely with the bussing system.

“It really means a lot to me that no kid gets forgotten just because of where they live or where their school is,” Toney said.

“I really want to be an advocate for making sure we keep bus times as short as we possibly can and make those bus routes efficient,” Toney explained on her passion for working with the bussing system.

Larry Caswell is the Chairman for the Chinook School Division and is excited to work with either candidate that is elected to the school board. Caswell explained why having school board representation in different sub-divisions across the southwest is so important.

“Without somebody sort of on the ground, who knows what’s happening on a daily or weekly basis.

You lose touch with some of the districts,” Caswell said. “So it’s really important to have SCC’s who are taking calls regularly or as regularly as we can as trustees.”

Although it’s not a full time job, there is a lot of work that will be needed as a board member. The fi rst few months may be the hardest, but the more understanding you have of the position and the area you are serving, the position becomes second nature.

“They serve as part of the greater group. They serve as sort of the last court of appeal for disputes,” Caswell explains.

But the position either candidate will be fi lling will have large shoes to fi ll. Bernie Ford was the representative for forty years before passing away and was last elected this past fall.

“I certainly think he would serve as a wonderful example for anyone who wants to fi ll that role,” Caswell said. “He did it extraordinarily well for forty years.”

“I know in the past over the many, many years he was on the school board, he fought tirelessly for the schools in his subdivision to make sure they had everything they needed,” Toney added. “I hope if I get elected I can do a good job like Bernie did because he was so inspiring.”

“He had a passion for kids, always looking out for them … he left us with big shoes to fi ll because the colonies I’ve talked to and the schools I’ve talked to, what he’s done to help them, it can’t be taken lightly,” Castle explained.

“I’m hoping I can continue with his passion for kids and schools and doing things.”

Voting will take place Wednesday April 12 from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm at Gull Lake School, Tompkins Village Office, Webb Village Office and Wymark School.

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Provincial Budget 2017-18 Revenue: $14.17 billion, up 1 per cent from Budget 2016-17, comprised of: • Taxation—$7.29 billion • Non-Renewable Resources—$1.41 billion • Other Own-Source Revenue—$1.96 billion • Transfers from the Federal Government—$2.45 billion • Net Income from Government Business Enterprises—$1.05 billion • Expense: $14.80 billion, up 2.4 per cent from Budget 2016-17, comprised of: • Agriculture—$800.5 million • Community Development—$700.6 million • Debt Charges—$380.9 million • Economic Development—$246.0 million • Education—$3.64 billion • Environment and Natural Resources—$247.9 million • Health—$5.63 billion • Protection of Persons and Property—$643.7 million • Social Services and Assistance—$1.36 billion • Transportation—$567.4 million • Other—$585.4 million Deficit: $685 million • Includes human resources compensation savings of $250 million and contingency allowance of $300 million Key Revenue Assumptions for 2017-18 • WTI oil price – US$56.25 per barrel (total oil and natural gas royalties – $670million) • Potash price – US$176 per KCl tonne (total potash royalties – $261 million) • Exchange rate – 74.95 U.S. cents Investing in Infrastructure • $3.7 billion in capital investment is planned for 2017-18, including Crown corporation and core Government capital Crown Corporations — $2.1 billion in 2017-18 • SaskPower — $1.3 billion primarily to renew distribution and transmission systems, along with the expansion and renewal of electricity generation assets to meet customers’ growing power needs • SaskTel — projected investment of $302 million to increase and upgrade its wireless and wireline networks, improve customer service through network growth and modernization, and continue the roll out of infiNet, SaskTel’s high bandwidth broadband service • SaskEnergy — $292 million to ensure safe and reliable service that meets continually growing customer demand • SaskWater — $81 million to address aging infrastructure and customer growth Saskatchewan Builds Capital Plan $1.6 billion in 2017-18 • Transportation Infrastructure — $ 860.8 million in 2017-18 • Transportation infrastructure includes $500.0 million to continue construction of the Regina Bypass • $295.4 million in highways capital budget for upgrades and repaving throughout the province • $26.6 million for the continuation of

the interchanges at Martensville and Warman • $13.6 million for the twinning of Highway 39 from Estevan to Bienfait • $5.2 million to finish the twinning of Highway 16 from Saskatoon to Clavet • $18.0 million in transfers related to municipal infrastructure such as theMunicipal Roads for the Economy Program ($14.0 million); urban connectors($3.3 million); and community airports ($700 thousand) • $2.2 million for machinery, equipment, accommodations and ferry capital Municipal Infrastructure — $279.3 million in 2017-18 • $263.6 million in transfers to municipalities including the New BuildingCanada Fund ($67.5 million), Clean Water and Wastewater Fund ($109.5million), the Federal Gas Tax Program ($61.4 million), Public TransitInfrastructure Fund ($24.1 million), Transit Assistance for People withDisabilities Program ($550 thousand) and communities in transition funding($700 thousand) • $15.0 million in funding to support the new North Commuter Bridge Project in Saskatoon • $612 thousand for the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency to implement necessary technological enhancements to support property inspections K-12 Schools and other Education — $119.1 million in 2017-18 • K-12 Schools and other Education capital includes $48.3 million to complete construction of 18 elementary schools on nine joint-use sites in Martensville, Regina, Saskatoon and Warman • $43.2 million for maintenance and renewal • $21.8 million for ongoing capital projects including schools in St. Brieux, École Connaught, Sacred Heart and the new Mâmawêyatitân Centre replacing Scott Collegiate in Regina • $2.8 million for the purchase of 7 new relocatables • $2.1 million for the planning of two new school projects in Rosthern and Weyburn • $1 million for school facility assessments Advanced Education and Training — $21.5 million in 2017-18 • $21.5 million is provided in maintenance capital for post-secondary institutions Health Care — $231.2 million in 2017-18 • Health care capital commitments include $155.0 million to continue construction of the Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford-Integrated Correctional Facility • $34.7 million for maintenance capital • $15.3 million for health equipment capital • $15.5 million has been provided for the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan • $3.5 million has been provided for the electrical renewal projects at Reginahospitals • $6.7 million has been provided for the Leader Integrated Health Facility • $423 thousand has been provided for the provincial lab equipmentCapital to Support Government Programs — $79.9 million in 2017-18

• Includes investments in the information technology management systems, province’s forest firefighting capacity, court and corrections facilities and upgrades to Community Living residential and day program facilities for adults with intellectual disabilities

Ministry Highlights and Spending Decisions Advanced Education • Post-secondary students will continue to get their tuition costs back after graduation through the Graduate Retention Program, which provides up to$20,000 in income tax credits to graduates who live and work in Saskatchewan.

• Students will also benefit from over $46 million in key financial supports: • $26 million for the Student Aid Fund to provide student grants and loans, including the introduction of a new up-front grant so borrowing requirements are clear; and a new requirement for a fixed contribution to the cost of post-secondary education depending on previous year’s income.

• $12 million for scholarships, including the Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship.

• $8 million for the Saskatchewan Advantage Grant for Education Savings(SAGES).

Controlling Spending: • SAGES will be suspended effective January 1, 2018. This means SAGES will not be paid on contributions made to a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP)after December 31, 2017.

• As part of the planned spending restraint across government, all post-secondary institutions will receive a five per cent reduction in base operational funding.The total reduction is $30.1 million.

Agriculture • Ministry of Agriculture’s 2017-18 Budget of more than $388 million continues to support Saskatchewan’s strong agriculture industry.

• Business risk management programs will be fully funded with an investment of$264.1 million, up by nearly 4 per cent.

Controlling Spending: • Saskatchewan Pastures Program (SPP) is ending. Government will consult on the future management of the land. SPP includes 50 pastures incorporating approximately 780,000 acres of land.

Ministry of Education • $55.8 million for child care funding.

• 889 new spaces will be created, including 810 spaces at the 18 new joint-use schools in Saskatoon, Regina, Warman and Martensville, bringing the total number of new spaces created in the past 10 years to more than 6,500.

Controlling Spending: • Saskatchewan’s 28 school divisions will receive $1.86 billion in school operating funding. While this is down $22 million from 2016-17 and represents a 1.2 per cent reduction year over year, funding has increased

Key Facts and Figures

significantly over the past 10 years.

• The 2017-18 Budget provides $2.02 billion for Education, a 6.7 per cent decrease in funding compared to last year. Much of the decrease is due to a $262 million reduction in funds required to construct the 18 new schools in Regina, Saskatoon, Warman and Martensville, which are scheduled for completion in 2017.

• $3.5 million in operating funding for libraries: • funding for Pahkisimon Nuyeáh in Northern Saskatchewan remains consistent with 2016-17 levels at $974,000; • the seven regional library systems will receive $2.5 million in operating funding, a decrease of $3.5 million; and • municipal library funding for Regina and Saskatoon Public Libraries will be eliminated, a reduction of $1.3 million.

Economy • The 2017-18 Budget will see a significant enhancement to the regulatory oversight of the oil and gas industry.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Division of the Ministry of Economy, which is the provincial regulator of oil and gas activities, will receive an additional $1.4 million.

• There is a $1.0 million increase for the Canada Saskatchewan Job Grant.

• This budget also includes $25 million for the Remediation of Contaminated sites, an increase of $11 million.

• Controlling Spending: • A $2.4 million decrease due to the elimination of the Skills Training Benefit(STB) program. The Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant, which supports trainingor retraining for jobs, has been expanded and will replace the STB; • A $2.4 million decrease to Employment Development due to eliminating StudentSummer Works (SSW) in 2018, reducing program funding, and the transfer offire suppression training to the Ministry of Environment; • A $2.0 million decrease to Adult Basic Education (ABE) with efforts to standardize the length of ABE programs, eliminating funding for full time GED preparation and on-line ABE programs. Alternate programming remains available and no impact on student success is expected: • A $2.1 million decrease to the Provincial Training Allowance (PTA) primarily asa result of adjustments to ABE programming; • A $2.1 million decrease to the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and TradeCertification Commission (SATCC) to align funding with current demand; • $1.0 million decrease to Employability Assistance for Persons with Disabilities due to reduced utilization; and, • $345,000 decrease due to the closure of Melfort and Île-à-la-Crosse LabourMarket Services Offices. Continuity of service will be achieved through itinerant service hours, partnerships with local service providers and colleges, and online and phone-based service delivery.

Finance • $5 million for a refundable Research and Development (R&D) tax credit.

FARMLAND FOR CASH LEASE Marjorie Patricia Pedersen

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Cultivated Acres

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Tenders will be accepted as to cash lease of the farmlands as set out above with the following conditions applying to same: 1. All tenders are to be submitted in writing to the undersigned on or before 12:00 noon on the 15th day of March, A.D. 2017.

2. All tenders are to specify the amount of yearly cash rental that the tenant is prepared to pay referencing each quarter section or total for all lands set out herein.

3. The amount of yearly cash rental plus GST is to be paid in two equal installments, April 1 and October 2, in each and every year of the term of the lease. Default in payment constitutes automatic termination of lease.

4. Tenant must be registered for GST. 5. Term of lease to be three (3) years with provision in lease for yearly renewal upon determination of rent after first three (3) year term.

6. Cultivated acreages as set out herein are estimates only.

7. Successful bidder will be required to enter into a formal written lease within thirty (30) days of notification of acceptance of bid.

8. Bids will be accepted on individual quarter sections or on entire parcel as set out herein.

9. Highest or any tender (bid) will not necessarily be accepted.

10. Forward bids and inquiries to: MacBean Tessem Barristers & Solicitors Box 550 Swift Current, SK S9H 3W4 Tel: (306) 773-9343 Fax: (306) 778-3828 Email: macbeantessem@macbeantessem.com ATTENTION: G. Foster Tessem, Q.C.

Controlling spending: • This budget includes a $9 million reduction due to the elimination of commissions paid to businesses for collecting taxes.

Government Relations • Municipalities are receiving $434.2 million in direct provincial support, up $29.1 million or 7.2 per cent. Infrastructure funding accounts for $134.2 million of that total, up more than 60 per cent from the $83.8 million allocated to infrastructure support in the 2016-17 Budget.

• Municipal revenue sharing will be $257.8 million, while down due to lower PST revenue, the total represents a greater than 100 per cent increase since 2007-08.

• $210 million in program funding targeted primarily for First Nations and Métis organizations and individuals—down 0.9 per cent from last year, largely due to a drop in forecasted casino profits and adjustments to several employment and governance development programs based on utilization.

Ministry of Health • $5.2 billion invested this year in core health services and infrastructure.

• An increase of $38.6 million from 2016-17 Budget and more than 51 per cent since 2007.

• Includes $3.4 billion in funding for Regional Health Authorities (RHAs), up 1.2 per cent over last year and nearly 58 per cent more than RHA allocation in 2007.

• Saskatchewan Cancer Agency will receive more than $170 million, a $3.3 million increase in funding, to provide cancer treatment to more patients.

Controlling spending: • Special care home (long-term care) fees will increase for some residents, based on income. About 50 per cent of residents will not be affected by the change and will continue to pay the minimum monthly fee. The province will continue to subsidize 83 per cent of the overall cost of long-term care.

The following programs will be phased out by RHAs. Clients will access services through the private system (coverage for low-income residents will be provided by government): • Hearing Aid Plan ($3 million savings) • Podiatry Services ($1.2 million savings) • Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) generators ($800,000 savings) • Low-cost orthotics ($285,000 savings) • Chiropractic services will no longer be covered for low-income safety net recipients starting July 1, 2017 ($1.25 million savings).

Highways and Infrastructure • Work will continue or commence on 990 kilometres of provincial highways – including major projects, rural highway upgrades and repaving projects - across Saskatchewan over the coming year.

• Second-largest transportation budget in the province’s history and second year in a row that more than $1 bil-

lion will be invested into Saskatchewan’s highways and roads.

Controlling spending: • The 2017-18 Budget includes $122.2 million for preservation of the transportation system, significant funding but down $28.6 million compared to 2016-17.

• Saskatchewan’s 13 commercial shortline railways will be given the first opportunity to purchase the province’s 900 grain cars as the Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation (SGCC) is wound down.

Justice • $1.0 million dollars in this budget that will be put towards the recommendations coming out of the caucus committee on crime reduction. The Minister looks forward to receiving the committee’s report and determining where best to spend this money • More details will be released in the near future once the report has been received.

Parks, Culture and Sport • The Ministry will continue to keep the arts, culture, sport and recreation sectors and stakeholders strong and viable by investing: • - $5.05 million to maintain and renew infrastructure and facilities in our provincial parks; • - $6.61 million to the Saskatchewan Arts Board investing in the arts, artists and arts organizations; • - $7.314 million to Creative Saskatchewan.

Controlling Spending: • Suspension of the Community Rink Affordability Grant, saving $1.7 million.

• Suspension of the Main Street Saskatchewan Program, saving $550,000.

• Reduction of Regional Park funding by 50 per cent.

• Elimination of the Culture on the Go program, saving $800,000.

• Decrease in funding to the Meewasin Valley Authority, saving $409,000.

• Decrease in funding for the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation, saving $204,000.

Social Services • The Ministry’s budget is $1.125 billion, up $73 million, or 7 per cent.

• Child and Family Programs’ budget will increase by $13.4 million to more than $256 million.

• Disability Programs will see an increase of $2.3 million to more than $209 million.

• An overall increase of $67.2 million for income assistance programs, to a total of $586.2 million, will help to address larger caseloads and higher average costs per case.

Spending control: • First Home Plan for recent graduates will be suspended, for savings of $8 million.

• Changes will be made to some benefits in the Transitional Employment Allowance, Saskatchewan Assistance Plan and Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability programs, for savings of $10.6 million. Changes are being made to ensure sustainability and meet the basic needs of a growing number of people.

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lsie was born March 6, 1921 to Alan and Laura Moore and was raised on a farm near Tompkins, SK. She attended the country school of Benchview and later, the Henderson Business College in Calgary, AB. Elsie enjoyed a forty-one year career employed at several offices in Calgary, including the Airforce #11 Equipment Depot, Burns and the Alberta Government in the Unemployment Office, Fish and Wildlife and Municipal Affairs Land Assessment departments.

She will be remembered as a devoted sister, aunt, friend, and the hub of the Moore family for many years. Elsie passed away peacefully

March 16th surrounded by her loving family. She was predeceased by her parents Alan and Laura Moore, husband Ted, sister Eileen Mussmann and brothers Bill, Don and Jack Moore. She is survived by her siblings Ken (Phyllis) Moore and Alice (Moore) Park, as well as numerous nieces

and nephews.

The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses and staff of the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital and the Medicine Hat Retirement Villa for their excellent care.

It is with gratitude that family and friends will gather at McInnis and Holloway (Chapel of the Bells, 2720 Centre St. N., Calgary, AB) on Sunday, April 2nd 2017 at 2:00 pm to celebrate Elsie's life.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to The Canadian Cancer Society (403)2053966 or to The Heart and Stroke Foundation (403) 264-5549 an online book of condolences may be signed at www.mcinnisandholloway.com.

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Tickets are $5/each or booklet (5) $20.

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June 24th in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan where she spent her youth. She later moves with her fi rst husband and daughters to farm with her Aunt Mary and Uncle Roy Reed in Sundre, Alberta. In 1976 Alva moved back to her home town of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan with her girls. Later moving to Swift Current where she attained her LPN license with Honors.

Following her children she moved to Alberta making her home in Innisfail, AB where she worked and made many

lifelong friends.

In 1998 she met Dan and after a long courtship they were married in 2016. Alva spend her retirement what she loved doing most, camping and spending her time with her family.

Celebration of Life will be held, March 25th 1:00 pm at the Butte Hall Community Centre.

Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House entrusted with the cremation.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Alva’s name to Ride to end Cancer sponsoring her daughter Colleen Wright or Rocky Mountain Palliative care unit.

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n March 12, 2017 Alva Jean Wright Turner wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother passed away peacefully at the Rocky Mountain House palliative care unit.

Alva will forever be remembered and cherished by her loving husband Dan Turner, her devoted daughters: Monica (Don) Cameron, Michelle (Gary) Wyness, and Colleen (Les Lepage) Wright, her stepdaughters: Candi (Travis) Bartsch, Dawn (Darrell) Bowersock, and DaniRae Turner, her nephew Boyd (Tanya) Gebhart, her loving grandchildren: Trevor (Kim), Nicole, Megan, Brayden, Connor, Autumn, Jesse, Wriley, Hunt, Tanner, Austin, Ashley, Dylan, Austin, Owen, Taylor, Maria, Daniel and her great granddaughter Kendra.

Alva was predeceased by her Father, Clarence, Mother, Mae, and loving sister Edna.

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Amount of total cash prizes that could be won is $125,000.

The Museum looks forward to the public’s participation in their Chase the Ace Lottery.

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Bittersweet end to Silhouettes season

The Shaunavon Silhouettes advanced to HOOPLA (SHSAA provincial basketball championships) in Regina on March 24 & 25. The girls weren't able to reach the podium after losses to Kinistino and Foam Lake, but what a great season these girls had! It was sure fun to watch. Team Photo from Regionals: Back row L to R - coach Tim Miller, Emily Galey, Karrigan Johnston, Karigan Stevenson, Sarah Kirkpatrick, Cara Greenslade, coach Paige Island. Middle row - Kortlyn Fuller, Emmy Frohlich, Charlene Hoffart. Front row - coach Tara Coburn, Tasha Freisen, Hannah MacNeil, Jensen Piquette, Courtney Bredahl.

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wift Current Comp wrestlers came home with 3 medals from the SHSAA provincial championships which were held March 17 & 18 in Warman. Capturing gold was Austin Shopa in the 100kg category. This is Austin’s 3rd medal in three years. He got silver in 2015 and gold in 2016. Congrats to Austin on a great high school wrestling career!

Finishing with a silver medal was Aleah Nickel in the 56 kg category.

This follows up on Aleah’s bronze last year.

Finishing with a bronze was Brock Doerksen in

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Also participating at provincials was Kayden Dudley, Michael Sisa, Remington Tschetter, Sebastian Marchand and Anders Mitchell.

Congrats to the Comp wrestling team and their coaches Allen Blanke, Daniel Marchand and manager Tracey Martin!

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Broncos and Warriors squared-up at 1-1 in first round of playoffs

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Papirny Incredible With 40 Save Shutout, Broncos Take Game 1

The Swift Current Broncos and Moose Jaw Warriors renewed an East Division rivalry as they began Round One of the 2017 WHL Playoffs on Friday night at Mosaic Place. Tyler Steenbergen scored the opening goal midway through the second period and it proved to be the difference maker as the Broncos skated away to a 2-0 shutout victory to claim Game 1.

Both clubs came out with nerves in the opening frame as scoring chances were limited but both goaltenders Zach Sawchenko of the Warriors and Jordan Papirny of the Broncos combined for 22 saves to keep the game scoreless through 20 minutes.

The game remained to

be a tightly contested tilt up to the midway point of the second period and it still remained a 0-0 tie. The Broncos would finally break through as Tyler Steenbergen ripped a shot from the high slot

by Sawchenko to give Swift Current a 1-0 lead.

The Broncos killed off a big penalty with less than seven minutes to go in the second period when Steenbergen took a hooking penalty and they held that 1-0 advantage heading into the final frame.

Moose Jaw applied the pressure in the third period, generating scoring chances and cycling the puck deep in Broncos territory but Papirny was sound and continued to play his game.

Sawchenko was pulled with 1:30 remaining in regulation and the Warriors created a couple scoring chances but Papirny was clutch in making the key stops.

Broncos captain Glenn Gawdin tacked on an empty netter with 12 seconds remaining in regulation to seal the 2-0 victory against Moose Jaw. Papirny finished the night with a 40 save performance to collect his second career playoff shutout and the Broncos carry a 1-0 advantage in the series.

Shots on goal were 4033 in favour of Swift Current. The Warriors went 0/1 on the power play while the Broncos did not see a man advantage in the game.

Broncos Drop Game Two Against Warriors 3-2

The Swift Current Broncos squared off against the Moose Jaw Warriors for Game Two of their best-of-seven set on Saturday night at Mosaic Place. It was a tense hockey game that had scoring chances, hard

hits and hustle from both teams but the Broncos were edged 3-2.

The Broncos enjoyed offence from an unlikely but effective player in MacKenzie Wight as the 18-year-old winger from Chilliwack, BC crashed the Warriors net to smack home a loose puck

by Warriors goaltender Zach Sawchenko for the first Swift Current goal.

The marker came at the 8:36 mark and was unassisted.

Branden Klatt would end Jordan Papirny's shutout streak of 93 minutes and 52 seconds to start the 2017 WHL Playoffs after redirecting a cross crease pass from teammate Luka Burzan.

Swift Current got their one goal cushion back as Tyler Steenbergen netted his second goal of the playoffs a few seconds after a Bronco power play opportunity expired. Steenbergen was the final piece of

a spectacular passing play that involved Lane Pederson and Max Lajoie collecting assists on the goal. 2-1 was the score for the Broncos heading to the final frame.

Thomas Foster completed a wraparound play at the 5:07 mark in the third period, tucking it by Papirny to tie the game at two goals apiece.

Midway through the third period, the Warriors appeared to score the go ahead marker but it was called off due to goaltender interference.

With less than five minutes in regulation, Burzan made a move towards the Broncos net and as the puck was knocked off his stick, Brayden Burke quickly picked it up and snapped it home to put the Broncos down 3-2.

The Broncos got one more chance to tie it up late after Foster took a tripping penalty with 54 seconds left. It was a

six-on-four attack for the Broncos with the goaltender pulled but they couldn't mustard a solid scoring chance and the Broncos dropped Game Two by a single goal 3-2.

With the loss, the series is tied 1-1.

Papirny backstopped 31 shots in a losing cause while Sawchenko countered with 34 saves for Moose Jaw. Shots on goal were 36-34 in favour of Swift Current. Both teams combined to go 0/8 on the power play with the Broncos finishing 0/5.

Game Three is set to go at the Innovation Credit Union i-Plex on Tuesday, March 28th at 7:00pm.

Broncos playoff tickets are currently on sale. Visit the Stable during box office hours, call 306-7731509 or purchase tickets online at tickets.scbroncos.com.

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he Western Hockey League has announced their Eastern and Western Conference individual award winners for the 2016-17 WHL season.

Swift Current Bronco players were among the award winners.

Tyler Steenbergen was named the Eastern Conference Most Sportsmanlike Player while Finnish forward Aleksi Heponiemi was named the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Year.

A product of Sylvan Lake, AB, Steenbergen enjoyed a breakout season for the Swift Current Broncos, finishing first in team scoring with 90 points (51g-39a) in 72 games while helping the

team finish third in the WHL’s East Division and earn a playoff spot. As a key contributor in all situations, Steenbergen’s 51 goals and 12 gamewinning-goals were both league bests while the 19-year-old also finished with a plus-26 rating and only collecting 22 penalty minutes on 11 minor fractions. Drafted 12th overall in the first round of the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft, Steenbergen is eligible for the 2017 NHL Draft and was recognized as a ranked WHL skater by NHL Central Scouting. Furthermore, Steenbergen was also named to the WHL’s Eastern Conference 2nd All-Star Team.

Heponiemi enjoyed a terrific rookie season for the Swift Current Broncos in 2016-17. The 18-year-old import for-

ward from Tampere, Finland was second in team scoring and finished first amongst all WHL rookies with 86 points (28g-58a) while suiting up in all 72 games. Heponiemi’s 56 assists were first amongst first-year players and his 30 power play assists also led the pack amongst rookies. Originally drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2016 CHL Import Draft by the Broncos, Heponiemi made an immediate impact on the Broncos offence and is ranked by NHL Central Scouting amongst the top North American skaters eligible for the 2017 NHL Draft.

The two Bronco forwards are eligible for League awards at the 2017 WHL Awards in Calgary, AB on Wednesday, May 3rd.

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