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LRHF radiothon raises over $350K

Jason Whiting Photo The Lloydminster Region Health Foundation (LRHF) closed out 2020 with its second “Lloydminster’s Gift to Health” radiothon, and

the results far exceeded expectations.

The radiothon was streamed live on Facebook and Youtube from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and when all was said and done, $350,405 had been raised.

As host Shaun Newman, of the Shaun Newman Podcast, said, “it was about as close to a perfect day as I can ever get to in my life, and I’ve only experienced a couple of other

days like that, where everything seemed to go right throughout the day.”

Only in its second year, this year’s fundraising goal was $200,000, however, at 4:40 p.m. on Dec. 15, the day of the funder, that goal had been reached and a new goal of $300,000 was announced.

“Through our amazing community, we raised $350,405, which

is an incredible feat,” said LRHF CEO Malcolm Radke. “We are ecstatic and overwhelmed by the generous support of our community.”

Funds raised allow the Foundation to upgrade important items in the Lloydminster Hospital and in long-term care facilities due to COVID-19. The Lloydminster Hospital can expect upgraded lab equipment, four

Backyard rink connects neighbours There’s nothing like a backyard rink to bring families and neighbours together.

That was the case almost every night last winter at a community rink in Lakeside, where kids along with families and pets came together for a game of hockey on a first-name basis.

The 67 ft. by 29 ft. patch of ice was a perennial project led by neighbours Roger Deeks, Arne Jacob-

son and Jordy Gerling, mainly for the benefit of youngsters in the area.

“It’s awesome, it’s handy, it’s here. We look after it and especially now, where you’re supposed to stay inside, it keeps the kids and the adults sane,” said Roger.

Jordy says in these last two COVID years, having a community rink has been really good.

“It gives kids something to do as opposed

to sitting in front of the TV or playing video games— shoo ‘em outside,” he said.

The temperature has also been ideal for outdoor hockey and skating

on the rink this winter.

“The weather, it’s been unbelievable this year. We get lots of use out of it; it’s good,” beamed Roger while leaning on a shovel.

“I Got This” shows kids’ cancer fighter

Lloydminster’s Jarrod Russell was training for his sixth annual Great Cycle Challenge last summer to fight kids’ cancer with a renewed sense of purpose.

He was re-energized to raise more money for the SickKids Foundation after having his inspirational story broadcasted across Canada in the first episode of #IGotThis on AMI-tv.

“After watching the show, I think I answered questions the way I wanted to,” said Jarrod.

“At the end of the day,

I am riding to fight kids’ cancer. That’s the message I wanted to get across and I think the video did that.”

The 44-year-old childhood brain cancer survivor had raised m o re than $ 142 ,000 for kids with cancer during his cycle challenge campaigns.

He and Breanne Wilson from Saskatchewan shared the spotlight in the first of 10 #IGotThis episodes, to be shown on AMI in described-video for Canadians who are blind or partially blind.

Jarrod’s inclusion came about on a suggestion to the Russells

by Dr. Raff Sayeed, who figured his local story would fit AMI’s program niche.

The show present s the pair as survivors of traumatic brain injuries who have discovered ways to cope with a physical disability or mental health chal-

lenges and move forward with their lives.

Jarrod was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of four with radiation treatments damaging his mobility, cognition and speech, along with some paralysis on his right side and leg.

Seizures have left him with multiple injuries and scars from falls over the years.

new defibrillators, five ice machines, four towel warmers, and a

professional development fund for respiratory therapists.

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Thousands of hours spent on the ball diamond in an effort to help kids learn and excel at the game of baseball was reward

enough for Charlie Schille.

Yet, Schille’s peers and Baseball Saskatchewan felt differently.

The longtime Lloyd-

minster Minor Baseball Association (LMBA) coach and executive was honoured with the 2020 Joe McDonald Special Award of Merit in appreciation for his tireless work both inseason and off to promote the sport among the Border City and area’s young players.

“I’m not an awards guy,” said Schille.

“The award should go to the whole program.

I’m just one of the cogs on a big sprocket. But, some fellas out there figured I needed to be recognized provincially and it’s kind of humbling that I am.”

Schille initially got into the game helping coach his son Owen’s mosquito team 12 years ago. He continued off and on, while Owen climbed the ranks to midget AAA ball, before taking on an executive role with the LMBA assisting in the placement of coaches for the different clubs.

“I’ve always had a passion for the game of baseball,” he said.

“I watched it when I was a kid. I played it when I was a kid. I personally feel it’s one of the best games out there for kids to have fun in and develop with.”

Lloyd bitcoin miner hits pay dirt Business is booming for Lloydminster bitcoin miner Upstream Data Inc. in sync with the rising price of the

digital currency.

Their fabricated modular Ohmm bitcoin mining datacenters are flying off the shelf with the price of one bitcoin hitting a high of about $42,000 USD on Jan. 8. “ Ou r sales ar e hit ting records for us and that’s because of the bitcoin price,” said company president and CEO Steve Barbour.

“We have about 60 sold and already deployed all across North America and about 20 to 30 in the fabrication queue right now.”

Upstream Data bought out Calroc’s fabrication shop on 40 Ave. and took over the lease on Nov. 1 after renting the space for more than a year.

They also fabricate legacy oilfield buildings and offer a range of natural gas gensets.

Gensets can be used

to generate electricity to power bitcoin mining computers linked to the Internet.

The company has gone from Barbour as the sole employee in 2018 to 11 employees as of Jan. 11.

“I think we’ll be doing a lot of hiring this year,” said Barbour.

Comp reno to reshape LPSD The planned $25 million renovations and addition to Lloydminster Comprehensive High School (LCHS) will change the structure of the Lloydminster Public School Division.

The expansion is expected to be ready by the September 2023 term and will bring about 339 Grade 9 students to LCHS for the first time.

New classroom space will also create jobs for 15 additional teachers.

“Divisionally, it’s going to reshape how

we do things knowing that we are going t o bring Grad e 9s to LCHS; it’s going to be a 9 to 12 model,” said Lloyd Comp principal Dwayne Marciniw.

Grade 9-12 is the dominant model across high schools in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

“We’ll be able to restructure our middle schools from a Grade 6 to 8 and our elementaries, which are currently K-6 to K-5,” explained Marciniw.

He says there are also some social bene-

fits to have Grade 9 students mix with an older core of students from a maturity and a transition perspective.

“In Grade 10, credits matter now; you’re on a pathway to graduation and to your career,” he said.

Programming will also change to a common delivery model with the inclusion of Grade 9 students at LCHS. “There is going to be a real focus on technology and 21st-century learning,” said Marciniw.

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SHA commits funds to recovery centre Lloydminster’s Residents in Recovery executive director, Tyler Lorenz, had every reason to smile in February, even while wearing a mask.

He was thrilled the downtown addictions treatment centre has secured a threeyear commitment of $170,000 in annual operating funds from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) with the need for treatment soaring during COVID-19.

“The demand for our program is just; it’s unfathomable. Between

the two provinces, I think we have a waiting list in excess of 200,” said Lorenz.

“We get 10 calls a day just to get into the program. We have no capacity to even come close to matching the demand.”

Lorenz says the funding is well-timed while fearing the worst may be yet to come over the next six months to a year from the fallout over COVID. “It’s going to help us manoeuvre a little bit and do what we can to support as many people as we can,” he said.

Lorenz says they are also looking into running another sober living recovery house to go with the two men’s houses and two women’s houses they operate on each side of the provincial border.

“Hopefully, we can do that and help a few more people,” he said.

Lloy d minst er MLA Colleen Young made the funding official last week during a news conference at the centre, noting the contract with SHA was signed on Nov. 27.

“We are eager to see as many positive results from this program and we wholeheartedly support it,” said Young.

Cenovus resets Lloyd in budget sustaining production.

“We are not spending money in places this year like Tucker, Sunrise and Cold Lake,”

The Lloydminster area is set to play a big role in the plans of Cenovus Energy to reduce its net debt to less than $10 billion in the short term.

Strong free funds will flow in 2021 from the Lloydminster upgrader and refinery, acquired from Husky Energy in a takeover completed at the start of the year.

Cenovus says these assets are well-positioned to capture heavy oil to synthetic diesel and asphalt margins as part of its 2021 budget and production forecast announced on Jan. 28.

The Calgary-based company says its capital spending will be between $2.3 billion and $2.7 billion.

This included $2.1 billion in sustaining capital and $520 million to $570 million related to the rebuild of the Superior Refinery in Wisconsin, which was damaged in an explosion and fire in April 2018.

The rebuild will boost throughput capacity to 49,000 barrels per day with up to 34,000 bbls/d of heavy oil capacity along

with increased asphalt capacity.

Cenovus is projecting total upstream production of about 750,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and downstream throughput of about 525,000 bbls/d in 2021.

The budget included a target of nearly $1 billion of synergies from the integration of the two companies this year.

At the field level, savings will come from applying Cenovus’s subsurface optimization techniques and standard operating practices across the former Husky operations— keeping one Lloyd thermal off the front burner.

“Spruce Lake North remains on hold while we focus our capital spending on drilling wells and implementing Cenovus’s subsurface optimization techniques,” said company president and CEO Alex Pourbaix in a conference call.

Other Lloydminster thermals and Foster Creek and Christina Lake oil sands will receive $900 million for

said CFO Jeff Hart, explaining they need to reconfigure the development costs to bring them down.

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LYC knows Kindness Wins!

Kindness Wins is a topical message, and one the Lloydminster Youth Council (LYC) is passionate about and was hoped to spread to put an end to bullying.

Feb. 24 was Pink Shirt Day, or Anti-Bullying Day as it’s also commonly known, and is a day when people wear a pink shirt to symbolize a stand against bullying. It originated right here in Canada, and is now

celebrated on various dates around the world.

The LYC has been involved in a Paint the Town Positive campaign for years and decided what better way to spread the Kindsness Wins message than by painting snow on the hill by the entrance of Bud Miller All Seasons Park with food colouring.

Each council puts their stamp on the campaign and has done

everything from arranging a senior’s play day in the Synergy Vault, games days at the senior centres, surprising a family in need with a dinner and presents, supporting the local SPCA, to dropping off thank yous and snacks to essential workers.

“It has been a trying year and one that we never could have anticipated,” said Jessie Mann, coordinator with the LYC.

File Photo “People have so many new pressures and our hope is that everyone

has a friendly reminder that kindness really does win and to reach

out to those that may need us most.”

Mount Joy smashes turnout records

Skier visits were soaring last season at Mount Joy Snow Resort, tying future growth to increasing lift capacity and possible land ownership.

Resort president, Chris Bogue, took to Zoom to tell the Rotary Club of Lloydminster it’s been an “absolute blockbuster” year at the hill.

“The amount of people we have out at the hill is recordsetting,” he said.

In the past three years, he says they averaged 27 users per operating day with roughly eight season passes sold a year.

“This year, we have 225 daily users and we sold 175 season passes as well,” said Bogue.

“It’s absolutely an enormous growth. Canada West Areas Association, the governing body, has told us Mount Joy is one of the, if

not the highest growing hill this year.”

Bogue says COVID plays a part, but just as a catalyst.

“If it wasn’t for the snowmaking efforts, the organization, the dedication of our volunteers, I think we would have had anot her t y pical year,” he said.

“We’ve put 2,100 different users through our door this season which is amazing,” said Bogue, citing a yearly

average of 522 tickets sold in the past three years.

The resort also aims to limit lift-line waits to about five minutes to keep the user experience top-notch.

“It’s about putting smiles on faces and it’s about user experience. This is the year, if we offer good experiences, people will be back next year,” said Bogue.

Paradise Valley ranchers party on YouTube P a r a d i s e V a l l e y rowdy roles at a barn ranchers Dwaine and d a n c e i n t h e v i d e o Lana Bleakley could see “Loretta’s Moonshine,” themselves whooping released by their counit up in a new country try singer friend, Tracy music video until the Millar, on her YouTube cows come home. channel in January.

3” wide The couple pulls off version It got more than

1,000 views in the first week and shows Millar’s husband, Shane Thomson, as the bass guitar player in the band and the Bleakleys

Summer Village of Island Lake Request for Proposals

Development Officer Position The Summer Village of Island Lake, being Alberta’s largest Summer Village and located on the shores of Island Lake, approximately 20 minutes northwest of the Town of Athabasca, is looking for an outgoing and enthusiastic individual to fulfill a part time contract position for a Development Officer services within our community.

Please visit online for complete details and instructions:

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Summer Village of Island Lake, Box 8, Alberta Beach, T0E 0A0

svislandlake@wildwillowenterprises.com Position will be open until a suitable candidate is found

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Development Officer Position The Summer Village of Island Lake, being Alberta’s largest Summer Village and located on the shores of Island Lake, approximately 20 minutes northwest of the Town of Athabasca, is looking for an outgoing and enthusiastic individual to fulfill a part time contract position for a Development Officer services within our community.

Please visit online for complete details and instructions:

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Summer Village of Island Lake, Box 8, Alberta Beach, T0E 0A0

svislandlake@wildwillowenterprises.com Position will be open until a suitable candidate is found

doing their thing.

There are glimpses of Dwaine receiving a face slap at a bar from 81-year-old Loretta Schneider, who the

song is named after, then losing at arm wrestling, while Lana is seen dancing on tables.

“People had a good chuckle over it,” said

Dwaine.

The single from Millar’s EP “I’m Not 29 No More” is now available on all streaming platforms.

Pawsibilities are endless for Kashlyn For Lloydminster mother, Taryn Bone, 25, her daughter Kashlyn and partner Brock Richardson, 28, the past four years have been anything short of easy.

Kashlyn, who turned four in May, has been in and out of hospital since she was only

f ive mont hs old d u e to a string of medical issues.

After years of medical care and multiple diagnoses, Kashlyn’s doctors recommended a service dog.

The cost of a service dog is $25,000 plus $5,000 to cover daily costs and hotels when

they travel to Edmonton to Kashlyn to train with the dog.

With no deadline stating when funds had to be raised, the couple had brought in $16,000, but an outpouring of community support got them one step closer to achieving their goal of get-

ting Kashlyn a dog.

“Heath Rice, owner of Metal & Mayhem Welding & Fabrication, is doing a silent auction right now on Facebook,” said Taryn.

“The Lloydminster Kiwanis Club also contributed $1,000 to Kashlyn’s cause, which was amazing.”

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Wayside puts smile on Interval Home

Think Lloyd First. It’s a simple phrase, but it was really catching on

and creating some buzz for local businesses and charities.

The Think Lloyd First online-shopping campaign, initiated by

Wayside Dental Centre and Brixton Shoes, cut a cheque for $7,000 made out to the Lloydminster Interval Home in early March, and the timing couldn’t have been any better.

“In December we started these Think Lloyd First Boxes,” said Wayside’s Dr. Nekky Jamal.

“I wanted to buy my favourite things from local businesses in the community, which would then support those local businesses, and then turn around and sell all of the boxes and donate everything to charity.

“Our first set of boxes in December sold out in something crazy like a day, and at that

point, we knew we were onto something. So, we bought more things from other local businesses and donated everything to the Interval Home, and it worked out really well.”

The Interval Home’s CEO, Angela RooksTrotzuk, was thrilled to receive funds on behalf of the organization and is looking forward to putting them to good use.

“Right now, our area of greatest need is just funding our unfunded programs such as the Lloydminster Community Youth Centre,” she said.

“We have our dinner time program going on there right now as well as our outreach pro-

grams and community education programs.”

The Olive Tree was December’s Think Lloyd First funding beneficiary and received a total of $8,000.

“We weren’t expecting to be the next charity of choice for the initiative, so it was exciting we were chosen and we’re very happy to be here today to accept the donation,” said RooksTrotzuk.

The February boxes featured products from The Hive, Brixton Shoes, Beauty from Bees, Simple Farmer, Art Soul Life Design Studio, Everything Tasted Better Homemade and Hey Sugar Bakeshop.

Rotary digitally connects Pioneer seniors Senior residents at Pioneer Lodge and House were breaking through their COVID19 isolation bubble with digital technology last March.

They were using Apple iPads to reach out to friends and family on Facebook and FireTV Sticks for

internal entertainment, purchased with a $6,066.64 matching grant from the Rotary Club of Lloydminster and District 5370.

“It helps bring a little bit of the old Pioneer back again—that feeling of community and being with peers and enjoying things together,” said

facility administrator Joyce Bell. “It has alleviated some of that isolated feeling.”

It was put to the test during the Christmas holidays with betterthan-expected results.

“The impact it has had on our residents has been phenomenal,” said Bell.

Mount Joy rolls out Magic Carpet auction Mount Joy Snow Resort was on a Magic Carpet ride last March.

A silent auction was underway to raise about $8,000 as the official kickoff of the resort’s Project Magic Carpet fundraising campaign for a conveyor lift.

“We’ve got everything from Easter baskets to tool sets to hockey jerseys to work lights — we’ve got everything,” said resort board member and auction organizer, Shelley Tatro.

“I am 100 per cent surprised by the support. Everyone has been awesome and

we’ve still got stuff being added to it.”

Tatro says the Magic Carpet is going to be awesome, but it comes with big price tag.

“It’s roughly

between $300,000 to $400,000, but we’re starting now. It’s probably not going to happen next year, but hopefully in the next year or two,” she said.

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LCSD has Golden Ticket with hoop academy The Lloydminster Catholic School Division (LCSD) may have found its golden ticket to athletic and overall student success.

Tuesday, March 23 was an exciting one at École St. Thomas as the LCSD announced its partnership with Golden Ticket Sports to bring students a new Basketball Academy.

Starting in September, Grade 5-7 students at École St. Thomas and St. Mary’s Elementary School will have the opportunity to learn sport and life skills from Golden Ticket co-founder Chris King and his team of high-level coaches.

“This is something that, when we started Golden Ticket Sports, a

big project of ours was working with as many youth across the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan as possible,” said King.

“For myself, it probably means a little more being local, coming from Kitscoty.

“Growing up, there wasn’t a lot of opportunity to really push sport at a young age, so when

this idea came up, having the opportunity to push elite athletes into the sport at an early age and give them a stream that filters up to junior high and high school, was a tremendous opportunity and we were excited that LCSD was so grateful to jump on board.”

Academy programming will run Tuesday-

Thursday mornings before the day’s first bell rings, and King is

looking forward to not only providing skills on the court but also off.

Ecoplast unleashes shelter for SPCA Ecoplast Solutions has gone to the dogs.

The Lloydminster construction company donated one of its buildings made from 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles to the Lloydminster and District SPCA. The 10 by 12 ft. building was delivered on site by a TBAR1 crew on March 19, with SPCA executive director Danika Bodnarchuk on hand to talk about it.

“We’ll be using it as an isolation space for animals

that come in from areas where we frequently see Parvovirus distemper, which is often fatal to dogs,” said Bodnarchuk.

She says it will protect the population of dogs inside the shelter and adequately isolate them in what amounts to a second housing unit for the organization.

“It’s the next best thing to a new building for us,” she said.

She is thinking of naming it the Ecoplast Solutions Iso-

lation Ward or something to that effect, to recognize the building as a gift the new business wanted to provide to a non-profit in Lloydminster.

“It’s unbelievable and we’re so grateful for it. It will really save the lives of dogs in our community,” said Bodnarchuk.

“It’s a huge blessing and we so grateful they selected us as the candidate to build a shelter for.”

Ecoplast’s managing partner, Kelly Rogers, sent

emails earlier in the year to non-profits that might like a structure, asking for requests for proposals.

The SPCA was chosen for their request for an isolation shelter.

“They had kind of the perfect use for it that aligned with the building that we were looking to provide, “ said Rogers.

“We are pretty fortunate to be able to give back so soon in our business development stage, but we feel it was

needed and it’s a win-win for everyone involved.”

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Rescue boat to speed recoveries

The Lloydminster Rescue Squad will be

able to conduct more scientific searches

for drowning victims with the purchase of a new water rescue boat and underwater dive equipment.

The rescue squad purchased a 22-ft. Kingfisher boat with an enclosed cab equipped with sonar and 3D mapping capability of a lake bed or river bottom.

It will also have thermal imaging for 24/7 coverage, including nighttime use.

“It’s designed for big-

ger lakes, so it’s going to be a great asset. We can go out in any type of weather because of the enclosed cab,” said the rescue squad’s chief Norm Namur.

“Now, we can travel all over the province of Saskatchewan or Alberta and aid people who have lost their loved ones in the water.”

The acquisition of the boat is part of their Water Wishes fundrais-

ing project for water rescue upgrades.

The Rotary Club of Lloydminster contributed $5,000 to the fund last week, pushing the estimated $130,000 goal past the halfway mark.

“We’re thrilled that the community has come through with some of the donations.

We just have another $60,000-$70,000 to raise and it will be paid for,” said Namur.

The boat is outfitted with the electronics prior to its anticipated delivery by the end of April.

It also comes with a diving platform and a remotely-operated vehicle called a ROV Pro 4 camera accessory the squad also purchased.

“It gives us another opportunity to drop this in the water; it’s got about 100 feet of tethered cable and it’s got sonar,” said Namur.

Rosary gets rendered look at future of school The future was looking bright for Holy Rosary High School (HRHS) as expansion

plans continued to take new life.

“With our expansion at Holy Rosary

High School, we’re really focusing on the student’s voice,” said HRHS vice principal

Jeremy Blais. “So, we started out the process with Mr. (Vince) Orieux and myself going to all of the Grade 6 and Grade 7 classrooms in all of our LCSD elementary schools and spoke with all of the students on the expansion plan.

“We then had them fill out a Google form with their interests and areas

they would be looking forward to, and then we went from there.”

The team working on the HRHS expansion has a secret weapon in the form of Grade 10 student Nathal Eckel.

Eckel has played a pivotal role in the expansion since day-on, working alongside staff, students, and the proj-

ect’s architects to help bring the school’s vision to life.

“I’ve been taking the plans from the architects and making 3D renders of the spaces that are going to be built,” said Eckel.

LPSD academy to produce student athletes The drive to sign up Grades 5 to 8 students in the Lloydminster Public School Division (LPSD) for a new sports academy began last April.

The LPSD teamed up with the Hoop Factory to provide kids with high-level coaching in volleyball, basketball, badminton and track and field during the 2021-22 school year.

Both academy partners were already busy preparing for a Septem-

ber start following the launch announcement on April 1.

“Our plan is to push some registration early next week as well.

We’ve had an early reaction to it. We see this being a successful adventure for us,” said LPSD deputy director of education, Scott Wouters.

Hoop Factory coowner, Chris King said parents pay LPSD who contracts his coaching services.

“I know the public schools are excited they can provide something at cost for the athletes,” he said.

Hiring is also wrapping up at the Hoop Factory for new academy coaches with some expected to see double duty with parent company, Golden Ticket Sports (GTS).

“We’ll have professional coaches coaching those kids in each of the respective sports,” said King.

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CrossFit Lloydminster reps shine in quarterfinal

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CrossFit Lloydminster athletes Cole Hunter and Blaine Stephan pose outside of the gym with CrossFit Lloydminster owner, Scott Noble.

CrossFit Lloydminster athletes Cole Hunter, 22 and Blaine Stephan, 40, competed in the NoBull 2021 CrossFit Games qualifiers last April.

The C ros s F it O p e n unites hundreds of thousands of athletes around the world to compete in the world’s largest participatory sporting event.

For the Open, all athletes do the exact same workouts under the watchful, yet supportive eyes of their authorized judges and workouts are videotaped for accuracy.

“The Open is really cool in the fact it’s all-

inclusive, so anyone can do the CrossFit Open, from the very beginner to the most elite athlete in the world, and it’s worldwide, so we’re doing the same workout they’re doing in Africa, Europe, Australia, you name it,” said CrossFit Lloydminster owner Scott Noble.

Stephan and Hunter soaked it up.

This is Stephan’s seventh year as a CrossFit athlete and he said he initially took to the sport as a way of keeping up with his kids.

“The cool thing about CrossFit is it’s functional,” said Stephan.

Hunter described his inaugural Open as a great experience and he can’t wait for next year.

“This was my first qualifier, so it was a bit of a learning curve, but it was a good experience to have and I was really excited about it,” said Hunter, who is a firefighter with the Lloydminster Fire Department.

As Noble pointed out, anyone can compete, but he also explained the CrossFit Open is a really good opportunity because everyone gets involved in the same workouts to bring the whole community in.

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Lloyd Rescue helps bring closure to family of lost fisherman

After nearly eight months of search efforts, on May 12 the

Lloydminster Rescue Squad (LRS), using their airboat, successfully located the body of 24-year-old Matthew Hamm, bringing some much-needed closure to the family.

On Sept. 23, 2020, Hamm went fishing on Weyakwin Lake with the hopes of bringing supper home for his family, something he

had done many times before. Hamm would never return to the dock.

“That evening (Sept.

23, 2020) they reported him missing, so the next day they initiated some searches and did find his boat at the north end of the lake, but they never found him,” said Chief Norm Namur, LRS.

Namur explained the HEART (Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team) team from Manitoba was called in for some days to do side scanning with their sonar.

“They searched and they searched and no body was found.”

Lloyd Rescue would return to Weyakwin Lake, which is approxi-

mately 8,000 hectares in size, on a number of occasions to continue the search after making a promise to the family to do so.

“We decided to follow an east-west pattern, and we didn’t even make it through the first pass when we noticed an anomaly in the water. We turned the boat around, and we

realized we had located Mr. Hamm,” said Namur.

“We were pretty relieved for the family that the body had been found and that we were able to bring him home for closure. That was a really comforting moment for us, and we are so grateful we could do that for the family.”

City breaks ground on $81.5M wastewater facility The City of Lloydminster hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking on May 14, to celebrate construction being underway on its new wastewater treatment facility.

“I am proud of the project team for their work thus far and their commitment to helping the City of Lloydminster provide ongoing enhancements to the quality of life of our residents and

regional neighbours,” said Lloydminster Mayor Gerald Aalbers.

“Once complete, the wastewater treatment facility will accommodate our growing community, and our dedication to providing a clean and sustainable future for our neighbouring communities that depend on the North Saskatchewan River.”

Construction on the

$81.5-million wastewater system project funded, by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the City of Lloydminster began in late 2020.

The facility is expected to be fully operational by late 2023.

“I am proud that our government is investing over $24 million in this wastewa-

ter treatment facility,” said Minister of Infrastructure

and Communities Catherine McKenna.

Lloyd thermals set production record Cenovus Energy Inc. set a production record at Lloydminster thermal projects in its latest quarter.

Lloydminster thermal production rose to an average of 96,000 barrels of oil a day, benefiting from the Cenovus operating strategy applied to some of the assets acquired in the Husky Energy transaction.

That strong performance saw the Lloyd thermals contribute about a quarter of the company’s oilsands operating margin of $1.1 billion with

Christina Lake and Foster Creek leading the way.

Cenovus president and chief executive officer Alex Pourbaix told an earnings call on May 7 they are starting to see their strategy pay dividends at Lloyd thermals.

The company reported a profit of $220 million compared to a loss of $1.8 billion a year ago.

Upstream production was nearly 770,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, up from 482,595 boepd a year ago.

Downstream throughput was 469,100 bbls/d compared to 221,100 bbls/d in the same yearago period.

The Lloydminster upgrader and asphalt refinery operated at near capacity in the quarter with an average utilization rate of 96 per cent.

Cenovus was also on target to achieve an initial 2021 target of $1.2 billion in synergies from its integration with Husky at the beginning of the year.

Workforce reductions account for $400 million of $600 mil-

lion in operational cost

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A final salute to a notable man

The Border City lost one of its outstanding

community volunteers on May 15 with the passing of Bob Troup.

Troup was 71-yearsold and is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Monica; daughter, Sheri (Kevin) Hegseth of Lloydminster; son, Daryl (Natalie) Troup of Sherwood Park; four grandchildren, Maren Hegseth, Aven Hegseth, Londyn Troup and Sam Troup;

brothers, Gordon Troup of Peace River and Gary (Lucy) Troup of Calgary and their children, Chelsea and Devin; brother-in-law, G l e n n ( A n n a ) P e t e rson of Marwayne and their three girls, Cleo (Keith) Wolstenholme of Red Deer, Misty (Tim) Smereka of Elk Point and Kelsie (Kendall) Peterson of Marwayne; five great nieces

and nephews, Arwynn and Bronwyn Wolstenholme, Avery, Evett and Hadley Smereka; and a host of friends and many cousins.

Troup’s funeral service was held on May 20 and was livestreamed at the Lloyd Ex as public health restrictions meant the service was invite-only.

On May 20, a memorial procession and final

Holy Rosary students advance to Skills Canada Nationals It was winner, winner, chicken dinner for a few Holy Rosary High School (HRHS) students who recently competed in Alberta Skills Competitions and are excited about the opportunity to compete in nationals.

The HRHS video dream team of Mackenzie Decrescenzo and Sierrah Bennett got gold in the video com-

petition and Kyla Morin was awarded the silver medal in photography.

The team’s winning video consisted of a day-in-thelife of Decrescenzo, who arrives at school and nothing goes as planned.

The video demonstrates how truly skilled the pair is when it comes to video production, as at times,

there is more than one Decrescenzo on screen.

The pair have competed in Skills Alberta contests together over

the last few years and found themselves in the top five last year, but this was clearly their year.

farewell to Troup was then held at Boundary Ford, a place he called

home, and his coworkers a family, for many years.

School rules at skills comp Lloydminster Comprehensive High School is acquiring a reputation as a powerhouse at Skills Canada Alberta competitions.

The school hoped to add to its medal collection nationals after Grade 12 student John Lecegues earned gold in IT Office Software Level 2 at the provincials April 24-May 7.

Lecegue’s gold put him on team Alberta for the Skills Canada competition, which took

place Wednesday, with the results expected by early June.

Joining Lecegues on the provincial podium is Grade 12 silver medalist, Griffin Duchow in electrical installation, and Grade 11 bronze medalist, Micah May Garcia in Office Software Level 1.

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B4BYLL team beats odds and weather to finish line It was going to take more than the wrath of Mother Nature to keep the Bike For Breakfast YLL team from completing their 1,045 km ride to Tuffnell Sask. and back.

The team of nine riders included Shaun Newman, Brad Hoffman, Nekky Jamal, Nigel Dube, Becky Reiber Grassl, Ken Rutherford, Jim Taylor,

Natalie Wiebe, Tracy Matthews, departed Lloyd on June 4. The team was also very well supported by Pea Brokoff and Tricia Hunter, who took care of anything from social media to driving duties.

Bike For Breakfast YLL set out at the beginning of May to raise money for student breakfast programs in the Lloydminster Pub-

lic School Division, Lloydminster Catholic School Division, Northwest School Division No. 203, Buffalo Trail School Division and Onion Lake Cree Nation.

Once the team smashed their goal of $200,000, team member and man-withthe-plan, Shaun Newman, said the ride itself was going to be “the

fun part.” Although it was indeed an amazing experience for all who took part, there were unexpected hurdles to tackle once out on the road.

As of 1:30 p.m. on JUne 9, the team’s GoFundMe page was sitting at $271,370 and still climbing.

“One of the toughest things about this was the sleep deprivation,”

said Newman. “You didn’t have the ability to go to a hotel at night and get a good night’s sleep, so you’re trying to sleep on the bus. Then there’s the stress of a breakdown and everything else. A lot of us (were functioning) on not a lot of sleep, and that was extremely difficult. Dealing with the wind, the rain, and the plus 32 (degrees) on

the way to Tuffnell, you just didn’t have time to recuperate, you adjust on the fly.”

Community invited to celebrate life and memory of Amanda Carson

I had almost been one year since Amanda Carson passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2020, at the age of 39 years, and to help keep her memory in the hearts of the com-

munity, Amanda’s family, who has been long-standing community supporters and the owners of Cliff Rose for Clothes for years, set up a Giving Garden in her hon-

our on the south side of their building.

“Amanda always had a giving heart, you know,” said her father, Dave Schneider, adding the fact the idea for the garden came from Amanda’s passion for helping others.

“She’d see someone on the street and want to stop and get them something to eat or get them something to drink, so this is our way of passing on that torch.

“We set the garden up and it’s up to the people in the community to take it from here. If they want to come out

and weed the gardens once in a while or just come and grab something to take home later in the summer, it’s open to the public.”

Schneider explained they’re hoping to expand next year and put a few more flower beds outside, but they’re starting with what they have now and are hoping to add to it each year.

“Last year we had a little tomato plant outside where people could come by and grab a tomato as they walked by, and with the one-year of her passing coming up, I

thought it would be a good way to get Amanda’s name out there and let the world know we miss her dearly.

She’s always in our hearts,” said Schneider.

“It’s been a really tough year for all of us, but we’re very excited to have this garden set up to help carry on Amanda’s legacy, and we’re hoping that each year it will grow. We’ve got lots of sidewalk and sunlight down the side of our building, so we’re hoping it’ll be something that we can add a new section to each year.

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Skye’s the limit for Skills teens Holy Rosary High School celebrated a golden moment in national Skills Canada competition.

The milestone kicked in on June 15 after school hours in the communication’s media lab.

That’s where Grade 12 students Sierrah Bennett and Mackenzie DeCrescenzo and their teacher, Skye Ferguson, learned they had

won the gold medal while watching the award ceremony live streamed from Quebec City.

“I was shocked.

Sierrah got up and hugged me. I couldn’t even move. I was just stunned,” said DeCrescenzo during a media event at the school Wednesday morning.

Bennett notes she was equally spellbound upon hearing the news.

“I went and I slammed both of my hands on my lap and I jumped up and I started cheering and I’m like ‘let’s go!’” she said.

The gold medal was the school’s first-ever win and first-ever win for video production, taught by Ferguson, who was super pumped but not surprised when the award was announced.

“We set this goal for them when they were in Grade 10. I was very proud; I knew they could do it. It was great to see it come to life,” she said.

The students’ gold at nationals, follows gold medals at the regionals and provincials in 2021. The best friends have amassed a total of 11 gold medals in individual and team competitions in three years.

Motorists fill up at Ribfest Ribfest 2021 lived up to its expectations as a show of smiles at the Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds.

The second annual event also raised more than $25,000 for Border City Connects’ transportation services headed, by executive director, Glenn Fagnan.

He put satisfied cus-

tomers at the top of his highlight list as the lead organizer of the drivethru funder, held June 18-20.

“The quality of food was excellent,” said Fagnan, who stocked his own fridge with leftover barbecued meats and fixings.

Attendance was on par with last year with about

3,000 vehicles and 10,000 people served from four rib vendors with the Western Canada Rib Fest Tour.

The vendors included

Camp 31 from Alabama, Pistol Pete’s from Oklahoma, Buckeye BBQ from St. Louis Missouri and Billy’s BBQ from Michigan.

Cool treats and a powerful message

“Be a buddy, not a bully,” that’s was

the message Mothers Against Bully-

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ing (M.A.B.) founder, Desiree Cornet-Wile, plans to keep sharing to Lloydminster youth after tragically losing her son to suicide in 2019.

Cornet-Wile made a stop at E.S. Laird Middle School on Tuesday June 22 to hand out freezies to students as they left the school for summer after finishing their final exams.

The cool treats not only came with the reminder for students to be nice to one and other, but it was bittersweet for Cornet-Wile as the school’s Grade 9 graduating class was the last at the school to share a classroom with her late son.

“We just want to build these kids up and reassure them their life is their life,” she said.

“We don’t want them to fall under the pressures of bullying or peer pressure. Each person and each child has such an amazing purpose in life and we need to build on that.”

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Holy Rosary build creates jobs

On one of the hottest days of the year, a bit of sweat equity went into a sod-turning ceremony to officially start construction on a $10 million expansion at Holy Rosary High School.

Many of the officials on hand for the onsite exercise on June 29 spoke about the project as a sign Lloydminster is continuing to grow and will stimulate the

economy.

“I think the local economic impact will be huge,” said Mayor Gerald Aalbers.

“Construction is usually the beginning of further economic growth. I think that this just speaks to it.

“We are a regional centre. Our schools are growing; that’s evident.”

Albers also refer-

enced the ongoing $25 million expansion and renovation at Lloydminster Comprehensive High School as more proof of economic optimism.

“We are seeing two additions to both high schools. Our elementary schools are very well packed, if I may use that term,” he added.

Aalbers says he also

Pocketing the Ace of Hearts

It was straight to the bank for Jordan deGoede following the July 9 Chase the Ace cheque presentation at the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association.

The 34-year-old deGoede had been buying between six and eight tickets per week throughout most of the 46-week fundraiser and

left the Ex $730,462 richer.

This is the largest amount of money deGoede has ever won, and the news of his win came as a complete surprise as he watched the weekly livestream from camp in Jansen Sask., where he works as a welder.

“I didn’t know what to think, and didn’t think

it was true,” he said to media last Friday.

“I had been playing for about two or three months now. It finally paid off.”

So, what does the almost-millionaire plan on doing with his winnings?

“Pay off debt, maybe get some new golf clubs, take the summer off work and just enjoy, pay off my truck and invest in the future,” he said.

“I did quit my job and then I told them I’d come back at the end of summer, (but) just take it easy. Go do some camping, spend some time at the lake, golf.”

appreciates the fact Alberta and Saskatchewan r ecognized t he need to co-fund the project.

Nigel McCarthy, director of education for the Lloydminster Catholic School Division (LCSD) sees the expansion at Holy Rosary as an indicator of community growth.

“If we took the students that were in

Grade 3 to Grade 7 in our schools and put them in Holy Rosary, there’s nearly 1,200

students,” he said. “It’s auspicious and very hopeful for the future of our community.”

Lloyd cheers renewed health MOU The Alberta and Saskatchewan governments pledged to deliver regional health care services to residents within a 150-kilometre radius of the City of Lloydminster.

The commitment came with the renewal of a new memoran-

dum of understanding (MOU) on July 12 to work together to plan and fund health care services in the city and surrounding area.

The previous MOU expired in July 2019.

The new agreement was signed by Alberta Health Minister Tyler

Shandro and Saskatchewan Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health Everett Hindley.

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Indian Relay a sport for the brave

Indian Relay Racing has been described as the most exciting sport you’ve ever seen, and Border City residents got the chance to witness the action firsthand during the first three days of the North American Chuckwagon Championships (NACC), held at the Lloyd Ex from July 11-19.

Indian Relay is a sport with three thor-

oughbreds horses. Each team races around the track once, bareback, and comes in for an exchange, where the rider jumps off of one horse and onto another horse, and there are two exchanges in each race.

“It’s a growing sport.

It’s just exploding,” said Vern “Stick” Antoine, president of the Elite Indian Relay Association (EIRA).

“I used to do wagons for 10 years with Ray Mitsuing and was his assistant driver.

After he retired I went to Indian Relay and founded a new association this year.

“The EIRA is based out of Poundmaker Cree Nation, the Indian Relay capital of Canada. We host lots of e ve nt s t he r e su ch as Indian Relay, wagon racing, fun runs, events

like that.”

Indian Relay has been featured at the Calgary Stampede as a demonstration sport, but with the races in the Border City being run under the EIRA, they were sanctioned races and the points counted.

“We run from May until October and our season is booked solid.

Every weekend we’re on the road to a different community.”

Mavericks hope to unite the west Ken Rutherford was hoping to rock the regional political boat

in the Sept. 20 federal election.

The Lloydminster

resident was the Battlefords-Lloydminster candidate for the new Maverick Party that aims to represent only the west in Ottawa.

This was the first foray into politics for the Lloydminster businessman, who decided to join the party to get a better deal for western Canada in

Confederation.

“Like many, I’m a frustrated westerner and I think you either have to be a part of the solution or you’re part of the problem,” said Rutherford.

“I also subscribe to the statement, if you keep doing the same thing over and over

again and you expect different results, it’s the definition of insanity.”

He says knowing the Trudeau Liberal Party did poorly in the last federal election in the west helps to open the door to the new grassroots Mavericks.

“We’re reaching out to all the communities.”

Gorst grabs NACC $100K dash win

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When the dust settled and the penalties had been tallied, Meadow Lake’s Logan Gorst walked away $100K richer.

Gorst, who races out of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association and sat second behind Todd Baptiste in the CPCA standings, had a great nine days of racing at the North American Chuckwagon Championships, hosted by the Lloyd Ex at Halstead Downs.

“It feels pretty good,” said Gorst. “I feel bad

for the guys in the heat there. Brad (McMann), he ran a really good race. You know, penalty seconds, it’s just a part of the sport. It’s more like a default win, but hey, I’ve lost them like that too. I’m happy to win.

“You try and win all the time, but there’s so many good competitors out there; it’s hard to do every night.

I got lucky today, you gotta remember that.

Brad actually, probably should have won the race if he didn’t have outrider trouble.”

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