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VOLUME 114, NO. 23
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019
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HUMBOLDT BRONCOS CRASH
NIPAWIN WINTER FESTIVAL
Petition calling to keep trees at crash site
Snug as a bug in a rug
Jessica R. Durling REPORTER
Dakota Johnson is pulled on a sleigh by his dad at the Nipawin Winter Festival on March 10. PHOTO BY JESSICA R. DURLING
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Animal shelter grand opening expected for September Jessica R. Durling REPORTER
EAST CENTRAL — The North East SPCA is planning their grand opening of their new shelter in the fall. “We’re planning to have a banquet kind of
thing with speakers and the whole deal,” said Pat Shiels, board chair with the North East SPCA. The grand opening is slated for Sept. 27. The Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter currently has a completed foun-
dation, while the floor and plumbing has been roughed in. The walls and roof are up and sheeted from the outside, and the interior rooms are framed. The next step will be the windows, doors, sides and roofing.
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The highlight of the building process for Shiels was just before construction began, and she saw a marking flag in the ground where the shelter would be built. “I was so excited to see SEE SHELTER PAGE 2
ARMLEY — A petition is calling on the provincial highways ministry to change course and not remove the trees at the site of the Humboldt Broncos crash. The trees, located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Highways 35 and 335, separate the highways from a yard site. One of the recommendations of an independent engineer’s review of the intersection is to remove the trees to improve drivers’ sightlines. Beth Bautz, a Humboldt resident, started the petition Feb. 24. She said she has the permission of the owners of the property, but at the current time they don’t want their names used. Bautz said there are a number of reasons the family doesn’t want the trees removed. “That’s their shelter.
That’s protection from the highway, the noise, the pollution, the beautiful Saskatchewan weather we get, and also protection for their son,” Bautz said. “He’s very young and he knows not to go past those trees. It keeps him confined, so to speak.” The petition is being circulated for signatures throughout several communities and is also hosted online on a Facebook page called “Petition Against Ministry of Highways Tree Removal on Highway 35 & 335”. The online copy had about 600 supporters on March 6. “I been friends with them for 20-plus years, probably more than that actually. Of course, being from Humboldt, it’s touched many people’s hearts when the accident occurred, but it touched mine because I’m really close friends with this SEE PETITION PAGE 2