Moose Jaw Express, August 30th, 2023

The Next Gen Car Club is closing their 2023 season in style at this year’s season closer event. After a record attendance at their season opener this year, car enthusiasts can expect a great turnout in addition to competition prizes and media coverage. This is the perfect opportunity to showcase your specialty car before it gets stored for the season.

The season closer show is set to take place on Sunday, Sept. 24.

The night before, on Saturday, Sept. 23, the club is holding their traditional preshow sunset cruise. Participants will meet at the Town ‘N’ Country Mall parking lot at a time to be determined.

The main event is taking place from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and will be held at Tatawaw Park in Moose Jaw, which is the same location the club held their season opener event earlier this year.

Everyone in attendance has the chance to go home with free merchandise in hand, as the club routinely hosts a draw and hands out giveaway packages. You can expect anything from vendor donations to Next Gen merchandise to something as impressive as a Nintendo Switch or laptop, as were distributed in their 2022 season opener.

Vehicle registration takes place starting at 10:00 a.m., and participants will be able to register until 1:00 p.m. on the day of the show. Registrants can sign up by contacting the club through their Facebook page, or in person at the Next Gen Merch Booth that will be set up near the park’s entrance.

There will be a car show between 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., as well as a wide selection of static cars on display for the duration of the event. Awards will be announced and presented during the show. To register your vehicle, you can contact the club on their Facebook page and the fee is $20.00 per vehicle.

Awards are handed out by category, and although these have not been announced yet, competitors can expect to compete for best-in-show, best classic, best muscle, best import, and best

Starting at 3:00 p.m., competitions will be held and include a two-step battle, bass competition, and limbo. The competitions will run until the event closes at 5:00 p.m. To register your car for any of the competition events, the $10.00 fee can be paid at the Next Gen Merch Booth in the park. The bass competition determines which interior stereo system is the loudest and clearest, and the limbo award is based on the lowest-riding car in the show.

In addition, the show will host a live musical performance with a band to be announced. If you’re interested in signing up to perform or know of a local band in need of their next gig, this is the perfect opportunity as the club is still seeking out

Vendors are still being sought for the show too, and any prospects can contact the Next Gen Car Club through their Facebook page for more information. Currently, Kona Ice and Peak Perfec-

The Next Gen Car Club is a Saskatchewan-based club with over 3,300 registered members. The club routinely organizes community and social events, charitable outreach, and schedules regular meetings for car enthusiasts in the province.

The Next Gen Car Club continues to support the Moose Jaw Food Bank through their fundraising efforts, and all participants and spectators are asked to bring a non-perishable item to be donated. The Food Bank will have a kiosk set up in the park to accept your donations.

Spectators at the event are charged $10.00 at the gate, and children and pets can attend free of charge.

Everyone attending is asked to bring cash, as the entry fee and all vendor purchases are cash-only. This is due to the spotty reception for point-of-sale readers in the park which deems any digital payments impractical.

To contact the Next Gen Car Club for more information, they can be reached by a direct message on their Facebook page, nextgencarclub.

Tatawaw Park is the location of the old Wild Animal Park and is located at the southernmost end of Seventh Avenue Southwest.

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Shauna Bzdel chosen as the new director of Dance Images by BJ

Back on July 1, Barb Jackman handed the keys to Dance Images by BJ over to her close friend and long-time student Shauna Bzdel.

“I’ve been at Dance Images my whole life,” Bzdel said. “We’re going into our 34th season and I’ve been there for all 34 years. I started out as a dancer, then became a helper and an assistant, and thendio’s director.

Jackman founded and owned the studio for 33 years and has done an amazing job with it. For 24 of those years, Bzdel and Jackman worked together and developed a close friendship. “We’ve been together for almost a lifetime,” Bzdel said.

Now Jackman wants to limit her role at the studio. She continues to teach, but with a focus on mentorship.

“Barb was looking for a little bit of a change in her schedule, and a little bit more freedom and availability,” Bzdel said. “I was looking to take on a bigger role at the studio.” She said the transition went smoothly and it was in the works for quite some time.

“I’ve been teaching there for 24 years and was the assistant director for the past eight years. This was just the next step along the way,” she said.

past eight years. This was just the next step along the way,” Shauna Bzdel said.

After being handed the keys to the studio, Bzdel said she wouldn’t change a thing.

“Our families (of the students) aren’t going to notice any big changes. We’ve been operating successfully for the past 33 years… I think we’re just going to contin-

Bzdel said the world of dance is always changing to address new trends, but Jackman set up a program that doesn’t

I know I’ve learned from her,” Bzdel said. “When you’ve got an amazing studio and background, there isn’t a thing that needs to be changed.”

The studio’s preschool program is also going to be continued. Instructed by Chantal Leaman, the preschool operates closely with the standard school calendar and runs from September to early June each year. Classes are available from 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.

The preschool has a unique approach that matches the required educational curriculum, but also introduces children

gram,” Bzdel said.

The studio has always believed in charitable outreach, and Bzdel wants to we’ll continue to be doing into the future,”portant to us.

“We strongly believe that as a local business, giving back to the community is so important,” Bzdel said, adding that their efforts make a strong impression on the youth, who then carry those lessons with them throughout their lives.

The studio hosts several fundraisers throughout the year, with one of their biggest being the Kids Helping Kids event. Combined, their efforts help support the Transition House, Salvation Army, Moose Jaw Food Bank, and a senior’s charity that brings seniors Christmas presents each year, among others.

In March, the studio sets up a stage at the Peacock Auditorium to host their annual Dance for Hunger event. Here, students showcase their best work and donations are accepted for the Food Bank. “That event happens at a really important time of the year… in March. The Food Bank is facing a shortage after Christmas,” explained Bzdel.

Dance Images by BJ is one of Moose long-standing reputation in the community. The quality of their dance education and charitable outreach is unmatched.

“We work to not only provide really great quality dance education, but we do it with a strong sense of family and commitment,” said Bzdel. The studio’s eight cerquality dance instruction to their students and programming is available for all age groups.

“I’m excited that Barb is going to be continuing to work alongside us in a different role… and mentoring me as we transition into this next chapter of Dance Images,” said Bzdel. The two dance instructors continue to work together and Bzdel is excited for the opportunity to carry on the studio’s legacy.

Bzdel is recognized by the Canadian Dance Teacher’s Association (CDTA), is Arts for Professional Teachers) instructor, and has trained extensively in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, and Lyrical dance. She also holds a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and has considerable experience working with special needs children.

start on Tuesday, Aug. 29, and runs until Thursday, Aug. 31.

Dance Images by BJ is located at 177 Iroquois Street West and can be reached at 306-692-0515.

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Guided by Barb Jackman’s ongoing mentorship, Shauna Bzdel is the studio’s new director Aaron Walker - Moose Jaw Express / MooseJawToday.com

“I’ve been teaching there for 24 years and was the assistant director for the

Barb Jackman is the founder of Dance Images by BJ (Barb Jackman) and was looking for some more freedom in her schedule. Photo by: Facebook/Dance Images

Dance Images by BJ is one of Moose long-standing reputation in the community. Photo by: Facebook/Dance Images

Registration for Dance Images dance classes to begin Aug. 29

For dance instruction to preschool, the registration deadline is fast approaching Aaron Walker - Moose Jaw Express / MooseJawToday.com

Dance Images by BJ is announcing their upcoming fall and winter programming, and the deadline to register is fast approaching.

Children between the ages of three and nine can enrol in several classes that are intended for their level of development. Three- and four-year-olds can enrol in the Creative Movement class, which allows them to explore movement through music in a 45-minute course. Five-yearolds can enrol in beginner-level courses, six-year-olds have a combination class available, and experienced eight-year-olds will be placed based on their current level of experience.

Dance Images hosts classes for Ballet, Jazz, Tap, musical theatre, Hip Hop, and Acrodance. Additionally, stretch and strength training is available.

The studio hosts annual session programs, and these run from September to March with a break over the Christmas holiday season. The programs are organized into two sessions and run 10 - 12 weeks each.

Parents with shy toddlers can enrol them in parent and tot classes. This allows the child to experience dance with a parent at their side and helps them overcome shyness.

For children with special needs who wish to participate in dance, Dancing

Dreams is a program built around accomto teach children with special needs requirements and has extensive experience instructing classes. The course begins with a meeting to assess the individual needs of each student prior to the start of lessons.

For children six years old and older, the studio offers a beginner-level cheer dance class run by former Roughrider’s coach Miss Shauna and Miss Jyann. Students will be taught the basics including arm motions, jumps, kicks, and side-line cheers.

For adults, there is an adult dance program with three areas of focus. Monday evenings there is Ballet, Tuesday evenings there is Hip Hop Groove, and on Thursday evenings there is Tap.

For more information, visit https:// www.danceimagesbybj.com/classes/.

The studio also hosts a preschool program, called Kidventure Korner. Instructed by Chantal Leamann, the preschool operates closely with the standard school calendar and runs from September to early June each year. Classes are available from 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.

The preschool has a unique approach that matches the required educational curriculum, but also introduces children to the said Shauna Bzdel, the studio’s new director. Their A-B-C (Arts Based Curriculum) approach balances circle time, visual arts, free play centres, dance, music, and drama. The program aims to prepare children for the classroom by developing cognitive, creative, and problem-solving

skills. Learning the arts helps students understand the relationship between space and time, form and structure, and the life cycle.

For more information, visit their website at https://www.danceimagesbybj.com/ kidventure-korner/.

The form for registration can be found at https://www.danceimagesbybj.com/ events/.

On Sunday, Oct. 1, Dance Jam 2023 will be held in Saskatoon at the Saskatoon Inn, located at 2002 Airport Drive. When you sign up for any Dance Images classes, the registration package will have more information. Online registration for the event starts Sept. 1.

Dance Images by BJ is one of Moose long-standing reputation in the community. The quality of their dance education and charitable outreach is unmatched. In-person registration for fall classes will start on Tuesday, Aug. 29, and runs until Thursday, Aug. 31.

Dance Images by BJ is located at 177 Iroquois Street West and can be reached at 306-692-0515 or 306-631-0584.

Students at Dance Images by BJ pose for a group photo on August 17, 2023. Photo by: Facebook/Dance Images

Dance Images hosts classes for Ballet, Jazz, Tap, musical theatre, Hip Hop, and Acrodance.

Photo by: Facebook/ Dance Images

Photo by: Facebook/Dance Images

Photo by: Facebook/Dance Images

Joan Ritchie EDITOR

Moose Jaw is just one of those places where you never know who you will meet on the street. Last week my editorial reminisced about an article written in 2010 about steel-guitar legend Tex Emery, who was a special friend and has recently deceased.

Around the same time, I also met another sweet soul in Moose Jaw that went on to be a special friend. As she was aged, I would often pick

her up and we would go for lunches or out for dinner on special holidays while she was mobile enough to venture out. I wrote a story about Beatrice Billenwillms (aka stage name Shan Lawrence) also in 2010.

Sadly Beatrice (Shan) Searle Billenwillms Lawrence passed away on October 22, 2021 at the age of 92.

In the spirit of reminiscing, the article is reprinted below.

Iconic Celebrity in our Midst

By Joan Ritchie

were preferred and regarded as being

Lawrence decided to “choose the ar-

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important thing-it is more important than

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Feds select new group to lead enhanced aircrew training program at 15 Wing

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In response to concerns raised by parents, Minister of Education Dustin Duncan recently announced new parental inclusion and consent policies for Saskatchewan schools. As of August 22, 2023:

1. Schools must seek parent/guardian permission when changing the preferred name and pronouns used by students under the age of 16 in the school. For students

2. Parents/guardians must be informed about the sexual health education curriculum and have the option to de-

3. Boards of education must immediately pause involveFoundation and the SOGI 1 2 3 Program, connected to sexual health education as the ministry undertakes review of educational resources to ensure alignment with curriculum outcomes. Only teachers, not outside third-parties, will be able to present sexual education materials in the classroom. This directive does not include professionals employed by government ministries or the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Parent/guardian involvement is critical in every student’s education. While all of Saskatchewan’s school di-

visions had policies in place dealing with these matters,

consistency of parental inclusion. Saskatchewan schools will continue to ensure safe learning environments where all students feel included, protected and respected.

Throughout the summer, we have continued to receive great news about Saskatchewan’s economy. This June, the province’s wholesale trade had increased by 70.5 per cent compared to June 2022, with a total value of $7.2 billion. Our province ranked fourth in Canada in year-over-year wholesale trade growth. As of July, housing starts are also up by 50.7 per cent compared to July 2022, ranking us second among the provinces.

Our strong and robust economy allows us to invest in the programs and services that mean the most to Saskatchewan people. As many parts of Saskatchewan continue to experience below normal levels of moisture, our government is committed to supporting the industries most impacted by drought, like agriculture.

The Water Security Agency (WSA) recently announced an investment of $700,000 to fund water management projects for agriculture producers and local governments. Applicants can receive up to $95,000 per project based on a cost-sharing approach.

The WSA is also launching a new $500,000 pilot program to assist rural municipalities and irrigation districts with the cost of replacing aging infrastructure, like culverts and bridges. To be eligible, culverts or bridges must cross WSA canals or other conveyance while main-

Although it is very dry this year, we know a ma-

why the WSA is also investing another $500,000 in the Flood Damage Reduction Program to help communities

duction measures. Applications for the FDRP are open until October 1, 2023 and project work must be completed by March 31, 2024. To learn more about these programs and others offered by the WSA, please visit wsask.ca.

Our government is committed to not only supporting agriculture producers in challenging times, but also promoting agricultural products to the province’s global trading partners. David Marit, the Minister of Agriculture, recently had the opportunity to promote Saskatchewan’s agriculture sector at the Tri-National Agriculture Accord, held in Saskatoon August 14-16. Delegations from across North America, including Canada, the United States and Mexico, gathered to work together collaboratively on agricultural trade and development issues. Industry participants saw Saskatchewan agriculture in action, with visits to the Crop Development Centre Kernen Research Farm to learn about the site’s ecologi-tion and crop and weed management research, and the Wanuskewin Heritage Park to learn about the restoration of grasslands and the return of bison.

Summer is winding down and hunting season is just around the corner, so now is the time to plan and prepare. The Saskatchewan Hunters and Trappers Guide can be found at Saskatchewan.ca/hunting or at Ministryvincial parks.

Our government continues to work towards growth that works for everyone here in Saskatchewan. I look

Water Security Agency piloting cost-sharing program for infrastructure crossings

Rural municipalities (RMs) and irrigation districts looking to replace aging infrastructure such as bridges and culverts could now be eligible for a 50/50 cost sharing program with the Water Security Agency (WSA).

The pilot program is starting up with a $500,000 fund to help RMs and irrigation districts whose infrastructure replacement projects will cross WSA channels.

“This is another great example of WSA creating partnership programs to support rural infrastructure in Saskatchewan,” said Jeremy Cockrill, Saskatchewan

minister responsible for the Water Security Agency.

“As replacement costs for infrastructure continue to rise, WSA is partnering with RMs and irrigators to safeguarding provincial infrastructure and protecting our communities.”

To be eligible, bridges or culvert-style crossings must cross WSA canals or other conveyances while

“Thanks to a grant from the WSA Infrastructure Crossing Replacement Program, an RM can not only

complete a bridge or culvert project, but the money saved can be used for other critical infrastructure,” said Ray Orb, President of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities.

There is no deadline to apply to the program, and Costs incurred through March 31, 2024, will be considered.

For more information, or to apply, visit www.wsask. ca.

October 1, 2023 – Deadline to apply for Municipalities updated

damage relief program to a more proactive approach, and communities can now apply for coverage under the program.

The new program is called the Flood Damage Reduction Program (FDRP) and replaces the Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program (EFDRP). Under this updated program, cities, towns, villages, and hamlets that face

The previous Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program (EFDRP) was launched in April of this year but focused on Saskatchewan communities facing damagesical event had to be taking place or an open body of water needed to reach a dangerous elevation prior to eligibility for assistance.

The WSA has now transitioned to a more proactive approach that focuses on prevention. Part of this is a response to studies suggesting that every dollar spent on times that amount in potential damages.

Funding for the new program is borrowed from an the EFDRP program. Any funds that haven’t been used in the EFDRP program will now be directed to the new FDRP program. The WSA receives funding from the provincial government, which has invested nearly $85 million in similar public works since 2011.

ing measure that sees half the expense covered by the pro-

vincial government and half by the municipality, with a ceiling of $100,000 per project.

Municipalities can submit a proposal to undertake planning, and structural projects. Structural projects need

To apply for assistance through the program, you can download the form on the WSA website and submit your completed form via email. Applications are considered on the budget is fully allocated.

Once your application is approved, a technical investigation is undertaken and a report is prepared. The municipality will then work together with the WSA to enact the recommended measures and payment will be made

inspection is completed.

Eligible costs include the purchase of materials and supplies, certain wages and contractor fees, road haul standard industry rate. Other costs such as temporaryterials sourced from the client’s property are ineligible. A full list of eligible costs can be found at wsask.ca/ water.

The deadline for applications is Oct. 1, 2023, and all work on the project must be completed by March 31,

“We hope communities take advantage of this funding to implement effective long-term mitigation stratefuture,” said Jeremy Cockrill, the minister responsible for overseeing the WSA.

ernment water management responsibilities in one orga-

katchewan’s water resources from the source to your tap. The program also ensures any risk of water borne illnessApplication forms and additional information canvention/.

tact Sean Osmar at 306-630-4643 or by email at sean. osmar@wsask.ca.

The Water Security Agency is located at 111 Fairford Street East in Moose Jaw and can be reached at 306-6943900.

306-692-8884 or mjnorthmla@sasktel.net.

Tim McLeod

Reflective Moments

By Joyce Walter - Moose Jaw Express

More memories of days gone by so long ago

Last week’s column was based on nostalgic memories from years gone by, memories triggered by certain events of current times. I continue sharing more memories this week.

Our niece texted us a photo recently, showing a bush with lush purplish-coloured berries hanging from the branches. “What are these?” she asked. just begging to be picked were chokecherries. My thought immediately turned to what could be prepared with enough of those beautiful berries: chokecherry syrup for pancakes and chokecherry jelly to be spread on toast with peanut butter.

My parents had a chokecherry bush in the front yard, spreading each year to take up more space until Dad decided it should be cut back to a more reasonable size. Once his shears did the job, the bush got even the next year and failed to produce enough berries for a winter’s supply of preserves. That was the end of the bush in our yard and after that we traipsed to other bushes growing wild along the side of gravel roads.

Housemate and I also pursued the annual hunt for the berries, with Housemate eating them and spitting the seeds back into the vicinity so other bushes would grow.ries all by myself and proudly showed off my jars of jelly be poured over pancakes or ice cream.

We found a huge growth of bushes along the highway towards the Gardiner Dam and went there every year for many years, picking gallon pails of the precious berries. One year we took along a friend who until moving to Moose Jaw had never heard of chokecherries but she

and handed them to me as we dropped her off at her house after a day in the bush. I explained, to her shock, that those were her berries, to process following the recipes I shared. She was aghast at the idea that she personally would have to tackle the syrup-producing product.

She persevered and despite much grumbling, was didn’t have as much syrup as I thought she should have produced and I do suspect she might have given away some of the berries but she never confessed. Nor did she ever go berry picking with us again. chokecherry experience.

Nowadays we depend on the farmers’ market and some stores for our syrup and jam but for some reason it just doesn’t taste the same.

When I was growing up, our summer holidays were short in duration because my Dad couldn’t be away from the gas delivery business for more than a day or two at a time.

Thus we usually did a quick trip to stay with some relatives or close friends who had a spare bedroom, with who was part of the package. Eventually Dad built a plywood camper on the back of the half-ton and we slept in there, making it a visitation and semi-camping trip all in one.

If there were kids my age around, I was usually too shy to play with them until it was almost time to leave for home and then it was too late to make many memories.

Reciprocal visits from aunts, uncles and assorted

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cousins also took place, sometimes with advance warning and often with no warning at all until we saw their smiling faces at the door. If they knocked on the front that entrance.

On one occasion, two cousins had written to say they were coming to visit us as well as another family member in the district. They were coming via bus. On the day of their arrival I was also involved in a picnic at Besant attend the picnic and be home in time to meet the bus. I wanted to make a good impression so I had curled my hair before heading to the park.

The Sunday School picnic rule was no splashing but with a whole group of us in the pond, enforcement was impossible and by the time I got in the car for the return

My friend’s mother had to make another stop before getting me home and thus my cousins were already present and waiting to greet me with their own hair looking lovely and well cared for. I, on the other hand, looked less than presentable. My Mother was not amused. My Dad roast that had been delayed

Thankfully in those days I still had some natural curl in my hair and once it dried, it combed into what was surely a brand new style— one that I haven’t seen since.

My cousins kindly never mentioned that visit but they did show up to our wedding and commented that they liked my hair — covered as it was by a tiara and piece of tulle for a veil. There may have been sarcasm involved!

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Moose Jaw musician wins silver for music video at International Awards show

Shawn Adams is a modern country singer/songwriter based in Moose Jaw who has been producing award-nominated songs for years, and has now received an award from the International Singer-Songwriters Association (ISSA).

Adams took home silver in the category of International Male Music Video of 2023 at the ISSA awards in Atlanta, Georgia. The winning video is for his song, “Take Your Halo Off”.

“Take Your Halo Off” was recorded at Aspen Beveridge’s Skullcreek Studios in Watrous. The music videoductions.

“I’m really grateful for this award, it’s a been a tough year with a lot of deaths around me in the last year and I’m still trying pick myself up,” Adams told the Moose Jaw Express. “I’d like to give a special thanks to all my fans, my family, and my community.

Simms at Black Mountain Music and Media for all her hard work, and to my beautiful wife, Vicky, for all her support throughout my music career these past few years.”

Adams also received ISSA nominations for Interna- tional Male Rising Star and International Male Single of the Year, again for “Take Your Halo Off”. Adams was previously nominated at the ISSA Awards

featured on the Grand Ol’ Opry Facebook page, and in 2021 he played for the Kinsmen TeleMiracle 45 charity telethon.

He is a proud member of the Métis Nation and considers himself a true country boy. Adams said one of the people he lost recently was his dad, also a musician, who had big dreams for his son.

“I just hope he knows we did it,” Adams said. “I never thought I’d come this far, just to have four singles out on the radio, and another one coming.

“We’re trying to get a bunch of shows lined up, my manager is looking at festivals. If we build up the bankroll enough, we can go tour Europe, so. We had been starting that climb before COVID shut everything down and I lost all my band members. We’re building back now, just got a new guitar player the other day and things are looking good.”

Adams’ latest single “You’re Mine” is releasing within the next month or so, and was written by Aspen Bevemusician.

Keep up with his work by following him on:

• https://www.facebook.com/ShawnAdamsMusicCanada

• https://shawnadamsmusic.com/

• https://www.instagram.com/shawnadams_muzic/

Shawn Adams with his ISSA Silver Award for “Take Your Halo Off” (photo by Gordon Edgar)

Lindi Ortega, the roots/folk/country Canadian singer/ songwriter affectionately nicknamed ‘Indie Lindi’ for her writing a new album after several years’ break from the industry.

Tickets to Homestand ’23 are available through the

“I just kind of went away from music for a bit, and it was scary because my whole being, my whole identifor, I guess, the last three years. I was burnt out, I’d been working really hard and constant touring, and then I de-

earning the nickname Indie Lindi for her refusal to conform to major studio requirements for how her music Tennessee for several years following the release of hering back to western Canada in 2017.

“I think when you’re young and you’re getting started in music, you’re so eager and you just want to say ‘yes’ to everything all the time, and you think that’s what’s best bit like a robot, and things were always on a schedule that isn’t conducive to creativity. It was like, ‘Oh, you have a two-week break from touring, so you can write an album.’

Ortega to question whether it was for her.

tega noted, but some of her favourite music is unconvenand she doesn’t want her music to be forced through that

were songs ready for her to write.

and I was feeling really down, but out of that I started to in life is to write songs.

the things and my voice wasn’t working the way it always had. I never struggled with anything vocally before, I could always just sing what I wanted. It was devastating.

the creative side of making an album. … I have stories

ing a show after not doing shows for a long time, I mean,

Lindi Ortega fans can look forward to a new album

feels more comfortable with than ever.

could survive on her other talents. Ortega said the stabil-

ducer who has ideas and can make suggestions, as well.

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Lindi Ortega will be at Homestand ‘23 in Ross Wells ballpark on Sep. 9 (River Street Promotions)

Cattle producers have been awarded $72 million by government to assist in buying feed in drought ravaged parts of Saskatchewan.

That $72 million seems a lot of money, but is a literal drop in the bucket.

ery head gets the maximum, amounts to helping 900,000 head of cattle.

lion, the drought funds should apply to about 90 per cent of the beef cattle herd.

The 90 per cent shows just how terribly drought has affected cattle operations across the province. Pastures are dying and hay yields are far less than usual.

partial assistance.

The average cow will eat between 2.5 tonnes and three tonnes of hay over winter. At current costs of $120 a tonne, the assistance covers only one-quarter of the need.

for two years, not allowing cattle operations to stock up on the two years of hay reserves many try to keep on hand.

for the funds as they need to prove they bought hay before getting any funds.

Unlike grain producers who have good crop insurance on virtually all grains and oilseeds, cattle producers have a rather hit and miss rainfall insurance program.

They have the option to buy calf price insurance. The calf insurance uptake has lagged until recently when some producers locked in prices out of fear of a market decline.

Still only a small percentage of the herd is enrolled. Producers pay the full premium, unlike crop insurance where they pay 40 per cent of the premium.

Livestock producers have been short changed by business risk management programs.

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The livestock sector has struggled with animal idencosts associated with carbon taxes, higher fuel prices and other inputs.

This year hay prices have surged 50 per cent to $120 a tonne, requiring a deeper dig into pockets.

Fortunately beef demand drought has kept cattle prices up even with distress sales.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Vanier Collegiate teacher Christa Lapointe has taught business classes for years and knows that one programter graduation.

tion program for students in grades 11 and 12 during the second semester of the year. The class enables youths to acquire connections in the workforce and test areas that interest them.

The program is split into two halves, Lapointe exclassroom and the last two months working.

Students focus on employment preparation during mock interviews, career aptitude tests, research into labour market data and demographics, and industry trends.

“And just really trying to help the students learn more about themselves and what they enjoy. And then connecting that with opportunities into the world of work and transitioning out of high school,” said Lapointe.

Furthermore, they learn about Occupational Health

“So, it’s really useful that way for them to broaden their horizons to try new things,” she said.

ployers to complete the necessary paperwork and workplace agreements that set out everyone’s roles, responsibilities and expectations. She also reviews job risks and

Once that has occurred, the student and the employer create a work schedule.

For example, Lapointe’s daughter took the program break, she worked full days several days a week, while during the school week, she worked in the afternoon.

er and the student … ,” said Lapointe, noting this is a nonwilling to help out to give these students a chance to learn more about careers and employment opportunities that are right here in our backyard.”

The class’s second half sees students spending 50 to 60 hours on the work placement. Lapointe noted that during this phase, while others have used it to determine

Catholic division elects chair, vice-chair at

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Holy Trinity Catholic School Division’s board of education kicked off the 2023-24 year with its annual organizational meeting, which included naming a board chair and vice-chair.

Trustees re-elected Joann Blazieko as board chair and elected Derek Hassen as vice-chair during the Aug. 21 meeting. Blazieko has served as chairwoman for several years, while Hassen has served as chair and vicechair in past years.

Financial decisions

Curt Van Parys and the director of education, board chair year.

Furthermore, the board approved a $500,000 operating line of credit (LOC) through the Royal Bank of Cana-

NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF POLL VILLAGE OF BRIERCREST

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that:

Whereas a poll is not required pursuant to The Local Government Election Act for the office(s) of:

Councillor: Village of Briercrest

I hereby give public notice that no voting for the said office(s) will take place and the following person(s) are elected by acclamation:

COUNCILLOR: Sharon Duncan

Dated at Briercrest, this 17th day of August, 2023

Linda Senchuk Returning Officer

Aug. 31, 2024.

A board report noted that the line of credit is ade-

the LOC on a short-term basis and exceed the limit, RBC would facilitate short-term borrowing in excess of that amount.

creased with the recent approval of the joint-use school project and École St. Margaret (School) minor capital program project,” the report said.

The LOC’s interest rate is Royal Bank’s prime minus one per cent per year.

Meanwhile, the board approved a motion to appoint Virtus Group Chartered Professional Accountants and Business Advisors LLP as the auditor for the 2023-24 year.

Also, trustees approved its indemnity guide for this year, which lays out how much money members are reimbursed for attending events.

The guide shows that trustees receive $300 for attending annual school events, $250 for board meetings (trustees), $350 for board meetings (chair), $100 for professional development, conferences or committee meetings involving Prairie South, Chinook, audits, or director/ board evaluations, and $100 for committee meetings or events (ad hoc) such as town halls, city council, school tours or education minister visits.

Furthermore, the board will receive $100 for parish council and school community school meetings, $250 for the chairperson to attend Saskatchewan School Boards Association board chair council meetings, $50 for conference calls under 45 minutes and $100 for conference calls over 45 minutes.

what they want to do in or after university/college.cause it’s different than a traditional class, where you’re in the classroom all the time,” she said.

can network, connect, perform job interviews, acquire job experience and test whether they like an industry.

Some students thoroughly enjoy their job placements, while others appreciate the experience but realize they want to do something different, Lapointe continued. Regardless of the outcome, there is something special about being on the job site and learning from professionals or tradespeople with decades of experience. chance to share their love and passion and the students get a chance to test things out before they really make some big life decisions … ,” she said.

This program is great for students to challenge themselves, do something new and leave their comfort zones,vant and meaningful since they are motivated to discover what they want in a career.

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL DIVISION

THE NEXT HOLY TRINITY BOARD MEETING IS MONDAY, SEPT 26.

The maximum daily allowable indemnity is $350 for trustees and $450 for the chairperson, the report added.

Committees

Trustees have been appointed to the following committees and to represent certain schools:

· St. Joseph parish council: Allison Bradish, with Blazieko as alternate

· Church of Our Lady parish council: Hassen, with Christine Boyzcuk as alternate

Boyczuk at St. Agnes and St. Michael, Blazieko at St. Margaret and Phoenix Academy, and Hassen at St. Mary and Vanier

School and on the community’s parish council the King School and on the community’s parish council

· Boyczuk is the board’s rep on the provincial Catholic school board association

· Hassen is the audit committee’s chairman Meanwhile, all board meetings — unless otherwise -

2024 (Swift Current), May 13, 2024, June 17, 2024, and Aug. 19, 2024.

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Students can now opt out of sex-ed classes under new provincial policies

Education Minister Dustin Duncan has announced new parental inclusion and consent policies for Saskatchewan schools in response to an incident involving sexually explicit materials Planned Parenthood displayed at Lums-

During its presentation, Planned Parenthood displayed graphic sexual vocabulary playing cards featuringpended the organization from presenting in schools and said the ministry would review all sexual education information to ensure it was age appropriate.

As part of the new policies announced on Aug. 22: Schools must seek parent/guardian permission when changing the preferred name and pronouns used by stu-

Parents/guardians must be informed about the sexual health education curriculum and have the option to decline their children’s participation

Boards of education must immediately pause involvement with any third-party organization — such asnected to sexual health education, as the ministry reviews

educational resources to ensure alignment with curriculum outcomes

Only teachers — not outside third parties — can present sexual education materials in the classroom, the ministry said. This directive does not include professionals employed by government ministries or the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

“Our government has heard the concerns raised by included in their children’s education in these important areas,” Duncan said.

“We also determined that while all of Saskatchewan’s school divisions had policies dealing with these matters, those policies varied from one division to another, so it was important to standardize these policies and ensure consistency of parental inclusion, no matter where your child goes to school.”

“Parent/guardian involvement is critical in every student’s education,” Duncan continued. “Schools will continue to ensure safe learning environments where all students feel included, protected and respected.”

now be required to change a student’s name or pronouns consent is not required.

dent of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, gave a one-sentence statement: “Outing children as part of a political gamble is violent and despicable.”

Meanwhile, NDP leader Carla Beck said, “We don’t support outing vulnerable kids, which is what this policy will force schools to do. This will lead to worse mental health outcomes for vulnerable kids and, ultimately, more self-harm and suicide.

“A blanket ban on groups helping deliver sex education is an overreaction to what happened in Lumsden,” she continued.

“Parents have always been able to opt out of sensitive matters in their kids’ classrooms, and this ban will lead to fewer kids getting access to evidence-based sex education – which we need, given that Saskatchewan has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and STIs (sexually transmitted infections).”

‘Disappointment and deep concern’: Sexual Assault Centre responds to education policy change

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

The Aug. 22 announcement by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, weeks before the start of a new school year, has provoked widespread outcry from various quarters, including the Saskatchewan School Board Association, Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation, and Saskatchewan’s Advocate for Children and Youth, who say they were not consulted or informed of the change prior to hearing of it through the media.

Another organization that was not consulted is the Regina and Area Sexual Assault Centre (RSAC). RSAC -

sexual violence. Approximately 70 per cent of their cli-

RSAC also delivers dozens of classroom presentations each year on consent, healthy relationship skills, and abuse prevention. RSAC’s Kids on the Block program, a puppet-based violence and abuse prevention between 2,000 and 5,000 children each year that the program is delivered. They have never received a complaint from schools or parents.

The Ministry of Education policy changes are that:

• Schools must seek parent/guardian permission when changing the preferred name and pronouns used by

• Parents/guardians must be informed about the sexual health education curriculum and have the option to de-

• Boards of education must immediately pause involvement with any third-party organization, such as ARC to sexual health education as the ministry undertakes review of educational resources to ensure alignment with curriculum outcomes. Only teachers, not outside third-parties, will be able to present sexual education materials in the classroom. This directive does not include professionals employed by government ministries or the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Dustin Duncan, the province’s education minister, said in the release announcing the policy change that “Our government has heard the concerns raised by Saskatchetheir children’s education in these important areas.

“Parent/guardian involvement is critical in every student’s education,” Duncan added. “Schools will continue to ensure safe learning environments where all students feel included, protected, and respected.”

“The Regina and Area Sexual Assault Centre expresses, in the strongest possible terms, our disappointment and deep concern for the children and youth affected by these decisions. By Minister Duncan’s own admittance, these policies were brought in without any conscientious and ethical consultations with the very people who, reasonably, should have been consulted — including teachers and mental health experts.

“The Minister’s decision displays a shocking ignorance of the challenges and risk that have been created.”

Lisa Miller, RSAC’s executive director, said in the release that research has repeatedly shown that education is fundamental in preventing violence. Although RSAC’s work doesn’t technically address sexual health practices, she said, the Ministry’s decision could be an opportunity

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for some people to apply the ban broadly, endangering RSAC’s work.

“We are concerned by the potential harmful impacts on children and youth if they are not able to learn [from experts] about the resources in their communities and their rights to a violence-free home and community,” Miller said. “When I hear from [students and educators] that the impact of our presence was their empowerment in personal safety and health, I am deeply concerned about what is lost if we cannot continue to do this work.”

Relevant Statistics from the Regina and Area Sexual Assault Centre

Accompanying the RSAC media release was a sheet of relevant statistics and feedback the centre has documented, including the following:

• 44 to 50 per cent of Canadian women have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetime sexually assaulted at least once

• Only 45 per cent of Canadians understand the legalceive consent for sexual activity

• 52 per cent of sexual assaults in Canada are committed by friends, acquaintances, and neighbours, i.e. someone close to the victim

• In Canada, those who experience sexual violence as again in their lifetime

• Saskatchewan’s rate of sexual assault in one of the highest in the countrygest takeaways following an RSAC presentation on sexualized violence include “Realizing that everything that happened to me wasn’t okay,” “Issues like these occur “Learning about what we can do to help someone [who] is going through something like this.”

“In our experience, a policy change [like that made by Minister Duncan] does not best serve children,” said Chantelle Priel, public education and outreach co-ordi-cy involving inclusion and consent, but yet it disregards a child’s right to experience inclusion and consent. Of course, parental involvement is important, and has always been important in the education system, but now there’s more of a hardheaded approach to that.

“We know that part of the problem is that many teachers and parents are not comfortable or educated enough on these topics to share that information. It can

one to talk about sexual health and sexualized violence, let alone to a child or a youth, and they may not feel they have the vocabulary or the tools to have the conversa-

tion, let alone deal with a conversation where a child may make a disclosure.”

Priel noted that research has shown that violence against children and youth is typically committed by someone with trusted access: family, friends, neighbours. There are risks within the home, and if children are not allowed to learn about abuse and consent at school, the odds are lower that that violence will be exposed and that the child will seek support for it.

“We think that children have the right to learn about sexual safety, and there should be no controversy about that,” Priel said. “Children and youth deserve all of the facts ... The whole process of the school and education system is to create informed citizens who become informed adults who create a safe society and safe relationships and peer groups. In order for them to do that, they need to have all the knowledge. The facts needs to be told, the truth needs to be stated.”

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CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, AUG 28.

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(l-r) Mayor Clive Tolley, Devin Magnuson, and Karlee Hennenfent (photo by Gordon Edgar)

By Patricia Hanbidge

Fall Lawn Care

Even though our days are getting shorter and cooler, it is important to continue to care for your lawn. While the other autumn chores are getting done, it is the autumn that is actually one of the most important times of the year to ensure you continue to have a healthy and happy lawn.

One of the guiding principles of having a healthy lawn with a more “organic” approach is to nourish the compost to the surface of the lawn to help add nutrients but also to help in the overall health of the soil. The addition of organic matter like compost that is top dressed on the lawn will add microorganisms that will help break down the thatch which in turn will ensure a healthier lawn.

If you would like to apply a fall fertilizer, which is very much recommended, then apply a slow release fertilizer that is higher in potassium. This helps to toughen up the grass to help be ready for the impending winter.

CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, AUG 28.

City hall encourages residents to use its app to submit concerns about issues such as roads, but some users have noticed that the municipality has failed to follow through on their submissions.

During the recent city council meeting, Coun. Dawn Luhning raised the issue of users’ problems with the app, saying several people told her they submitted their concerns through the program and received a response saying the issue had been resolved. However, the city had done nothing to resolve their inquiry.

“I think we need to have a conversation about that. A few citizens aren’t happy about that with the resolution message and nothing is happening,” she said. “So maybe there are some tweaks we need to do.”

City manager Maryse Carmichael agreed, saying May. She noted that the strategic team spoke about recently and is implementing changes, which residents should soon see with new requests.

“We won’t be able to go back to all of the previous ones (submissions), but we will see a change for future requests on the app,” she said.

There are many slow release fertilizers that work well to apply at this time of year that make nutrients available to the turf in the early spring.

If your lawn was getting a bit thin in any area, the fall is the perfect time to overseed. A lawn area that is most healthy is one that is so dense that weeds are unable to grow due to the competition. Ensure that you choose cultivars that will suit what is already growing there but also consider some varieties that are able to withstand

better suit areas that have light soil that is not well watered.

If your lawn area is compacted, then consider fall aeration. The process of aeration involved removing small plugs of earth from the top layer of the soil. This helps in allowing water, air and any applied nutrients penetrate the soil more easily which in turn helps to make your lawn healthier.

You should continue to mow your lawn until the temperatures drop low enough for the lawn to stop grow-

ing. Do not let your lawn go into fall too long or too short. A turf that is too long will encourage the development of snow mold in the very early spring. A lawn that is too short will often show more injury during fall conditions that are less than ideal. If you have been cutting your lawn at a higher level (ie. about three inches) then continue to mow at that height until growth ceases.

Don’t forget to put your lawn mower away well

plug or even spring for a tune-up. If your lawnmower has done its term with your lawn, then consider getting a new one this fall – while the sales are on. In fact, why not choose a sustainable alternative and purchase a reel mower that relies on your power rather than electricity or fuel?

Last but not least, do not forget to rake up those leaves. Make it a fun chore involving the family or friends by making a time consuming chore into a game. When was the last time you played in a pile of fallen and then everyone will understand your childish joy in this great fall activity. Make the task easier using blowers or mowers to help with the biggest part of the job. Finish it off by mulching those leaves in order to help protect your plants against the cold winds of winter and compost the extra!

Hanbidge is the Lead Horticulturist with Orchid Horticulture. Find us at www.orchidhort.com; by email at info@orchidhort.com; on facebook @orchidhort and on instagram at #orchidhort. Tune into GROW Live on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/orchidhort or check out the Youtube channel GROW https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzkiUpkvyv2e2HCQlFl0JyQ?

Problems with city app frustrating some residents, city councillors

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Residents should resubmit their original reports if they are about an “important matter” but should also enCarmichael added. Not every inquiry needs to be resubmitted, considering the public works department receives hundreds of daily messages.

Tax notices

City hall recently sent tax notices to residents, but many people received duplicates, said Coun. Jamey Logan. He wondered how many duplicates the municipality had issued, what they cost the city, why it happened and

City hall sent out 600 additional notices to ensure it complied with legislation and that certain homeowners legally slated to receive the tax notices did so, city administration told council. Meanwhile, a “conversion” problem with the new in-house software also led to these extra tax notices going out.

Many people were confused about why they were receiving the tax notices in late August when city hall normally issues them in June, Luhning said.

She wondered if city hall had developed a commu-

since start of construction season

The City of Moose Jaw has provided an update on its 2023 capital projects and road repair operations, pointing out infrastructure was left in a worse-than-normal state this year after last winter’s high frequency of freezing and thawing.

To date, public works crews have completed the following work:

Potholes repaired: 4,571

· Street sweeping: 180 kilometres swept (program completed)

Grading: 33,533 metres of gravel roads, 64,982 metres of back lanes; 3,991 metres of gravel roads and 26,164 metres of back lanes left to complete

· Painting: Over 63 kilometres of lines painted; 304 crosswalks painted; 311 stop lines painted; 151 turning arrows painted. Areas left to complete include High Street from Second to Fifth, shoulder lines on Thatcher Drive, Ninth Avenue NW/SW and Manitoba Expressway, Main Street and various other high-traf-

Water main breaks: 15 repairs, compared to 40 t this time in 2022

To date, the engineering teams have completed the

following capital projects, as approved in the 2023 Bud get:

· Paving: 1,454 metres

· Sidewalk replacement: 1,200 linear metres, including cast iron water main replacement locations

· Smart water meters installed: 4,801 meters installed as of Aug. 13

· Sanitary and storm rehabilitation: 3,989 metres of sanitary sewers and 822 metres of storm sewers as of Aug. 17

Road repair and construction will continue until the end of the construction season, which typically runs until Oct. 31. Some of the larger projects include:

· Paving of the Main Street and Thatcher Drive inter section

· Water main replacement construction on the 500 to 800 blocks of Fairford Street West, beginning the week of Aug.21, weather permitting

The City of Moose Jaw is committed to improving our infrastructure and thanks residents for their patience during construction season. It encourages motorists to obey posted signage and exercise caution in construction zones for everyone’s safety.

nications plan to inform residents that the assessment rollcial software program would take longer to implement. City hall released two media releases advising the public that it would issue the tax notices later this summer, said Carmichael.

All Departments in City Hall will be closed on: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2023 (Labour Day)

In addition, there will be NO TRANSIT SERVICE on Monday, September 4, 2023

From The Kitchen

By Joyce Walter - Moose Jaw Express

Cabbage and apples featured for new dishes

While browsing through some recipes given to me by a long-time friend, several caught my eye as items that might be of interest to homemakers looking for ways to add some variety to late summer meals.

Two of those recipes are featured this week.

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GERMAN COLESLAW

1 medium-sized cabbage

2 qts. boiling water

2 onions, grated

1/4 cup vinegar

2 egg yolks, beaten

1 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

3 tbsps. olive oil

1 cup dairy sour cream

bowl and blanch with hot water. Drain and squeeze out all water.

Combine cabbage with onion, green pepper and vinegar.

Beat egg yolks, salt and pepper. Add olive oil

very gradually, beating steadily in blender or with electric mixer.

ly. Add sour cream and stir until evenly blended. Refrigerate until serving time.

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AMISH BAKED APPLE SLICE

1 cup and 6 tbsps. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup butter

4 eggs, separated

1/2 cup dairy sour cream

3 lbs. apples, peeled and sliced

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Frosting:

2 tbsps. hot cream or milk

1/4 tsp. vanilla

in butter with pastry blender. Beat egg yolks and mix with sour cream. Add to dry mixture, stirring well.

Form dough into a ball, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate overnight.

Cut chilled dough into four equal parts. Grease a 14x16 inch sheet pan well.

bottom and two for the top. Use hands freely to patch dough if necessary.

Sprinkle bottom crust with bread crumbs then cover with apple slices.

Add cinnamon to 1 cup sugar and sprinkle over apples. Cover with remaining pastry and seal edges. Brush top with slightly beaten egg whites and sprinkle on remaining 2 tbsps. sugar.

Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F oven for 40-50 minutes until browned and crisp looking. While baking prepare frosting by mixing sugar with cream or milk and add vanilla.

While slice is still warm, brush on frosting. Cool before cutting. Makes about 12 slices. May be frozen.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel. net

Privacy commissioner rules province can withhold info about two Moose Jaw deaths

Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner has ruled that the with comprehensive reports about two Moose Jaw deaths because the documents contain personal information.

The Moose Jaw Express submitted two freedom of information requests in early January to the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service (SCS) asking for all investigative documents and autopsy reports about the deaths of a 40-year-old man in police custody in October 2021 and 22-year-old Joshua LeMay, who was found unresponsive in a downtown alley in March 2022.

On Jan. 11, the SCS denied the request for all records about the 40-year-old’s death, saying provisions in The Coroner’s Act, 1999, and The Coroner’s Regulations, 2000, prevail over The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA).

“As chief coroner, I (Clive Weighill) do not consider it either appropriate or in the public’s interest to release the requested reports in advance of the public inquest; therefore, your request for these records is denied,” the SCS’s letter said.

While the SCS is planning an inquest, it has not announced a date.

Meanwhile, on Jan. 13, the SCS provided the Express with a report about LeMay’s death, but the document was so heavily redacted — all personal information was removed — that it revealed nothing about the man’s death or how he died.

The Coroner’s Act, 1999, The Coroner’s Regulations, 2000, and The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) prevented it from releasing a complete — and unredacted — document.

“As chief coroner … subsection 27(4)(e) of HIPA prevents me from sharing any personal health information with you as you are neither the decedent’s immediate family, close personal friend or health professional,” the letter said.

Furthermore, the SCS said, based on sections in the

Act and HIPA, “it was neither appropriate nor in the public interest to release the contents of the autopsy report given the sensitive and private nature of this medical test,” nor was it appropriate to release contents of the third-party investigation since that could negatively affect an ongoing investigation.

The Express Information and Privacy Commissioner to review the SCS’s decisions, and after several months, it provided two written responses in mid-August. pages of reports about the 40-year-old’s death, including four police service reports and an EMS report. Meandeath, including an independent observer report, a police agency report, the autopsy report and the coroner’s report.

Kruzeniski determined that he had jurisdiction to review both cases because subsections of FOIPPA and HIPA were “engaged” in the matters, including the fact the SCS

is a government institution under FOIP regulations and is a “trustee” under HIPA, while both reports contain personal information including how the men died.

Furthermore, the privacy commissioner determined subsections 23(3)(m)(n) of FOIP and subsections 12(n) (o) of the FOIP regulations applied in these matters.

He noted that section 23 of FOIPPA “ensures that the fundamental rights enshrined in FOIP are given proper deference when interpreting legislative intent as to its application in conjunction with other statutes. This primacy clause is a strong expression of legislative intent and a tool for ensuring public policy objectives are met.”

Kruzeniski pointed out that “it is reasonable” for SCS not to release any information about the 40-yearThe Coroner’s Act, 1999, because of the upcoming inquest.

The privacy commissioner also reviewed whether the SCS should continue withholding certain records of both cases under FOIP regulations. He ruled that it could since the regulations state an individual’s personal information can only be released 25 years after that person is dead.

collision on 600 Stadacona West

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two rulings from the privacy commissioner that say the coroner’s service does not need to provide media with any more information about two Moose Jaw deaths because the initial reports contained too much personal information. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

this article are those this publication.

By Ron Walter For Moose Jaw Express

Travelling the territory of two gold mining projects interesting

One of the reasons I went on a journey with Chris Svab to Stewart, B.C. near the Alaskan Panhandle, was interest in two gold mining projects with high grade results

Ascot Resources is building a mine on Red Moun-

The Ascot operation includes the former Premier

Ascot plans on producing 110,000 ounces of gold equivalent next year and 160,000 ounces annually after that. The two deposits mined are primarily gold with some silver.

To avoid huge debt for mine development and construction, Ascot sold a stream of gold and silver for $113 million cash.

The stream involves 8.75 per cent of gold production and 100 pet cent of silver up to 150,000 ounces, then declines by half. Ascot can buy the stream back.

since 1989, to reduce construction costs. A 2020 independent assessment estimated total mining cost per ounce at $770US — much less than average.

Ascot received an injection of cash from Peruvian miner Ore Peru for a 19.9 per cent interest in the company and no more debt.

The mine sites have four potential new sources of ore for expansion or longer mine life.

Proven as probable, reserves are 3.9 million ounces with another 11 million in inferred to measured categories.

At a recent 50 cents a share, Ascot has traded between 31 cents and 80 cents this year.

Three analysts on Yahoo Finance have a $1.05 consensus target with a low of 65 cents and a high of $1.50.

Scottie Resources is the second project of interest.

This company started exploration of the former Scottie Gold Mine which has 60,000 ounces gold left in reserves. The mine also has a 200 tonne per day mill.

Scottie is exploring in the old Scottie Mine and the Blueberry zone under what was a glacier, as well as other zones.

The operation along the Salmon River Valley completed over 80,000 feet of drilling since 2010. Another

37,000 will be done this year to extend deposits. High grade gold values have been discovered to the 800 feet depth, with plans to reach the 1,100 foot level in 2023.

The strike length is 4,400 feet, with about 3,000 feet explored.

reserves are consistent and has yet to do a preliminary economic assessment, obtain permits and complete a bankable feasibility study before building a mine.

nine years. But take-over activity may see Scottie sold Priced at 24 cents a share, with a low of 15 cents and high of 31 cents in the last year, Scottie is a highly speculative company

CAUTION: Remember when investing, consult your adviser and do your homework before buying any security. Bizworld does not recommend investments. Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Moose Jaw Transplant Trot held a golf tournament fundraiser at the Deer Ridge Golf Course on Aug. 19, and the goal was to raise funds to support the Canadian Transplant Association.

Moose Jaw Transplant Trot is organized by Ferdinand Frey and Roxanna Gadd-Frey from Moose Jaw. Their son, Kevin Gadd, was the grateful recipient of a lung transplant back in 2014.

Gadd was born with a hole in his heart and pulmonary hypertension, and at age four he had to undergo an open-heart surgery at a specialist in Toronto. Throughout his childhood he faced several limitations and had to rely on medication for day-to-day life.

Back in 2010, he faced a new set of issues and saw a specialist in Edmonton. It was here that Gadd learned about increasing heart issues which made his lungs work lung transplant was an option.

monton for assessment by his specialist. In 2014, the team rushed to test for the receptiveness of a transplant, and in a near-miraculous turn of events a donor was available only 13 days after the request was made.

For Gadd, the lung transplant meant a whole new lease on life.

The transplant that saved Gadd’s life now gives him the opportunity to spend time and play with his children, who are two-and-a-half and 11 years old. He said his kids are heavily involved in sports, and now thanks to the procedure, he is able to keep up with them.

Gadd wrote a letter of thanks to the family of the donor, but so far he hasn’t received any reply. This is okay, he said, because he understands that families will grieve differently and some may not want to draw attention to the circumstances around the donation.

Contacting your donor or the family of the donor is part of the organ donor program, and although recipients are encouraged to reach out, the family on the other end has the option to respond when and if they are ready to address it.

Gadd said he gets a lot of verbal support and many people say they want to sign up for the organ donor program, but not everyone puts the red sticker on their health card. Gadd takes no offense, of course, as this is a completely voluntary and personal decision.

Donating an organ is “one of the best things you can do,” said Gadd. “It is one of the greatest gifts.” Now he wants to pay it forward by offering support through the

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Moose Jaw Transplant Trot is an independently runing event every year in Moose Jaw. Beyond our city, Transplant Trots are held in several cities across Canada, and each Trot is organized by local volunteers who all work on behalf of the Canadian Transplant Association. The Transplant Trot was created to celebrate life after a transplant, increase awareness, and to help increase the

number of registered organ and tissue donors in Canada.

The 2023 Transplant Trot golf fundraiser took place at the Deer Ridge Golf Course and the shotgun event kicked off at 1:00 p.m. For anyone who missed the event and for those who are interested in helping to support those in the community who are in need of donors, the organization plans to hold a third annual golf tournament next year.

The organization also has a virtual trot that is organized though their Facebook page, Facebook/Moose Jaw Transplant Trot. The virtual trot allows individuals to walk at their own pace and submit their step count via their Fitbit app. Those without the app can manually submit the number from either a step counter or from distances covered while cycling. Everyone is welcome to sign up and help support the cause no matter your schedule or location.

To donate through the Moose Jaw Transplant Trot or for more information, visit their website at MJTransplantTrot.ca.

“For Gadd, the lung transplant meant a whole new lease on life.” Photo by: Jenifer Gadd

Farmers in distress aren’t alone this harvest thanks to Do More Ag

Do More Ag wants to get the conversation started as producers face a third consecutive drought year

The Do More Agriculture Foundation is reminding farmers they are not alone during what will be for many of them, a stressful third consecutive year of drought conditions in the province.

“This year has been another drought year, and for some producers, this has been the third year in a row,” said Megz Reynolds, the executive director of the Do More Agriculture Foundation.

“Harvest on its own is a very stressful time of year. You’re getting less sleep, spending less time with family and greater periods of isolation… and then of course there’s that time crunch and needing to get falls apart…,” Reynolds explained.

Adding drought – or several consecutive years of drought – increases stress. Many farmers have been on the farm for four or more generations, and keeping the operation in the family is a serious concern.

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olds suggests you spend your downtime on the platform.

“One of the things that helps me the most [is knowing] we can’t control what we can’t control,” explained Reynolds. Figure out what you can and cannot control, and then break down the controllable parts into smaller steps you can address day to day, or hour to hour.

“Keep talking, keep reaching out, and don’t forget that you will make it through this season,” she concluded, noting that the most important step is to start the conversation.

The AgTalk platform is fully online, and any adult can post and connect in an anonymous setting.

“We need to be looking at ways to take care of ourselves during that time,” said Reynolds. Ask yourself what’s impacting you negatively and work to address these stressors by establishing boundaries.

Isolation is common with crop producers, and she suggests shutting down the combine for half an hour to share a meal with family and reconnect.

Sometimes you need a new perspective. “I remember one year I actually ended up putting electric tape over the yield monitor in the combine… every time I looked at the screen it wasn’t helping after a severe drought year,” said Reynolds.

It’s also important to keep social me-

dia use in check. “When you go on social media, you might be seeing people posting about how great their harvest is, while you’re struggling with very low yields,” she said. Even if others are trying to look more successful than they are, the repetitive message doesn’t help.

Typically, a drought season is followed by a few wetter seasons and producers can prepare for the next drought year. This helps mitigate losses, but with climate change shaping our weather patterns, this can’t be guaranteed. “The hits just keep coming more frequently,” stated Reynolds.

“We really link our sense of identity to our ability to farm. Even during a drought, which is entirely out of your control, it’s easy to feel like you’ve failed as a farmer,” explained Reynolds, who knows exactly how this feels thanks to her farming background. Many see their morale decline and may avoid talking about it with family. “It’s easy to feel that you’ve failed and you’re to blame,” she said.

You can recognize the signs of stress in yourself and others, and this includes irritability, being more reactive, trouble focusing, trouble falling asleep, and even increased alcohol consumption.

Stress also leads to isolation. If you’re avoiding phone calls or go shopping at the local Co-op and want to avoid conversations, that’s an indication stress has your mental battery drained.

The key is to develop healthy coping mechanisms.

what works best for you and have something in place when you need it. “We all have different things that help recharge our battery as part of healthy self-maintenance,” she said.

Stigma is the biggest barrier to accessing mental health support in the agriculture sector.

Stigma can be internal or external. Internal stigma keeps you from acknowledging an issue and accepting the need for support. External stigma keeps you from booking an appointment and is focused on social feedback.

“The way to move the needle the most in agriculture is that external support,” she explained. We need to support one another by striking up more conversations.

“One of the big things I heard travelling across Canada… we’re at a stage now where we’re ready in the industry for that peer-to-peer support, but because of that stigma we still need to connect with someone who doesn’t know who we are,” said Reynolds. The AgTalk platform, launched

The AgTalk platform is fully online, and any adult can post and connect in an anonymous setting. AgTalk is available in French and English and is moderated by mental health professionals. Rather than doom- scrolling on social media, Reyn-

livestock feed costs

Saskatchewan livestock producers affected by drought can now request support from the provincial government through Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC), a Provincial Treasury Board Crown corporation administered by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Producers in some areas of the province, particularly the west, are dealing with drought. Precipitation has remained well below normal this season, contribhindering recovery of pasture and forage ranges.

The Government of Saskatchewan made the announcement on Aug. 21 as a way of helping livestock producers whose feed costs have skyrocketed. The province will make up to $70 million available based on receipts and/or appropriate documentation showing ‘extraordinary’ expenses for the purchase of feed or the transportation of feed or livestock.

“Immediate measures are needed as challenges due to drought,” said David Marit, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister, in a press release announcing the measure. “Our government is committed to ensuring livestock producers have the support they need, as they continue to provide the high-quality food Saskatchewan families rely on.”

Application forms will be available

in the coming days and weeks from SCIC through their website at www.scic.ca or by calling (toll-free) at 1-844-723-1211. The funding will provide eligible producers with up to $80 per head to maintain breeding stock for beef cattle, bison, horse, elk, deer, sheep, and goats.

“We appreciate the province stepping up and providing their portion of the

AgriRecovery payment,” said Keith Day, Board Chair of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association. “We look forward to a similar announcement from the federal government to provide their funding to ensure our producers get the help they need through these challenging times.”

Ray Orb, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

The Do More Agriculture Foundation seeks to provide mental health awareness, helps strengthen a sense of community, and provides helpful resources to producers facing stress. “We are the national voice and champion for mental health in Canadian agriculture,” explained Reynolds.

Read about the organization’s Community Fund at https://www.domore.ag/ community-fund.

For more information and helpful resources, visit the organization’s website at DoMore.ag.

To access the AgTalk platform you can visit their website at DoMore.ag/AgTalk.

The Farm Stress Line provides anonymous support, is available 24/7, and you don’t have to be in a state of crisis to call: 1-800-667-4442.

“This year has been another drought year, and for some producers, this has been the third year in a row,” said Megz Reynolds.

(SARM), called the support “promising,” and praised the province for the speed with which they apportioned the funds.

government is working together with the province to assess how they can provide additional support through AgriRecovery and [we] look forward to seeing what that much-needed assistance will be,” Orb added.

As part of other supports implemented to help mitigate the province’s drought situation, the Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada have agreed to increasement percentage from 50 per cent to 75 per cent, so producers can access a larger early.

The AgriStability compensation rate also recently increased from 70 to 80 per cent. In July, the federal and provincial governments announced SCIC was doubling the low yield appraisal threshold values to allow additional acres of cereal, to feed. Saskatchewan has also frozen the 2023 rate charged to producers who lease Crown grazing land. Additionally, through the 2023 Crown Grazing Lease Rental Reduction Program, lessees may be eligible for a rent reduction due to the impact of drought.

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As a result of this year’s drought, feedstock costs have risen across Saskatchewan. The AgriRecovery initiative aims at retaining existing breeding stock (photo by

Threshing Bee organizers overcome obstacle for 52nd show at Sukanen

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The 52nd Threshing Bee is set to show how farming was done in the early days of settlement.

“I think we will put on a decent show,’’ said Gord Ross, president of the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum.

There was one hitch to the show but that has been overcome.

“Our oats crop is short with lots of weeds,’’ he said. “We didn’t have enough to thresh.

“Lucky for us, Norbert Fries who farms just west of the museum donated two and one-half acres of oats to us.’’

Museum volunteers used a reaper and binder to make sheaves of the oats and stooked it for transport to the museum.

“We will have enough to thresh. We will only use one thresher and the steam tractor.’’

The Stanley-Jones hand thresher will also operate.

There is enough museum crop to do some reaping and binding demonstrations.

This is one of the few times in over 50 years when the museum oats crop wasn’t high enough to make stooks.

The threshing bee will be held Saturday, Sept. 9 and Sunday, Sept. 10 at the museum 13 km south of Moose Jaw on

Highway Two and will have the usual displays.

Pancake breakfasts start at 8 a.m. each day with a full concession throughout the day. It will be cash only at the concessions.

A tractor parade will be done each morning with a car-truck parade daily after lunch and a vintage tractor pull to end the days.

This year a new demonstration will use the dynamometer across from the grandstand. The machine tells how many horsepower a tractor can put out. ever used it.”

The Bruce Family will bring a steam tractor to run a threshing machine and for a wood cutting demonstration. Ploughing, reaping and binding demonstrations will take place each day. Rope making and blacksmithing demos are also part of activities

The museum’s 40 buildings will be open for people to view the artifacts, cars, trucks and tractors.

Visitors can ride on the people movers and kids can ride on the barrel train.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ sasktel.net

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Wakamow Valley creates Women’s Disc Golf League to

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The Wakamow Valley Authority has anLeague, to take place every Wednesday at 6 p.m. from September 6 to October 11, with all proceeds from the league going to support the Moose Jaw Transition House.

“Setting up a league is relatively simple and easy,” said Donna MacQuarrie-Bye, general manager at the Wakamow Valley Authority (WVA). “We’ve structured our league nights similar to how a shotgun start works in regular golf, and now we just need participants.

“As much as Wakamow depends on public support, it’s also very important that as an organization, we give back to the community as well, and that’s why the proceeds from this league will go to the Transition House. Transition House is an organization that provides a much-needed service in our community and relies on community support. Setting this up as a fundraiser with them was as simple as reaching out to see if they would be interested, and they were very open and excited about it.”

The Moose Jaw Transition House has been part of the community since 1978 and provides shelter services, a crisis line,

support programs, and outreach and education programs for people experiencing interpersonal violence and abuse. They have a shelter follow-up program that maintains contact with women who have used the shelter, helping them to thrive as they recover.

More information on Transition House is available from their website at www.mj-transitionhouse.com.

The Moose Jaw Disc Golf Association held two summer leagues this year, with casual play on Mondays and a more competitive ‘bag tag’ league on Tuesdays. Disc golf has absolutely exploded in popularity over the last few years due to the low cost, gentle learning curve, and ease of construction meaning that communities can build and own their own courses,

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maintain massive lawns. Many communities in Canada now have at least a 9-hole public course.

Wakamow’s course started small and is now a full-sized, 18-hole course that sees use from discing enthusiasts year round no matter the weather. Moose Jaw is expected to have its second 18-hole course ready to go in Sunningdale by the end of 2023.

Registration for the Wakamow Wednesday night Women’s Disc Golf League costs $50 per participant. There are 10 disc golf sets available to borrow served basis.

For more information and to register 306-692-2717 or email wakamow.gm@ sasktel.net.

run for ourselves in our disc golf course,” MacQuarrie-Bye said. “We are very excited to see how this year’s response is, and that will determine how we move forward.”

Trip to Ducati Users Club of Western Canada (DUCWC) motorcycle rally in Nelson, BC

The hubbub of Calgary’s sprawl fades into our rear-view mirrors as we head south toward Crowsnest Pass. We are on our way to the Ducati Users Club of Western Canada (DUCWC) motorcycle rally, held annually in Nelson B.C. I, however, am not lucky enough to own such an exotic bike.

Instead, I have rented a (gorgeous) 2018 BMW R1200GS… Yeah, life’s rough!

It doesn’t take long before I know that this bike and I will be good friends. The neutral riding position, BMW’s torquey opposed-boxer-twin six-speed transmission, and cruise control combine for a sporty and stable platform that handles everything I throw at it. I can almost match my riding partner’s Ducati Multistrada 1200 in straight-line acceleration, and keeping pace at highway speeds is a dream.

The Beamer’s throaty exhaust barks nicely, especially in downshifts. Walking through the gears in the other direction, the bike always responds to my inputs with a generous helping of speed — and a ‘would you like some dessert?’ roominess if I need a bit more in a pinch. The suspension is both comfortable and tight enough to enjoy the twisties as they come snaking down the road toward me. The

bike remains level in hard deceleration, and once I’m used to the positions of everything that needs grabbing and pushing, the brakes are more than adequate to bleed off passing speeds.

To be sure, this is not a “Born to be Wild!” bike. It lacks the thunder, smoke, and glory of a big café cruiser, or the sphincter-clenching speed of a crotch rocket. Nevertheless, driving out of the big city and into the scenery we are seeking, it evokes solid tunes like “Free Falling” or “Running Down a Dream” by Tom Petty.

But enough about the bike — this trek is about leaving the poker-straight,ries behind, and seeking new roads and new sights. The yellow-tinged lawn-green pastures of the foothills quickly give way to dark green tree-bearded mountain meadows, then, suddenly, to bald granite-sculled mountains stretching precipitously up towards iridescent blue heavens. As a Prairie boy, I notice the changes in altitude and angles immediately. The strike and dip of unfamiliar topography can be disconcerting for a bit, but it is short-lived

We roll through the Crowsnest Pass area and pull into the town of Frank for a quick food-and-fuel stop. A Devil’s

Tower-like peak rises in the distance — Crowsnest Mountain —, adding to the surreal and sudden change in views offered when riding west on Alberta Highway #3. Parked on the west side of Frank’s Slide, casually eating burgers and sipping cold root beer, I cannot help but contemplate the terrible doom that befell this bustlingrie looking up at sleepy Turtle Mountain, a colossal chunk missing from her face like some titanic molar wrenched from its socket. Could the rest of the mountain come down someday? Gulp!

Moving on, we drive through the summer-hot interior towns of Sparwood, Fernie, and Cranbrook (to name just a few) on our trek west. The scenery in general is beautiful, and on a sport-touring bike the roads are fun. The asphalt stretches out before us like a grey ribbon, winding through majestic saw-toothed mountains whose peaks glow orange-ish in the midday sun, next to undulating rivers of jasper green. The ride is uneventful for the most part, except for encounters with one or two of the speeding four-wheel jackasses, members of the genus known as buttheadicus Albertansis, who seem to take special delight in trying to block us from passing, or in tailgating us as we cruise along at a casual buck forty.

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

jam by Fernie, when we see that the cause was some poor Harley owner who smoked into a deer. The deer is dead — the bikers have been taken from the scene, in whoknows-what condition. Only the hulk of their two-wheeler remains, still buried hard into the dirt of a roadside ditch.

We hope everyone was ok.

After Creston, the bustling hot, main-highway valley towns give way to more rural stretches of highway, following stream-riven paths through sweet mounstretches in wider, more open valleys. It all seems a bit dreamy as we begin climbing through Kootenay Pass, known locally as the Salmo-Creston. I’ve been concentrating on staying in the moment on this ride, but, as the scenery gets ever prettier, lulled into a false sense of security.

I climb into the cooler air at the summit of this huge climb, passing places like beautiful Bridal Lake along the way. The brake-cooking descent on the downgrade side makes me grateful for a manual transmission, and I am enjoying the scope of it all, when — GOATS! A whole freaking family of Mountain Sheep whizzes by on the shoulder! Holy sheep-dip Batman, where’d they come from!? Well, there it

After my heart recovers from its slight arrhythmia, we start seeing the long-awaited signs for Nelson. Located in the beautiful West Kootenay region, halfway between Vancouver and Calgary, Nelson sits on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake, nestled in the rugged Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia. We have heard many good things about Nelson from friends and we have high hopes as we roll wearily into town. We are ready for some supper, and to shuck our stuffy riding pants and jackets for a while. We pull into the DUCWC rally parking lot at the historic Adventure Hotel and register. Next, it’s the sports bar for supper, a quick look around the waterfront, a shower, and off to bed, from where I write this short bike review and travelogue.

The rally began the following day, with many scenic riding opportunities, food, and fellowship. More to come.

Roger Blager and the 2018 BMW R1200GS. Photo by Roger Blager

Summer motorcycle rally: Moose Jaw, SK, to Nelson, BC (part 1). Photos by Roger Blager.

Warriors head coach O’Leary takes a look at training camp and team expectations

Competitiveness to be a key component as Warriors aim to take another step forward after a successful season

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It isn’t often a team will put together a season with 40 or more wins in a Western Hockey League season and automatically expect even better results the following season, but that’s the situation the Moose into their 2023 training camp.

Sure, they’ll need a few breaks along the way and some players to make jumps in their game, but that’s likely going to be the case for every team in the WHL this season. And as a result, head coach Mark O’Leary is hoping to see some big things from his crew throughout training camp with the on-ice rookie sessions.

“I think it’s similar to last year where we’re excited about the core that we have,” O’Leary said. “I know it’s a model of ours that we want to draft and develop our own players, it’s something we take pride in, and you look at our returnyear in Moose Jaw. So they’ve grown up together and this is another opportunity to win some hockey games and build off last year’s success.”

The Warriors are coming off their best season since their Scotty Munro Trophy winning-campaign in 2017-18. Their 4124-0-3 mark was good enough for fourth place in the Eastern Conference, and they’d sweep the Lethbridge Hurricanes in

With the majority of their core from

that campaign returning, the plan is to take another step forward, and it all begins with the youngsters. took place on Thursday, Aug. 31 followed next day by main camp practices and rookie camp scrimmages.

“For the 08s coming in, it’ll be the to meet some of them, so it’ll be about building those relationships and getting

to know them a bit and what they are as players and people as well,” O’Leary said.

“Then with the ones coming back, it’s looking for that progression. When you’re dealing with teenage kids, a lot can happen over an off-season and that’s why it’s so exciting, you can see players who just months ago looked completely different.”

put up only 28 points as a 17-year-old in the 2016-17 campaign and one year later was one of the league’s top scorers with 43 goals and 98 points. And a season later, Tristin Langan went from a 40-point player as a 19-year-old to 113 points as an overager, missing the league scoring title by a single point.

“Every year there are guys who take built from last year or the work they put in over the summer, you get an opportunity to see guys who had jumped off the page and kind of wow you in terms of their development,” O’Leary said.

That’s all the product of hard work in the off-season, something that’s an absolute must for any player these days.

“You can’t just fake that,” said O’Leary. “You can’t just go home and turn the calendar over a couple times and expect to be a better player. It’s the work, that’s where it always starts, with the compete level and doing things with a true purpose even in the off season,. With what I’m hearing and seeing from the guys in the off-season, they took that to heart.”

The team was expected to trim rookies heading into the heart of camp on Saturday, with more scrimmages and practices.

Things wrapped up Sunday with main camp practice and the Black-White Intrasquad Game.

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One doesn’t have to look very far to see what that looks like in a Moose Jaw Warriors uniform, either -- Justin

With optimism but plenty of questions, Warriors enter training camp

Heading into the 2021-22 campaign, the Moose Jaw Warriors had spent their fair share of time rebuilding and re-tooling into a team that could compete with the best in the league.

Based on the results of many nights last season, mission accomplished.

Now the goal is to take that next step. With the way the WHL is shaping up this year, head coach Mark O’Leary feels there are more than half a dozen teams feeling they have a shot at big things this season. And the Warriors are one of them.

“It’s going to be a different look in the whole league,” O’Leary said. “You look at Edmonton, by the time they won it all they almost looked like an American league team, and the same could be said about Seattle last year. And we obviously ran into a Winnipeg team that was exceptional the last couple years. So all those super-teams were going to be tough to beat.

“This year, it’s looking like there are probably eight teams that think they have a shot at this, and there isn’t a team that looks like it’s going to run away with it. I think it’s going to be a real competitive season and we feel like we can compete as well.”

It all starts at training camp beginning Thursday, Aug. 31. The rookies take camp takes over on Saturday, followed by the Black and White intrasquad game on Sunday afternoon.

Throughout camp, decisions will be made, and a major one will surround the 20-year-old situation.

It’s been a few seasons since the Warriors have had to take a hard look at their

overagers, but with four in camp to start with -- forwards Atley Calvert, Eric Alarie, Josh Hoekstra and defenceman Lucas Brenton -- and two other potential returnees -- defenceman Max Wanner (NHL Edmonton) and forward Martin Rysavy (NHL Columbus) -- the team will need to make some hard choices.

“I think we’re in a great situation where we have a bunch of 03s who aren’t only eligible to play in the league, but can play in the league and contribute and be really great players,” O’Leary said. “It’s obviously a competition there, and one that will work itself out with pro opportunities for some of them and having the pa-

tience in camp and exhibition season and seeing how things play out.”

Much will depend how things shake out with NHL camps, too. Calvert is off Brayden Yager in their rookie camp, while team captain Denton Mateychuk will start the season in Columbus and forward Jagger Firuks in Seattle.

How things shake out with their return to the team, and if it happens at all, will go a long way in determining the Warriors’ future this season.

Dealing with that kind of situation and all the unknowns in general is just part of business, says O’Leary. And in the end,

it’ll come down to not only who is in the line-up, but how they’re playing.

“All summer, you jot things down and they’re just names on a piece of paper,” he said. “Different looks we might have and kind of guessing what the team is going to look like. At the end of the day, we can have all the planning and preparing for what it might look like, but the players sort that out in terms of their play.

“Coaches decided where they play, but you could argue the players decide that. Players who are playing really well tend to play higher in the line-up and you have to earn your opportunities and that’s what we’re going to be looking for here.”nitely been earned is starting goaltender, and the time is now for veteran Jackson Unger.

“We talk about drafting and developing, but it’s easy to forget that Jackson is only an 18-year-old,” O’Leary said. “He came in as a 16 and played some big games and got some valuable experience, then last year playing a lot of games in different circumstances. The last two years he’s been behind exceptional 20-year-old goaltenders, where this year he can come in as an 18-year-old and know that we reigns and be the go-to guy.

“I’m excited to see what he looks like at training camp, and the communication I’ve had with different people, Jackson he’s excited about the opportunity.”

Be sure to keep an eye on www. moosejawtoday.com for stories and updates when training camp begins!

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The Moose Jaw Warriors will be back on the ice at training camp beginning Thursday morning at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

Jackson Unger is the man to watch in the crease heading into the regular season.

Warriors Yager looks back on introduction to Pittsburgh Penguins after NHL Draft

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Moose Jaw Warriors forward Brayden Yager was touring the Pittsburgh Penguins workout facilities shortly after being selected by the team in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft when he came across a gym with a single occupant and a trainer.

about the tour. But a second look, and his jaw dropped.

Because the other person in the gym was none other than multiple-time Stanley Cup champion, Olympic gold medalist and NHL superstar Sidney Crosby.

Crosby’s trainer happened to recognize Yager, who had been picked 14th overall by the Penguins a few days earlier, and with that, the Prince Albert native had a chance to meet one of his childhood heroes.

“It was crazy,” Yager said with a look of amazement prior to teeing off at the Warriors Alumni Golf Tournament earlier this summer. “I kind of just walked into the gym and saw the trainer working with somebody, and I looked again and it was Sid. Then the trainer called me over to say hi and introduce me and it was amazing. He’s such a nice person and such a genermy game after and looked up to all my life… it was super crazy to see someone like him in person.”

A Welcome to the NHL moment, indeed.

“It’s been a whirlwind for sure,” Yager said. “There were lots of nerves going into the Draft and development camp as well, but I couldn’t be happier going to Pittsburgh. Now that I’ve had a chance to go there and meet everybody, they’re a super welcoming organization and it’s where I feel I belong.

“It was a ton of fun there and they’re going to be a great team to be a part of.”

Yager didn’t have a lot of time to gather his thoughts after the NHL Draft. The Penguins development camp was the following weekend, and he was on the plane to Pittsburgh from Nashville immediately after.

And it wasn’t that long after landing that it all became extremely real.

“It was super weird getting there and all of a sudden I’m on the ice in a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey,” Yager said. “It

feel like it was kind of real, but the staff was so welcoming and I met a ton of new people, they made me feel super comfortable so that was awesome.”

Yager ended up rooming with Owen Pickering of the Swift Current Broncos and as a veteran of the proceedings, Pickering was able to show Yager a bit about how things work.

Yager also had someone he knew very well to hang around with, none other than teammate and Moose Jaw Minor Hockey product Atley Calvert, who as an overage

forward had received a free-agent invite to Penguins development camp.

“As soon as I got drafted, he texted me and said he got an invite to camp there,” Yager said. “I was super happy for him and it was awesome to have a teammate to go through that experience with. It was pretty cool.

“We played against him, and I saw him score a goal during the three-on-three tournament, but other than that we just hung out a bit during the tour of the room having someone around I knew and had played a couple of years with.”

From there, it was a matter of getting the NHL. While it’s all new and exciting at the moment, Yager is plenty aware that will have to change in the near future as he embarks on his professional career.

“At some point you have to get over that and believe that you’re a part of that group and want to make the team,” he said. “I’ll get comfortable eventually and hopefully be (Crosby’s) teammate someday. It’s a cliche, but the work starts now and I have to gain some strength and do what I can to become an NHL player.”

That work has continued throughout the summer, and Yager was one of 70 players taking the ice when Warriors training camp took place at the end of August at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

“Obviously I enjoyed the whole process and it was a ton of fun, and I can’t thank enough people who helped me get to where I am today,” he said. “Family and friends and coaches and teachers and obviously teammates, too. I’m so excited to be a Pittsburgh Penguin, and from what I’ve experienced they’re a great organization and I couldn’t be happier.”

The Moose Jaw Warriors will be taking a good look at their distant future when their 2023 training camp hits the ice on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 31.

A total of 29 players born in 2008 will League action, with the large group of 15-year-olds looking to make an impression when they face off against their concamp.

Camp in general will be a young one, with only four 19-year-olds and four overagers hitting the ice once main camp begins on Saturday. The team will have 13 16-year-olds and 16 players in their NHL Draft year to go along with nine 18-yearolds.

That includes a host of luminaries who will be looking to get in some competitive hockey before heading to NHL training camps -- team captain Denton Mateychuk (Columbus), forward Jagger Firkus (Seattle), forward Brayden Yager (Pittsburgh) and forward Atley Calvert (Pittsburgh) will all be on the ice once main camp starts Saturday morning.

Overager forward Martin Rysavy remains unsigned by the Columbus Blue Jackets and is heading straight from his home in Czechia to their camp, while

defenceman Max Wanner is going to Edmonton Oilers camp as a signed overager and is unlikely to return.

A total of 44 forwards will take skate alongside 23 defenceman and eight goaltenders.

Moose Jaw could become a haven for players from Saskatchewan in the near

future, with 25 players from the Warriors’ home province in camp. Alberta is second with 23, while 17 will represent Manitoba and six from B.C.

Both of the Warriors’ U.S. Priority Draft picks from 2023 -- Zachary Schmidt of Highlands Ranch, Col. and Trevor Hill from San Antonio, Tex. -- will take the ice,

as will 2023 Import Draft selections Patrik Kral of Czechia and Andrej Tomasec from Slovakia.

The Moose Jaw Minor Hockey Assoplayers, led by 40-goal scorer and assistant captain Calvert. Carson Deichert -the Warriors’ third-round selection in the 2023 Prospect Draft -- will be joined by three Moose Jaw U15 AA Warriors teammates in defenceman Colton Flanagan and Tyson Ross, along with goaltender Jayce Finiak.

Training camp begins at 9 a.m. Thursday through Saturday, followed by the Black and White Intrasquad game at 12 p.m. Sunday.

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Moose Jaw Warriors forward Brayden Yager had an unbelievable couple of weeks earlier this summer when he was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.

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Moose Jaw Warriors captain Denton Mateychuk will take part in training camp before heading off to Columbus closer to the start of Blue Jackets camp.

Moose Jaw’s Kohl, Guillaume see action with Team Sask at 13U baseball nationals

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spot in the medal round, but they still went down swinghome one run and had the winning run at the plate, but

bottom of the inning but would get no closer, as Manitoba doubles in three trips to the plate and knocking in Team -

to second on an error, third on a dropped third strike and allowing two runs, one earned, on a hit and a walk while

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Gymtastiks Fall Session Includes Traditional and New Cross Sport Sessions

If you think about gymnastics as just gymnastics, well to use the old cliché, then ‘think again’.

It’s a traditional meaning the local gymnastics club Gymtastiks wants to change with its upcoming Fall session.

The club is featuring not only the traditional gymnastics but also classes which integrate gymnastic techniques to other sports.

Gymnastics For Other Sports

Gymtastiks is moving gymnastics as hockey and yes even football. While at the same time, maintaining their traditional gymnastics instruction.

Gymtastiks head coach Jamie Olmstead said techniques used in gymnastics make those athletes better.

“Gymnastics is a great base for all sports,” she said, adding “if you do gymnastics as your side sport or your just for fun sport, it’s going to improve you at voland all the sports,” she said.

gymnastics teaches techniques to be a better athlete.

“One of the things we can offer athletes is teaching them how to set up their run,” Olmstead said.

She explained how the skills used in gymnastics’ events are transferrable to

“So when you’re running towards the long jump board you have to be able to hit it at an exact place. So our (gymnastics)

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athlete who vault or who do the double mini trampoline, they have a set run. We know how to teach it to them;, we know how to teach them to go to other places and use that run.”

Skills transferability has driven the move to offering the cross sport classes commencing in September.

“We have decided to add some specialty classes which is our indoor track technique learning proper jumping for high jump, long jump and triple jump. We will work on some hurdling technique; some ball throw and relay races with the handoff,” she said.

Olmstead said it’s not just hitting a certain spot on a board but is a transferrable skill from gymnastics running.

“In just running techniques, gymnasts are very quick. We work running, drills every practice, and saw those running drills will be incorporated into learning how to run also for long distance.”

She said setting up the courses to be reached out to the local Rotary Track and Field Club and they were super excited about the new classes.

“He knows how gymnastics has already helped his daughter and gymnasts who do come to the Rotary Track Club have great success,” she said.

Gymtastiks is also looking at providing dryland training to other sports teams or individuals to help improve their game.

“For dryland training, we’re wel-

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where to do dryland training. It’s for swim they can reach out or we can do that on a personal and private level as well.”

nastics training for other sports such as football, Olmstead said that despite the game being seen as one of pushing large weights and developing strength in a gym, gymnastics has its place there as well.

She pointed to Moose Jaw native Dylan Barker who was involved in gymnastics, and who later went on to play four seasons with the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger Cats as an example of how gymnastics has helped out in football.

Gymnastics offers agility, spatial ori-

ball players. New And Returning Gymnastics Offerings

The season will also see the return of the recreational trampoline class to Gymtastiks. The classes will entail individual trampoline, tumbling, as well as the double trampoline.

Other additions to the repertoire of classes offered are aimed towards the dance and cheerleading crowd.

“We decided to add two tumbling classes – an intermediate one and an ad-

cheerleaders,” Olmstead said.

A new offering is a demonstration rhythmic gymnastics team.

“We’re trying to add a rhythmic (gymnastics) performance team that would be really good for dancers, cheerleaders, or anybody who’s been in gymnastics and wants to work with an apparatus.”

The rhythmic gymnastics class will offer the hoop, the ball and scarves, while working on dance routines.

Plans call for future outings in the community to demonstrate the routine.

Traditional Gymnastics Still On The Menu

Despite the move into new gymnastic centered offerings designed to improve in other sports, the traditional gymnastics program will still be available.

“We start classes at the age of two with parent and tot class. We have preschool classes. Anyone that is six (years of age) plus comes into the badge programs. This is when they start working on the level system we have designed in-house,” she said.

But gymnastics goes further than just participating as it helps create its own community.

“It’s a great place to meet other kids parents that have kids the same age. So we are really trying to build that community base,” Olmstead said.

How To Register

On-line registration has already opened. Registrations will run until the end of September with classes commencing the week of September 11th.

The club is running at an average membership but some classes are already full; Olmstead encourages people to register as soon as possible.

For further information please contact Gymtastiks at https://gymtastiks.com/ or by telephone at (306) 692-2303. https://www.mjindependent.com/ sports/2023/8/23/paivnqry4p2rk1lshle9o6es7smxrk

Women Fore Women Golf Tournament raises over $14,000 for scholarship program

The annual Women Fore Women Golf Tournament has become a very popular event in Moose Jaw.

The tournament held on August 19th hosted 92 spots available for female golf-

as one of the major stops on the local golf calendar -- even from outside of the Moose Jaw area.

“I would say it would have only been up and we had a waiting list,” said Bev Barber with the Hillcrest Ladies League, organizers of the Women Fore Womeneven someone from Radium, B.C. who came home and played with her daughof neat about it; we had a lot of mothers and daughters playing, lots of sisters and cousins playing, and so many women who came together to support women.”

While camaraderie and fun on the course are major draws, the tournament’s name gives a good idea of what it’s all about. Women Fore Women began in 2019 as a scholarship fundraiser, with three $500 awards presented to students off to post-secondary schools that spring.

Fast forward to 2023, and Wom$2,000 scholarships to Moose Jaw and rapid growth of the tournament, even in the midst of the pandemic.

And needless to say, the awards areship coordinator Deb Negraiff revealed to

tournament participants during their postevent dinner.

girls and Jasmine Kohl even sent a video of her moving-in day. She gave us a little tour that was really touching and it was a

Chicago. “That we helped her do that was a pretty good feeling.”

Barber expects the 2023 edition of the tournament to raise over $14,000, a to-

crest Ladies League will be able to present a host of scholarships next spring, even matching or exceeding this year’s number of worthy recipients.

Once again, the tournament is the product of support from the tournament’s players, as well as incredible support from the business community.

“I have to stress how much the sponsors and businesses from Moose Jaw and surrounding area mean to us,” Barber said. enough, and it just blows me away the total of money that is raised. Then we had prizes for everybody and 12 event holes there were prizes for. Every year they support us and it’s very humbling to come from a community that has businesses we’ve given scholarships to.”

The 2024 Women Fore Women Golf Tournament is set for Aug. 10 at the Hilleye out for when registration opens next spring!

Canadian National Disc Golf Championship

With the way things are going for Moose Jaw’s Drew Biette in the sport of disc golf, it might be only a matter of time before

Eagle McMahon in some of the top tournaments on the planet.

Biette, 15, continued his meteoric risenadian National Disc Golf Championship mixed amateur division during the Aug. 4

Then came the North American Disc Golf Tour National Championship in Denin the Mixed Junior 18-and-under division.

Not too shabby for a player who only joined the amateur tour last summer andder his belt heading into nationals.erything it’s brought and I’m exciting to after a practice round last Thursday afternoon.

A multi-sport athlete with the Cornerstone Christian School Falcons and high school city champion in badminton, Biette and has been able to develop his game in

at North American junior nationals

“My dad’s brother introduced us to the sport, then I started playing more and more and slowly buying more discsplained. “We found a tournament to play more and more and things have been going really well.”

In Thunder Bay, Biette shot an openshots off the lead and put together another 58 at the Bayview Course the following day to vault into second overall. Things share of drama, though. Biette sat at twoover through 12 holes and was in danger of dropping out of the top 10 when he put together a run for the ages -- recording birdies on holes 13 through 16 before eagling both the 290-foot 17th hole and 630foot 18th hole to hold on to second.

So how did it all come together so spectacularly?

Sometimes you just have to have faith.

“On Hole 11, I ended up going OB twice and ended up with a double bogey. I base my entire game around God

explained. “He helped me the entire rest of the round and everything just seemed putts. So all the glory to Him.” Huntsville, Ont.’s Spencer Young went 53-58-63 to win the national title by

At the NADGT Nationals in Denver, the Lower Badlands course, where Biette would open 49-47 to sit tied for eighth in the Mixed Junior U18 division. Things rounds, where Biette would score 50 and 52 to remain tied for eighth heading into

51 and land in ninth spot.

“There are some pretty talented players down there, for sure,” Biette said. “That was a fun one, there were a lot of new shots and distances for me to try out and it turned out pretty well.”

All the recent success has seen Bihim one of the top 30 players in his age

the course at the Tommy Douglas Open in From there, it’ll be a matter of honing his game and ideally eventually joining -

me,” Biette said. “I’m hoping to be in a couple more big tournaments this year and for next year, so we’ll see how that goes. But things have been going really well so far and we’ll just see what happens.”

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Women Fore Women scholarship recipient Jasmine Kohl -- here receiving the honour this spring -- sent along a special video of her moving-in day at Lake Forest College as part of a thank you during the tournament on Saturday afternoon.

Members of the Hillcrest Ladies League present local student-athletes with scholarships from the Women 4 Women Golf Tournament this past spring. Pictured are Deb Negraiff (Hillcrest Ladies League), Makena Simmons, Bev Barber (Hillcrest Ladies League), Katie Newberry, Jadyn Palaschuk, Cheryl Templeton (Hillcrest Ladies League), Asia McCulloch, Mae Farrer (Hillcrest Ladies League)

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Moose Jaw’s Drew Biette with the second-place trophy from the Canadian Disc Golf National Championship.

If you would like your notice or event added to this list, contact us at: jritchie@moosejawtoday. com

Mulberry Estates Open House on Thursday, August 31st from 10am - 4pm. We will have shopping, treats and prizes to be won! Hope to see you there at 220 Mulberry Lane, Moose Jaw. For more information please call Tricia @ 306.694.5020.

Mulberry Estates Novels and Nosh event on Thursday, September 7th @ 2pm. Come join us to hear stories written about Moose Jaw. We will also have treats and beverages for you to enjoy! Our address is 220 Mulberry Lane, Moose Jaw. For more information please call Tricia @ 306.694.5020.

Spring Valley Community Garage Sale hosted by the school will take place on September 16th, 9am-6pm indoors at the school. Tables are free and can be reserved by calling Sandra Runzer 306-631-8302 or Patricia McKibben 306-690-9706

Please book by Sept. 12th. The Hall will be selling burgers & hot dogs and snacks. Come out for and visiting the friendly folks out here.

The Downtown Moose Jaw Association (DMJA) 2nd annual Little Chicago Show & Shine will be held on Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 10am to 3:30pm with vehicles lined up on Main St. from Caribou St to Manitoba St. Expanded registration this year for up to 300 vehicles and a third live music stage; 12 award categories, along with gift bags and dashtrants. Registration $20 per vehicle, and entrants are asked to select their category and make payment with the online registration link on the DMJA website. If you are unable to complete your registration online, please email: dmja2021@gmail. com or call 306-694-4406.

Moose Jaw Lawn Bowling Club www.moosejawlawnbowling.com or Call 306 690 8739 for additional times. Lawn Bowling is a recreational sport that provides mobility adaptations, as well as opportunities for intensive competitive play. Everyone from 6 to 106 is WELCOME ! Moose Jaw’s greens are on the east side of beautiful Crescent Park . Lawn Bowling greens are OPEN @10am Tue & Sat and @ 7pm Mon, Tues, Wed & Thur; Drop ins WELCOME. Additional times are available. To Ask questions or register mjlawnbowling@gmail.com or just show up on the day. 16 September 2023 - Final season windup tournament and BBQ. Start at 0930 am.

Annual Kids Carnival in the Moose Jaw Co-op Food Store parking lot on Sunday, September 17 from noon-4pm for guaranteed family fun! This FREE ENTRY event will include games, bouncy castles, food,

Superannuated Teachers of

Saskatchewan: Moose Jaw Branch: HELL with the BELL Breakfast New and Old STS members are invited to celebrate the start of the school year with the HELL with the BELL Breakfast on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 9:00 AM at the MJ Wildlife Centre, 1396 Third Ave NE S6H 1G3. Program: Introduction and Welcome to new members. Eating and Visiting. Cost: $5pp. (Newly Superannuated Teachers and partners are free) UPCOMING EVENTS: Mark your calendars! LUNCHEON Meetings: All Meetings are at Masonic Hall, Main Street @ 10:30 AM - Wed. Sept 20, 2023/ Wed. Nov 15, 2023/Wed. Jan 17, 2024/Wed. March 20, 2024/ Wed. May 15, 2024

Upcoming Events in Moose Jaw

For more information contact Rosalie Marcil at 306.691.0696 or email marcilr@sasktel.net

Mulberry Estates Oktoberfest will be held on October 21st at 2pm at 220 Mulberry Lane. Please join us for music, photo booth, snacks and beverages. We hope to see you there! For more information call Tricia at 306.694.5020.

Fall Line Dance Workshop will be held on September 23 with dancing from 1-4pm at the Cosmo Senior Centre – 235 – 3rd Ave. NE. Cost $10pp/Watchersvided. Beginner/High Beginner and Improver Dances – No Vel Smith; Guest Instructors –Brenda Winter & Cheryl Chow. For more information call 306.642.0015.

Next Gen Car Show Season

Closer will be held on September 24 from 12-5pm at Tatawa Park in Moose Jaw in support of MJ Food Bank – pls bring a non-perishable item. Vehicle Registration is from 10am – 1pm. 2-Step Battle/Bass Competition/Limbo. Awards, giveaways, live DJ, food trucks, vendors. Show cars $20/Spectators $10/Kids & pets free/ Competitions $10 each.

Griefshare support group for those grieving the death of a loved one on Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8:15, Sept. 13 to Dec. 6 at Moose Jaw Alliance Church, corner of Thatcher and 9th Ave. W. To register see Griefshare. -

formation email Ralph Magnus, rjmagnus57@gmail.com

Nar-Anon Meetings every Monday 7—8pm (Moose Jaw

Nar-Anon Family Group) is a twelve-step program for relasomeone 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 smorgashave potential to 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 textcers-3418@toastmastersclubs.

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. -

bly) weight loss support group meets every Wednesday evening at the Alliance Church, 14 Neslia Place. (Corner of Thatcher Drive W. & 9th Ave.W.) Please enter through the west-facing door, turn right and go to end of the hallway by the library, to room 105. Weigh-in takes place from 6:30-7:00 pm. Meeting to follow. TOPS can help you reach your weight loss goal by providing you with tools, information and support to be successful. The group shares friendship, weight loss tips and another. New members are very welcome. Our scale weighs up to 500 lbs.

The Moose Jaw Stamp Club will not be meeting during the summer months. The next meetings will be the second and fourth Wednesday nights in September.

Moose Jaw Camera Club -

Interested photographers are welcome and invited to join and Be Focused With Us! For more information: Wanda - 306-6937440 or Len - 306-693-7685. themoosejawcameraclub.com

Line Dancing every Wednesday 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/

Summer Library Hours MONTHU 9:30 AM-9:00 PM FRI-SAT 9:30 AM-6:00 PM SUN 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Have you tried Creativebug?

Did you know that you have free access to Creativebug with your library card? Enjoy guiltfree inspirational screen time, nurture your creative soul by learning new skills, and learn easy ways to practice your craft every day. Access Creativebug now!

The library would also like to remind patrons that Regional Park Passes are available to borrow if you have a Saskatchewan library card.

MJPL All-Ages Programs in August

D&D: Shrouds of Astra

An all-ages D&D campaign named Shrouds of Astra will run on Thursdays until August 31 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Reading Room.

This campaign requires registration by emailing youth@moosejawlibrary.ca.

Thursday Movie Matinees

Thursdays until August 31, in the MJPL Theatre at 2 p.m.

All ages welcome, drop-in program.

MJPL Adult programs in August Tech Time

By appointment only, call 306692-2787 to book a personalized one-on-one session with a tech wizard who can help clients learn how to use their devices and apps.

Thursday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. in the MJPL Theatre. Showing Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

MJPL Youth programs in August Teen D&D and New Adult D&D Teen D&D, for ages 12 to 16, takes place Thursdays in the MJPL Archives at 6:30 p.m. New Adult Digital D&D, for ages 15 to 22, takes place Fridays at 4 p.m. on the library’s Discord channel.

Both programs require registration: Register by emailing youth@moosejawlibrary.ca.

How do I do that?! workshop series

Tuesdays, 2 to 4 p.m., and every other Saturday 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Herb Taylor Room, for ages 15 to 22. Get help with everything from scholarships to resume writing to budgeting.

Galaxy Cupcake decorating

Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room. All supplies provided, for ages 12 to 19, for a delicious self-decorated snack. Registration required at youth@moosejawlibrary.ca.

More Information on MJPL programs, including the schedule of Children’s Programs in August, is at www.moosejawlibrary.ca.

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 reevents.

Bingo 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 59- Moose 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 Fitness 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

Cosmo Senior Citizens’ Centre Weekly Activities – 235 3rd Ave. N.E. Phone 306.692.6072 or email cosmo@sasktel.net. Check them out on Facebook.

Monday: 9:30am - Pickle-

7pm-Camera Club – only on the 1st Monday of the month

Tuesday: 9:30am-Jam Session/1pm-Pickleball/7pm -Friendship Bridge / 7pm-Beginners Only Pickleball

Wednesday: 8:30am-TOPS /9:30am-Pickleball/1pm-PONYTAIL Canasta/1pm-Floor Shuf-

Thursday: 10am-Line Dance/ 1pm-Pickleball

Friday: 9:30am-Beginner Pickleball/1pm-Regular Pickleball

September 16: Social Dance with Band Leon Ochs. Cost $15pp includes lunch. Time 7;30-11:30pm.

September 23: Line Dance workshop from 1-5pm. Cost $10pp - $5 to watch. Snacks available.

Moose Jaw ANAVETS: Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans Unit #252 – 279 High St. W, Moose Jaw. 306.692.4412 or anaf252@sasktel.net Hours of Operation: Thursday 12-7 pm, Friday 1-7 pm and Saturday 1-7 pm

Saturday at 4:30 pm Meat Draws, 50/50 and gift cards. Everyone including non-members are welcome to join in. ANAVETS #252 Membership Drive until November 11th. Half year memberships will be $22.50 for ages up to 64 and $17.50 for 65 years and older. Only those who have never been members of the Association in the past are eligible to apply.

Check us out on Facebook.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES #3395

EVERY THURSDAY: Ladies

Auxiliary “Meat Draw” – ticket sales start at 5:30 pm, draws start at 6:00 pm – Meat Draw, 50/50, “Chase the Ace”

EVERY SUNDAY: Aerie “Meat Draw” – ticket sales start at 2:30 pm – Meat Draw, 50/50, Mystery Draw, “Chase the Ace” MONDAY THRU SATURDAY –DROP IN POOL – 1:00 pm to 1:30 start time. Singles and Doubles. Partners draw from those attending to play.

SEPTEMBER 22 & 23, 2023 –ORIGINAL COVERS – playing in the Eagles Club Lounge starting at 8:00 pm

Seniors’ Centre Without Walls program that helps to engage seniors aged 55+ in activities, education, and conversation, all from the comfort of your owner is needed, only a phone, just like the old time party lines! To register for programs, phone 306-631-4357 or email scwwsask2019@gmail.com

PIANO FAVOURITES with Lorne Jackson from 10am – 11am on Fridays, October through December. Lorne plays all the old fashioned music, eclectic mix of gospel, country, rock, blues, folk, traditional, holiday music, etc. To register for this program, phone 306-631-4357 or email scwwsask2019@gmail.com

Seniors Art Program Over the Phone: Thursday bi-monthly sessions from 10-11am - 8 session program running - September 21 to December 21. All supplies mailed to you at no cost.

September 21 – Mosaic jar #1 (mosaic pieces;) September 28 – Mosaic jar #2 & Turtle Island activity (air-dry clay); October 19 - Calligraphy lesson (Calligraphy marker); October 26 – Traditions from Mexico: Día de Muertos(oil pastels & gel pens); November 23 - Vortex drawing (pencil); November 30 - Four Season Tree project (acrylic paints;) December 14 - Winter silhouette Cool and Warm scene study (Oil pastels); December 21 - Christmas Clay with symmetrical shapes (clay and acrylics) Pre-registration is required. Maximum of 20 people that needed to be registered by August 25 to receive a kit. If interested in this program and to see if you are still able to register, phone 306-631-4357 or email swwsask2019@gmail. com

Western Development Museum; 50 Diefenbaker Drive, Moose Jaw. Please call for more information (306) 6935989.

You can read more about the upcoming sessions and how to sign up for the free Virtual Coffee Club talks at: https://wdm.

Square One Community, Inc. successfully

encing homelessness on Aug. 26 follow-

homelessness count

lessness in the city.

and dedicated women’s shelter at William

Saturday, Aug. 26. Volunteers carried out a carefully controlled and regulated street

rated around a nocturnal, glow-in-the-dark theme.

and this is the second time it was held at

with family or friends. At the request of

Jaw joins more than 60 other Canadians

gram. Moose Jaw is the fourth Saskatch-

self-use glow-games, including a glowing

tor’s Centre. “So that’s a custom-decorat-

Later in the afternoon, children-

rowing owls thanks to the Saskatchewan lifeguards on shift until closing.

the strict standards of the national effort, and much more.

hurdles I had getting our account and so on, and Square One’s need for this data, I didn’t want to see any more delays. It was

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homelessness at the following resources:

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made their own glowing constellation

to join a self-guided game of glow disc course. The new discs glowed in the dark, nine holes. Once twilight set in, the nor-steady well into the night.

loween-themed cookies and hot chocolate

can also switch through three different choose which channel they wish to listen

ence in silence. “You’re in your own little

Melissa

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(left) Community volunteers, without whom the survey could not be done; (right) Square One PIT count co-ordinator Desiree Lalonde (Square One/ Facebook)

The Squirrely Putt & Play mini golf course lit up for glow-in-the-dark miniature golf once the sun set. Photo by: Aaron Walker

Buffalo Pound now has glow-in-the-dark discs that can be rented from the main

The evening concluded with a silent disco hosted by Zenhouse Productions.

Photo by: Aaron Walker

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AUTO PARTS

den, snowblowers, recreational, chainsaws, generators, boat engines, etc, as well as smaller farm equip-ment, Moose Jaw and surrounding area. Call or text 306641-4447

$250.00. Call 306693-3727

HOUSEHOLD

Love seat for sale. Brown in colour, excellent shape, $100.00 OBO. Please call 306- 6941967

Winter tires, 2/3 wear left, 235-55R-17 on rims,5-hole pattern. Open to offers. 306692- 3401 or 306684-2326

MISCELLANEOUS Firearms, I am paying cash for guns in the Moose Jaw and surrounding area. Any condition, parts, ammunition or anything pertaining toup of unwanted, gas operated lawn, gar-

Moose Jaw Truck Shop owners Justin and Brittina Pryor started their business on their own in 2016 and have seen consistent 20 to 30 per cent yearly growth since based on their straightforward communication and service ethic.

Moose Jaw Truck Shop promises to trucks of hard-working farmers, ranchers, and tradespeople make up at least half the business, but they can repair anything and any system related to internal combustion engines and vehicles, from mini-vans and SUVs to tractors.

Moose Jaw Truck Shop is at 22 Lancaster Road in Moose Jaw and can be contacted at moosejawtruckshop@sasktel.net or at 306.694.4644.

“In 2016, I was between jobs, so I decided to start my own business,” Justin Pryor said in an interview with MooseJawToday.com. “I was in a storage facility over on the east end … they have two or three bays and I rented one of them as a single bay shop.”

Pryor got his start repairing and servicing vehicles as a teen before heading to Saskatoon for a four-year apprenticeship program. He believes in constant improvement and has never rested on his laurels. He takes paid upgrade courses several times a year and holds weekly

Ford half ton trailer, cap and winch. Good end gate 1978 $400 moose and quad. Treadmill Energy 2000-$200.00. Popular Mechanics wood working books 25 books / $25.00. Panther Pro Tour Ladies Bike $100.00, Older

Pole vice $200.00, Call 306-691-0050 after 4pm

For sale never used 5 burner gas counter top stove, 36” long, 20” width, dept 2.5”, element 7.5” across, $325.00. Couch folds into a bed ,new still in box, beige color $325.00. 64 red oak spindles roughly 1 5/8” x 36” long, $4.50 each or all for

CHILDRENS ITEMS

For Sale Baby Crib with mattress, dark brown. Good condi tion., Best Offer, Call 306-693-7232 SERVICES

CLEANER available. Call 306- 990--0348 Need work done? Contact Bill at 306630-2268. Interior/ exterior, renovations, formwork, fram-

painting and all considing- no job too big or small. Reasonable rates, 30 years experience.

Moving jobs done reasonably: appliances, furniture, dump runs. Call to do it all. $45.00 a load.

306-630-2268

is just that we have good manners. We’re

“We put a lot of emphasis on our customers that are broke down. We never say, ‘Oh, we’re two weeks out before we can even look at it,’ we’ll always say yes and get them in that same day and at least get them an answer and a direction, that. Whether it’s good or bad, at least they have an answer and an idea of what’s going on.”

Moose Jaw Truck Shop has loaner cars for such cases, or where a repair will take overnight. They can also do payment although a bare bones, practical emphasis on skilled, fast work remains the target, Pryor continues to improve on his lounge area and professional presentation.

“We do about a 70 per cent retention rate, a little more maybe, because we’re always growing. We try to keep our custom-

training sessions for his growing staff.

“After 18 months, I hired a secretary, and then a helper, and then we purchased the building on Lancaster Road.”

Pryor said he didn’t do much marketing, relying on word of mouth and a bit of paid Facebook advertising. It was his

service ethic and no-frills talk that helped him retain customers and achieve amazing and consistent growth each year.

“It just took off. We saw substantial year to the third, and we’ve been growing probably 20 to 30 per cent every year since we opened,” Pryor said. “One thing that kind of sets up apart from everyone

construction guys always have a bunch of diesel trucks and trailers to keep in order. And then we have about 30 per cent new customers every month.”

anyone interested in furthering their career as an automotive technician to contact him.

Justin Pryor co-owns Moose Jaw Truck Shop with his wife Brittina (photo by Gordon Edgar)

Obituaries / Memorials

COLLINS, MORLEY

Morley Ross Collins passed away peacefully on August 20, 2023 in Moose Jaw. He was born November 6, 1935 in Kincaid and grew up on the family homestead northwest of McCord. He was predeceased by his wife, Marie and their daughter, Jean. He is survived by his children: Joan, Kathy, Tom (Debbie), Eileen (Fraser), Jack and Paul (Carla); 10 grandchildren: Ryan (Heather), Amanda (Destin), Laura (Darren), Jalene (Dustyn), Lisa (Brett), Clayton (Bri-Andy), Michaela, Shaun, Ashley (Marcus) and Colby; 12 great-grandchildren: Kade, Emily, Hunter, Liam, Rowan, Finley, Zoey, Sawyer, Alexis, Lincoln, Levi and Bexley; as well as his nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his wife Joyce, her children: Garry (Antoinette) and Joan (Mark), and grandchildren: John, Allie, James, Amy, and Max.

Morley attended Montague School completing his grade 9 and decided that was enough formal education for him. Morley joined his brothers Clifford and Bruce farming and trucking in the early 1950’s. Morley married Marie Corkery in 1960 and raised a family of seven south of Meyronne. Morley loved farming and raising cattle until 2009 when they moved to Moose Jaw due to Marie’s failing health. Morley enjoyed being part of community activities, such as curling and bowling, and was a board member of the Meyronne Credit Union for many years. He was always quick to offer to help anyone and everyone, but preferred to stay out of the limelight, not wanting any special attention or recognition. Morley and Marie took numerous trips to Ontario and Nova Scotia visiting family and friends along the way. In 1991, they traveled to Australia and New Zealand, where Morley took every opportunity to the road. A real thrill for Morley was when Clydesdale foals joined the family in 1986. Morley enjoyed helping to train the team, taking them on several wagon train rides and participating in many parades. Marie passed away in 2012. Five years later, Morley married Joyce Noble. Morley and Joyce enjoyed each other’s company by socializing and going to family events together. One highlight has been the annual gathering of the Collins Clan totaling around 40. Morley loved family and friends.

Celebration of life Saturday, August 26, 2023, at 2:00 pm at the Meyronne Community Hall, Meyronne, SK. The family would like to express their deepest gratitude to all of the staff at Dr. F.H. Wigmore Hospital in Moose Jaw for the exceptional kindness and compassion they extended to Morley over the last days of his life. In Moose Jaw Health Foundation, 55 Diefenbaker Drive, Moose Jaw, SK S6J 0C2.

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH

In Loving Memory of

JESSIE BAILEY

December 28, 1914 - August 28, 2012

Memories are like leaves of gold

T hey never tar nish or g ro w old Locked in our hear ts You will al ways be Loved and remembered For all eter nity.

Forever in our hear ts Shelley, Frank, Dora Lynn & Families

Next Service:

Moosomin museum has three unique displays

On our arrival at Moosomin recently, we enjoyed a schnitzel dinner at the Cork and Bone.

The next morning we drove around town and were overwhelmed at the large lot sizes, both for old and new homes, and some of the large homes. Must be a lot of wealth here.

My partner/spouse wanted to shop at the Prairie Girl Gallery, operated by singer/songwriter/artist Eli Barsi.

We had a nice chat with her reminiscing about the music and fairs industries. While viewing her amazing art, we did some shopping.

Next stop was the Moosomin Regional Museum.

Just about every small town museum has one rare artifact. Moosomin has three.

The Fudge snow plane is one. In 1929, Robert Fudgeing commercially.

Fudge built 400 of them by 1956 when production ceased. They were used in winter to travel to school, church and town.

Using a Chrysler engine and propeller, they overcame deep snow.

Fudge said his teardrop-shaped snow plane offered minimal resistance, while providing wide vision.

The machine could seat four people and was built in several models.

The museum machinery display has a Holt 34 horsedrawn combine harvester. The Holt Manufacturing Comharvester in 1883.

The company became Caterpillar Tractor.

A GMC truck with a rectangular covered wooden box built on the back is another rare item in the museum.

The T. Eaton Company had six of these caravans — an early form of recreational vehicle

Inside there is a cast iron hand water pump by the sink, a small toilet space, benches to sleep on, a table and seats in front for two.

The T. Eaton Company lent the caravans to employees.

A museum display shows how hospital care has de-

That hospital had one cold water tap from an outside cistern. Sewage was by commode and carried outside. Drinking water was carried in by people.

Sterilization of instruments was done on the stove top.

Today Moosomin has a hospital built about eight years ago with 29 treatment beds, 58 acute care beds and eight doctors serving the southeast region of Saskatchewan.

The Moose Jaw regional hospital has 42 treatment beds and 72 acute care beds.

To get the new hospital Moosomin, (population 3,000) had to raise one-third of the cost — $13.3 million, said museum volunteer David Robertson. They did everything - bake sales, teas, and dinners— to raise the money.

“They didn’t think we’d raise the money,’’ he said. “When it opened the deputy minister said: “If we knew you’d raise the money we would have asked for half (the cost)’’.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

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Snow plane, Ron Walter photo

Eaton “caravan’’, Ron Walter photo Holt combine, Ron Walter photo

the author, and do not this publication.

Ditto

total, I think it worked well connecting through Vancouthe vacation to Japan. She replied, “Ditto. Only waiting 4.5 hours in the Vancouver airport to make a Regina connection isn’t bad.” (Last year we had an 11 hour wait.)

Ditto means as before or aforesaid. It is most often used to indicate a similar sentiment or agreement with a previous statement. “I am ready for a break.” “Ditto.” It can mean the same as ‘so am I.’

The history of the word ditto starts with Italian. Early 17th century English speakers noticed that in Italian, ditto or detto was used to refer to a thing mentioned previously. The Italians had developed ditto/detto themselves, with its origins found in the Latin dicere, meaning “to say.” English speakers put the word to use in ways the

Italians had not thought to do. Adjectival use quickly followed the adoption of the noun use, and by the 18th century, ditto was also functioning in English as an adverb and as a verb.

es. As Edward Donovan, in his 1795 The Natural History of British Insects

appearance of the upperside of ditto.”

sporting paper Bell’s Life in London (October 18, 1835), “Mr. Thomas Potter, then, was a clerk in the city, and Mr. Robert Smithers was a ditto in the same.” Here ditto refers to a thing mentioned previously, used to avoid repeating a word.

Ditto can also be used as a verb. “It’s too early to know whether the store’s sale will be dittoed by others.”

“The woman in the street interview dittoed the Prime Minister’s comments.” ““I think we did the best job we dittoed that.”

Though now extinct, DITTO was a trademark of the Starkey Chemical Process Co., of La Grange, Illinois. Ditto machines existed before photocopiers as a kind of copied was typed onto a master sheet with carbon paper attached to it. When the carbon paper was removed, carbon from the marks made remains on the back of the master sheet; the master sheet was then fed through a machine thin layer of the carbon deposit onto sheets of paper. For with text in a cool shade of purple, fresh with the scent of

the chemical-laden process still clinging to their surfaces, were the norm in many classrooms. (I recall that smell from my elementary school days.) So common were the duplicators, that ditto developed an additional verb use of “to copy on a duplicator.”

weekly bulletin was mass copied by using a ditto machine, a Gestetner. The Gestetner company established itsness grew, remaining within the control of the Gestetner family until in 1995, when the Gestetner company was acquired by the Ricoh Corporation of Japan. The ditto mark is a shorthand symbol, used mostly above them are to be repeated. The shorthand ditto is made using a pair of apostrophes underneath a word. An example is:

Red ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ - $3.00

Someone said the other day, “The days are getting daylight each day for the next month.” I ditto that. Enjoy these last of the summer days.

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

John would like to know if anyone has a sincere interest in a relevant word that he could possibly research for an upcoming column. If so, please send your requests to wordwisdom2021@gmail.com . Words will be selected according to relevance and research criteria.

King Print of Rouleau became international poster business

My partner/spouse wanted to take a trip for a few days, noting that I had been out to the Alaska Panhandle without her.

I agreed, asking her to choose the route. She chose Estevan and then to Moosomin, The road to Weyburn and then Estevan gave us a

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glimpse of drought-stricken crops. Stands of grain are mostly short.

70 per cent of plants are now brown and dead.

At Estevan we went to view the King Print exhibition at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum.

The King Print story shows how hard work and

Andrew King operated a weekly newspaper and print shop at Rouleau, just down the road from Moose Jaw in an era when circus companies performed from one small town to the next across North America.

One day a desperate circus owner came to see King. His circus posters had not arrived. Could King help him?

King spent the night carving graphics and fonts of type from wood and produced a poster for the circus.

The circus owner was so grateful he took all his poster business to King and within a while King was printing posters for circuses across North America.

King moved to Estevan, operating King Print and the weekly Estevan Mercury newspaper.

The Doerksen family, which bought the business from King, donated some of the carved type and posters to the Estevan Art Gallery. The Gallery featured them for its 45th anniversary.

Next door to the art galley/museum sits a two-storey

Police post in the Estevan district at a place called West End.

On one interior wall of what was likely the jail, a replica of the nearby Roche Percee rocks was created.

The unique sandstone rocks are a provincial park.

The building contains artifacts from the early Mounties and a collection of police uniforms as well as information on Treaty Four.

From Estevan it was off through Oxbow, Carnduff, Gainsborough and Redvers to Moosomin.

We stopped to stretch our legs at Redvers and checked out the log cabin gift shop.

They serve a delicious saskatoon pie and lots of friendly talk.

The couple at one table used to live in Moose Jaw. One couple has a daughter-in-law from Moose Jaw and one fellow has a daughter in Moose Jaw.

I was reminded of the song Is There Anybody Here From Moose Jaw? written for the city’s Centennial. Crops east of Estevan are much better with lots of Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Moose Jaw has fourth-highest drug overdose deaths in province this year

The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service (SCS) has recorded nearly 300 aggregate deaths across the province this year due to drug overdoses, with Moose Jaw seeing the fourth-highest number of opioid-related deaths. -

of life.

In comparison, during the same period last year, the

The SCS determined that the following opioid drugs-

Furthermore, the provincial agency found that 18 women — eight Caucasian, nine First Nation, and one

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two Metis and two unknown races — died accidentally of accidentally from fentanyl overdoses.

Carfentanil is an extremely potent opioid analgesic drug. It has similar effects to other opioids but can be reversed by naloxone and naltrexone.

Acetyl fentanyl is an opioid analgesic drug that is comparable to fentanyl. Studies have estimated that acetyl fentanyl is 15 times more potent than morphine, which means that despite being somewhat weaker than fentanyl, it is still several times stronger than pure heroin. of fentanyl developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals in the has a different synthesis route and is illegal in many countries.

Lloydminster with six, Moose Jaw with four, the AhtahMoose Jaw’s total deaths due to drug overdoses — fentanyl.

Last year, Moose Jaw saw three deaths due to fentanin the province.

Meanwhile, Canada’s Most Notorious City was tied

The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service also noted that methamphetamine toxicity was part of the cause. This included 14 instances where meth was the sole cause of death and 40 cases where meth was one of several drugs

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of

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

Moose Jaw Fair poster. Ron Walter photo

Carved graphic. Ron Walter photo

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Wildlife Federation begins annual pheasant releases to Moose Jaw habitats

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

Moose Jaw’s branch of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF), headed by longtime area president Todd Smith, has been running their Pheasants in the Schools for years now, giving children hands-on experience with wildlife, boosting local ecologies, and supplementing game populations.

The 2023 release of hundreds of locally raised Ring-neck Pheasants has now started, and several families gathered at the end of 4th Ave. SW on Aug. 24 to the valley’s treeline and shrubbery.

The males are all banded for tracking purposes. The females are illegal to hunt and are more numerous in the wild, so

“We provide incubators and (Ringclassrooms around Moose Jaw, on a yearly basis. And the students hatch those eggs out, and in the process they learn about embryology, the pheasants themselves, they learn about invasive species, native species, habitat needs, and life cycles,” Smith explained to the Moose Jaw Express in a March interview.

“And once those chicks are hatched, we raise them over the summer and then release them as adult birds in and around Moose Jaw and southern Saskatchewan to help augment wild populations.”

The chicks are raised to adulthood

by local volunteers like Pat Toombs, who loves raising the animals and being part of the program.

“We had a good lot this year, I’m althan others and these ones have been really good,” Toombs said. “I’ve been helping for about six or seven years. In the beginning, I kind of got sucked into it, but I’m really happy to be able to work with Todd and help give back.

“It’s such a good program. I have the facilities, I have the food and water, and it’s so interesting watching them go from day-old chicks and progressing from there. Things change so quickly. And hopefully we’re making a difference in the wild population.”

Smith oversees many environmental projects with the Moose Jaw Wildlife Federation (MJWF), including habitat stocking, and education programs. He is also a teacher at École Ducharme (he islide, and he creates and continues other ecological education, such as a kestrel box conservation and reporting project managed by his students.

His son Decklan, 12, has been helping his dad with all these programs since

infancy.

“I really love this program, it’s a good way for students to get to learn the biology, the history, the behaviour of the birds. And every year, it’s a little different,” Decklan said. “So, it’s always pretty interesting to see how the birds turn out, because no two years are the same.”

This pheasant species isn’t native to North America, Smith explained. As a nat-silient than native species. That means the winter cold kills more of them, they are more vulnerable to predators, and they’re less wily when being hunted.

“So, we build up and supplement this non-native population, and that supports native bird species,” he explained. “These birds provide food for local predator populations, including when they die over the winter. If they’re taken home by hunters, that means a native bird was left alone. And they improve the biodiversity, so it’s a net gain, unlike more invasive, destructive species like European Starlings.

loving the outdoors is conservation and protecting habitats. You have to give back and preserve, if you want it to continue.”

“I think it’s been 15 years, and I’ve been involved since the start,” said MJWF member and volunteer Gord Wilson. “I love pheasant hunting, and I love training dogs, so that’s kind of how I look at this. We’re augmenting the wild bird population, and I think especially helping predators like coyotes, hawks, owls, over the more than the hunters.

“But even with that high attrition rate, you know, these pheasants can survive. We had a male caught last year that had been banded three years before. So, they’re out there, it’s working.”

Follow the Moose Jaw Wildlife Federation on Facebook at facebook.com/ MJWildlifeFed to hear about future pheasant release dates.

(l-r) Gord Wilson, Todd Smith, and Decklan Smith prepare to open a crateful of pheasants for release into Wakamow Valley

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