Moose Jaw Express April 12th, 2023

dictate its future, sociologist says

Moose Jaw’s demographics will dictate its future, which means the city must better prepare for an aging population while ensuring its younger citizens aren’t forgotten, a sociologist says.

“Population and why it matters” was the title of Dr. Laura Wright’s talk at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre on April 5, as part of the City of Moose Jaw’s ongoing seCommunity Plan (OCP) and zoning bylaw.

Wright is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Saskatchewan.

“Demography is destiny,” she told the crowd of roughly 30 people at the Mae Wilson Theatre.

Demography — or demographics — studies a population’s size and composition and how it changes over time, Wright explained. It looks at understanding communities’ pasts, presents and futures. It also uncovers a community’s strengths and needs and can guide planning, policy development and decision-making.

The three factors that comprise demography are births, deaths and migration.

Wright showed a chart featuring Moose Jaw’s population from 2001 to 2021, which stayed “pretty stable” during those 20 years.

per cent in 2006, 3.2 per cent in 2011 and 1.8 per cent in 2016, while it shrunk by 0.5 per cent in 2021.

In comparison, during those same years, Saskatchewan’s population shrunk by 1.1 per cent before climbing by 6.7 per cent, 6.3 per cent and 3.1 per cent. -

larly since 2018-19 — deaths in Moose Jaw outpaced births, while there has also been plenty of net out-migration, said Wright. The only thing that kept Moose Jaw’s population stable — including during those 20 years — was international migration.

Sociologists use two metrics to understand demographics: population pyramids and dependency ratio, said Wright.

Population pyramids contain data about every age category in a place, with the youngest at the bottom — or base — and

older residents layering on top.

Meanwhile, the dependency ratio is about “who’s relying on whom” to provide the tax base and services. The formula is the youngest (zero to 14) plus the oldest (65 and older) divided by the working population (15 to 64) provides the ratio number.

Wright showed a slide comparing Nigeria and South Korea. The African country has a wide base because of its high fertility and high growth, while the Asian country has a narrow base and bulging middle and top because it has many seniors, low fertility and a shrinking population.

Meanwhile, population pyramids for Canada and Moose Jaw look similar, with baby boomers (born between 1946-66) and millennials (1980-96) the two largest cohorts and Generation X (1965-79), Z (1997 to 2010) and Alpha (2010 to present) the smallest cohorts.

“What we’re seeing in Canada and Moose Jaw is population aging. Essentially, the average age is increasing as there are fewer and fewer births (and) there’s a lower

fertility,” Wright said. “Also contributing to population aging is longer life expectancies — which is a good thing.

Young people permanently leaving Moose Jaw makes population aging worse, in-migration and decrease out-migration, she continued. This can attract a core working-age population that can pay taxes and provides services for the youngest and oldest.

An aging and changing population will affect many areas of life, such as schools, health services, the labour market, economic growth, social services, housing supply and family structures, Wright said.

It is possible to mitigate an aging population and promote population growth by creating a plan to meet the community’s needs, she continued.

A community can encourage more births by making child care affordable and accessible, having family-friendly work policies, providing services for young families and removing barriers that prevent families from having more kids.

Deaths can be addressed by promoting healthy aging, ensuring seniors can age in place, providing accessible health-care services, and providing senior-focused services.

With migration, a community can ensure there are jobs for young graduates, support people to remain in Moose Jaw and attract new people from Canada and internationally.

“Across Canada and in most Western countries, migration really is the key to slowing population aging … ,” said Wright.

Saskatchewan’s international immigration is composed of people coming through nominee programs (66.2 per cent), followed by economic reasons (28.7 per cent), with family (10.9 per cent) and refugees (5.8 per cent).

“So population aging and population for communities (and) for what communities need (and) look like in the future … ,” Wright added.

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Dr. Laura Wright, a sociologist from the University of Saskatchewan, speaks about demographics during a presentation at the Mae Wilson Theatre. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

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Community planning consultants receive mixed reactions at Chamber breakfast

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Wallace Insights, a husband-and-wife consultant team out of Saskatoon with a combined 70 years of experience, presented a City of Moose Jaw community analysis at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast event — to mixed reactions from attendees.

The event was held at the Moose Jaw Shrine Club and organized by the Moose Jaw & District Chamber of Commerce. About 40 guests showed up to hear from Wallace Insights, review displays with City statistics, and enjoy pancakes, bacon, and sausages.

Brenda and Alan Wallace have developed action plans for communities, businesses, and municipalities across the Prairies, including the cities of Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Candle Lake, and La Ronge. They are known for their comprehensive analyses, which include guidelines to help clients navigate, understand, and/or draft legislation for whatever strategy they are pursuing.

“I’ve been in planning and development for 39 years,” (OCPs) come and go. I’ve seen good ones, and some notso-good ones.

of it is that it’s adopted as law, so it’s actually a by-law, it’s not a ‘study.’ … City Council can adopt it and amend it, but they really shouldn’t ignore it. … It’s also adopted and endorsed by the Ministry (of Government Relations).”

Under Saskatchewan legislation, OCPs must be developed in consultation with a professional community planner and submitted for approval to the province — that’s

by-laws and the OCP, for example, the OCP would take precedence.

The plan must be a long-term vision, he continued, with about a 10- to 15-year lifespan before the OCP should be reviewed and revised.

The City of Moose Jaw OCP currently being updated was issued in 2002.

The provincial OCP legislation also requires that an OCP identify policies addressing:

sustainable current and future land use and development in the municipality;

· current and future economic development;

· the general provision of public works;

· the management of lands that are subject to natural

· the management of environmentally sensitive lands;

· the co-ordination of land use, future growth patterns and public works with adjacent municipalities;

· source water protection;

· implementation of the OCP;

· the provision of municipal reserve for school purposes; and

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ters and services downtown has been shown to be the most common sense, cost-effective solution to the issue. She encouraged attendees to look into Housing First principles and listed examples of major cities that have tried and failed to relocate their homeless populations. Unhoused people return to downtown cores because of the concentration of services and ease of access.

The guests raising the issue were unconvinced. Won’t Council just drop the ball?

“Isn’t this all moot,” one attendee asked, “until we start getting development and getting jobs here and start getting people to come here? … I understand what you’re trying to do, but in my opinion this is sort of a waste of money for the City when we don’t have new jobs and new construction coming.”

The resident said that City Council had turned down major developments recently, and they thought it was pointless to talk about an OCP unless the City is “open for business.”

· the management of lands that are in proximity to existing or proposed railway operations.

Wallace explained to attendees that the plan they are developing in consultation with City Hall, local business-

cy, and a proactive pragmatism.

In other words, it needs to work rather than just look good on paper.

The Wallaces explained that urban planning and development in Canada and worldwide is focusing on: integrating green spaces;

· making walking, biking, and public transit more accessible and reducing reliance on private transportation;

· integrating different demographics rather than allowing populations to segregate by income, ethnicity, career sector, age, or other common factors;

· proactively maintaining and upgrading infrastructure to prevent future utility bottlenecks in planning and development;

· increasing urban density to better support shopping districts, increase community closeness, and provide access to services.

Following the presentation, guests thanked the Wallaces for the data and information, but raised concerns about the strategic changes being proposed.

How will the new shelter affect businesses?

Some attendees were concerned about the new shelter being developed by Square One Community, Inc. in the

“Nobody wants shelters,” Alan Wallace replied. “That’s the ‘Not In My Backyard,’ (NIMBY) mentality. … Nobody wants them, but we have to have them.”

Brenda Wallace explained that locating homeless shel-

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“That’s the reaction part of looking at those developments,” Brenda Wallace said. “There’s also the part that’s proactive. Investment wants as much certainty as possible … without a plan that’s helping to focus where infrastructure investment goes, you’re not ready for investment.”

Wallace explained that planning for robust infrastructure reduces the uncertainty developers feel about investing. If a business has reassurance from City Administration that their needs for water, power, road and rail access, worker housing, et cetera, have been planned for and cancreases Moose Jaw’s competitiveness for major projects.

“Our city won’t get prepared,” the attendee responded. “Even if you do a pilot for this and get it set up, our council won’t change its mindset.”

The Westheath School

The closing of four neighbourhood schools in Moose Jaw in favour of consolidating into one huge new elemenpoint was raised again at the OCP breakfast.

“For many cities, schools are intended to be focal points for neighbourhoods,” Alan Wallace said. “It’s a littlehood schools and consolidate them.”

Wallace acknowledged that the Westheath development was a good example of moving against the data and and driven by cost rather than what was good for students.

“The dollars come from the province,” he added. “It’s a Ministry of Education directive to make (Saskatchewan schools) bigger and less central.”

A guest spoke up to point out the City’s current OCP guidelines oppose the Westheath development.

“The municipal Council has made the decision to acquiesce to the province’s choice to disregard the current OCP,” they said. “What’s the expectation that any change in the OCP is actually going to be adopted, implemented, and enforced long-term?”

All we can do is provide the data, the Wallaces noted — ultimately, Moose Jaw’s civil politics are up to voters.

Alan and Brenda Wallace present data analysis from their community planning assessment of Moose Jaw (Chamber of Commerce/Facebook)

Health Foundation announces 2023 Healthcare Celebration lunch

The Moose Jaw Health Foundation (MJHF) will hold its annual Healthcare Celebration on Tuesday, April 18 to thank donors, present Healthcare Philanthropy Awards, announce fundraising totals, and hear from patients and staff at the Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital.

This year’s luncheon will be at the Moose Jaw Heritage Inn from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

The event is an invitation-only celebration of contributions made to the MJHF, the volunteers that give their time, and the healthcare workers who serve the Moose Jaw district and region.

“This is a chance for us to say thank you to our donors, and all our volunteers, and really everyone who helps us. (That help) equips our hospital today for a healthier tomorrow,” said Kelly McElree, executive director of the MJHF. “So we’ll

be celebrating all the accomplishments in healthcare at our hospital and providing people an update on how all that money that’s been raised is being invested to help

people in Moose Jaw and surrounding communities.”

The lunch is sponsored by Lifeline Canada for the 15th year, and will include the following presentations: -

wan Health Authority

• Mental Health and Addiction Services in Moose Jaw by Michael Sieferling, director of Mental Health and Addiction Services

• Critical Care at the Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital by Jann Kitts, registered nurse in the ER and ICU

• Announcement of the Healthcare Philanthropy Awards

• Prairie Hearts Quilters Guild

• Darlene Geib

• Moose Jaw Kinsmen

• Special guest

• A Patient’s Story

Camron Howe will share his experience in the Moose Jaw ER and why the MJHF is essential to healthcare in the community

Last year’s donation to the SHA was for $480,865. Other presentations at the 2022 Healthcare Celebration were from MJHF board president Ryan Hrechka; Dr. Chun Huang, a urologist and cancer surgeon at the Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital; and Deign Salido, a respiratory therapist.

The 2022 Healthcare Philanthropy Awards were given to Paul Busse, a Moose his band at many MJHF events; Rob Carnie, the voice of the Family First Radiothon, an important annual fundraiser; and Dr. Saqib Shahab, who was the province’sity of the COVID pandemic.

Déjà Vu Café has deja new owners: Fresh faces will keep familiar feel

Brandon and Tammy Richardson took have turned the restaurant into one of Moose Jaw’s must-visit eateries, including appearances on Food Network Canada and CityTV that brought national attention.

Almost 14 years later, the era has come to an end with the purchase of the Café by partners John Adams and David Braun.

for their chicken wings and tenders, andvours. The tenders are heavy and fresh, and the milkshakes are old-school thick and generous.

reputation by insisting on keeping things consistent and familiar — pun intended. He refuses to compromise on the weight and quality of his ingredients and has in doing one thing well — one of his guiding principles is, ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t

day as owners was Wednesday, April 5, were eager to assure loyal customers near and far that they will honour the café’s es-

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tablished legacy.

“We want a very smooth transition,” Adams told MooseJawToday.com shortvery important to us that everything stays exactly as it is. We’re not here to change things — we don’t want to make any mistakes along the way.

“(Brandon) has a formula that works, for Moose Jaw and for Canada. Like, we’ve got friends across Canada that know and speak about this place, and we want to make sure that it’s well taken care of and

Richardson listed the restaurant for sale about three months ago. Adams and Braun saw the listing shortly after that and decided to take a walkthrough.

They knew right away they liked it and wanted to make the investment.

Braun is from the Moose Jaw and Mortlach areas, born and raised, while Adams is from Montreal. They met when Adams’s family moved to Caronport in 2000 — they met at high school, became friends, entered the information technolo-cessful careers. Over the last few years, they’ve partnered in several prosperous businesses.

Richardson will stick around as a con-

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sultant for the next two months and has promised to be available for several years beyond that. Of course, he’s also looking forward to some well-deserved extra time with his grandchildren and on the golf

course.

“The transition [has already started]; I started showing them how to make sauces. That’s gonna take a while, but they seemed like they had fun,” Richardson said. “I’m going to help them out for a couple months here to transition into owning a restaurant, you know, and it’s a busy restaurant.

“All the staff is here to help them and I’m hoping everything will work out great. I think it will, they seem like two very nice guys.”

Their hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Follow them on Facebook

“We’re thrilled to be here, and honphenomenal,” Adams said. “I couldn’t imagine raising my kids in Montreal, or Toronto, or Vancouver. Those are all places we’ve been, but this is where we want to be.”

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Seniors Association gives additional details of puzzle piece fundraiser

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Just last week was Epitaph Day, that weird and wonderful day that is celebrated on April 6th; a day allotted to plan the inscription a person wants made on their tomb or grave when they die.

It’s a big enough thing to even come to terms with the fact that we are all going to die one day, let alone muse on that thought…but it’s a truth; we are all going to the ‘great beyond’ and tosion is an opportunity to immortalize your memoir.

It may be a rather ‘morbid’ thought…but with the best intention as to what you want inscribed - what you hope you have imparted to those who know you best…measured against the realization that you may not have exactly or always measured-up to the standard you wished to portray. Most of us can come to terms with the real person we are, foibles and all, but I’m sure we all hope that only good things will be spoken in our thereafter.

I guess it all boils down to the legacy a person builds while they are still here on this earth that will their demise. The legacy being “the long-lasting impact of particular events, actions, etc. that took place in the past, or of a person’s life,” as the Oxford Dictionary states.

I think we all are rather egotistical when it comes to analyzing ourselves, as we seem to use tainted rose-coloured lenses trying to make the best of what we see. I believe deep down in everyone’s heart is a desire to emulate a respectable, loving, sweet and kind human being that exudes joy and a vitality for life…with a smile that never goes sour. That is where I want to live!

Some interesting and rather unique epitaphs written for themselves:

“I will not be right back after this message.”

“There goes the neighbourhood.”

“Murdered by a traitor and coward whose name is not worthy to appear here”

“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty I’m Free at last”

Another great epitaph could read something like the Irish saying that says, “May you be in heaven a full half-hour before the devil knows you’re dead.” Now that’s optimistic!

Moose Jaw & District Senior Citizens’ Association (SCA) spokesperson Earl Berard announced additional details for the ‘Living the Dream’ puzzle piece fundraiser to help with the operating costs of Timothy Eaton Gardens, including grand prize resort stays in Las Vegas. Berard initially explained the fundraiser in February, saying it had become necessary to meet unexpected stake in the building in Jan. 2022. The building is nowporation, which offers low-income seniors’ apartments on

The city’s divestment of its stake also means that maintenance, upgrades, and renovations to the property are now at least partially the responsibility of the SCA, which hopes the money they raise will help them refur-

The fundraiser will also help the SCA continue to run their programs, including important community activities and a popular café.

The 1000-piece puzzle will be on display at T. Eaton Gardens and will be built from the bottom up as pieces are sold. Each piece is $100. Participants can have their names written on the back and can choose to submit a life story of some kind to be included as part of the donation record.

Charitable tax income receipts will be issued for each purchase.

The SCA will also hold monthly banquets beginning in September to raise more money, update participants on prizes, and eat delicious food:

• Sep. 30, 2023 — Roast beef

• Oct. 28, 2023 — Chicken cordon blue supreme

• Nov. 25, 2023 — Pork cordon blue supreme

• Dec. 16, 2023 — Prime rib au jus

• Jan. 27, 2024 — Prime rib au jus

• Feb. 17, 2024 — Stuffed pork loin

• Mar. 17, 2024 — Prime rib au jus Banquet tickets are $35, except for the prime rib dinners which are $45.

names will be drawn for prizes.

The grand prize, Berard was happy to announce, hassort — a one-week condo stay package. The Grandview’s twin resort next door, the South Point Hotel Casino & Spa, has donated a four-day package. The SCA will announce further potential prizes as they are donated.

Canada Day in Crescent Park unlikely to occur without new organizing group

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While Canada Day is a time for residents to celebrate their country and proudly wear the maple leaf, there may not be anyities this year in Crescent Park.

Tourism Moose Jaw (TMJ) has handled the July 1 festivities sincenity groups to provide activities for residents. Moreover, the organization has worked with the Kinsmen Club to host a that evening.

However, TMJ informed city council last November that — even though the 2022 event broke attendance records — it would no longer organize it. The main reason was the activity was not a tourist-related event and took up a large chunk of employees’ time.

Also, the organization only planned to temporarily co-ordinate things after the previous group disbanded in 2018.

The one activity the tourism-focused organizationcause that is cost-neutral.

Jacki L’Heureux-Mason, executive director of TMJ, this year’s festivities. She has contacted many community groups wondering if they would take on the project, but all have said no because they lack volunteers — similar to what TMJ faced over the years.

“As we’ve mentioned many times, we’d be happy to help people get it going if they want to,” she said.

The Canada Day Committee applied for and received $2,663 in event funding for this year in place of other organizations doing that because it takes time to acquire give that money — and offer other resources — to any group that takes on organizational duties. It cost less than $5,000 last year to host the event.

L’Heureux-Mason admitted arranging Canada Day is easier than co-ordinating Sidewalk Days.

The Canada Day Committee reached out to every

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community group to see if they would set up a display to showcase their services — “Let people try things before they buy things, is how we always joked about it” — and looked for entertainment acts.

The TMJ executive director said that a minimum of 10 volunteers is needed to host a successful event. She noted that the committee and her staff became so overextended in organizing Canada Day that they became sick afterward.

“It’s a fairly extensive operation. It’s just with us doing Sidewalk Days, it’s just too much to ask of our very small staff and volunteer base both in a row,” L’Heureux-Mason added.

L’Heureux-Mason has lived in Moose Jaw for several decades and knows Canada Day activities have ebbed singing activities at the exhibition grounds for several years, while there were smaller events like concerts in Crescent Park.

After taking over organizational duties in 2018, Tourism Moose Jaw expanded the event and made it bigger in scope.

L’Heureux-Mason believes if there is a gap year with Canada Day, a group will likely pick it up. She noted that when Sidewalk Days was cancelled in 2011, a group of residents stepped up to co-ordinate the event.

She pointed out that Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 59 is hosting a “wonderful” street dance the evening of Canada Day, so there will be other small-scale activities on July 1.

it … ,” L’Heureux-Mason continued. “It hurts my heart. I’m a very patriotic Canadian. But I have to look at what this is doing to my staff.”

Any groups interested in taking on Canada Day can contact Jacki L’Heureux-Mason at 306-693-8097 for more information.

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Reflective Moments

A friend made the observation the other day: “I haven’t seen you at the casino in awhile,” she said in our phone conversation.

I agreed, that since the start of the pandemic, our visits to our favourite slot machines had been limited, and in fact, it has been more than a year since we’ve machines.

and I think some of the buffalo machines have been taken out too,” my friend advised. She says she goes there occasionally when she feels lucky, but doesn’t stay very long. “But it is something to do to pass the time,” she remarked.

It might have been this conversation, it might have been the newsletter that arrived in the mail the other day, telling about entertainment in the Regina show lounge and the menu items featured for the Easter Sunday gathering or maybe it was the expired coupon for $5 I found in

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the bottom of my purse but for whatever reason, I’ve taken to dreaming about my visits to nearby casinos.

If I had won large amounts I certainly hope I would have awakened with the excitement of cashing in all those winning vouchers. Instead, I drifted off to sleep again, coming to in the morning with my head.

Another night brought another dream, this one of besting the wolf machine and hearing the howls of winning symbols falling into place. I believe this was only wolves gave up a fair bit of their money to me on a winning day at the Swift Current casino.

That was the end of my casino dreams meaning. The power of suggestion is one possibility. are gone, is there any chance the wolf slot

machine is still in operation? An attendant at the time of my winnings said it was difA pity.

I’ve often had luck with the very old pirate slot but it has likely been sent off to the pirate junk pile, along side Bob the Fisherman and the Lobster man. I kept winning old boots but not much cash from that lobster boat.

The marketing departments of casinos close by and in other provinces must be thinking that April is the month to entice visitors to stop in to try their luck at some games of chance, receive a deal at attached hotels, and earn some money off restaurant meals, with a members’ card.

One of the Manitoba casinos invited us to drop in for St. Patrick’s Day, and then came another notice of special Easter weekend opportunities to gamble, dine and sleep. Maybe there will be a third chance to stop there enroute to someplace else in the province.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and dosition of this publication.

We visited a casino in Ontario in 2016 and are still on the mailing list. The lineup of entertainment is enticement enough to visit, if only it were closer. Maybe George Canyon or Charlie Major will visit Moose Jaw again soon so we don’t have to travel so far.

So, there is a decision to be made: should we renew our membership cards so that someday we might be eligible for a $5 coupon in free slot play? Should we turn our backs on the chance to beat the wolves and buffalos and instead rely on some 5050 or chase the ace chances at the weekend meat draws?

Maybe a quick walk-through to check on the available slots would be the safest solution and who knows, maybe the wolves will be happy to see us. Dreams do indeed inspire related behaviour.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ sasktel.net

pressure on all sectors in the food manufacturing industry.

The consequence of higher commodity prices caused by war and drought have driven food manufacturer’s gross margins to the lowest level in 20 years, says a report by Steve Baruk, economist with Farm Credit Canada.

Higher food prices last year caused Canadians to spend their savings built up during the previous two years of pandemic.

“The labour market tightened as businesses looked to boost production… causing unemployment to reach record lows and increasing wages,’’ Baruk said.

Repeated interest rate increases by the Bank of Canada added pressure on gross margins.

Gross margins across the food sector fell by one-tenth last year from margins in 2021.

Closure of 863 restaurants between June and November 2022 impacted demand for food products.

Average wages in food manufacturing were up 10.6 per cent last year, while the national average increased 3.6 per cent

The food manufacturing price index was up 10.2 per cent, compared with the consumer price increase of 6.6 per cent.

Adding pressure was increased food imports costing domestic food manufacturers 1.5 per cent market share as a diver-

foods.

The food and beverage outlook report predicts a 2.2 per cent increase in sales by food manufacturers this year with a slight improvement in margins.

Different parts of the food industry will perform better or worse. Grain and

oilseed milling and meat products are expected to outperform the average while animal food, seasonings, and snack products/confections will underperform.

In meat products, beef and pork consumption will fall one per cent with chicken down two per cent.

Live chicken prices rose 11 per cent in 2022 after rising 13 per cent in 2021. Cattle prices rose 16 per cent after rising 9 per cent in 2021. Hog prices rose seven per cent in 2022 after rising 29 per cent in 2021.

“Canadian manufacturers managed higher costs and prevented retail prices from climbing even more than observed at retail.’’

stay about the same as supply chain and labour supply issues are resolved.

per cent average.

Grain and oilseed prices increased 25 per cent last year, almost all from higher commodity prices. Gross margins will improve this year with a 4.5 per cent sales increase.

Sugar and confections sales will decline 1.3 per cent this year after 15 per cent annual increase for the last two years.

Food and vegetables and specialty foods sales will increase 5.8 per cent - less than half last year’s pace. Competition will reduce margins.

Dairy product sales, up eight per cent as last year.

“Alcoholic beverage manufacturing

the highly competitive industry.’’ FCC forecasts a challenging 2023 for brewers, which could lead to some consolidation. Competitive upside may help wineries as the loonie erased all 2022 gains against the Euro.

Bakery products sales increase of 5.8 per cent this year will be about half last year’s increase.

“Cookies and crackers, baked desserts and certain bread products all saw volume increases for the year – a win considering the consumer shift towards restaurants

Products such as croutons, breadcrumbs and pizza dough recorded the biggest volume declines in 2022.

Seafood sales, down last year from a lower catch, will increase by almost 10 per cent.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ sasktel.net

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F ruit f the Summer

Using your garden as part of how you stock your larder is always a great idea! We may not be able to grow mangoes or bananas but we can grow some pretty great and unique fruits!

The latest fruit that you just have to grow is the haskap. This is not a new fruit as it has been grown for ages in Siberia. They are a member of the honeysuckle family but have been bred for fruit production. The berriesvor somewhere between and Saskatoon, a black currant and a blueberry. They are very hardy and have no real disease problems. However, you need to grow more than one variety to ensure fruit set. It is also a challenge to pick them before the birds do and yet still have them

fully ripe and ready for harvest.

The fruit itself is ready just before the strawberries are ready to harvest, giving a great head start of the harvesting of fruit. There are a few cultivars that seem to bear more fruit with a better taste. My favourites are Berry Smart ™ Blue and Berry Smart ™- Belle.

Rhubarb is also a very versatile edible vegetable for early in the year. It is a great source of vitamin C and iron and is wonderful as juice or used in your favourite dessert crumble. The best rhubarb to grow in my opinion is the red varieties so try ‘Canada Red’ for a hardy, productive cultivar. Share your rhubarb dishes with friends from warmer climes and amaze them with this great vegetable!

Strawberries that are grown in your garden are exquisite! The regular strawberries purchased in your local grocery store are a poor substitute for the “real” thing! They are easy to grow but it is best if you plant them as roots rather than seeds once the soil has warmed in the spring. I always grow some strawberries as annuals and yes – in containers. As I do not really plant much in the ground anymore, I can still enjoy strawberries all summer long without being on my hands and knees!

Provincial

A Moose Jaw Provincial Court judge has people who participated in a freedom rally in 2021 and violated pandemic-related health orders.

Judge Brian Hendrickson announced $10,000, Richard Wintringham $6,500, Chey Craik $2,800 and Jasmin Grandel $2,000, based on evidence called during a trial on March 29.

In turn, the judge gave Grandel 3.5tringham three years and Craik two years.

The judge indicated that the Crown had proven that the four had engaged in a prohibited act — disobeying a public their identities; thus, they were guilty.

“I agree (with the defence that) there’s no evidence as to the impact of the public health restriction in this case (and) no evidence that anyone contracted COVID-19 … ,” Judge Hendrickson said.

“However, I also accept (from the Crown that) there was a valid medical reason for the order restricting the size of outdoor gatherings,” he added. “The order was established based on the scienan attempt to limit the potential spread of COVID-19.”

Trial evidence

None of the four appeared physically during the trial, while only Grandel appeared by phone, where she pleaded guilty.

A post was made on social media that encouraged people to attend a freedom rally on Jan. 16, 2021, Crown prosecutor Rob Parker explained while reading the facts. The roughly 100 people gathered at Sunningdale School before walking toward Main Street and setting up adjacent to Humpty’s Restaurant.

At that time, a public health order was in place prohibiting gatherings of more than 10 people.

Police told people they were there to maintain safety and did not intend to issue tickets randomly, he continued. Howev-

Friesen, Wintringham, Craik and Grandel because they each gave presentations.

Friesen, 51, and Wintringham, 59, are from Saskatoon, Grandel, 30, is from Re-

For home owners it is best to grow “day neutral” strawberries as this type of strawberry will give you a crop to harvest throughout the summer and even into the fall. They are termed day neutral as they will produce regardless of the length of day which means a longer picking season. Alternatively, June-bearing strawberries will long term picking needed. June- bearers are typically the largest size of fruit and are thus popular with commercial growers. They will produce for a few weeks and for the remainder of the season be just vegetative with no fruit. One other type of strawberry is the everbearer. Cultivars like ‘Earliglow’ are everbearing and will produce two crops each season. So choose the type of picking you would like and then choose the cultivar that suits your picking schedule. A good day neutral to grow is Tristar while a good June-bearer is Kent.

I love to pick fruit from my garden and enjoy providing an alternative food source for my family that is home-grown. It is just wonderful to go out into the garden and pick high-quality fruit that

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gina and Craik, 46, is from Moose Jaw. Grandel’s guilty plea is a mitigating factor, but the aggravating factor is she has received six similar tickets — totalling $14,680 — elsewhere, Parker add since the mandatory minimum of $2,800 was inappropriate.

Defence lawyer Elaine Anderson ar since a Regina judge recently imposed $1,400 on her. Moreover, she argued the woman’s guilty plea was a mitigating fac tor, while the “totality” of her “unusually occurred before she was ever convicted.

The Crown’s $3,500 suggestion was not “doable,” Grandel said, since she is a recently single mother with a new job and

“I am taking responsibility with my guilty plea and am owning up to my ac tions over the years,” she said. “… I’m

“I don’t see how I can pay them all out. I’m trying to budget, I’m trying to do my best,” Grandel added, “but I’m very the next few years.”

It’s inaccurate that she was unaware of the consequences considering she received Parker said. She continued participating in the rallies, so these penalties were not surprising.

few tickets because her then-husband sup ported her while she was in school. Now, she looks after their child and receives no monetary help.

“I solely regret what I did,” she added.

In a “(King) Solomon-like decision,”

her but also recognized the circumstances. The three unwise men

Friesen has been convicted seven oth er times — one for not wearing a mask and the rest for attending rallies — and re

should be penalized $12,000 here.

“It’s quite clear … Mr. Friesen contin ues to be involved in these matters, but on

each one occasion, he is not there as a bystander (but) he is there as a participant,” Parker said, adding he is a well-known poMeanwhile, Wintringham has re

ing rallies and not wearing a mask, sofence, so he should receive the mandatory minimum of $2,800.

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Professional youth speaker Sam Demma touring Sask. with motivational message

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Sam Demma is a professional youth speaker and author years, including two TEDx appearances and guest spots on outlets like Breakfast Television, CTV, Global News, and CityNews.

Demma was at the tail end of high school when he spoke at a school assembly to ask for help with PickWaste, a litter cleanup project he co-founded with a classmate. ‘hey, can I speak in front of the school population, just to recruit people to come outside and pick up litter with us,’” Demma explained in an interview with MooseJawToday. com.

a two-minute assembly presentation in my high school. I realized from that experience how much I love doing it, and then as the initiative grew, schools and principals just started reaching out.”

Demma began his professional speaking career at 19. Now 24, he has turned his passion for inspiring his peers into an international business — he’s interviewed and showcased 250-plus educators through his multi-media platform The High Performing Educator, and his High Performing Student Program has impacted youth in six countries.

His PickWaste project is still going and is now an annual event in his hometown. However, he has expanded his repertoire and polished his abilities with the help of practice, feedback, and mentorship, and has built a reputation for engagement and motivation.

“By the time I was 19, schools and events were hiring me to deliver 60-minute keynotes on different topics,” he said. “Mental health, overcoming adversity, anti-bullying.

OPINION/EDITORIAL TO THE EDITOR LETTERS

RE: RURAL RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE

I tried applying for the Rural Recruitment Incentive

Because of their impossible hoops, there is no way legally for Continuing Care Assistants (CCA) to get this.

They want you to be a new hire in Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) into a permanent full- time position, which I tried to explain that even with lots of seniority takes time.

My situation is: I was a cook at Goodwill manor going to school for my CCA in 2019/2020 year and to Moose Jaw (a place listed in the rural incentive).

RE: MOOSE JAW, “CANADA’S MOST NOTORIOUS CITY” HAS NOTORIOUSLY BAD ROADS

they got that right...Moose Jaw has notoriously bad roads and a bad cleanup plan for snow removal and road repairs.

West and the cross avenue is 13th. To start the winter season, on Oct 23 & 24 we had heavy snow. Since that time, we have had light snow, heavy snow, heavy snow and high winds, freezing rain.

The following is a list of snow removal we have had in my area.

Feb 3rd 15th Ave graded and 14th Ave sanded Feb 21 Approx 12:30 AM 13th Ave graded 1200 block.

RE: LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON OSKAR ROSENGREN – FROM APPROX. END OF 1923 OR EARLY 1924

I am working on a story on a true crime-story from 1920 in Sweden.

A body was found in a abandoned mine. His clothes were bought in USA.

A man (Oskar Rosengren) who had come back some months earlier.

During several weeks, the police searched for a

So, instead of just offering students a volunteer opportunity, I’m being asked to help make behavioral changes in schools.”

Demma said that despite specializing as a youth speaker, his presentation and message creates connections regardless of age. He maintains a cultural relevance with his own generation, but hope, resilience, and useful selfhelp tools are for everyone.

“I still live in those same spaces. So, all the kids are on TikTok — I’m on TikTok. I know all the dances and the slang, so when I go on stage, my presentation starts with a spoken word poem, and then I do this dance move

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Got hired at Extendicare Moose Jaw as a CCA, went by, and going through the seniority hours I was casual then a temp-part-time then a temp-full-time,

same time, SHA was taking over Extendicare on Oct 9 to be exact. I found out about this incentive and applied wanting to stay and make this place my home.

in SHA, which is so ridiculous cause SHA signed the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that states

months to get the block graded and secondly, where south side of the street, you are right because we all

My next complaint is Coteau Street. This is the only street that goes completely east to west across South Hill. It has lots of potholes west of 9th Avenue

They use the cold mix asphalt (this is my guess) to

called The Whoa, and I hit the gritty, and I get sturdy, you know? All these different moves that the kids love, and they lose their minds, right?

“So, a lot of students will come up to me after my presentation, but also staff members … and even with the book, Empty Your Backpack, I mean, I wrote it with students in mind. But I’ve had so many adults read it and send me grateful messages … Just last week, I did a presentation at Durham College, and it was a community event and it was open to business people. And I think I was the youngest person there.”

Demma’s latest tour, Empty Your Backpack, is based on his book released in 2022. It was inspired by an emotional conversation with a Grade 10 student struggling with their mental health.

“It seemed like most of his challenges were coming from the words other people were using to describe him, or the actions others were taking toward him,” he explained. “And I couldn’t stop thinking about how this young person was carrying around negative thoughts and opinions from other people.” use for a presentation on the subject, and turned it upside down. It’s a reminder, Demma said, to kids or anyone else, to try and live your life in such a way that if someone else puts something negative on you, it just slips out from that backpack.

His latest speaking tour will take him to 82 schools across Canada, including in Weyburn and Estevan upcoming in May, 2023.

Information on Sam Demma and his work, including how to book him for a speaking appearance, is at samdemma.com and at emptyyourbackpack.ca.

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seniority rules when positions are posted. So how

Someone please help me understand this bewant their newish hires to take positions and stay where they are.

Please review the story from SEIU West at: https://www.seiuwest.ca/mediarelease_whattheyrepaidtodo

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Avenue if you go the speed limit, you may launch yourself because there are so many heaves in the road it almost puts high street to shame. The road from one end to another has cracks, potholes and

suspect who had been seen with Rosengren. alive. He had travelled to Canada.

The dead man was another Swede who had lived in USA and returned.

The killer was caught and convicted.

I am trying to get more info on Rosengren (the man who everyone thought was dead).

In a newspaper story from January 2nd, 1924, it in Moose Jaw.

As the newspaper got the facts from a letter, the

curb lane on both sides have potholes and crumbing covering it. This avenue has had more work done on it but again it is a patch here and patch there. What is disheartening is seeing the work being done on it and a week or two later same thing taking place in same location.

crumbing asphalt and heaves but if you look at them they are not in the tourist areas. So if you want to give roads...work on the ones that have not been done in the last decade or two.

Heather Clark

suicide probably took place a month or so earlier. If anyone has any information about this death in late 1923 or shortly therafter, please contact:

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By Leon Retief

Freud The Making of an Illusion

Frederick Crews

Metropolitan Books, 746 pages -

vious century and he knew it, describing himself, without a trace of irony, as equal to Copernicus or Darwin. He is mostly not taken seriously any more, with the exception of literary circles and a few enclaves in France, where this is probably due to a follower of Freud and an even bigger ‘bullshitter’, Jacques Lacan.

Freud destroyed much of his correspondence before his death in 1939, and much of the surviving literature was put under embargo by his daughter Anna – in some cases this embargo will only be lifted in 2113. Remember that Freud died in 1939.

What do they want to hide?

Crews describes Freud’s friendship with Ernst von Fleischl, who was addicted to morphine because of severe pain after an amputation. At that point, Freud himself was a regular user of cocaine and he introduced Fleischl to this drug, and this double addiction led to his death a few years later. Sigmund himself remained an enthusiastic life-long user of cocaine.

Freud and the ear, nose and throat surgeon Wilhelm Fliess had a very bizarre personal and professional relationship – this has long been common knowledge but Freudians tend to sweep it under the carpet as of lesser

importance.

Freud was a pretty unpleasant and in fact misogynistic person, but many unlikeable people have made major

So… did Freud make major breakthroughs?

Not really. His stellar reputation is the result of his only two major talents, none of which contributed to medical knowledge.

and while reading this book I was reminded of the faprinciple is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”

Freud never realized that he was fooling himself bigtime.

The time he spent at the hospital of the famous French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot had an importa trailblazer in many respects, but towards the end of his life he was led a merry dance by his patients, something which did his reputation no good at all.

“Those well-trained patients were already an international scandal by the time of Freud’s arrival in Paris. But [it] appears to have left no impression on [Freud]. His concern was not with passing judgment on methods and conclusions or with attending to patients’ stories but with forestalling a collapse of his own self-esteem.”

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His second talent was a genius at marketing himself and at appropriating other peoples’ accomplishments. It is often still said that Freud discovered the local anesthetic properties of cocaine for eye surgery, but this was in fact pioneered by Carl (or Karl) Koller. This discovery is in fact a greater contribution to medical science that anything accomplished by Freud, but he simply appropriated it as his own.

The case of Anna O is rightly regarded as of seminal importance for the theory of psychoanalysis. Initially

she was a patient of Josef Breuer, a mentor of Freud, but he sidelined Breuer and took over her treatment, which was a complete catastrophe. However, nobody reading Freud’s case notes will be any the wiser about the real outcome of this sorry tale.

Ironically enough, Bertha Pappenheim (her real name) would later become famous in her own right, even having a postage stamp issued in her name.

One of the most meaningful sentences in Crew’s book is: “…Freud had grasped exactly what stood at issue and how essential it would be to determine where the truth lies. And here is where a genuine scientist, seeing an opportunity to resolve a major medical controversy, would have wanted to weigh the experiments of Bernheim, Delboeuf, and others and perhaps embark on further tests that might explode or validate transfer and grand hypnotisme.”

“Freud, however, lacked both the institutional means and the emotional detachment that would have been requisite to such an undertaking. Instead, as he would later do whenever psychoanalytic tenets were in trouble, he shifted into an ad hominem register, asking what kind of people would be comforted by [arguments opposing his own]. His answer was people who can’t face the truth.”

Ironically enough, this is exactly what happened to Crews when he published an essay critical of Freud in the New York Review of Books: psychoanalysts labelled him as in dire need of psychoanalysis!

“The twentieth-century Freud radiated a sense of world-historical mission. This was the man who, without having made a single corroborated discovery, would compare himself favorably to Copernicus and Darwin.”

Freud’s letters show that he eventually came to realize that his method of psychoanalysis made no contribution towards solving patients’ problems, and that he instead tried to extract the maximum amount of money from their purses.

This very interesting book is a must-have for anyone interested the history of the subject.

Other volumes dealing with the same subject are:

Why Freud was Wrong – Richard Webster

Freud Biologist of the Mind – Frank Sulloway

Seductive Mirage – Allen Esterson.

Or take a look at this link: https://www.psychotropical.com/freud-fraud-and-the-delusion-of-experiencepart-1/

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The City of Moose Jaw’s Playground Renewal Program has wrapped up its assessment, redesign, and public survey process for the playground at Athabasca Street West and 15th Avenue Northwest — department head Derek Blais said they’re ready to go and hope to be done by the end of July.

“This is the third playground to be replaced as part of that program. Essentially, the goal is to replace our aging playgrounds with new, modern, inclusive structures, and also having a greater focus on the overall site and what amenities are provided,” Blais explained to MooseJawToday.com

“In 2021, we replaced the Clark Gillies Park playground, and then 2022 was the Moose Square Park playground.”

The City of Moose Jaw has more than 50 public playgrounds — Parks and Rec is responsible for 30 of those sites. The others are managed variously by Wakamow Valley Authority and the local school divisions, and several others are leased by third-party groups.

ty Plan (OCP) is that, as far as possible, the City shall attempt to ensure that no residential property is located more than 400 meters from the closest public open space.

OCP assessments show that current public open space

isting sites rather than adding new ones.

The Athabasca playground survey, which closed on March 22, received 233 responses from residents. There was a fairly even split in the age ranges, from toddlers to older children to pre-teens, as far as who will be using the playground, and 60 per cent of respondents expressed a preference for one particular design option.

“So, with that, we want to ensure that we have a

playground that’s designed for all ages,” Blais said. “And we’re happy to say that we’re moving forward with the community’s preference on the plan.”

The most prominent structure requests were for a swing set and monkey bars. The top three site amenity requests were accessible and inclusive pathways, a picnic table and benches, and a basketball net. The City will also replace fencing as needed, add new waste receptacles, and generally freshen up the site.

“We’re hoping to have the project completed by the end of July,” Blais added. “We’re excited to move forward, and I just really want to thank the public once again for their feedback.”

NOTICE

The Council of the City of Moose Jaw intends to consider a bylaw pursuant to The Cities Act to adopt Bylaw No. 5686, Street and Lane Closure Bylaw, 2023(2)

The proposed Bylaw would close St/L 1, Plan CE2991 Ext 0, St/L 3, Plan CE2991 Ext 0, St/L 4, Plan CE2991 Ext 0, St/L 5, Plan O3365 Ext 0, & St/L 14, Plan O3365 Ext 0. The purpose of the Bylaw is to allow for the lands to be subdivided, consolidated and sold to an adjacent property owner to allow for an expansion of their business.

A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be found under the “announcements” section at www.moosejaw.ca, or may be examined by any interested person at the Department of Planning and Development Services located on the 3rd Floor of City Hall between April 12, 2023 to April 24, 2023.

Any written comments or submissions must be received by the Department of Planning and Development Services, 228 Main Street North, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 3J8, by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 24, 2023 in person or by email at planning@moosejaw.ca. Inquiries may be directed to the Department of Planning and Development Services by email or by phone at 306-694-4443.

The proposed Bylaw and any submissions regarding the proposed Bylaw will be considered at the regular meeting of City Council to be held in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Hall, at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, April 24, 2023. City Council shall hold a public hearing in which any interested persons shall be allowed to address Council.

Dated at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan this 3rd day of April 2023 Tracy Wittke – City Clerk

Retief is a retired physician with clinical and research experience. He likes drinking wine, listening to

Prairie South permanently raises

The next PSSD board meeting is TUESDAY, APR 4.

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Darrell Hawman, president of New Southern Plains Metis Local 160 (left), gathers with Prairie South board chair Giselle Wilson and education director

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Cereal grains economic impact study should create awareness TRADING THOUGHTS

An economic impact study of cereal grains by Cereals Canada should open some eyes to the effect the sector has on Canada.

The study of four grains — wheat, barley, durum and oats — by independent consultant LMC International found the grains create 370,000 jobs in direct and indirect employment.

Another 28,000 jobs were unpaid farm labour, likely a low estimate as the study only included 1.1 other family members per farm as unpaid employees.

Direct jobs in the four grains from farm to processing to port amounted to 141,000 across Canada.

Revenue from the four and associated operations — trucking, elevation, food and feed processing, rail and port — averaged $68.8 billion in the three years from 2015-2016 crop year on.

The study averaged the three years to iron out the impact of price volatility and production volume.

LMC spokesperson David Jackson said the two most important factors in economic impact are prices and grain volume. Prices were high during the study period.

The oats sector, smallest of the four, is responsible for 13,000 farm jobs alone.

Jackson noted the jobs are full-time equivalent and

“it might take three farms to make one job in oats.’’

Another 8,000 jobs involve oats handling and processing

Jackson said not all uses of oats or any grain were included in processing data. “We wanted the crop to be as close to 100 per cent of the ingredients as possible.”

Things like oats bars and such were not included.

Total impact of oats at $1.4 billion was divided with 85 per cent in Western Canada and the rest in the East.

Food processing of oats was responsible for 6,000 jobs.

Wheat and barley, the two biggest crops, accounted for most of the impact.

In the wheat sector, almost $9.5 billion wages were paid to 73,500 workers in farming. Flour processing made up most of the 215,000 jobs connected to wheat.

Total impact of wheat was $42.7 billion with $16.8 billion wages.

Barley created 107,000 jobs with 27,000 in farming. Brewing created 45,000 jobs with over 17,000 in feed milling.

Barley-connected impact was $14.35 billion.

Jackson noted the durum sector created less than its potential. Most of the crop is exported and processed

Earth Day event in April

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Roots School is offering parents in the community some new childcare options as part of their fundraising drive this April, with an Easter Day Camp, bi-weekly Friday movie nights, and an Earth Day-commemorating song-ogram program.

on returning children to a more holistic, natural, and project-based learning philosophy. It currently accepts about 30 students from pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8 and follows the Saskatchewan education curriculum.

While the school has received tremendous support and enthusiasm from the community, its students, and their parents, its fate remains uncertain until it has completed two successful years in operation. Amy Cojocar, the school’s founder, has explained that the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education is following the school closely for the next two years. If it can sustain itself and prove its students are meeting provincial learning outcomes, the province will then provide funding for Roots School up to 80 per cent.

The Roots School is offering the following:

• Easter Day Camp

April 11 to 14, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Roots School’s camps provide a sample of the school’s programming with activities such as nature crafts, recycled art projects, birdwatching, and hikes

Sign up at www.rootsschool.ca/daycamp

• Friday Movie Nights

Offered every other Friday for ages 4 and up

Safe, supervised environment from 4 to 8 p.m. — the whole family is welcome, too

March 31 - Sing

April 14 - The Jungle Book

April 28 - The Mitchells vs. the Machines

May 12 -The Secret Life of Pets

May 26 - Moana

June 9 - Raya and the Last Dragon

Sign up at www.rootsschool.ca/movienight

• Earth Day song-o-grams

Student-led program allows businesses and individuals to send a song to workplace or home

Friday, April 21 in Moose Jaw, and Friday, April 28 in Saskatoon

Cost is $50 — book a time at www.rootsschool.ca/ song “It’s our mission to provide Moose Jaw with the opportunity for children to experience a deeper connection to self and nature and their community,” said Jacqueline Geoffrion. Geoffrion works as the school’s fundraising administrator. Her daughter is a student.

Roots School parents, teachers, and children (The Roots School/Facebook)

“We’re trying to deepen their sense of self through project-based learning, nature-based learning, and holistic growth,” she continued. “A lot of the struggles that children are facing today are things like rising anxiety and depression because of unhealthy relationships with technology and too much time indoors. By bringing them outside and connecting them with nature and self, we are develop-

The school has done away with desks in favour of learning centers and activity stations. They recently obtained a permanent location for their outdoor classroom and are planning on building a garden to grow community produce.

Abstract skills such as math, reading, and the sciences are taught in hands-on ways alongside emotional intelligence skills like mindfulness, self-regulation, and creative expression.

“We know we’re doing something the community wants and needs,” Geoffrion said. “Some kids need different ways of learning. I can’t see my own kids sitting in a classroom all day. There’s just too much energy and too much wonder that needs to be fostered. So, as a parent, I’m really happy this school is here and developing and I’m really happy to be a part of it.

“They don’t need to just show up somewhere and be told what to learn. They need to know how to learn, and if they have that skill set, then they’re ready and they can do anything.”

By Ron Walter For Moose Jaw Express

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necespublication.

elsewhere.

Still, durum created 32,600 jobs with 21,300 in farming and $1.87 billion in wages. Four thousand jobs were in processing.

Total impact of durum was $7.5 billion.

The Cereals Canada study reveals the impact of the four grains in Canada and might explain one reason why the Saskatchewan government spends so much effort on the grain sector.

The 370,000 paid jobs created by cereals compares with 347,000 in the beef cattle sector and 144,000 in the canola sector.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

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Humane Society

Pet of the Month

Pearl is a 1-2 year-old female rabbit. She is super friendly and loves to be pet. She is curious and playful too. She loves to play with cat toys and loves her hay snu e mat. Pearl's adoption fee is $25. If you would like to meet Pearl, please go to our website at www.mjhs.ca and click the Adopt tab, then Adoptable Animals and scroll to her beautiful face to submit your application. We look forward to hearing from you! Once your application has been approved, we will contact you to book a time to come and spend some time with Pearl to be sure she is the right t for you.

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CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, APRIL 10.

City hall expects to save $350,000 on the joint-use school project by letting the school boards handle the procurement, contract administration and construction of all infrastructure within phases 5 and 6A of the Westheath subdivision.

construction investment by 10 per cent, or $250,000, and reduce the time the design engineer and engineering department director spend on the project by 50 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively, for $100,000 in savings.

City council initially approved several motions in December to allow the rezoning and subdivision of Westheath. One motion included completing a municipal reserve lease agreement and development and service agreement between the municipality and Prairie South School Division and Holy Trinity Catholic School Division.

Since then, city administration has worked with the school’s required servicing, a council report explained.

The parties created a new phase 6A — it surrounds the school property — and determined there could be savings by having the divisions complete the city’s obligated construction requirements on both phases simultaneously and then invoice the city afterward.

City administration presented two updated agreements during council’s March 27 regular meeting.

Council voted 4-2 to approve the updated agreements, allow the school divisions to sole-source the work to contractors Colliers, V3 and KGS for the civil works procurement and contract administration processes of $290,533 — the city’s share is $164,473 — and take $2.5 million from the 2024 Westheath capital project account and use it this year.

Councillors Kim Robinson and Dawn Luhning were

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opposed.

The municipality was initially responsible for servicing each lot and the divisions were responsible for completing most of phase 5’s construction this year, a council report said.

This updated approach is similar to the agreement between the city and SaskPower for the latter’s Great Plains Power Station, where the municipality billed the Crown corporation for its share of the underground infrastructure work.

The additional work in phase 6A will create an extra 16 residential lots for a total of 52 that the city hopes to start selling in 2024.

The city’s $2.5 million contribution will come from the 2024 capital account because there is no additional funding in the land development reserve unless council wants to use the parking reserve, offsite levy reserve or raw land reserve, or borrow the money, the report continued.

year’s Westheath construction, but the project’s longer-term funding will come from sales revenue of the extra lots. The city estimates gross sales revenue will be $5 million and net — or overall — revenue could be $3,201,500.

Councillors’ concerns

City council spoke months ago about how it shouldn’t develop property if it didn’t have the money, but this new approach seems to contradict that, said Robinson.

“I don’t think it’s a surprise that I didn’t support this school. I think we’re making a huge mistake putting it out there (in the southwest corner),” he continued. “I also have this consternation because we’ve had other opportunities that we’ve begged off because we’ve said we didn’t

have the money to do it … .

“But further, we’re making more and more developments as far away from the downtown core as we can,” Robinson added. “It just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.”

One paragraph in the report that concerned Luhning was how the school divisions would be responsible for most of the costs; something about that didn’t sit well with her.

Meanwhile, she wanted city administration to prove though it was building roads on the outskirts of town and had to sell 52 lots to recoup the investment money.

“I can’t vote in favour of it … ,” Luhning added. “There’s costs that we’ll incur that maybe we shouldn’t incur. I don’t believe we’re going to save money on this over time.”

Project support

There is very little development in Westheath right now, with only three multi-family and two single-detached homes, Coun. Jamey Logan pointed out, which is one reason — along with several others — he supported this new development.

Moreover, Logan was OK with moving the funding to 2023 since council faced a “pay now or pay later” situation anyway. He also thought there was a low risk that council wouldn’t recoup the $2.5 million investment.

There were only a few houses in the Sunningdale neighbourhood when that school was built, but that area exploded in growth afterward, said Coun. Heather Eby. Based on that example, she thought the city could sell the 52 lots and hoped those sales occurred soon after they were completed.

City hall to help promote special needs committee’s accessibility-focused ramp project

Residents who have trouble accessing some businesses because of mobility issues could have an easier time entering those locations if some shops participate in a cityled accessibility initiative.

Before the pandemic began, the special needs advisory committee began working on the ramp project, which would see downtown businesses install moveable wood ramps that would allow people — especially those in wheelchairs — to enter those shops.

The committee put that project on hold because of the pandemic before picking it up again in December 2021.

It considered contracting two educational institutions in the community to build the ramps but later decided to work with an Ontario company called StopGap.ca. That business aims to help communities create barrier-free spaces by providing the support to create such places.

During its recent meeting, the committee recommended that city council ask the manager of communica-

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tions and stakeholder relations to help the group advertise the ramp project’s details to the public on social media.

Council unanimously supported that motion during its recent March meeting.

If businesses are interested in acquiring a ramp, they can contact the committee, city hall or visit StopGap.ca’s website, Coun. Jamey Logan said. Business owners will need to submit some measurements of their entrance, which the Ontario company will use to make the ramp and then ship to the business.

Business owners can put out the ramp in the mornings when they open, while in the evenings, they can either leave it out or take it inside until the next day, he added.

According to StopGap.ca’s website, there are at least two businesses in Moose Jaw that have acquired a ramp Ominica Street West and Main Event Ladies Wear and

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Bridal on High Street West.

Another business not on the list but known to have a ramp is Tristian’s Treats on High Street West.

The StopGap.ca Foundation was registered as a Canadian charity in October 2013, but its founding occurred in the fall of 2011 in Toronto, its website explained. What began as a one-off project in the city turned into a global movement to make businesses more accessible. developed some exciting programs that help raise awareness about barriers in our built environment and engage communities to work towards removing these barriers,” the website added. “We presently have populated the world with 2,000-plus ramps.”

Moose Jaw is the only community in Saskatchewan to currently use StopGap.ca’s product.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those this publication.

A farmer betting on only one crop had better have a market, and more importantly had better grow enough to

The federal Liberal government faces the predicament of closed markets and no crop with the heavy bet on building a “green’’ climate industry in the latest budget.

Virtually every country on the planet is looking to build “green” industry based on electric vehicles and alternate energy by developing critical minerals used in them.

open-ended green subsidies in the United States. Canada developed its own $21 billion plan to help build the green economy.

To become a viable maker of EV batteries and green industry, Canada needs the U.S. market. One executive order by a new American president could change our access to the vital U.S. market.

Before Canada can begin developing a “green’’ economy the critical minerals that allow green technoloBuilding new oil and gas pipelines is nearly impos-

sible, given opposition.

Both the federal Liberals and Ontario Conservative leaders have promised to fast track new resource developments.

Fast tracking is no way to speed development.

Former Prime Minister Steven Harper took environmental legislation that was credible to most people but suspect to others and fast tracked the process.

The consequence was legal action by Indigenous groups that stopped a new pipeline. All credibility in the act was lost.

Trudeau, when elected, moved too far in the other direction, passing legislation that made resource projects almost impossible to build.

Today, Canadian environmental law has little credibility with most people. Fast tracking projects will only make matters worse.

Northern Ontario and Northern Quebec are crawling with mineral explorers looking for deposits from nickel to lithium to rare earths.

The Indigenous people living there have already protested the level of intrusion on their ancestral territories and way of life. They promise to seek legal action.

Legal action can take decades to resolve an issue. The legal profession may be the big winner from a green policy while Canada lags behind the rest of the world in going green.

The new federal budget marks a departure from the Liberal promise to balance the budget by 2027-28.

The Liberals are banking on Canadians’ love of personal debt to give them permission to continue with token grocery rebates.

Servicing the national debt will eat up $43.9 billion of the budget.

With increasing future costs for health care, dental care, seniors’ pensions and other programs there is no the debt.

A slower rate of growth, or deep recession, will only

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Game

1 - Friday, Mar. 31 - Moose Jaw Warriors 2, Hurricanes 1 (2OT)

Game 2 -- Saturday, Apr. 1 - Moose Jaw Warriors 5, Hurricanes 1

Game 3 -- Tuesday, Apr. 4 -- Lethbridge Warriors 6, Hurricanes 2

Game 4 -- Wednesday, Apr. 5 -- Lethbridge Warriors 5, Lethbridge 2

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The Warriors celebrate after Jagger Firkus scored the game-winner in the second overtime of Game 1.

Lucas Brenton celebrates after scoring his third-period goal as the Warriors won Game 2.

Jagger Firkus went off for a natural hat trick and four points as the Warriors took a strangehold on the series with a Game 3 win.

Max Wanner had a goal and two assists as the Warriors wrapped the series up in Game 4.

The Moose Jaw Warriors had a lot to celebrate in the turned to what’s next.

On paper, the Moose Jaw Warriors looked like they had an easy time of it against the the Western Hockey League playoffs. in a series, it’s easy to make that assumption.

But looks can be deceiving. And while the Warriors might have wrapped up things quickly against the Hurricanes, it wasn’t an easy task -- and that has the team in a positive frame of mind, knowing that they came out of a battle with few scars.

“They were all super close games until the end, and everybody knows how Lethbridge plays, they play super physical, they come out hard and never give up,” said Warriors forward Brayden Yager, who had two goals in the fourth and deciding double overtime, it felt like that almost every night where there were a lot of battles. It was nice to get the four wins in a row, but we’re going to get back to work and get ready for the next one.”

Game 4 was a microcosm for the series -- the Hurricanes came out with some pressure in the early going, but the Warriors would respond, and a third-period surge helped them put things away.

going to put pressure on us,” Yager said. “I think we did a really good job of pushing

back and not letting them push us around and put some pucks in the net.”

Yager received some additional good news on Thursday, as the Western Hockey League announced he was the East Division nominee for the Brad Hornung Most Sportsmanlike Player Award, thanks to putting up 28 goals and 78 points while amassing only 14 penalty minutes in 67 games. His solid play has carried over into the postseason, as his work on a line with Jagger Firkus and Martin Rysavy has led to impressive offensive production. Yager

has two goals and six points over the four games, while Firkus is second in playoff scoring with four goals and 10 points to go Rysavy.

“I thought as the series went on, we all got better, not just myself but the whole team,” Yager said. “(Connor Ungar) was a rock back there all series, and when you have a guy playing like that it’s easy to trust him to do what he does and go to work down low.”

Ah yes, Connor Ungar.

The plaudits for the overage netmind-

er have been many and well deserved, as he came up with big save after big save throughout the playoffs. None more so than in Game 1 of the series, when he turned aside 50 shots in a toe-to-toe battle with Moose Jaw Minor Hockey product Bryan Thomson, who had 52 saves of his own.

All told, Ungar would allow only six goals through the four games and has a 1.29 goals against average to go along with a .953 save percentage. He was named the WHL’s Goaltender of the Week two games of the series.

“Without a doubt he’s been our best player all season,” lauded Yager. “When you have him back there, it’s easy to trust him and we know he’s going to do his job. If we can put in two or three goals a game, we know we’re going to be in pretty good shape.”

The Warriors were still awaiting their second-round opponent as of press time, with who they face dependent on the result from Game 7 between the Saskatoon Blades and Regina Pats on Monday night.

A Saskatoon win, and the Warriors will face the Winnipeg Ice in the second round, while a Regina win will see Moose Jaw taking on the Red Deer Rebels.expected to begin on the road on Friday night.

2024 Brier Canadian men’s curling championship to be held in Regina

The 2024 Brier, presented by AGI, will kick off March 1 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, will bring one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious curling championships to the Queen City for the sixth time — and ticket packages are now on sale.

The Canadian men’s curling championship — the largest and most widely-known national curling championship in the world — will take place March 1 to 10. First held in 1927 and organized yearly ever since by Curling Canada, the winning team at the Brier takes home the Brier Tankard and the right to represent Canada at the World Men’s Curling Championship.

Demand for tickets is expected to be high, so fans wanting to attend the 2024 Brier should act quickly to secure a spot.

draw from Friday, March 8, to Sunday, March 10.

• Opening Weekend Package ($120$138) — A single ticket to all draws from Friday, March 1, to Sunday, March 3.

• Weekday Package ($69-$75) — A single ticket to all three draws on either Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

All ticket purchases are subject to PST, as well as standard facility and ticket-service fees.

Ticket packages are available online at curling.ca/tickets and in person at the can be sent to tickets@curling.ca.

Here’s a look at what ‘s available:

• Full Event Package ($486-$522) — A single ticket to every draw of the 2024 Brier.

• Championship Weekend Package ($234-$252) — A single ticket to every

senior badminton season

with Central’s Micah Salido-Porter second

Fans are also encouraged to sign up on the Curling Canada Collective to receive updates on tickets as well as volunteer opportunities at the 2024 Brier.

in the books, there are plenty of familiar the Moose Jaw High School Athletic Association senior badminton league.

As it turns out, if you win a medal in the city championship one year, odds are you’re going to contend the next, and that’s exactly what’s happening in a handful of divisions.

Leading the way in the girls’ singles division is Cornerstone’s Kiana Hrechka, with the 2022 junior city champion postrounds of play. Vanier’s Emma Leclair was second and teammate Jerielle Malano third on Night 1, while Central’s Mikayla Carle and 2022 city silver medalist Kylee

Cooper of Peacock took third on Night 2. Boys singles junior bronze medalist Cole Wilson from Central is also off to

Tollefson second on Night 2. Defending bronze medalist Nigel Fang from Central was third both nights.

The reigning mixed doubles gold medalists from Cornerstone got their season off to a fast start, as Annika Wonnick and Wyatt Craig picked up the opening night win. Central’s Eihab Dahab and Ashley Ciserno were second while Cornerstone’s Jorja Seida-Ruthven partnered with TanSalido-Porter and Tara Nguyen took top spot on Night 2, Dahab and Ciserno were once again second, Seida-Ruthven and McKelvey Ellard placed third.

Peacock’s Makena Simmons and Jes-

sica Selensky might be newcomers to girls doubles, but that hasn’t stopped the duo

Seida-Ruthven and Wonnick were second and Payton Fisher and Ademide Adewumi place remain the same, with Hrechka joining Wonnick to land second.

Reigning junior boys double goldished third on Night 1, with Salido-Porter joining Fang to win on opening night and then Josef Yee to claim the Night 2 win.

The bronze medalists from 2023, Cornerstone’s Matt Artavia and Cole Benallick, were second on Night 1 and third on Night 2, while Central’s Curtis Smith and Carter Yeroschak were second on Night 2.

2023 Tim Hortons Brier champions, Team Canada, from left: skip Brad Gushue, vice-skip Mark Nichols, second E.J. Harnden, lead Geoff Walker and coach Caleb Flaxey (Curling Canada/Michael Burns)

six points over the four games.

Waller to pitch for Miller Express after solid debut last season

Drinkwater product Kaleb Waller had already put together a solid season for the Moose Jaw 18U AAA Canucks and a couple of decent pitching performances for the Moose Jaw Miller Express by the time the Western Canadian Baseball League post-season rolled around last summer.

What he did there has the local WCBL team looking for big things from their freshman hurler when the 2023 season kicks off in just under two months’ time.

Waller, 19, was pressed into service in the Medicine Hat Mavericks as the shortstaffed Miller Express looked to stay alive in the playoffs.

Waller had gotten the job done in the round series against Swift Current, pitching two innings and allowing a single hit as Moose Jaw held on for a 5-3 win.

But the game against the Mavericks was different -- Cameron Dunn had done all he could on short rest, going three innings and allowing a single run on three hits, and Waller was coming in looking to limit the damage in what was at the time a

So how did he do?

hits, four strikeouts, no walks and the win as the Express tied the game in the sixth and put up four insurance runs in the seventh on their way to a 5-1 win.

“Oh man, I never expected this,” an elated Waller said at the time. “I got a text from [head coach] Eric [Marriott] the

on the team and I texted him back within 10 minutes and I was like ‘let’s do it’. And now I’m here doing this… I never thought I’d be here right now and it’s just amazing.” Now he’ll be doing it all full-time this summer.

All told, Waller made nine appearancwith a 6.35 earned run average to go along with 11 strikeouts and 12 walks over 17 innings pitched.

Premier Baseball League with the Canucks was outstanding.

Waller started 14 games for Moose Jaw, pitching a team-leading 65 innings and putting together a 3.77 earned run average and 1.60 walks and hits per instrikeouts, the second-highest total in the league.

Waller is currently playing for Kankanee Community College in Kankanee, Ill., with the Cavaliers playing in National Junior College Athletic Association Region 4. In nine college appearances, Waller has allowed seven runs on 13 hits walking seven in that span.

Kankakee is off to a solid start with the season, good enough for fourth place in their division.

You can follow along with Waller’s NJCAA season at www.athletics.kcc.edu/ baseball and be sure to keep an eye on the Miller Express Twitter account for more updates as the season gets closer.

The Miller Express open the 2023 WCBL season on Saturday, May 27 when they host the Weyburn Beavers.

Extra innings… the Miller Express are looking for billet families for the upcoming season. Contact Lindsey Stephenson at (306) 209-9492 or Ryan Stephenson at (306) 209-5867 if you’re interested in helping out… season tickets are also available, contact Cory Olafson at (306) 6218893 or Darryl Pisio at (306) 630-8108 for more information and to purchase.

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Moose Jaw Miller Express pitcher Kaleb Waller in action last season.

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Minto United Church and Alliance Church 13-week Grief Recovery Support Groups in Moose Jaw – in person or online - using the GriefShare program which can be viewed at GriefShare.org. Leone Townend has been leading the Grief support ministry at Minto United for several years/Ralph Magnus recently moved to Moose Jaw and brings to the Alliance Church his experience of leading a Griefshare ministry from the Edmonton area. Anyone is welcome from any faith background as well as those GriefShare provides three opportunities for participants; 1. video teaching by pastors and counsellors, 2. a weekly group discussion and 3. individual workbooks withticipants to complete during between meetings. Anyone continuing to struggle with grief weeks, months or even years after the in a GriefShare group. Please contact either or both for more information. Minto United Church Online group - Leone Townend, Co-ordinator @ 306-631-9044 or Moose Jaw Alliance Church (MJAC) In-person group meetings at MJAC- Ralph Magnus, GriefShare coordinator @ 780456-6487 (cell). Meetings have already started and are 13-week groups, but new participants are welcome to join at any time until May 24th (last meeting).

Moose Jaw Prairie Hearts Quilters Next Meeting April 20/May 04 & 18 (last mtg until Sept) in the Masonic Temple at 1775 Main Street North. Membership Fee is $50 per year. For more information write Moose Jaw Prairie Hearts Quilters’ Guild Inc., Box 484, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4P1 or email prairieheartsquilters@yahoo.ca

Straker singer/songwriter will return to the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre’s Mae Wilson Theatre on Friday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available from Sasktix.ca or at the Cultural Centre box of-

Minto Church Garage Sale will be held April 13,14 and 15th. On April 13th and 14th the hours are 9 am -7 pm. On April 15th, the hours are 9 am – noon. For information call Lorne Jackson 306796-7345.

Moose Jaw Wildlife Federation

Fundraising Dinner will be held on April 15 at the Heritage Inn, 1590 Main Street North. Cocktails: 5:30 pm Supper: 7:00 pm.

Tickets- $50pp - Reserved Table of 8 - $450.00. For Tickets contact: Doreen @306-692-4148 or Sandra @306-692-8848. If you need more information, please call me at 306-692-8848.

The Moose Jaw Art Guild is having an Art Creation Day on Sunday, April 16, from 1:30 to 5:00pm at the Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery in the Hands-On Room. Members and persons interested in doing art are invited to attend. Bring your projects and enjoy creating together. For information call 306-692-6667

The 21st Moose Jaw Business Excellence (MJBEX) Awards Banquet will be held on Wednesday, April 19 at the Heritage Inn. Tickets to the banquet, which starts at 5 p.m., are available at mjcc.awardify.io/events. Both table and individual tickets can be purchased. Tables for eight people are $683.76, with individual seats going for $85.47 (taxes included).

Lynbrook Women’s League Spring Meeting will be held at the Lynbrook Club House on April 19 at 7:00. To all those joining, please remember to bring your membership fee of $25.00 - as per the motion at the Fall Meeting about having fees paid by the as many members to attend this

Upcoming Events in Moose Jaw

meeting so that payments can be made ahead of our May 3rd start date (weather permitting). A Sign Up Sheet will be on the bulletin board to sign up for your chosen T-time. Allowed to book two weeks at a time.

The 16th biennial Prairie Hearts Quilters’ Guild Quilt Show will take place over two days at the Moose Jaw Events Centre on Friday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, April 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s show is titled Sew Full of Whimsy. The Sew Full of Whimsy show will feature around 250 brand-new quilt displays, demonstrations and workshops by experienced artisans, Guild table, and several craft vendors, with concessions available

Centre. Admission to the show is $25 for a two-day pass, or $15 per day. Tickets are available at the Moose Jaw Events Centre

Deb Barlow Trunk Show will be held at the Events Centre on Friday, April 21 at 7 p.m. She is judge and a juried member of the Saskatchewan Craft Council. The Trunk Show is not included in the Sew Full of Whimsy show passes and costs an additional $25 to attend.

South Saskatchewan Wildlife Association Annual Awards Night Banquet will be held at the Sportsman Center located at 276 Home St E on April 22. Cost is $25/person, cocktails at 5:00pm and dinner at 6:00.

Contact Gregg for tickets 306631-6600.

Minto United Church Auction & Ham Supper will be held on Saturday, April 22nd in the upper auditorium at Minto United Church – 1036 7th Ave. NW Doors open at 4pm; Supper at 5pm. Tickets – Adults $20pp/Children 12 and under - $10. For tickets call Linda @306.694.1209 or tickets can be

Fri from 12:30pm-4:30pm. N.A.F.R. Branch 23 ( Nat. Association of Federal Retirees) General Meeting will be held on April 26 ( Wed) 2023 at 2:30 pm in the lounge in Tim.Eaton’s building ( beside the lunch room) Main Floor, 510 Main St.North Moose Jaw. This is an all-inclusive accessible building. Topics: Ideas for guest speakers, Upcoming Sidewalk Days in July. Members and those interested in becoming a member Welcome ! Email: mcwall@sasktel.net for info.

SPRING FLING at the Lynbrook Golf Clubhouse on April 29th. Everyone is welcome. Cocktails at 7:00pm. Nacho Bar (included). Music by Runaway Train 8:0012:00pm. There will be a 50/50 draw. Tickets are available at the Pro Shop $30.00 per person. For more information call the Pro Shop 306-692-2838 or Bev 306690-4240.

“Evening of Music” Fundraiser in support of MJ Christian Counselling Centre. Please join us on Sunday, April 30th at 6:30 pm at the Hillcrest Church located at 1550 Main St. North. Music features are: Cornerstone Christian School Choir; Dr. V Rininsland; The Eros Family; and worship music led by COG worship band for all to join in! If your company would like to help sponsor the evening: please contact us at mjccc@shaw.ca for more information on how you will be advertised. Hope to see you there Lawn Bowls at Yara Centre for the winter.

Lawn Bowling is an activity for everyone from age 5tive elements for the competitive athlete, yet is an inclusive activity for the strictly recreation players. It has been described as a cross between curling and billiards.

Admission to Yara centre & no outdoor footwear are the only requirements. Join in Monday night@7:00, Tues am@9:30, Wed. & Thurs @1:30. For more info call or text 306 690 8739. Drop in EVERYONE WELCOME. www. moosejawlawnbowling.com

Nar-Anon Meetings every Monday 7—8pm (Moose Jaw NarAnon Family Group) is a twelvestep program for relatives and else’s drug use and is in-person at Moose Jaw Alliance Church, 14 Neslia Place. Come in Main Doors – Meeting in Rm 103. You Are Not Alone! Your anonymity and what you say at meetings will be carefully guarded. Toastmasters clubs utilize communication skill components to create the smorgasbord of bento provide.

Big Country Toastmasters club meets on Wednesdays at 7pm. Regular training opportunities have resumed with in-person @ saskpolytech in addition to virtual experience. For more information text 306toastmastersclubs.org

TAP Toastmasters (TAP) meet every Tuesday at 7 pm. Email cathymorrell@gmail.com

Church of Our Lady Bingo tales place at the Church of Our Lady Community Centre, 566 Vaughan Street on Tuesday evenings. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Bingo begins at 7:00 p.m.

The Moose Jaw Stamp Club Meetings are the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 6:30pm at the Lindale School (north entrance). Call 306-6935705 for information.

Moose Jaw Camera Club - Interested photographers are welcome and invited to join and Be Focused With Us! For more information: Wanda - 306-693-7440 or Len - 306-693-7685. themoosejawcameraclub.com

Line Dancing every Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. at St. Andrews Church. Call 306.692.7365 for more information.

Moose Jaw Public Library, 461 Langdon Cres. Phone 306.692.2787; visit their website at https://www.moosejawlibrary.

ca/

The MJPL will be closed on April 7, 9, and 10.

Moose Jaw Public Library adult programming in April Tech Time by appointment only, call 306-692-2787 to book a personalized one-on-one session with a tech wizard who can help clients learn how to use their devices and apps.

Magic the Gathering - All experience levels welcome, come and learn how to play one of the most popular and intricate deck-building games of all time on Saturdays, April 22 from 2 to 5 p.m.

MJPL Book Club: Jameela Green

Ruins Everything by Zarqa Nawaz

- Jameela Green Ruins Everything (2022) is a black comedy about the price of success, and a biting look at the negative results of American foreign policy in the Middle East. On Tuesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. in the South Meeting Room.

MJPL Movie Club: Loving Vincent (2017) - Directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, from 65,000 paintings made in Vincent Van Gogh’s visual aes-

the aftermath of the great artist’s death. On Monday, April 17 at 6 p.m. in the MJPL Theatre.

Moose Jaw Public Library youth programming in April New Adult Digital D&D every Friday, online, from 4 to 6 p.m., for ages 15 to 22. Register by emailing youth@moosejawlibrary.ca.

Teen D&D on Thursdays in the MJPL Archives, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., for ages 12 to 16. Register by email at youth@moosejawlibrary.ca.

Teen Gamers – Games Night on Wednesday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room, for ages 12 to 19. Featuring card games, board games, and video games in various formats. No registration required, snacks provided.

Teen Writers Circle on Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room, for ages 12 to 19. Movie Matinee – Strange World

(2022) on Saturday, April 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the MJPL theatre, all ages welcome. Strange World stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, and Jaboukie YoungWhite as members of the legendary Clade family of explorers attempting to navigate an uncharted new land.

Teen “I Made This” Art Program on Wednesday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room, for ages 12 to 19. This month’s project is scratch art — snacks provided.

The Royal Canadian Legion –Branch 59 Moose Jaw, 268 High St W Moose Jaw; Contact: 306692-5453. Facebook @ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION-Branch 59 Moose Jaw. Instagram: @Royalcanadianlegion59. SHA restricBingo every Monday evening in the Lounge. Play starts at 6pm, Paper goes on sale at 5pm. Playing ten regular games with 2 parts each and 3 extra games, all games are cash prizes. Please invite your friends for a fun night out.

Dart League every Thursday starting at 6pm. $25 to enter for the season. No membership required.

Cribbage every Tuesday at 1:30pm. Registration at 1pm. Cost $2 and please pre-register your team by calling 306.693.9688.

ery Friday at 7:00pm. Chase the Ace/Meat Draw every Saturday. To see the total check out Facebook page on Wednesday and Fridays for the upcoming Saturdays numbers. For current listing of events online visit: Monthly Calendar | Royal Canadian Legion Branch 59Moose Jaw (royalcanadianlegionbranch59moosejaw.ca)

Moose Jaw and District Seniors: For more information Call: 306-694-4223 or Email: mjsenior@shaw.ca

The centre is now open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8am – 8pm.

Fitness Level & Indoor Walking Track open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday’s 8am4pm

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 on Thursday’s. Tuesday is pie day.

Kitchen is open Monday to Friday. Everyone is welcomed.

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.

- Wednesday @ 6pm

Fitness- Chair/Low Impact Fit-

ness Mondays & Thursdays @ 1:00 p.m.

Cribbage – Wednesdays @ 1 p.m.

Hand & Foot Card Game for Beginners – Thursday @9:30 am.

Mah Jong – Wednesday @1 p.m.

500 Cards – Thursdays @ 1 p.m.

New – Full Body Work Out Monday at 9:30am and Wednesday at 9:30 am

Scrabble – Monday’s at 1pm

New – Spades Tuesday and Friday at 1pm

Line Dancing – Tuesdays @ 10 a.m.

Intro to Line Dancing – Wednesday’s @ 11am

Table Tennis – Monday Afternoon 1pm

Art & Crafts – Monday, Tuesdays & Wednesdays @ 1 p.m.

Thursdays @ 1 p.m.

Paper Tole – Tuesdays @ 1 p.m.

Nickle Bingo – Fridays @ 1 p.m.

Quilting – Every Friday 9am to 4pm

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

Jam and dancing (New Name Change) – Friday’s 9 a.m.

Texas Hold’em - Thursday @ 6:30pm

Old Fashion Country Music Fund-

raiser - $8 entry fee. Sunday April 23 at 1:30pm Tickets at front desk.

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Friday: 10:00 Beginner Pickleball/1:00 Regular Pickleball

April 5,12,19,26 Soup and Sandwich Lunch from 11am-12:30. Cost $10pp includes soup, sandApril 15 – Social Dance with band Dennis Ficor; starts 7:30 p.m. Cost $15pp includes lunch. April 29 – Craft and Trade Fair 9am-3pm. Free Admission. Lots of vendors – come and see. Moose Jaw ANAVETS: Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans Unit #252 – 279 High St. W, Moose Jaw. 306.692.4412 or anaf252@ sasktel.net

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FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY – Aerie meeting – 11:30 am

APRIL 14 & 15, 2023 – Live Band – Original Covers – playing in the lounge at 8:00 pm Come out and enjoy the music and dance.

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4 cemetery plots in Garden of Devotion at Sunset Cemetery 9th Ave. SW. Moose Jaw Sask. For more

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For Sale- 4 ton electric log splitter $349.99 new sale used $149.00. Bossons heads 6 each in good condition $50.00 for all. 5” vice with locking swivel base $62.99 new sale used $30.00. Router, case, table & stand all $50.00. Framed petite point 6 pieces $50.00 for all. 2 rifle cases $5.00. Krupp’s electric meat slicer $ 10.00. I crate for large dogs $50.00.

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AUTO RACING

Friday

5:30 p.m. FSR NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race at Martinsville.

Saturday

5:30 p.m. TSN NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series Call 811 Before You Dig 250.

BASEBALL

Friday

5 p.m. NET MLB Baseball Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays. 9 p.m. NET MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers.

Wednesday

5 p.m. TSN MLB Baseball Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees.

BASKETBALL

Friday

5 p.m. TSN NBA Basketball Play-In Tournament: Teams TBA.

7:30 p.m. TSN NBA Basketball Play-In Tournament: Teams TBA.

Saturday

6:30 p.m. WXYZ NBA Basketball Playoffs: Teams TBA.

Monday

6 p.m. TSN NBA Basketball Playoffs: Teams TBA.

8:30 p.m. TSN NBA Basketball Playoffs: Teams TBA.

Tuesday

5:30 p.m. TSN NBA Basketball Playoffs: Teams TBA. CURLING

Saturday

5:30 p.m. NET Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling Players’

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HOCKEY

Thursday

6:30 p.m. TSN 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship Quarterfinal: Teams TBA.

7 p.m. NET NHL Hockey San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers.

Law "Chain of Command" Law-SVU "Controlled Burn" Law-Crime "Whipping Post" Brainfood Brainfood

19 TSN (6:30) IIHF Women Quarter final: Teams TBA (N) (Live) SC SC Jay Onrait (N) (Live)

20 NET NHL Hockey San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers (N) (Live) Sportsnet NHL's Best Blue Jays

25 EDACC Big Bang etalk (N) Wipeout "Wipe-pedia Vol.1" Next Level Chef (N) Rookie "God's Good Grace"

26 W Law-SVU "Motherly Love" Will & Grace Will & Grace Fire Country Best Man "The Party" (N)

ENCAV (:55) <++ Mystery Men ('99) Hank Az aria. Nurse JackieNurse JackieWeeds Weeds

CMT Raymond Raymond The Office The Office Frasier Frasier Cheers Cheers

TLC Dr. Pimple Popper (N) Dr. Down Below Stuck "Stiletto in the Eye" Dr. Pimple Popper

DISC (6:00) BattleBots (N) Lego Masters Australia BattleBots "Pizza Party"

41 COM Sheldon 'Til Death Friends Friends Friends Friends Big Bang Big Bang

42 TCM (6:00) < The Searchers (:15) <+++ Sergeant Rutledge ('60) Jeffrey Hunter (:15) < America, America

47 AMC (6:00) <++ Police Academy (:15) <++ Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (:15) < Weekend at Bernie's

48 FSR NHRA Gainesville NHRA Drag Racing Miami Boat Show 2023 Dangerous Border Patrol

55 CRV1 (:15) <++ A Christmas Story Christmas ('22) <+ Spiral: From the

Ghosts Romantic GRosie Moll

29 ENCAV (6:50) <+++ Pride & Prejudice ('05) Keira Knightley <+++ Elizabeth ('98) Geoffrey Rush,Cate Blanchett.

33 CMT Raymond Raymond The Office The Office Frasier Frasier Cheers Cheers

35 TLC (:05) You, Me & (N) (SP) (:10) Love in Paradise (N) (:05) Seeking-Husband Love in Paradise

38 DISC (6:00) Homestead (N) Heavy Rescue: 401 (N) Homestead "Under Si ege" Homestead "Trust or Die"

41 COM Sheldon 'Til Death Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang

42 TCM (6:00) <+++ Rio Bravo ('59) John Wayne. <+++ The Big Sleep ('46) Lauren Bac all, Humphrey Bogart.

47 AMC (6:00) <+++ Tombstone ('93) Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell. <++++ Goodfellas ('90) Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro.

48 FSR Motorcycle Racing NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Dangerous Highway Patrol

55 CRV1 Movie (:25)

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33 CMT Raymond Raymond The Office The Office Frasier Frasier Cheers Cheers 35 TLC (6:00) 90 Day: Other (N) 90 Day (N) Seeking Brother Husband 90 Day 90 Day: Other 38 DISC (6:00) Outlaws: Fast "Tricia's Back" (N) Homestead "The Wild Year " Homestead Rescue

41 COM Sheldon 'Til Death Sheldon Sheldon Sheldon GoldbergsBig Bang Big Bang

42 TCM (6:00) < Land of the Phar <+++ Mister Roberts ('55) Jack Lemmon, Henry Fonda. (:15) < Dial M for Murder

47 AMC (6:00) <++ Uncle Buck ('89) (:15) <++ The Great Outdoors ('88) Dan Aykroyd. (:15) <++ Uncle Buck ('89)

48 FSR (5:30) NASCAR NHRA Drag Racing NHRA Drag Racing Dangerous Drives

55 CRV1 (6:40) < Benediction ('21) Peter Capaldi, Jack Lowden. < Blade of the 47 Ronin ('22) (P) Movie

56 CRV2 (:15) < The Grizzlie Truth ('22) Drag Race (N) (SF) (:10) < Ride the Eagle ('21)

57 CRV3 (:20) Republic of Doyle (:10) Friday Night Lights Billions "The Good Life" Your Honor "Part Five"

58 HBO (5:55) Kings (:25) < Stockton on My Mind ('20) Succession Real, Bill Maher (N)

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3 CBKFT

7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30

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CBKT The Nature of Things CBC Docs "Rare Bird Al ert" <+++ Goon ('11) Jay Baruchel, Seann William Scott.

WWJ NCIS: Hawai'i "Nightwatch" 48 Hours SEAL Team Magnum P.I. "Til Deat h"

WXYZ (6:30) NBA Basketball Playoffs: Teams TBA (N) (Live) News (N) The Rookie "Fire Fight" Nashville

CTYS Hudson "Bury the Lead" < Kiss the Cook ('21) Andrew Bus hell Wong & "The Cheat" 19 TSN (5:30) NASCAR Sports (N) UFC Fight Night (N) (Live) SportsCentre (N) (Live) SC

20 NET (5:30) Grand Slam-Curling Sportsnet (N) (Live) Blue JaysMisplays NHL's Best Plays Week

25 EDACC Evolving Vegan (N) Highway Thru Hell Neighbor "Screaming Oaks" Neighbor "Not in My Yard" 26 W < A Second Chance at Love ('22) Gloria Reuben. < The Wedding Cottage ('23) Erin Krakow

My Ex 7 Little "Lotsa Little Lovin'"

38 DISC Parker's Trail (N) Gold Rush WW (N) Homestead "Neva da Thirst" Homestead "Winter's Fury"

41 COM Sheldon 'Til Death Bob Heart Bob Heart Bob Heart Bob Heart Big Bang Big Bang

42 TCM (6:00) <+++ Mildred Pierce (:15) Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star < To Have and Have Not

47 AMC (6:00) <+++ The Fugitive ('93) Harrison Ford <++ Days of Thunder ('90) Robert Duvall,Tom Cruise

48 FSR Extreme E Off-Road Racing Final II: Saudi Arabia Extreme E Saudi Arabia Dangerous Storm Chaser s

55 CRV1 (:20) < The Middle Man ('21) Don McKellar. <+++ Nope ('22) Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya.

56 CRV2 (5:50) < Downton Abbey: < Benediction ('21) Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Jack Lowden. Movie

57 CRV3 (:20) Doyle "Last Call" (:10) Fresh Water Billions "The Punch" Your Honor "Part Seven"

58 HBO (:20) <

(SF) Not Dead (N) Million Little "Ironic" (N) News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (:35) Nightline

13 CTYS Chicago Med Chicago Fire "Nemesis" Chicago "Proof of Burden" Brainfood Brainfood

19 TSN (5:00) MLB Baseball SportsCentre (N) (Live) SportsCentre (N) (Live) Jay Onrait (N) (Live)

20 NET NHL in 30 NHL in 30 NHL Hockey First Round: Teams TBA (N) (Live) Sportsnet

25 EDACC Big Bang etalk (N) Children Mod Fam Sheldon GoldbergsBig Bang Not Dead (N)

26 W Law & Order: SVU "Mood" Will & Grace Will & Grace So Help Me Todd New Amsterdam

29 ENCAV (:15) < Indian Horse ('17) Sladen Pel tier. <+++ Maps to the Stars ('14) Julianne Moore.

33 CMT Raymond Raymond The Office The Office Frasier Frasier Cheers Cheers

35 TLC Dr. Pimple Popper (N) Awake Surgery Dr. Mercy "Armpit Fingers" Dr. Pimple Popper

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Obituaries / Memorials

GREENWOOD, ALLAN

Allan Robert Greenwood passed away at home on April 2, 2023 at the age of 80. Allan was born on August 14, 1942 in Coronach, Sask. He attended Clydesdale Country School for grades 1-8, then attended Coronach for high school. Allan worked for various farmers around Coronach and Moose Jaw, construction with Tracey Construction, worked as a mechanic at Sterling Motors, followed by a 27 year career at Co-op before retiring in 1991. Allan went on to start his own successful courier service which is still running today. He operated Greenwood’s Delivery Service for 20 years, during which time he various rural hospitals and businesses. This is when he became known for his meticulously maintained 1996 Dodge diesel which he bought new and put 1.4 million kilometres on.

Allan’s legacy will be carried on by his loving wife of 46 years Vivian (née Dawson) as well as their seven children Ryan (Denise), Cody (Amy), Tyler (Melissa), (Alyssa). Allan will be lovingly remembered by his Riley, Shyanne, and soon to arrive another baby. He is survived by his brother-in-law Bob McGee and sisters-in-law Judy Greenwood and Gail Dawson. He Noble), siblings Eileen (Martin) Wrolson, Elmer, Alice McGee, and Melvin, and parents-in-law Bob and Madge Dawson. Allan is also survived and predeceased by numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, great-great nephew, and great-great-great nieces.

A celebration of life will be held at the Eagles Club (561 Home St, W.) on Sunday, May 7th at 2:00 pm. The family looks forward to seeing anyone who would like to honour Allan’s life.

A special thank you goes out to Dr. Haver, the Homecare staff in Moose Jaw, and our Mom (Vivian) for keeping him home and comfortable until the very end.

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 this publication.

Cantankerous

We are in the midst of some bathroom renovations. We take our time so even though it goes slowly we can adapt to changing situations as the work proceeds. However, I become a cantankerous renovator when things do not go as planned and the frustration level increases. Unfortunately, Patti must absorb my exasperations, as it is just the two of us working together.

Cantankerous

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith: “There’s not a more bitter cantanckerous road in all Christendom.” Cantankerous people are cranky, grumpy, and often angry. Yet if we can think charitably about them for a moment we might conother malady that sours the mood.

As far as the origin of cantankerous, there are several theories. It could be a joining of the Middle English word contakour, which means troublemaker and contention, with the word raucous, meaning bitter deep-seated ill will and disagreeably harsh. Another possibility is the Irish word cannran, which means grumbling. It’s been speculated that cantankerous derives from cankerous, an understandable foul mood. A cankerous person can suffer from painful canker sores.

The Oxford English Dictionary says the usage may have evolved from the Middle English conteke, meaning quarrelling, with conteckour, a quarrelsome person. The use of “ous” is a word-forming element making adjectives from nouns. It implies “having, full of, having to do with, doing, inclined to.” This comes from the Old French -ous, -eux, from Latin -osus.

A cantankerous person shows an ill-natured, ill-conditioned disposition. The dictionary’s earliest citation is from An Alphabet of Kenticisms Pegge: “Contancrous, peevish, perverse, prone to quar-

relling.”

In The Rivals,

are three of us come on purpose for the game—you won’t be so cantanckerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.”

Mitford addressed “To Wimpole Street”: I cantankerous Cassius himself.”

cantankerous are crotchety and ornery. People often use these adjectives when describing some older men and women. Although at what age a per-

can be described as ill-natured, which is similar. I have heard people compared to a cantankerous mule. Mules have a habit of going their own way or refusing to move at all despite the best efforts of riders or leaders. Cantankerous can also describe discussions between opposing views that become heated. “With many more transmission lines needed to support renewable enmore cantankerous.”

seniors. “He was the kind of cantankerous old man who once berated a person knocking on the front door by threatening to fetch the broomstick and administer a thrashing.”

I hope Patti does not label me as cantankerous during these bathroom renovations. Things do seem to be

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 words will be used.

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Flt Lt. A.P. Forbes and the Canadian Crew of Lancaster III s/n PB365

A few weeks ago the Moose Jaw Express ran the story of ‘Pat’ Forbes by Jason Antonio and David Forbes. Flt Lt. A.P. Forbes, Pilot of Lancaster PB365, 103 Squadron, RAF was David’s Uncle. Forbes and his crew were killed on a raid on Stettin, (Germany) Poland on the night of August 29/30, 1944.

Remembering the Fallen

By Richard Dowson, Moose Jaw

The SVWM and CVWM sites are outstanding. If you lost a family member in WW1 or WW2, Korea or later, you should review these sites.

Cause of the Crash

The aircraft crashed after taking a catastrophic hit from exploding Flak. It crashed almost immediately, making it impossible for any crewmen to parachute to safety.

Canadian Crewmen:

Flight Lieutenant Allan Patrick Forbes (J/24260) (Mortlack and Moose Jaw) KIA, Pilot. His story has been told.

Flt. Sgt. Thomas Andrew Purvis, RCAF Air Gunner

Flt. Sgt. Thomas Andrew Purvis, Air Gunner, (R/217006), was the son of Culver B. Purvis and Adeline, Purvis, 79 Falcon Avenue, Toronto (east side).

Thomas was born in February 1925. He was a member of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, Militia and reached the rank of Corporal before enlisting in the RCAF in Toronto.

He was on his 35th Operational Sortie at the time of his death, which suggests he was on a Second Tour.

Additional Information – From David Forbes, Saskatoon, March 2023

Forbes and his crew were posted to 103 Squadron, RAF at Elsham Wolds on May 25, 1944. The Normandy Invasion took place on June 6, 1944. The Forbesgust, until the night they were killed. on Operations 29 times for an average of an Operational Flight every 3 days and oflevel was high. It must have been exhausting.

A Lancaster Bomber crew was normally 7 men. The Lancaster Bomber required only one pilot. F/O Theodore Gorak, J/26415, is listed as Second Pilot. unknown. He may have been on a training operation.

The Canadian RCAF Crew

I did a follow-up on the Canadian crewmen. I was unable to do research on the RAF crewmen.

The initial information is from the RAF WW2 Casualty Reports; the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial and the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) and United States Marine Corps records.

It is believed Flt. Sgt. Tommy Purvis was an addition to and not part of the regular crew of the 103 Squadron, RAF, Lancaster PB365. The Bomber crew were on their 29th Operation. Their regular Air Gunner, Harold “Mike” Prentice of Abbey, Saskatchewan was wounded earlier, on Operational #26. David writes, he was wounded “… August 14, 1944 at Fontainele-pin (Battle of Normandy) and Prentice was unable take part on the fatal August 29/30 Operation to Stettin.”

David goes on to say, “Harold visited Mortlach in the 1990’s. He passed away in December 1996. It was remembered that he felt badly about how things played out on that fatal mission.”

Credit the 103 Squadron, RAF website for much of this information.

August 14, 1944, Fontaine-le-Pin (Calvados) Operation – “Mike” Prentice is wounded

On August 14, 1944 Pat Forbes’ Lancaster PB365 was one of about 800 heavy bombers on an operation at Fontaine-lePin (Calvados) in the vicinity of Caen, all part of the Battle of Normandy. The Canadian 3rd Division was attacking a German position. The Bombers were sent in at 2,500 feet to bomb the Germans in support of the Canadian and Polish soldiers.

The Bombers got part of the operation right but later bombed and strafed Canadian and Polish troops for 70 minutes. The error put the troops out of action. Thirteen were killed and 53 wounded.

It is not known how Air Gunner Prenmeant a lot of people were shooting at the aircraft and close range. It is known that the ‘annoyed’ Canadians shot at their own Bombers in that incident. (Sgt. Fred Van

Part Two

Remembering the Fallen

By Richard Dowson, Moose Jaw

Alstyne, RCA, Gravenhurst ON.)

Odd Convergence of Lives

My Grandfather, Thomas W. Dowson was a building contractor in Toronto. After the 1920-21 Recession a construction boom hit Toronto. My father was a Journeyman Bricklayer but had moved to Northern Ontario where he worked his trade; worked in the bush and established a homestead. By 1925 my Grandfather needed help and my father, who had investment money, came back to Toronto. The big initial project during the boom was building Duplexes (Semi-detached) on Falcon Avenue. My Grandfather built several and lived at 21 Falcon Avenue, just down from the Purvis family. He probably built the Purvis residence at 79 Falcon. My cousin Doris lived down the block on Soudan Avenue. Thomas Purvis was born in 1925, the same year as my cousin Doris. She attended Northern Vocational School at the same time as Flt. Sgt. Purvis. My cousin was on a star basketball player on the school team.

Flt Lt. A.P. Forbes and the Canadian Crew of Lancaster III s/n PB365

F/O Ben Ingard Kalheim

F/O Ben Ingard Kalheim, J/27434, Bomb Aimer, son of Christian Kalhiem and Borghild Kalheim of Wilkie, Saskatchewan. The second Saskatchewan boy on the Operation.

Ben was born in Norway. The family was living in Wilkie when Ben’s father, Kristian Kalheim died. His mother remarried to Oscar Emanuelson of Wilike, Saskatchewan. They later retired to Sullivan Station (Cloverdale) B.C.

F/O Ben Ingard Kalheim was a very bright and capable young man. Like so many rural Saskatchewan boys, his schooling was interrupted by the Great Depression and/or he was needed at home to help on the farm. Ben did manage to complete Grade Ten at McLurg School, Wilkie, Saskatchewan. After Grade Ten he was farming with his step-father Oscar Emanuelson at Wilike.

Ben enlisted in Regina on February 3, 1941 as a Pilot or Observer (Navigator). There were more men than classes at the

time so he was put on ‘Special Reserve’ to be called up when there was an opening. That opening came on March 16, 1942 when he was posted to the Manning Depot

at Brandon, Manitoba.

After Brandon he was posted to an Initial Training School. Upon completion he was posted to #19 EFTS at Virden but ‘washed out’ on December 28, 1942. From there he was assigned to the Air Bomber Trade. He received his Air Bomber Badge on June 25, 1943. The Bomb Aimer, ‘trade’ required Mathematics and Trigonometry skills, just like a Navigator.

F/O Ben Ingard Kalheim was buried ‘collectively’ with the Flight Engineer, Sergeant Eric Hartley Gordon Jackson, 1625088, RAFVR in the Pozan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland. Both men were together in the front of the Lancaster Bomber when it crashed.

F/O

Theodore Gorak

J/26415 (Second Pilot) was born February 5, 1920, in Bergholz, Ohio and enlisted in the RCAF on March 27, 1942, in Toronto, Ontario.

He was the son of Joseph and Sophia Gorak of 727 North Park Street, Alliance, Ohio, USA Alliance, Ohio and was 24 when he was killed.

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c1925.

F/O Gorak is buried in the Pozan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland in Grave Reference: 6. D. 2. The cemetery is in western Poland and east of Berlin. In a strange twist of irony, Ted’s grandparents were born in ‘Galicia’ which is now part of Poland.

Ted joined the RCAF in March 1942, 4 months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. He may have joined the RCAF because he wanted to be a pilot and knew there was no chance of him becoming a Pilot in the United States military.ing in the Unites States Army Air Force was to have graduated from a College or University. The RCAF had no such regulation.

An alternate reason for joining the RCAF is that Ted may have been living with his Aunt and Uncle, of Martin and Anne Sabola, in Hagersville, Haldimand County, Ontario. His aunt and uncle had moved to Canada from Ohio and settled

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Pat Forbes

Credit CVWM – Newspaper Clipping, The Globe and Mail

Credit CVWM – Flt. Sgt. Thomas Purvis, Air Gunner

Harold Benjamin “Mike” Prentice, Abbey Community Cemetery, Abbey, Saskatchewan Credit: Find a Grave

Falcon

Toronto

My Grandfather, his 2nd wife, their daughter and my Aunt and Uncle. Uncle Freddie is on the veranda. He died of Diphtheria soon after.

Credit CVWM, F/O Ben Ingard Kalheim

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in Hagersville, Ontario some time in the 1920s.

Background: In a letter to RCAF Headquarters, Ottawa, dated March 29, 1945, Mrs. T. W. Robinson, Box 203 Hagersville, Ontario is inquiring about whether F/O Gorak was killed in action. In the letter she writes, “He is my cousin, which will serve to explain my interest.”

J/26415 is remembered on a plaque at the Royal Canadian Legion in Hagersville.

Credit: Find a Grave.

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1924 at Bergholz, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA. (Raider Battalions Were Special Forces)

Sgt. Gorak died November 8, 1943, Bougainville (North Solomons), Papua New Guinea and is buried in the Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region Cemetery, Philippines.

Sgt. Gorak was wounded and diedma-Piva Trail, Bougainville, North Solomon Islands.

Credit CVWM Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Frances Sabola Robinson was the daughter of Martin and Anne Sabola and was born 1918 in Dillonvale, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA. Frances died in Hagersville November 22, 2015.

The Obituary of Frances Sabola Robinson: “Peacefully at Anson Place, Hagersville on Sunday, November 22, 2015, Frances completed her life’s journey in her 98th year. With love she leaves behind her son, Mark and his wife Jamie. Loved Grandma of Allen (Danielle) and Jackie. Predeceased by her husband Thomas, sister Mary Hare, brother Andy Sabola, and sister-in law, Isobel Jago. She is survived by sisters-in-law Fern Sabola of Cambridge and Winnifred Ring of Richmond Hill.”

Inscription – The WWII plaque on Hagersville’s War Memorial in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada— Theodore GORAK is one of the 19 names listed on the plaque.

Credit CVWM (Royal Canadian Legion Branch 164)dore Gorak, 103 (RAF) Squadron, taken in Gainsborough, England.

Ted’s brother Ignatius and Frances Sabola Robinson’s cousin, was a decorated Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. He was killed in action in Nov. 1943.

Sgt Ignatius Joseph Gorak, USMC

Sgt Ignatius Joseph Gorak, 352361; 727 North Park Street, Alliance, Ohio; 2nd Raider Battalion (Company H), born

The Battle of Numa-Numa Trail is also known as the Battle of Piva Forks. After the 3rd Marine Division landed at Cape Torkina an advance team went over land toward the Piva Trail but was turned back by the Japanese. It is believed Sergeant Ignatius Joseph Gorak was killed in this operation.

For his actions he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the third highest award for gallantry.

Next of kin – Father Mr. Joseph Gorak, 727 North Park Avenue, Alliance, Ohio Citation

“Silver Star: The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Ignatius Joseph Gorak (MCSN: 352361), United States Marine

Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the Second Marine Raider Battalion during an attack along the Numa Numa-Piva trail, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands on November 7, 1943. Skillfully maneuvering the machine-gun section under his command for maximum striking power, Sergeant Gorak led his men throughrain and, despite heavy enemy automatic progress of the assault. Although suffering from fatal wounds in the hip and stomach, of his guns, preventing the Japanese from penetrating the lines of his company. Sergeant Gorak’s brilliant leadership and heroic devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.”

USMC Raider Company, Bougainville, WW 2

Part I

While searching for the Harvard aircraft used in the BCATP during WW II, this photo popped from The Memory Project.

Remember the Fallen

Squadron Leader Charles Eardley Wilmot, RCAF, S/N, C/741 RCAF Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Edgar Heal

By Richard Dowson

tario at the time of the accident.

A further investigation showed a horrifying accident. The Squadron Leader’s death was avoidable and the result of some sort of distraction. He was walking

where the Harvard he intended to ‘take-up’ was sitting and may have been running through a ‘mental check list’ of what he had to do when the accident happened.

Tragically, S/L Wilmot, “… was killed when he walked into the path of a taxiing plane and was struck by the propeller…”.

Quoting from Walker, this was a Harvard Mk II, assigned to No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Upland, (Ottawa), Ontario. It was involved in the death of Squadron Leader (Major) Charles E. Wilmot, AFC, age 49, Service Number: C/741 of Brantford, Ontario.

for No. 2 S.F.T.S. He was the former mayor of Bellville, Ontario, and a pioneer aviator who had been awarded the Air Force Cross. The AFC was “… for service while against the enemy”.

His wife, Katherine Isabelle Cockshutt Wilmot, was living in Brantford, On-

The photo shows extensive damage to Harvard s/n 2556. see forward from inside the Harvard on the ground. There is no information explaining the extensive damage to the aircraft and one must assume when the Harvard struck Wilmot the pilot was shocked and over-reacted, crashing into another aircraft.

A summary of the news story that appeared in the old Toronto Telegram newspaper (CVWM):

walked directly into the path of a taxiing plane…”

Wilmot had private pilot’s licence

“During the First Great War he was a Ca-

“After the war he was chief pilot in to the Argentine in 1919 …” 1932 and returned to active service in 1940. “…his widow … Isabelle – is the daughter of Honourable Harry Cockshutt …”.

Yes, that Cockshutt family. (Research never ends – it just stops)

From The International Cockshutt Club Inc. “James Cockshutt opened up his little shop, called The Brantford Plow Works, in 1877, producing stoves, scuf“The J.G.C. Riding Plow, was so popular that it became known as the plow that opened the west.”

Credit: The Memory Project

Credit: CVWM

Credit: Manitoba Agriculture Museum