Meridian Source - September 3, 2020

Thursday, September 3, 2020

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Cancer trooper a one-man army GEOFF LEE

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He’s done it again for the fifth year in a row.

Lloydminster kids’ cancer fighter Jarrod Russell ends this year’s Great Cycle Challenge as the top fundraiser in Canada with $29,378 going to the SickKids Foundation.

The latest challenge wrapped up Aug. 31.

“I was ready to quit.

It was so windy. My legs are just rubber with all the wind after 31 days,” said a tired Russell on Sept. 1.

“I’m going to rest.

I’m going to my mom and dad’s for a couple of days.”

The 44-year-old brain cancer survivor rode 1,228.6 kilometres on his recumbent bike in August as a motivated member of Alex’s army.

Alex is receiving palliative care at SickKids in Toronto with his special team raising a whopping $643,867, led by the fundraising total from Russell.

“On Facebook, I had a lot of comments on my journey. One said ‘you’re really a hero in

my books,’” said Russell, who generated a ton of “likes” and positive comments for his efforts on social media.

In four previous challenge rides, Russell raised $112,000 to fight kids’ cancer.

This year’s challenge took place in August instead of June due to COVID-19.

The pandemic led Russell to vacate his Hearthstone rental unit and shelter with family members for six months to train and ride—and re-energize.

“He’s going to head to the lake and then he’s back to Hearthstone,” said his sister, Tami Kappel, who has been housing him for awhile.

“He will have a twoweek quarantine at the Hearthstone and after that, he will be able to head out for bike rides if he wants.”

Kappel says COVID also meant they couldn’t hold their usual group event like the family ride held last year that Russell looks forward to.

“He’s a sociable guy, so this has been a bit

difficult for him for sure,” said Kappel.

She says despite that, he’s met a lot of new people riding in her neighbourhood with his cause well received.

“It just shows you how strong this community is. They were finding him out and about and he’s had great local donations this year, even more so than in the last few years,” she said.

Russell says locally, people have really stepped up to donate.

“I’m still getting donations from riding my bike,” he said, with funds accepted to the end of September.

He also says thanks to Grindin’ Gears Bikes n Boards in Lloydminster for tuning his bike and local media for promoting his daily rides for cancer.

His local supporters should be out in force next year too as Russell plans to keep helping kids win their battle with cancer.

Russell himself was diagnosed with brain cancer at age four and endured multiple radi-

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Jarrod Russell ends the Great Cycle Challenge in August as the top fundraiser in Canada for the SickKids Foundation for the fifth year in a row. He raised $29,378 with riding support from his nephew Charlie.

Russell is getting a new electric assist bike for next year’s ride.

ation treatments causing epilepsy and partial paralysis on his right side.

That won’t stop him from entering another challenge ride in 2021.

“Unfortunately, cancer never goes away, so I think Jarrod is motivated. The motivation is to help these kids as

long as he can. He’ll keep riding as long as he’s able to,” added Kappel.

His parents, Wayne and Barb, recently purchased a Cat trike for him from a family friend that comes with an electric power assist.

“Every year, it gets a

bit harder for Jarrod to get further in the kilometres and he wants to do more, but he’s exhausted. It’s a lot of hard work for him,” said Kappel.

“With this new bike next year, we’ll see the numbers are even more. He looks forward to it every year.”

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City’s 2021 Budget survey closes Friday

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Lloydminster residents are encouraged to have their voices heard in the 2021 Your City, Your Dollar survey this week.

Property owners and residents can share their voice on municipal spending priorities through an inter-

active survey, available at yourvoicelloyd. ca/2021-budget. The survey closes Friday, Sept. 4.

Throughout the survey, which is based on the 2020 mill rate, respondents can: • add their property assessment value to see how increasing or decreasing service lev-

els could affect their potential 2021 taxation rates; and • draft, edit and submit a budget and compare against other anonymous submissions.

For more information about the engagement process, contact yourvoice@lloydminster.ca.

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Colleen Young campaigns softly

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Lloydminster MLA Colleen Young, pictured with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe in Lloydminster during an early 2020 tour of the constituency, expects to step up campaigning for the fall election when school resumes on Sept. 8. Their Saskatchewan Party released a budget update with a smaller COVID-recovery deficit than previously projected.

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Colleen Young, Saskatchewan Party MLA for the Lloydminster constituency, has yet to get into her full campaign mode for votes in the fall provincial election.

Young says she’s been doing some door-todoor politicking and phone calling since mid-July, but thinks voters won’t tune into the election for real until students and teachers return to class.

“I’m hoping with the start of school, people will start realizing there is a provincial election coming up in October,” said Young.

She says people in the Lloydminster constituency are also waiting to learn how the voting on or before Oct. 26 will take place with COVID19 being a health and safety issue.

Dr. Michael Boda, chief electoral officer of Saskatchewan, is expected to determine by mid-September if the vote will take place with mail-in ballots or polling stations, or a combination of both.

“If I understand it, they are still trying to do actual polling stations, so I’m hoping that will happen. I’ve also heard there could just be mail-in ballots.

That will be determined by him,” said Young.

She thinks once people start to hear that and as she gets out

more and sees her constituents, they will have the election on their minds.

Young doesn’t expect school safety over COVID-19 will be much of an election issue since the release of the government’s Safe School Plan and individual school division plans in early August.

“I got some emails and some calls—more teachers than parents at the beginning. I think parents were more anxious about seeing their kids get back to school,” said Young.

“As divisions started rolling out their plans, it’s giving a little more clear direction on what they were expecting and how some of the protocols and restrictions

will be followed.”

Young was invited to campaign last week at a coffee meeting at the Red Cross Hall north of Paradise Hill with most of the conversation on rural crime and property violence.

Crime will be a hotbed issue given Saskatchewan’s rural crime is more than double the national average, with 13,829 criminal code violations per 100,000 people, according to Statistics Canada 2017 data.

Young organized a rural crime information meeting in Marshall earlier this year while advocating changes to the court system to address voters’ frustration overseeing repeated offenders let

out of jail.

She provided the Red Cross gathering with an update on rural crime prevention strategies.

“We had some great conversations about some of the issues and things going on in the constituency,” said Young. “I am hoping to get out to a few more of those things.”

Young says voters are also concerned about the contracted provincial economy following COVID-19 and five years of economic downturn in the oil and gas energy.

Saskatchewan’s firstquarter budget update on Aug. 27, however, shows an improving economy, a smaller deficit and a return to surplus in 2024-25.

The forecast deficit is $2.1 billion at first quarter, down from the $2.4 billion projected earlier this summer.

“We still have 87 per cent of our workforce up and going, but we want to be at 100 percent. Our plans were put in place to get our economy back up and going as quickly as possible,” said Young.

“As we learned more about the virus, it became apparent we could open up a little bit more each time.”

When Young began her door-to-door campaign she followed COVID-19 protocols by

carrying a mask to put on if requested with

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hand sanitizer in hand.

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New chapter for Lloyd library GEOFF LEE

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The Lloydminster Public Library may have written the book on adapting to change with the impact of COVID-19 on operations and services top of mind.

Head librarian, Ron Gillies, told the Rotary Club of Lloydminster on Monday they have been following national guidelines on COVID prevention since reopening on Aug. 19.

He says cleaning books damages them, so, they quarantine things instead.

“If you touch a book and you don’t want to borrow it, we ask you to put it in a red bin and we will quarantine it for five days. Anything brought back is quarantined for five days,” he said.

Gillies says the research shows there’s a .01 per cent risk of the virus after that period.

How the library has adapted to COVID was one of his topics along with a look at how libraries, in general, have gone from dealing with mostly books to significant non-book activity in the past 25 years.

“In our case, 40 per cent of what is borrowed from the library isn’t a book or even a physical item,” said Gillies.

He said the library has seen the use of electronic borrowing go up by 53 per cent this past month compared to the months before COVID. Gillies sees that as a good trend because it means there are options for people that give

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Ron Gillies, head librarian at the Lloydminster Public Library told the Lloydminster Rotary, COVID-19 has sped up the evolution of library services to more non-book user activity. The library reopened on Aug. 19 and will relocate to the LloydMall in the early part of 2021.

them that enjoyment— that refuge in a time of stress.

“It gives them a chance to learn and read that doesn’t actually require having to come and go to a place and get a physical object. There’s an alternative for those who want or need it,” he said.

At the same time, he said not being able to open the doors during COVID meant the library was underserving the public who couldn’t physically borrow resources or access the Internet.

“How do you file, for example, for CERB benefits when you don’t have a smartphone, you don’t have a computer or a tablet and you don’t have home Internet and you rely on going to places like Service Canada or the public library to do that?” asks Gillies.

He says now that they are open again, people can use all of the library services.

Gillies says staff have been connecting with people throughout the pandemic closure by phone, helping people figure out how to use some of the new technology, but he notes that’s not the same as having face-to-face interactions.

“One of the things we provide is a community space—and a way of contact and happiness in people’s lives,” he said about the benefits of the library.

Gillies notes they will have an even better space to provide that experience when they relocate to the LloydMall, whcih will probably happen for the second quarter of 2021.

“It will be much of the same library with some new and interesting things,” he said,

adding, “people can come and get some stuff for reading while they are shopping.”

Young campaigning softy FROM PAGE 3

“People were anxious to step out and have conversations with me.

I’m glad to be doing that again. It’s been a very positive response,” she said.

She notes she hasn’t stopped working, even through COVID-19.

Young meets online via Webex video conferencing for weekly Treasury Board and Government Operations committees.

“It isn’t the same as being in the same room with people—it’s been a busy time for me, just different,” she said.

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Henning schools voters on NDP

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Saskatchewan New Democrat candidate Colleen Henning is teaching voters in the Lloydminster constituency the ABCs about the NDP before they go to the polls this fall.

Henning is a teacher at Holy Rosary High School who thinks voters are ready for change.

“Things are not going well. People are still concerned about the way the government has addressed the back-toschool question,” said Henning.

She says the Lloydminster public and Catholic school divisions are doing the best they can to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak, “but they are not being adequately supported by the Sask Party government.”

She says funding came so late and when classes resume on Sept.

8, some schools in the province, including Lloydminster, will also have to contend with overcrowding.

“It’s the fault of the government that has been reducing funding per student,” she said.

Henning started door knocking earlier this summer and is putting together a team to help cover the riding before the polls open on or before Oct. 26.

“Also, I don’t work full-time as a teacher this year, so I have some time for campaigning. I can get out and knock on doors and meet people,” said Henning.

She says the party doesn’t have its official election platform out yet, but they did release a COVID recovery plan earlier in the summer for talking points.

The NDP plan would see the government address the overcrowding in classrooms, invest in mental health treatment, end hallway medicine, support seniors with the best home care in Canada, and fix crumbling infrastructure.

“We are concerned about trying to improve the lives of all people in Saskatchewan,” she said.

Henning says locally, voters are receptive to the party’s Saskatchewan-first policies to improve the economy, including a provincewide $15 minimum wage.

“That’s a relevant issue in Lloyd because we have two different minimum wages in the city,” she said.

She says the NDP also has a Saskatchewan-first plan to make sure companies and workers in the province get the infrastructure contracts.

“That’s important to people in Lloyd because jobs are a big issue in Lloy d . E ve n p r ior t o COVID, people were not feeling secure about

their jobs and that things were not going well in Saskatchewan,” said Henning.

“We want to see that change and help change that.”

Henning says her own family has experienced the impact of too much reliance on the oil and gas sector to support the economy.

“My son-in-law was unemployed for a time because he was working on the rigs—that’s a chronic problem in Lloydminster,” she said.

“We rely very heavily here and in Saskatchewan in general, on a resource-based economy and that leaves people vulnerable to things like the world price of oil that we don’t control.”

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LRHF Gala on hold

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The Lloydminster Region Health Foundation (LRHF) announced the postponement of the annual Health Foundation Gala on Tuesday, originally scheduled for Oct. 16.

While this news won’t come as a shock to many following event cancellations across the community since COVID-19, the committee was determined to review all options before making a decision, as it’s the largest fundraising event the foundation puts on every year and not hosting it will make a significant impact on current ongoing healthcare projects.

Unfortunately, the community will have to put a hold on celebrating 20 years of the annual gala until 2021.

The event, which was first held in 2000, has raised more than $3

million over the last 19 years for many different initiatives and projects, including the last few years for Renal Dialysis and Project Sunrise. “(Well), 2020 has been a very unpredictable year,” said Misty Kay, committee chair of the Health Foundation Gala.

“No one would have believed that we would still be dealing with this pandemic at the end of summer. We have all faced many challenges and found new ways to go forward with our day-to-day lives.

“In order to best keep everyone safe and healthy, the Health Foundation Gala committee feels it is in the best interest of everyone involved in our community to postpone the 20th anniversary Health Foundation Gala until next fall. We will be postponing our celebration until October 29, 2021. It will be

an evening to remember, so mark the date on your calendar. We can’t wait to celebrate with each and every one of you.”

While event fundraising will be halted for the foreseeable future, funding needs still persist, including the COVID-19 Emergency Fund. The foundation is happy to accept donations in light of the event cancellation.

If you’d like to help, please visit LRHF.ca/ donate.

“We are incredibly grateful to all of our loyal gala supporters and volunteers who always make the event such a success. Our community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the fall was astounding, and we were really looking forward to celebrating these stories with everyone at our marque gala in the fall,” said Malcolm Radke, CEO, LRHF.

Henning takes voters to school FROM PAGE 5

She says the provincial NDP is neither antioil nor anti-pipeline and seeks diversification so incomes can be more stable for individuals in the province.

“That would be better for families. When we improve things for families, we improve the entire economy,” said Henning.

“For every dollar invested in services for families, we will get back nearly $2 in economic growth and in the long run, we will get back $6 to $10 in savings on health care, social services and justice in the years ahead.”

Henning says she is also advocating full Internet and cellphone service for the northern part of the riding.

“People have to have that so they can work and be safe —so they can start businesses,” she said.

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Parent information packages released

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Following the release of school-specific plans

by Saskatchewan’s 27 school divisions on Aug. 26, the Ministry of Education, in collaboration with public health officials, has released parent information packages for distribution to parents prior to the Sept. 8 school year.

Parent information packages contain general background on the Safe Schools Plan and guidance on how to prepare for a safe return to schools.

The packages also

include detailed factsheets on COVID-19 testing options and, processes for notification of illness in school, and information regarding thresholds for changes to in-classroom learning.

“We know that as much information as possible will help parents, students, teachers and staff prepare for a safe return to schools,” said Education Minister Gordon Wyant.

“We are releasing parent information packages for distribution through Saskatchewan’s 27 school divi-

sions to ensure important information and guidance is available.

This includes what parents can expect if a student in their child’s class tests positive for COVID-19, and thresholds for changes to inclassroom learning.”

The package contains new information on the notification and illness process if a child, teacher or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, and guidance on further steps that could be taken, including when individual students or cohorts should self-monitor or

self-isolate.

Also included is information for parents and schools on thresholds for changes to inclassroom learning precipitated by the positive identification of COVID-19 in the classroom or school setting.

This approach was developed by public health and will be assessed throughout the school year based on transmission trends and risk, and health system and education system capacity.

Thresholds included in the information packages outline scenarios for the identification of a single positive COVID-19 test result, outbreak declarations in schools, and the pursuant thresholds for changes to in-classroom or school-wide delivery.

Parent information packages can be accessed via the Saskatchewan government’s website and will

be distributed by the 27 school divisions on

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Sask. Order of Merit nominations open MERIDIAN SOURCE STAFF

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Nominations are now being accepted for the province’s highest honour, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.

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Please help us to celebrate the remarkable people of Saskatchewan by nominating an outstanding person to receive our province’s highest honour – the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.

“Please help us to celebrate the remarkable people of Saskatchewan by nominating an outstanding person to receive our province’s highest honour – the Saskatchewan Order of Merit,” said Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty.

The Saskatchewan Order of Merit was established in 1985 to recognize excellence, achievement, and contributions to the cul-

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Previous recipients have come from diverse backgrounds and have

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made contributions to the arts, business and industry, agriculture and volunteer service.

Nominees must be current or former longterm residents of Saskatchewan.

Any individual or group can submit a nomination, but the nomination must be for an individual, not an organization.

Posthumous nominations are accepted within one year of an individual’s date of death.

The recipients of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit will be invested by the Lieutenant Governor at a ceremony next year.

The deadline to nominate an individual is Nov. 1.

New this year, nominations can be submitted completely online through the Government of Saskatchewan’s Order of Merit page, found at www. saskatchewan.ca/government/heritage-honours-and-awards/saskatchewan-order-ofmerit.

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Husky progresses on two fronts GEOFF LEE

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Husky Energy’s Spruce Lake Central thermal project in the Lloydminster area of Saskatchewan is producing its first oil this week.

The company is also expecting the startup of its Liuhua 29-1 field at the Liwan gas project in the Asia Pacific region

by November.

The Calgary-based company says both projects will be good for the bottom line in an update on Sept. 2.

“Both Spruce Lake Central and the Liuhua 29-1 field are expected to generate immediate strong free cash flow at current pricing as they come on-stream,” said CEO Rob Peabody.

“Our portfolio of lower-cost, higher-mar-

gin projects reinforces our resilience in a challenging market environment.”

Spruce Lake Central is Husky’s sixth 10,000 barrels-per-day thermal bitumen project since 2015.

The thermal oil facility has been completed safely, on schedule and on budget with enhanced COVID-19 health protocols in place.

Spruce Lake Central began steaming in the second quarter of 2020 and will ramp-up to full production over the next couple of months.

Husky’s Saskatchewan thermal projects are directly linked to its Lloydminster upgrader, asphalt refinery and Midwest U.S. refineries, with access to secured pipeline capacity and ample storage to maxi-

mize available margins.

They are also not subject to the government-mandated production quotas that remain in place in Alberta.

Offshore China, Husky and its partner CNOOC have advanced the Liuhua 29-1 field to mechanical completion ahead of schedule and below budget, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

First production and gas/liquids sales are expected to start by November.

Target production is 45 million cubic feet per day of gas and 1,800 bbls/day of liquids when fully ramped up, reflecting Husky’s 75 per cent working interest plus exploration cost recovery volumes.

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There’s strength in neighbours EDITOR

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As with numbers, there’s strength in neighbours.

I have been living at the same address, on the same street, with the same neighbours on either side for roughly five years.

The people living in the basement of the house I rent have changed a number of times, but I have remained the constant.

Sure, I enjoy my privacy and live a fairly quiet life and like it that way, but there’s something wholesome and special about having a good relationship with thy neighbour.

Whether it’s moving their garbage bins from the road on pick-up day, sharing the lawnmower or snow-shovelling duty, or simply saying “hey, how was y ou r d ay ?” when I get home from work if one of them is outside, I enjoy being a “good” neighbour. (Their words, not mine.)

When I go on holidays I have the peace of mind that if something goes wrong while I’m away, one of these neighbours I speak so highly of is going to be there to help; the same goes for them while they’re away …

I’ve got them covered.

I guess it’s a good thing I haven’t heard a peep from either neighbour over the last few years while away!

When my family moved from Windsor to Kingston, Ont. when I was nine, there was an older couple living in the house next door, and wouldn’t you know it, they’re still living there today.

The husband is a retired member of the Canadian Armed Forces and loves to tell old war stories. Growing up, if a tennis ball ever made its way across the fence into his backyard, my brother and I knew a joke about paying a $5 fine to get said ball back wasn’t far behind.

But this wasn’t your stereotypical “kids vs. the old guy next door” bout seen in classic movies such as Dennis The

Menace. Lorne was entirely likeable.

Sure, my brother and I may have tried to avoid the “$5 fine” conversation as much as possible, but we embraced it and knew this guy was just trying to get a rise out of us.

Fast forward 20 years from that cross-country move and that same neighbour, now in his 80s, helps my mom with her snow in the winter ... the guy’s smart and owns a snowblower!

Over the past few months, I’ve gotten to know my neighbours a little better, and I’m really glad I have.

They ask about what’s going on in my life, and unlike some people I know, they actually listen to the answers I give ... and from what I’ve been told that’s a rarity these days.

Not sure whom you’re living beside or across from, but have you been curious to find out?

Make the effort to say hi!

It’s simple, really. There’s strength in neighbours, so be good to yours.

Until next week.

Waste Services looking to enhance curbside collection

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he City of Lloydminster is taking the next step to enhance its curbside collection program by installing a barcode-like tag with a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip on waste (grey) and organics (green) carts.

The City, in conjunction with GFL Environmental Inc., is installing the tags between Sept.

7-18. During this time, the City is asking for residents’ co-operation by ensuring both carts remain curbside between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on collection day.

“The intent of the RFID system incorporated into the

City’s curbside collection program is for Waste Services to identify opportunities to improve on the existing service. Over time, the enhancements will allow us to divert more waste from the landfill,” said Karen Dela Rosa, Senior Manager of Waste Services.

“Implementing the RFID tags will not have a financial impact on residential utilities; therefore, residents will not see an increase in service fees.”

Only the physical address and the time and date of collection will be recorded. No other personal information is collected.

GFL Environmental Inc. staff will be wearing high-visibility gear and company identification.

Mitigation measures will be in place to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Residents are requested to avoid unnecessary interaction with crews.

The curbside collection program serves more than 8,000 residential properties.

For additional information about the project, including an FAQ, and more information about the City of Lloydminster’s curbside collection program, visit lloydminster.ca/curbside.

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Leeway from Lloyd: Hyperloop resets reality STAFF WRITER GEOFF LEE

I am not a futuristic science guy by nature, but some developments lately have me wondering if I snoozed and missed a century or two.

While most of the world seems stuck dealing with COVID-19, others are moving ahead and doings that seem way ahead of our times.

Call it a paradigm shift that is hard to fathom, but won’t go away.

You can argue the latest transportation change started with Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla

Motors and SpaceX with those amazing reusable rockets.

Musk also came up with the concept for a vacuum-and-maglev-powered super-fast train that would travel through a tube called the hyperloop.

Now, the Alberta government has signed an agreement with Toronto-based TransPod to advance the development of a hyperloop transportation link between Edmonton and Calgary by 2030.

The concept system aims to move passengers and freight in train-like pods up to 1,000 km/hr!

The MOU with

Alberta could pave the way for a $500 million test track by 2022 with construction of the line to start in 2025. There are no financial commitments or endorsements from the government, but TransPod expects to attract investors to build the line at an estimated cost of between $6 billion to $10 billion.

This new hyperloop transportation trend seems out of sync knowing Alberta cities are fixated on repairing or widening highways for gasoline-driven vehicles.

It’s kind of like the juxtaposition of seeing an electric vehi-

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cle parked outside of a steam engine train exhibit with the message being, times have changed.

If the hyperloop is within our grasp, it makes you wonder if cities everywhere shouldn’t just dump their existing plans for new highways or sub-

way systems and jump on the new technology bandwagon.

What it could mean is that people could live and commute from anywhere on the line, not just in big cities, although real estate prices would soar near the system as well.

These sustainable

systems also hold the promise to slow climate change by reducing carbon emissions.

After seeing a recent video news report of melting glaciers in Lake Louise and how that could impact our water supplies, going green at 1,000 km/hr is really a timely idea.

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Smoked salmon?

PRAIRIE WOOL HELEN ROW TOEWS

Can’t be late for my first day back to work!

I agonized last week, dragging a jacket over my shoulders and grabbing shoes as I dashed through the kitchen. I ripped open the fridge door and scanned the contents. What to take for lunch? Leaning forward, I snatched the first thing I saw, rammed it into my purse and flew out the door.

Later that day I sat with the staff of Marshall School as they ate their well-thought-out and delicious meals.

Tasty leftovers of roast beef dinners, creamy chicken casseroles, and stir-fries were warmed in the microwave, while tomato

sandwiches were toasted, soup steamed on the stove and salad medleys were spooned out and enjoyed.

I sat with downcast eyes, sniffing the air appreciatively, and was just toying with the idea of stealing away to a corner to eat in solitude, when my friend Gwen took a seat beside me to unload her gourmet meal onto the table. My eyes grew round with wonder at the sight.

First came Ryvita crackers, individually wrapped to retain their crispiness, and a package of aromatic smoked salmon, its pink flesh succulent and appealing. Then, a small pot of cream cheese was brought forth, to provide the creamy base on which the salmon would nestle, and a jar of briny capers was snapped

open, to sprinkle on top.

“You can’t have smoked salmon without capers,” Gwen admonished in her best teacher’s voice when I expressed surprise.

I nodded. Who was I to argue?

Next, she unpacked two kinds of scones: cheese and raisin, a pat of sweet yellow butter, a tiny jar of glistening jam and a selection of other hard cheeses to round things off.

“Oh no!” she exclaimed, scratching around in her bag. “I’ve forgotten the thinly sliced red onion.” Turning with a sigh, she glanced at the table in front of me where sat my lunch preparations: a dull knife, a container of salt and a large peeled cucumber.

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Patience is wearing thin MIDWEST MINUTE VERN McCLELLAND

One of the few opportunities presented by this pandemic has been more personal time for many to enjoy what the midwest has to offer for outdoor activities.

Local dealerships report a significant upswing in sales of 4 x 4 trucks, all-terrain vehiFROM PAGE 12

“That’s it?” she asked, curling her lip with disdain. “A cucumber?”

Okay, I made up that bit about the curled l i p, b u t s h e d i d l oo k rather disbelievingly at my cheerless repast.

What kind of nut brings one lone vegetable for lunch?

“Yup,” I said, feigning a devil-may-care attitude. I carved a thick slice from my cuke, salted it, and popped it into my

cles, boats, kayaks, and even bicycles.

While on the surface this is good news, one of the unintended consequences has been a concurrent increase in the number of incidents involving trespassing and damage of privately-owned land.

This has ranged from gates being left open in pastures allowing livestock to escape to the destruction of fragile

soils and litter deposited along trails.

In some instances, the joyriders don’t even bother to open the gate, they simply choose to drive right through it.

One of our neighbours, frustrated with people who apparently could not read the sign politely asking gates to be kept closed, decided to lock all access points to their pasture.

mouth. We can’t all be gourmets.

Crunching busily, I thought to myself it’d probably for the best if I ate a steady diet of the watery, low-cal vegetable. A friend, and I use the term loosely, called me not long ago, solely to ask a favour.

“Hey Helen,” she got straight to the point.

“I’ve put on a ton of weight recently, and was wondering if you have any clothes you could give me? You know, stuff you can’t fit

anymore.”

Some friend.

But I don’t want to subsist on cucumbers, I reasoned, reaching out to accept a cracker laced with all the fixings from Gwen.

“Pretend there’s red onion on top,” she said with a wink as I took a satisfying bite.

Life’s too short to miss out on the good stuff. We should all add a little smoked salmon to our day, figuratively speaking, don’t you think? Let’s do it!

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A week later he found a group of off-roaders had simply cut the

fence next to one of the gates.

A local reported he counted 12 off-road

units in convoy returning from the general area later the same day.

Most disturbing,

however, is the damage incurred to small huts maintained by families for weekend wiener roasts with children and grandchildren or as a place for anyone passing by to warm up while snowmobiling in the winter.

It is bad enough the occasional bear likes to investigate the possibility of food inside and tears the door off; or an itchy 2,000-pound bull uses the wall as a rubbing post, but when some idiot gleefully burns all the wood provided while shooting glass bottles off a nearby stump, well then you can only wonder about their principles or lack thereof.

With a widening divide between rural and urban users, it will not be long before precious little private land

File Photo will be available for any type of recreation, and not just hunting.

And that my friends really is sad, as there is a lot of beautiful country to be enjoyed in the midwest, but the actions of a few, apparently condoned by those who travel with them, will ruin it for everyone.

All you need to do is look across the line and

see what our American friends have to say on the topic.

Use with respect or lose it. Forever.

Vern McClelland is an associate broker with RE/MAX of Lloydminster and an active partner in his family’s livestock operation. He has written over 600 columns on real estate and life in the Midwest.

Sports Bobcats ready for hockey’s start PAGE 15

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The Lloydminster Bobcats are returning to the Centennial Civic Centre ice on Sept. 15.

Nigel Dube, head coach and general manager of the Bobcats, said approximately 27 veteran, recently-signed or

acquired and future players will skate for the club during the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) development season.

He said they’re going straight into two-hour daily practices as well as a full off-ice training regimen similar to what athletes complete at an

NCAA program.

“We’re going to look at this as an opportunity to get on the ice every day in a different capacity,” said Dube. “ We’re going t o be working on skills and tactical to develop our guys moving forward.

And, we’ll also utilize technology to promote them to different schools.”

The AJHL postponed the start of the 2020-21 regular season last month in adherence to Hockey Alberta’s Return to Play plan as well as the boundaries set in the province’s current Stage 2 phase of its re-launch.

A development season was opened on

Aug. 31 allowing teams to engage their players in high-calibre training until provincial regulations allow a return to regular-season competition.

The Bobcats will count one recent addition among the skaters coming to the Border City for training.

The club picked up 19-year-old forward Liam Noble from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Notre Dame Hounds on Sunday for 2000-born right wing Ty Mosimann.

“Noble comes from a great organization in Penticton where he was surrounded by NHL draft picks and some very highly-skilled play-

Black and Indigenous lives matter SPORTS EDITOR JAMIE HARKINS

You’ve just got to shake your head at Jason Kenney.

The Alberta Premier’s us-versus-them response to the toppling of John A. MacDonald’s statue during a Montreal protest in support of Black Lives Matter on the weekend is simplistic and disheartening.

Kenney came out guns blazing after the march calling the pro-

testers thugs, anarchists an d th e extrem e left who should leave Canada if they don’t respect the society this country’s first Prime Minister helped create.

He even suggested that MacDonald’s statue be sent to Alberta where it could be re-erected on the legislature grounds.

The toppling of MacDonald’s statue is not a wanton act of violence perpetrated by anarchists who want to see our society burn.

It is an action under-

taken by concerned and loving Canadian citizens who demand a just society for all.

MacDonald said in 1887 that “the great aim of our legislation has been to do away with the tribal system and assimilate the Indian people in all respects with the other inhabitants of the Dominion as speedily as they are fit to change.”

He was in power when First Peoples were forced onto reserves, treaties changed to

benefit white settlers and starvation used to entice chiefs like Big Bear into signing.

The protests in Montreal were held in solidarity with actions taken by individuals demanding change to the hatred and systematic racism present in the United States.

They are in response to the shooting of yet another unarmed black man, Jacob Blake, by white police officers.

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ers,” said Dube.

“He was probably down in their depth charts a little bit, but we know what he’s capable of offensively. We’re excited to give him the opportunity to get back to that.”

The Bobcats staff is busy working to get their American players into the fold, noted Dube, but an awareness remains that the border closure and a safe date

for its reopening takes precedent.

He added the guys who can be here for the Sept. 15 start will be and the feeling is they’re raring to play hockey.

“We have a full commitment from our guys,” he said.

“We’re going to have a veteran presence in our room and the guys are super excited to get going again and build on the foundation.”

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FROM PAGE 15

Blake was shot seven times in the back while walking toward the driver’s-side-door of his vehicle during broad daylight on Aug. 23 in Kenosha, Wis. The excessive use of force incident comes three months after the

death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody sparked worldwide protests.

NBA athletes, led by the Milwaukee Bucks, walked out in protest of the shooting, refusing to play games between Wednesday and Friday of last week.

Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet said the shooting made him think of his child ren and t he f eeling of helplessness black Americans experience when interacting with police.

“These situations that we’re watching

do not have to be happening, point blank, period,” said VanVleet to reporters.

“There’s no reason for it other than hatred and systemic racism that is ingrained in our culture and our people every day.”

The WNBA and some Major League Baseball teams joined their NBA brethren in electing not to play last Wednesday.

The NHL shut down for two days starting last Thursday following the call of Matt Dumba and Evander Kane of the sevenplayer Hockey Diversity Alliance.

These athletes’ choice to take a stand against systematic racism and hopefully affect sustainable change is powerful and commendable.

As role models, their action forces people to take notice.

Systematic racism is not just an American problem.

Canada’s First

File Photo Nations Peoples have felt its touch since European settlers reached this land hundreds of years ago.

Our elected leaders need to acknowledge this fact and employ a thoughtful and balanced approach toward building a society that cherishes equality.

Kenney can start by firing his speechwriter, Paul Bunner, for stating the description of Canada’s residential

school system as a form of genocide is bogus in a 2013 piece for the magazine C2C Journal.

A good move to make next would be to remove Chris Champion, who called the inclusion of First Nations perspectives during school lessons a fad in an article published last year in the Dorchester Review, from his position as a Kindergarten to Grade 4 curriculum advisor for the Alberta government.

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Agriculture

Last week in the field, Northwest Sask.

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There was progress made in the northwest region this week, with some of the earlier seeded and maturing crops starting to be combined.

Two per cent of the crop has been combined which is right on track with the five-year average (2015-2019).

An additional eight per cent of crop has been swathed or is ready to straight-cut, with the five-year aver-

age (2015-2019) being 10 per cent.

Ten per cent of field peas, four per cent of oats, three per cent of barley and one per cent of lentils have been combined.

An additional seven per cent of canola has been swathed.

While the eastern parts of the northwest region received very little rain this week, Crop District 9B reported over an inch in most areas.

Areas west of Turtle-

ford received the highest amount of rain in the province this week with 83 mm.

The Lloydminster area received 45 mm, the Glaslyn area 30 mm, the Meadow Lake area 28 mm, the North Battleford area six mm and the Mayfair area two mm.

The St. Walburg area continues to be the area that has received the most precipitation in the province since April 1 with 471 mm.

Moisture conditions maintained this week, except for areas that received high amounts of rain rating more land as surplus for topsoil moisture with localized flooding reported.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as five per cent surplus, 68 per

cent adequate, 19 per cent short and eight per cent very short.

Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture are rated as seven per cent surplus, 63 per cent adequate, 20 per cent short and 10 per cent very short.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to wind, dry conditions, heat, bertha armyworms, wildlife and localized flooding in areas that received high amounts of rain this week.

Pasture conditions in the region are rated as 11 per cent excellent, 47 per cent good, 32 per cent fair and 10 per cent poor.

Farmers are busy hauling grain, getting equipment ready, swathing and desiccating in some areas,

starting to combine the earlier maturing crops

and waiting for the rest to mature.

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With harvest underway, motorists should be aware of slowermoving farm machinery on provincial highways. “ Agr icu lt u r e is t he foundation of Saskatchewan’s economy, so we understand the importance of getting the crop off and safely into the bin,” said Highways and Infrastructure Minister Greg Ottenbreit.

“We all need to do our part to keep highways safe for everyone, so please be aware of slower-moving equipment.”

Plan ahead and be patient when entering a highway construction work zone. There may be cases when workers are not present that require you to slow down. A sharp pavement drop-off or loose

File Photo stones are examples of hazards that warrant a slower posted speed.

If you have concerns about highway work zone signing problems, please call 306-2445535.

A weekly highway construction update is also published on www.saskatchewan. ca to provide the travelling public with the latest details on projects underway to help plan safe and efficient travel.

You can also report a highway work zone signing problem by calling 306-244-5535.

The Government

of Saskatchewan will improve more than 1,000km of provincial highways this year, the first of its 10-year Growth Plan goal to build and upgrade 10,000 km of highways.

The Government of Saskatchewan has invested more than $9.8 billion in highways infrastructure since 2008, improving more than 15,800 km of Saskatchewan highways. Another $300 million in highways stimulus funds will be invested over the next two years to stimulate Saskatchewan’s economic recovery.

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The first-quarter report for 2020-21 forecasts Alberta’s deficit at $24.2 billion after the devastating economic impacts of the COVID19 pandemic and oil price crash.

The 2019-20 Annual Report and 2020-21 First Quarter Fiscal Update and Economic Statement show the toll both challenges have taken on the province.

The province now sits on a debt burden of $99.6 billion, or $22,400 per Albertan.

All the while Albertans have experienced losses of more than 170,000 jobs and a 13 per cent unemployment rate.

The first-quarter projections show a significant increase to the deficit reaching $24.2

billion – $16.8 billion higher than estimated in Budget 2020.

Almost 70 per cent of this increase is due to a sharp decline in revenue with non-renewable resource revenue down $3.9 billion.

Total revenue is estimated to be $38.4 billion, down $11.5 billion, or 23 per cent from Budget 2020.

“These numbers are incredibly sobering to all of us. If left unchecked, they predict a grim reality for Albertans,” said Travis Toews, President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance.

“We are fac in g the most significant economic challenge of our generation. To deal with this challenge, our government is developing a path forward - a path of

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economic recovery that will see job creation, diversification and stability restored to Alberta’s finances.”

The total expense is forecast at $62.6 billion. The government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with extensive public health supports and relief measures for Albertans, Alberta businesses and municipalities.

These one-time

spending measures, along with investments in Alberta’s Recovery Plan to position the province for economic growth, were necessary to see the province through these unprecedented times.

An updated economic forecast shows the pandemic has negatively affected business investment, oil production and consumer spending.

Although 2020 began

with a strong investment market, the fallout of COVID-19 has sidelined that expected growth. Alberta’s economy is expected to contract by 8.8 per cent in 2020, the largest decline in modern-day history and a decrease of 11.3 percentage points from the budget forecast.

Alberta’s Recovery Plan builds on the initial actions we were taking to rebuild our econ-

o my be f o r e th e p andemic hit. This included bringing in the Job Creation Tax Cut, eliminating the job-killing carbon tax and cutting red tape.

Alberta’s government will continue moving forward by investing in infrastructure projects that put Albertans back to work, supporting growth in key sectors and positioning the province for future economic prosperity.

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