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Viewpoint Border Banter with Benoit-Leipert: Repair Café a sweet idea
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This past weekend I attended a different type of café than usual, and the first of its kind in Lloydminster. It was a Repair Café, where a group of talented folks gathered at the Lloydminster Public Library to put their fix-it skills to use, using various tools and sewing machines. Members of the public were encouraged to bring in anything
that could use fixing— whether it be clothing, electronics, small appliances, bikes and the list goes on. The idea is to keep things out of the landfill, which is a huge problem nowadays. As I’ve written before— they don’t make things like they used to. We’ve become a throw-away society, which is not only hard on the bank balance but hurts our environment too. Waste not, want not is the motto we lived by growing up and it still makes sense today.
Maybe even more sense, the way things are going. A study from the University of Waterloo estimates that Canadians alone trash close to 500 MILLION kilograms of fabric items every year. Things such as clothing, shoes, and toys. Pretty outrageous! The Repair Café is an initiative of the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council. They run in cities and towns across the province to help cut down on waste and to gather like-minded people who want to
make a difference. I sincerely hope it becomes a regular thing in Lloyd because any event where people can help others, and socialize, while also helping the environment is worth getting involved in. So next time you have a coffee maker that’s not quite percolating properly or your favourite jacket has a rip, don’t trash it. Stash it for the next Repair Café. If you’d like more information, check out the SWRC on Facebook or go to their website saskwastereduction.ca.
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ear Readers! During the 2022 Alberta Election, our now premier emphatically and categorically stated “No one is going to touch your pensions.” Now she and her government seem to have conveniently either forgotten that statement, or they are blithely ignoring that promise. In the middle of a healthcare crisis, a postpandemic inflationary
cycle and a record-setting summer of forest fires leaves me wondering about the reasoning behind choosing this as a focus of government. But that is another subject. Recently on “West of Center,” the host, Kathleen Petty, interviewed Jim Dinning who is heading up the so-called “listening sessions” for the government. She asked him a pertinent question “Why
isn’t the government willing to give the actual figures involved in a possible pullout from the plan?” She went on to argue the government is asking Alberta voters to vote in favour of a decision that cannot be clearly stated. The Lifeplan report says Alberta’s share from the plan will be in the $300B range, respected economist, Trevor Tombe, says
“perhaps” half of that. Dinning says it really doesn’t matter. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 FROM PAGE 8
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Photo Enforcement Locations For
November 2 - November 15 Nov. 2
65 Ave. - 35 St. - ST. Thomas School
Nov. 3
39 St. - Holy Rosary School
Nov. 4
25 St. - 57A Ave. College Dr.
Nov. 5
15 St. - 52B Ave.
Nov. 6
66 Ave. - 41 St.
Nov. 7
31 St. - Bishop Lloyd School
Nov. 8
31 St. - Barr Colony School
Nov. 9
27 St. - ST. Joseph School
Nov. 10
27 St. - 52 Ave. Messum Park
Nov. 11
39 St. - 54 Ave. Anniversary Park
Nov. 12
52 Ave. - Queen Elizabeth School
Nov. 13
HWY 16 - 62 Ave.
Nov. 14
59 Ave. - 29 St. Bud Miller Park
Nov. 15
15 St. - 52B Ave.
· Additional locations may be photo enforced on the above dates · Photo enforcement may not operate on all dates listed above
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