Meridian Source - November 10, 2022

Poppy placement respects our vets

Despite frigid tem peratures and an abundance of blowing snow, many residents still managed to make it to the Lloydminster Cemetery on Saturday to pay their respects to fallen veterans for the annual No Stone Left Alone (NSLA) ceremony.

The No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foun dation is a group out of Sherwood Park dedi cated to honouring the sacrifice and service of Canada’s military by educating students and placing poppies on the headstones of veterans every November.

Now in its eighth year in the Border City, No Stone Left Alone

has consistently seen a dedicated group attend the annual ceremony, which has grown on the international level.

“Lloydminster has been so welcom ing to our organiza tion right from the start, and today’s cer emony is really impor tant because it brings an extra element to Remembrance Day,”

said Amy Hrynchuk, the No Stone Left Alone site representa tive for Lloydminster.

“The kids are going out there, they’re see ing the names on the gravestones, recogniz ing the sacrifice that was made, and paying their respects by giving that veteran a poppy.”

Vic Juba to launch triple funders

forming arts as a univer sity transfer program.

Vic Juba Community Theatre general man ager Jennifer McCon nell and box office and marketing coordinator Bridget Walsh put on a news-making perfor mance as guest speak ers at the Rotary Club of Lloydminster.

Their Monday lunch presentation included breaking news the the atre is set to release details on three new fundraising events in 2023.

“We have a fun money casino happening on Feb. 4,” said McConnell for starters.

“We hope to be doing a big-name artist con cert in the summertime and then we are going to have a hats-off fund raiser around the NHL hockey season next year.”

She says they will be sending out details about that shortly.

McConnell also told Rotary the theatre will expand by taking over the black box stage no longer needed by Lake land College due to a “down tooling” of per

The theatre plans to update the equipment and make it functional as a black box theatre again.

“Instead of us build ing on a new black box that the original expan sion plan was; it’s changed now, so we are looking at the whole footprint of the build ing,” said McConnell.

They are also look ing at possibly creating a new main entrance to the theatre instead of using the existing com bined entrance with the Lakeland Rustlers gym.

“It’s a very busy traf fic area, so we’re looking at the whole footprint of the area with the inclu sion of the black box,” said McConnell.

Walsh ran through the entire Dr. H.A. McDonald season with a video presentation with McConnell doubling up with a shorter version in a media interview.

“We’re seeing the return of bigger atten dance numbers,” said McConnell.

GEOFF LEE WRITER

Taylor Weaver Meridian Source

Robert Lindsay was one of many Lloydminster residents to attend last Saturday’s No Stone Left Alone ceremony at the Lloyd minster Cemetery. Lindsay is seen placing a poppy on the headstone of his father, Robert Lindsay Miller, who served Canada.

TAYLOR WEAVER EDITOR

Lowe’s leaving Canadian market

Lowe’s Companies Inc. is selling its Cana dian retail business to Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm based in New York, for $400 million in cash.

Lowe’s Canadian retail business operates approximately 450 cor porate and independent

affiliate dealer stores under different ban ners, including Lowe’s, Rona, Réno-Dépôt and Dick’s Lumber, based in Boucherville, Quebec.

The retail network includes a Rona store in Lloydminster.

Sycamore plans to make Lowe’s Can ada and Rona a standalone company based

in Boucherville.

The sale was announced on Nov. 3 and is expected to close in early 2023.

Lowe’s bought Rona for $3.2 billion in 2016 and, in a statement, said the sale of its Cana dian operations is ‘an important step towards simplifying Lowe’s busi ness model.’

Gone, but not forgotten

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Hrynchuk also noted NSLA is now interna tional, hosting ceremo nies in Kraków, Poland for roughly four years. An inaugural ceremony was also held in France this year.

“Seeing this kind of growth, not just within our communi ties, is amazing. Last year there were just

over 76,000 poppies laid. We want to ensure that every veteran that served in some capac ity, gets remembered for Remembrance Day.”

The No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foun dation was started in 2011 and the idea was to honour the sacrifice and service of Canada’s military by educating

students and placing poppies on the head stones of veterans every November.

Hrynchuk was also proud to point out Lloydminster was the first NSLA ceremony in Saskatchewan.

“Now, I believe there are five more cities hosting ceremonies in Saskatchewan, so we’re growing.”

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Legion member Heather Klages reads the Act of Remembrance during the annual No Stone Left Alone ceremony at the Lloydminster Cemetery last Saturday. Taylor Weaver Meridian Source

Big things on horizon at Vic Juba theatre

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“We’re also look ing at a lot of artists who are actually from Alberta, so I think that always helps when you have some hometown appeal.”

to living legend, Rotar ian Vic Juba, who the theatre is named after.

“He’s not only a Rotarian but he’s also in the theatre and very engaged still as Mr.

Lloydminster. We are so fortunate to have our space named after such a humanitarian,” said McConnell.

She also thanked the Rotary club for their

donation of lobby fur niture in 2019 as part of her speaking agenda with Walsh.

“So we just wanted to touch base with every body and let them

Saskatchewan coun try singer Jess Moska luke is performing on stage this Saturday.

On Nov. 28, the pop ular Terri Clark will be in town with her It’s Christmas Cheers show.

“We’re anticipating that one will sell out. We are almost there. There is about 100 and some tickets left out of the 550 for her show,” said McConnell.

“In the new year, we’re really excited for Aaron Goodvin in Jan uary as well as A Dino saur Tale in February.”

The latter is a fam ily-featured show with something for all ages themed around a dino saur time warp story.

McConnell also took a moment to tip her hat

know what’s going on and just say thank you for everything they do

for the community and for our theatre,” said McConnell.

Geoff Lee Meridian Source

Jennifer McConnell, general manager of the Vic Juba Community Theatre, held up a new event poster during her presentation to the Rotary Club of Lloydminster on Monday.

In the new year, we’re really excited for Aaron Goodvin in January as well as a Dinosaur Tale in February.

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Blanket Buddy Project warms hearts, extremities

TAYLOR WEAVER EDITOR

Local seniors have one less thing to worry about this winter as a fundraising campaign is underway to provide blankets to keep them warm this winter.

have a total of 170 residents between the three facilities, and we’re hoping to provide blankets for all of them.

The Blanket Buddy Project was created by Trish Domes, who hopes to collect enough blankets to provide warmth to each resident at Lloydminster’s Jubi lee Home, Lloydminster Continuing Care Cen tre and the Dr. Cooke Extended Care Centre.

“I am committed to creating a world of love, connection and joy, and I just have a vision of spreading kindness and compas sion, and I think as a nurse it’s just kind of in you to help and support people,” said Domes, who has been a nurse for 18 years and worked at Assure Occupational Testing Inc. for eight years.

“Since I’ve never done something like this before, I started with a goal of providing blankets to every resi dent in only one facility with the hopes of grow ing in the future, and I was encouraged to expand it, so I’m now at three facilities. We now have a total of 170 resi dents between the three facilities, and we’re hoping to provide blan kets for all of them.”

The Blanket Buddy project has been active for roughly two weeks and Domes is collecting

blankets until Dec. 10.

“That gives me enough time to orga nize them and deliver them to the residents,” she said.

Domes is asking any one interested and able to donate new, twinsize blankets to the Blanket Buddy Project, which can be dropped off at Jubilee Home, the Dr. Cooke Extended Care Centre, and Assure Occupational Testing.

“As long as they’re new, that’s the big thing,” said Domes.

“Twin is the size of their beds, but they also use them as lap blan kets when they’re sit ting, either in a chair or in a wheelchair. We’re doing this with Christ mas in mind, but I want the residents to know that as a commu nity and as a whole, we haven’t forgotten about them and they deserve a little something special this holiday season.”

Taylor Weaver Meridian Source Trish Domes is hoping to gift 170 seniors living in Lloydminster’s Jubilee Home, the Lloydmin ster Continuing Care Centre, and the Dr. Cooke Extended Care Centre with new blankets to keep them warm just in time for the holidays.

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Lakes Cattleman of the Year recipients

Talk about putting down roots.

Harry and Jean Lake are the fourth genera tion to raise their fam ily on land near Turtl eford, homesteaded by Harry’s great-grandfa ther John in 1906.

The couple’s fam ily history on the farm came to light when they accepted this year’s Cattleman of the Year Award at the Lloyd minster Agricultural Exhibition Association (LAEA) on Friday.

The award is pre sented to those who have made an outstand ing contribution to the cattle industry as well as their commitment to excellence, exempli fying quality rural life and involvement in the community.

“Many things have changed on our farm over the past 116 years, but the goal of grow ing crops and raising livestock while being good stewards of the land has remained the same,” said Harry in a statement.

“Over the years, we have been blessed with great neighbours, friends, and family who have supported us through the good times and bad. We want to ensure we leave the land in better condition than when we started so it can sustain gener ations to come.”

Their son Brad works as a service manager for Agland and lives in Lloydminster with his wife, Danielle, and three daughters Emily, Ada and Juliet.

The oldest daugh ter Rhonda is the CFO for On-Site Sign Group and lives in Langdon, Alberta with her part ner Kelly and her two boys Dane and Tanner.

The Lake’s young est daughter Sydney lives in Lloydminster and works at Synergy Credit Union as a small business and Ag advi sor and is getting mar ried next July to Kyle Payne, who works as a salesman for Novlan Bros. in Lloydminster.

Growing up in town and on the farm, the

kids were all members of the Mervin 4-H Beef Club.

The elder Lakes cur rently raise about 130 cows on their 3,300acre land base and rent out three-quarters of their grain land to lighten their workload.

They have been using Hereford, Charolais, Gelbvieh, and most recently the addition of Limousin bulls in their

breeding program.

“We feel extremely privileged and humbled to be recognized along side previous cattlemen and cattlewomen who have done so much for the betterment of the cattle industry,” said Harry.

“We accept this award not only for our generation, but for the generations before us who worked so hard to

break land and make our farm what it is today.”

Over the years, Harry has been the chair of the Turtleford Ag Soci ety, Mervin Church Board, Turtle River Parish, Turtleford Curl ing Club, secretary of the Mervin Wheat Pool committee and a direc tor of Mervin Coop Board.

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Geoff Lee Meridian Source

Ron Weaver, left, president of the Lloyd Ex board, presented the Cattleman of the Year Award to Harry and Jean Lake on Friday during Stockade Roundup in the Culligan Water Building.

Lashburn farmer newly-minted millionaire

“I couldn’t believe it,” said Haduik, who’s been farming in Lashburn for 27 years and struck gold on Nov. 2.

After hitting the jack pot, the first phone call Haduik made was to his wife, Cindy.

“She didn’t believe me. I had to send her a picture,” he said. “I believe now; it’s real.”

This was also the first time Haduik had ever won a large sum of money.

Neither of us slept a wink on Wednesday.”

Lionel Tootoosis, senior VP of operations with SIGA, was in town for last week’s cheque presentation and couldn’t be happier to name another million aire in Saskatchewan.

“It’s an exciting day every day the Smoke Signals goes,” said Tootoosis. “We have 51 machines across SIGA, and it’s a progressive jackpot that’s a mystery

progressive that runs from $1M up to $2M and any spin can win.

“It’s a total mystery when it goes; it could go on the next spin or go a few months from now.”

With SIGA being a 100 per cent nonprofit charitable orga nization, Tootoosis explained 50 per cent of the funds go back to the First Nations Trust, which goes back to the 74 First Nations in Sas katchewan, 25 per cent

goes to the local com munity development corporation, and 25 per cent goes back to the province.

“This is our signa ture product for the company and I’m very happy whenever it goes, it’s quite the event and we like to celebrate it, so we’ve invited Dwaine back for supper tonight and celebrate a bit more. We’re really happy to be here today.”

“I couldn’t believe it happened to me.”

Those were the words of newly-minted millionaire Dwaine Haduik, a farmer from Lashburn whose life changed when he won

$1,760,059.18 at the Gold Horse Casino in Lloydminster.

Haduik hit the pro gressive Smoke Signals jackpot, a Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Author ity (SIGA) signature product that to date, has given away $55M.

A man of few words, when asked what he plans to do with his winning, he was quick to say “keep farmin’ ‘till she’s done.”

When asked that same question, Cindy had a little more to say.

“We’ll probably buy a few toys and go on a holiday,” she said. “When he called to tell me he won, I absolutely did not believe him.

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During his son’s minor hockey career, he was the team’s manager.

Jean was actively involved with commit tees within their church and community includ ing Sunday school and AUCW, TADRA conve nor, board member of the Turtleford Credit Union, Turtleford Ag Society and Turtleford Curling Club.

For approximately 20

years the Lakes were in charge of the 4-H and Beef Cattle show at the Turtleford Fair.

When it ended, they formed a committee and initiated the Tur tleford Summer Cattle Show in 2010.

“Thanks to our hardworking committee and the great support from local cattlemen and businesses we have con tinued this show,” said Harry.

This year’s show had

56 pens of cattle which was the highest entry in the 12 years of the event.

The family history is too long to report, but it all began in 1853, when Harry’s ancestors John and Mary Lake moved from England to Platts ville, Ont.

They had 10 children, one of them being Har ry’s great-grandfather John, who sprouted the family tree on the homestead.

TAYLOR WEAVER EDITOR

Taylor Weaver Meridian Source Dwaine Haduik, centre, a farmer from Lashburn, is $1.7M richer after winning the progressive Smoke Signals jackpot at the Gold Horse Casino.

Hockey pro builds character players

GEOFF LEE WRITER

Puck handling and citizen ship go hand in hand at this year’s Lloydminster Pub lic School Division (LPSD) hockey academy.

That’s the dual-purpose goal of Adam Huxley, the new on-ice consultant for the LPSD academy, based at the Servus Sports Centre.

“The number-one thing is to be a good person. If you’re a good person, all those attributes and details turn you into a better player,” said Huxley at the rink last week.

“I don’t care how good of a hockey player you are. I care that you listen; I care how you treat the people around you and how you treat the instructors and how you treat yourself.”

Huxley is the owner-oper ator of Huxley Hockey Con ditioning in Wainwright, who has used that philos ophy to help a number of players reach their goals of playing Junior A, Major Junior and NCAA hockey.

He started his job with the LPSD academy in mid-Sep tember and says it was a lit tle bit of a different adjust ment for him and for the kids as well.

“I think we’re on the same page now. I think we’re kind of changing the culture a lit tle bit,” he said, noting he felt the shift recently.

“It’s been awesome and fun to come to the rink,” he said.

Huxley says some LPSD kids just want to get better and have fun and others are elite, looking for extra ice time, but his two-pronged teaching approach applies to everyone.

“I really want these guys to realize what it takes to get to the next level is you have to

be a better person, you have to treat your coaches prop erly, etc,” said Huxley.

He spoke about Lloydmin ster-born Mason Shaw as an example of a skilled, charac ter kid he worked with who scored his first goal in the NHL on Oct. 30.

“I get calls from the NHL scouts about players I train and they don’t ask one ques tion about hockey,” said Huxley, who played 10 years of pro hockey in the AHL and ECHL.

“They ask, is he on time, how is he with guys in the gym, how’s his work ethic, how’s his focus —basically what kind of kid is he and is he good in school.”

Huxley also works for Power Edge Pro (PEP) and is using the equipment to introduce new on-ice skills development that some academy kids like Graydon Moore seem to like.

“It’s really helpful for our games and stuff to get around guys and protect the puck,” said the Grade 8 student from College Park School.

The youngster is also dig ging the academy under Huxley’s leadership.

“It helps me with my skills and get better at hockey,” he said.

Huxley is assisted on the ice by Brant Saretsky from Wainwright, with LPSD teachers Jeff Mazzei and Shawn Coulter in attendance.

“I’m sure it’s a muchneeded break for them because we’re the ones with the voice when we’re here and they sit back and help and have some fun with the kids,” said Huxley.

“So I think it’s a good dynamic that way.”

Huxley took over his role from Lance Ward, who moved to Red Deer where

he’s also running a hockey academy and Huxley knows him well.

“Lance is an amazing guy. I’m more of an on-ice guy. That’s where I live and die. I come here to work with the

kids on the ice,” he said.

Karsyn Woytiuk, a Grade 7 student from College Park, is a fan of the academy and Huxley’s PEP drills.

“This year, we just started PEP, so it’s nice to have

something else new to prac tice—something that we’ve never tried before to get bet ter at,” she said.

Woytiuk says it helps with your turns as well as puck placement.

Geoff Lee Meridian Source

Adam Huxley walked into the Servus Sports Centre with his hockey equipment last week in his role as the new onice consultant for the Lloydminster Public School Division Hockey Academy. Huxley is the owner/operator of Huxley Hockey Conditioning in Wainwright.

LSAS back with Bear Paw Campaign

TAYLOR WEAVER

Sometimes, the diffi cult things are the most important to talk about.

With that in mind, Lloydminster Sexual Assault Services (LSAS), in partnership with the Esso/Husky truck stop, is once again in the middle of its annual Bear Paw Campaign and needs your support.

The Bear Paw Cam paign was originally launched in 2014 as a way to raise funds for renovations at LSAS’ Little Bear Child and Youth Advocacy Cen tre. Over the years the annual campaign has shifted gears and now supports services pro vided by LSAS.

“At the Little Bear Child and Youth Advo cacy Centre, we provide advocacy services, we facilitate forensic inter views, so the RCMP can come interview children and youth who have been impacted by child abuse,” said Donna Astley-Reed, program director, Little Bear Child and Youth Advo cacy Centre.

“They can do their statements there instead of at the RCMP station, so it’s a childfriendly environment. It’s warm and welcom ing, and they can feel a

bit safer and more com fortable.

“This campaign is really important to get the word out there, but also, the funds raised go towards Little Bear pro gramming and services. It all goes right back into providing supplies our clients need.”

do,’” she said.

During the campaign, paper bear paws are offered to Esso custom ers for $1 each. The cus tomer can sign his or her name if they’d like, or leave the paw blank before it is hung in the store until the end of December when the campaign ends.

“It’s not really about the money as much as it’s about getting Little Bear out there because people ask questions like, ‘who are we and what do we do.’

Kaitlyn Shopland, social media coordina tor at LSAS, who also takes on other projects throughout the cen tre, holds this cam paign near and dear to her heart as she used to work at the Esso/Husky truck stop.

“The campaign brings a lot of awareness to what we do. It’s not really about the money as much as it’s about getting Little Bear out there because people ask questions like, ‘who are we and what do we

“Coming into the Esso, seeing our name and having a conversa tion about the campaign is what this is all about,” said Shopland.

“People are encour aged to check out our website for more infor mation on what we do, but we also do tours of our building, so if you want to check out our centre and really see how much care and love we put into making sure these kiddos are com fortable in our space, that’s available, too.”

The partnership between LSAS and the Esso/Husky is long standing and something owner/operator, Der rit Daigle, cares about greatly.

“It’s creating a lot of awareness here, both with our team and with our team talking with customers, and that’s the greatest thing about it,” said Daigle.

Taylor Weaver Meridian Source Lloydminster Sexual Assault Services has once again teamed up with the Esso/Husky truck stop for the organization’s annual Bear Paw Campaign. Bear Paws are being sold until the end of the month and all funds raised support the Little Bear Child and Youth Advocacy Centre.

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Bear paws provide needed service

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“It’s more about awareness than the money. We’ve brought in over $400 in the first two days which is amazing, and the public is more aware of it.”

For Astley-Reed, this campaign is needed now more than ever.

We do need this service in our community and it’s not just Lloydminster, it’s Lloydminster and surrounding areas that we provide, on both sides of the border.

“Our numbers are increasing and we’re providing more and more interviews at our centre,” she said.

“We do need this ser vice in our community and it’s not just Lloyd minster, it’s Lloydmin ster and surrounding areas that we provide, on both sides of the border. We are also the closest child advocacy centre next to Edmon ton and Saskatoon, so for many people, com

ing here is much easier than travelling.”

LSAS is also ramp ing up for its Night

Under The Stars gala, which is being held on Feb. 11, 2023, at the WLS Convention Cen tre. All funds raised at the gala will go towards repairing the founda tion of the 1927 com munity building LSAS is housed.

“We do have a gala coming up on Feb. 11. It’s being held at the Ex Grounds and tickets are currently available for that. We’re rais ing money to renovate the foundation of our building,” said AstleyReed.

“We are in dire need of that renovation so we can continue to pro vide services in that building. That’s our big goal, to push for that gala and get tick ets sold. People are also welcome to donate any live or silent auction items for the gala, or even purchase a table and donate it to one of our service providers - Victim Services, the RCMP, or something like that.”

Tickets and more information on the gala can be found by calling LSAS at 306-825-8255.

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Leeway from Lloyd: Remembrance Day about freedom

STAFF WRITER GEOFF LEE

When Remembrance Day rolls around, I usually try to focus on appreciating freedom as it’s hard to relate to wars that saved our freedom that I wasn’t a part of.

Sure, I am 73, so the joke around the office is I was in the U.S. Civil War as a musket loader, but fortunately, I have not had to go off to any real war as my father and grandfather did.

My grandfather from England where I was born, was gassed in the Battle of Ypres and was also wounded in Greece in the First World War.

My dad was extremely lucky to be sent from England to Halifax as an intelligence officer in the Second World War.

It’s hard to relate to those types of past fam ily experiences, but when I see the Russians invade Ukraine for the sole purpose of occupy ing Ukraine, I can bet

ter grasp what fighting for freedom is like. It’s a great Remembrance Day lesson.

I think it’s awesome that Ukraine’s allies like Canada are and will continue to send all kinds of military and civilian aid to that wartorn country.

The Russians should have learned a lesson from their fight with the Nazis that there is a lot more motivation fighting an intruder for national survival than being the invader for a useless cause.

That’s why Ukraine will likely win back its territory with the power from seeking liberation from a hated enemy.

It’s an insult to Ukraine when someone thinks they should seek peace and cede terri tory when they wouldn’t want their own country to give up an inch of dirt if it were attacked.

In the Second World War, allies stood by and did nothing until it became painfully clear you can’t appease an aggressor.

It just shows weakness and the end result is a costly fight for freedom. Freedom might be on the minds of Lloy dminster students as well with various Remembrance Day Ser vices going on in both school divisions. Let’s hope they can recall from school history les sons that freedom isn’t cheap, but it’s worth fighting for.

BMASP update gets green light

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Visitors of Bud Miller All Seasons Park should be pleased to learn Lloydminster City Council approved the award of the park’s Master Plan update to Crosby Hanna & Associ ates of Saskatoon in the amount of $44,990, exl cuding GST, to be allo cated from the 2022 Capital Budget Project.

The intent of the BMASP Master Plan is to provide detailed information on the future development and use of the park.

The master plan will review current and future recreational ame nities and the place ment of trails and side walks that provide active transportation routes, as well as safety features, lighting, and

waste management within BMASP.

The park is fully inclusive in providing recreation and active transportation opportu nities to all demograph ics and the updated Master Plan will be designed to continue to build on that inclusivity.

During the July 18 regular council meeting, Council was informed that the City of Lloyd minster was success ful in its grant funding application for the Bud Miller All Seasons Park Master Plan Update Project through the Infrastructure Canada – Active Transportation Fund for the full ask of $50,000.

Through Motion No.:291-2022 Council approved the reinstate ment of the BMASP Master Plan 2022 Cap

ital Project and antic ipated project costs in the amount of $150,000.

The master plan will consider future expan sion opportunities and will include direction on drainage and ele vations to be used to complete amendments to the landscaping in order to reduce erosion and wildfires.

Lastly, the mas ter plan will respond to community needs by engaging with the public and key stake holders throughout its development.

Playschool Pre-registration

Southridge Play school & Kindergym has opened up their registration for the fall 2022-2023 classes. They offer one day a week for three-yearolds and one or two days a week for four and five-year-olds. They have also qualified for the Affordability Grant! For more information please call Mrs. P at 780-872-9523.

Bring Your Own Vinyl Nights

Have some old records lying around? The 4th Meridian Brew ing Company, located at Unit 6 2626 50 Ave., is hosting Bring Your Own Vinyl nights every Tues day during regular busi ness hours, 4-9 p.m.

Bingo at the Moose

The Moose Lodge, located at 5213-57 Street, Lloydminster, hosts bingo nights every Monday and Wednes day. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and play starts at 7 p.m. The Moose also hosts crib tournaments every second Sunday of

the month. Start time is 10 a.m. The cost to play is $10 and lunch is $12.

Square Dancing Introduction

An intro to square dancing will be held at the Bioclean Aquatic Centre from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays from Oct. 5 to May 31, 2023. Walk to the beat of music by following simple instructions from the caller. The first evening is free! Visit us online at squaredancelloyd.ca for details.

North Bend Jam

The North Bend Jam is being held this Sun day from 1-4:30 p.m. Dancers and musicians are welcome. Go north of Hwy 3 on RR3262 for 4 km to get there. Cof fee and treats available.

Cribbage Tourney

The Lloydminster Moose Lodge is host ing a cribbage tourna ment on Sunday, Nov. 13. Registration is from 9-9:45 a.m. with games to start at 10 a.m. Enter as a team or as an indi vidual. Entry free is $10

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and lunch is available for $14.

Light the Lights

Big Brothers Big Sis ters Lloydminster is encouraging residents to help ignite a little spark this holiday sea son with its Light the Lights campaign. From Nov. 16 to Dec. 23, BBBS will be bright ening up its office, and you can help. BBBS will be putting up strings of lights and donations are being accepted to get your name put on a strand of lights. Once a strand is full of names, the strand will be plugged in to light the lights. Donations can be made for yourself, as a family, as a gift for someone, in memory of someone, sponsor a strand as a business, get the kids involved ... the possibilities to make a difference are endless! Call 306-825-5757 for more details. Donations of $20 or more are eli gible for a tax receipt.

Spades Tourney

The Legacy Centre is hosting a Spades tour nament on Nov. 17.

Play begins at 10 a.m. and costs $10/per son. Lunch is available for $12. Everyone wel come! Call the Legacy office at 780-875-4584 for more information.

Legacy Christmas Trip

Sign up now! The Legacy Centre is host ing its “3-day Christ mas trip” from Nov. 18-20 this year. The trip includes two din ner threatre produc tions (Rosebud & Stage West), the Spruce meadows International Christmas Market, 3-day transportation by bus, two nights hotel accommodations and two breakfasts, plus a group supper. A $200/ person deposit must be made to get your name on the list. Call the Leg acy office at 780-8754584 for more details.

JAMBOREE

There will be a jam boree on Nov. 20 in the Islay Community Hall. Admission is $10, participants are free. Everyone welcome and lunch will be served. For more info, call

Dixie at 780-744-2204. Funds raised support maintenance of the hall.

Cribbage Doubles Tourney

The Legacy Centre is hosting a Cribbage doubles tournament on Nov. 24. Play begins at 10 a.m. and costs $10/ person. Lunch is avail able for $12. Everyone welcome! Call the Leg acy office at 780-8754584 for more informa tion.

Jamboree/Dance

The Legacy Cen tre is hosting a jambo ree/dance on Nov. 25. Doors open and dancin’ at 5 p.m., supper will be served at 6 p.m., then the jam begins. All interested musicians should call Bonnie at 780-808-4034, all other inquiries call the Legacy office at 780875-4584.

PBR Winter Classic

The PBR Winter Classic is coming to the Lloyd Exhibition on Nov. 26. Watch the toughest cowboys take on the rankest bulls in the PBR.

St. Anthony’s CWL Christmas Market

St. Anthony’s CWL is hosting a Christmas market on Saturday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 2704 – 56 Ave. There is so much to enjoy – Christmas bake sale, mini homebased trade fair, Christ mas decorations resale, religious books and cards sale, raffles, and above all, a deli cious noon lunch. Bring your friends, neigh bours, and family mem bers! Come for the fel lowship and pick up a few great gifts for Christmas.

Christmas Cribbage Tourney

The Christmas Crib bage Tournament at Hillmond Hall is being held on Nov. 27 starting at 11 a.m. A Christmas meal will be served at noon. The cost to play is $10 and lunch is $12. Come join for some fes tive fun!

If you have some thing you’d like to see in our community cal endar, please email the listing to taylor@ meridiansource.ca

Government to increase emergency shelter spaces this winter

The Government of

Squeeze

viding up to $1.7

funding in 2022-23 to increase the num ber of emergency shel ter spaces in Saskatch ewan by up to 15 per cent this winter and help ease seasonal cost pressures for commu nity partners.

“Our government continues to work hand in hand with community partners to address the com plex issue of homeless ness,” said Minister of

Social Services Gene Makowsky.

“This additional funding to communitybased service providers is an example of how growth can work for everyone.”

The Ministry of Social Services will provide an additional $800,000 to commu nity partners to sup port seasonal cost pres sures, and $900,000 to increase emergency

shelter capacity by up to 60 spaces this winter in Prince Albert, Saska toon and Regina.

The ministry is in dis cussions with commu nity-based service pro viders to determine the number of additional emergency shelter spaces in each community.

The ministry is also continuing to collabo rate with Indigenous and community part ners and all levels of

government to seek new approaches to bet ter support individuals who need more than a home to remain con nected to housing.

The additional funding for emer gency shelter provides more supports dur ing the upcoming win ter months, while work continues to seek lon ger-term actions to address chronic home lessness.

Remembrance Day Services

Chauvin - 10:45 a.m. Friday, November 11

Dr. Folkins Community School

Edgerton - 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 11

Edgerton Agriculture Hall

Frenchman Butte - 10:45 a.m.

Butte time, 9:45 a.m. Lloyd time Friday, November 11

Frenchman Butte Legion Hall

Kitscoty - 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 11

Kitscoty Community Church

Lashburn - 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 11

Community Hall

Lloydminster - 10:45 a.m. Friday, November 11

Lloydminster Comp High School

Maidstone - 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 11

Legion Hall

Marshall - 11 a.m. Friday, November 11

Three Links Hall

2022

Marwayne - 10:45 a.m. Friday, November 11 Marwayne Community Hall

Neilburg - 10:45 a.m. Friday, November 11 Community Hall

Provost - 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 11

Recreation and Culture Centre

St. Walburg - 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 11

Roman Catholic Chruch

The Canadian Front: First World War

The book titled, The Canadian Front in

France and Flanders , which was published in 1920, is described by the late Sgt. Ralf Fred eric Lardy SheldonWilliams of the 10th Canadian Machine-

Gun Company.

These vivid details of the First World War immediately pull at the reader’s heartstrings as it seems incomprehen sible what these brave men went through.

In part, “The Cana dian Corp, I think, as much as if not more than any of the great fighting units, unnerved its enemies.”

The Canadian Expe ditionary Force came into being the moment Germany threw down the gauntlet and set the standard for the Cana dian Army to come.

More than 500,000 men came forward either by volunteer ing or conscription for service. By August 1916 the entire Cana dian corps of four divi sions, the largest in the Allied Forces, was in the field.

They joined other armies of the British Expeditionary Force and developed a fra ternity further binding Canada to England.

Throughout the Dominion of Canada,

men answered the enlistment call for the cause of “Rights and Freedom” and the First Division (Princess Pats) was formed.

“He’s (Kaiser) done and it’ll be all over by Christmas.

After a month of training, 30,000 men sailed to England arriving in October for what would eventually become a legendary saga at the Ypres front.

Rigorous training continued as they par ticipated in smaller battles; by April they were engaged in major battle.

The entire Domin ion mourned their war heroes as the grow ing casualty lists con tained names of fam ily, friends, neighbours and acquaintances.

“Ypres, scarce one stone of which stands upon another, is per haps the supreme memorial to an out

raged world’s vindi cation of its sense of right.”

Trenches were full of mice, mud and misery. Scarcely moving steps forward while under fire or gas warfare and facing death was a part of their daily lives while serving at the front for our freedom.

The most trying and indecisive time of the First World War was 1915. “… with the advantage still greatly on the side of the enemy-in weight of shell, consolidated position and fighting personnel.”

South of Vimy was now scarred land which would even tually be redeemed again.

Remnants of archi tectural buildings stood out amongst the destroyed landmarks; abandoned relics of war.

The immense loss of life resulted as they valiantly tried to break through the German lines.

When 1916 came,

Canada stepped out from amongst its British colonies and became a force of power by increasing its numbers of men.

Recruiting officers became less particular, munitions were needed and manufacturing plants were established to meet the growing demands of war.

Village after village fell as new strategies took precedence, “He’s (Kaiser) done and it’ll be all over by Christmas.”

The tide of victory steadily moved east ward as the Allies fought in adverse weather conditions during the continuing Battle of the Somme.

A new front was established as snow covered the ravaged land.

The ‘Great War’ had begun on July 28, 1914, and their vision of end ing before Christmas 1916 wasn’t achieved.

The First World War continued into 1917 until peace was finally established on Nov. 11, 1918.

WHISPERS OF THE PAST SANDRA L. BROWN

Nichol, William Private Fifth Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

Smithson, John Lawrence Private Saw action in Canada, Britain and Northwest Europe

Lane, Frederick E. Bombardier, 3rd Canadian 5 Medium Gun Crew 1916-1997

Greenway, Jack Flight Navigator, RCAF,

Greenway,

Doull,

Smith,

Goodfellow, John Russell Sergeant, RCAF, served in WWII

Yeo, Sherman Lance Corporal Served in Canada, Brit ain and North west Europe

Campbell, Robert Alexander Signalman Assigned to 25 Canadian Tank Delivery Elgin Regiment, enlisted Mar. 15, 1942

Lane, Leonard J. Bombardier, 14 Army Tank Battalion (Calgary Regiment) 1913-2009

Mader, Clifford LAC, served in Holland durring WWII

Gilles,

Olson,

Wakefield, Clement C. 1941-1945 Corporal, WWII Saw action in Belgium, Holland, France and Germany.

Lane, Harry P. Seaman on a Navy ship escorting troop ships and freight across the Atlantic, mainly to Russian Artic ports 1919-2005

Ball, Colin LAC, Westmont 439

Walker, Herb Lake Superior Regiment, Saw action in Canada, U.K., Holland

Aalborg, Karl Inge Flight Lieutenant, RCAF, died Sept. 13, 1944

Charles, Jack Wing Commander RAF, RCAF 1939-1950

Pollard, Gerald Flight Lieutenant, RCAF, died Sept. 13, 1944

Priest, Thomas Flight Lieutenant, #406 Lynx Squadron. K.I.A Jan. 10, 1942 at age 26.

Donald Brandt R.C.A.F. WWII

Olson, Malcolm Keith R.C.A.F. WWII

Otto Rank Unknown WWII

Richard Gordon

George Served with the RCAF in WWII

Charles Wing Com mander, RCAF Vancouver, WWII

Greenway, Ken RCAF, WWII

WWII

Combat Support Squadron

Carruthers, James Stewart L.A.C

Enlisted Aug. 7, 1942

Dumont, Wilfred Norman Rifleman

Enlisted Aug. 15, 1966, discharged June 1969. Decorations include United Nations (Cyprus) 3 Years Good Conduct Stripes

Oliver, K.W. Corporal Enlisted Jan. 26 1990. Was awarded the NATO Medal of Service, with NATO on Opera tions in Relation to for Former Yugoslavia

Thompson, Muriel Martha Woman’s Division, Enlisted April 20, 1942, Dis charged Aug. 7 1943. Awarded Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and War Medal

Laforce, Robert Gerald Sergeant. Enlisted June 1946, Discharged Sept. 1970

Blench, Ellen (Voss)

Richarson, Ron ald Lewis

Lieutenant Colonel. Enlisted Oct. 15/54, Discharged Aug. 25/86. Decorations: Canada Service Medal and Clasp (CD1), Special Ser vice Medal (NATO)

Dorosh, Anton Private, served in WWII in Canada

Hanson, Howard G. WWII Medic From Lone Rock

Veltikold, Homer Private World War II

Beaton, Wesley H. Private C.V.S.M and Clasp, War Medal and France Germany Star. Served overseas with the PPCLI

Greening, Torey Corporal, Princess Patricia, Served in Afghanistan

Dumont, Harve Isidore Private, Peace Keeper in Continental Europe and Middle East for the Lord Strathcona Horse Royal Canadians. discharged with “Honors” in October 24, 1961

Dyck, Vivian (Voss)

Wakefield, Archie Private, WWII Joined Dec. 22/1941 and taken prisoner Oct.. 22/1944 and discharged Aug. 17/1945

Pringle, Hugh Army Signals Corps. Second World War

Elliott, Hugh Norman Corporal, Royal Canadian Army (5th Canadian Infantry Brigade), Saw action in U.K. and Continental Europe

Stephenson, Guy Pearce Private 46th Battalion Canadian Infantry Saskatchewan Regiment WWI - killed April 10, 1917, Vimy Ridge

Walker, Francis Charles Second World War

Spencer, James Lord Strathcona Horse Regiment WWII Italy, France, Belgium, Holland

McCuaig, John Duncan Served in First World War.

Father of Neil McCuaig, grandfather of Peggy McCuaig

Younger, Bernard W. SAPPER in the Royal Canadian Engineers WWII Saw action in… England, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany Robinson, Herbert (Herb) J. Private WWII Saw action in… France, England

Fitchell, George Albert “Fitch” Corporal SAPPER with Royal Cana dian Engineers Saw action in… Canada, England, Hol land, France

Pattison, Andrew Private L2634 WWII

Nickless, Charles Enlisted in the Canadian Army 1st Saskatchewan Regiment - 1914-1918 World War One. SonVic Nickless

Thomarat, Maurice C.A CPL WWII Saw action in… France, Italy

First Canadi an Regiment

Noyce, Ralph R. Flight Sergeant WWII Years of Service: 1941-1945 Saw action in… England

Eileen and Bill Armstrong

Olsen, Albert

Martens, Jacob “Jake” Gunmen WWII Years of Service: 4

Olsen, Lawrence

Morris, W.C “Bill” CPL R.C.E WWII Years of Service: 1940-1946

Messum,

Dumont,

Gould,

Dixon,

Wilkes,

Brown,

Salt,

Wood, Frank Royal Air Force (RAF) Ground Crew, Armorer Hurricane, during the Second World

Boyes,

Adams,

Byers, Carl Blackwatch Regiment WWII

Brotzel,

Byers,

Cunningham,

Elwood Army WWII

Wright, William G. Corporal Boer War, WWI & WWII

Byers, Eddy Tail Gunner RCAF WWII

Raymond J. Lieutenant WWIIGermany and Holland

Bonnor, Samuel Jolly Signal Corp. WWII

Nicholas Corporal WWII

Berry, John Arthur Sergeant WWII

Brassington, Fredrick Arthur (Art) Private WWII

Justin Garret Lieutenant Afghan Conflict Saw action in… Afghanistan

War

Janet Served with the Women’s Royal Naval Service (Wrens) during the Second World War

Hubert Enlisted in the Canadian Engineers 1915-1918 Daughter- Francis Nickless

Hugh Richard Master Corporal

Master Warrant Offi cer Devin Whiting and Major Chantel Whiting, with a combined 30 years service stationed in Ontario with the Air Force. Devin saw peacekeeping action during Desert Storm

Stanley Ernest Flying Officer J/19447

443 Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force, who died on April 6, 1945 at the age of 29

Borodayko, Michael 64th Fld. Btl R.C.A Gunner 1939-45 Saw action in… U.K., France, Germany

Hillmond August WWII SPR. Service in Canada

Frederick William Winnipeg Grenadier Hong Kong Vet WWI & WWII

Morrison, Joel Master Corporal Served with the Canadian Army and did two tours in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Christo pherson, Clifford T Corporal Served in the Second World War, RCAF Died Nov. 1942

Blanche Served in England from Oct. 1943Dec. 1946

Wilkes, Melvin Served April 1940 - discharged in Jan. 1946

Jack R. RCAF Leading Aircraftman Canada

Creech, Frank B. Flying Officer WWII

Campbell, Archie Private WWII

Conlon, Jerry Corporal 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Infantry Saw action in… Khandahar, Afghanistan

Cunningham, Albert Private Calgary Highlanders WWII Saw action in… U.K. and Continental Europe

Hughes, Patrick John Leading Corporal WWII

Huff, Andrew Private WWII

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Jeffrey, Herbert Edward WWI 1st Battalion 678786 WWII Veteran’s Guard

Hughes, Francis Sapper RCE WWII & Korea

Honey, James Trooper Sergeant WWII

Hope, (nee Poppleton) Margaret Women’s Div. RCAF WWII

Honey, Hedley Arthur L. Sergeant WWII

Hudson, Cecil Arthur Henry Lieutenant WWI Saw action in… France

Hunter, Montie C. WWII Cape Breton Highlanders

Holtby, Robert A. BSA, MSc. Navigator WWII Saw action in… Germany

Harris, Ron WWII

Galloway, David Rear Gunner RCAF WWII

Haugen, Roy Allan Sergeant WWII

Flewell, Raymond Corporal Canadian Army WWII Saw action in… France, Germany, England, Belgium, Holland

Evans, Fredrick O. Private WWII Great Britain and Continental Europe

Earl, Elric Gunner Anti Aircraft WWII

Dunlop, William (Tex) Charles Sergeant Air Force WWII Great Britain

Day, George L.A.C. WWII Canada

Dokken, Melvin (Mel) LAC WWII

Earl, Brinson Gunner WWII

Jeffery,

Johnson,

Johnston,

Johnstone,

Kemp,

Johnson,

Johnson,

Kenyon,

Kosteriva,

Liddicoat,

Liddicoat,

Love,

Liddicoat,

Liddicoat,

Love,

Love, Robert M. Private WWII

Clarence Melvin Trooper WWII

Langille, Horatio (Ray) WWII Saw action in… United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Friesen Islands

Howard Rawling Sapper WWII

Ivan Raymond Sapper WWII

Howard William Flight Sergeant RCAF WWII Saw action in… Canada

Ernest Clifford Gunner WWII

Ronald Private WWII Saw action in… Belgium, Holland, Germany

Ole S. Sergeant WWII Saw action in… France, Belgium, Holland, Germany

William Howard Corporal WWI & WWII Saw action in… France

John (Jack) Officer Commanding WWII

Ron Sergeant, 13th Field Reg. 3rd Canadian Div. WWII

Jeff Corporal WWII

Jones, Arthur Lorne Sergeant WWII

Andy Private WWII

Jones, Alan Percival Army WWII

Jones, Aldis Lillian Dean RCAF WWII

Jones, Evan Ingram Navy WWII Knight, Harold Clinton Rifleman WWII

Kennedy, Thomas Leslie Corporal GNR L/BDR WWII France, UK, Belgium, Holland, Germany

Harris, Alf WWII

Graham, L. R. Corporal WWII

Photo Unavailable

Graffin Sergeant Pilot Officer RCAF WWII Saw action in… Germany, France

Helmer J. Corporal WWII Sicily, Italy Belgium, France, Holland

Albert Lieutenant Cpl. in 5th Battalion WWII Saw action in… France

Lundquist,

McCoy,

Mallett, Norville Corporal Sigs Calgary Highlanders WWII Saw action in… France, Belgium, Holland

McGuffie, Jack Private #L91650 with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Saw action in… Holland, Belguim, Germany

MacDonald, Donald PA Volunteers 1st Special Service Force WWII

Mallett, (nee MacLean) Vi Wren/tel WRCNS WWII Saw action in… Canada Mew, Victor Gordon Private WWI & WWII Saw action in… France, Europe, Sicily, England, Africa

Mudge, Melville Robinson Trooper XII Manitoba Dragoons WWII Saw action in… France, Belguim, Germany

Nicholson, Nora W.A.A.F. Air Force WWII Saw action in… England

Oddan,

Mullins, Fred WWII

Nault, Dan

Nelson,

MacLean, Don AB/Sea RCN WWII Saw action in… North Atlantic

Martens, Jake 1941-1945 Driver of Bren Gun Car rier, member of Marshall Legion Branch #92

Morlidge, Arthur Bryan Flying Officer WWII Buried in Uden, Holland

Nicholson, Arthur Corporal Royal Canadian Air Force WWII England, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium

Noble, Eric Hilton Gunner WWII Saw action in… France, Belgium, Holland, Germany

Noble, George Henry Sergeant WWI & WWII Saw action in… France, Canada

Noble,

Noble, Henry Alexander (Alec) Sergeant, Troop Commander WWII Saw action in… France, Belgium, Holland, Germany

Patmore,

Ollen, Florian Private WWII

Ogram, George Leslie

Parkyn, Cecil E. Engineer WWII

Arthur Private 28th Battalion WWI Saw action in… France

Photo Unavailable

Harold George Staff Sargeant WWII Saw action in… France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, South East Asia Command

Harold Engeman Flying Officer WWII Saw action in… England, Belgium

Archie Anti-Aircraft Gunner WWII

Sergeant WWII

Keith Leading Seaman Korean War

Moore, George E.

MacDonald, John Peter PPCLI WWII Martens, C. Richard Private First Class WWII Saw action in… Italy, France

MacLean, Hugh Sergeant 4th Armoured Division WWII Saw action in… France, Belgium, Holland

Roger Private WWII Saw action in… France, Belgium, Holland, Germany

MacDonald, Alexander (Sandy) Regina Rifles WWII

Ripley, Robert C. Private WWI

Ripley, Vincent C. Private WWI

Scriber, (nee Hughes) Margaret Corporal Radio Telephone Operator WWII

Searle, Stanley Richard L.A.C. WWII

Saw action in… Canada

Spencer, James A. Private WWII

Shreenan, (nee Smith) Lois B. Sergeant WWII

Sokalofsky, (nee Love) Elsie Leading Air Woman WWII

Searle, Arthur Brodie Commanding Officer Group Captain WWII

Spencer, Jacob John Corporal WWII

Sunderland, Jean R. (nee Miller) WWII

Saw action in… England

Sunderland, Keith Wireless Air Gunner WWII

Saw action in… Europe, Africa

Topott, William Salt Infantry Boer War & WWI Saw action in South Africa

Their role was to offer their lives...

What Heroes Gave

They donned their uniforms to be Defenders of our liberty Their mission sure, their spirits bright Guard freedom’s home, be brave to fight One final day each faced the call And gave his best enduring all We’ll never know what they went through But know they loved this country true Deep down inside we should all feel What heroes gave, their cost so real We must stay thankful, grateful of

By Roger Robicheau

The gift of freedom through their love Their loved ones bore the gravest pain What we can’t know, some now sustain To God I pray their pain will cease And each will find long-lasting peace Remember this from year to year What heroes gave - shan’t disappear We’ll never let their special day Their time for honor slip away These brave fought for a nation free If not for them, where would we be?

Tweten, Knute Arthur Corporal WWII

Vick, John “Jack” Andrew Private WWII

Wakefield, Clement Corporal WWII Saw action in… Belgium, France & Germany

Wallis, Charles Marsden Private LAC (Leading Aircraftsman) WWII

Weighill, Bill Navy Submarine Detector WWII

Weighill, Kenneth E. Anti-Aircraft Gunner Mine Sweeper WWII

Welsh, Herbert Alfred Corporal WWII

Wright, Ken Lance Corporal WWII

Wright, Ralph Leading Aircraftsman WWII

Woodman, Peter Master Corporal

Saw action in… Gulf War I, Desert Storm

Ours is to honour, respect, remember and never forget their service and for some, their ultimate sacrifice.

Please support the Royal Canadian Legion and their annual poppy drive.

Two pros detail tiny home

Katlyn Wilkinson, a design draftsman from Ecoplast Solutions and Dana Smith, owner of Daines & Daubney in Wainwright, came together to turn a tiny house into a home.

Wilkinson was tasked with trying to optimize the space in the 497 sq. ft. tiny house she designed for sale, while Smith staged it to make it move-in ready.

Both pros talked about how they made it work for an open house at the Ecoplast Solutions shop last Thursday starting with Wilkinson’s design concept.

“The thinking behind the design was trying to optimize the space. Obviously, it’s a smaller space so there’s not a lot of room. It’s mak ing every square foot count,” she said.

The thinking behind the design was trying to optimize the space.

The home is built with structural pan els made from recycled plastic bottles as a onebedroom, one-bath room house with an open-concept kitchen and living room.

“We are very excited about such an environ mental project and we were delighted to be a part of it,” said Smith with many of her store accents in sight at the model house.

“We just wanted to accentuate some of the great finishes that they had done.”

The majority of accents are from her store, but some of the furnishings are just fix ture pieces she has in the store for display only.

In fact, Smith says the staging for Ecoplast is an exception to the usual seasonal home styling and staging they do for people who have lived in their homes for a while.

“We do about a dozen

homes for decorating at Christmas time and pretty steady bookings from the end of Novem ber to the beginning of December doing up to two homes a day, then all year long as well,” she said.

Wilkinson, on the other hand, builds-in functionality and hom eyness to the interior design with an eye to lighting including a big patio door leading from the living room to an outdoor patio.

“We utilize pot lights throughout to let in some lights and have a front door that has the glass opening letting in some more light,” she said.

Wilkinson says she wanted to optimize the living room where the homeowner would spend most of their time. She thinks the liv ing room and kitchen are big enough for two people.

“I think even for a retirement area couple, this is a great space. It’s big enough to get around in, but it’s not overly big where you have more than you need,” she said.

“The minimal life style is really popular right now. This model is great for that.”

Ecoplast is also build ing two duplex units in Lloydminster and recently constructed a large house in Millet Alberta, utilizing more than one million recy cled plastic bottles in their building panels.

“I can space plan with you to make up a floor plan that works for you or your family,

has all the storage and space that you need while functioning the way that you need it to,” said Wilkinson.

Smith says many of her clients get tired of their living arrange ments and call on her to refresh their decor with some new accents from her store or a combination of their own and hers.

She says a lot of her customers are really into redecorating themselves and they’ve acquired a lot of stuff over the years.

“It’s kind of on a cycle where they’ll have us come and they’ll repeat what we did for a couple of years then they have us come and revise it again,” said Smith.

“We rearrange fur niture and help them get the most functional and logical use of their space.”

The process starts with a one to two-hour initial consultation onsite. Contact Smith for pricing details.

She says the tiny house for Ecoplast is her first time lending store accents.

“The hope is the per son that purchases it will be interested in everything that we staged,” said Smith.

Daines & Daubney has been in business for eight years selling “a little bit of every thing for every room in your home,” as Smith puts it.

“We have everything from kitchen gadgets to linens we have ladies’ apparel and lots of gift ware.”

Geoff Lee Meridian Source Ecoplast Solutions built this tiny house with the interior designed by Katlyn Wilkinson and staged by Daines and Daub ney from Wainwright. The 497 sq. one-bedroom house made of structural panels from recycled plastic bottles is for sale.

Cenovus reports huge profit

GEOFF LEE WRITER

Cenovus Energy reported a third quar ter profit of $1.61 bil

lion, nearly triple the $551 million it made a year ago, despite lower production and down stream metrics.

Total upstream pro duction was about 777,900 barrels of oil equivalent per day, down from 804,800

boepd in the third quar ter of 2021.

In addition, down stream throughput averaged 533,500 bar rels per day, down from 554,100 bpd a year earlier.

The Calgary-based company also reduced its long-term debt to less than $8.8 billion and net debt to about $5.3 billion.

Cenovus president and CEO, Alex Pour baix, told a quarterly conference call, the newest Lloydminster thermal facility, Spruce Lake North produced first oil in early August and has since hit daily rates well above its nameplate of 10,000 barrels per day.

“Recall that when we took over the Lloyd thermals, those com bined assets were pro ducing around 80,000 barrels a day by add ing Spruce Lake North as well as continu ing to apply Ceno vus’ SAGD expertise

we now see the Lloyd thermals run closer to 110,000 barrels a day,” said Pourbaix.

He went to recap the quarterly achievements and what to expect next.

“Our upstream oper ations continue to build on momentum towards 800,000 barrels a day and above and deliver ing meaningful value and returns on invest ment. Our downstream

performance has not yet fully shown what it can do in this environ ment. And that will be management’s focus going to Q4 and 2023,” said Pourbaix.

He also reports their recently acquired, but non-operated joint venture Toledo refin ery is shutdown due to a fire on Sept. 20 that led to the death of two workers.

Cenovus HQ, located in Brookfield Place in downtown Calgary. File Photo

HRHS Kin class take notes from pros

TAYLOR WEAVER EDITOR

Last week was an exciting one for kinesi ology students at Holy Rosary High School (HRHS) as they ven tured to Edmonton to learn more about the profession, as well as enjoy an Edmonton Oil ers game.

Now in its fourth year, the kinesiology program at HRHS is a year-long class that makes up three differ ent curriculums.

Upon completion of the program, students earn their Health Sci ence 20 credit, their Phys Ed 20 credit, and their Exercise 30 credit.

“The program is set up to prepare students to go into the kinesi ology field,” said Ash ley Fullarton, athletic director at HRHS as well as a phys ed and kinesiology teacher.

“When students go into a lab, they have some previous knowl edge with anatomy, anatomical position ing, they’ve done a dis section before, and they’re also the stu dents that are predom inantly our athletes, so they don’t like to sit at a desk all day, they like

to be moving and doing things.”

During their trip, stu dents visited the U of A’s kinesiology faculty and took part in fitness testing.

“We did a body composition test, we did a windgate analysis and we also did VO2 max testing, which was quite awesome for our kids.

“We did a body com position test, we did a Windgate analysis and we also did VO2 max testing, which was quite awesome for our kids,” said Fullarton.

“The bike that one of our students sat on was the bike Connor McDa vid gets to sit on, and we actually compared our stats to the Oilers’ stats.”

Fullarton noted the trip also gave students a feeling of what some one taking kinesiology gets to do throughout their university career and what they can take

after graduating.

“With the trip and with this class, I really wanted students to be able to end this semes ter knowing if they want to take this in post-secondary or not,” she said.

“Since students are in Grade 11, it still gives them a year to make sure their courses and requirements to go into post-secondary are all lined up and ready to go.”

Kinesiology student Brady Hill said the overall experience was eye-opening as it gave him some insight into a possible future.

“I do really enjoy this class and it shows what people who work with sports teams do on the bench and behind the scenes,” he said.

“We see what they’re doing and that maybe we could be doing that someday, too.”

Hill said one of his favourite aspects of the program is the handson learning.

“I find it definitely helps me understand what we’re learning a lot more and I find it brings what we’re doing here into perspective,” he said.

Taylor Weaver Meridian Source

Students from Holy Rosary High School’s Kinesiology program take part in a lab last Tuesday after the group travelled to Edmonton to tour the U of A Kin department and take in an Edmon ton Oilers game.

Do you know where you live?

By the time we left that afternoon, warm conditions and freez ing rain had turned roads into skating rinks. Snow fell relent lessly, and visibility was poor.

To top it all off, the wiper blade on the driver’s side was all gummed up with snow and ice.

Repeatedly, I leapt from the bus to bash it free against the window.

Then, horrors, I learned one vital, lifealtering fact—many of the kids did NOT know where they lived.

“Yes!” cried one little girl, bouncing up and down in her seat. “We do, we do.”

“No, you don’t,” said the boy flatly. He sighed with loud exas peration. “You live over there.” I caught the movement of his arm as it pumped briskly in a direction only they could see.

“We don’t either,” the other girl reproachfully yelled. “I guess I know where my own house is.”

“I see it,” the first girl screeched, leaping to her feet and jabbing a mittened finger to the right. “Turn here!”

Are you the sort of person that gets lost in their own backyard, or do you know where you’re situated at all times?

While I wouldn’t say I’m solidly in the lat ter group, I do usually know where I am, how I got there, and in which direction I dwell.

Naturally, there are always exceptions to the rule.

Take this Saturday when I waited for my

husband to inspect a rack of reduced-price blue jeans.

He always waits patiently for me to shop, so I made no pro test as he endlessly pil fered through piles of pants, checking the size, cut, and price.

I stood close to the

man, watching funny videos on my phone until I finally looked at him in annoyance, wondering what was taking so long, and realized I’d been sup portively hovering beside a scantily clad mannequin for almost 10 minutes.

Not that Tom often hunts for November bargains in his under wear. It was purely a case of me not paying attention to my sur roundings.

This past week, dur ing the snowstorm, I drove a bus for another driver who became ill. I took over without know ing the route but felt no qualms about it since I knew the children.

“It’ll be fine,” I said confidently. “The kids will tell me where they live. No problem.”

However, it was a problem.

I finally looked at him in annoyance, wondering what was taking so long, and realized I’d been supportively hovering beside a scantily clad mannequin for almost 10 minutes.

This became pain fully evident toward the end when only one little boy hunched directly behind me, and two little girls perched on the opposite side.

In vain, I asked for any slight indication of where they might reside: a landmark, a sign, a fence, or maybe a few lousy evergreens growing by the road. Nothing. Did they per haps live on the hills of Big Gully?

“Don’t turn!” hol lered her sister. “She’s wrong.”

By this time, I didn’t know who was talk ing or if anyone knew where the heck they lived.

I eased off on the fuel, and we began to decelerate slowly since a sudden slamming of brakes, in a bus, on glare ice, is frowned upon, not only by me, but by the North west School Division, and the Saskatchewan Safety Council aren’t keen on it either.

I pulled into a likelylooking driveway amid shouts of, “This isn’t it” and “Whadya doin’ here?”

Good times.

However, I must report that, in the end, everyone safely and happily made it to their respective homes. And, by golly, if I ever get asked to do it again, I now know where every one lives.

PRAIRIE WOOL HELEN ROW TOEWS

We need to never forget

Both of my parents were veterans of the Second World War, serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

An uncle was in the Canadian Army, cap tured at Dieppe, and as a result, spent threeand-a-half years of his young adult life in Ger man prisoner of war camps.

Consequently, I grew up hearing many sto ries of life in the mil itary and saw the impact of those experi ences on their outlook.

In over four decades in my health services and real estate careers, I have had the privilege of working with numer ous first responders – police, fire, rescue, and emergency – both mobile and health cen ter based.

I would even extend the list to highway snowplow operators and tow company personnel.

The commitment of these men and women, many of them volun teer, to their commu nities simply cannot be measured.

Unfortunately, so many of us take their dedication for granted, even grumbling on social media when something like a snow event gets in the way of our daily plans.

Along with Canadian armed forces person nel, they literally risk their lives so we can live ours in peace.

Their loved ones wait for them to come home, knowing they are often in harm’s way.

I remember listing a house for a retiring RCMP officer moving back to his childhood home out of province.

He had three, yes three, separate dead bolts on both the front and back doors.

When I asked, and I had to ask, he said there had been pointed threats made against him and his family because he had led the investigation, arrest, and conviction of a gang leader.

Would you like to live like that?

Another time I held

a 6’3” paramedic as he sobbed while he told me of the deceased young girl he had just extracted from a car hit side-on by a oneton truck speeding through a stop sign.

The accident was caused by a drunk driver who walked away from the crash.

The girl was the same age as his daughter.

Remembrance Day to me is just not to honour our fallen, but also to those who continue to protect and help us.

Thank you for your service! Thank you for being there for my family.

Vern McClelland is an associate broker

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS SURVEY

November 2022

The City of Lloydminster’s Economic Development team is hosting their annual Business Survey. This survey will help identify the needs of current and future businesses, as well as provide guidance and direction for future economic growth. Feedback collected through this survey is confidential as the results will provide input to City Council and Administration as they create policy to support local businesses, grow a diverse local economy, stabilize our tax base, and create a strong and vibrant business community. The City has contracted Deloitte. to contact local business owners at random to complete a short telephone survey.

The survey and What We Heard Report will be available at yourvoicelloyd.ca/YCYB following the telephone survey completion.

with RE/MAX of Lloy dminster and an active partner in his family’s

by emailing vernmc clelland@remax.net or calling 306-821-0611.

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IBBOTSON

Traditional Adver tising versus Social Media Advertising!

I have 3 radio shows that play across Canada with over 14 million lis teners and my broad casting partners sell ad space on my shows.

Recently, with the economic changes, I have seen many spon sors leave their adver tising campaigns, recoiling and reining in expenditures, to hunker down for an economic pullback.

This is surprising to me every time it hap pens – and I have wit nessed it many times in different markets. Everyone has lots of bravado and motivation when the going is easy, but when it gets harder, they cave, fold, and complain about “hard times.”

So, let’s look at how to increase your busi

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ness presence, expand your brand and grow in a market that some say is on the cusp of a recession. What should you do? Should you not advertise at all to save money – or should you advertise now because no one else is, and it could be easier to stand out and get noticed?

What should you choose – traditional advertising (print, radio, TV) or virtual advertising (social media, SEO/search engine optimization, or PPC/pay-per-click advertising)?

As a small business owner, it’s hard to monetarily quantify the value in advertising; although we all agree that it must be done if you want to acquire new customers.

Print advertising means that you want an ad in a printed hard copy publication such as a newspaper, maga zine, or journal, likely

to be read by a targeted audience.

Most experts agree that on average you will receive a 120 per cent return on your invest ment, proving that print advertising can be a very effective way for a small business owner to expand their brand.

Print marketing makes information easier for readers to retain information and connect with the ad especially if it is in a known, reliable publi cation that already has the reader’s trust and brand recognition.

Print always holds a reader’s attention, increasing the likeli hood that they view your ad and retain your message. According to a study done by Polaris, (2021) 76 per cent of Canadians trust print ads more than digital pop-up ads.

What about social media, SEO, GOOGLE ads, or PPC? Some

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social media platforms are totally free, such as Facebook, IG (Insta gram), Twitter, TikTok or YouTube.

This is a great way for you to connect with your potential custom ers however it is some thing that you really must keep current with consistent and relevant content.

You will need new information uploaded to the platforms weekly to keep your followers engaged.

Does it produce more business – that is diffi

cult to quantify.

It certainly can give you brand recognition from your base cus tomers. To give you an example, I have been doing IG and Face book for years and have recently just started YouTube.

I can tell you it is quite challenging to really put yourself out there and having done so, I personally feel that these are great “free” platforms to get your message out and con nect with your audience or customers on a more personal level.

YouTube, IG and Facebook will increase your brand presence and provide validation to your existing custom ers – but does it actu ally create money in the bank and drive sales up? – I’m not so sure.

Because of this, many small business owners go a step further and spend thousands of dol lars on SEO or PPC to increase their likelihood of being found first when they do an inter net search for a product or service.

Marketing companies charge exorbitant fees for their services to com bine PPC and SEO and claim that by doing so, you will be guaranteed to increase your pres ence in multiple search engine platforms.

Increasing your web site ranking on the Internet today is not easy. It takes a long time to do it and will require consistent strat egies to meet the everchanging internet algo rithm requirements.

You will also be required to do constant postings of market ing content (usually in

the form of blogs) with specific keywords for your industry. Costs for SEO/PPC range from $1,000 to $15,000 per month on average.

To be honest, hav ing done all the above over the years, I person ally think the best way to increase your busi ness is to get back to the basics.

You need to be stra tegically targeted with your money and spend only on specific adver tising that you feel will generate a profit. You also need to get out of your comfort zone and get “boots on the ground” in your com munity. Sponsor local events, put ads in your local newspaper, start cold-calling, hand out flyers, engage with your targeted custom ers, host an open-house networking event, or phone up all your base clients and have a chat (but don’t forget to ask for a referral before you hang up).

Really – you need to get out from behind your desk and as we used to say in our sales meetings years ago: “start beating the bushes.”

You probably already know what you need to do to increase sales and expand your brand so, why not make 2023 your best year ever!

Good Luck & Best Wishes.

- Christine Ibbot son is a national radio host and author of three finance books plus the Canadian Best-Selling Book “How to Retire Debt-Free & Wealthy.” Visit www.askthemon eylady.ca or send a question to info@ask themoneylady.ca.

Government announces MMIWG+ response fund

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On Monday, the Gov ernment of Saskatch ewan announced the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls+ (MMIWG+) Community Response Fund, committing $400,000 for 2022-23.

The funding pro vides support for proj ects that promote and enhance prevention, and build safety for Indigenous women, girls and Two Spirit+ people, their families and communities.

“This new fund ing program will sup port valuable commu nity-led Indigenous projects to address the issues raised in The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls,” said Min ister Responsible for First Nations, Métis and

Northern Affairs, Don McMorris.

“We are proud to work collaboratively with Indigenous women, who know first-hand how these projects can help enhance prevention and build safety. I thank them for their valuable contributions on this important work.”

Funding will support

at least 10 community projects, each receiving up to $40,000.

First Nation and Métis communities, organizations in Sas katchewan and organi zations partnering with Indigenous entities are eligible and encour aged to apply for fund ing starting today.

The fund criteria and

supporting documents were developed with input from four Indig enous women: Lori Whiteman, Marlene Bear, Myrna LaPlante and Autumn LaroseSmith, who have been instrumental in launch ing the fund.

For full eligibil ity requirements and application instructions

for the MMIWG+ Com munity Response Fund, visit https://www.sas katchewan.ca/resi dents/first-nations-cit izens/saskatchewanfirst-nations-metis-andnorthern-initiatives/ mmiwg-communityresponse-fund

The intake deadline for the 2022-23 appli cations is Dec. 16.

We are proud to work collaboratively with Indigenous women, who know first-hand how these projects can help enhance prevention and build safety.

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Busy weekend for Rustlers basketball

TAYLOR WEAVER EDITOR

Last weekend was a busy one for the Lake land College Rustlers basketball teams as the men’s and women’s teams hosted back-toback home games.

Coming off a champi onship season and win ning the ACAC title last season, this year’s Rus tlers women’s basket ball team is still finding its groove.

The women, cur rently ranked fifth in the north division with

a 2-4 record, hosted the SAIT Trojans on Friday night and lost 68-60 before hosting the St. Mary’s Univer sity Lightning on Sat urday. The Lightning would better the Rus tlers 71-55 on Saturday.

The men’s team, cur rently ranked third in the north division with a 3-3 record, also hosted the SAIT Tro jans on Friday night and took an 87-82 win.

The Rustlers then hosted St. Mary’s Uni versity on Saturday,

beating the Lightning 102-94.

Both teams are on the road this weekend with games against the Olds College Broncos on Fri day and the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings and Queens on Saturday.

Tip-off for the women is at 6 p.m. both nights and the men start at 8 p.m.

Rustlers’ basketball returns to the Lakeland Gym on Nov. 26 when both teams host the University of Alberta Augustana Vikings.

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Left: Rustlers forward Veda Gottselig challenges St. Mary’s University Lightning forward Col leen Nkrumah on Saturday at the Lakeland Gym. The Lightning beat the Rustlers 71-55. Right: Rustlers guard Bahaeddin Salma moves up the court on Saturday night against the St. Mary’s University Lightning. The men beat the Lightning 102-94.

Every decision that matters contains an element of risk.

Lakeland College King’s Energy Group Rustlers women’s hockey player Kalea Sauder has made two difficult sports career decisions in her young life.

About three years ago, Sauder dropped her beloved game of choice to grab an opportunity to compete in track and field at the University of Sas katchewan under a par tial scholarship while studying toward a kine siology degree.

This past winter, she reversed course embarking on a shot to play competitive hockey once again tak ing up an invite pre sented by the Lakeland College Rustlers.

“I hadn’t played com petitively in so long,” said Sauder, 21, who

Athletic forks in the road

last suited up with her hometown Swift Current Full Line Ag midget AA Broncos in 2018-19.

“I wasn’t super confi dent, but I just thought if that is something I want to get back to in playing hockey then I’ve got nothing to lose going and trying out. So, that is what I did.”

Sauder earned a top-eight finish in the pentathlon event at U Sports nationals in Edmonton while com peting as a first-year eligible athlete for the U of S Huskies in the 2019-20 season.

The Covid pan demic made competi tion impossible during the following school year and the Swift Cur rent Comprehensive High School graduate decided to step back from the sport this past winter to focus on her studies.

“During that winter I heard about the Rus tlers,” she said. “They

were getting a new hockey team and they were looking for play ers. I like track, but hockey has always been my passion.”

Making the trek to a February skate involv ing potential new recruits marked Saud er’s next step onto this new path. She then par ticipated in a couple of Rustlers practices and finally stated her case for a roster spot in a spring tryout leading to a next-day call from coach Morgan Mann.

“It’s definitely nervewracking to come here, to begin with,” said Sauder, a hard-working centre and wing who excels at distributing the puck to her line’s shooters.

“I knew most of the players I’d be playing with played AAA and I never did. Even now, I still don’t feel 100 per cent like myself. I still feel like I’m working toward how I used to be playing when I was in

midget. It’s been quite frustrating, honestly. But, it’s slowly coming back. This past week end I probably felt the best on the ice since I’ve been here. I’m excited and I’m look ing forward to what the rest of the season feels like.”

Sauder noted her plan is to continue tak ing university trans fer electives at Lake land College and play ing with the Rustlers through the 2023-24 season.

She hopes to transfer back to the U of S for the completion of her degree at that time.

“This is a much smaller school than the U of S, but I like it,” she said about Lakeland.

“It’s different being here, but I like the atmosphere. I love being with the team. Practices are my favou rite part of the day even though I have to get up early for them. It’s been good.”

Jamie Harkins Photo Rustlers forward Kalea Sauder traded a promising future as a post-secondary track and field athlete for a chance to play her favourite sport of hockey once again.

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Major investment moves Alberta’s hydrogen sector forward

Alberta’s government is awarding more than $161 million in funding from the Alberta Petro chemical Incentive Pro gram (APIP) to grow Alberta’s clean hydro gen sector.

Alberta’s economy has momentum and the government is focused on creating more jobs and diversifying as the province continues to be the economic engine of Canada.

Alberta is the largest hydrogen producer in

Canada and it is help ing to power the prov ince’s – and country’s –economies.

This new $1.6-bil lion facility is expected to create 2,500 con struction jobs and 30 permanent jobs once operational.

“Alberta is Canada’s hydrogen powerhouse and projects like this will create jobs, diver sify the economy and build additional clean energy capacity for use across Western Can ada,” said Alberta Pre mier Danielle Smith.

“With such a huge attachment in the hydrogen market, our government’s Alberta Petrochemicals Incen tive Program is making us the most attractive jurisdiction for compa nies looking to invest in hydrogen. Alberta’s economy will continue

to charge ahead full steam with an invest ment climate that encourages businesses to grow and fuel job growth.”

Through APIP, Alberta’s government

is supporting Air Prod ucts’ new natural gas to hydrogen produc tion facility. The facil ity is designed to pro duce clean hydrogen using advanced nat ural gas conversion

techniques and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) tech nology to permanently store the resulting car bon dioxide.

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Sask recruiting healthcare workers in Philippines

MERIDIAN SOURCE STAFF

On Monday, Minis ter of Health Paul Mer riman announced the Government of Sas katchewan will under take a targeted health care recruitment mis sion to Manila, Philip pines in late Novem ber, to actively pro mote Saskatchewan’s healthcare employment opportunities.

“With a vibrant and growing Filipino-Cana dian population, Sas katchewan has a strong and meaningful rela tionship with the Phil ippines. With the coop eration and support of the Consul General of the Philippines to Can ada, Mr. Zaldy Patron, this mission will allow us to engage directly with Filipino health care workers and attract them to the province,” Merriman said.

“This initiative is one of the ways our gov ernment is delivering on our commitment

to attract hundreds of additional healthcare workers to our friendly Saskatchewan commu nities which are eager to welcome them.”

Beginning Novem ber 28, a series of work shops and information sessions will be hosted over five days in Manila by Saskatchewan’s del egation which includes Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) rep resentatives who will interview on-site.

Minister Merriman will lead the delegation and participate in tar geted meetings with key officials from a number of partner agencies to reinforce the province’s important relation ship with the Philip pines and explore inno vative opportunities to strengthen the partner ship.

Saskatchewan has announced intentions to recruit hundreds of new healthcare workers from abroad. While in Manila, the

focus will be on the recruitment of quali fied healthcare work ers including regis tered nurses, continu ing care assistants and other high-priority professions.

“Our province has experienced success in welcoming Filipino nurses and other health care workers into our workforce and our com munities,” Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health Everett Hindley said.

“Saskatchewan is now home to a large and thriving Filipino com munity. We’re already generating a lot of inter est from the Philippines in the available health care jobs the prov ince is currently look ing to fill. We offer var ious incentives, settle ment support and assis tance to spouses in find ing employment in the province.”

The mission will

advance long-term collaboration and exchanges between Saskatchewan and Philippine post-sec ondary institutions on curriculum, alignment of nurse training pro grams and the devel opment of pathways to fast-track Filipino health sciences gradu ates into the Saskatch ewan labour market.

Minister Merriman will be joined on the mission by represen tatives from Saskatch ewan’s two universi ties and Saskatchewan Polytechnic.

An interactive web page, Saskatchewan. ca/HHR-Philippines, is targeted to a Philip pine audience with the details of the mission, registration for infor mation and recruitment events in Manila, as well as upcoming webi nars and other online tools and resources.

Saskatchewan’s HHR Action Plan announced in September will

invest over $60 mil lion and add more than 1,000 health profes

sionals into the health system over the next few years.

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“From the beginning, Air Products has truly and sincerely appreci ated the partnership of the Government of Canada and the Gov ernment of Alberta, as well as the contin ued support of the City of Edmonton, in wel coming this visionary clean energy complex to Alberta,” said Seifi Ghasemi, chairman, president and CEO, Air Products.

“This facility will be a first mover in helping to decarbonize mobil ity and industrial mar kets. This announce ment represents visionary leadership and a commitment to move humanity for ward in the energy transition. It shows what is possible when effective collaboration and governmental sup port align to drive the energy transition.”

APIP provides fund ing to support the growth of facilities that use natural gas in their production processes, including those that

produce clean hydro gen. The Air Products’ facility is eligible for $161.5 million in grants spread out over three years, once the facility is up and running.

An additional $15 million will be provided through Emissions Reduction Alberta.

Along with Alberta’s APIP funding, the Gov ernment of Canada also announced a federal contribution of $300 million through the Strategic Innovation Fund’s Net Zero Accel

erator Initiative to sup port the project.

The Air Products facility will be estab lished in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, northeast of Edmon ton, which already features an industrial hub with a number of connected sites and industries working to advance a hydrogen economy.

Construction on the project is expected to start soon.

When completed in late 2024, the facility

is expected to produce more than 165 million standard cubic feet of hydrogen per day. That hydrogen may be used in a variety of markets, including industrial, transportation, power generation and utility heating.

APIP is attracting billions of dollars in investment through petrochemical projects, helping to strengthen and diversify the pro vincial economy and create new jobs for thousands of Albertans.

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