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GOOD EATS The Tompkins Lioness Club held their Perogy Supper and Sausage Cookoff event on Jan 16. The evening featured sausages both made by local hunters as well as donated sausage from companies across the southwest. Hand made perogies were also on the menu, made by members of the Lioness Club. Each competitor had to enter 10 pounds of cooked sausage to compete. Photo by Beth Jarrell

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On January 11, a truck carrying powder uranium fell into a ditch 10 minutes north of Swift Current, closing highway 4 for a number of days. The truck was carrying drums of Australia-produced yellowcake, which has a very low dose of radioactivity. It was en route to Cameco’s refinery in Blind River, Ontario. Photo Provided.

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he largest agriculture conference in the province took place in Saskatoon from January 11-13.

CropSphere, which has been growing steadily since its inception three years ago, featured agriculture-centred talks and guest speakers from around western Canada.

A part of Crop Production Week, CropSphere featured talks on topics such as the role of technology in agriculture, help for farmers dealing with public misconceptions and practices for on-farm research.

Several hundred people attended the event, which also featured networking opportunities for those in the agriculture industry.

In addition to the numerous talks over the three-day conference, the crop production show featured over

1000 booths at Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park, with exhibitors selling goods and raising awareness for issues in the agricultural sector.

Several large announcements were also made over the week. Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced that the provincial and federal governments are cooperating to fund $7 million towards crop research in Saskatchewan.

Additionally, the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission has partnered with SeCan to announce their intention to invest $3.5 million dollars over the next 10 years into the U of S’s Crop Development Centre (CDC). The CDC will focus on studying varieties of durum wheat.

Finally, it was also announced that Saskatoon would be host for the 2019 International Wheat Congress. The 2015 Congress was held in Sydney, Australia in September.

The Perogy Supper and Sausage Cookoff, hosted by the Tompkins Lioness Club on January 16, was attended by around 100 people. People came from across the southwest for a taste of homemade sausage. Photo by Beth Jarrell

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ast week the federal and provincial governments announced $7 million for crop-related research through the Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund (ADF). The funding extends to 40 research projects.

“Investments in research are key to advancing Canada’s agricultural sector,” said Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay. “Staying ahead of crop diseases and pests, and developing ways to adapt new crops to Saskatchewan’s environment will result in long-term benefits for farmers.”

“Agriculture is a key driver of the economy in Saskatchewan and it plays an essential role on a global scale,” Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said. “People around the world rely on our province for high-quality food. Investing in research is vital to ensure our producers are growing what the world needs in the most efficient and sustainable way possible.”

Examples of the projects receiving funding include researching the impact of drought and heat during flowering on canola yield, the screening and management of Fusarium Head Blight and improving wheat, lentil, faba bean and canaryseed varieties, to name a few.

The funding is bolstered as a result of support from industry partner organizations. As a key component to ADF projects, producer involvement and funding is critical to the success of research projects. Commodity organizations provided additional funding of nearly $2.8 million to the crop-related projects, with the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) providing nearly half at $1.1 million. Significant funding was also provided by the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, the Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission and the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission.

"The research community ensures we remain competitive and efficient," WGRF Board Chair Dave Sefton said.

"Collaboration between government, universities and producers is critical to the success of these projects and the growth of our agriculture sector.”

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Garden Head Gun Club ready for another big show

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he Garden Head Gun Club is once again gearing up for their biggest gun show of the year.

The show, which will be held Saturday, January 30 from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. and Sunday, January 31 from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the Tompkins Community Hall.

This is the club’s 28th year running the show, and member Bruce Martin has been there for every single one.

“This is our 28th, and I’ve been doing it just that long. It’s just something I really love,” he said. “We get anywhere from 500-800 people, usually. It’s how many we got last year, and it’s about how much we average.”

This year’s show will feature 52 tables, but Martin says that doesn’t necessarily mean there are going to be 52 exhibitors.

“The number of exhibitors varies from one year to the next, depending on how many tables they take,” he said. “Some have six or seven, but some only have one. “ It’s really hard to pin a number down for how many exact exhibitors we have year-to-year, but we’re pretty much booked solid right now.”

He says that as always, there will be special exhibitors showcasing their collections from around the southwest.

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“Those two collections are well worth seeing. The Remington collection is basically a one-of-a-kind collection. There are tons of guns in there that you don’t ordinarily see together, or really anywhere else.”

Even for those that aren’t gun enthusiasts, Martin says that everyone will get something out of the show.

“There’s all kinds of stuff, and there isn’t just guns there, either, there’s all kinds of stuff as well,” he said. “There will be some baking and crafts for everybody. There’s kind of everything in there.”

Besides the collection of guns, Martin says, there will also be a shooting demonstration in Tompkins’s indoor gun range.

“We’ll have shooting demonstrations all weekend as well. There’s some cowboy action stuff, as well as other stuff in case anyone wants to shoot,” he said.

Admission is $5 dollars a day, or $8 dollars for both days, something that Martin says helps the club fundraise.

“I hope people are happy with the show in general and everything we have. It’s one of our major fundraisers and it puts things out there,” he said.

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griculture Minister Lyle Stewart committed more than $1.5 million to six projects geared at advancing one of the most important crops in Saskatchewan. The investment is part of the province’s $5 million commitment to support wheat research and development projects through the Canadian Wheat Alliance (CWA).

The projects receiving funding will explore ways to improve wheat growth and optimize stem strength to increase yields. They will also focus on variety improvements as well as practices and applications to control Fusarium Head Blight.

“Research is critical to ensuring our producers can continue to grow high-yielding, high-quality crops,” Stewart said. “We know our province has a significant role to play in providing quality food to a growing global population and Saskatchewan is determined to remain a leader in wheat research.”

Industry and government partners are providing additional funds for these projects. Nearly $1.7 million is being invested by the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, the Alberta Wheat Commission, Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions, the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association, Western Grains Research Foundation and the

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“Investing producer dollars in research is vital to advance the industry,” Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission Chair Bill Gehl said.

“Research and development will facilitate variety development, improve practices and increase quality and yields, opening new doors for producers and ensuring a strong future for wheat farmers in Saskatchewan and across Western Canada.”

The CWA is a co-ordinated approach to undertake approximately $97 million in research and development projects.

This important network combines the expertise of the National Research Council of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Government of Saskatchewan and the University of Saskatchewan.

In 2012, Premier Brad Wall announced a commitment of $10 million to wheat research at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Wheat Summit, with $5 million earmarked for the CWA. With today’s announcement the Government of Saskatchewan has invested $4.3 million of its $5 million CWA commitment.

The Government of Saskatchewan’s CWA investment is provided through the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF).

Since 2007, the Government of Saskatchewan has invested $23.4 million in wheat research through the ADF.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE 1462 CONRAD AVENUE, GULL LAKE, SK

BY B E T H JA R R E L L

beth@gulllakeadvance.com

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he town of Maple Creek will be celebrating their 5/5 score for this year’s Communities in Bloom competition in a very special way.

On January 20, the town will host the Communities in Bloom Soirée at the Maple Creek Armoury. In addition to wine, cheese and music, the town will also hear from a very special guest speaker.

Char Slager life coach and founder of the Langenburg branch of the Family and Friends Community Foundation, will speak to the community about the benefits of a community foundation and how it can help not only a town, but also a whole region to blossom.

“What often happens in communities is people have money they take to all kinds of charities, and there is lots of money that is going out of the community to do really great things, but there are also a lot of great things that need to be done in our communities,” Slager said.

“There are all kinds of projects and worthwhile causes that get donated to locally,” she said. “How our foundation works is through endowment funds, where the money is invested, and the interest on the funds is granted to various causes.”

The Foundation, which was established in 2003, was only the fourth in Saskatchewan. While they began with a goal of raising one million dollars for the community, 12 years later they have already reached 1.4 million in assets.

Slager says that while the fund focuses on giving back to the community as a whole, members can

pitch speciality areas they want to focus on specifically “One example from our community is there is a fee for housing in healthcare,” she said. “There is a healthcare facility in our area, so we have donated funds to provide lifts and a palliative care room in there.”

We have granted 400,000 to health, goods to sports, the library, art club, academics, student leadership, swimming pool, the cemetery fund… everything we can think to make the community better.”

Even though her community may be small, Slager says they have experienced a multitude of benefits over the years from the foundation.

“It gets our children involved in raising money for certain funds,” she said. “For example, we have a breast cancer awareness fund, and every year we have a Pink and Chocolate night, where we have a cancer survivor speak.

From the money we raise from that, we do a presentation every other year to the grade 7 and 8 girls about breast cancer awareness, owning themselves and loving themselves. It helps the kids learn to think outside themselves and learn how they can help their own community.”

Slager says the focus on her speech will be around forming a similar committee in Maple Creek.

“I’ll speak about what our foundation is, how it got started and how they can, too, so they can see what to do. We also provide some of the information like bylaws so they can have a framework to work from. I hope that they see what a great concept a community fund can be.”

For more information about the Soirée, call Annie at (306) 662-4005, or email tourism@maplecreek.ca

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Saskatchewan farmers are some of the best

BY B E T H JA R R E L L

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his week I was fortunate enough to attend Crop Production Week in Saskatoon. Not only did it give this city girl a lot of great information about how crops and the agricultural industry work, but it also made me realize how fortunate we are to live where we do.

Over the summer, I interviewed a fellow named Jay Brown, who runs an up-and-coming website for hikers in Saskatchewan called SaskHiker.com. At the end of our interview, Jay turned to me and said, “You know, Saskatchewan is turning out to be quite the interesting place. I think I’ll stick around.”

For whatever reason, probably the same reason why random commercial music gets stuck in your head for days on end, what he said stuck with me. As Canadians, we are lucky enough to choose to live wherever we want to. This is an extremely diverse country, and we have the opportunity to go wherever we want, really.

For whatever reason, though, we all choose to live here (and if recent trends are anything to go by, we’re not the only ones, as immigration increases in our province every month.)

Let’s face it; Saskatchewan is a bit of a weird place. So much of our economy depends on one of the most challenging and demanding professions out there - farming.

When you think about it, our province’s families and individuals are supplying millions of Canadians (and others across the globe) with over a billion dollars with of food product export every year.

Despite the fact that we live in one of the colder places on earth and winter feels like it’s trying to kill us every time we go out-

side, despite the fact that our farmers work long, hot hours and have to rely on mother nature and rain to put food on their own tables, they still do it year in, and year out.

I guess if my time at CropSphere and Crop Production Week taught me anything, it’s how revered our farmers should be - if for no other reason than how much they do for the world economy.

It’s been said that the world relies on Saskatchewan farmers, and if my Crop Production Week experience was indicative of anything, it’s that. In 2014, Saskatchewan was responsible for 65% of the world’s lentil export, 55% of the world’s pea export and 71% of the world’s canaryseed export. Holy smokes!

Geographically, Saskatchewan is kind of weird, too, if for nothing else than in its diversity.

The southwest alone, as I’m learning, is like several different provinces all together, from the flatlands of Regina, to the Cypress Hills in the west, to the Great Sandhills, it always feels like there’s something else to explore and see.

Not to mention the fact that half our province is deep, dense forest. When you think about how much we produce on the world stage and how much of our province is uninhabited forest, it hurts my brain trying to figure out how hard our farmers must work to do what they do.

I’ve travelled around Canada and America quite a bit, and I can honestly say that Saskatchewan is like no other. In its geography, cities or people. For the just over million of us who call this place home, there really is nowhere better to be. Let’s stick around awhile, yeah?

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The floor-eating chair

BY B R I A N Z I N C H U K

brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net

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hat do you do with a 150pound chair that cost $6,000 but destroys every floor surface it's on?

A better question is, how does one come to own a $6,000 chair that destroys every floor surface it’s on?

In the past I’ve written about how I and a partner spent several years trying to get a virtual reality training simulator off the ground.

We were unsuccessful in that venture, and have little to show for it except for some hard-earned experience and our proof-of-concept prototype.

The whole idea was to create what was essentially a flight simulator, but for heavy equipment.

Since large screen monitors at the time cost more than a Toyota Corolla, we had opted to use a virtual reality headset. However, everything else was a true-to-life mockup cab of a Caterpillar 322 excavator. I measured the dimensions of the cab and had a very heavy steel base made for it. Sitting in the parts department of Kramer, Ltd., Saskatchewan’s then-Cat dealer, I ordered everything from the floor bolts up.

The invoice was enough to cause heart palpitations – six grand.

I’m sure some of the individually wrapped bolts cost $5 to $10 each.

It was about double what a ‘jobber’ seat would have cost, simply because of the embroidered Cat logo on the seat back. But that was

important, since we were trying to land them as our key partner.

(Someone else eventually did.)

Put together, it was quite impressive. It looked just like the cab of a Cat excavator, including a base that was an inch wider than a standard wheelchair-accessible door (oops!).

But when the project failed, we now had a very comfortable, but very large and very expensive chair that no one in their right mind would consider buying off us. Jason didn’t want it, so I claimed it and have ever since used it as my office chair.

In our old house the chair, sans the base, sat on a pile of cinder blocks, bringing it to the height of our re-purposed wet bar I used as a desk. I had vault over the side console to climb in. (Doesn’t your arm chair have joystick consoles attached?)

But when we got to Estevan, my new office needed a better solution.

So I took the rails off and broke several drill bits drilling holes for four casters. (That was the hardest steel I had ever drilled through.)

Did I mention this chair alone weighed around 150 pounds? This was due to the very heavy suspension system designed to allow an operator to sit in a bouncing excavator for 12 hours at a time without back pain. Add to that my increasing waistline, and there were about 370 pounds on those four casters I picked up at Peavey Mart.

After a few months I noticed the chair was sitting funny. Then there were ball bearings on the floor. The casters would bend out of shape and the hard black plastic disin-

tegrated into chunks. Some more drilling meant adding two more casters to spread out the weight, but even then at most I got six months out of a set.

All the while the low-pile carpet started to show serious wear. Then it ripped and the cement below started wearing, too. Something had to be done.

I swapped out the six two-inch casters with four much-beefier casters, hoping they would tolerate the weight better. Now I see I have to replace all four of those, too.

I talked to every flooring guy I could find in Estevan as well as some in Regina, and none had a solution for me. No tile, rug, hardwood or laminate `would stand up, they told me. It was simply too much weight.

During the Christmas break it was time to do something. Everything would come out of my office, I would paint, tear out the ripped rug and fix the cement. I picked up some unused lino from my parents and laid it last night.

On top of this, a plastic chair mat will sit, hopefully enduring the weight under new casters.

And if that fails, I’ve got one last option: I went to fabrication shop and picked up a plate of heavygauge aluminum, the type they build welding truck flatdecks out of. That might be the next floor mat.

If you think your ass is fat, imagine how I feel.

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

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hat does “science-based” mean?

For both government policy and industry best practice, science-based should mean that practices are based on rigorous scientific studies. Policies and regulations that veer off the science-based path put at risk the tools that make modern agriculture possible.

So do production practices that do not rigorously follow scientifically developed guidelines.

But scientific review can sometimes be messy. Scientific consensus can shift and the “right” answer can change over time as new information becomes available. New research can disprove past points of view that were once thought to be valid.

What does this mean for policy makers and the development of industry best management practices? Practically, this means that both industry and government must be willing to adjust practices and policies when new evidence comes to light.

For example, frequent summer fallow was once the common practice on the North American prairies. This practice has adjusted as new research and agriculture tools became available. The willingness of farmers to adapt has benefited the environment and improved economic returns.

There are also several policy examples. Some provinces have enacted legislation and regulations that limit the use of crop protection products. The most recent instance was the move by the Government of Ontario government to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments. Unfortunately this was not a science-based decision.

These regulations put Ontario farmers at a competitive disadvantage. The provincial limitation on the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments will increase the cost of production in Ontario as alternative pest control products are more expensive to apply. Alternatives are less effective, impacting Ontario yield potential. Policy makers knew these costs but proceeded anyways because some believed the new regulations would protect bee populations.

Early in January, Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), together with the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S., released research showing no potential risk to bees as a result of on-label use of these seed treatments. Further, PMRA scientists demonstrated that the treatments generated significant advantages for farmers. The right response to this new evidence would be for the Government of Ontario to reverse course and repeal of the regulatory restrictions.

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Failure to follow the results of the PMRA’s research and continue with opinion-based regulations will hurt farmers. Failing to reverse course could also undermine Canada’s regulatory system, which if it occurs, would cause long-term damage to Canadian agriculture and the economy as a whole.

“Science-based” applies to more than just government policy. This is also the basic foundation of best management practices on the farm. Pesticide labels provide a good example of the importance of this foundation. The PMRA is responsible for the development of the labels on pesticides licensed for use in Canada. These labels are based on extensive scientific analysis and we rely on this research to ensure that farm inputs do not have a negative impact on human health or the environment Best practices require a good understanding of the labels on every product used on the farm. Rigorous adherence to science-based labels protect farmers and modern agriculture in general. By sticking to the label guidelines farmers help preserve public trust in the science-based regulatory system.

“Public trust” is the most important tool we have in avoiding a decent into opinion based regulations. Regulations based on latest trend on the internet will result in more and more unpredictable restrictions that stifle innovation and ultimately strangle modern agriculture.

Following the labels developed through the PMRA’s process also protects our ability to access both domestic and international markets. Our customers have confidence that grain produced in Canada is safe because of the system under which it is produced.

If some were to choose not to follow pesticide labels the risk increases that Canadian exports will contain residues that exceed allowable and safe limits, which will put shipments in jeopardy.

Our reputation can only be protected if producers adhere to the same science-based approach we expect from our governments.

Canada’s science-based regulatory system is the envy of much of the world. The science based approach has allowed and fostered the development of modern agriculture practices.

Because of our science-based production system, international customers have strong confidence in the safety of Canadian grains, oilseeds and special crops. This confidence contributes to our brand strength on the world stage.

It is incumbent that governments and industry alike work to ensure these benefits preserved.

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Sunday morning coming down

BY S H E R I M O N K

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am not a very religious person and by “not very” I mean not at all. I indentify as an atheist, but I do find the comparative study of religion and belief very interesting. And I fully support freedom of religion – whether someone worships Allah, Buddha, Jesus or the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

But there are limits and for me, a person’s freedom of religion ends as soon as it infringes on the rights of another human being.

Examples include religious lobbying to ban same sex marriage, efforts to rescind a woman’s right to choose, or trying to implement prayer, or intelligent design teachings in secular settings such as public schools. Those lines are pretty easy to draw, and are mostly accepted in progressive nations as a common sense, respectful approach to ensure everyone can have their cake and eat it too.

What I really do struggle with is how children are raised with religion. For instance, the kids who grow up on radical Islam and are literally raised to hate, or the religious/ cultural reasons for female circumcision – or for that matter, male circumcision too. What about a Christian child who is raised to think that people outside the faith are wrong, scary or even evil? What about 50 years ago when many people (especially in the bible belt of the U.S.) believed that mixed race marriages were a sin against their god? We can see now how much those beliefs hurt people… they instilled

Don’t judge a Facebook by its cover

BY M E G A N L AC E L L E

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veryone always told me growing up to “be careful what you put online”.

Seminars in high school were dedicated to teaching us that once something is on the world-wide web it’ll be available to the public forever.

Remember when you thought it was cool to post a picture of you chugging a beer? Or that stagette you got a little out of control at? Now it’s all online and for the world to see.

Once we got into University the concerns about our online presence increased – Facebook profiles were to be private and inappropriate posts could cost you a future job opportunity.

Personally, I think a Facebook account should be used within reason. Am I going to post my every thought? No. But should I be able to post a picture without fear of retribution? Maybe.

Recently a Registered Nurse in Saskatchewan was charged with professional misconduct by the Saskatchewan Association of Registered Nurses’. This charge arose after Carolyn Strom, an RN from Prince Albert, made Facebook comments about the care her grandfather received in a small Saskatchewan town before he died last year.

In her post she addressed herself as an RN and said the palliative care her grandfather received was inadequate and that the problem should be fixed.

The comment was reported to the SARN and charges were laid.

Registered Nurses is a self-regulated profession, hence SARN, which is why I find this whole situation quite concerning. The idea that a nurse cannot criticize or critique his or her own profession is troubling to me.

I understand the profession wants to stay in a positive light – something that’s hard to maintain if your staff is taking to social media to openly complain – but to punish professionals for speaking out about problems they see on an online forum seems a

prejudice in those around them, and mixed race children were often looked down upon, and informally socially segregated. At what point does an adult’s religious beliefs become the physical or mental abuse of a child? As a society, it’s a difficult question to contend, and when we look at ethical/moral issues of how parents choose to raise their children, we adopt a live and let live attitude under the umbrella of religious and cultural freedom.

The line, at least right now, is drawn where freedom ends and the law begins.

Recently, my youngest son was invited over to a friend’s house to watch a Saturday night football game. It wasn’t the first time he had been invited over, and while I was aware the family was very religious, that didn’t bother me in the least. However, this last time was slightly different – my son was invited to sleep over, and Sunday morning has a pretty predictable way of showing up right after Saturday nights. And I knew that for this family, Sunday morning would mean church. I suspected this family’s outreach might have included a little premeditated evangelical intent, but I wanted to let it take its course – in part to see if my gut instinct was right.

Sunday morning came around and my son texted me in the morning saying he would be home around noon. I messaged him back – a few times – and there was no reply. Around 12:30, I texted the father who had invited him over, and all of a sudden, my son phoned me.

“Where are you?” I asked.

“We’re at Boston Pizza. Is

bit too restrictive for me.

I’m not a nurse – I can barely feed myself let alone help someone else. So I cannot say I understand the intricacies of their professions, but for Strom to face expulsion or suspension from SARN over an emotional Facebook post seems a bit intense.

We saw trouble brewing from Facebook last year when people began to discover photos of NDP candidate Deborah Drever next to a marijuana logoed T-shirt and her giving the finger to the Canadian flag. She was suspended for 200 days from the party.

Although both photos were old it didn’t stop the onslaught of comments shared across the country of the accountability of politicians for their actions and past actions.

On a personal note, I had a friend in Journalism school who nearly lost an internship over a Facebook post he’d made two years earlier – a post that seemed to bully an unknown party. Knowing the individual now I can understand it’s part of his humour, but at the time the hiring party was quite thrown off, even requiring him to write a letter explaining his actions.

I’m a rather firm believer in freedom of speech and expression. I see people abuse that power everyday online – bashing other

it ok if I stay and watch the game?”

“Sure,” I said. “But where were you this morning?”

Long pause.

“Uhhhhh, I was at church…” he trailed off.

After I picked him up, we went for a drive so he could show me which church he went to, and he told me how it all went down. At the service, he had to watch a video that featured an animated boy in chains, which could only be removed by becoming a born again Christian.

The other take-away message he received was that if he prayed hard enough, his parents wouldn’t get divorced. He also said he “drank the blood of Christ” and believe me, for a kid that hasn’t had a lot of exposure such concepts, that freaked him out a little. It might not have been a soft sell, but I really do think the experience was good for him. The more people learn about one another, the more bridges we can build.

I know that my worldview is in the minority, and because of that, I am pretty careful to be especially sensitive to other people’s beliefs. I wasn’t surprised that the religious family wanted to take my son to church. I was, however, very surprised that I wasn’t asked for permission first.

I would never dream of taking someone else’s child to a political rally, or an atheist meeting (although there’s no such thing). It’s about respect and tolerance, and when people who are convinced they have the moral high ground will take liberties with your children, what’s to stop them from one day trying to take your religious liberty too?

religious groups, other political groups and even other professions. But that’s the harm that comes with being able to speak your mind.

Judging a person’s professionalism and character by their online presence is understandable, but is it reasonable? Obviously different occupations require different levels of professionalism, but why in the more respectable roles do we expect the least amount of humour and the most amount of silence?

It all comes down to respect. In the case of Strom, the SARN believed she wasn’t behaving in the best interests of the public, other nurses or the profession of nurses. It’s an understandable concern, but the level of discipline they deemed necessary is almost outrageous.

I guess the lesson out of all of this is to be cautious of the image you’re presenting online; even the nicest and best of intentions can be misconstrued. Although I wouldn’t want to be judged 100 per cent by what I put online, I know it’s the first place I go when I want to learn something about someone new – and I know it’s the same situation for future employers.

And with that, I’m off to delete all the photos from my second year of University.

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Sask Wheat and SeCan to invest up to $3.5 million in CDC durum program CONTRIBUTED

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he development of durum varieties through the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre (CDC) will take a major step forward thanks to a commitment to invest up to $3.5 million over ten years by the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) and SeCan. The funding will allow the CDC to enhance and expand on the research and variety development it is conducting through its world-leading program for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD). This commitment to the CDC’s durum program will help develop varieties that are resistant to fusarium head blight, produce higher yields and contain traits desirable by mills and pasta processors.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for Saskatchewan wheat producers to invest in research that will benefit producers, processors, breeders and several others along the value chain,” says Regina-area producer and Sask Wheat Chair Bill Gehl. “The research being conducted by the CDC’s durum program has the potential to open new markets and strengthen Saskatchewan’s position as a world-leader in the production of quality, high-grade durum. Farmers have been investing in the CDC for several years through the Western Canadian Deduction and WGRF. The additional investment

by Sask Wheat and SeCan will allow the CDC to expand the durum program and address issues critical to producers and end users.”

“As the leading supplier of cereal seed to Canadian farmers, SeCan has an extensive track record of successful public-private partnerships, several of which involve the Crop Development Centre,” says SeCan General Manager Jeff Reid. “Clearly the durum wheat breeding program at the CDC is poised for tremendous success in the next decade, and we are thrilled to be a partner in delivering this innovation to Canadian durum growers. We believe engaging producer groups like the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, alongside our private investment, will create a long-term winning formula for agriculture in Canada.”

“The CDC has a long history of working collaboratively with industry partners in developing crop varieties,” says CDC Managing Director Kofi Agblor. “This investment further strengthens our relationship with the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and SeCan for durum wheat development and the end result will be durum varieties that provide value to both our growers and end use customers.”

With a mandate to improve the economic returns for farmers and the agricultural industry of Western Canada, the CDC conducts research and development to improve existing crops, create new uses for traditional crops, and develop new crops. Created in 1971, the CDC has released over 440 commercial crop varieties and is recognized nationally and internationally for basic and applied crop research and development and successful field crop breeding.

SeCan is a consortium of over 700 independent Canadian seed businesses engaged in seed production, processing and marketing. As “Canada’s Seed Partner”, SeCan actively seeks partnerships that promote success in Canadian agriculture.

SeCan is the largest supplier of certified seed to Canadian farmers, with more than 480 varieties in 27 crop types developed by public and private sector breeding programs. Collectively, SeCan members are major supporters of seed variety research and development, returning more than $90 million in royalties and research funding since inception in 1976.

Established in June 2013, Sask Wheat is a producer-led organization with a platform for growth in the province's wheat industry. Check-off dollars administered by Sask Wheat go toward research, market development and promotion initiatives that will lead to improved wheat varieties, growing their marketability and providing higher value to producers.

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SSGA Awarded Funding to Lead Wildlife Habitat Conservation Project CONTRIBUTED

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he Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) is pleased to announce they have received $2.58 million from Environment and Climate Change Canada to lead a voluntary, producer-driven project to conserve habitat for species at risk in Saskatchewan.

The Species at Risk Partnership on Agricultural Lands (SARPAL) fund supports projects that engage the agricultural sector in preserving key wildlife habitat. Potential initiatives through this project are designed to fit landowners’ unique circumstances, and will include new and inventive conservation strategies that meet the needs of producers and habitat. The work will take place over five years in southwestern Saskatchewan, in areas covered by the South of the Divide Conservation Action Program (SODCAP Inc.), who will also be involved in the delivery of the pilots.

“Agricultural producers are key partners in our ongoing efforts to protect and recover species at risk," said The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada. "With this fund, we're supporting the many Canadian ranchers and farmers using land stewardship practices that benefit wildlife. We also look forward to continuing our work, with all stakeholders, on innovative solutions that conserve species at risk across Canada.””

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“We’re glad to take the lead on this,” says SSGA president Doug Gillespie. “Most of Saskatchewan’s remaining native grass prairie is on privately-managed ranchland. Stewardship is a core value of the SSGA and our members are in the best position to protect habitat for species at risk.”

Landowners face a variety of circumstances in how they balance production with conservation, Gillespie says, and they need appropriate and adaptable options to suit their requirements. The SSGA’s proposal includes some innovative ideas – like habitat restoration, results-based conservation agreements, and grass banking – as well as money for fencing and other infrastructure that will protect the land and the water.

“Ranchers, livestock and species at risk can co-exist, and they have been for generations,” says Tom Harrison, Executive Director of SODCAP Inc., a grass-roots organization who has been delivering programming in the target area. “We look forward to assisting SSGA with the development and delivery of these voluntary agreements,” Harrison explains, and adds that the conservation tools and strategies utilized will be new to Saskatchewan, and in many cases, Canada.

“SARPAL is the right approach,” Gillespie said.

“Regulations and fines don’t make sense when the ranching industry has voluntarily protected this habitat all along. Given the right tools, we’ll be able to do what’s best to support biodiversity on the land.”

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Technology in the classroom emerging, Chinook says

BY B E T H JA R R E L L

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hinook School Division says that they have made some big technological changes in the past year.

At their January 11 board meeting, the technology status report was presented by Rob Geiger, the Manager of Information Systems. The report found that while large progress has been made in getting classrooms up to speed in the tech world, there still may be some changes left to come.

Kyle McIntyre, Deputy Director for Education, says that the division has recently completed a $2.5 million update to their tech that has been four years in the making.

“It’s an upgrade we’ve been working on for about four years,” he said. “That was service, wireless access points, rebuilding the whole wireless network … we really went from a mom and pop wireless network to an enterprise.”

McIntyre says the biggest change he has seen since the upgrade began is the rising demand for individuals to bring their own technology to work or class.

“We’re seeing more students and staff wanting to have the ability to bring their own devices to work, connect anywhere, anytime without being hard-wired into our networks. That was part of the upgrade in all 31 of our public schools.”

The biggest thing is we aren’t implementing technology for the sake of having technology. It’s still being used to meet the outcomes of the learning curriculum.”

While technology and its various uses continue to change year-to-year, McIntyre says that the younger students are, the more demand there is to have a high-tech classroom.

“These kids are coming from backgrounds right

from birth where they’re using a lot of these wireless devices to access information. Back when we were in school, we were reliant on memorizing information. The kids now, as 21st century learners, need to be able to access the information quickly,” he said.

“Now, kids won’t have to be sent down to a computer lab where they’ll have to log in, they’ll be on their own personal device, or a Chinook tablet, or a wireless laptop in their classroom. They’re going to be having information readily and quickly at their fingertips.”

He sees a future for replacing the old model of desktop computers and computer labs with a more personalized approach.

“At some point we do have to replace desktop computers,” he said. “The way we’re setting up new schools or new labs is we want devices to be portable. The most effective pedagogical model is not having a computer lab, it’s having three or four devices in the classroom.”

While the technological world and its practical use in a school classroom is evolving, McIntyre says he believes it’s not something that is going away any time soon.

“My prediction for the future is it’s going to be smaller, quicker, easier to access. Kids need stuff that’s small, that’s portable, and can be connected anywhere,” he said.

He says that the division is looking at solutions involving tablets for younger students and portable laptop computers for older students, citing keyboard skills as an emerging skill to be taught in the classroom.

“Kids are going to have some keyboarding skills.

No matter what they do… they’re going to have to have some keyboarding skills,” he said. “[Technology] is probably the demand that society has for accessing information.”

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Jayden Joseph Ellefson Parents: Joe Ellefson and Crystal Hill.

Born January 4. 2015 Grandparents: Terry and Shirley Hunt

Lily Irene Garland

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Clarification is needed regarding MRI scans Dear Editor, A recent letter to the editor regarding CUPE’s position on fee-for-service MRIs suggest clarification is needed.

We are not suggesting that there is no need to improve access to MRI scans. We are simply asking the question, is having people pay directly for medically necessary MRI scans the appropriate solution to address wait times and for that matter is it even a solution?

Saskatchewan has the fewest MRI scanners per capita of all Canadian jurisdictions and yet we still have the second shortest wait times according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information. The Saskatchewan Medical Association, representing more than 90% of physicians, has opposed the new legislation, calling it a “hasty policy” with no clear evidence that it would lead to faster treatment.

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CUPE is calling on the government to increase capacity in the public system so that timely diagnosis is available for everyone without having to pay for a service you have already paid for through your taxes.

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Many of the spleens showed a split in the weather patters towards spring signifying that the weather in southwest Saskatchewan will once again be different than the weather in the rest of the province.

Spring will be average to dry giving farmers ample opportunity to seed early and get the crops in the ground. There will be good soil moisture for seeding. The early dry conditions should not cause any reduced germination as there is still a lot of moisture in the soil however crops may be stressed early with a lack of moisture.

January The first part of January will be mild from Jan 1 to 10 followed by extreme mild until the 13th. From the 13 to 27 (after the full moon), temperatures will be more average with minor snow fall events.

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April The start of April will be cool from 1 to 10 or later with rainfall events during this time. Highs of +5 to +7 and lows of -4. The deviation in the spleens starts on April 10 and persist until the start of June.

This shows an uncertainty in the weather from east to west where western Saskatchewan will be mild and dry when the eastern and more northern part of the province will be wetter and cooler in general. From the April 10 to 16 it will be mild again.

Daytime highs of 10 to 15 and lows of 3. Colder or below average will return on the 16. This will be much more pronounced in the Eastern part of the province.

May The spleen did not show much weather in May other than temperatures noticeably warming on the 10th and dry conditions persisting though to May 27.

June Temperatures in June will be average at the start of the month with highs of 20 and lows of 8, and slightly below average between the 7 and 17th.

Temperatures will not change significantly but will not warm up during this time as normal. There with some rain around the 14 or 15. June 21 - 30 will be average to slightly above average. Highs of 24 or 25 towards the end of the month and with unseasonably mild evenings.

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February The cold weather from January will persist until about Feb 4 when the mild to extreme mild will return. Significant swings in the temperature will continue for the rest of the month with mostly average to above average temperatures. Significant snow, drizzle, and possible rain will take place on Feb 11, 13, 15, 19, 20, 27 and 28.

t the last meeting of the Gull Lake and Area Recreation Board, $30,900 in grant money was awarded to several organizations through the Rec Board’s Sport, Culture and Recreation Grant Program. Each year the Board awards grants to organizations that help fund sport, recreation and cultural projects in Gull Lake and area.

The Gull Lake and Area Recreation Board is composed of individual members from the Town of Gull Lake, R.M. of Carmichael, R.M. of Gull Lake, R.M. of Webb, and Village of Tompkins, as well as a member at large. Grant funding comes from a recreation levy of $8/capita from each municipality, and from grant funding the Board receives from the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund.

This year’s grants were awarded to the following organizations: • Antelope Lake Regional Park: $5000 to replace the hall deck.

• Tompkins Skating Rink: $6,700 to help fund the repair of the rink roof.

• Autumn House Independent Living Facility: $3,000 for raised garden beds and entertainment for their residents.

• Gull Lake Athletic Association: $2,100 for rink dividers for Initiation hockey.

• Gull Lake Library: $4,500 to provide funding for operations.

• Simmie Recreation Board: $1,500 for a kitchen renovation project.

• Gull Lake Seniors Inc.: $1,600 to repair eavestroughs, stairs, and the floor in the Seniors Hall.

• Gull Lake Curling Club: $2,300 to purchase a boot cleaner, vacuum, and brooms.

• Gull Lake Heritage Committee: $4,200 for the repair of the roof of the Wong Guy Shoe Shop.

Recreation Board grants help preserve and promote sport, culture and recreation in Gull Lake and area. Non-profit organizations with eligible projects can apply for grant funding in the fall.

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It is so easy to grow impatient and lose confidence in trusting our God-given abilities.

A story is told about a man who found a butterfly cocoon. It had one small opening in it, and he watched for several hours as the butterfly struggled to force itself through that tiny hole. When it seemed the tiny creature was exhausted and could push no further, the man decided to take some scissors and snip away the remaining bits of the cocoon to make it easier for the poor thing.

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Possibly the same is true for us … There is no “easy way”! We seem to go from one struggle to another in life, and wonder why and how we can carry on. We ask what more might be expected and wonder if we will have the strength to face anything more.

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ohn Wilfred Watson of Maple Creek passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, at the age of 88 years, beloved husband of the late Verna Watson. Johnny was born and raised in Maple Creek. He enjoyed sports and was hard worker from a young age. He was the son to Studwell and Carrie Watson. Johnny married Verna Unger of Herbert, Saskatchewan on May 23, 1956. They raised two children; Blair and Barbara. As a young man, John worked for Tommy Winterton before taking over and making it into Watson’s Clothing. Along with his brother-in-law, Bill Chinn, he owned the Grand Theatre for some years. After retirement, Johnny enjoyed golfing, bowling, wine making, fixing clocks and gardening. Cancer first came into John’s life by taking daughter Barb in 2001, then his beloved Verna in 2002. Johnny passed away after a long battle with cancer at the Southwest Integrated Health

Centre with his son Blair by his side who he leaves to mourn along with granddaughters, Taylor and Sarah. A Memorial Tea was held on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the Maple Creek Legion Hall, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the athletic program at the Maple Creek Composite School (please make cheques out to Maple Creek Composite School) Box 369, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan S0N 1N0. To e-mail an expression of sympathy, please direct it to: pattfh@telusplanet.net subject heading: John Watson, or you may visit www. pattisonfuneralhome.com and leave a message of condolence.

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he recommended seeding rate for all types of lentils is based on establishing a plant population of 130 per square meter. This is based on the initial work done with large green lentils. Producers have been encouraged to simply adjust the seeding rate in pounds per acre to reflect the thousand kernel weight of each lentil class.

Recently there has been interest in whether there is merit in increasing seeding rates. Some of this is related to the fact that we have a number of different lentil classes that differ in characteristics such as plant height and possibly their ability to compete with weeds.

Research that is ongoing at the University of Saskatchewan has looked at red lentils in particular and different weed control practices including rotary hoes, herbicides and the combination of the 2. Seeding rate interaction was part of this study. The observation from this study was that the 260 plants per square meter seeding rate generated higher yields with all the weed control options studied.

This research was carried further and included all lentil classes and using a wide range of seeding rates.

Again there was an indication that small red lentils may benefit from higher seeding rates.

One of the concerns from growers is that higher plant populations may create an environment that is more favourable to plant disease. Demonstrations have been conducted at Swift Current and Indian Head to see if this is the case. They used seeding rates of 130, 260 and

520 seeds per square meter. They then followed up with treatments of foliar fungicides or no fungicide. Results of these demonstrations were somewhat different.

At Swift Current in 2014 they found that initial disease levels did increase with increasing seeding rates.

In this trial increasing seeding rates resulted in fewer days to maturity but no increase in yield. The greatest economic return resulted from the low seeding rate and 2 fungicide applications.

These trials were conducted in both 2013 and 2014 at Indian Head. In 2014 they experienced some early season crop injury and found that higher plant populations did translate into higher yields. The 2013 results did not show a benefit to higher plant populations when there were normal growing conditions. However there was no indication that the fungicide treatment plan needed to be changed because of higher populations. One significant finding at Indian Head was that actual plant populations were considerably lower than those reflected by the seeding rate which indicate significant loss of seedlings in the field.

These trials have all been conducted at different locations and seeding rates were based on 1, 2 and 3 times the current recommended populations. There is indication that the higher populations will sometimes result in higher yields and do not increase the need for more fungicides. Probably the first step for producers would be to ensure that they are planting enough seed to achieve the desired population and evaluate after emergence to see what population they do have.

More detail on these studies can be obtained by contacting the Sask Ministry of Agriculture at 306 463-5442.

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Applying for benefits made easier for parents with newborns

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Health Saskatchewan (eHealth) has partnered with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to make it easier for parents to apply for federal and provincial benefits for their newborn children.

Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Saskatchewan Health Minister Dustin Duncan, today announced the Bundled Birth Service which will give Saskatchewan parents the option to apply for a Social Insurance Number (SIN) and Canada child benefits for their newborn at the same time that they register their child’s birth.

“It’s an important time for parents, when a baby is born,” said Duclos. “Through our collaboration with the Province of Saskatchewan, we are simplifying processes to allow parents to spend more quality time with their newborn.”

“The Government of Canada is committed to providing faster service that supports and assists Canadians,” said Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier. “That includes helping them obtain the benefits to which they are entitled. The Canada Revenue Agency is actively partnering with federal and provincial departments to make it simple and easy for families across Canada to access Canada child benefits at a time when life can be particularly demanding.”

“Welcoming a newborn into the world can be an exciting and very busy time for parents,” Duncan said. “Our government is committed to supporting new parents and this new birth bundling package will make it quicker and easier for them to access government services related to the birth of their child.”

“We understand that new parents have their hands and arms full when they welcome a new addition into their family and don’t have a lot of extra time to be filling out paperwork,” eHealth Saskatchewan CEO Susan Antosh said. “Giving parents access to four optional government services through one comprehensive form will mean more free time to spend with their loved ones.”

After the birth of a baby, parents will receive an improved and more user-friendly Registration of Live Birth form, which makes it easier for parents to register the birth of their child and also apply for related government services, including: • Social Insurance Number through ESDC; • Canada Child Benefits (CCB) through CRA; • Saskatchewan Health Card, through eHealth; and • Saskatchewan Birth Certificate through eHealth.

• Quick Facts: • The Registration of Live Birth form is available in health care facilities throughout Saskatchewan.

• With their child’s SIN, parents can access various Government of Canada programs and benefits including the Canada Learning Bond and the Canada Education Savings Grant.

• Applying early for CCB ensures that parents receive the credit and benefit payments to which they are entitled, on time and in the right amount.

• In addition to registering births, eHealth is responsible for providing health services cards and registering deaths, marriages and changes of name that occur in the province.

• The Bundled Birth Service is available for parents living in any of the provinces.

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ommodity prices continue to feel the pain of larger supply situations and continues concerns for global economic growth, with a lot of eyes on China. All grain values are lower in the first few weeks of 2016 but with some notables being oats below $2/bushel in Chicago and canola below $475/MT in Winnipeg. Oil has also been a big loser, tanking to its lowest level since 2002 at $31/barrel, which in turn, has pushed the Canadian Loonie down to below 70 cents USD for the first time since early 2003 (notice the correlation between low points & the years?).

That being said, are we at the lows? Commodities have started out the year worse than last year’s first few weeks but you likely won’t find any economists admitting to that but it’s hard to peg in another 10% move in the Loonie (down to 63 cents), but a 10% drop in oil would be just $3.10 & a 10% drop in wheat would be just 50 cents. Puts it in perspective for you doesn’t it.

Speaking of perspective, the U.S.D.A. put out what is arguably their most significant W.A.S.D.E. report of the year on January 12th, which gives final yield & production numbers for the 2015 US crop, as well as forecasts for US winter wheat acres. On the acreage front U.S. winter wheat area is estimated to have fallen by 7.2% in 2016 to 36.61 million acres, with hard red and soft red wheat acreage at 26.5 million (-9% year-over-year) and 6.72 million (-5% from 2015). Projected U.S. ending stocks for wheat to end the 2015/16 marketing year is forecasted to come in at 941 million bushels (+25% from the end of 2014/15), 1.8 Billion bushels of corn (+4.1% from last year’s ending stocks), and 440 million bushels of soybeans (+130% yearover-year!). From a global perspective, ending stocks are seen mostly flat for corn and wheat at 209 million & 489 million tonnes respectively. For soybeans though, global inventories to end this marketing year are seen up 3.1% from a year ago.

As mentioned, China may be experiencing slowing growth but Canadian canola shipments to the People’s Republic and other places continue to remain strong with 6.8 million tonnes of the oilseed shipped out of Canadian ports so far this marketing season through the end of 2015 (+9.7% from the 6.2 million tonnes shipped over the same period a year ago). On that note, the veggie oil supply situation remains relatively opportunistic, given that global inventories are expected to end 2015/16 down 12.2% yearover-year at just 16.7 million tonnes remaining. .

Alas, with the rains finally falling in the right places in Brazil, research institute CEPEA says that the Brazilian Real is creating incentive for the 2nd / safrinha corn crop to yield 54.5 million tonnes (close to last year’s record crop, assuming similar acres and a slight decrease in average yields). With the opportunities to lock in a great domestic price, according to ag institute IMEA, Brazilian farmers in the Mato Grosso state have already forward sold 53.5% of their possible production as of the end of December. This equates to almost 5 times the 11.5% of potential output that was priced at the same time a year ago. That being said, we continue to see solid basis opportunities on new crop wheat in Western Canada. As you’re pondering whether or not you should lock 10-20% in, relative to the past 2 or 3 years, what basis levels have you been able to lock in?

To growth,​Brennan Turner President, FarmLead.com Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online and now mobile grain marketplace (app available for iOS & Android). His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached via email (b.turner@ farmlead.com) or phone (1-855-332-7653).

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have no idea how this happens.

Every two years or so, my column numbers jump by 100.

I number all of my newspaper columns, so on this fine day, the number reached Column #400.

The math works out to about 200,000 words over a period of 12 years.

I’m not sure what I’ve had to say every week for the past decade? As I look back, some of what I’ve said is extremely unimportant. But, I’ve had a weekly column to write, so I’ve said it any way.

Here’s a list of ‘’why did I write about that’ excerpts: 1 – From Column #38 (Sept. 23, 2004) - Tick - the dictionary offers a wide array of definitions: “a check mark; covering for a mattress or pillow; the clicking sound made by a watch or clock.” However, to those anticipating summer on the Prairies, the dreaded word refers to ONE thing and ONE THING only. Tick - “any of a superfamily of wingless, blood-sucking arachnids.”

2 – From Column #144 (Nov. 2, 2009) - Sometimes I wonder … what if rural women ruled the world? Just imagine … For starters, we wouldn’t call it ‘ruling the world’. I think we’d call it something like ‘making the planet a better place to be’. And, we probably wouldn’t have a prime minister or a premier, we’d have a ‘council of like-minded ladies’ who would meet on Mondays for coffee. And, we certainly wouldn’t hold our meetings in a marble legislature or a presidential palace, we’d hold them at Susan’s house. Well, it wouldn’t be fair to have them at Susan’s house every week, so we’d rotate the meetings to the houses of various ‘Like-minded Ladies’.

And, we certainly wouldn’t eat from the legislative cafeteria or presidential palace restaurant because every-

body would bring something. Kathy cooks up a mean pot of chili, Sally has the best homemade buns around and Betty makes a killer rhubarb crisp. So, it’s settled, the ‘Making Our Planet to a Better Place To Be’ council of ‘Like-minded Ladies’ would meet weekly over chili and buns, and coffee and crisps to decide the future of the world.

3 - From Column #361 (March 5, 2015) - Helpful Household Hint #1 – Get a long extension cord: When you plug your car in during the winter months, do it with a 50-foot-long extension cord in a shade of ‘hunter safety orange.’ Each and EVERY TIME you plug your vehicle in, remember to take about 40 feet of that extension cord and place it in an extremely visible place.

My husband has found it useful to wrap the excessive cord around the driver’s-side mirror of our car, leaving coils and coils of brightly coloured cord on the hood, directly in front of the driver’s-side windshield.

That way, when my husband’s wife jumps into her car and attempts to back out of the garage at high speeds without unplugging the car first, she is startled by the orange cord tumbling noisily off the hood and she stops to unplug the car before she drives to the Coop grocery store with a 50-foot extension cord dragging behind.

This inventive use of an extension cord has saved hundreds and hundreds of plugs from being pulled out of the block heater by my husband’s wife (if you haven’t figured it out already, that’s me!) It has only taken us 20 years, 15 short extension cords and 5 block heaters to figure out this ingenious household solution.

Thank you for reading Column #400 (I promise to have something WAY MORE interesting to say in Column #401).

Email Christalee Froese at Lcfroese@sasktel.net or visit 21days2joy.wordpress.com for photos of Mei Chen’s journey home.

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e are starting a new phase of ranching for our family here at Lonesome Dove Ranch, and it’s a stage I have been anticipating for a long time. Of course, I’m referring to the fact that our kids are slowly but surely starting to earn their keep. Opening and closing gates, fetching things, even helping remove twine on bales when we feed cows…the balance is slowly starting nudge in our favour. Of course, having an extra set of little hands pitching in around our ranch isn’t the primary reason for having children, but it certainly can be a nice little side effect. There’s never a shortage of work that needs to be done.

One of the best things about life on a farm is working alongside your family. I’ve done a straw poll of ranchers and farmers over the years and when asked what they love most about ranching, their answer almost always includes working hand in hand with other generations.

This response has come from young ranching mothers and grizzled, grumpy old cowboys alike.

Probably the best gift my parents ever gave me was the gift of growing up on a farm. When you’re a kid, you don’t realize what you are learning when you’re out in the field or riding shotgun or picking rocks but as a parent, I’m realizing that the lessons never stop.

We talk about how and what and why we are feeding our cattle. The kids watch the numbers on the scale increase and they notice how they go down when we put out the feed. They learn the importance of monitoring the health and welfare of our animals and are

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quick to notice anything that might not be feeling well.

They learn about nature and keep watch for the snowy owl that watches for us every day when we check the water bowl. It’s probably the broader values of daily chores, like responsibility and safety and adaptability, that sneak up on them and me too when we’re donning our ski pants for the 83rd time this season.

I usually like to do things quickly and efficiently so I can move onto the next job on my to-do list. However, when you’re packing around three willing helpers aged three to five, molasses in January moves faster. Their staunch independence also slows things down because whatever chore they task themselves with, they insist they must “do it myself !” From them, I have learned that I am darn short on patience and that I really need to relax. Even if it takes five minutes for one kid to pick twine from a bale, that’s okay. Where do I have to go that is more important?

The help hasn’t been limited to farm work either, I might add. Every time we make a meal, or throw wet clothes into the dryer, or wash dishes, a chair magically appears beside us with one to three children ready to get in the fray. I even went to check on a kid the other day after I noticed he was a little too quiet and I discovered he was folding towels. Folding! The towels weren’t folded to my standard specifications, but I’m learning that it doesn’t matter. They were folded! By someone other than me!

According to most people, we are in some of the very best years of our lives. I’m not quite sure when they started and I don’t know for certain how long they will last. I just know that for now, the help is willing and sweet. And I can use all the help I can get.

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SWIFT CURRENT 1-888-875-8188 MAPLE CREEK 1-877-662-2617 OR GO TO WWW.CYPRESSMOTORS.COM COMING EVENTS Piapot Lion’s 17th annual Antiques & Collectibles Show & Sale, Saturday, January 30, 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday, January 31, 10 am - 3 pm. Call 306-5584802 for more information. 2-3c FIREARMS LICENSE COURSE - February 6 & 7. Feb. 6th Non-restricted (Long Guns); Feb. 7th - Restricted. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (both days). Contact Bruce Martin 306-671-7123.

3-2p Cypress Hills New Democrats Nomination Meeting, January 30, Jasper Centre, Maple Creek, to nominate an NDP candidate for the Apr. 4 provincial election. Registration: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Meeting: 3:00 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Cam Broten, Party Leader. Potluck lunch to follow. Membership renewals at door. For new memberships please contact Irene at 6623463 by Jan. 22. 3-1c FOR RENT GULL LAKE HOUSING (Price & Kings Manor) has suites for rent.

All one bedroom. No smoking.

No pets. Regular housing $860/ month. Senior housing has different rates. Call 306-6728058. tn ROYAL LePAGE FORMULA 1 has rental apartments available in Gull Lake. For further details go to www.swiftcurrentsask.ca, call 306-773-7527 or email f1@ swiftcurrentsask.ca. We are also on kijiji tn HELP WANTED SOUTHWEST SHEEP GRAZING CO-OP is hiring a Pasture Manager/Shepherd for the 2016 Grazing Season April 15 - Oct 15,2016. Deadline for applications is March 1,2016.

Pasture located NW of Tompkins. Accomodation and utilities provided by the pasture. Must have own working dogs and transportation. Flock of 3200 ewes checked twice daily; general running of pasture. Send resume with experience,2 references, wages expected. to SSGC Box 844, Gull Lake, Sk.,S0N1A0. Phone;text Wendy Toney/306-672-7878/Paul Preston/403-654-0132. 3-3c REAL ESTATE PROPERTY FOR SALE in Gull Lake. 2 - 50’ Lots. Older house that needs work. South facing.

Very nice location. Suitable site for building, rental property or new home. Will take offers.

Estate sale. 306-672-3809 or 306-421-3329. 2-4p COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN GULL LAKE. 1462 Conrad Avenue. Completely re-wired in 2013. Re-sided and new windows / doors in 2013. New energy efficient furnace installed October 2014. Approximately 1400 sq ft. Security system installed 2015. Great location beside the Gull Lake CiB Xeroscape Garden. Garden doors out the back. Must be seen to be appreciated. Asking $50,000 OBO. Call Kate 306-264-7559 to view. tn SERVICES Twisted Wind RV & Mini Storage. Units are 10’ x 15’ and rent $80/month or $840/year plus GST. Call 306-297-9382 and ask for Megan. tn

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This position requires a self-motivated individual that can operate and service heavy equipment, general mechanical, welding and computer skills are required.

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INVITATION TO TENDER GRAVEL HAULING

The RM of Val Marie No. 17 invites quotes for gravel Loading & Hauling for 2016 year.

Please include: • haul rate ($/yd/mile), • loading rate, • minimum haul distance; • and any surcharges or mobilization charges; • Certificate of Insurance, Commercial General Liability $5,000,000; • Equipment Listing.

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Need Some Ice Time?

The Tompkins Skating Rink

The Frontier Raiders senior boys volleyball team recently received the SHSAA sportsmanship award (Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association) for the 2A boys provincials. The 10 team provincial tournament was held November 27/28 in Gravelbourg at College Mathieu. One team is chosen to receive this prestigious award. The award was presented at an assembly in front of the students, staff and community members by SHSAA executive director Lyle McKellar. The team is coached by Len Fyfe and Keegan Ham. Submitted photo

Hoop action heating up in SWAC

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Athletic Coordinator

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t was an exciting start to the New Year for the Frontier Raiders senior boy’s volleyball team!

The Raiders along with their coaches Len Fyfe and Keegan Ham received the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association sportsmanship award for 2A provincial volleyball. The provincial tournament was held on Nov 27/28 at Gravelbourg (College Mathieu). One team is chosen that best represents good sportsmanship and this year the award went to the Raiders! The team was presented with the banner and individual certificates at a school assembly the first week in January. Congrats Raiders!

High school basketball has restarted after the Christmas vacation. The seniors started their games on January 5. In girls’ action, the Maple Creek Rebels got a road victory with a 61-51 deci-

sion over Gull Lake. The Rebels were led by LeQueasha Gyman with 28 pts while Jordyn Bock and Sydney Taplin each added 12. The Lady Lions were led by Montanna Clendening with 18 and Reece Girodat with 11. The other girls’ game saw Shaunavon Silhouettes beat the host Frontier Raiders 55-17. The Silhouettes were led by Cassie Hansvall with 19 pts and Hannah MacNeil with 10.

The Raiders’ top scorer was Jyllian Kaliciak with 6 pts. In boys’ action, the Swift Current Jr Colts beat the host Frontier Raiders 91-48. Austin Collins had 17 pts to the led the Colts with Wesley King adding 16. The Raiders’ top scorer was Felix Purposa with 14 and Jaden Kinrade-Malbeuf with 12. The second game saw the host Shaunavon Shadows remain undefeated in league play when they beat the visiting Maple Creek Rebels 79-45. The Shadows’ top scorer was Nixen Voll with 29 followed by Ryan Selvig with 20 pts. The Rebels had two players with 14 pts – AJ Cruz and Arthur Fritzke.

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he world’s best female curling teams are gathering in Swift Current in March, and time is running out quickly to purchase tickets to see them perform at the Credit Union iplex.

All single-draw tickets are now available for the 2016 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship, presented by Meridian Manufacturing, March 19-27.

Team Canada — to be decided at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Feb. 20-28 in Grande Prairie, Alta. — will take aim at winning its first gold medal since 2008, taking on 11 other teams from around the world in the battle for global curling supremacy.

Prior to today, single-draw tickets were only available for select round-robin draws. But now, opening-weekend and playoff single-game tickets are also available, but supplies are limited, particularly for playoff games, so you need to act fast.

The gold-medal game tickets cost $40 apiece, while the Page playoff games, semifinal and bronze-medal games are $32.50 each. Opening-weekend single-game tickets, as well as round-robin weekday tickets in draws featuring Team Canada go for $25 each, while non-Team Canada draws during weekdays are $20 each.

Additionally, the Opening Weekend Mini-Pack

is still available for $109, while a small supply of Full-Event packages also are still for sale, but they won’t last long.

All tickets include same-day admission to the World Famous Patch, at the Swift Current Curling Club (attached to the Credit Union iplex), where fans will be able to grab pre- and post-game refreshments, enjoy live entertainment and mingle with players and fans from around the world.

Team Canada’s draw includes an opening weekend Sunday-morning (March 20) showdown with defending champion Switzerland, a rematch of the gold-medal game last year in Sapporo, Japan.

Canada plays its Ford Worlds opener against Denmark on Saturday, March 19, at 2 p.m. (all times Central).

The Battle of North America goes on the Sunday evening as Canada plays the United States.

Canada will close out round-robin play on Thursday, March 24, with an evening clash against longtime rivals Scotland.

The 2016 Ford World Women’s will be the first opportunity for countries to earn points to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

“Live it Live” when the Ford World Women’s brings championship curling to Swift Current!

Reserve your seats today by going to www.curling.ca/2016worldwomen/tickets/ or phone the Credit Union iplex box office at 306-773-1509.

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Gull Lake’s annual Skate with the Broncos gears up

BY B E T H JA R R E L L

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oung hockey enthusiasts of Gull Lake are once again gearing up for another special day.

On January 19, the fourth annual Skate with the Broncos will take place at the Gull Lake Recreation Complex.

The Broncos will hold a team practice from 4 p.m.-5 p.m., and a family skate will follow from 5 p.m.-6 p.m. open to everybody.

Event sponsor and organizer Kate Winquist says that this year, they are hoping to draw even more young hockey fans.

“This year, we’re gearing it especially towards the kids,” she said. “To see their faces it’s really something special. Some of them, you can tell, feel like they’re at an NHL game when they’re watching.”

Parents usually drop them off so they can watch the practice, then come back to skate with them. The kids look up to the Broncos players, and to a lot of them, the players are their heroes.”

Even though the event will be targeted towards the younger crowd, Winquist says that all are welcome to attend.

“That said, everyone is welcome; children, adults, it doesn’t matter. We just want everyone to have a great time and spend some time watching some really great hockey players.”

After the family skate is complete and autographs and pictures are finished, a supper will be held at Gull Lake School from 5:30 p.m.- 7 p.m., with proceeds going towards the school’s track fundraiser.

“They’ve been working for three years to raise funds, and at this point they’re close to halfway to their goal.

It’s a very expensive project, so every little bit helps,” she said.

“Last year, they raised close to $2000 for the track,” she said “It feels so good to be able to give back to the school, to the community in a way we can. It’s really the community that makes events like this happen, for sure.”

She says that for her, being able to support the local team is extremely important to her business.

“This is the fourth time that Winquist Ventures has sponsored,” she said. “It’s a win-win situation for both myself and the Broncos, because they rely on surrounding communities like ours to support them,” she said.

“In the Western Hockey League, they’re the smallest market team, so we in the southwest need to rally to support them. They’re holding their own, but it’s nice to show them a little extra support.”

Last year’s event drew over 100 people, she says. This year she hopes to match those numbers.

An upbeat event that celebrates both hockey and a community pulling together for a good cause is exactly what the southwest needs, she says.

“Anyone in the southwest who’s a Broncos fan, we’re encouraging anyone to come to Gull Lake and have a great time,” she said. “The way the economy has been and everything it’s nice to have some feel-good events in the community. Things like this are what community spirit is about.”

Be sure to bring your skates and join in on the fun on Tuesday, January 19. Don’t forget to bring any Broncos memorabilia you wish to have autographed. This event is free of charge and everybody is invited to attend. Advance File Photo.

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Skate With the BRONCOS

Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 at the Gull Lake Recreation Complex

featuring

• Broncos Practice from 4-5 PM • Family Skate with the Team 5-6 PM • Supper served by the Gull Lake School from 5:30-7:00 PM There will also be a raffle for a signed Broncos’ jersey!

All proceeds from the meal and jersey will be going to the Gull Lake School track-and-field fundraiser.

This event is proudly sponsored

by Winquist Ventures Ltd.