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“Snowshoe to the Bison,” cross-country skiing, disc golf, fat-tire biking, ice fishing and other winter activities can be found and registered for at http://saskparks.com.

As spring is just around the corner, Sask Parks has announced the public can make their online reservations for the summer camping season. Reservations for seasonal campsites are set to begin on April 18th, with April 19th-26th set for online reservations for nightly, Camp-Easy and group campsites.

“This time of year is always exciting, as many residents across the province begin to plan their summer holidays,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Laura Ross said. “After a record-breaking year in 2021 with more than one million visits to provincial parks, we are looking forward to kicking off another great camping season.”

The online reservation site opens at 7 am each day: · Seasonal campsites - open to take reservations on April 18th for all parks participating in the seasonal camping program. · Nightly campsites- begin on April 19th for Saskatchewan Landing, Good Spirit Lake, Candle Lake, Meadow Lake On April 21st for Echo Valley, Douglas, Pike Lake, Narrow Hills, Makwa Lake On April 22nd for Rowan’s Ravine, Danielson, Greenwater Lake, Great Blue Heron, The Battlefords On April 25th for Moose Mountain, Buffalo Pound, Duck Mountain, Bronson Forest On April 26th for Crooked Lake, Cypress Hills, Blackstrap, Lac La Ronge Some of the new reservation system features that campers can look forward to this year include: · Campsite comparison - campers can compare up to three sites online to assist in deciding the site that best suits their needs. · Campsite favourites - campers can create a list of favourite sites that will be saved in their online account. · Waitlists - campers can choose to be added to a waitlist for campsites. If their turn comes up, they will have 24 hours to reserve that site. · Easier entry permit purchases - campers can click on “Entry” in the top navigation bar on the website, select daily, weekly or

annual entry, then check out and print the permit at home. Annuals will be mailed the next day to those who purchase an annual permit online. · Programming and event reservations - more park interpretive programs, events and movie nights will be available on parks. saskatchewan.ca this year for visitors to reserve their spot.

Campers are encouraged to check out the events and programs prior to the reservation launch and plan their stays around what’s happening in each park.

New in Sask Parks this year, 36 seasonal sites have been added to the park system due to the popularity of the seasonal camping program. Also new for the 2022 season, two Camp-Easy tents at both Buffalo Pound and Blackstrap Provincial Parks will be replaced with yurts.

Nightly fees for Camp-Easy sites will increase to $80 to reflect the new queen bed and frame that will be added to each yurt or tent to increase campers’ comfort and overall experience.

Additionally, historic parks will no longer charge individual programming admission, but instead will take daily, weekly or annual Sask Parks entry permits will allow access to historic parks.

All other camping fees remain the same from 2021.

For more information on campsite reservations, visit http:// saskparks.com.

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FEBRUARY IS A FUN MONTH FOR KIDS AT MJ PUBLIC LIBRARY “We’re pretty excited to be able to help kids and influence their reading and growing journeys,” said Tina Dolcetti, children’s librarian.

The library offers several different “Take N’ Make” activities throughout February. “Basically, families can come in to get these kits, and they’re little crafts and activities that families can do with ages four and older,” Dolcetti explained. “It’s a great way to expand your child’s literacy.”

The Take N’ Make kits for February are themed around Valentine’s Day in the first half of the month (Feb. 2 to 15), and then a button tree scavenger hunt in the second half (Feb. 16 to Mar. 1).

Families who want a kit for themselves should come in to the library circulation desk. Each Take N’ Make kit has a craft, an outdoors activity suggestions, and book suggestions.

The library is also offering Scientists in School activities for kids aged four to 12. Registration is required, and families

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com the activity.

The first Scientists in School is “gross-themed.” Kids will doing things like making a burp-in-a-bag and learning about animal scat. “If your kid loves gross stuff,” Dolcetti said, “it’ll be amazing.

Any kid that loves Dog Man or Diary of a Wimpy Kid will probably be interested.”

The second Scientists in School is called “Science meets art!” and kids will be making a spinning top and a kaleidoTina Dolcetti is the children’s librarian scope, as well as designing their own galat Moose Jaw Public Library and con- axy. tinues to come up with great programLastly, February is Aboriginal Stoming for children of all ages (Mooserytelling Month in Saskatchewan. The liJawToday.com staff photo) brary will be hosting two Aboriginal Stowill need to come in the week before the rytimes on www.festivalofwords.com/sas. activity to grab a kit. Families are encour- The storytimes will be by Solomon Ratt aged to contact alawreniuk@moosejawli- and Wilfred Buck as part of a partnership brary.ca as soon as possible to participate. between Library Services for SaskatcheThe South Saskatchewan Community wan Indigenous Peoples Inc., Palliser ReFoundation has fully-funded Scientists in gional Library, Moose Jaw Public Library, School, which will have scientists from and the Saskatchewan Festival of Words.

The children’s programs are summaOntario guiding children virtually through

rized below: Facebook Live storytime every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for ages 2-5 Take n’ make: Valentine’s Day card, Feb. 2 to 15, for ages 4+ Scientists in School – Eww… that science is gross! Virtual program, Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m., ages 4-12 Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month with Solomon Ratt (virtual program) Elementary reading on Feb. 15 at 10:00 a.m.

High school reading on Feb. 17 at 10:00 a.m.

Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month with Wilfred Buck (virtual program). For all ages, Feb. 15 at 1:00 p.m.

Aboriginal Storytelling Month stories are at www.festivalofwords.com/sas Take n’ make: button tree Feb. 16 to Mar. 1, for ages 4+ Scientists in School – Science meets art!

Virtual program, February 26 at 10:30 a.m.

Closing St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church a painful but necessary step for members Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Closing St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church was an emotionally painful decision for the parish’s remaining members, but low membership and high maintenance costs were the deciding factors in shuttering the 68-year-old building.

“We were down to five members. It was taking more of a toll on us … . We tried other things to keep it going, but it just wasn’t viable,” Jean Tkatch, president of the church board, said recently.

The board attempted to convince other Ukrainian Orthodox people to attend, but they declined, aside from at Christmas and Easter. Meanwhile, it became expensive to maintain the building, especially with services one Saturday a month — and fewer during the pandemic.

While five people were on the membership roll, only Tkatch and treasurer Amy Jane Lunov were active. They spoke with their head office and were told closing was the best decision.

“It was hard (to close) because rationally, yeah, it’s the right thing to do. Emotionally, it was really, really hard. And I still feel I should go there and check it

when I drive by,” laughed Tkatch, a member since 1964.

“The guilt of closing it is enormous,” she added. “It’s a loss; it’s a loss for the community (and) it’s a loss for us.”

Twelve members of the Ukrainian Orthodox community founded the church on July 21, 1953. The building became a fixture at 673 Grandview Street West on South Hill, with its Byzantine architecture symbolic of Ukrainian churches worldwide.

During the next seven decades, members held fundraisers, suppers and activities to support the community, while they also helped heal the bodies, minds and souls of Moose Javians.

However, the decision was made to close in 2021, and the final service was in November.

Describing herself as a devout Orthodox Christian, Lunov — who attended the church for about three years — explained that she grew up in the Yorkton-Canora area where there were Orthodox churches “every country mile.”

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Jean Tkatch and Amy Jane Lunov pose outside St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church on South Hill. After nearly seven decades, the church shut down in late 2021 due to few members and rising costs. Photo by Jason G. Antonio church closes, but … since I moved here, I had tried to get it rejuvenated and going again,” she said. “Many of the people who were of the generation who helped build the church have long since passed.

“And unfortunately, the generation that followed them just didn’t seem to follow the same beliefs and take up the faith as much as their parents and grandparents have.”

The church had enough money to keep going, but without new members, the remaining parishioners thought they

should donate those funds, Lunov said.

So, the church board split $60,000 among Riverside Mission, Moose Jaw Transition House, the Downtown Moose Jaw Association, Moose Jaw Health Foundation and Kidsport.

Closing the church was not something the board took lightly, Lunov said. The board spoke with Holy Trinity Orthodox Church about buying the building, but that parish declined. So, St. Vlad’s board prayed, and fortunately, The Redeemed Christian Church of God stepped forward to buy the building.

“As much as you always hate to sell a church, it’s always really great if another church is able to take it over,” she said.

For Tkatch, some of her fondest memories are when the church had weekly Sunday services during the 1960s and ’70s and its own priest. She will miss attending the church itself, the liturgy, and singing and praying in Ukrainian.

Lunov liked attending St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church because it reminded her of home. She enjoyed the activities the parish held and the conversation with members. She also liked the parish’s basement, which was like an old-fashioned town hall, and where she held birthday parties for her son.

Historically, St. Vladimir was born around 956 A.D. in Kyiv, Ukraine and died in 1015 A.D. Known as Vladimir I or Volodymyr I the Great, he was a prince and ruler of several Russian and Ukrainian regions.

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Cree author reads to children for Family Literacy Day

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

For Family Literacy Day, Bernice Johnson-Laxdal and Miriam Körner read their book to several children while sitting around a campfire. The reading was livestreamed over YouTube.

It looks cold on the video, but a welllaid, crackling campfire helps fend off the chill. Bernice Johnson-Laxdal, the author of “When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar – Pisimwasinahikan”, and Miriam Körner, the illustrator and co-author, are bundled in winter clothing. So are the children sitting on the other side of the fire, listening quietly.

Johnson-Laxdal begins by introducing herself in Cree. She has taught Cree language and culture for 20 years. Her book is about the seasons of the Cree year, their connections to the moon, and the significance of each season. As she reads, Johnson-Laxdal tells stories from her childhood in Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan. Île-à-la-Crosse, a northern village and a National Historic Site of Canada, is significant for its history as a trading post, and is the second-oldest community in Saskatchewan after the Red River Colony.

They start with January, and the children join in, attempting to pronounce the Cree word for that first season as best they can. “Being small kids in the family, it would be our job to help bring in wood,” Johnson-Laxdal says. She talks about how necessary fire was for many parts of life: melting snow to drink; cooking their food; and washing and doing laundry.

The book is written in both English and Plains Cree. As Körner reads, she says each chapter’s title first in Cree, then in English, with the kids following along.

Johnson-Laxdal helps occasionally.

Miriam Körner is originally from Germany. After earning a master’s degree in clinical psychology, she came to Canada

(L-R) Miriam Korner, co-author and illustrator of “When the Trees Crackle with Cold”; Bernice Johnson-Laxdal, author (screen capture from YouTube) to explore the vast wilderness of the Canadian North. She and her husband built their log cabin. She had to learn how to use a chainsaw – then, she built a dog shed and learned to train sled dogs.

Körner is a writer, photographer, and artist. She has taken long journeys into the north, including Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Traveling by canoe and with her 12 sled dogs, she has taken personal trips as well as acting as a wilderness guide for groups. She lives in Potato Lake, just down the road from Johnson-Laxdal.

“When the young birds break their fragile shells,” Körner reads, “we go on a picnic.” The month is June. There was still ice on the shore of the lake, Johnson-Laxdal says, but the days were getting longer, and the weather was warming. She smiles as she recalls how fun their picnics were, and how her parents cooked fish on a line over the fire.

The recorded livestream is now available on YouTube to watch as a family. The stories are expressive, and help illustrate what life was like for a young Cree child in northern Saskatchewan.

The recording can be watched at https://youtu.be/G5wvd91Q56E and “When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar – Pisimwasinahikan” can be purchased wherever books are sold.

Citizen and group of the year finalists announced

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

The Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce has released its nominations for the 2021 Citizen and Group of the Year Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Feb. 1 at 11:45 a.m. and will be livestreamed on the Chamber’s Facebook page and on their YouTube channel.

Nominees for the 2021 Group of the Year are: - Kinsmen Cafe - Moose Jaw & District Food Bank - Moose Jaw & District Se- Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce 2021 nior Citizens Association Group and Citizen of the Year award finalists have - Moose Jaw Transition been released (from Facebook) Nominations closed on Jan. 22. The House Chamber has now narrowed the nomi- River Street Promotions nations to a list of finalists. They will be Nominees for the 2021 Citizen of the reviewing those finalists this week and reYear are: leasing a summary of the nomination es- Angela Sereda says shortly.

- Della Ferguson This article will be updated with de- Doreen Meadows tails of those summaries as soon as they - Jared Mathieson become available.

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As a kid growing up in Saskatchewan, summer holidays usually include a holiday at one of our province’s beautiful lakes.

Many in our local region are blessed to have properties at closeby Buffalo Pound Lake or Thomson Lake and, for the most part, live there throughout the summer months enjoying lake life, some even year round.

For some of us, summer is Joan Ritchie about camping out in the great outdoors, either in a tent or trailer.

EDITOR Nowadays, both tents and trailers have morphed into almost luxury accommodations fit for any budget. Glamping is also a popular way to go as yurts have taken over some landscapes and are a great alternative for holiday accommodation.

My thoughts are that camping isn’t so much about what you sleep in but about enjoying the great outdoors, although a roof and walls between me and the elements is much more preferable.

It’s about laying aside the mundane activities of everyday life and also experiencing a mental holiday. It’s amazing what fresh air, exercise and some r and r can do for the psyche, not to mention the light-hearted banter around an evening campfire and gazing at Saskatchewan’s amazing night skies with the dancing aurora borealis.

It’s also about bonding with the kids or with friends; fishing for the avid fisherman, teaching kids how to build a fire, taking walks in the woods, and getting in touch with nature.

Those were the best family holidays I remember and still hold special memories to this day.

And need I mention how great camping food is after a full day at the beach or on the water? Summer and barbecuing are synonymous, and fish fries…with lemon pepper and butter.

One very endearing experience many years ago at Kimball Lake in Saskatchewan still brings smiles. We basically raised our kids camping at this lake during the summers with family and friends.

If you’ve never been to Kimball Lake, maybe check it out sometime. The lake has been listed as one of Canada’s top 10 beaches and is absolutely family-friendly; great fishing, lovely beaches and great for water sports. The group campsite is also in high demand and secluded from the regular camping sites, allowing a large group to camp together.

Anyways, back to the story. Our youngest son was about 4 or 5 at the time and dad thought he should take him out on the lake and teach him the how-too’s. He had never caught a fish before but this was his first. But of course, it just couldn’t be a regular old jack…dad had to embellish to make him feel special so he told him it was a very special one – a German Jack! The kid was ecstatic…he had caught a unique and prized species…it was all smiles and laughs until the good news bubble broke with the truth a couple years later. It’s still a fun story!

Well, back to camping. As of April 18th, people can reserve their campsites in one of Saskatchewan’s Regional Parks…with many upgrades and additional amenities included across the province. It’s apparent that camping is a favourite pastime, as Saskatchewan saw a record-breaking year in 2021 pandemic time. You can read all about it on the front page of this edition.

Here’s hoping we can all be happy campers this summer!

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SOCIAL SERVICES CRITIC RELEASES SCATHING REPORT

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

NDP MLA Meara Conway has released a report criticizConway said that the Sask Party was ignoring their ing the Sask Party government’s strategies to combat is- own 2016 Saskatchewan Poverty Reduction Strategy recsues related to housing and social services. ommendations, which were aimed at reducing the numThe gist of Conway’s report is the claim that the Sask ber of residents who experience poverty for two years or Party government is basing its social services policies on more by 50 per cent by 2025. Instead, she claimed, the outdated ideological beliefs rather than evidence-based number of residents living in poverty has increased desolutions. spite an economic boom.

Conway is the opposition’s official critic on Social Page 20 of the report says that “(a)n effective social Services, Housing, Human Rights, and Community-Based safety net would focus on meaningfully assisting those Organizations (CBOs). In late 2021, she went on what she capable of transitioning off assistance, while ensuring a termed an emergency consultation tour across Saskatche- life of dignity for those who cannot.” wan to speak with individuals and CBOs regarding housThe report notes that some of those on social assising and social services. tance cannot enter the workforce at all due to factors such Conway’s tour followed the Sask Party govern- as disability, acquired traumatic brain injuries, or severe ment’s phasing out of the Saskatchewan Assistance Pro- mental illness. Others seek meaningful employment, but gram (SAP) on August 31, 2021. The SAP was replaced struggle to obtain it due to food and housing insecurity. with the Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS) program.

Conway quotes the 2016 Poverty Reduction StrateChanges have also been made to the Saskatchewan As- gy, page 13: “Safe, affordable housing offers a foundation sured Income for Disability (SAID) program, which sup- for people to build a future. Having a safe and affordable ports persons with significant and enduring disabilities. place to call home makes it far easier for individuals exSIS has been strongly denounced as a step backward periencing poverty to succeed in education, training, and by organizations and individuals including CBOs, income employment.” assistance recipients, the Federation of Sovereign First Conway’s report contains data showing that the total Nations (FSIN), the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities amounts received by people on SIS are well below the Association (SUMA), and the Saskatchewan Landlords’ Official Poverty Line (OPL). Additional data from the Association (SLA).

Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporations’s Annual In her report, Conway noted that when asked during Rental Market Report for 2021 shows that even if people a recent legislative session, Social Service Minister Lori on SIS put their entire monthly amount towards rent and Carr was unable to name any individuals or CBO’s that utilities (leaving nothing for food, clothing, or transportawould endorse SIS as a success or improvement. tion), they would still not be able to afford average rent in “Across the board, this Sask. Party government has Regina or Saskatoon. not stepped up when the chips are down,” said Conway.

Lori Carr, Minister of Social Services, said in re“We find ourselves today in a position where poverty is sponse to Conway’s report that “(t)he Government of Sasworse and food bank usage has increased despite a peri- katchewan values the work community partners across od of economic growth in the province. What we need to Saskatchewan.” Carr went on to say that changes have be doing is working with those on the frontlines to find been made already that will better support SIS clients, and comprehensive solutions. This is what responsible gov- that Saskatchewan’s income assistance rates are “similar ernments do – they consult with those who know best.”

– if not better – than those provided in other provinces.”

The emergency consultation tour took Conway to Carr said that Saskatchewan’s ranking in the Mytree Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, and North “Welfare in Canada” report has gone up in three of four Battleford. She met virtually with northern, rural, and re- categories since the introduction of SIS, placing Sasmote communities as well. The report draws on what she katchewan among the top provinces in providing for basic heard from CBOs, service providers, income assistance needs. recipients, Ministry of Social Services (MSS) staff and Maytree has not yet released its 2021 report. former staff, and landlords.

While Conway’s report has strong words for the negative effects on individuals and families on social assistance, she also speaks to the economic implications of provincial government policies.

“This patchwork system is far more costly overall due to the expenditure of preventable resources across major systems,” Conway said. “If we don’t see immediate course correction from this government, Saskatchewan will continue to see an entrenchment of poverty, and the continued waste of public funds on crisis response The report includes proposed solutions and several pages of references for the claims it makes. It can be read at mearaconway.ca/report/. rather than prevention.”

Virtual 10Km Walk/Run/Wheelchair event to support education in Africa Submitted

Kenya Education Endowment Fund (KEEF) (www.kenyaeducation.org ), a small, all-volunteer Canadian charity, is looking for runners, walkers and wheelchair users to participate in the 10Km 2022 Virtual Vancouver Sun Run - at a location and on the day of their choice between April 15 and 24. KEEF will provide publicity and seek donations in support of the 100+ high school students and 35 post-secondary students they support in Kenya, E. Africa. (High school is not free in Kenya.) All donations will receive tax-deductible receipts and all funds raised will directly support the needs of these bright, financially needy students in Kenya. “We have a team of runners and walkers in Kenya participating and hope to recruit individuals and teams of volunteers across Canada, coast to coast to coast for 2022” said volunteer Shelagh Armour-Godbolt.

Individual Early Bird registration for the 10Km Virtual Run is $30 until January 31st, then $40. A team (min. 8 participants) can register for $30 each until mid- February. “If someone wishes to volunteer but is low income,

we have a special donation that can be used to help subsidize the registration fee”, Shelagh added.

The Vancouver Sun Run has attracted tens of thousands of participants annually for decades and is Canada’s largest street race. Cancelled due to COVID in 2020, it returned as a virtual event in 2021. “We have had a handful of in-person walkers and runners for some years but 2021 allowed us to recruit teams in Kenya, Ontario/Quebec, and across B.C. as well as individual participants in Alberta and B.C. Eighty volunteers, ranging in age from early 20’s to early 80’s, supported KEEF in the 2021 Virtual Run. We are very excited to invite volunteers across Saskatchewan to consider joining us this year!”

To learn more about KEEF’s work in Kenya, volunteering for the Virtual Run in your community, creating a KEEF Team, or the fee subsidy, contact Shelagh at shelaghag@shaw.ca or 1-604-415-9397. Thank you for caring about youth overseas, as well as in your home community!

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Sexual Assault Centre counsellor dispels myths and offers hope to victims *Trigger warning: although we strive for sensitivity and compassion in our coverage, this article deals with the topic of sexual violence and may contain triggers for some readers Lisa Miller, executive director of the Regina and Area Sexual Assault Centre (RSAC), and Mary Zwane, a counsellor at the RSAC, gave a presentation on Thursday to raise awareness of sexual violence and to offer hope and healing to victims.

The presentation was sponsored and hosted by SquareOne Community Inc. Zwane explained the most common effects of sexual assault, and answered frequently asked questions about the RSAC. She said that hope and healing are real.

What does the RSAC do?

The RSAC’s services are completely free. It has a satellite office in Moose Jaw for those who can’t travel to Regina. The RSAC offers: - Crisis support and information on a 24hour crisis line (306-352-0434) or toll free: (1-844-952-0434) - Short- and long-term clinical counselling by qualified staff - Individual and group therapy and trauma education workshops - Accompaniment to police/hospital - Advocacy related to health and justice for clients - Public education presentations and research projects Who does the RSAC help?

Regina and Area Sexual Assault Centre serves anyone impacted by sexual violence. Zwane said that trauma and stigma

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com resulting from sexual violence doesn’t just affect victims, but their families as well.

The emotional and social impacts of sexual violence can damage relationships between parents and children, and spouses and partners – at a time when those relationships are more important than ever. Counsellors at the RSAC can help those close to a victim learn how to support their family member, to preserve their relationship, and to Supportive psychotherapist holding an respond in the most helpful way possible.

Zwane said that 80 per cent of their anxious client’s hand (Drazen Zigic/iSclients are survivors of child sexual abuse tock/Getty Images Plus) whose trauma has never been resolved. they feel safe enough for that.

Some decide to seek help decades after the Dispelling sexual assault myths Some pervasive and harmful myths trauma occurred.

Because most sexual assault victims about to sexual assault include: Myth: assaulters are usually strangers, know – and trust – their abusers, the effects of childhood assaults in particular echo and assaults occur outdoors or in public Fact: about 85 per cent of perpetrators through a lifetime. Victims may have difficulty forming and maintaining the friend- are known to their victims. Assaults usuships and intimate relationships that are ally occur in private spaces where victims should have been able to feel safe vital to human well-being.

Myth: if a victim doesn’t fight back, “The breaking of trust in important relationships can have even more severe maybe it wasn’t too bad/they wanted it a effects than the assault itself,” Zwane ex- little Fact: the most common response to plained. Children may stop trusting adults, even their parents. Sometimes this is a side being assaulted – for both men and women effect: a child may go to a parent or older – is to freeze up. This says nothing about sibling to report what was done to them – them – it is a normal human response to and not be believed. That disbelief may do trauma, and has nothing to do with consent Myth: victims of sexual violence will such damage that they never tell anyone be emotionally distraught again.

Fact: many victims go into shock.

For these reasons, establishing trust is the most important part of the counselling They may have difficulty acknowledging relationship. Zwane said she never rushes into exploring painful memories – she leaves it to her clients to decide when or if

what happened, might suppress the memory, and may attempt to simply carry on with normal routines Myth: Sexual violence must be physically violent to “qualify” Fact: sexual contact without consent is assault. Consent must be explicitly given and can be withdrawn at any time. Violence is not just physical, but can be mental and emotional – the damage is just as real. Responsibility always lies with the perpetrator What people who have experienced sexual violence (and those close to them) need to know Regardless of circumstances (how much you drank, what you were wearing, who you were with), sexual assault is not the victim’s fault. There is no excuse for perpetrators that can shift their responsibility for their actions.

There are knowledgeable and compassionate people available to help. Zwane related that almost all of the counselling clients she sees have a feeling that they are somehow unworthy of help, or that what happened to them changed them permanently. Some believe that happiness is no longer possible.

“Sexual violence happens to everyone,” Miller said. “It’s not about weakness, and sometimes it isn’t easy to admit that, you know, ‘I’ve been a victim.’” She wants people to know that they can find help and healing, and they can feel peace and be happy again.

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Meals planned in advance, with weight loss in mind A rummage through the cookbook cupboard in search of a misplaced favourite group of recipes produced a book of unknown origin with sample meals provided for a nutritional weight-loss program.

This week’s recipes offer a one-day menu in keeping with the weight-loss eating and exercise plan of the authors.

••• ALBERTA SCRAMBLED EGGS 2 eggs 2 tbsps. skimmed milk 4 oz. chopped cooked ham 4 tbsps. chopped onion salt and pepper to taste 1 tsp. butter Saute onion in butter until transparent. Add ham and heat. Beat eggs with milk. Add to pan and scramble. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Serve on toast along with 1/2 cup orange juice and coffee or tea for breakfast.

••• COUNTRY BROILED RIBS 16 oz. package of spare ribs salt and pepper to taste 1 tbsp. malt vinegar 1 cup tomato juice 1 tsp. soy sauce 1/4 tsp. majoram 1 tbsp. honey 1 clove garlic, crushed, or 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 can button mushrooms, drained.

Combine all ingredients, except ribs, in saucepan and simmer.

Place ribs on a broiler pan and broil for 10 minutes per side. Baste first side with sauce mixture.

Cook for 10 minutes. Turn ribs over and baste with sauce. Baste frequently while cooking another 10 minutes.

Remove ribs from broiling pan and set aside to keep warm.

Pour mushrooms in the remaining sauce mixture and simmer for approximately 5-10 minutes.

Serve ribs and mushrooms with a tossed salad

and a beverage for lunch.

••• KEBAB BROIL 1/2 lb. round steak, cut into cubes cherry tomatoes small pearl onions 1 egg plant, peeled and cubed 1/2 cup red wine salt and pepper to taste Combine beef cubes with wine and cover with waxed paper and place in refrigerator for several hours.

Bring meat to room temperature and remove from wine. Thread skewers with equal portions of beef, tomatoes, onions and egg plant. Season with salt and pepper.

Brush lightly with butter and broil on rack for 15 minutes, turning skewers in order to brown evenly.

Serve kebabs for dinner with steamed rice, coleslaw salad and tea or coffee.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel. net

456 nights in the cold in December: MJ Pride update

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

Moose Jaw Pride operates a neighbourhood warming space in its Rainbow Retro Thrift Shop building. Taylor Carlson, executive director of Moose Jaw Pride, shared statistics collected during December.

MJ Pride’s purpose is to support and celebrate the LGBTQ2+ community in Moose Jaw. Carlson said that the warming space they have established in their building was born out of local need – not as an extension of their mandate. When the temperature began to drop and the snow began to fall, that need became an emergency.

In November, Carlson asked for help from anyone who could give it. MooseJawToday.com spoke with Carlson to get

an update on the situation.

“The need is the same, that hasn’t changed,” Carlson said. “You know, in terms of folks in our community needing to access a phone, or find a warm place during the day.” What has gotten better is the help the warming space is getting – especially during the Christmas season.

Carlson explained that most of the supervision of the warming space is volunteers. Nurses, retirees, social workers, and just people wanting to help. Their largest operating expense is always food, mitts, and gloves. Generous community donations and hundreds of hours of volunteer time have allowed them to continue offer-

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“A lot of individuals and small businesses and unions – I think like eight different unions – all reached out with either funding, or small donations. Winter jackets, food. Insane amounts of food. We really appreciate that, that’s made a really big difference for us,” Carlson said.

The numbers for the month of December The most important statistic the warming space collects is what they call “aggregate days outside.” The volunteers ask each person who comes in every day where they spent the night. When someone says they spent the night outside, that answer is marked down as part of the aggregate.

Answers vary, and sometimes people don’t want to admit they were outside.

Carlson also points out that the warming space doesn’t see every housing-insecure person in the city – so their numbers are low.

That being said, the aggregate total in December was 456 nights spent outside.

“That’s a lot of folks,” Carlson said. They have sent several people to the hospital with frostbite.

Other statistics collected for December include: Unique visits: 1112 Food requests honoured: 2145 Coffees served: 2645 Coldest day (with wind chill): -52 Active cycle products: 137 packs of five Mitts: 83 pairs Winter jackets: 72 Boots: 14 pairs Tuques: 51 Scarves: 32

Socks: 167 pairs Underwear: 32 pairs Clothing vouchers: $1975 Sleeping bags: 7 Tents: 4 Phone calls to Social Services: 357 At-risk minor visits: 43 Naloxone kits distributed: 13 (plus one administered) First aid administered: 14 Ambulance calls: 5 Volunteer hours: 487 There are also dozens of phone calls made and advice given with obtaining IDs, filing taxes, filling out Moose Jaw Housing Association forms, and 61 visits arranged with representatives of other CBOs such as John Howard Society. Carlson said the other CBOs in the city use the warming space to meet with their clients almost every day.

“I’m OK with Moose Jaw Pride marshalling its resources,” Carlson said. “The unfortunate reality is that a lot of queer people and families experience these barriers. 40 per cent of unhoused youth in Saskatchewan are LGBTQ2+, right? So it’s something that, unfortunately, our community is familiar with… and we’ve had the fortune to extend our capacity to help fill this need in Moose Jaw.” Ultimately, however, Carlson believes that the Saskatchewan Government and possibly even municipal governments should be attentive to the situation and find solutions. “In the end, those are the only folks that are accountable to the people that live here. They can do that. They have the resources, and the capacity, and I think the talent to engage in this kind of work.”

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improvement over the past 31 days. Again, there is hope but perhaps not as much opronjoy@sasktel.net timism — my spirit is being The views and opinions ex- torn asunder by machinery. pressed in this article are February has always those of the author, and do been my favourite month of not necessarily reflect the winter. It is, after all, my birth position of this publication. month, a time of great joy my parents always told me, although my siblings weren’t As December ended and eyes turned to the quite as enthusiastic.

In addition to birthbeginning of 2022, there was hope in the day parties and coins hidden in homemade air and a renewed optimism of the spirit. birthday cakes, February has other attriWhat a disappointment January was butes to make it a worthy month. and so now I look to February to be an

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On Family Day weekend, get to the Mae Wilson Theatre for Movie Mania

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

My month has a day devoted to ground hogs and other assorted burrowing rodents. An early spring or late winter are their options and wherever they burrow, they live up to their mythical weather-forecasting abilities, often compared favourably with pig spleens, The Weather Network or television personalities attempting to explain storm patterns while blocking the view of the radar map.

The month of February is also a month for lovers. The date of February 14 is designated for the folks who purchase or receive greeting cards, flowers, chocolates, diamond bracelets, ugly ties festooned with red hearts, spa days, cinnamon candies or marshmallow-filled chocolate shapes on a stick.

There is also a holiday in this month dedicated to the Family. Called Family Day, the holiday will be observed Monday, Feb. 21, providing a long weekend for family activities. In some families, perhaps the day of lovers will be delayed a week so there would be a double-whammy celebration. Add in a school holiday of five days and wow — so much family time. “Love me tender, love me true, if we make it through this week, will we still

have a love that’s true?” Food for thought!

Although some will complain about the weather in February, what we endured in January was beyond ugly and that brings me to my previously mentioned dislike of January. Our furnace konked out during those -40 nights with a windchill; our cellphones died and had to be replaced; the photocopy machine in my office died, was repaired and died again 10 days later, before the month’s end; the refrigerator is freezing hard-boiled eggs stored in the door and lettuce in the crisper; the stove’s oven registers 100 degrees lower than the temperature reported on the touchpad; and a computer somewhere sent us a bill via regular mail for an amount that had already been paid via an online arrangement.

Grrrrrr.

So come on February. I’m counting on you to step up and live up to all the nice compliments I have provided on your behalf.

Having only 28 days also means three days less than January for our machinery to cough up a bolt.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ sasktel.net

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The Moose Jaw Cultural Centre will be showing three movies over the Family Day weekend. Admission will be free with a non-perishable donation to the Moose Jaw & District Food Bank.

The movies will show on Feb. 19, 20, and 21 in the Mae Wilson Theatre and are as follows: · Saturday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. – The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) · Sunday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. – The Mighty Ducks (1992) · Monday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. – Coco (2017) The selection of Disney movies was decided upon by a variety of methods, including an in-house staff poll and some social media polls.

Jennifer Warren, theatre attendant supervisor at the Cultural Centre, said that they wanted to show a sort of classic Disney film on the first day. The Emperor’s New Groove was released in 2000 as a counter-point to the dramatic musicals Pocahontas (1995) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).

It didn’t do so well at the box office, but The Emperor’s New Groove went on to become 2001’s best-selling DVD. It is full of fourth-wall breaks, contemporary references, and self-mocking plot devices that the characters themselves acknowledge make no sense. It has since become a beloved cult classic and meme source in the internet age.

The Sunday film, Warren said, was chosen as a nostalgia-inducing appeal to parents. “We’re throwing back to our childhoods, or at least those of us who are

in their 30s… nearing 40… so, we’re doing The Mighty Ducks!”

Emilio Estevez’s role as a hockey coach with a tragic childhood hockey trauma kicked off one of the most beloved franchises of the 90s. The movie is noted for being critically panned despite its popularity, and Estevez was reportedly surprised by the success.

Lastly, for a Monday matinee showing, Coco won many awards in 2017. The National Board of Review chose it as their best animated film that year, and it won the Academy Awards for best animated feature and best original song. It was lauded for its celebration of Mexican culture and its all-Latino cast.

Coco was inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday. It tells the story of a young boy (Miguel) who loves music, but whose family have forbidden any kind of music at all. After an extraordinary and brightly-coloured adventure in the Land of the Dead, Miguel watches the movie to discover the ending, because we don’t do spoilers here.

COVID restrictions are in place for anyone 12 and over, so proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID test will need to be shown at the door. Warren mentioned that youth aged 12+ can also come by themselves or with their friends as long as they have ID. Non-perishable donations for the food bank are the only price for admission, but, Warren said, “we’ll also be popping the popcorn and beverages will be for sale as well.”

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Province courts controversy with new SHA vice-president position

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina (benkrut/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images) Wilson has been characterized by the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour and the NDP opposition as a longtime political operative with no healthcare administration experience. A new position was created especially for Wilson.

Wilson is the SHA’s new Vice-President of Enterprise Initiatives Support, a position that did not previously exist. A memo distributed to SHA staff said the position was a temporary one, to last six months. The memo said that Wilson would be responsible for “provid(ing) executive leadership aimed at strengthening collaboration between the SHA, Ministry of Health, and other key partners in support of achieving and reporting on priority enterprise initiatives.”

Wilson’s government career has consisted solely of

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political appointments. According to her LinkedIn page, she was the director of Enterprise Initiatives at the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) from Nov. 2015 to August 2017. It was in 2016 that the SLGA privatized 39 of its stores and allowed another 11 private stores to open.

Lori Johb, President of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL), said in a news release, , “The Sask. Party has been chipping away at the privatization of public health services for years. First with privatizing hospital laundry services and private MRIs – none of which have improved the quality of care or reduced wait times.

Now, under the cover of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, the Sask. Party is intent on further gutting our public health system and handing it over to their corporate donor friends in the private sector.”

Johb took her criticism further by saying the appointment was, at best, cronyism. “Those working in executive positions should have expertise and demonstrated experience working in public health care administration,” she said.

The SFL wants Wilson’s appointment reversed, and the position of Vice-President of Enterprise Initiatives Support eliminated.

Sources in the SHA told the Regina Leader-Post that

Wilson’s appointment was a factor in former CEO Scott Livingstone’s sudden late-November resignation and that the Sask. Party would use Wilson to exert more control over the SHA. The government has refused to say why Livingstone quit, other than that it was unexpected and had nothing to do with any concerns Livingstone had about how the organization was being run.

Livingstone has not responded to any requests for comment.

Vicki Mowat, the opposition’s health critic, said on Twitter that the appointment ignored current concerns about the healthcare system being overwhelmed. She questioned why priority enterprise initiatives were a focus in the middle of a pandemic. Mowat also said that the SHA is an apolitical organization, while Wilson’s background is purely political.

The Opposition NDP wants the Provincial Auditor to investigate the appointment. The NDP has also used the word cronyism and stated that appointments for friends and family should have no place in Saskatchewan.

Health Minister Paul Merriman struck back by calling the criticism “conspiracy theories.” He also said that Wilson’s position has nothing to do with influencing the SHA – it is merely, he said, the appointment of the right person at the right time for the right position.

Children Ruin Everything TV show theme strikes a nerve with viewers

THOUGHTS

By Ron Walter For Moose Jaw Express

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.

It was a Saturday night and my partner had decided to not watch one of those Hallmark romance movies.

Armed with sole possession of the remote, Yours Truly searched for something worth watching.

A CTV show called Children Ruin Everything came up, sounded interesting so I stopped channel hopping.

The comedy centres on a young family, parents and two children, and the issues of parenting and maintaining a household.

All the while the mother, played by Meagan Rath, tries to regain her free pre-marital career lifestyle. Of course her sister, who climbed the executive ladder and fires employees for fun, reminds her of what a career might have been like.

Hubby, played by Aaron Abram, works in advertising for a boss who is all business and no play, has no use for

kids, and poor people skills – in other words a bag.

The episode Yours Truly saw featured the wife trying to get into her pre-marriage physical shape and hubby bullied by co-worker into ‘dressing’ for a grand opening.

The juggling of bills to pay for unexpected items and the whining of two children gave viewers plenty of humorous moments.

Considering that repeated surveys find half of Canadian families are one pay cheque away from insolvency while coping with the issues of parenting, this show’s theme seems timely.

If the writers can continue the humour, viewers should have many enjoyable episodes.

The theme lends itself to a range of plots from all angles of parenting and schooling to privacy to budgeting on limited income in an inflationary/pandemic environment.

Will the writers have the couple adopt the jar allocation of the pay cheque? The jar method, a long practised method of making ends meet, fell into disuse when plastic dominated financial life.

Under this system. the pay cheque is allocated into jars for rent/mortgage, utilities groceries, gasoline, clothes, savings and so on.

—————————— Once Children Ruin Everything was over more chan-

nel hopping occurred until I settled on a CNN documentary about the real Marilyn Monroe.

My knowledge of the blond sexpot actress is limited.

This documentary chronicled the orphan who was obsessed with movies and movie stars to her pursuit of acting, including an arranged marriage to avoid a new foster home.

Her image as the sexy blonde bombshell was just that. She was a practical business woman.

While many of her fans likely thought she slept her way to the top, there is no evidence of that in this documentary.

She was one of many starlets contracted for six months and fired when the movie executives tired of dating them.

The famous executive Darryl F. Zanuck invited her onto his yacht for the weekend. She accepted, asking if his wife would join them.

He threw her out of his office and refused to renew her six month studio contract.

She persevered, cultivating the sexy image and was the first woman in Hollywood to form her own production company in the all male-dominated movie industry.

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South Hill Fine Foods liquor store open for business

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

South Hill Fine Foods opened their liquor section on Dec. 24, and are happy to report that business is going well. They eventually plan on a grand opening to showcase their renovations.

“The previous owners had planned to do something like this, with this section of the building,” said Abhi Bhatla, one of the partners in the venture. “We thought, you know, what a great idea, you have your grocery store and your liquor store. That’s convenient.”

The new owners of South Hill Fine Foods took possession of the entire plaza in October. The wing of the building now housing the liquor store used to be set up as medical offices. The renovations have opened the space up and given it a fresh new look.

Bhatla is hoping that the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority’s final inspection takes place soon. Once that’s complete, they’ll be able to open the interior doors connecting the grocery side with the alcohol side.

“Lillooet is the main street of South

people start to become more active again.

Once the doors to the grocery are open, Bhatla said, “It’ll just be a one-stop shop for our grocery store patrons and people who are wanting to buy their beverages.”

South Hill Fine Foods offers online ordering and curbside pick-up. The liquor store location may also be able to offer South Hill Fine Foods customers can now buy their alcoholic beverages next door. Photo by Gordon Edgar Hill,” Bhatla said seriously. “You’ve got Shoppers, 2 for 1 Family Pizza, our grocery store, obviously, Tim Hortons, the pork plant. This is the main street, and now it has a liquor store.”

Bhatla added that because of their location, they haven’t had to advertise – the business is already a success. Nevertheless, they do plan on hosting a grand opening at some point to invite customers in to see the store and to raise awareness of the new section.

The grand opening will probably come as the dead of winter recedes and

The new liquor store is fully stocked.

Photo by Gordon Edgar

A view of the planned connection from the grocery store - NOTE: this door will not actually be opened until SLGA final approval is given

those services soon.

“We’re open seven days a week, 8 to 11,” Bhatla said. “Eventually, we’re going to do some cross-promoing with the grocery, you know, have some fun ‘wineand-cheese’ platters. We price match with everyone, very competitive. Yeah, come on down!”

Second studio album helps Mortlach’s Megan Nash win second SaskMusic award Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

fer or whatever. My guitarist would send me voice memos so we could do a vibe check of his parts from Saskatoon.

“So it opened up my mind a bit to collaboration, so I didn’t really hesitate to reach out to Digawolf to sing on the song.

And I don’t know if I would have thought of that collaboration prior to the pandemic.”

Nash continues to work on writing songs and developing another album. She plans to perform when it becomes safe,

Megan Nash on her 2021 album “Soft Focus Features.” Photo supplied Mortlach-based musician Megan Nash won a second career trophy during the recent SaskMusic awards ceremony, adding to the singer-songwriter’s collection after winning a first trophy four years ago.

The 2021 Saskatchewan Music Awards was held online on Jan. 20. Nash won the Alternative Artist of the Year Award, while she was nominated for Rock/ Pop Artist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for Chew Quietly/Clean Slate.

The first award Nash won through SaskMusic was in 2018 — when the organization launched — where she took home the “Breaking Borders Award.” She has been nominated several times since and has also received several Juno nominations.

“This is the first time I’ve taken a genre-specific category, so it’s very exciting for me and it means a lot,” she said.

“And I think as a songwriter that puts songs first always — when I’m producing a song, I’m thinking about what’s best — I really like the title of alternative because … it’s this all-encompassing genre of wherever you want to go kind of title.

“So it’s all kind of exciting for me.”

Since the awards were held online, SaskMusic had artists record acceptance speeches beforehand for the categories where they had been nominated. Therefore, Nash did not know she had won anything until the video aired, which excited and surprised the artist.

The Mortlach musician believes the SaskMusic awards have a community feel and signify that Saskatchewan artists are being seen and heard.

“Winning a Saskatchewan Music award feels like the ultimate encourage-

ment to just keep moving forward with my art,” she said.

Nash’s second studio album, Soft Focus Features, released last November, features songs with different sounds to them, from saxophones to synthesizers to country. Thus, she thought winning an award for alternative artists was a good fit considering it’s not easy to put the album into any genre — although Indie alternative or roots could fit, she acknowledged.

Being song-focused and a strong singer-songwriter is where most of Nash’s efforts go.

“I love writing songs, and music for me starts with lyrics. That’s the ground zero for me with songs,” she said, noting she co-produces all songs with supporting band The Best of Intentions.

For example, on a song such as Chew Quietly, which is about Nash’s anxiety about dating, the band wanted people to feel anxious as they listened and accompanied Nash on that journey, she continued.

Nash and The Best of Intentions have performed during the pandemic, but she has been hesitant to tour more since the industry is still dysfunctional. Yet, during one show in November, she was grateful that attendees sang along to songs from the new album despite its recent release.

Nash is thrilled with how the album turned out and singled out Moose Javian Justin Bender for mixing it. She also enjoyed collaborating with Yellowknife artist Digawolf on Table For One (reprise).

“I thought about collaboration differently making this album because we were all doing it through the computer,” she said. “I would do my vocal part and then send it to Justin Bender through WeTrans-

while she wants to tour again across Canada and the world.

“I love being on stage,” she said, adding she also appreciates the support Moose Jaw has shown over the years.

Soft Focus Features is available at the Co-op Gas Bar and Against the Grain on Main Street.

Megan Nash and The Best of Intentions are scheduled to perform at the Mae Wilson Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 29.

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order to prove this hypothetical conjecture one would need, at the very least, data on the relationship (if any) between serial infections of EBV and CDV in the same host. No such data exist, to the best of my knowledge.

In Mr. Dowson’s previous letter he stated: “The Netherlands has almost no cases of Multiple Sclerosis – about 1 case in 100,000 population” This is not even nearly correct – the actual incidence is 88 times higher. See reference (1).

We also read: “Why so low? The Netherlands has strict pet ownership laws” So does just about every country in the EU. If CDV causes MS, it is quite reasonable to assume that there should be a relationship between dog ownership and that disease, an opinion Mr. Dowson clearly shares.

One can calculate the number of dogs/100 000 population in EU countries (1, 2) and compare that to the prevalence of MS in those countries. Here are the results for some member states of the EU. Germany: 12891 dogs/100 000; Prevalence of MS: 140/100 000.

Netherlands: 11470 dogs/100 000; Prevalence of MS: 88/100 000.

UK: 12686 dogs/100 000; Prevalence of MS: 164/100 000.

Italy: 13833 dogs/100 000; Prevalence of MS: 113/100 000.

France: 11538 dogs/100 000; Prevalence of MS: 95/100 000.

Denmark: 10649 dogs/100 000; Prevalence of MS: 227/100 000.

Even a superficial examination will show that there is no correlation between dog ownership and prevalence of MS. For example, the difference in dog ownership between Germany and the Netherlands is merely 11%, while MS prevalence differs by 37%.

The UK and the Netherlands differ by 9.5% with regard to dog ownership, but a whopping 86% in the prevalence of MS.

In a previous letter to Moose Jaw Today Mr. Richard Dowson confidently asserted that canine distemper virus (CDV) is the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). His latest letter (Jan 20) offers no new data or arguments.

The study I mentioned in my brief response to his first letter stated that there is an association between Epstein Barr virus (EBV) and MS. It did not make a categorical statement about proving the cause of MS, nor should it have done so. That would have been irresponsible science.

We are (again) informed by Mr. Dowson that CDV was found in 100% of a study population with Paget’s disease. This proves that… 100% of the people studied had Paget’s disease and that CDV material was found in the bony lesions. Interesting, but irrelevant as far as the etiology of MS is concerned.

Mr. Dowson tells us, quite correctly, that EBV is one of the most common viruses found, but it needs to be pointed out that not everyone who meets up with EBV will get infectious mononucleosis, have a weakened immune system or any of the host of other diseases associated with this virus.

We are also told that “There seems to be no evidence that EBV causes demyelination” This statement is incorrect. In the link I gave to the EBV/MS study, we read the following: “Serum levels of neurofilament light chain, a biomarker of neuroaxonal degeneration, increased only after EBV seroconversion.”

We are also informed that EBV …weakens the Immune System. The ‘sick’ person can’t effectively fight infections. If a Pathogen is present, it could infect the person, thus EBV ‘plays a role’.

And also: ”Does this mean because EBV reduced the immune system’s ability to fight infections and a ‘predator virus’ invaded the individual while he or she was ill?”

If I understand Mr. Dowson correctly, he asserts that EBV may cause CDV infection leading to MS. In

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It is of course possible that CDV does indeed play a role in the etiology of MS, but so far Mr. Dowson has offered no convincing data or argument in favour of that hypothesis. The plural of anecdote isn’t data.

One must also bear in mind that various other viruses have been implicated in this regard (4,5).

Vaccination against canine distemper have become widespread over the last few decades, so much so that a veterinary surgeon in Ontario has not seen a case for 32 years (5). This by itself argues against CDV as a cause of MS. If Mr. Dowson is so convinced that his proposition is correct, I suggest that he writes it up as a scientific article and submit it to a medical journal of note.

1) https://emsp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ MS-in-EU-access.pdf 2) https://www.statista.com/statistics/414956/ dog-population-european-union-eu-bycountry/#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20 pet%20dogs,than%2089%20million%20in%20 2020 3) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC4758194/ 4) https://www.nationalmssociety.org/What-is-MS/ What-Causes-MS#section-3 5) https://www.northhillanimalhospital.com/adisease-we-hardly-see-anymore/ Leon W. Retief CORRECTION: I must apologize to Mr. Dowson and readers for two typos in my previous letter. The links to references (2) and (5) contain spaces before the URLs which make them inoperable.

Here are the correct URLs: (3) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC4758194/ (5) https://www.northhillanimalhospital.com/adisease-we-hardly-see-anymore/ LW Retief

Elks Lodge hopes weekly meat draws will help attract new members

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com The Moose Jaw Elks Lodge Army with their Kettle Camhas meat draws every Friday paign through the holidays. at 5:30 p.m. at the Royal CaClaffey said that one of nadian Legion Lounge on the main initiatives of the High St. Elks in Saskatchewan is a Elks Lodge publicity network of affordable seniors’ director Harold Claffey told apartments in the province.

MooseJawToday.com that the They operate 135 homes Elks are always on the lookacross eight communities, out for new members. The Moose Jaw included. Their requirements to join the Elks goal is for seniors to be able Lodge have changed in re- The Elks Lodge hosts to stay in their own communicent years. Elks of Canada is a meat draw every Fri- ties instead of having to travel open to both men and women day at 5:30 at the Legion to homes in Saskatoon or Reof at least age 16. There is no Lounge on High Street gina. requirement for a belief in a West There is also a provincial foundation which focuses on supreme being, only that potential members have a good reputation and supplying medical grants for adults. Anotha respect for the law. er charitable cause for many years now has Claffey said that a few years ago, he been their donations to assist children with realized that continuing to hold belief in a obtaining hearing aids and cochlear imsupreme being as a membership require- plants. They accomplish this by donating to ment could be discriminatory. He personal- SPARC, the Saskatchewan Pediatric Audily submitted a petition through the various tory Rehab Centre, at the Royal University levels of the Elks of Canada hierarchy to get Hospital in Saskatoon.

Monthly meetings of the Moose Jaw that requirement changed. Now, all that is necessary is respect for religious beliefs and Elks Lodge review activities of the lodge, ordinances. receive reports from committees, and, of The Friday meat draws at the Legion course, fellowship with each other. AlLounge are $1 apiece. A 50/50 draw is in- though COVID has made it difficult, Clafcluded. There are many different cuts, sup- fey said the sick and visiting committee is plied by South Hill Fine Foods. one of their most active. The committee The Moose Jaw Elks Lodge has about organizes visits for any member who finds 25 members who meet monthly. Provin- themselves in the hospital. cially, there are 57 total lodges. The Elks’ If you’re looking for a volunteer orgamission statement is to be the best volunteer nization in Moose Jaw that will empower organization in Canada. you to contribute to your community, you The Elks accomplish their mission can call the Elks at (306) 692-7474 for inthrough donations to the various community formation, or join them at Legion at 268 organizations in Moose Jaw, including the High Street West on Fridays at 5:30.

Food Bank. They also assist the Salvation

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PROPOSED VALLEY VIEW PROJECT COULD MAKE ‘BIG SPLASH’ IN AREA, DEVELOPER SAYS Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

CITY HALL

both school divisions, and 15 Wing Air Base.

This process will run from Jan. 25 until about early February.

Visit www.wallaceinsights.com/valleyview to The next regular council meeting is provide feedback about the proposed concept plan.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14.

Presentation Sixteen months after purchasing the Valley Wallace Insights has View Centre property from the provincial worked on this project for over a year and government, Richmond, B.C.-based Carp- is excited to make public the plans, said ere Canada is looking for public feedback Wallace by video. on the proposed site concept plan.

“This will require a large investTerry Tian, director of business de- ment by Carpere to be successful. But it velopment for Carpere, and Alan Wallace, is also one of the most beautiful sites in with consulting firm Wallace Insights, ap- Moose Jaw, adjacent to Wakamow Valley peared before city council during its Jan. and Moose Jaw River,” he stated. “We’ve 24 executive committee meeting to dis- dubbed this project a once-in-a-generation cuss the project. city-building opportunity … .”

The site consists of about 160 acres Carpere’s vision is to make this area a and 320,000 square feet of existing build- destination draw for not only residents but ings, with roughly 120 acres developable. others from across southern Saskatchewan According to a council report, the prelim- looking to live, shop or work, Wallace inary concept plan contains a mixture of continued. land uses, including single-detached largeThere will be different mixed land lot residential, multi-family residential, uses within the development, such as large commercial, and institutional. estates, student housing, multi-family The plan proposes housing 2,887 peo- dwellings, seniors’ residences and a comple, while the development would occur in mercial square for farmers’ markets. five phases.

Meanwhile, Carpere wants to retain The concept plan’s final report — to as much greenspace and mature trees as be presented in late March or early April possible while returning some land to its — will include the project’s next steps and natural prairie habitat, he said. Carpere data acquired from several different stud- also wants this project to be sustainable ies and analyses. and usable all four seasons, which inBesides residents, Wallace Insights cludes ensuring walkways are connected also wants feedback from Wakamow Val- to area pathways. ley Authority, the Ministry of Highways, The company also wants to respect

COUNCIL NOTES

VALLEY VIEW REDEVELOPMENT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT Carpere invites all interested citizens and stakeholders in Moose Jaw to participate in a Virtual Open House for the redevelopment of the Valley View lands to create a unique regional destination.

the site’s heritage since Valley View existed for roughly 65 years. This means some buildings could be repurposed.

Construction would start in the north and west, with other sections added based on market demand, Wallace stated. Carpere hopes the project will reach “critical mass” in five to 10 years and generate more demand, with completion in about 25 years.

Construction could commence this fall.

The project will require a new zoning district to accommodate its special features, he said. There would also be An image from a proposed concept plan shows in other requests — water and which order areas of the former Valley View Centre electricity connections per- would be developed. Photo courtesy City of Moose haps — but nothing “unrea- Jaw sonable in our view.” ing that many mature trees would be kept “I have been very bullish on Sas- since they are valuable. She noted that the katchewan’s growth. It is set to grow,” area’s draw is its natural beauty. added Wallace. “… I think Moose Jaw is The debate in 2020 and 2021 about nicely positioned to take advantage of a refurbishing the Seventh Avenue Southlot of that. … This is going to make a big west bridge was contentious, especially splash.” since Carpere didn’t want to help pay, she Council reaction pointed out. However, she thought this “This is a really impressive project. project allowed council to start fresh with It’s really exciting to see that this is be- Carpere. ing developed on Valley View property,” “It’s unlikely I’ll be around in 30 said Coun. Crystal Froese. “It’s going to years from now (when the project is finbe even more exciting when we see more ished),” Eby added, “but what a great details and see what’s coming.” legacy to leave for our grandchildren and Coun. Heather Eby appreciated hear- great-grandchildren.”

Weekly garbage pickup in October now official with bylaw change

Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express All other waste disposal fees and penOne extra month of garbage collection in the fall is now official after city coun- alties will remain the same.

The current cost per month for monthcil approved an amendment to the waste management bylaw. ly garbage collection is $9.79, so the new During its Jan. 24 regular meeting, cost is a 20-cent increase, Coun. Heather council gave three unanimous readings Eby said. to the bylaw amendment. This means “I hope this satisfies those in the comthat residential waste collection will oc- munity who have been asking for this cur weekly in October instead of biweek- (extra month),” she added. “I would have ly. This extra month of weekly garbage preferred to see garbage collection in May pickup will cost city hall $22,013, while as well, but I’m happy to see us doing it in households will pay $9.99 per month for October, for sure.” monthly collection this year.

Vacancy forces city to use external contractor to handle building code issues Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

VISIT VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE: www.wallaceinsights.com/valleyview Carpere is excited to receive your comments, suggestions and feedback by February 18th.

City hall will use outside consultants for a while to deal with building code issues because it has been having trouble filling a vacant building official position.

During its Jan. 24 regular meeting, city council appointed Wayne Meier, Clayton Meier, Ryan Thiessen, Travis Elkin, Shenah Cartier and Clint Vargo to act as building officials for the City of Moose Jaw under section 16 of The Construction Code Act. Council also authorized the mayor and city clerk to implement the appointment certificate for this role.

Meanwhile, city hall says it will continue to recruit a permanent building official.

“They’re hard to find. We’ve attempted to recruit from other communities, but there’s not a lot out there,” city manager Jim Puffalt said during the meeting.

The municipality has contracted building official duties — as required — since 2009 to Municode, a company that supports local governments, explained

Michelle Sanson, director of planning and development services.

In September 2021, one of the city’s class 3 building officials left her position and the municipality has been unable to fill that spot since. Therefore, city hall will require the assistance of external services to help with building plan reviews and inspections.

“The city’s existing building official will only send class 1 building permits that are beyond her resources to complete,” said Sanson. “The city has a significant number of large construction projects this upcoming year that internal resources will be focused upon.”

Municode hires new building officials from time to time, which means council must approve those new staff so they can complete inspection services for Moose Jaw, she added. Municode has added a new building official and requires city hall officials to sign the attachment certificate to appoint that person.

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Council’s SUMA motions focus on reconciliation, child sexual exploitation Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

The next regular council meeting is MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14.

With the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association’s (SUMA) annual convention scheduled for April, city council plans to submit resolutions — for the first time — focusing on child exploitation and truth and reconciliation.

SUMA is the voice for all municipalities and presents its members’ interests to the provincial and federal governments, leading to improved local government and sustainable communities, a council report explained. Municipalities can use the resolutions to highlight issues that require action by other governments or agencies.

The annual convention is from April 3 to 6 in Regina.

While the deadline for resolutions is Monday, Jan. 31, city hall convinced SUMA to push the deadline to Feb. 15, so council could craft and submit its resolutions.

During council’s Jan. 24 regular meeting, it unanimously approved two resolutions it wanted the convention to consider.

The first resolution wanted SUMA to update its truth and reconciliation (TRC) policy and develop concrete programs and projects to support this issue. The resolution noted that the final TRC report came out in 2015

while SUMA adopted a TRC policy in 2017. However, nearly four years later, council — via city administration — wanted more progress on this issue.

The resolution also noted that the City of Moose Jaw continues to develop its relationship with local and provincial Aboriginal groups to acquire advice and guidance and create opportunities for everyone.

The second resolution asked the provincial government to provide additional money to police services and communities working to combat internet child exploitation (ICE), so they can add investigators and handle more child sexual exploitation issues.

Moreover, the province should expand the ICE program into other communities while ensuring cross-agency engagement and promoting public awareness about this problem.

The resolution noted that from 2016 to 2020, there were 2,321 incidents of sexual violence against children recorded in Saskatchewan, including 304 incidents of accessing or possessing child pornography and 552 incidents of distributing child porn.

Furthermore, there has been an 88-per-cent increase in online reports to CyberTip Canada since the pandemic began, while one in four parents has come across inappropriate material aimed at their child.

Coun. Dawn Luhning had concerns about the resolution, noting the Board of Police Commissioners oversees the police service’s budget. With this motion, she thought that elected officials were interfering in the police budget even though they did not have input into it. “… I just worry about the optics because in how the resolution is worded, it is worded that it’s just for cities to get additional funding,” she added.

More talks needed with businesses before speed limit reduced downtown, council says Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

City hall will not implement any traffic control measures right now to slow traffic on sections of Main Street North but could look at some speed reduction measures in the future.

During its Jan. 24 regular meeting, city council voted unanimously to receive and file a report that looked at traffic calming alternatives on that street. However, it wanted more discussion with the Downtown Moose Jaw Association and input from businesses about possible measures.

The association asked council last June to reduce speed to 40 kilometres per hour from 50 kilometres per hour from Oxford Street to Manitoba Street. The group had initiated its pop-up patio project and thought slowing traffic would ensure the project’s success.

Review of request The department of engineering services reviewed possible traffic calming measures for Main Street North and used several reference guides to support its task, director Bevan Harlton explained.

The review determined that Main Street North is an arterial roadway that is the main traffic thoroughfare within the city, so speed and traffic volumes are higher on these roads. It also helps move large amounts of traffic, emergency vehicles and public transit to side streets.

The department considered site-specific measures to slow traffic, such as narrowing the road, establishing separate bike lanes, adding parking lanes, creating curb PUBLIC NOTICE R.M. OF HILLSBOROUGH NO. 132 Notice of Discretionary Use Application Pursuant to Section 55 of the Planning and Development Act 2007, the Council of the R.M. of Hillsborough No. 132 gives notice that discretionary use applications have been received and the details are as follows: Discretionary Use Permit DU 1-2022: Description: Family Cemetery Location: SW-31-14-28-W2 The applicant would like to establish a family cemetery.

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extensions, and adding speed bumps and humps, Harlton said.

City hall already uses the first four measures, while it does not use the last two measures because of the nature of Main Street.

Meanwhile, the Moose Jaw Police Service said that the two main causes of accidents are distracted driving and situations where motorists suffer a medical emergency and cause an accident, Harlton said. Therefore, the police did not provide an opinion about reducing the speed limit.

The engineering department recommends against reducing the speed limit because the downtown street master plan has not yet been developed, he added. To implement any measures on Main Street North could jeopardize future downtown plans.

Council discussion Most people follow the speed limit on Main Street, but the bigger issue is pedestrians attempting to cross the street and vehicles not slowing down, said Coun. Doug Blanc. He thought if the problem was speeding, the police should handle that.

Mayor Clive Tolley recalled having supper outside The Mad Greek restaurant and watching motorists speed to climb the hill. He thought that made it difficult to enjoy the meal.

“We got exhaust, noise and dirt. It just wasn’t very pleasant. So, I can understand where this (request) is coming from,” he said, noting he wanted more consultation with the downtown group before making changes.

“I do believe we need 40 km/h in that area,” Tolley added. “But it needs to be based on statistics and information and not just our inklings.”

Coun. Dawn Luhning agreed with consulting with the downtown group, adding, “It is a speedway from The Mad Greek up Main Street. And it can be (a speedway) going south too.”

SGI provides funding to install speed indicator signs that remind motorists to drive 50 km/h, which could be a short-term option, said Coun. Crystal Froese. Meanwhile, she thought there should be comprehensive consultations with businesses about possible changes.

Froese was also concerned about pedestrian safety near Oxford and Main Street, especially high school students who used restaurants in that area at lunch.

Revenue generated from the traffic camera on Highway 1 funds SGI’s traffic safety program, so Moose Jaw could receive funding for related projects, said city manager Jim Puffalt. He thought acquiring more data through radar units could help city hall make better science-based decisions.

Those statistics are from Police Chief Rick Bourassa, while previous resolutions to SUMA have focused on the RCMP and municipalities have no say in what that agency does, said Coun. Crystal Froese, the proposer of the resolution.

“When the police force came to us at budget and presented their programming and services, they made it apparent that their ICE area is under-resourced and has an extreme burden to carry … ,” Froese said. “They’ve seen during the pandemic this incredible increase of soliciting children online.”

Most ICE funding and programs are in Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert, and while the provincial government funds some of those positions, it does help Moose Jaw, she continued. She wasn’t attempting to tell the province how to spend its money but noted that other communities need money for ICE initiatives.

“I believe this is really important,” she added. “Plus, this is an issue that is not talked about or has a highenough profile in our province. And it is a growing issue.”

Mayor Tolley emotionally rattled by deaths of former mayor, hockey legend

Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

The deaths of former mayor Stan Montgomery and hockey great Clark Gillies have rattled current Mayor Clive Tolley, who was filled with emotion as he spoke about knowing both personally.

Montgomery was mayor of Moose Jaw from 1988 to 1991, which was when Tolley served as an alderman and sat to the mayor’s left, he recalled during the Jan. 24 regular council meeting.

“He was a true gentleman and one of the true pillars of our community,” Tolley said as his voice wavered. “And of course, well-known for coaching thousands of children as a volunteer coach in both baseball and curling (and being a champion curler himself).”

Meanwhile, Moose Jaw-born Gillies played in the National Hockey League from 1974 to 1988 and won four Stanley Cups in the 1980s with the New York Islanders. His career totals included 958 games played, 319 goals scored and 697 points accumulated. He eventually landed in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Gillies was a childhood friend and “certainly, one of the best,” the mayor said, his voice thick with emotion. He noted that city hall was flying its flags at halfmast to honour both men as a symbol of mourning.

During a media scrum afterward, Tolley spoke more about both men’s effect on Moose Jaw. “I was a bit brief in my comments about them because I thought I was going to break down. They meant a lot to me,” he said.

The mayor remarked that Montgomery coached Tolley’s younger brothers to a championship in Little League while he helped his son Rod — the current fire chief — to a school boys’ national championship.

Meanwhile, sitting beside Montgomery at council allowed Tolley to see what a “true gentleman” he was and how he served “with all his heart.”

“And he’s got significant family connections in Moose Jaw. He’s the patriarch of a huge family of Montgomerys throughout our community and a very important family for our community,” he added.

Meanwhile, Gillies grew up nearly two blocks away from Tolley. While the future hockey star was three years younger, they still hung out and played plenty of hockey together with other kids on the Hillcrest Outdoor Rink, which they dubbed the Ross Rink since it was close to that school.

Some of their friends married each other’s sisters, with one marriage producing future Moose Jaw Warriors’ tough guy Robbie Tremblay, Tolley continued.

Tremblay said recently that Gillies was his hero and mentor.

“So it’s a really tough thing to lose somebody as important to the community as Stan, and then to lose somebody as young — and maybe one of the top athletes out of the City of Moose Jaw — Clark Gillies,” the mayor added. “It’s just difficult to deal with and I’ve personally had a tough time dealing with it.”

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MAYOR OPTIMISTIC THAT PROPOSED VALLEY VIEW DEVELOPMENT WILL SUCCEED Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Mayor Clive Tolley is optimistic that Carpere Canada’s Valley View Centre project will succeed and believes the previous problems between the company and city hall are in the past.

The Richmond, British Columbia-based company and its Saskatoon consultant appeared virtually during the Jan. 24 executive committee meeting to share its plans for the property. The company also announced that it wanted feedback about the proposed concept plan.

Visit www.wallaceinsights.com/ valleyview to answer a survey about the concept plan.

Optimism After the meeting, Tolley said he thought Carpere Canada’s plan was realistic. He also praised consultant Wallace Insights for its presentation, giving an honest answer about the project’s developmental timeline — 20 to 25 years — and laying out the development stages.

“I’m optimistic that something can be done there. The City of Moose Jaw and people of Moose Jaw have been looking at that space for a long time,

hoping that something positive and exciting will happen there,” the mayor added. “Those plans look exciting to me, so we just have to take a wait and see attitude.”

Past history This is the fourth time that Carpere Canada has attempted to work with city hall on a major project.

The first time saw the company propose purchasing all 31.2 hectares (780 acres) of the agri-foods industrial park, but withdrew from the agreement after conducting “extensive due diligence.”

The second time, Carpere issued 22 demands to city hall and the provincial government before it would develop the Valley View Centre property. However, it later softened its stance after some conditions were met.

The third time, city hall asked Carpere to share costs to fix or replace the Seventh Avenue Southwest bridge.

Council later funded the entire cost to repair the bridge.

Those issues are “in the past” considering the municipality has developed

the industrial park and the bridge has been repaired, Tolley said. Council and city administration are eager to help Carpere develop the property and see the results of the public consultation.

Since Carpere intends to develop this land — and has other investment projects in town — it would be unfair to doubt their sincerity about this project, said city manager Jim Puffalt. “… Whatever has happened in the past or in other communities, we’re going to take this as we take any other opportunity,” he continued. “(That is), we find a way to make it happen, and if we can’t, we can’t. But it’s not going to be from a lack of trying.”

Puffalt noted that the city’s economic development committee is working hard on this and other projects and aggressively searching for other employment opportunities.

Jobs for people As part of this proposed development, Carpere expects about 3,000 people to live in the new neighbourhood.

“I’m happy that private industry

is coming to Moose Jaw, buying some property, taking on the cost of development, and they’re going to build a neighbourhood … (and will) try to retain as much of the original beauty of the site as possible,” Tolley said. “They’re doing it, so they believe in Moose Jaw, so why shouldn’t we believe in Moose Jaw?” There’s plenty of room for more people to move to Moose Jaw, build homes, find jobs — Thunder Creek Pork Plant, the Great Plains Power Station, and future sow processing plant need workers — and send their children to schools, he added. Most residents will likely support this type of community growth.

Last year was Moose Jaw’s fifth-best year for building permits — 260 permits worth $65.7 million were issued — and city hall’s economic development team worked hard to support that growth, said Puffalt. “(The) proof is in the pudding,” he added, “in that when we go aggressively after things, things will happen for Moose Jaw.”

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APAS elects Ian Boxall as new president

By Eugenie Officer - Ag Journalist; Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

On January 18th, the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan elected Ian Boxall as its new president at its annual meeting. The outgoing president was Todd Lewis.

Ian Boxall lives on the home quarter that his great grandfather homesteaded in 1904. He farms mixed grains, oilseeds, and pulses in the Tisdale area with his wife, Lisa, and four children.

He was elected councillor for division 3 in the RM of Connaught #457 in 2012.

In addition to his role as a councillor, Boxall is a Tisdale Health Trust committee member and the Tisdale volunteer fire department.

In the spring of 2015, he participated in the Youth Leadership and Mentorship program with APAS, which led to him representing the RM of Connaught. Looking back on his time in the program, Boxall says, “I could not believe the work being done in the province on behalf of producers, and I felt I needed to get involved. I believe strong ag policy is important for the future of agriculture.”

In 2016, he was elected as Vice-Pres-

Ian Boxall, third from the left top row, and the 2022 APAS board of directors. ident of APAS. rural internet and cellular connectivity.

As part of its Rural Connectivity Task Implementing these recommendations is Force, APAS released a series of recom- one of Boxall’s top priorities for his term mendations based on six months of re- as president. search into factors contributing to poor Several priority issues were identified

during the AGM, including bioresource management, drought management, and agricultural policy. According to Boxall, all of these issues will be examined in depth this year.

Boxall also shared that APAS will soon have an opportunity to bring the province’s perspective to Ottawa. “We have another group of mentees that we will be taking to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture AGM in the first week of March, its exciting that we will have a seat at that table to bring Saskatchewan issues to the national level.”

Since 2000, APAS has served as Saskatchewan’s democratically elected, nonpartisan organization for farm policy and advocacy and represents ratepayers in 140 rural municipalities.

Director positions (President, Vice President) are elected for one-year terms.

Vice Presidents for 2022 were Bill Przybylski of Yorkton and Scott Owens of Maidstone.

For more information about this year’s board of directors, visit APAS.ca.

Winter and spring to be colder than normal, predicts pig spleen prognosticator

Jason G. Antonio Moose Jaw Express Wo o d w a r d Jeff Woodward has been using porcuhis pine spleens to predict the weather for the conducted past 13 years. He took over from his late prognostication reuncle Gus Wickstrom, well-known as the cently at his brothpig spleen weather forecaster for decades. er’s house without the usual entertainment, public participation and party-like atmoBy Ron Walter For Moose Jaw Express sphere. However, some alcohol — Aquavit — was imbibed to set the mood for the analysis and continue a Scandinavian tra- Jeff Woodward (seated, centre) poses with his family after makConstruction could start this year on the Potash which is mining the deposit. dition, he joked in ing his weather predictions using pig spleens. Photo courtesy Ferguson and his team have their Moose Jaw district’s third potash mine. a Facebook post. Facebook Gensource Potash has pretty well sights set on building more mines.

To perform Gensource has 125,000 acres of lined up all its ducks to start turning sod will gradually become colder and gena prediction, a spleen is divided into six at the mine site near Tugaske, some 50 potash leases near Craik and straddling erally remain cold until the end of April, equal parts to represent the months of JanHighway 11. Four mines could be develmiles northwest of Moose Jaw. while May and June will be about normal uary to June. When interpreted properly, The company has the last pieces in oped on this land as well as a mine on with no precipitation, he continued. Even prognosticators can tell what the temperaplace, namely commitment of $280 mil- the Vanguard leases in central Saskatchthough it will be colder than normal, temture and weather might be based on the fat lion debt financing and $80 million in ewan. peratures will be turbulent with drastic on the spleen, he explained. Tradition says Gensource has the option in future shareholder equity financing. changes from warm spells bracketed by a forecast can’t be made outside of these Shareholder financing was achieved development of sharing equity or build“very cold” weather with high winds. six months, or it violates the rules. when Helm USA, a chemical and agri- ing alone. This small-c conservative February “Violating Viking tradition risks not cultural firm, agreed to buy 33 per cent approach to development also ensures a Temperatures in February will gradugetting into Valhalla, so the charlatans that of shares in the Tugaske mine project. buyer for production. ally improve over the month, with a warmmight be pretending to do similar predicCurrently Gensource trades at 28 Gensource holds the other 67 per cent ing trend between Feb. 5 and 9 and snowtions might (want to) be careful,” Woodcents a share, with a year low of 19 cents of the new mine entity KClean Potash. rain a possibility. It could snow around ward said humorously.

An agreement with Helm to buy all and a high of 48 cents.

Feb. 20 — a blizzard possibly — and again The prognosticator used a single pig This company is a highly speculathe production for the first 10 years ceat the end of the month and into March. spleen from a happy free-range hog from tive investment with lots of risk and limmented the debt financing.

Expect cold winds with the cold the Cobler Farm near Gull Lake. Although The solution mine will produce ited upside. weather overall. he obtained several spleens from which to The risk includes mine building and between 250,000 and 300,000 tonnes a March/April peruse, he said one “was by far the most year of potash at a low operating cost of accomplishing the work within budget.

There will be snow at the start of telling.”

Limited upside comes from the $85 a tonne.

March and mid-month. There will be a Last year’s spleen had “very odd charFirst production is planned for early large number of Gensource shares outcouple of warm days around March 12, acteristics,” which corresponded with the 2024 with about 45 employees at what standing — just over 420 million. followed by some snow. Temperatures will shenanigans in the United States with forGensource’s share of production is a small mine by Saskatchewan stangradually improve throughout the month, mer president Donald Trump at the start at a 250,000 tonne rate will be 167,600 dards. but it will be cold to colder than normal. of 2021 and the pandemic in general, he This solution mine differs from tonnes, leaving an estimated $90 million April will see continued improvement continued. other solution mines in that there is no annual cash flow by my back-of-the enwith temperatures below normal but not “This year’s spleen is rather unrepile of salt slag, no tailings pond, less velope calculation. as significantly as in previous months. It markable, meaning that we will see a Given a 10 times cash flow valuuse of water and no impacts on the encould snow near April 7. April will tend togradual return to a more normal lifestyle ation, or $900 million, equals a $2.14 vironment. wards average to above-average temperaas we get past or we get used to all the The process places waste material cent stock value. And that’s providing tures until the end of the month, when it COVID-19 issues,” Woodward stated. back in the ground and recycles water the current $725 per tonne price holds. will cool off around April 27.

The fat on the spleen suggests SasThe real big gains would come from used to force the ore out of caverns. The The spleen shows one significant katchewanians will freeze more than usual process is so environmentally friendly a long-term hold when the company has snow and rain event around April 21. this winter and spring and will see more the province did not require an environ- another two or three mines in operation.

May/June precipitation.

CAUTION: Remember when inmental impact study.

Temperatures will rapidly change to “One must keep in mind that this is Gensource had to give up a lot of vesting, consult your adviser and do mild and more normal at the end of April. a climate change pig, so even though the equity to finance the project so opted to your homework before buying any seThere are rain events around May 2 and temperatures show colder weather than curity. Bizworld does not recommend form KClean Potash to own the mine. again around May 22 but not much afternormal, the old-timers will say that this is President and CEO Mike Ferguson investments. ward until the end of June. June will be nothing compared to what we used to exled the tram that took over the Legacy a normal month temperature-wise but dry perience,” said Woodward. project near Bethune, developing it into Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ until the end of the month.

Starting in February, the temperature a potential mine before selling to K+S sasktel.net

This winter and spring are expected to be colder than normal and will likely have more precipitation than usual, according to one of Saskatchewan’s most famous pig spleen prognosticators.

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Supply chain issues push opening of sow processing plant to summer Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

The skeleton of a new building on the site of the former XL Beef Plant. Photo by Jason G. Antonio Supply chain issues have affected the con- provinces are exported for slaughter to the version of the former XL Beef Plant into United States due to the lack of processing a sow processing plant, which means the capabilities in Western Canada. venue will open in the summer instead of In recent years, pork producers paid late March. $40 to $70 per animal to ship them to the Donald’s Fine Foods — which owns U.S. for processing. Once the plant is built Thunder Creek Pork Plant — purchased in Moose Jaw, Western Canadian pork the building in May 2020 and conducted a producers will likely forgo some transporfeasibility study to consider the necessary tation costs to ship the animals. renovations. The study concluded that the Last June, the British Columbia-based plant could meet the demand for a Western company took out a building permit of Canadian-based sow plant — the first in $12.7 million for work on the shuttered the region — and benefit Moose Jaw and beef plant on 24th Avenue Northwest. area.

About 100 people then began working on About 200,000 sows in Western Can- converting the former building in July. ada are culled yearly; therefore, many Donald’s Fine Foods exports pork to could go to this plant. About 80 per cent 25 countries. of culled sows from the western Prairie The project is on schedule, but unex-

pected delays arose because some equipment has not arrived as planned, explained Michael Mensah-Wilson, director of quality and food safety. Delays in receiving equipment — gear used to process the animals — are not surprising given the plant’s size.

“We are … very excited about the entire project and working closely with the City of Moose Jaw’s development team,” he continued, along with SaskJobs, the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot program, Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the Aboriginal community. “We (also) look forward to working with area producers.”

Good weather is necessary for construction to stay on track, and while there have been cold temperatures, those extremes have not affected the pace of work, Mensah-Wilson continued.

Donald’s Fine Foods will make an announcement later in 2022 about the opening of the sow processing plant.

“We are very excited because of the opportunity it creates in Moose Jaw and area communities,” he added.

The XL Beef plant closed in 2010 when the company shut down rather than meet the demands of 200 striking workers.

Work crews continue to transform the former XL Beef Plant into a sow processing plant. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

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By Alex Allan

winter. And rather than haul unused materials away, things like steel pipe are given to farmers, and excess landscaping material is passed along to farmers for use under grain bins to help with weed control.

North American Helium has become part of the community. The company supports the local rink financially every year, and helped out by giving an extra $15,000 when a new ice plant was needed.

Helium is used in various applications, including medical research and diagnostic testing, digital technologies, semiconductors, fibre optics, nuclear power facilities, rocket systems, welding and balloons.

Canada has the fifth-largest helium resources in the world, with significant underground reserves in Saskatchewan.

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lium plant that sits on about 15 acres of land. He says the land rental fees from helium wells and the plant are similar to oil well revenues and provide a good supplement to the farm income. Add to that, the drilling process is clean compared to oil. Oil uses salty water that affects the land.

Smith says there’s very little soil disturbance with Helium Plant on Happy Valley Farms. Photo by Don helium. In fact, it’s environmentally friendly. The pipes Smith, Happy Valley Farms that deliver the helium gas to In the spring of 2020, the Government of the plant are bored six feet Saskatchewan announced the province under the ground for a half a kilometer so would soon be home to the largest heli- the native grass coulee is not disturbed. um purification operation in Canada. At Once the wells have been drilled, the time, Energy and Resources Minister there are no spill concerns. Helium Bronwyn Eyre said the purification facility wells do not need containment provisions would be built by North American Helium around the wells since the gas coming out and that it fit well with Saskatchewan’s of them is made up of 98% nitrogen and Plan for Growth.

2% helium. That means there are no enviToday, North American Helium is the ronmental concerns. Once a well has been most active helium driller in Saskatche- drilled it uses the footprint of two standard wan and has built and operates a $32-mil- size houses. When a well is complete the lion helium plant near Consul, Saskatch- land is returned to active farmland within ewan. The company website says this a year. project demonstrates that reliable longNorth American Helium has three term production of helium can be creat- full time workers at its automated plant ed from non-hydrocarbon sources, which on Happy Valley Farms. Two of those means a smaller environmental footprint, workers came back home to live in Conwhile still benefiting from the expertise sul because the plant offers good paying developed in Saskatchewan’s oil service jobs. The company ships one truckload of industry. helium, under very high pressure, per day Nowadays, helium exports from the to Oklahoma in the United States. Smith Southwest part of the province are well says one thing he found really interesting underway, and benefitting not only the is that the truck weighs the same empty as province, but the local community. when it is full because the helium causes Don Smith of Happy Valley Farms, lo- the trailer to float. cated 50 kilometers south of Cypress Hills There are ten wells in the area; four Regional Park near Consul, Saskatche- producing on Smith’s land. Other wells wan, says his operation is home to the heare being drilled around Eastend, Mankota and Swift Current.

The community, as well as farmers, benefit from the helium activity.

North American Helium looks after roadways that lead to the wells. The company will grade a road if they are working in the area and even bury a rock pile for a farmer.

Smith says, with the helium development, farmers have good Tanker trailer that hauls the helium to Oklahoma, USA. Photo by Don Smith, Happy Valley trails to haul out grain. The company looks after snow clearance all Farms

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‘FREEDOM CONVOY’ ARRIVES IN OTTAWA, RALLY ON PARLIAMENT HILL Thousands of participants from all over Canada taking part in event, bringing wide range of concerns on top of vaccine mandates Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

Hundreds of truckers and thousands of supporters officially arrived in Ottawa on the weekend for the “Freedom Convoy” rally on Parliament Hill.

Vehicles of all kinds began rolling into Canada’s capital on Friday night, with many more rally attendees arriving throughout the day Saturday, with the rally itself slated to start around 12 p.m. and ran throughout the weekend.

Local officials in Ottawa were expecting around 10,000 people to show up Saturday and Sunday, bringing with them a variety of concerns that range from vaccine mandates to general rights and freedoms they feel are infringed.

“I can travel freely through the border and not be in contact with anyone. Yet I’m locked into my own country right now,” rally participant and Ottawa resident Tom Pappin told the Canadian Press. “I can’t go on a holiday. I can’t go to a restaurant, I can’t go bowling. I can’t go to a movie.

You know, these are things that it’s just gotten out of control.”

A similar sentiment was held by Montreal resident Chris Eid, who told CTV News that many were on site “fighting for

A sampling of the crowd gathered on Parliament Hill on Saturday. Facebook

freedom and liberty.”

“I just want Justin Trudeau to come talk to the people, to his people. He’s supposed to unite us and he’s been doing the opposite, unfortunately,” he said.

Some protestors plan to stay in Ottawa longer than the weekend, with Don Finlayson of Oshawa, Ont. even expecting a two- or three-week stay. A construction company manager, he was one of many who carried concerns far beyond the pandemic. ““It’s not just about the jab.

Like everybody thinks all the truck drivers here are worried about the mandate. We’re not!”

Finlayson told CTV. “We’re here for the Indigenous who have no fresh water. We’re here for children not to wear their masks 10 hours a day. We’re Freedom Convoy participants make their way to here for the homeless, we’re the rally on Saturday afternoon. The Canadian here for the veterans … This is Press

concerns were addressed -- however long it may take.

“We need to fix this. We’ve got this amount of momentum going,” Klus said, adding that she was also disappointed that Trudeau didn’t speak with rally-goers on Saturday.

The Prime Minister was moved to a safe location at the start of the rally and as crowds began to grow.

Phil Powers, a truck driver from Oshawa, Ont., hoped to see government engagement in the near future but was pragmatic about the situation.

“It’s a nice thought, but I don’t think anything will happen immediately,” he told the Canadian Press. “This is the Canadian space to have the debate, so that’s why we’re here.”

Smaller rallies were held at provincial legislatures all over the country during the weekend, including the Saskatchewan Legislature in Regina.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe issued a statement calling for the cross-border vaccine requirement to be lifted, in addition to pledging to end the province’s proof-of-vaccination policy in the near future.

not the way it goes. We need to make sure that all our Canadians stand together.”

As expected, there were some in the crowd vehemently opposed to COVID-19 mitigation efforts, including Ottawa’s Mike Commodore, who expressed his personal dismay at the booster regimen to CBC News.

“How many boosters is it gonna take? Wake up, people.

How many boosters? People who’ve taken the two shots, they’re still coming down with COVID-19. They’re still testing positive. So, where’s the science? What science?

It’s amazing what government scientists will say when their paycheques depend on it,” he said.

Karen Klus, from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., told the Canadian Press she hoped to Vehicles were packed in tight around the Parliament see the protests continue until Hill area during the rally on Saturday afternoon. Canadian Press

GoFundMe campaign that supports freedom convoy has over $9M in donations

Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express “To our fellow Canadians, the time from across Canada and likely the world.

With the support the cause has acquired, for political overreach is over. Our current the number of donors and money raised government is implementing rules and could continue climbing even though the mandates that are destroying the foundation of our businesses, industries and main protest occurred on Jan. 29.

Lich is the secretary for the Alber- livelihoods,” Lich wrote. “Canadians have ta-based Maverick Party, while Dichter is been integral to the fabric of humanity in a governing council member of the west- many ways that have shaped the planet.”

Canada is a peaceful country that has ern-focused federal party.

According to the GoFundMe page, helped protect nations worldwide from the money will be dispersed to registered “tyrannical governments” that oppressed truckers participating in the Freedom Con- their people, actions that seem to be hapvoy 2022 to help them with fuel, food and pening here, she continued. Canadians are now taking their fight to the federal govshelter. ernment’s doorstep and demanding that it cease all mandates.

R.M OF HURON “Small businesses are being dePROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN stroyed, homes are being destroyed, and TAX ENFORCEMENT LIST people are being mistreated and denied Notice is hereby given under the Tax Enforcement Act that unless the arrears and costs appearing opposite fundamental necessities to survive. It’s our the land described in the following list are fully paid before the 4th day of April, 2022, a tax lien will be duty as Canadians to put an end to (these) registered against the land. mandates,” said Lich.

“It is imperative that this happens beNote: A sum for costs in an amount as prescribed in the regulations is included in the amount shown against each parcel (Section 4(3) Tax Enforcement Act). cause if we don’t, our country will no longer be the country we have come to love.

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Lot 23-24 Block 02 Plan Q7102 Sup 00 $9.57 $28.06 $37.63 In a follow-up post, Lich said that GoFundMe had transferred the first batch of

A GoFundMe campaign to support participants of the Freedom Convoy 2022 initially set out to raise $5 million, but just like Telemiracle, the total continues to go higher and higher.

Organizers Tamara Lich and B.J. Dichter created the account on Jan. 14, intending to raise $5 million; by Jan. 25, it had raised $4.7 million. However, that number continued to skyrocket past the original goal, prompting the organizers to raise the ceiling several times.

As of Jan. 31, over $9.1 million had been given by more than 113,000 people

money. This will allow organizers to start processing registration forms and remittances to drivers who need support. Lich said this would take time and thanked people for their patience.

“Sadly, the legacy media felt it was necessary to publish news articles implying that GoFundMe had frozen our funds for a variety of outrageous reasons. In reality, the temporary hold was due to international banking regulations, which dictate many of GoFundMe’s policies,” she continued.

“It is common practice with GoFundMe to conduct this kind of due diligence to ensure the funds are legitimate.”

The process has been affected by the number of donations received, the fact the campaign is the eighth-fastest growing in GoFundMe history, and the constant attempts by activists to flag the campaign as illegitimate, Lich pointed out.

“We have an amazing team behind the scenes comprised of lawyers, accountants and bookkeepers working hard to ensure people will be compensated … ,” she said.

“Each and every one of you is playing a part in unifying Canadians across the country and showing the world that there is not just hope for Canada, but for the entire world.”

Lich added that influential leaders such as Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson, and Joe Rogan have also expressed support for Canadian truckers and working people frustrated with global leaders infringing on their rights and freedoms.

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Agrimart: Sask Polytech’s FARMh Initiative to Enhance Mental Health Support for Farmers and Ranchers

By Eugenie Officer - Ag Journalist, Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawExpress.com This month, Sas- developing a mental health program best tailored to farm- Walls Saskatchewan and YOUth Matter Canada as part of katchewan Poly- ers and ranchers in Saskatchewan. its mental wellness efforts. Cargill will train its employees AGRIMART technic is complet“The farmers and ranchers that took part in this projmental health first aid and suicide intervention as part EXPRESS ing the first phase of ect truly decided our priorities, what producers want to in of the partnership. its applied research see, and some of the barriers to receiving mental health Farmers and ranchers are at an increased risk for project to address some features of a better mental health care,” says Pavloff. anxiety and depression compared with the general popsupport system for farmers and ranchers in the province.

The key priorities are identified as enhancing mental ulation. Many challenges related to weather, disease and A total of 100 people have participated in the Farmer health support in rural areas, better tailoring support to prices lie beyond their control, contributing to an increase and Rancher Mental Health (FARMh) initiative since its farmers and ranchers specifically, and increasing aware- in overall stress. launch in January 2021. The data was collected through ness of mental health resources.

The second phase of the imitative will be to begin surveys and interviews over the last year.

Eighty-two percent of the farmers who participated developing these more tailored resources. Detailed infor“For the past year, our research team has been recruit- in the project said peer-to-peer mental health support was mation about the project’s second phase will be available ing Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers to participate in a what they felt was missing in the province. They suggest- at saskpolytech.ca/farmh in the coming weeks. telephone interview and survey for the FARMh study,” ed training more farmers in mental health to be able to “If anybody reading this is struggling just know you says Michelle Pavloff, Sask Polytech research chair for respond to those struggling around them. are not alone, and we have certainly seen that through this rural health and principal investigator for the initiative.

They also requested access to mental health profes- iniative,” says Pavloff. Besides consulting with a health Pavloff says they will continue to conduct interviews and sionals who are specifically trained in understanding farm care professional, anyone can contact #211 or the farm leave the survey open until the end of January. culture. stress line at (800) 667-4442 for immediate mental health FARMh has partnered with Seniors Centers Without support.

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Surging Warriors riding six-game winning streak after impressive string of victories Moose Jaw defeats top two teams in Eastern Conference with 8-1 win over Edmonton, 5-4 shootout victory against Winnipeg before downing Regina 4-1 this past week Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

Don’t look now, but the Moose Jaw Warriors are one of the hottest teams in the Western Hockey League.

Not only has the local squad put together a six-game winning streak, they’ve also picked up points in eight of their last 10 games. And they’ve done so while facing teams ahead of them in the standings, including a pair of crews with serious WHL title aspirations.

The Warriors closed out their Alberta road swing with an 8-1 over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Jan. 25 before downing the Eastern Conference-leading Winnipeg Ice 5-4 in a shootout on Friday and taking a 4-1 victory over the Regina Pats on Saturday at Mosaic Place.

Moose Jaw is now 23-16-3-1 on the season to sit seven points back of Red Deer for fourth place and six points up on Saskatoon, who have six games in hand.

Warriors 8, Edmonton 1 After being held without a point the previous two games, Brayden Yager went off in Edmonton, scoring twice and finishing with five points to lead the Warriors to their most impressive win of the season.

Atley Calvert also scored twice, while team captain Daemon Hunt, Majid Kaddoura, Thomas Tien and Jagger Firkus had their other markers. Firkus also contributed three assists to the blowout, as did Ryder Korczak.

“If anything, I hope this gives players confidence in knowing what they can bring if they do it right and they all do it together,” Warriors head coach Mark O’Leary said after the win in Edmonton.

“That’s what makes our group special, our depth, and if we’re healthy and playing the right way we can roll four lines and six defencemen, and that gets everyone in the offence. Then everyone has been paying attention to their responsibilities in terms of how we want to play defensively.

The Moose Jaw Warriors celebrate after their 5-4 shootout win over the Winnipeg Ice. “So playing good teams like we saw on this road trip and finding some success, hopefully that gives them confidence in their ability to execute against anyone.”

Dylan Guenther scored Edmonton’s lone goal.

Carl Tetachuk made 23 saves to earn the win, the Warriors had 21 shots on Sebastian Cossa over 40 minutes and 10 shots on third-period replacement Kolby Hay. Warriors 5, Winnipeg 4 After enduring a lopsided 5-1 loss to Winnipeg on home ice two weeks earlier, the Warriors looked like a different team in the rematch, tying the game three times before winning in the shootout.

Korczak scored the final goal of reg-

ulation with 2:59 remaining and added the shootout winner to his ledger. Yager continued his hot had with a pair of goals and Robert Baco added their other marker. Denton Mateychuk picked up a pair of helpers.

“They’re one of the top teams if not the top team in the CHL, so to take one of them is a huge confidence builder for us as a team,” Yager said. “We’re rolling here right now and we’re going to do what we can to keep it going… we’re having lots of fun and that’s a that’s a huge part as well. Our chemistry has kind of taken over here and we’re having a blast, that’s the best part.”

Tanner Brown, Jakin Smallwood, Connor Geekie and Mikey Milne scored

for Winnipeg.

The game was scoreless after the first and tied 2-2 through two.

Tetachuk was outstanding in goal and helped the Warriors weather plenty of Ice pressure, making 41 saves in the win, including two stops in the shootout. Gage Alexander had 24 stops for Winnipeg.

Warriors 4, Regina 1 The Pats had roared out to substantial leads in both previous meetings in Regina, but there was none of that this time around.

The Warriors took a 1-0 lead out of the first period on a goal from Korczak and it was all Calvert from there.

The Moose Jaw Minor Hockey product scored a natural hat trick with goals three minutes apart midway through the second before finishing off scoring with his final marker at 4:40 of the third.

“Ever since Lars (Cordel Larson) got here, we’ve kind of been clicking a bit and that’s helped, he’s a lot of fun to play with,” Calvert said of his offensive surge. “Then Nivs (Riley Niven) coming back has helped a lot, so we’re just going to keep doing what we’re doing and keep providing as much energy as we can out there every game.”

Tye Spencer had the lone goal for Regina.

Tetachuck stopped 33 shots for the Warriors, who fired 28 at Drew Sim. “It’s a lot of fun right now,” Calvert said. “We’re clicking and we’re peaking at the right moment, and we’re starting to take some steps up here… It’s special.

We’re really bonding together as a team and it’s nice to be winning some games here.”

The Warriors will now have the week off before hosting the Swift Current Broncos on Friday, Feb. 4. Game time is 7 p.m. at Mosaic Place.

AAA Warriors pick up weekend sweep over Trojans

Six-goal outing from Calvert leads to 7-6 win Sunday after 6-1 victory on Saturday in Tisdale For the better part of two periods in their Saskatchewan Male AAA Hockey League contest on Sunday afternoon in Tisdale, the Moose Jaw Warriors looked like they were going to be in for a tough loss.

That is, until Rowan Calvert apparently decided enough was enough.

The Saskatoon Blades prospect scored five third period goals -- yes, you read that correctly -- and finished with six on the afternoon as the Warriors battled to an 8-6 victory over the Trojans.

Calvert scored his first of the game shorthanded 3:37 into the first period and would see Moose Jaw trailing 3-2 after the first and 5-3 heading into the third against last-place Tisdale.

The 16-year-old rookie got Moose Jaw within one at the 10:48 mark and finished off his first hat trick 1:31 later with a power play marker to tie the game.

Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express able insurance marker, as Tisdale scored a minute later to get back within one 7-6.

Calvert then capped off his double hat trick with an empty-net goal with 13 seconds to play.

Daxin Peterson and Blake Betson scored Moose Jaw’s other goals, Interestingly enough, Rowan’s performance came less than 24 hours after older brother Atley Calvert scored his first Western Hockey League hat trick with the Moose Jaw Warriors.

Betson, Peterson and Liam Fitzpatrick also had two assists each.

Ryan Bain faced 36 shots in earning the win, the Warriors had 49 shots on Tisdale.

AAA Warriors logo There were no such dramatics 24 Three minutes later, Calvert scored hours earlier. another power play goal, and with 3:43 reBetson scored twice, while Calvert, maining tacked on what would be a valu- Peterson, Fitzpatrick and Connor Miller

all had single goals in Moose Jaw’s comfortable 6-1 win.

Peterson and Hoffman also had two assists each for the Warriors, who found themselves tied 1-1 after the first and leading 4-1 through two.

Bain had a solid showing to open the weekend with 29 saves, while his teammates had 39 shots on the Trojans.

Moose Jaw is now 22-13-0-1 on the season and are two points back of the Regina Pat Canadians in fifth place in the 12team league, three points up on the Saskatoon Contacts.

The Warriors are back in action Saturday, Feb, 5 and Sunday, Feb. 6 when they travel to Estevan for a weekend road set with the Bears. Next home action is Thursday, Feb. 10 against the Notre Dame Hounds.

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Moose Jaw’s Owens, Gedak rink qualify to SaskTel Tankard Rink with plenty of Moose Jaw connections sweeps to A-side title during Last Chance qualifier

Moose Jaw’s Derek Owens will be returning to the ice in the SaskTel Tankard, and he’ll be doing so with a pair of familiar faces from local curling history.

Owens joined skip Brent Gedak, third Jason Ackerman and lead Curtis Horwath to sweep through the Tankard Last Chance qualifying spiel at the Saskatoon Nutana, posting a 4-0 record to book their spot in the men’s provincial curling championship Feb. 9-13 in Whitewood.

The foursome have played together for several years, and have Moose Jaw connections dating back to their days as junior curlers.

Ackerman and Owens played together on Joel Jordison’s 1996 provincial junior champions out of the Hillcrest Sports Centre, and then repeated the feat with skip Steven Scott in 1999. Owens then

Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express completed his run of junior success the following season, joining Gedak on Brock Montgomery’s 2000 junior provincial champions.

Gedak opened the tournament with a 7-5 win over Regina’s Jaedon Miller and followed with an 8-3 A-side quarter-final win over Moose Jaw’s Ben Gamble before holding on to edge Saskatoon’s Draymond Bernath 7-6 in the semifinal.

That set up the tournament’s first Tankard qualifying game, and facing Kerrobert’s Josh Heidt, Gedak would get the job done in dramatic fashion. Leading 5-3 heading into the ninth end, Gedak would surrender three to trail 6-5 heading into the Curtis Horwath and Jason Ackerman final frame but would use the hammer to sweep a Derek Owens shot for skip perfection, picking up a three-spot of his Brent Gedak during the SCT Moose own for the one-point win.

Gamble and his rink of third Braydan Jaw stop this fall.

Mohns, second Tyler Krupski and lead Scott Manners ended up with a 3-3 record in the tournament, reaching the C-semifinal before falling to Regina’s Steven Howard Moose Jaw’s Brett Behm, third Brendan Ross, second Daniel Mutlow and lead Ian Howell also had a 3-3 showing and lost in the C-semifinal, falling 9-8 to eventual qualifier Michael Carss of Saskatoon.

Dustin Woloschuk, who curls in the Original 16 Cash League, saw his rink of third Matt Gesell, second Lyndon Graff and lead Spencer Ellis reach the second round of the C-side before losing out.

Moose Jaw’s Carson Ackerman played third for Saskatoon’s Shawn Joyce and ended up falling in three straight.

For the latest info on the SaskTel Tankard, be sure to visit www.curlsask.com

Wheelchair curling nationals cancelled, Moose Jaw to host in 2023 and 2024

Concerns over ongoing pandemic see tournament shut down for second straight year, but event still coming to Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

“I’m so looking forward to showcasing all the athletes from across the country, because there are truly amazing curlers out there,” he said. “And we’re fortunate we’ve got two of Canada’s best here in Marie Wright and Gil Dash. Not too many clubs can say that, certainly from the wheelchair standpoint. It shows the program is moving forward and we’re looking forward to another shot at it next year.”

Also postponed on Friday were the Canadian University Championship and Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Championship, both of which were scheduled for Mar. 15-19, as well as the Mixed Doubles Championship which was slated for Mar. 22-27. All three events were to take place in Sudbury, which will now host the 2023 tournaments instead.

Original 16 Cash League Jan. 26

Cheryl Pederson throws as Moose Gibson, Darwin Bender and Gil Dash look on during a recent practice at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre.

The moment it became apparent the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was spreading at an exponential rate, local organizers for the 2022 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship saw the writing on the wall.

There was always hope that things would improve enough in the ensuing months to pull things off, but on Friday, Curling Canada made it official.

The national organizing body for the sport announced four national tournaments scheduled over the next two months had been cancelled due to concerns surrounding the pandemic, including the Wheelchair Curling Nationals originally slated for Feb. 21-26 at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre.

“I had a gut feeling once the numbers were going high in January,” said tournament chairman Moose Gibson. “We all know why they cancelled it, with the numbers being as high as they are right now they just didn’t think things would be safe for us in time. So, disappointed? Yes. Surprised? No.” There was an immediate line of good news with the disappointment, though -Curling Canada has simply rolled forward the tournament hosting duties for Moose Jaw, meaning wheelchair nationals will be here in 2023 and 2024.

“They know that Saskatchewan will support it, and certainly through the fundraising and gathering of the sponsorships.

Moose Jaw is behind us,” Gibson said.

“They want to see this happen here as

much as we do, I think, and that’s very encouraging. It’s just bad timing, again.”

Curling Canada themselves expressed disappointment in the decision but offered optimism for future events.

“We all know the state of the world right now and the lack of clarity about what may or may not happen for the rest of the curling season, and ultimately it was decided that for the safety of participants and volunteers that these events had to be cancelled, which is a massive disappointment,” said Katherine Henderson, CEO of Curling Canada.

“These events are run by local host committees, who also assume much of the financial risk, so with the lack of clarity about how much revenue they could generate through attendance, and the obvious concerns related to the pandemic, it was determined in consultation with the host committees that we needed to cancel this year’s events.

“At the same time, we’re truly grateful that both Moose Jaw and Sudbury have graciously agreed to host these same events in 2023, so we can’t wait to see what both cities have in store next year.”

Preparations were in their final stages for the local tournament, with the two Saskatchewan teams regularly practicing at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre. Gibson -- himself a member of the provincial team -- looks forward to seeing what the rinks can accomplish with another year of training under their belt.

Only two games played due to postponements, Froehlich emerges with win over John’s Music in battle of league leaders Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

There might not have been a lot of action on the ice in Original 16 Cash League action on Wednesday night at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre, but both games that did take place had implications at the top of the leaderboard.

In the end, Matt Curling file Froehlich remained all First-place showdown highlights Original 16 Cash alone in the double-digit League action win club, improving to third and stole another the next end to 11-3 with a 7-1 victory over John’s Music (Ryan Wenarchuk), get back within one, but another Gunnis deuce made it 6-3. Barnsley picked who fell to 9-5 on the campaign.

Froehlich got off to a good start up one with the hammer in the sixth with a 3-1 lead through three ends, and and the two teams shook hands there.

The game between BTN Accounafter Wenarchuk blanked the fourth, would tack on another steal to take a tants (Penny Barker, 8-1) and KalTire four-point lead. Another Froehlich (Dustin Woloschuk, 5-9) was poststeal in the sixth, this time for three, poned due to Barker leaving for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, while brought things to an early end.

The only other game on the night the contests between Fonger Wealth saw EMJ Marketing (Joe Gunnis) im- Management (Nick Cornea, 2-11) and prove to 3-12 with an upset win over Motion-Golden Mobility (Lorraine ArPro-Tec Electric (Stan Barnsley, 9-6), guin, 5-8) as well as KMS Construcwho also could have jumped into a tie tion (Ben Gamble, 9-2) and Walchuk for the league lead had things worked Masonry (Tyler Krupski, 4-8) were also set back to a later date. out differently.

Original 16 Cash League action Instead, Gunnis roared out to a 4-0 edge with deuces in each of the first takes place every Wednesday night at two ends. Barnsley got two back in the the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre.

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Barker aiming to get on a roll after picking up first win at 2022 Scotties Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre foursome take 8-6 win over Newfoundland’s Sarah Hill for first victory in Thunder Bay Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

Penny Barker didn’t take long to rebound after a tough start at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Barker and her Team Saskatchewan rink of third Christie Gamble, second Jenna Enge and lead Danielle Sicinski picked up an 8-6 victory over Newfoundland’s Sarah Hill in their lone game on Sunday afternoon, improving to 1-1 in the tournament.

The Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre foursome led 4-2 through five ends against Hill, and after surrendering a deuce to knot things up, came right back with a threespot of their own to take control of the game.

Hill would get two back in the ninth to get within one, but unlike a night earlier, the 10th end went far better for Barker, and she’d pick up one for the 8-6 win.

“It’s just how it works, sometimes you’re on the right side of the inch; sometimes you aren’t, and today it worked out for us in the last end,” Barker said from Thunder Bay. “You’re never too safe with the five rock rule, you’ve got to make a lot of shots, and as soon as you kind of let the door open that little bit they can get right back in it. We were only ever up by a couple, so we needed to make sure we keep kept the pressure on and then finish off strong, and we’re really happy to be able to do that.”

The win was a nice turnaround after surrendering four in the final two ends against Wild Card #1s Selena Njegovan a

Penny Barker and her Team Saskatchewan crew are in the win column at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts night earlier, including a steal in the 10th end of the 9-7 loss.

“We did a really good job of bouncing back and finishing strong, we wanted to make sure we played the full 10 ends today and we were able to do that,” Barker said.

Barker was scheduled to face Saskatchewan rink Chelsea Carey (Wild Card #2) in the morning draw Monday before duelling New Brunswick’s Andrea Crawford in the nightcap. Carey was 1-1, Crawford 3-0, with scores unavailable as of press time.

The draw won’t get any easier as the week goes on, with elite opponents lined up every day through the rest of the round robin.

“We’re at the Scottie and everybody’s here for a reason,” Barker said. “They’re all very strong teams and we know we have to play our best every day. A lot of it is being confident in your throws and I think we were throwing a lot more consistent today and kind of let a tough one slip by last night. But today was such a good game by all four of us, it was really strong, top to bottom.”

Teams have quickly found their groove at the event, which is taking place without fans at Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay. And while it’s definitely an unusual atmosphere, the game is still the game.

“It’s a little weird, I think it would be even stranger for those that played a lot of Scotties and have seen the big crowds every year,” Barker said. “I think it probably helps that we played the PreTrials in front of hardly any fans, too, but you’re at this big event and it’s just everybody on the ice and, the officials, the icemakers, the TSN crew, and that s it. So it’s different, but there’s so many people watching back home that are supporting you and still able to kind of follow along… It’s still a Scotties, and we’re really excited to be here and ready to compete, but it is it’s very, it’s very different than the first time.”

The rest of Saskatchewan’s round robin saw Barker take on New Brunswick’s Suzanne Birt at 1 p.m. on Feb. 1, Nunavut’s Brigitte MacPhail at 8 a.m. and Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville at 6 p.m. on Feb. 2 before closing out the preliminaries against Wild Card #3’s Miskew at 1 p.m. on Feb. 3.

The top three teams from each nineteam pool advance to the playoffs beginning Friday at 12 p.m., with the Page Playoffs beginning Feb. 5, followed by the semifinal and final on Feb. 6.

Marriott returning as head coach of Miller Express as season plans taking shape All systems go for start of Western Canadian Baseball League campaign at end of May

The Moose Jaw Miller Express will once again have a familiar face patrolling the dugout during the 2022 Western Canadian Baseball League season.

Former standout outfielder Eric Marriott will return for his third season as the team’s bench boss when the Express take the field for their home opener on Friday, May 27 at Ross Wells Park.

That game will also mark Marriott’s debut as the Miller Express head coach, thanks to the ongoing pandemic and the 2020 and 2021 seasons in Moose Jaw being cancelled.

“It’s going to be awesome,” said Express president Darryl Pisio. “Eric understands the Miller Express values, composition and philosophy and all that stuff, having been a former player. And he was a heck of a player for us back in the day, so we’re really looking forward to having him back. He knows what to expect and what the league is all about and has the connections to put a good team on the field.”

Marriott was originally slotted in to take over from Rich Sorenson as the team’s head coach prior to the 2020 campaign, but with the pandemic nearing the height of the first wave, the WCBL shut

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As a result, when the Express line up on the third baseline for the national anthem on May 27, it’ll be Marriott’s first game as a head coach despite two previous seasons technically holding the position.

“It’s a strange situation, but we’re definitely looking forward to Eric finally coaching some games here this summer,”

Pisio said.

Marriott was actually back on the field as a player this past summer, suiting up for the Welland Jackfish in Ontario’s Intercounty Baseball League. The slick centrefielder would go on to hit .280 and steal 13 bases in 30 games.

The Miller Express will once again be playing a 56-game season, with the home opener featuring a night of festivities on Pack the Park Night. The campaign will include a meeting with the Regina Red Sox on June 21, the first day of summer, as well as a battle with the Weyburn Beavers on Canada Day, with both games at Ross Wells Park.

The Express are also planning a Trans-Canada Clash wager of sorts with the Red Sox, who they face 11 times, including the final game of the regular season on Aug. 4.

“As much fun as it would be to beat Regina all 11 times this season, it would be kind of cool if it was five wins and five losses playing that last home game of the season,” Pisio said.

As for what their 2022 roster will look like, Marriott has been hard at work recruiting players, with announcements to come in the following days and weeks.

Season tickets are now on sale, with 28 regular-season games for $195. Tickets can be used for any regular-season game, and you can contact Pisio at (306) 6308108 or general manager Cory Olafson at (306) 631-8893.

For the latest information on the WCBL and the upcoming season, be sure to visit www.wcbl.ca.

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MOOSE JAW’S FISH EXCITED TO BE REPRESENTING CANADA AT BEIJING OLYMPICS With COVID-19 testing near miss, speed skating distance specialist gearing up to take ice in 10,000 metres next month Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

It was the spring of 2020 when Moose Jaw speed skater Graeme Fish burst onto the international speed skating scene with his world record in the 10,000 metres.

It was also in the spring of 2020 that the now-24-year-old had his first encounter with COVID-19.

Flying back from Europe after competing on the World Cup circuit, Fish later found out that a passenger on his plane had contracted the disease, and as it was the earliest days of the pandemic, the revelation was startling.

As it stands, Fish escaped the coronavirus that time.

He wasn’t able to do so this past fall.

And with the way things shook out during World Cup #2 in Stavanger, Norway at the end of November, it marked the closest of calls an athlete could have with the disease and still come out on top.

In the end, it all worked out perfectly as the former Kinsmen Moose Jaw Speed Skating Club competitor was officially named to the Canadian Olympic team early last week and was set to depart for Beijing this past Wednesday as part of the first wave of arrivals for the Games.

So here’s what went down, as explained by Graeme Fish himself in an interview with MooseJawToday.com.

THE CLOSE CALL “On the Thursday (prior to the World Cup), I started having symptoms, a bit of a cough and a runny nose but it wasn’t a big thing so I just kept going. ” Fish explained.

“I had a PCR test and tested negative, and with rapid tests every morning I kept testing negative, too. I actually raced three days into having symptoms of COVID and ended up finishing fourth, so it was a pretty decent race, even though I felt pretty low on energy.”

Fish ended up with a time of 13:07.739 in the 10,000-metres, finishing behind current world record holder Nils van der Pool of Sweden (12:38.928), Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands (12:56.088) and Canadian teammate Ted-Jan Bloeman (13:00.230).

Not the medals as hoped, but close enough to be a threat.

Especially with what came down not 24 hours later.

“Then the next day I tested positive on a rapid test and then on the PCR,” Fish said, “and I’m actually really, really lucky.”

See, Fish had made a hard and specific point of doing what he could to avoid COVID-19. That included removing himself from the Team Canada competitive pool for the 2020 season, a decision that saw him miss 20 months of competition.

The 2021 World Cup campaign was a chance to get back in action, with the 10,000 metres in Stavanger his first attempt at the distance after over a year of exclusively training at the Calgary Oval.

It would also mark his only race of the season -- meaning that had the COVID-19 tests came up positive prior to his race in Norway, Fish wouldn’t have been allowed to compete and very likely would have been left off the Olympic team.

“So there was a lot of luck involved with that one,” Fish said. “I wouldn’t have qualified in Canada’s second spot if I hadn’t raced, so it was pretty incredible with how it all worked out.”

RECOVERY AND PREPARATION “It wasn’t anyone’s fault, it just kind of happened,” he added. “My roommate who was on the World Cup circuit with me caught it, then all my house caught it and it

Graeme Fish in action on the World Cup circuit. File photo sped through all of us. I was lucky no one Fish said. “Then it’s just have fun, if else on the team got it other than me when you’re not having fun what’s the point of I was in Norway.” even doing it? It’ll be a bit different with As it stands, Fish ended up spending COVID and everything and there won’t be two weeks in Norway under quarantine any crowds, but mentally it’ll be the same and more weeks on top of that away from as most meets.” the ice as a safety protocol, which left him Of course, one aspect of the Games not only missing World Cup meets in Salt is being a part of the whole scene, someLake City and Calgary but also tons of thing Fish is certainly looking forward to valuable training.

-- within the strict regulations, of course.

“So I kind of de-trained a little bit, but “There’s a 48-hour rule, once you’re now fitness-wise I’m pretty much back to done your last event you have to leave 48 where I was just before I had COVID,” hours later.

Fish said. “So it’s now it’s just race and Lucky enough, I’m the sub in the see how it goes.”

Mass Start, so I’ll be there the whole Fish was back on the ice for a train- time,” he explained. ing race the weekend prior to leaving for “I think we’re allowed to go to the Beijing and while it wasn’t his fastest per- different events, I know there are no Chiformance, it was good enough to give him nese spectators allowed, but I think all the confidence heading into the Games. athletes are allowed to watch other sports.

“It was my first race in over two I probably won’t until I’m done racing, but months, so for me it was a bit slow, but I I think that’s an option for everyone there was just excited to race again and get that and it’ll be fun to check some of the other feel again,” Fish said. “We just got off a stuff out.” block of pretty hard training, so everyone THE JOURNEY didn’t race as fast as they could. It wasn’t As every athlete who reaches the terrible, but there are still lots of things I Olympic level is quick to point out, it want to work on going into Beijing.

“Right now, though, it was good to get that race feel again and even though it kind of hurt, it was fun to be back out there and feel that way.”

While the Games announcement was made on Jan. 17, team members have known who was going to be selected since the beginning of the month, a necessary step for proper preparation.

“Obviously I was pretty excited when I found out,” Fish said. “Since we didn’t have trials, there was some question there, but it’s great that it all worked out. Other than that I’ve been just waiting and focussing and preparing. It hasn’t really quite hit me yet, but it probably will once I get on the plane and see everyone there.”

To say the least, it’s been an interesting run since February 2020 in Salt Lake City.

“It was never ‘oh, I’m going to the Olympics now, for sure’ even with what I did two years ago, but now my name is finally on the list and it’s exciting for sure,” Fish said.

MEDAL QUEST One thing that hasn’t changed in any way is Fish’s goal for the Games.

Much like spring of 2020, when he instantly became a Canadian medal favourite after his world record skate, the podium is the ultimate aim. Now, it’s a matter of putting it all together once again, this time on the biggest of stages.

“Obviously being on the podium is the main goal, and I think it’s in reach,”

takes a lot of support to reach that level.

From his days growing up doing laps of the Wakamow Oval and tearing around the Kinsmen Arena short track, to all the success at various levels of competition throughout his career, the whole journey is about to pay off in the most incredible way.

“There are a lot of people who helped me get here, it takes a village as our mental performance guy tells us,” Fish said.

“Verna Kergan coached me since I was in Grade 5, from when I was 10-yearsold until I left and came out here. She was obviously a big part of it… it’s kind of weird thinking about it all back then, you never think this is really going to happen and now it’s ‘wow’. It’s kind of surreal for sure.”

The support of the Moose Jaw community has also been a big part of his run to Beijing, and it was this past summer that a special commemorative banner was hung in the Kinsmen Arena, honouring Fish’s world-record-setting skate.

And, of course, there’s family.

They’ve been there every step of the way, with mom Marie even knitting special touques that have drawn plenty of attention when they attend World Cup meets.

“It’s hard to put into words how important they’ve been to me, and hey, if someone wants a good ole Fish Touque, they can get hold of my mom,” Fish said with a laugh.

You can reach out to Marie at m.fish@ sasktel.net to place an order, $40 each with $10 going back to the Kinsmen Moose Jaw Speed Skating Club.

Fish will skate the 10,000 metres on Friday, Feb, 11 and if necessary will take the ice in the mass start on Saturday, Feb. 19.

For full results and updates from the Beijing Games, be sure to visit www. olympics.com.

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Moose Jaw and District Sports Hall of Fame seeking nominees for 2022

Local organization seeking legendary athletes, teams and builders for enshrinement Moose Jaw Express Staff

The Moose Jaw and District Sports Hall of Fame is once again looking to expand its ranks.

The local organization has put out the official call for nominations for their 2022 induction class, with the local organization seeking nominees in their athlete, team and builder categories.

The criteria are as follows: Athletes, living or deceased, who have demonstrated character, sportsmanship and integrity as well as outstanding ability in his/her particular activity, having brought honour to themselves and Moose Jaw and district. Athletes nominated for this category must have been retired from active participation beyond the provincial level in the sport for which he or she has been nominated for a minimum of three years. The nominee must have been a Moose Jaw native or an individual with substantial connections to Moose Jaw and district or a resident during the period for which the outstanding performance is claimed.

A team is deemed to be two or more people, living or deceased, who together have won a provincial, regional, national, Olympic or world championship. Special consideration will be given to local teams who have reached the maximum level of excellence in their field. Teams nominated for this category must wait three years before they are eligible for induction. The team must be based in and comprised of

Moose Jaw and District Hall of Fame president Larry Graham announces the 2020 and 2021 induction classes last fall.

Moose Jaw and district residents during whose work for sports over an extended the period for which the outstanding per- period of time has been outstanding having formance is claimed. brought honour to themselves and Moose A builder is a person, living or de- Jaw and district. The nominee must have ceased, whose service, other than that of been a Moose Jaw native or an individual an athlete, has made an exceptional contri- with substantial connections to Moose Jaw bution to a particular sport or sports. That and district or a resident during the period includes coaches, officials, administrators, for which the outstanding performance is volunteers, media and sports medicine claimed.

Nomination forms can be download-

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ed from the Moose Jaw and District Sports Hall of Fame website at www.mjdshf. com, by e-mailing info@mjdshf or calling (306) 692-2211.

The deadline for nominations is Saturday, Apr. 30.

Once nominations are received, the MJDSHF committee will make their selections, with the announcement coming later this year.

The MJDSHF announced their 2020 and 2021 classes this past fall.

For 2020, volleyball athlete Darcy Busse, hockey/baseball builder John Hunter, baseball builder Charlie Meacher, wrestling builder Dave Pyle, basketball athlete Marg (Curry) Sihvon and hockey athlete Ed Staniowski were inducted.

The 2021 class includes wrestling athlete/builder Frank Abdou, golf athlete Lorie Boyle, the 1992 Amber Holland curling team and football athlete Levi Steinhauer.

With the annual banquets postponed the last two years, the organizing committee is planning a massive three-class induction ceremony for the 2020, 2021 and 2022 classes this fall, with further details to come.

Since the first Hall of Fame induction in 2015, a total of 29 athletes, builders and teams across 18 different sports have been enshrined on the Hall of Fame Wall on the McCaig Mezzanine in Mosaic Place.

For more information on the Moose Jaw and District Sports Hall of Fame, be sure to visit www.mjdshf.com.

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OUTDOORS RINKS AND ICE SURFACES ONCE AGAIN PROVING POPULAR IN MOOSE JAW City- and neighbourhood-maintained facilities once again busy as warmer weather sees folks getting outside and active Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

It’s a time-honoured tradition for anyone who enjoys being outside in the winter months -- heading out to the neighbourhood rink with family and friends, putting on the blades and enjoying a few laps of the ice or a game of shinny.

In Moose Jaw, there is no shortage of venues to do just that, with the city featuring seven rinks with heated shacks and 11 ice surfaces overall, to go along with community rinks in VLA and Westheath and the always-popular Wakamow Oval.

And making things even better this winter is the ability to simply head out and enjoy yourself, with the only restriction in place being the wearing of masks inside the shacks when warming up.

“It’s a lot different than last year when we could have only 25 people gathering and there were no sports allowed,” said Scott Osmachenko with Moose Jaw Parks and Recreation.

“This year, with all that gone, we’re finding the rinks really well-attended and something like Crokicurl, now that you can have a game with another family from another household, that’s really helped too.

“The only thing that has caused a wrench, like always, is the cold, cold weather and snowfall and that’s kind of normal. Other than that, it’s been a successful winter.”

The goal every year is to have the ice surfaces ready in time for the Christmas holidays, and with the pleasant weather leading up to the break, crews were able to get a solid jump on things prior to the brutal cold snap.

“They were able to level things out, get them all prepped, get the nets ready and make any repairs that were needed,” Osmachenko explained. “Then once we got to that freezing level, we had crews

The Wakamow skating oval is once again a prime attraction in Moose Jaw for folks looking for some winter fun outdoors. working early in the morning and late at night to use the weather to get the ice built and get them ready for Christmas.”

While the lengthy cold snap was good for keeping things frozen and ice conditions solid, it was less than ideal for the men and machines putting in time to get the rinks that way.

“If we just get that minus-10 or so for a while, that would help, but we never seem to get that for any stretch, it’s always really nice out or really, really cold,” Osmachenko said. “And the cold weather is so hard on the equipment and staff, as you’d expect with dealing with water when it’s 30-below.

“But people are excited to be back outside, and compared to last year with all the restrictions, we’re seeing a really good uptake.”

One of the first priorities for the city was installing the Wakamow Oval, with the 400-metre speed skating track once again proving very popular with local patrons, especially during the nice-weather days last week.

“We’ve worked closely with Waka-

mow and the speed skating group so we can have access to the Oval, and we really prioritized that because that’s a really popular location, the most used and we always work on getting that one open first,” Osmachenko said. “With how much it’s used, we’re always looking to keep it maintained by scraping and flooding it twice a week, and it’s gone well this year.”

Another outdoor ice facility that’s seen increased use is the Crokicurl rink located at the Kinsmen Arena. The freeto-play game simply requires patrons to register online, pick up a key at the front desk and away you go.

“This is the third year we’ve put it there, and we’ve made a few improvements,” Osmachenko said.”We’ve levelled out the surface, the lights are there and it’s right there at the Kinsmen, so it’s easy to access and there’s somewhere to warm up.

“We promoted it the best we could last year, but the restrictions made it difficult, where this year we’re seeing a lot more usage. People are enjoying it, it’s really fun and easy to play and we have the rules on the wall right there. Then it’s easy to book a time and it doesn’t cost anything.”

For more information -- including hours of operation of the shacks, rules and regulations and anything else you might want to know, including booking the Crokicurl rink -- be sure to visit www.moosejaw.ca/parks-recreation-culture/.

If you’re looking for a new winter activity, why not check out Crokicurl at the Kinsmen Sportsplex?

Wakamow Valley a happening place in winter months with plenty of activities

From skating on the Oval to skiing on the trails and even playing disc golf, plenty to see and do in local park even in colder weather Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

While the summer months see Wakamow Valley packed with patrons pretty much every sunny day, there’s still plenty to see and do once the snow flies.

And sure enough, you’ll rarely go very long wandering around the many trails in the winter months without coming across someone doing the same. Or cross-country skiing. Or skating lap after lap on the Wakamow Oval. Or sitting back and feeding the birds in Kinsmen Wellesley Park. Or even playing disc golf.

Yep, the local urban park is still a happening place even when the mercury dips below zero, and Wakamow Valley Authority general manager Todd Johnson wouldn’t have it any other way.

“A lot of it is just remembering when you were a kid, when you didn’t need anything to do, so you just chose your own path and chose your own winter adventure,” Johnson said.

“One of the best things about the park is there are so many different spots where people can just come out and explore. You can go all the way over from Ninth Avenue all the way down to Plaxton Lake, so there are lots of paths or you can make a snowman in the middle of the field, whatever you want to do.”

A sure sign that people are using the

park regularly is how often the Wakamow office loans out sets of snowshoes. Ever since the weather warmed up after the brutal cold snap, the demand has been steady and regular, meaning plenty of folks are getting off the beaten path and doing their own thing.

Those that are more interested in an unencumbered walking experience can tour the miles upon miles of paved trails, which are regularly cleared by the park’s maintenance staff.

Then, of course, there’s the wildly popular Wakamow speed-skating oval.

The 400-metre track is maintained regularly by the city, and if it’s a really nice day, be ready to rub shoulders with plenty of your fellow skaters.

“The other weekend when it really warmed up after it was cold for so long, the Oval was packed,” Johnson said. “People love to go for a skate out there when it’s beautiful out and we’re seeing more and more people come out now that it’s a lot nicer out.”

One surprising venue that continues to draw players is the Wakamow Valley Disc Golf course. The 18-hole layout has seen regular play regardless of the temperatures -- with one group even heading out during the -30 C snap earlier this month -- and

Dana Chesney successfully putts out during a round of disc golf in Wakamow Valley on Friday afternoon. remains a popular activity.

“If anyone wants to borrow discs to give it a try, they can stop by the office and we still lone those out,” Johnson said. “It’s a pretty fantastic sport that any level can play, and it’s in one of the prettiest parts of the park, so we’re really excited about it.”

The course is completely accessible even with the snow over the last month, although there might be some trudging if you go too far off course.

“It’s located in a multitude of different ranges, some are in tree ranges and others are on the open plain, so some might have a little more snow than others, but play-

ers are still getting around no problem and having fun,” Johnson said.

Cross country skiing is also growing in popularity, especially with the advent of a new club aiming to improve and expand the trail system already in place.

“They’re planning to do a lot of work this summer and in the future, so we’re really looking forward to that,” Johnson said. “We know there are a lot of people participating in it, so we’re excited to be working with the city and their group to get some new trails groomed in the park and get another option for some fresh air.”

And if wildlife is your thing, well, take your pick. Birdwatchers can have critters literally eating out of their hand in the bird-feeding area in Wellesley Park, and with so many families of deer in the area, odds are you’ll come across a fourlegged herd at some point in your travels.

That, on top of the multitude of smaller animals that make Wakamow Valley their home.

For more information on what Wakamow Valley has to offer in the winter months, be sure to visit www.wakamow.ca and to reserve snowshoes or a set of disc golf discs, give their office a call at (306) 692-2717.

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Upcoming Events in Moose Jaw If you would like your notice or event added to this list, contact us at: jritchie@moosejawtoday. com For current information on Sask regulations on COVID-19 visit saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.

Big Country Toastmasters club Guest Speaker Kiauna Cote will speak about Land Acknowledgement - purpose and values at an open house at 7pm on Wednesday Feb 2. Join in on this www.zoom.us meeting. Learn about our heritage and how Toastmasters experiential training programs provide personal and professional development. For more information the website is www.bigcountry.toastmastersclubs. org or text 306.690.8739 Moose Jaw Public Library, 461 Langdon Cres.

Phone 306.692.2787; visit their website at https://www.moosejawlibrary.ca/ In-person adult programming: All in-person programs require a mask.

Avid Knitters: Tuesday - February 15 @ 2:30 pm.

Are you an avid knitter or common crocheter?

Grab some needles and join in for good times, fun and spools of friendship. Wear a mask.

Bring your own water bottle as there will be no refreshments at this time. Everyone welcome.

Navigating Family Conflict as You Age: Thursday, February 3 @ 2:30 pm. This will be an opportunity for individuals to learn how to approach family conflicts including estate planning, long term care, home care options, and other related issues. This session will address estrangement, sibling conflict, extended family, and other complicated relationships. Masks are required in all areas of the library.

MJPL Book Club: Small Beneath the Sky by Lorna Crozier Wednesday, February 9 @ 2:30 pm. Small Beneath the Sky is a tender, unsparing portrait of a family. It is also a book about place. Growing up in a small prairie city, where the local heroes were hockey players and curlers, Lorna Crozier never once dreamed of becoming a writer. Nonetheless, the grace, wisdom, and wit of her poetry have won her international acclaim. In this marvelous volume of recollections, she charts the geography that has shaped her character and her sense of home. Available in print at the library or on eBook. E-book on Library2go E-book on Hoopla Magic the Gathering: Saturdays, February 12 & 26 @ 2:00-5:00 pm. Come and play Magic the Gathering at the Moose Jaw Public Library every second Saturday in the upstairs South Meeting Room. All levels of experience are welcome. Bring your own deck if you have one or if you are new to the game, there are decks available for your learning and convenience. Masks are required. Contact the Library at 306-6922787 for more information.

MJPL Movie Club: Before Sunrise Monday, February 14 @ 6:00 pm. Presenting for Valentine’s Day, Richard Linklater’s 1995 indie romance masterpiece, Before Sunrise. The story of two young travelers, played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, who spend a day together in Vienna having deep conversations and getting to know one another. It’s a naturalistic, endearing, beautiful little film worth falling in love with.

Showtime will begin at 6:00 with a discussion afterwards at approximately 7:50.

Purely Canadian Book Club: Laughing all the Way to the Mosque by Zarqa Nawaz Thursday, February 17 @ 2:30 pm Zarqa Nawaz’s (creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie, television series) best selling humorous memoir, Laughing all the Way to the Mosque details Nawaz’s experiences growing up as a Canadian of Muslim faith.

Available in print at the library or on eBook.

E-book on Library2go Virtual youth programming on MJPL’s Discord channel MJPL has several clubs and activities available for ages 13-19 on their Discord server at discord.gg/HAs8rff.

Dungeons & Dragons for teens is held every Friday from 4-6:00 p.m. New and experienced players are welcome, although registration is required in advance.

Any questions about the youth programming can be sent to youth@moosejawlibrary.ca.

Children’s programs – take-home, virtual, and in-person Children ages 4+ can take home “take ‘n make” kits with full instructions and word-based activities. The kits are available from the library’s circulation desk until Feb. 1, the kits will have ideas for outdoor and nature-themed activities.

Facebook Live story-times will be held every Tuesday until Feb. 15 on the library’s Facebook page. The story-times are for ages two to five at 10:30 a.m.

In-person library activities require registration.

They include an additional story-time which will be held on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. until Feb. 16 in the children’s programming room.

Moose Jaw Community Choir: The Moose Jaw Community Choir is an amateur SATB Choir with a mission to have fun, create beautiful music together, and share it with the community. The choir practices on Mondays @ 7PM at Emmanuel Lutheran Church; performances in the community may also take place on alternate evenings (as restrictions allow). New members are always welcome and encouraged (especially tenors and basses) and no audition is required. New members who are interested should contact the Choir Director Diane Rhodes at 306-640-8098 or message us through Facebook @Moose Jaw Community Choir.

Superannuated Teachers of Saskatchewan Moose Jaw Branch Luncheon Meetings at Masonic Temple Hall, 1755 Main St. N on Must show Identification and Provincial documentation for Covid-19 double vaccination. Masks are mandatory when not eating. Next scheduled tentative luncheon dates are March 16 and May 18, 2022 The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame (Battleford, Sask.) requests nomination submissions into the following categories: individual; team; family or community. Deadline is March 15, 2022. If you know someone who contributes to baseball and deserves to be considered for induction, please submit a nomination. For further information please call 306446-1983, or email saskbaseballmuseum@ sasktel.net” Line Dancing every Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. at St. Andrews Church. Call 306.692.7365 for more information.

The Royal Canadian Legion – Branch 59 Moose Jaw, 268 High St W Moose Jaw; Contact: 306-692-5453. Facebook @ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION-Branch 59 Moose Jaw. Instagram: @Royalcanadianlegion59. SHA restrictions in effect at all Legion events. · LOUNGE HOURS: Mon to Thurs 9:30-6:00/ Fri 9:30 to 8:00/ Sat: 10:30 to 6:00 · VETERANS’ MORNING COFFEE - Monday-Friday @ 10:00 am AND Saturday @ 10:30 · DARTS –Thursday @ 7:00 pm - Non-members & New Players welcome · FRIDAY SUPPERS – Friday @ 5:15 pm – Pur-

chase Tickets at the bar or by phone previous Wednesday. Suppers provided by various Moose Jaw Businesses. Price range $10 - $15 depending on menu. · MEAT DRAW FUNDRAISER & CHASE THE ACE - Saturdays @ 3:00 pm - Everyone welcome · SHUFFLEBOARD –Fridays @ 7:00 pm Drop-in League - Everyone welcome · Trivia - Saturday February 12th · Superbowl Party - Sunday February 13th Additionally you can check all the upcoming events at royalcanadianlegionbranch59moosejaw.ca Specifically events at https://www.royalcanadianlegionbranch59moosejaw.ca/upcoming-events Moose Jaw and District Seniors: For more information Call: 306-694-4223 or Email: mjsenior@shaw.ca Fitness Level & Indoor Walking Track open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Wood working area – Monday to Friday 8 am – 4 pm Timothy Eaton Cafe open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Cinnamon Buns are Monday and Thursday’s. Tuesday is pie day.

Billiards open daily from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. as well as Monday & Thursday evenings from 4:30 – 8 p.m.

Pickle Ball – Monday & Thursday mornings @ 10 a.m.

- Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday afternoons @ 1 p.m.

- Monday & Thursday evenings @ 7 p.m.

Fitness- Chair/Low Impact Fitness Mondays & Thursdays @ 1:00 p.m.

Cribbage – Wednesdays @ 1 p.m.

Hand & Foot Card Game for Beginners – Wednesdays @ 9:30 a.m.

Mah Jong – Wednesday @1 p.m.

500 Cards – Thursdays @ 1 p.m.

One Move Dominos – Friday’s @ 1pm.

Kaiser – Friday @ 1 pm. May be switching days if more are interested in another day.

Carpet bowling – Thursday’s @ 6:30 Line Dancing – Tuesdays @ 10 a.m.

Painting Class – Monday, Tuesdays & Wednesdays @ 1 p.m.

Floor Shuffleboard – Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 1 p.m.

Paper Tole – Tuesdays @ 1 p.m.

Nickle Bingo – Fridays @ 1 p.m.

Lounge – Friday’s from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Jam Sessions – Friday’s 9 a.m.

Technology (Computer) – Questions and help from Ron Smallwood – Tuesdays @ 11 a.m.

Valentine’s Day Supper will be held on February 14th. Limited Tickets Available Now!!!

Cost $18.00 Members/$20.00 Non-Member - Delivery or Pick up. For more info call (306) 694-4223. Email: mjsenior@shaw.ca (E-Transfer Available) Cosmo Senior Citizens’ Centre Weekly Activities February Weekly Events: Monday: 9:30am - Pickle Ball; 1pm - Floor Shuffleboard Tuesday: 9:30am - Jam Session; 1pm - Pickle Ball; 7pm - Friendship Bridge except on February 15th – no Activities – Friendship Bridge will be played on the following Wednesday evening, February 16th.

Wednesday: 8:30am - TOPS; 9:30am - Pickle Ball; 1pm - Floor Shuffleboard; 1pm - Hand & Food Canasta Thursday: 10am - Line Dance; 1pm - Pickle

Ball Friday: 1pm - Pickle Ball Military Whist on February 25th – Registration at 9:30 am games begin at 10:00 am. Cost $15pp. Includes coffee, biscuits, and a great lunch with desert.

Moose Jaw ANAVETS: Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans Unit #252 – 279 High St. W, Moose Jaw. 306.692.4412 or 306.681.5998 anaf252@ sasktel.net Hours of Operations: Thursday 12pm to 6pm/Friday 1pm to 11pm/Saturday 1pm to 7pm. Saskatchewan Health Rules Apply!!

Thursday @ 1:30: Cribbage. Cost $2.

Friday evening @ 7pm: FUN NIGHT with pool and darts Saturday @ $4:30 Meat Draw and 50/50 Non members welcome!

Live Music by Gary Kincaid on February 5th @ 2-4pm. Everyone Welcome!

Special Family Fun Day on February 20th - from 12pm to 5pm Price is only $2 per child - Fun games, Face painting, Prizes, Hot dogs and more....Non Members Welcome!

Seniors’ Centre Without Walls: To register for any of the SCWW’s upcoming events, call the office at 1 (306) 631-4357 or email seniorswithouthwalls2021@gmail.com.

The Saskatchewan chapter of Senior Centre Without Walls (SCWW) has undertaken a unique project to bring fine art into the living rooms of local seniors - via phone. “A Taste of Art” is a new initiative that uses the SCWW format similar to a “party line”, where participants phone into a common line and participate in an inclusive and accessible audio-only format.

Stay tuned for more “over the phone” art programming for seniors in early 2022. For more information contact: Christy Schweiger Educator Coordinator, MJMAG 306-692-4472 educator. mjmag@sasktel.net Western Development Museum; 50 Diefenbaker Dr, Moose Jaw. Please call for more information (306) 693-5989.

February Events at Western Development Museum; *All in-person activities require a mask and proof of full vaccination.

Heritage Month Seek-and-Find – Penny Farthings: From Feb. 1 to Mar. 15, images of penny-farthing bicycles will be hidden throughout the museum. By finding each image and the letter that accompanies it, families will be able to solve a riddle. Suitable for children under 12.

Heritage Month films from the National Film Board: From Feb. 1 to Feb. 27, a selection of short films will be shown on a repeating loop in the museum’s theatre. The films are suitable for all ages. More details on the particular films can be found at wdm.ca/event_manager/heritagemonthfilms.

Heritage Month Presentations, Feb. 12 – Toys and Pastimes; The Great Depression: On February 12, at 10:30 a.m., Karla Rasmussen will be doing a presentation on historical toys, games, and pastimes. The presentation will be interactive and will include a take-home activity bag so children can make some of the old-fashioned toys at home. Suitable for ages 7+.

On the same day, at 2:00 p.m., Rasmussen will give another presentation on The Great Depression. The presentation will include slides and hands-on activities using items from the museum’s showcase.

All events are included with museum admission. *All in-person activities require a mask and proof of full vaccination.

A look at COVID numbers from January 22 to January 28

As of Sunday, January 30, there are 539 active cases in the South Central 2 subzone. There are 12,720 active cases in the province overall.

Saturday, January 22: 1483 cases reported in the province, 102 in the South Central (83 in the South Central 2 subzone). Three deaths reported in SK, 972 recoveries.

Sunday, January 23: 1629 cases reported in the province, 57 in the South

Central (46 in the South Central 2 subzone). Zero deaths reported in SK, 969 recoveries.

Monday, January 24: 909 cases reported in the province, 86 in the South Central (67 in the South Central 2 subzone). Three deaths reported in SK, 1449 recoveries.

Tuesday, January 25: 1049 cases reported in the province, 30 in the South Central (24 located in the South Central

2 sub-zone). Two deaths reported in SK, 1147 recoveries.

Wednesday, January 26: 1194 cases reported in the province, 37 in the South Central (31 located in the South Central 2 sub-zone). Six deaths reported in SK, 1444 recoveries.

Thursday, January 27: 1273 cases reported in the province, 84 in the South Central (63 located in the South Central 2 sub-zone). Two deaths reported in SK,

1360 recoveries.

Friday, January 28: 1392 cases reported in the province, 82 in the South Central (62 located in the South Central 2 sub-zone). Two deaths reported in SK, 1111 recoveries.

Vaccine delivery: 1,857,993 total. As of January 30, 91,325 doses have been administered in the South Central.

Paxlovid, the first Health Canada-approved oral antiviral (pill) to treat COVID-19, is now available for eligible residents.

Eligibility Paxlovid is for treatment of symptomatic COVID-19 after a positive test -- not for prevention of COVID-19 infection. It is taken in tablet form twice a day for five days. It stops the virus from multiplying in the body, to help people with lower immunity to COVID-19 overcome the infection and prevent progression to hospitalization.

Paxlovid is only recommended for adults over 18 who: · are symptomatic and within five days of developing symptoms; · test positive (PCR or rapid test) for mild or moderate COVID-19; · do not have any medical conditions that would make treatment inappropriate; and meet one of the following criteria: · are immunocompromised, regardless of vaccine status; · are 55 and older, and not fully vaccinat-

ed; or · have a medical condition that puts them at high risk and are not fully vaccinated.

Those who believe they meet the criteria must call HealthLine 811 for further assessment of their eligibility.

Paxlovid is only being provided to eligible patients through referral by HealthLine 811. Do not visit your family physician or pharmacy to request this medication.

Saskatchewan has received a limited

quantity (900 courses) from the federal supply but further supplies are expected.

The current supply has been distributed to select community pharmacies across the province to be accessible to eligible residents, once they’ve received a referral.

This includes working with Indigenous Services Canada to ensure access for First Nations and Métis communities.

For more information on antiviral and antibody treatments available, visit saskatchewan.ca/covid-19.

PAXLOVID AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS

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Living with COVID: Update on changes to self-isolation/close contact protocols As of January 28, residents who receive a positive test result on a PCR or rapid antigen test will be required to self-isolate for five days, regardless of vaccination status. You are required to self-isolate for five days from the date of test or 24 hours after fever has resolved without the aid of fever-reducing medications and all other symptoms have been improving for at least 48 hours, whichever is later. Previously, unvaccinated residents who had tested positive were required to self-isolate for 10 days.

Close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases will no

longer be required to self-isolate, regardless of vaccination status. If you are a close contact to a confirmed COVID-19 case, you should self-monitor for symptoms and continue to use publicly-available rapid antigen tests for asymptomatic surveillance. Parents and caregivers are no longer required to notify schools about positive test results for the purposes of close contact notification.

Those who test positive are required to self-isolate and will be absent from school and activities for the duration of the self-isolation period.

If you are currently self-isolating for 10 days be-

cause you are an unvaccinated confirmed case or a close contact of a case, you may be able to amend your self-isolation period as of noon, January 28, in accordance with this policy if asymptomatic. If you are symptomatic, you must continue to self-isolate until your symptoms resolve.

All residents should be self-monitoring, self-testing and self-managing to help prevent transmission, given the transmissibility of the Omicron variant.

Caronport’s The Beacon given second fine of $14K for breaching public health orders The Saskatchewan Health Authority has issued a second summary offence ticket to The Beacon Coffeehouse in Caronport for failing to check for proof of vaccination or negative test.

The provincial COVID-19 enforcement team issued several tickets to businesses and individuals between Jan. 10 and 17 for failing to abide by public health orders.

The Beacon and Eston’s The Jug Bar and Grill were each given a ticket for $14,000 for breaching the health orders; this was the second penalty for the Caronport business after it received a ticket during the week of Oct. 25, 2021.

Meanwhile, the SHA’s COVID Cops issued fines of

Rev. Dr. John Kreutzwieser is a retired pastor from Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Moose Jaw, SK. He graduated with a doctorate degree in 2006 from the Robert Webber Institute for Worship Studies in Florida.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.

Candlemas I’m finally getting ready to take down the Christmas tree and put away the Noel decorations in the various rooms around the house, for it is Candlemas on February 2nd.

The word “candlemas” has been used in English since the 12th century AD. It derives from the Old English words “candel” and “maesse,” meaning a Mass done in a church to bless candles. In the Christian calendar February 2nd is the festival in commemoration of The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and The Purification of Mary. It is the end of the Christmas cycle.

Luke chapter two records, “And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the

Moose Jaw Express staff $2,800 to 13 individuals for failing to wear a mask. These individuals were in Moose Jaw, Oxbow, Sedley, two in Tisdale, Saskatoon, Weyburn, five in Hudson Bay and Milden.

“Note that under The Health Information and Privacy Act, the Ministry of Health cannot disclose the names of individuals who have received fines,” the provincial government said in a news release.

The province has previously said that if a business intentionally allows people to access its venue without providing proof of vaccination or testing as required, or customers don’t wear a mask, then the business is in violation of public health orders and can be subject to a

Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” Mary and Joseph made the short trip from Bethlehem to Jerusalem to accomplish two things according to the directions in the Pentateuch. On the 40th day after Jesus’ birth the baby was “presented” before the Lord at the great temple in Jerusalem. Also, the writings of Moses stipulated that after the ordeal of childbirth a mother is ritually cleansed (purified) and welcomed back into the community before the altar of the Lord on the 40th day, if the child is male.

The family shall give an offering for sacrifice according to their financial ability. So, in the case of Joseph and Mary, a poor couple, the donation is two birds.

The Christian Church started observing these events around 40 days after The Nativity in the 4th century AD. Egeria, on a Holy Land tour in 381-384 AD, observed the Christians in Jerusalem commemorating The Presentation and The Purification. There are also various sermons preached by early Church Fathers on these events in the 4th century. The Western Church eventually established the feast day on February 2nd, which was 40 days after December 25th. A connection with candles on the Day was meant to emphasize Christ as the Light of the World and to bless candles for use in homes during the last dark nights of Winter. In Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and some South American countries, the end of the Christmas season on February 2nd is still celebrated with processions of the Virgen de la Candelaria.

The second day of February is the cross-quarter day in the solar year. It is the day that the sun rises halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. In northern Europe February 2nd was a time to anticipate the spring planting season. Sayings about the weather became connected to the Christian festival of Candlemas. “When the wind’s in east on Candlemas Day, there it will stick till the 2nd of May.” “If Candlemas Day be fair and clear, there’ll be two winters in the year.” “If Candlemas Day

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The current mandate orders all restaurants to ask customers for proof of vaccination — also known as a vaccine passport — or negative COVID-19 test before they can seat patrons. Furthermore, customers who visit any business must wear masks, except when eating or drinking or if they have a medical exemption.

Besides The Beacon in Caronport, Moose Jaw’s Sweet Treats Candy Company is another area business to receive a fine from the SHA. The candy business received a fine of $2,800 because people were not wearing masks.

bring cloud and rain, winter won’t come again.”

Weather predicters in Germany looked to badgers for a sign in connection with the adages of Candlemas Day. Many Germans immigrated to Pennsylvania in the 1700’s and brought their folklore with them. There weren’t many badgers in the area, but groundhogs were plentiful, and so Groundhog Day developed on February 2nd.

In 1887 the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club formed to make predictions about the weather. If the groundhog saw his shadow, it meant winter would stay around for a while. If the sky was cloudy and there was no shadow, spring was coming soon. And so, weather predicting groundhogs became famous in other areas of North America. Ontario had Wiarton Willie. Halifax had Shubenacadie Sam. Since there are not many groundhogs on the prairies, Moose Jaw had Snewsie the Gopher.

The Presentation and The Purification commemoration developed into Candlemas and Groundhog Day over the centuries. So, take some time on February 2nd and pack any remaining Christmas/Advent decorations away and prepare for Spring to come. The days are getting longer, and the outlook is bright. Rejoice, the Winter blues are dispersing, no matter what any groundhogs may say.

Columnist John Kreutzwieser loves to research words and writes this weekly Word Wisdom column for Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com. He has an interest in the usage, origin, and relevance of words for society today. Greek and Latin form the basis of many words, with ancient Hebrew shedding light on word usage.

John would like to know if anyone has a sincere interest in a relevant word that he could possibly research for an upcoming column. If so, please send your requests to wordwisdom2021@gmail.com . Words will be selected according to relevance and research criteria. We cannot confirm that all words will be used.

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Police K-9 unit helps capture suspect for alleged downtown break-ins Moose Jaw Express staff

The Moose Jaw Police Service has arrested a 20-year-old resident for breaking and entering into several downtown businesses, with support from the agency’s K-9 unit.

Police responded to a call about a break-in at a downtown business on Jan. 24 around 5:31 a.m. Officers also called in a K-9 unit, which began to track the potential suspect. Police located the person a short distance away and arrested him without incident.

Through further investigation, police learned that the accused was responsible for two other break-ins that had recently been reported to police.

Sydney Lively-Klein appeared in provincial court this afternoon, charged with three counts of break and enter. He has been released and must appear in court at a later date.

MOOSE JAW EYE CARE CENTRE BEGINS RECYCLING MASKS AND GLOVES

By Gordon Edgar, - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

Moose Jaw’s Primary Eye Care Centre is participating in a recycling program with Burnaby, B.C.-based Vitacore Industries, Inc. to try Primary Eye Care Centre on High St. is partici- and reduce waste.

The pandemic has expating in a recycling program for their COVID ponentially increased the masks and gloves (photo amount of personal protective equipment (PPE) which ends

by Gordon Edgar) up in landfills. Masks, gloves, gowns, and face shields have become a common sight littered onto the side of roadways and washing up on shorelines.

The Canadian government reported that in a one-year span (June 2020 to June 2021), approximately 63,000 tons of COVID-19-related PPE were disposed of. Most of that

ended up in landfills.

In February 2021, Burnaby’s Vitacore Industries Inc. launched the countries first recycling program for COVID-19 PPE. One of the challenges of recycling such materials is that they are assumed to be contaminated with the virus – particularly if they come from hospitals or other medical care facilities.

That’s why Vitacore partnered with the University of British Columbia and McMaster University to make a recycling program work.

The masks and other PPE collected by Vitacore are sterilized before being sent for the rest of the recycling process. After compaction and shredding, the plastic is melted down into polypropylene pellets. The pellets can be reused in applications such as construction and concrete reinforcement.

Businesses can buy one of the recycling bins from Vitacore’s website. Christie Large, an optometric assistant at

Primary Eye Care Centre (PECC) who takes care of their PPE ordering, said that when they heard about the program, they decided that was something they wanted to be part of.

Large said that the incentive for PECC was “just to try and be responsible with the large amount of masks that we use.”

The medium-size bin they have in their office can hold up to 600 gloves and masks. When it’s full, the bag inside can be sealed. A prepaid carrier label comes with the bin, and the bag goes back to Vitacore.

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Obituaries / Memorials HUENISON, JOAN It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Joan Huenison (Mercer) on January 27, 2022 at the age of 91. Joan was born November 12, 1930 at the family farm in the Grayburn district. Her education was obtained at Grayburn School and Central Collegiate in Moose Jaw. After graduation, she attended Normal School in Moose Jaw to become a teacher – teaching at Pelican Lake School.

Mom and Dad were married Nov 17th, 1951 and started their married life on the farm in the Rowletta district. Mom was a very hard worker and managed to juggle raising six kids, farming, working part time at Sears in Moose Jaw and maintaining her house and yard. Mom was always busy and was the happiest when she was holding a baby. She spent many happy hours in her yard and garden. Mom was involved in the Knox Church Choir, the UCW and assisted with many community gatherings like card parties, ski doo parties, wedding showers and Christmas concerts. Mom and Dad enjoyed many winters in Florida in the Sebring area – golfing and socializing with their neighbors.

Many hours of Mom’s retirement years were spent volunteering at the Sukanen Museum, dancing at Cosmos and bowling in a senior’s league.

Mom played piano in the Polka Dots Band which she really loved. When she wasn’t playing in the band, she and dad enjoyed dancing at the local Club 500 Dine and Dances, square dancing and round dancing.

Mom was predeceased by her parents, Albert and Francis Mercer; in laws, Fred and Emma Huenison; grandson, Wade McCormick; brother, Frank Mercer; sisters-in-law, Jean Mercer, Evelyn McCubbin and Bea Cromwell; brothers- in-law, Welby McCubbin and Jack Cromwell. She is survived by her husband, Winston, of 70 years and their children, Earl (Lorraine), Barry (Shirley), Mark (Debbie), Lorraine (Ken), Lynne (Terry), and Brenda (Roy); sister, Pat (Grant) Hallborg; 18 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren as well as numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.

At Joan’s request there will be no Funeral Service. The family wishes to express their sincere thanks to the staff at the Guardian Grove ward at Providence Place for taking such good care of Mom. Memorial donations in Joan’s name may be made to Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village & Museum Box 2071 Moose Jaw, SK or to Providence Place Foundation Inc. 100 – 2nd Ave. N.E. Moose Jaw, SK S6H 1B8. Arrangements are entrusted to Moose Jaw Funeral Home, 268 Mulberry Lane.

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METZ, DARYL It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Daryl Vincent Metz (Kivol) of Moose Jaw, SK. on January 12th, 2022. Daryl was born in 1949 in Victoria, BC but he and his Mother Anne Kivol moved to Moose Jaw shortly after his birth. This is where his mother Anne met Victor Metz, fell in love, and gave Daryl a brother and 3 sisters while also moving the family to a farm in the Fox Valley area before eventually moving into town. Daryl grew up attending school at Bern School as well as the school in Fox Valley and spent many hours developing a passion for hunting and the outdoors. Daryl moved back to Moose Jaw in the 60’s where he met and married his loving wife, Sharon Waletzky in April of 1970. In December of 1974 their son Warren was born. Daryl had a 30-year career with CBC in Moose Jaw and Regina before retiring to run a gas station and a short career with the commissionaires before really retiring. He also fed his passion for hunting and the outdoors his entire life. He became a member and director with the SSWA and taught firearm safety and assisting on many projects including the Sidewalk Days burger stand which was his most passionate annual fundraising endeavor. He went on to become a zone chairman for firearm safety traveling all over Saskatchewan promoting and teaching firearm safety.

Daryl is predeceased by his Mother Anne Metz (Kivol), father Victor Metz, his Uncle Stan and Aunt Joan Kivol and brother-in-law Rick Smith. He leaves behind his loving wife Sharon whom he was married to for 51 years, and son Warren Metz. His brother Don Metz, and three sisters, Marianne (Ken Ehresman), Debbie (Brian Norris) and Kathy Smith as well as many other family and friends he loved very deeply. A celebration of life will take place at the Sportsman Centre, 276 Home St E, Moose Jaw SK. on April 30th from 11am -3pm. We hope to see as many people as possible to celebrate the life of a very loving generous soul. We want to thank all those that have already reached out with love and support that has kept us going during this difficult time. We love you all very much and can not thank you enough. Thank you. In Lieu of flowers please make a donation in Daryl’s name to the South Saskatchewan Wildlife Association, 276 Home St E, Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 4N8. In living memory of Daryl, a memorial planting will be made by W.J. Jones & Son Ltd. Please sign the memorial register at website: www. jonesparkview.com (Obituaries).

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SHARPE, MURRAY GORDON November 1, 1937 – January 22, 2022 We are sad to announce the passing of MURRAY GORDON SHARPE on Saturday, January 22, 2022.

Murray was born on November 1, 1937 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

He grew up in Archive, Saskatchewan along with his Dad (Jack), Mom (Jean), Brother (Kenny) and twin sister (Molly). In 1960, he joined the Canadian Air Force and served 26 years.

He met Flo Irwin in 1957 and they married on June 29, 1963 in Solsgirth, Manitoba. Murray and Flo have one child, Molly Lindenbach. During the years that he served in the Canadian Air Force, he had the opportunities to travel. He was stationed at a few bases in Canada but most notably was when he was stationed in Germany where they enjoyed visiting several countries in Europe.

In 1986, he retired from the Canadian Air Force and he and Flo set their roots in Vernon, BC. When they first moved to Vernon, Murray and Flo worked for Purolator Courier which was based out of their home and eventually into a warehouse. Murray was very active and enjoyed volunteering for many charities and organizations over his lifetime. He was the first one to offer his time in any events. Murray is survived by his wife (Flo), daughter and son-in-law (Molly and Greg Lindenbach), grandchildren, Ian (Megan and Mason), Sarah (Dustin) and Chad (Nicole). He is also survived by many relatives and close friends. He was predeceased by his mother, Jean Sharpe, father, Jack Sharpe, sister, Molly Sharpe and brother, Ken Sharpe.

Murray’s family would like to thank all the staff at the Kelowna General Hospital and the Vernon Jubilee Hospital (7th Floor) for their care and compassion over the last 5 months. A graveside service will be held later in the Spring. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online obituary @ www.MyAlternatives. ca. Arrangements entrusted to ALTERNATIVES FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES ® Vernon 250-558-0866 & Armstrong 250-546-7237.

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Obituaries / Memorials RUTHVEN, CALVIN 1957 - 2021 Our lives were forever changed on December 27, 2021 when Cal passed away at age 64. His 5 year battle with cancer showed his courage in facing that challenge with smiles & jokes.

Cal went to school at Prince Arthur and Peacock High School, graduating in 1976.

He tried his hand at a few jobs before moving to the farm to work with his dad, eventually taking over when his dad retired, although RJ continued to pack his cardboard suitcase to go to the farm from seeding to harvest. Pa was known to climb the side of a huge grainery, in his 80’s, to look out over the land. Cal was interested in so many things including stars, planets, Civil War history, General Custer, hunting, fishing and collecting old rocks. He loved his Gold Wings and he loved to travel. He went to Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, Black Hills and Little Big Horn so many times that he became an awesome trip planner and tour guide. Like RJ he loved to talk to strangers he met along the way.

One of Cal’s favorite things to do was sit and have a few with Gary and Blaine Miller, and other neighbors over the years, laughing, telling terrible jokes and solving the problems of the world.

He married Marianne Bouvier in 1992 and together they raised 2 kids Rachel and Clay.

He was predeceased by mom Marion, and dad RJ. He will be sadly missed by his wife Marianne, daughter Rachel (Gordon), son Clay (Krista), brother Randy (Shelley & family), sister Val, and the Bouvier Family.

A private funeral will be held at a later date.

Lending a Helping Hand

DEETS, ARTHUR Arthur Roy Deets, aged 80 years of Moose Jaw, SK passed away on Wednesday, January 19th, 2022. He was predeceased by his son, Sheldon (1968); son, Brent (2013); parents, Harold and Tina Deets; brother, Roger (2014); and in-laws, Hilman and Vera Haug. Arthur is survived by his wife of 56 years, Gail; son, Trevor (Charlene) of Whitecourt, AB; grandchildren, Nicole (Jackson) Bandema and Derek Deets; daughter, Lori Deets; grandson, Alex Sauer; daughter-in-law, Dodie Deets (Troy Rosenau); grandchildren, Justine Deets (Eric MacNeil) and Dalton Deets (Cristin Wendzina); great-grandchildren, Marley (5) and Maverick (1); all of Moose Jaw, SK; sister, Kathy (Odd Saether) of St. Albert, AB; brother, Gerry (Barbara) of Regina, SK; brother and sister-inlaw, Brent and Colleen Dayton of Regina, SK; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Arthur was born on March 1st, 1941 and lived in Elbow, SK until Grade 1 when his dad was transferred with the CPR to Moose Jaw. After graduating, he worked at the South Saskatchewan Dam at Outlook for 2 ½ years.

Arthur married Gail Haug on February 6th, 1965 and moved to Calgary, AB for 5 years before returning to the Haug family farm in the Mossbank, SK area.

While farming, he also welded on compressor stations, upgrader and several other projects. Arthur also crop sprayed, and raised cattle and horses. He sold the farm in 2016 and moved to Moose Jaw. Upon retiring in 2001, he enjoyed puttering in the garage and working in the yard until his health failed after a 14 year battle with cancer and Parkinson’s disease.

A Private Family Service will be held to honour Arthur with an option to view via Zoom. Please contact the family for details regarding the livestream.

Arrangements are entrusted to Moose Jaw Funeral Home, 268 Mulberry Lane. Gary McDowell, Funeral Director 306-693-4550 www.moosejawfuneralhome. com

Natalie Mullan shared this feel-good story.

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Obituaries & Memorials On Friday, January 14th, a woman went into the ditch right across the street from the Mullan residence in Caronport. Natalie Mullan said her husband is the Men’s Volleyball Coach at Briercrest and he went over to help the lady in the ditch. She was stuck pretty bad so he called his team and within a few minutes the entire team had come to help get this woman’s van out.

Nigel (coach) drove the van, a player brought his truck and hooked up to their vehicle and the rest of the team worked together to push the van out.

Natalie said, “We have a team of wonderful young men of strong character and it was awesome to see it displayed today (Jan. 14) when they came quickly to help someone else out.”

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OPINION/ EDITORIAL

Guidelines for Submitting Letters to the Editor:

Due to space allotment in Moose Jaw Express for free letters to the editor, we find it necessary to establish some guidelines in submissions that will be in effect as of March 15, 2021.

• All letters to the editor submitted to the Moose Jaw Express newspaper should not exceed 800 words, although they can be much longer to be included in our online daily MooseJawToday.com . In this case, we reserve the right to edit them accordingly.

Re: Ministry of health, it’s time to admit failure The truth is a storm to be revealed, and here it begins to be revealed in the policy towards the coronavirus • when the destructive concepts collapse one by one, there is nothing left but to tell the experts who led the treatment of the pandemic - we told you Two years late, you finally realize that a respiratory virus cannot be defeated and that any such attempt is [destined] to fail. You do not admit this, because you have not admitted almost any mistakes in the last two years, but in hindsight it is clear that you have failed miserably in almost all your actions, and even the media are already having difficulty covering your nakedness.

You refused to admit that the infection comes in waves that are fading by themselves, despite observations and longstanding scientific knowledge. You insisted on attributing any wave drop solely to your actions, and so through false propaganda you have “defeated the plague.” and again you beat her, and over and over and over and over again.

You refused to admit that mass testing was ineffective, despite your contingency plans that explicitly state it (“pandemic flu health system readiness plan, 2007,” page 26).

You refused to admit that recovery protects more than vaccination, despite previous knowledge and observations showing that vaccinated people who do not recover are more frequently infected than recovering. You refused to admit that occupants infect and infected despite the observations. You hoped on this basis to reach herd immunity by vaccination – and you failed that, too.

Quebec Premier François Legault May Be On to Something by Nick Kossovan

Holistically individual responses to COVID vaccination have been: “Yes, I’m in! I believe!”

“Okay, I’ll go along.”

“Not just yet.”

“NEVER!” The vaccine-hesitant, “Not just yet” crowd, and to a degree “NEVER!” crowd, struggle with concerns about the newness of the vaccines, future unknown effects, and conflicting messages from authority figures, and information posted on social media pulling in various self-serving agenda directions. It boils down to a lack of trust in scientists, the health care system, political leaders and “Big Pharma” whom the government have protected from lawsuits related to vaccine symptoms.

A person’s reasons for accepting or rejecting the COVID vaccine are complex and varied, not predicated on definitive political ideologies. Nevertheless, the pandemic has brought one political divide to the surface—whether individuals should be held responsible for their life choices.

Proponents of left-leaning politics believe many individuals aren’t entirely responsible for their current circumstances. They claim an individual’s economic class at birth, race, and sex often limits their opportunities; thus, distribution of opportunity is unjust. The left’s remedy is for the government to intervene and make “life’s playing field” equitable for everyone.

However, the left doesn’t consider a person’s ambition to overcome any “environmental” obstacles they face as being essential in determining their circumstances. Personal responsibility for your life choices is a conversation those on the left tend to avoid.

Individuals on the right of the political spectrum believe a person is responsible for the consequences of their life choices. Right-wingers will tell you that anyone can take advantage of the many opportunities surrounding them if they make good life choices.

Political affiliation aside, ideally, each of us would heed the words “Everyone is really responsible to all men for all men and everything.” from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, The Brothers Karamazov (1879), but pursuing our respective self-interest has a much greater appeal.

When Quebec’s premier François Legault proposed unvaccinated Quebecers pay a ‘no-vax tax’ I asked myself two questions: Was this a political left or political right move?

Is Legault proposing a ‘no-vax tax’ as a punishment or to offset the burden the unvaccinated are supposedly putting on Quebec’s health care system?

What doesn’t sit well with me is the assertion the unvaccinated are placing a burden on the health care system not being quantified. According to mainstream media reports, the unvaccinated people make up a disproportionate number of hospitalizations due to COVD while downplaying the fully vaccinated are also hospitalized.

Where’s the comparison of the number of unvaxxed COVID hospital admissions against other medical treatments? For example, in 2021, what was the number of heart-related issues, most of which are preventable, Canadian hospitals had to treat versus the number of unvaccinated COVID patients hospitalized? Without statistical comparisons claiming the unvaccinated are burdening Canada’s health care system is a divisive assumption.

Are taxes meant to be punitive or to generate government revenue?

Am I being punished when I pay taxes on groceries, electronics, and restaurant meals? Or am I contributing to the government’s coffers to maintain Canada’s infrastruc-

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You insisted on ignoring the fact that the disease is dozens of times more dangerous to risk groups and adults than to young people who are not in risk groups, despite the knowledge that came from china as early as early 2020.

You refused to adopt the barrington declaration signed by over 60,000 science and medical professionals, and common sense/m.o.p. programs. Instead of the right programs and people, you have chosen professionals who lack relevant training for pandemic management (physicists as chief government advisers, veterinarians, security officers, media personnel, and so on).

You have not put an effective system on side effects reporting from vaccines and even user reports of side effects have been deleted from your facebook page. Doctors avoid linking side effects to the vaccine, lest they be persecuted as you have done to some of their colleagues. You have ignored many reports of changes in menstrual intensity and menstrual times. Hiding data that allows objective and appropriate research (for example, removing the data on Ben Gurion airport subjects). Instead, you chose to publish non-objective articles together with Pfizer executives - stakeholders - about the efficacy and safety of vaccines.

However, from the top of your hubris, you also ignored the fact that the end of truth could be revealed. And it’s starting to unfold. The truth is, you have brought public trust in you to an unprecedented low, and you have played thinly as a source of authority. The truth is that you burned hundreds of billions of shekels futily – for publishing scares, about inefficient tests, of destructive closures, and for disrupting the routine of life over the past two years.

You’ve ruined our children’s education and their fu-

ture. You made children feel guilty, afraid, smoke, drink, addicted, fall out, and get into trouble as evidenced by school administrators across the country. You’ve damaged livelihoods, the economy, human rights, mental health, and body health.

Defaming colleagues who did not remove you, that you had inciting each other’s populations, dividing society and polarizing the discourse. You have branded, without any scientific basis, people who have chosen not to be vaccinated as public enemies and disease bombers. Their leadership, in an unprecedented way, has a draconian policy of discrimination, dissension of rights and selection of people, including children, for their medical choice. A selection that deprives all epidemiological meaning.

When comparing the destructive policies you are leading against sane policies that are practiced in other countries, it is clear that the destruction you have caused has only added victims beyond the vulnerability of the virus. The economy you have destroyed, the unemployed you have caused, and the children whose education you have destroyed – are the excess victims as a result of your mere handi-doing.

There is currently no medical emergency, but you have been cultivating such a situation for two years because of lust for power, budgets, and control. The only emergency that prevails now is that you are still making policy and holding huge budgets for propaganda and consciousness engineering instead of directing them to strengthening the health system.

This emergency has to stop!

tures and social safety nets? What about Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax (aka “pollution tax”)? Is a carbon tax a form of punishment for living a consumer-oriented 1st world lifestyle or an acceptable method to generate revenue for alternative energy development? On a personal responsibility level, is a carbon tax punitive or an incentive to reduce my carbon footprint?

Many Canadians venomously dislike Trudeau’s carbon tax, saying it’s one of the reasons for rising prices in Canada. Is it unreasonable to hold a person accountable, at least financially, for their personal consumerism choices that negatively impact our environment? A carbon tax is a consumption tax—the more you consume, the more you pay—and therefore equally applicable to all Canadians, which is why—wait for it—I’m supportive of Trudeau’s carbon tax.

Yes, many Canadians are taking steps to help with slowing down climate change. However, there are still many Canadians who don’t consider how their actions impact the environment and willfully participate in our throw-away economy (e.g., plastic coffee lids, styrofoam takeaway containers, straws, plastic cutlery) and overconsumption 1st world lifestyle. Even with all the science in 2022, there are still climate change deniers, just as there are people who believe COVID is a hoax.

By reducing discretionary consumption affordability, which isn’t environmentally friendly, carbon taxes make consumers rethink their consumption. (READ: Become more personally responsible for their pollution contribution.) Less consumerism is a necessary step towards tackling climate change, which everyone claims to be concerned about. Let’s be honest, much of our 1st world lifestyle is wasteful and environmentally destructive. The answer to climate change isn’t for you and I to want to consume more, but to want to consume less, which a carbon tax does.

Legault’s proposing the unvaccinated be financially responsible for the consequences of their personal choice has on Quebec’s health care system is comparable to Trudeau’s carbon tax. A carbon tax holds an individual financially accountable for the relationship between their consumption choices and its impact on our environment.

Legault’s ‘no-vax’ tax would hold an individual financially accountable for the relationship between their choosing to be unvaccinated and its impact on Quebec’s health care system. Shouldn’t all negative lifestyle choices incur a punitive tax when seeking health care? Is a person’s health their personal responsibility?

Taxes influences behaviour Behaviour modification is what Legault is hoping to achieve with his ‘no-vax tax,’ which has merit; however, his proposal needs extend beyond unvaccinated Quebecers so it’s equitable.

It wouldn’t be a stretch to say most hospitalizations are due to medical issues that could have been prevented. How you choose to treat your body (regular exercise, food consumption, alcohol and tobacco usage, drug use) has consequences. Your life choices either create health issues requiring medical attention or reward you with a long and healthy life, though this isn’t guaranteed. Should Canadians not take responsibility for their lifestyle choices and not expect taxpayers to be financially responsible?

In 1966 the federal government passed the Medical Care Act; thus, Canada’s universal health care was born.

After 55 years, it may be time to rethink that all Canadians having the right to receive health care paid for by taxpayers, regardless of how they treat their bodies, may be a disincentive to make healthy personal life choices. Logic would dictate that if a person were responsible, at least financially, for their personal decisions—not expecting

the government (READ: Taxpayers) to simply “look after them”— that they’d make better life choices.

Perhaps this formula is naive on my part: Being responsible for your choices (personal responsibility) = an incentive to make better choices.

Government mandates, lockdowns, vaccine passports have gotten over 80% of Canadians to comply with “the science.” Legault’s proposed ‘no-vax tax’ would be additional government coercion—I’m calling it for what it really is—to get unvaccinated Quebecers vaccinated. Undoubtedly, Legault is using the anger Quebecers have against the unvaccinated for political posturing. His message, which he knows the vaccinated will applaud: “I don’t like the decision the unvaccinated are making, and therefore, I’m going to make then pay a punitive tax.” What makes much of the “anger”, and “moral self-righteousness” hypocritical is many of these angry Quebecers are smokers, drinkers, obese, and partake in risky behaviour. It can be assumed they are also straining Quebec’s health care system. Where’s their resentment and anger towards anyone who doesn’t live a completely healthy lifestyle?

There’s a lot of finger-pointing at those who don’t vaccinate, labelling them as not having the intelligence to “follow the science.” Where’s the finger-pointing at those who smoke, use drugs, drink alcohol, are obese and lead sedentary lives? They, too, aren’t “following the science”— science that’s common knowledge backed by decades of research.

Heart disease and stroke are primarily due to poor diet, obesity, diabetes, smoking and lack of exercise.

Cancer rates have been steadily increasing because of high-fat diets, processed meats, excessive alcohol intake, smoking, and pollution.

What makes the vaccinated feel they have the moral right to disapprove of the unvaccinated, let alone show contempt towards them? Nobody reading this has the right to judge someone just because they sin differently than they do.

As it currently stands, vaccination and boosters have proven, for the most part, to protect against being admitted to an ICU or dying. The COVID vaccine, like all vaccines, increases survival rate; it doesn’t eradicate the coronavirus.

Every Canadian being vaccinated is an unrealistic goal.

As the government pushes the unvaccinated further to society’s margins the number of unvaccinated Canadians is dwindling. However, despite a population hell-bent on “hive mind,” it be naive to think a day will come when 100% of Canadians will be fully vaccinated against COVID, especially if Canadians are free to make their own medical decisions at taxpayer’s expense.

Before implementing a punitive tax for accessing health care, that’ll not be applied equitably to all Quebecers seeking medical care for health issues resulting from their poor lifestyle choices, Legault; actually, all government leaders should consider the question: What evidence do people who are hesitant to get vaccinated need to see directly, and from whom?

Getting those who have vaccine hesitancy to overcome their hesitancy will be easier by answering this question than by creating an inequitable punitive tax. Let’s first try to get the remaining unvaccinated Canadians to make the right personal choice without more government interference.

Prof. Udi Kimron, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Nick Kossovan, a self-described connoisseur of human psychology, writes about what’s on his mind from Toronto. You can follow Nick on Twitter and Instagram @ NKossovan.

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Society is ‘fixed’ on firsts. The September 6, 1939 ‘Battle of Barking Creek’, so named as ‘dark humour’, represents one of the firsts, but a sad first of World War Two. That morning Pilot Officer Montague Leslie Hulton-Harrop became the first RAF Fighter Pilot killed in WW 2.

P/O Hulton-Harrop Had Cheated Death in June 1939 On June 12, 1939 P/O Hulton-Harrop was at the controls of Hawker Hurricane Fighter #L1611 of 56 Squadron RAF. He and Pilot Officer Peter Philip Charlton, in Hurricane #L1598, were practicing formation take-offs at their base

The Battle of Barking Creek

at North Weald, Essex. P/O Hulton-Harrop and P/O Charlton touched wings. Carlton lost control of his Hurricane and died when it crashed near Epping, Essex. P/O Hulton-Harrop was able to land back at the Base.

September 6, 1939 The United Kingdom formally declared war on Germany on Sunday, September 3, 1939. It was a jittery time. Everyone was on edge.

At 06:46 (AM) on Wednesday, September 6, 1939 a flight of Hurricanes from 56 ‘Punjab’ Squadron, RAF, was scrambled against what was thought to be an intrusion by Luftwaffe Bf 109 fighters.

A Reserve Flight of two Hurricanes from 56 Squadron departed later from the North Weal Base.

This was followed by ‘A’ Fight, of Spitfires

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from 74 ‘Tiger’ Squadron, RAF, stationed at RAF Base Rochford near Hornchurch. This Flight was commanded by Squadron Leader Adolph ‘Sailor’ Malan, a South African in the RAF who went on to shoot down 27 enemy aircraft.

When Malan caught sight of the two reserve Hurricanes he falsely identified them as German Messerschmitt Bf109s. He ordered P/O Vincent Byrne and P/O John Freeborn to shoot them down.

Freeborn fired on P/O Montague Leslie Hulton-Harrop in Hurricane L1985. Hulton-Harrop was hit in the head and died instantly. His Hurricane crashed at Manor Farm, Hintlesham, Suffolk.

P/O Frank C. Rose’s Hurricane #L1980 was hit by 303 rounds from P/O Vincent Byrne’s Spitfire. He crash landed, uninjured. Hurricane #L1980 was repaired and put back in action.

P/O Vincent Byrne and P/O John Freeborn were arrested and court-martialled. S/L ‘Sailor’ Malan denied giving the order to fire. In the end the men were acquitted and returned to active service. The incident was chalked up to human error and poor communications.

Footnotes Pilot Officer Montague Leslie Hulton-Harrop, only 26 at the time of his death, is buried in the St. Andrews churchyard, North Weald, Essex, UK. He was a very good friend of Kenneth Gilbert More the famous actor who later played Douglas Bader in the movie, “Reach for the Sky”.

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P/O Hulton-Harrop, Front Row, left – 2 days before he was killed.

P/O Frank C. Rose was Killed in Action in France, on May 18, 1940 P/O Vincent Byrne was shot down over France and spent the war in a POW Camp with his Court Marital Defence Lawyer, Squadron Leader Roger Bushell.

Bushell, known as Big X, organized the March 1944 ‘Great Escape’. He was re-captured by the Germans and executed along with 49 other airmen, including six were Canadians.

Kenneth Gilbert More, Actor

S/L Roger Bushell The ashes of the 50 Airmen shot by the Germans are memorialized at Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland MJ Story Battle of Barking Creek 20220112 02

Three Escapees made it back to England – 2 Norwegians and 1 Dutchman There were no Americans in the Camp or part of the Great Escape.