Moose Jaw Express September 28th, 2022

Lori Deets, chair of the Wakamow Ab original Community Association (WACA) and a long-time local activist in Moose Jaw, believes the only path to healing as a com munity is to recognize that everyone is in volved — we are all Treaty people.

“This powwow is for everyone,” Deets explained. “I think that until we truly understand that we all have a part in this, and what that part is, then that’s not reconciliation. Because there’s still many people who think they really, truly have nothing to do with this.” What is the powwow and what is the schedule?

“It’s a celebration, it’s a gathering, it’s a time of prayer, it’s a time of contemplation,” Deets said. “What do we want for this land? … That’s why it’s an Every Child Matters powwow. The only thing that’s going to get us through the troubled times we’re in is healing and togetherness.”

The powwow is a two-day gathering in Wakamow Valley on September 30 and October 1 — the weekend of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The powwow grounds open at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 30. at Kiwanis River Park. There will be a grand entry at 1 p.m. and a Jingle Dress Special at 5 p.m.

On Saturday the 1st, orange shirts from WACA will be on sale at the Wakamow Farmer’s Market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The New Dance Horizons (NDH) dance company will perform at 10 a.m.

At 11 a.m. on Saturday, the powwow grounds open for the sec ond day. The grand entry is at 1 p.m., followed by a Saturday After noon Youth Special. At 5 p.m. there is a Men’s Special, and at 7 p.m. there will be a powwow giveaway.

An Artist’s Talk with Métis/Cree artist Edward Poitras will take place at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery at 3 p.m. to open his exhibition Revolution in the Rock Garden: A Treaty Four Art Action.

Another free NDH performance will be held at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre at 7:30 p.m.

How to participate

“It’s hard to put yourself in uncomfortable situations, right? But everyone is always welcome at any of our events,” Deets said. “This is the perfect time, because it’s completely on your terms, you can

come and stay as long as you want.”

Deets said that showing up, asking questions, buying a t-shirt, and enjoying the occasion is the best way to support WACA.

They also have a great need for volun teers to help run the event, and local spon sors to help with the cost.

“What I know and what I’ve come to understand is that you can’t sit there in that

The history of the land that residents of Saskatchewan live on is not a neutral one. The land was not empty or unused when Euro pean nations arrived. The findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada recognize that fact. An important part of the resulting Calls to Action is letting go of the lies that have been used to justify and rationalize the deliberate, systematic cultural genocide of the people who are Indigenous to this continent.

The Indian Act and its amendments, which still govern rela tions between the Government of Canada and Indigenous Canadi ans, were explicitly intended to destroy Indigenous culture, from language to religion, from governance to parenting, from agricul ture to education.

Until the two worlds come together, Deets said, non-Indigenous Canadians and Indigenous Canadians cannot be on the same page.

“I’m a product of colonization, I’m a ‘60s scoop survivor,” she added. “I do this to gain my culture back. I’m not in a state of pres ervation, I’m still in a state of survival. I still don’t speak my lan guage, that’s an extreme barrier.”

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a way for all Canadians to learn more about the history of colonialism, and to help the original inhabitants of Canada to heal and recover.

Find Wakamow Aboriginal Community Association on Face book, email Lori Deets at lorideets@hotmail.com, or call Clayton Getz at 306-681-4214 to be a volunteer.

WACA will also be at the Wakamow Farmer’s Market on Sat urday, Sept. 24 selling orange t-shirts and offering information on the powwow. Stop by their booth for any questions you may have.

ignorance anymore, while I and many other hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people in Canada are still living in the amount of op pression and racism that we are,” Deets said.

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Image from 2019 WACA powwow (from Facebook)

Chamber’s panel discussion focuses on industries that drive the local economy

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The relationship between the City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Polytechnic and 15 Wing Air Base is so economically entwined that whatever happens to one en tity usually affects the others.

The Moose Jaw and District Cham ber of Commerce held its annual general meeting on Sept. 22 at the Heritage Inn. A panel discussion featured representatives from the three groups speaking about the topic, “Drivers of the local economy.”

Jim Dixon is the city’s economic de velopment manager, Kristin Craig is the associate dean for the school of business and information and communications technology with Sask. Polytech and Scott Greenough is director of operations for CAE, which provides flight simulators to train 15 Wing trainees. The local economy

Dixon explained that at least 70 per cent of new jobs is based on expanding existing businesses within the community. This means having a healthy business cli mate is critical so existing shops can thrive and create new positions.

“You’re seeing that right now,” Dixon said.

For example, he pointed to the new

Canadian Tire store that’s twice the size of the old building, the current construction of new businesses on that same site, Don ald’s Fine Foods’ expansion of the former XL Beef Plant, and Brandt Industries’ cre ation of a trailer manufacturing plant.

“Those are good signs of a healthy community,” he added. Benefits of Sask. Polytech

Craig explained that over 200 people work at the Moose Jaw campus, while about 2,600 students study here yearly. Many are international students, and while she had no stats about how many remain, Craig noted that 94 per cent of grads stay in the province. These alumni and the in stitution contribute $2.2 billion annually to Saskatchewan’s economy.

Meanwhile, the school is spending $15.6 million at its Moose Jaw campus to enhance its trade programs and new agri culture and food diploma program.

“So, really great things (are) happen ing on the Moose Jaw campus alone,” Craig added.

Dixon toured the power plant recently and thought it was impressive, especial ly with all the cranes on site. He noted that site manager Burns and McDonnell (B&M) has given city hall plenty of sta tistics about the project, while city hall learned from the City of Swift Current that its new power station — whose construc tion B&M managed — has had a positive effect.

Furthermore, a tour of the sow pro cessing plant was also positive, although more external contractors are being used since fewer provincial ones could be found, Dixon continued. However, all those workers bring new money into the community, which is a “win-win” scenar io.

“The impact is impressive, and we’re experiencing it now, and we should em brace it,” he added.

Training students for jobs

There are over 20 programs at Sask. Polytech’s Moose Jaw Campus, while the organization adds new programs yearly to meet the industry’s needs, said Craig. The institution also attempts to align its services with the province’s 2030 growth plan.

Some of the bigger programs at the Moose Jaw campus include the schools of business; information and communica tions technology; mining, engineering and manufacturing; natural resources and built environment; and trades.

“We’re contributing a lot to the local economy by bringing these students … and then (sending them) out into industry in many areas,” Craig added.

Longevity of company

The Law Society of Saskatchewan is looking for up to 10 members of the public and up to 10 members of the Law Society (lawyers licensed through the Law Society of Saskatchewan) to join its Hearing Committee Adjudicator Roster.

Successful candidates will complete the Law Society of Saskatchewan Adjudicator Training Program (approximately 16 hours of video-based course content).

As part of its mandate to regulate the practice of law in Saskatchewan in the public interest, the Law Society recognizes the importance of high quality adjudications for professional discipline matters that require a hearing. The Law Society has appointed an independent Hearing Administrator to lead a process to select a roster of diverse and wellqualified individuals to populate Hearing Committees.

The Hearing Administrator is seeking applications from those interested in being considered for appointment to the Law Society of Saskatchewan Hearing Committee Roster (the “Roster”). People appointed to the Roster will form a pool of adjudicators who may be assigned by the Hearing Administrator to carry out adjudicative responsibilities typically as a member a three person Hearing Committee.

The Roster will consist of between 20 30 individuals and include an approximately equal mixture of Law Society Board Members (Benchers), members of the Law Society, and members of the wider public. Appointments are for terms of three years and may be renewed. When participating in a hearing, a per diem is paid and expenses are reimbursed.

The Law Society and the public it serves will benefit from a Roster comprised of people with a diverse set of skills, experiences, and perspectives. In line with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission Equity Program, we encourage applications from equity seeking groups. This includes candidates who are Indigenous, women, persons with disabilities, from racialized groups, 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals, and others who hold unique and complex lived experiences.

Supporting flight students

Greenough explained that a Second World War veteran started Canadian Avi ation Electronics (CAE) in 1947 in Mon treal, where it has remained headquartered for the past 75 years.

The company is a full-tier aerospace business focusing on civil aviation, de fence and security, and health care. It em ploys 13,000 people worldwide, includ ing 5,000 in Canada and roughly 200 in Moose Jaw.

CAE has been training pilots at 15 Wing Air Base for decades, but in the late 1990s, the Canadian Armed Forces brought in other industries to support fur ther aspects of training, Greenough said. Today, CAE provides ground-based train ing programs, including academic and simulator training.

“Our technicians are primarily re sponsible for taking care of those air planes. So we have a little over 22 of the turboprop airplanes and a little under 20 of the Hawk jet aircraft you see flying around … ,” he continued.

CAE also manages site services such as building maintenance, building modifi cation, navigational maintenance, air traf fic control, mess hall and food.

Projects to drive the economy

The economic effect that the former XL Beef Plant and Great Plains Power Station will have on Moose Jaw’s econ omy will be “terrific,” considering they need services such as accommodations and restaurants for their workers, said

CAE’s 75 years is a “pretty big mile stone,” especially in the aviation industry, said Greenough. The company started in an old war hangar in Montreal and has be come a globally recognized brand that is the No. 1 producer of flight sims.

“(It’s) a solid product, a solid repu tation … and delivering all the time,” he remarked.

Greenough added that many Sask. Polytech graduates work at the air base, including technicians, who solve some of CAE’s biggest technical problems.

Future economic growth

There are many opportunities for eco nomic growth in Moose Jaw and the re gion, said Dixon. For example, city hall is developing the 342-hectare (3,800-acre) agri-foods industrial park and wants to attract businesses focused on agriculture, food processing, and production.

City hall has also dedicated some land for Sask. Polytech’s ag and food di ploma program.

“We’re really excited about that pro gram,” said Craig.

There are opportunities at the indus trial park to use geothermal that can help reduce greenhouse gases, Dixon contin ued. It could also be possible to use solar and green energy there.

“We’re going to work with Sask. Poly and whoever we can to develop those op portunities … ,” he remarked. “Gibson Refinery have (also) expressed interest in geothermal as an opportunity.”

Dixon added that city hall also wants to engage more with First Nations groups.

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Kristin Craig with Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Scott Greenough with 15 Wing Air Base contractor CAE, and Jim Dixon with the City of Moose Jaw discussion the lo cal economy during the chamber of commerce’s AGM. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

Businessman Ryan Hrechka is the new president of the Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce, replacing outgo ing president Aaron Ruston.

Hrechka, a partner with the law firm Grayson and Company, was welcomed into the role during the chamber’s annual general meeting on Sept. 22 at the Heri tage Inn.

“It’s my pleasure and honour to be come the president of the Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce for the up coming year. It’s a great community with great people to work for and live,” Hrech ka said.

The new chamber president thanked Ruston and the board for their leadership and direction in guiding the organization during the past year. This enabled the chamber to help community businesses overcome the pandemic’s effects.

“Although the storm of COVID-19 during the last two years seems to be fi nally moving on, right now we’re facing the clean-up, which includes supply-chain issues, labour shortages, inflation, and likely recession according to all the news outlets,” Hrechka said.

While some businesses found new op portunities for success, others were faced with long shutdowns while society faced uncertainty, he continued. He believed the hard work and enthusiasm of chamber

staff allowed the organization to find new ways of doing business, engaging with businesses and weathering problems.

Everyone will have to pull together going forward, but Hrechka was confident that could happen and that the business community would build on that optimism and enthusiasm.

“We will continue to build bigger and better in the coming years. I’m very ex cited for the year ahead. It’s going to be

a very busy one,” he said. “As a chamber, we will continue to be the voice of indus try and commerce for our community, and we will be working hard to make our busi ness voice louder.

“I know we can do it,” Hrechka add ed, “and I know that Moose Jaw always has come through — and it always will.” Outgoing president’s comments

“It has truly been an honour this past year to be involved with the chamber, and not only with the board and executive (but) being president of it,” Ruston said.

“During my time as president of the chamber, I was privileged to be part of many different (and) exciting events, both publicly as well as decisions made to help move the local businesses and public for ward in the ever-changing and new reality, which is our world.”

Participating in the 20th annual

MJBEX Awards, celebrating the 15 final ists and gathering with people after nearly three years was exciting, he said. Seeing the outcome of the Live, Love, Local cam paign and Ding Dong Ditch campaign was satisfying, while it was also great to partic ipate in the chamber’s online think tanks.

The chamber has 572 members, which is a great achievement, while the overall success of the business community is also amazing, Ruston continued. He praised the “endless energy” of the chamber staff, who helped create a vibrancy amongst lo cal businesses that other chambers prov incewide envy.

“The board could not be prouder of each of them (chamber staff) and what they have fearlessly plunged into … ,” the outgoing president remarked.

Moving from Kelowna, B.C., to “the heartland” of Canada 22 years ago was a great decision for Ruston and his family since they realized how special Moose Jaw— and its famous moose “with the oddly shaped antlers” — was. The city welcomed the family as they became in volved in the community.

“The future is bright,” Ruston added, “and we are each part of this as we build for not only our futures but generations to come.”

New board members

The AGM welcomed new members to the board for two-year terms, including Don Young, Jasmine Cameron, Megan Patterson, Scott Greenough and Shelly Dahlman.

Finances

Andrea Gilliam with BTN Accoun tants presented the chamber’s financials. She noted that the audit was good, while the chamber finished 2021 in the black.

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Former chamber president Aaron Ruston, new president Ryan Hrechka and May or Clive Tolley pose for a picture after the mayor swore in Hrechka to the position.

Photo by Jason G. Antonio

Outgoing chamber board members Sam Morrison and Todd McIntyre re ceive plaques of thanks for their work from chamber president Ryan Hrech ka. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

Aaron Ruston receives a plaque from Ryan Hrechka for his work as chamber president during the past year. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

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Family is a precious commodi ty in the days we are living in; it seems that they are about the only thing worth investing in. It’s like any relationship, you need to make time for each oth er and in lieu of the time spent, bonds are made that aren’t eas ily broken.

“Like branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions but our roots remain as one.”

– Suzy Kazzem

I was listening to a program lately that was about raising kids.

Of course, our kids are grown-ups now with kids of their own and doing Parenting 101 as it comes. Apparent ly, times have changed a lot and even Dr. Spock’s method of child-rearing has become a little outdated according to many. But there were a few truths in what he wrote: According to an article, Dr. Spock’s timeless lessons in parenting, “Spock emphasized parenting as a voyage of discovery. He treated mistakes as learning opportunities. True to his word, his own views evolved over time.” https://theconversation.com/dr-spocks-timeless-lessonsin-parenting-122377

In the program I was watching, a statement was made that makes incredible sense. It went something like, “Do not prepare the road for the child but prepare the child for the road.”

There is so much wisdom in that. In the context of it all, what was being said is that it is much better for you as a parent to not make the road for your children so incred ibly easy by giving them everything but to allow them the opportunity to work through some of the challenges of life as they go along even if they make mistakes. By doing so, they learn coping skills and seem to be better able to cope throughout their lifetime. Because, as we all know, not every day in life is a picnic. We all have to wade through some crap once in awhile.

“Let your children fall down and fail and make mis takes. Provide the opportunity for them to make amends and learn from their experiences. Allow them the gift of pain when they need to suffer a bit. In the end they will be ready for the road ahead and not be waiting for the world to take care of them,” says John Scardina, School Psychologist.

Recently, we were at our grandson’s soccer practice and noticed how some of the kids had the chutzpa to get in there and dig for the ball, while others just stood there and watched waiting for someone to kick the ball to them. Of course, the kids were only around six years old, but the thought I had was directed to the society we live in now. Most kids are just happy and content to get a ribbon or award for participating.

I’m not sure that’s the best way to prepare your child for the road. As far as I’m concerned, you need to get into the game, whatever it might be (soccer or life), to learn the skills you need to navigate your way to success.

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Heartland Hospice to receive Tim’s Smile Cookie proceeds Sept 19 to 25

This year’s Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie campaign in Moose Jaw and surrounding area will benefit Heartland Hospice Moose Jaw (HHMJ), a charity dedicated to im proving end-of-life care in Moose Jaw and creating a hos pice wing at Pioneer Lodge.

The campaign began on Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. with match-ups between “rival” organizations and individuals meant to draw positive attention to the cause.

Representatives from local businesses (including the Moose Jaw Express), the Moose Jaw Warriors, MLAs Tim McLeod and Greg Lawrence, Mayor Clive Tolley, first responders, Prairie South and Holy Trinity school di visions, the Chamber of Commerce, Sask Polytech, and more gathered to decorate cookies in a friendly compe tition.

“So I am judging today, because I’m the chair of Heartland Hospice,” said Angela Sereda, manager of com munity paramedicine for Medavie Health Services West. “I’m just ecstatic that Tim Horton’s has chosen Heartland Hospice for the Smile campaign this year.

“It’s been a fantastic year for us, we kicked off our capital campaign in May. The support we’ve seen from the community is unbelievable. To have that amount of buy-in when we’re talking about hospice and end of life care… Not a lot of people want to talk about that, but there’s been a lot of talk and a lot of awareness brought to it, so it’s really exciting.”

Sereda admitted that as a judge, she is biased to first responders and especially to paramedics, but the police and firefighters weren’t shy about taking their own shots at each other.

“It’s always nice to help out, working with communi ty partners like Tim Hortons,” said Staff Sgt. Taylor Elder with the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS). “The pillar of policing is helping our community, so anything we can do, we’re all about that. We’re looking forward to a fun competition and especially beating the firefighters. That’s

always a perk, to us.”

Ian Clark, a captain with the Moose Jaw Fire Depart ment (MJFD), said it was great to see so many people come out for a good cause and hoped the Smile campaign was successful for Heartland Hospice.

“We have our junior firefighter here, he’s signing up for the decorating right now,” Clark said. “He’s been practicing, so I don’t think it’ll be too difficult to beat the police — even though they’re up here (at Tim Horton’s) a lot.”

Paramedic Cari Evenson-Carleton ended up winning the first responders’ battle.

The Tim Horton’s on Thatcher was packed with cookie-decorating competitors and confused customers.

“I was really not expecting this many people!” said Crystal Froese, a Prairie South School Division trustee. “This is going to be fantastic and for a fantastic cause.”

Smile Cookie has raised over $77 million across North America since 1996 and raised a record $12 million last year alone. From Sept. 19 to 25, 100 per cent of Smile Cookies proceeds will support local charities and commu nity groups chosen by Tim Horton’s owners.

Grace Waldenberger Receives

Prestigious P.E.O. STAR Scholarship

The competitive STAR Scholarship is for wom en who exhibit excellence in leadership, academics, extracurricular activities, community service and po tential for future success.

Grace Waldenberger, a student from Vanier Colle giate Institute, was selected to receive a STAR Scholar ship from the PEO Sisterhood.

School involvement: leading the annual Valhalla, an event organized by grade 12 volunteers to welcome and mentor grade 9 students; a member of the Student Lead ership Counsel; tutoring younger students with academic support; Captain of her basketball team helping and guid ing younger players.

Community service: the local shelter and soup kitch en, Salvation Army Christmas Shoe Box, fundraising with her church, runs a basketball skills camp for girls and rais es money for the local Food Bank. Grace was appointed to the Municipal Government, City of Moose Jaw Youth Advisory Committee, giving her the opportunity to be instrumental in the development of new outreach and/or communication policies, strategies and programs that will impact the youth in the community.

Grace is passionate about her future in agriculture and represents young women nationally as a member of CYFF- Canadian Youth Farmers Forum. She comes from a fourth-generation family farm and her future in farming is a goal she will undoubtedly achieve.

P.E.O. Chapter A -Moose Jaw will be holding their annual Roast Beef Dinner and Fundraiser on Thursday, October 13th at the Heritage Inn Hotel & Conference Centre. Cocktail hour: 5:00 pm Dinner: 6:00 pm. Din ner Tickets: $35.00. Please call or text: Heather @306690-8096 or Sandra @ 306-631-1865.

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The Tim Horton’s on Thatcher was crowded with com munity members supporting Heartland Hospice

MLAs Tim McLeod and Greg Law rence compete against Mayor Clive Tolley to prove that politicians can also decorate with frosting

Members of the Moose Jaw War riors hockey team came out to sup port the cause

Justine Farago and Wanda Hall borg of the Moose Jaw Express ad mire the shrewdly crafted cookie that cemented Hallborg’s victory

MJM&AG education programs full for youth and seniors, but empty for adults

Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery ed ucation coordinator Christy Schweiger said local schools and Seniors’ Centre Without Walls (SCWW) programs are full and she’s having to expand them — work shops aimed at adults, on the other hand, aren’t attracting participants.

“I don’t know what the stigma is still, about in-person programming,” Schwei ger said. “I’m doing individual posters for everything now, just to try and get word on our bulletin boards, on social media, word of mouth, and the paper. I hope we can get more interest in what we have available here.”

Adult programming aside, Schweiger is excited for a fall season packed with art education. She works only part-time at the museum, making it a bit of a rush to assemble kits, co-ordinate with teachers, and prepare over-the-phone instructions for programs such as SCCW’s.

Nevertheless, she gets a lot of enjoy ment from providing opportunities in the arts to the community of Moose Jaw, and it is gratifying to see the seniors’ programs and the school kids programs full — usu ally a month in advance.

“The gallery has been around since 1967,” Schweiger said. “It’s always of fered the community engaging exhibits and art classes and different programs with qualified art teachers.

“The community needs to be aware of that, especially with competition growing in the market, with other programs. We are a city-funded building, and we’re here to nurture young people, older people, in-be tween people, just serving the community needs and wants.”

To learn more about MJM&AG edu

cational programming, email Christy Sch weiger at educator.mjmag@sasktel.net. Online program registration is available at mjmag.ca/artclasses.

Those interested in participating should note that some of the art programs do have mask requirements — those re quirements are in place to protect specific teachers and students who are immuno compromised, making them much more vulnerable than most.

Programs for school groups

There are four formats this year to help children engage:

In person at the MJM&AG

In person outdoors, such as at the Moose Jaw Cemetery

In person at school, with programs brought right to the classroom

Virtual — all virtual programs have

MJ Pride to liquidate and dissolve following discovery of over $100,000 in liabilities

The Moose Jaw Pride (MJP) board held a special AGM on September 18 where the non-profit organization’s member ship voted to authorize the MJP board to liquidate and dissolve the corporation. [editorial note: According to Canadian Press guidelines, individuals’ preferred pronouns have been used in this arti cle.]

Board chair Cole Ramsay revealed at the meeting that the MJP board learned in the early part of 2022 that the finan cial status of the organization needed to be investigated. The board noted that an audit has yet to be conducted, making a complete picture unavailable.

Ramsay said that for the last couple of years, the board has been told that monthly financial statements could not be presented. Either the statements were delivered verbally or the accountant was still working on them, they were told.

The board discovered on August 3 that no accountant has been employed by MJP since 2020, and no accounting work at all was done in 2021.

The following liabilities were ex plained to the MJP membership:

Canadian Emergency Business Ac count (CEBA) loan: $60,000

Short-term bank loan: $30,000

Water bill for MJP property: $5,600 outstanding Rainbow Retro unaccounted cash: at least $30,000

MJP credit card expenses: over $12,000

The dissolution and liquidation of MJP will not completely address its lia bilities. Ramsay confirmed board mem bers will be personally responsible for some of what remains.

The Moose Jaw Police Service is currently investigating for potential fraud at the request of the MJP board, Ramsay reported, and they have contacted law yers for ongoing consultation on options moving forward.

Sarah Simison, executive director of the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre (MJCC), offered space at the MJCC for continued support of the 2SLGBTQ+ community in Moose Jaw. Simison was a founding board member of MJP and was present along with other former officers to ex press support for the current board.

complete instructions, materials in kits, and a live virtual gathering

Out in the community — in person outdoor/classroom programs

From Sept. 26 to Oct. 20, Heritage Gallery tours at the MJM&AG will exam ine the history of Moose Jaw. The Heri tage Gallery is kept current as well, with the latest addition being a section on the legacy of the Indian Residential Schools.

Tours will also meet at the Moose Jaw Cemetery, where students will learn how to do respectful tombstone rubbings.

From Nov. 14 to Dec. 8, the theme is Indigenous beadwork. In co-ordination with the Edward Poitras exhibition, Indig enous artists will help students create their own beadwork pouch. In person or virtual programs

From Oct. 24 to Nov. 21, in-person programming will focus on Poitras’ ex hibition and Indigenous teachings about Treaty lands, animals, and artistry.

The activity will be making mosaics using found objects.

From Nov. 15 to Dec. 8, students will explore art related to the Moose Jaw Art Guild’s Sunflower Power exhibition, which is themed around the national flow

er of Ukraine.

Teachers will choose from three dif ferent paints — tempera, acrylic, or water colour — for students to learn how mixing only three colours can create almost the entire visible spectrum.

Adult/12 and over classes

• Painting with Ward Schell – $80 Fridays, Oct. 7 to 28 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Bring your own supplies and learn more about watercolour painting MASK REQUIRED

• Drawing still life with Charles Bu chanan – $80, materials included Saturdays, Nov. 12 to 26 and Dec. 3, from 3 to 5 p.m.

Pencil, pen, ink, and pencil crayon drawing techniques

• Basket making with Beth Crabb –$125, materials included Saturday, Nov. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Learn how to create practical, beauti ful baskets using reed

• Advanced painting with MJM&AG staff – $85 Sundays, Nov. 20 and 27, from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

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Education co-ordinator Christy Sch weiger stands amidst art supplies in the MJMAG

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By Patricia Hanbidge

Vertical Elements in the Garden

This is the ideal time of year when those thirsting for gardening knowledge can take some time to expand their knowledge base – to learn new techniques that will allow more efficient and more effective gardening in next year! It is a time when gardeners take a moment to say – where is my garden going next spring?

I encourage you to “reach for the sky and go verti cal!” You might be wondering what I mean by vertical gardening which is simply exploiting the vertical space instead of relying on the horizontal which is the more tra ditional way to garden. Going vertical will give you more space but it is also a way to make your garden more at tractive and more accessible. Imagine harvesting straw berries while standing straight up – instead of crawling along the ground.

If you are an avid garden grazer, then vertical gar dening has even more advantages. The fruit or vegetables that you harvest will be cleaner as they are not in direct contact with the ground. You will also find that you are losing less fruit/vegetables to moisture and rot again due to less contact directly with the soil. Air circulation is definitely better as well as any breeze will waft through those plants that are vertical. The only drawback to going vertical is you may have to water more often. However, perhaps it is the ideal time to install a simple irrigation system that suits your personal needs!

From the perspective of one who was rural and now is urban – adjusting to a much smaller space and still managing to grow everything desired is challenging. How do you make the best use of the space you have?

One solution that is definitely worth trying is to go ver tical. Any plant that is a sprawler, a natural climber or needs staking can easily be grown vertically – with the suitable support.

Vertical elements can be utilized as working func tions of the garden. They work well to screen unpleasant areas in the land scape; can provide shade or shelter from the wind; can soften stark verti cal surfaces; can define use areas in the garden and can provide move ment.

Some easy plants to use for your vertical garden in clude: cucumbers, sweet peas, tomatoes, melons, peas, pole beans, black-eyed Susan vine, morning glory, climbing snapdragons, hyacinth bean, nasturtium, pas sion flower, grapes, Virginia creeper, hops, and more!!! Just ensure that you supply the suitable structure and re member that some plants need to be tied to the structure while others entwine themselves to the support.

In the vegetable garden, there are so many ways that vertical gardening can be beneficial. As we all become more avid food gardeners, space seems to be ever more limiting. Growing any of our vining crops upwards is an easy way to grow more with less space. Growing all of the squashes, pumpkins and melons that would otherwise need a large amount of horizontal gardening space is for sure a space saver. However, any fruits of weight will need additional support to keep them properly attached to the vine. Personally, I prefer to grow my cucumbers vertically as they are easier to pick and stay much cleaner when off of the ground. Also, because they are smaller in size, there is no need for additional support for the fruit itself.

Watch for more intel on some of the other vertical plants we can grow in our garden in the upcoming weeks.

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.

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Rotary Clubs of Moose Jaw

of food on way to Kyiv

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The saga of the Rotary Clubs (RCs) of Moose Jaw send ing aid to Ukraine looks set to conclude as the Polish club partnering on the project sends pictures of 8 tons of food on its way to Kyiv for distribution.

In April, the Rotary Club of Moose Jaw partnered with the Rotary Club of Moose Jaw Wakamow to host a fundraiser to aid Ukraine.

Organizers said that word around Moose Jaw was that people wanted a way to contribute, and they decided to provide that opportunity.

The dinner was held at the Church of Our Lady com munity hall in South Hill and raised $11,504.91.

Then, local crafting couple Len and Bernie Mint enko heard about the Rotary effort and decided to help. By selling sunflowers at the Wakamow Farmer’s Market alongside their custom wooden signs, they raised $1,035 to bring the total over $12,500.

Next, organizers Glenn Hagel and Glen Blager, rep resenting RC Moose Jaw Wakamow and RC Moose Jaw

respectively, found a club in Poland with whom they could partner — RC Zamość Ordynacki (RCZO), based out of the city of Zamość near the Ukrainian border.

RCZO president Włodzimierz Bentkowski commu nicated with MooseJawToday.com to describe what his club has accomplished — and how they have adapted — since Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Bentkowski could not say at that time specifically how the funds would be used.

The final results are now in. The $12,500 from the people of Moose Jaw bought about two-thirds of an 8-ton truckload of canned goods headed for Kyiv and its sur rounding area. The remaining amount was bought using contributions from other RCs in Alberta, France, and RCZO itself.

“It’s all going to go Ukrainian refugees, in Ukraine,” Hagel explained. “There is a distribution warehouse in Kyiv, and from there, through Rotary, the food will move to over 10 other cities, towns, villages.”

The population centres receiving the food were all either formerly occupied or are still occupied by invading Russian forces.

“The people who receive the food, many of them will be homeless,” Hagel continued. “(Bentkowski) said many will be disabled, and there will be lots and lots of children.”

Blager said that seeing the food go out was very spe

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Money raised by the Rotary Clubs of Moose Jaw bought most of 8 tons worth of pallets of canned foods, with contributions from other Rotary clubs topping them off (supplied)

cial and wondered if more could be done.

“I don’t know what I’m saying there, or where we’re at for the future, but this thing in Ukraine is not finished,” he said. “They need more and more help all the time, I think we need to keep things open.”

“This report is important because what brought our (two Moose Jaw clubs) together was a sense that people wanted to do something, and it isn’t often that we’re able to really see the difference our donations make,” Hagel said. “We had to do things we’ve never done before, and now we find out in retrospect that we made a lot of good decisions that we weren’t so sure of when we made them.”

Blager and Hagel, on behalf of their clubs, again thanked the community of Moose Jaw for their generos ity.

To learn more about Rotary and/or to sign up to be a Friend of Rotary and contribute to their efforts, contact Blager at 306-631-6002; for the Wakamow club, contact membership chair Sonja Susut at 306-693-0473.

SASK AQUATIC ADVENTURES

Sask Aquatic Adventures has applied for an approval under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act for a waterpark on Buffalo Pound Lake at Latitude 50.597750 Longitude -105.414800. Public comments relating to navigational concerns can be made for the next 30 days on:

https://common-project-search.canada.ca/ by searching file number 2021-605708 or registry number 4863 or contacting the Regional Office of the Navigational Protection Program (Transport Canada) if you do not have internet access.

Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice.

Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s). Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number. Frivolous, vexatious or competition-based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing.

Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Box 5054 Regina Sk S4P 3M3

Moose Jaw Shriners announce winners of Black Bowtie Camaro, 50/50 raffle

Rob Clark, CEO of the Moose Jaw & Dis trict Chamber of Commerce, is the win ner of the 2022 Moose Jaw Shriners Club Black Bowtie Camaro, with $2,000 go ing to Dalton Dosh for second place, and $1,000 for Troy Williams in third.

Jordan Schenher is the winner of the 50/50 draw and took home $9,945.

The 2022 Camaro was announced as the prize of the Moose Jaw Shriner’s MOMentum Mother’s Day Cruise back in May, when it led the way through the city.

Aaron Ruston, the Moose Jaw Shriner who was the chief organizer of the sum mer’s raffles, presented the keys to Clark during a livestream at Murray GM.

“That was maybe the best investment of my entire life,” Clack commented af ter receiving the keys to his new vehicle. “I made a $200 investment to support the Shriners, and that gave me 10 tickets… It was nice to sit in there, I’ve been getting lots of conversation about ‘how you’re go ing to get in and out,’ and I’ll say I think I did very, very well.

“It might be a keeper for a little while.”

Darroch Cairns, general sales man ager at Murray GM and the potentate or president of the provincial Wa Wa Shriners

organization, said he was pleased with the results of this year’s fundraising and the support of the community.

“The way the community rallies around organizations such as the Moose Jaw Shriners, I just can’t see anything bet ter, it’s been great,” Cairns said. “The raf fle went really well.”

Ruston said, “It was a different thing this year, we went from hardcopy tickets to electronic, so some of our members weren’t comfortable with it at first, but we picked up momentum.”

The draw was made by random elec tronic selection. When Ruston, who is also the president of the Chamber of Com merce, saw Clark’s name come up as the winner, he was excited and surprised.

“Rob works so hard and so diligently for the city and promoting the city and the businesses, so as a business owner, I ap preciate what he does. And as president of the Chamber of Commerce, I see the hard work he and Heather (Bergdahl) put in. And he’s a supporter of the Shrine Club, so it’s a blessing to see him win this.”

The Shriners are most famous for their children’s hospitals, which have some of the most advanced burn care units in the world. All funds from the car and 50/50 raffles will go to charitable causes such as covering transportation for families who need to reach a Shriner’s hospital.

“It’s all about the kids and the travel ling fund for the burn patients, and they’ve been around a long time and they’re active in the community, they’re always doing something to help others, so,” Clark said. “That was the reason I bought the tickets, was to help support those causes.

“This is still unbelievable to me, I’m still tingling. Watch out for an old greyhaired guy driving up and down Main Street in a black Camaro, and give me a wave.”

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Rob Clark, CEO of the Moose Jaw & District Chamber of Commerce, said he was ‘still tingling’ over winning the 2022 Camaro

(l-r) Darroch Cairns, general sales manager at Murray GM and potentate of the provincial Shriners; Rob Clark, winner of the car raffle; Aaron Ruston, Moose Jaw Shriner and main organizer of the car raffle

Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners Notes

The next Board of Police Commissioners meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 19

Vehicle maintenance, higher fuel costs and software pric es are three issues that the Moose Jaw Police Service is monitoring because of their effect on its 2022 budget.

The police service presented its monthly budget up date during the recent Board of Police Commissioners meeting, which looked at the agency’s revenues and ex penses from January to August.

The agency budgeted $12,729,939 in expenses and $1,571,813 in revenues this year, leaving a net budget of $11,168,126. By Aug. 31, the police service had spent 67.7 per cent of its net budget, leaving 32.3 per cent — or $3.6 million — for the final four months of the year.

“We are on track with the budget,” police Chief Rick Bourassa said during the meeting.

One financial pressure affecting the police service is expenses for vehicle maintenance and repairs, especially since the organization is operating vehicles that are past their lifespan and require continual upkeep, he continued.

Police service monitoring rising costs for vehicle upkeep, fuel, software licences

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The organization has ordered new squad vehicles, but sup ply chain issues make acquiring them difficult.

The budget update showed the police service had paid $181,693.58 in vehicle maintenance out of a budgeted amount of $220,000.

“Once the new vehicles come in, those expenses will even out again,” stated Bourassa, adding higher fuel costs have also been a problem but have fallen recently.

The police service is also facing issues with comput er software because the costs to maintain the program li cences are going up, the police chief said. These programs are necessary because the organization is required to have more and more of them to function. However, they will be considered an operating expense in the future.

The budget update showed the police service had paid $241,308.79 in computer software costs out of a budgeted amount of $290,000.

“We have budgeted for a number of upgrades in the fu

ture in the equipment reserve, so the actual hardware costs are covered, but we will see additional software mainte nance costs,” Bourassa continued. “That’s the nature of our world right now, but we can manage it.”

There are two large revenue items that the police ser vice hasn’t received yet but should receive soon, he stated, including $110,000 from provincial automated speed en forcement cameras and $215,000 from provincial contrac tual revenues.

“They will come. These are never smooth. There will be $0, and then there will be a huge increase in revenues when those arrive too,” added Bourassa.

There are three expense items that the police service has not yet paid, the document showed, including a $15,000 building reserve contribution, $3,500 for water utility bills and $40,000 for a retirement gratuity contribution.

Calls to police are up nearly 20% over last year, data shows

The Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) has respond ed to nearly 20-per-cent more calls for service in 2022 over 2021, a trend that the police chief says has been con sistent throughout this year.

The police service presented the August statistics during the Board of Police Commissioners’ September meeting. That data included information about crimes against people, crimes against property, other Criminal Code violations, other crimes, and calls for service.

“We track this (data) very diligently and we also look at the annual national comparisons … ,” Chief Rick Bourassa said.

Crimes against people

Crimes against people declined by 2.8 per cent be tween Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, which is good considering police were noticing an increase earlier in the year, the police chief said. The police service investigates these oc currences and reviews them when they arise.

Year-to-date data for 2022 versus 2021 show:

Homicide: 1 / 0

· Attempted murder: 1 / 2

· Assaults (sexual, common, with a weapon, aggravat ed, against police): 219 / 197

· Robbery: 6 / 2

· Threats under section 810: 55 / 33

· Domestic dispute: 63 / 121

Total: 345 / 355

Crimes against property

There has been a significant increase in crimes against

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property this year — particularly break-ins and thefts un der $5,000 — but it eased up slightly based on August’s statistics, Bourassa said. Police have diligently investigat ed break-ins and laid many charges this year.

The police have produced significant results during their investigations into crimes against property, the chief added. While Bourassa couldn’t speak to those results now, he would bring that data to the October meeting.

Year-to-date data for 2022 versus 2021 show:

· Break-ins (business, residence, other): 195 / 216

· Motor vehicle theft: 40 / 42

· Theft over $5,000: 12 / 10

Theft under $5,000: 555 / 476

· Arson: 7 / 9

· Mischief under $5,000: 253 / 256

· Total: 1,062 / 1,009

Meanwhile, the data shows police have responded to 12,574 calls for service this year, an increase from 10,536 calls — or 19.3 per cent — over last year.

“This has been pretty significant throughout the year, so we expect this to continue,” said Bourassa. “… again, we anticipated some of this with the stressors of the pan demic and we all across the country had decreases in calls. Now we’re seeing an increase from where we were.”

Board comments

Commissioner Mary Lee Booth was curious about the increase in calls for service, which she thought “cer tainly signifies something.” She wondered if 911 calls were included in that overall information.

Calls to 911 are included, while any call with sub stance also shows up in the report, Bourassa said. If the police receive a call and transfer it to the fire department or ambulance services, those calls are also part of the overall data.

“The vast majority show up in here once we enter it into our system as a police response,” he continued, add ing data is also recorded if officers respond to any emer gency involving other emergency services.

Moose Jaw has been consistent with its per capita crime rate compared to other national jurisdictions, while provincially, its crime rate is near the top of a six-city list, Bourassa said to Commissioner Doug Blanc. The agen cy tracks that provincial data — including violent and non-violent crime — and will present the information in October.

“It’s an ebb and flow, but we’re certainly not out of the range of the others,” he added. “We’re all in a fairly narrow band.”

Other crimes

Other crimes year-to-date for 2022 versus 2021 show:

· Impaired driving: 80 / 86

· Failing to comply with court orders: 650 / 520

· Vehicle collisions over $1,000: 185 / 135

· Provincial liquor infractions: 103 / 124

· Summary offence tickets: 968 / 1,251

· Drugs (cocaine, cannabis, meth, other): 25 / 50

Praxis Consulting hired to help police board create new strategic plan

Praxis Consulting Ltd. has won the contract to help the Board of Police Commissioners and Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) create a new five-year strategic plan to guide the organizations.

During its Sept. 15 meeting, the board voted unan imously to engage the consulting firm for $15,000. The board’s goal is to start the process in a few weeks and complete the new plan by Dec. 1.

The police service — on behalf of the board — is sued a request for proposals over the summer, looking for a company to help develop a new strategic management plan during the next half-decade. After receiving sever al proposals in August, the selection committee — com

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posed of the MJPS’s executive management and several board members — reviewed the submissions.

“The police service and the board have been wanting to get a strategic plan in place to update our current one, and we’ve been in discussions for quite some time,” po lice Chief Rick Bourassa said during the meeting.

The project is already behind schedule because Prax is was ready to start the planning sessions immediately, but the board had to officially approve the selection at its September meeting, he added. However, the intent is to complete the project before January.

“I was under the understanding that we were going to start sooner because we had discussed it at the committee

level. For that reason, we wanted to start fairly quickly about doing an email motion, which I then said would be ratified here, which is why we’re here,” said board chair Commissioner Dawn Luhning, who sat on the selection committee.

“But that’s fine. Another week — five business days — isn’t going to make that big of a difference.”

“I’m very pleased with it (the selection of Praxis) because it’s the one I would have picked,” said Commis sioner Mary Lee Booth, who was not on the selection committee.

The MJPS’s management team is consulting with Praxis about the day and a time when phase 1 of the plan ning can commence, said Deputy Chief Rick Johns. Once a day is finalized, the team will inform the board and other police service managers.

This will be a “robust and broad process” that will include consultations, environmental scans around diver sity, inclusion and equity information, surveys, choices on how to proceed and then an analysis, Bourassa told the board.

Praxis and the committee will review the previous strategic plan from 2019 and consult with the community and partner agencies about possible priorities for the new document.

“There will some public discussion that will go out from the company as they start working on the consulta tion pieces. And we will participate in obtaining proper space for that … ,” said Bourassa. “They’ve laid out a very detailed process principles that they’ll be following.”

He added that the committee would be able to choose how deep and broad those community engagements go.

From The Kitchen

By Joyce Walter - Moose Jaw Express

Homemade soups take chill off frosty autumn days

With the frost already appearing on pumpkins, the answer to warm the cooler days is homemade soups and chowders.

A favourite cookbook from years ago provides this week’s recipes. They may be adapted for personal tastes and ingenuity.

CAULIFLOWER CHOWDER

1 cup chopped onion

1/2 green pepper, diced

3 cups chopped cauliflower

2 cups water

2 cups vegetable broth

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup mashed potatoes

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

In a large saucepan, cook onion, green pepper and cauliflower in the two cups of water until vegetables are tender.

Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 2-3 minutes or slightly longer. Serve immediately. Makes about 4 1/2 cups.

BEET BORSCHT

1 tbsp. vegetable oil

1 cup chopped onion

8 cups vegetable broth

3 cups peeled and diced beets

1/4 cup chopped carrots

1/4 cup chopped celery

1 tsp. dill weed

salt and pepper to taste

1 cup peeled and diced potato

1 cup shredded cabbage

small can of tomato paste

2 tsps. lemon juice

Cook onion in vegetable oil until softened. Do not brown.

Stir in vegetable broth, beets, carrots, celery, dill weed and seasonings. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes.

Add potatoes, cabbage and tomato paste. Simmer for about 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir occasionally.

Stir in lemon juice. Ladle into bowls and add a dollop of sour cream to each bowl.

BEEF BARLEY SOUP

4 lbs. beef bones

12-14 cups water

6 celery stalks, halved

1 medium carrot, halved

10 peppercorns

2 cups peeled potatoes, diced

3 1/2 cups crushed tomatoes, peeled

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped celery

1 cup diced carrot

2/3 cup pearl barley salt and pepper to taste

Boil the bones in the water for 5-10 minutes. Skim and discard foam

Stir in celery stalks, carrot halves and peppercorns. Simmer on low for about 4 hours, stirring occasionally until meat begins to fall off the bones.

Remove from heat and remove all meat from the bones. Chop and set aside.

Drain stock through a sieve into a separate pot. Discard vegetables.

For the soup, add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Add the meat, reduce heat to medium and simmer, with lid partially on, for 45 minutes until barley and vegetables are tender.

Taste and season as necessary to taste.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel. net

Proposed Scotch Distillery Sees Spirit Of Life

By Robert Thomas, MJ Independent

A property notorious for its ability to grow weeds instead of manufacturing scotch appears to be seeing some activ ity towards creating the liquid spirits.

At City Council’s last meeting, they were presented with information from the Development Appeals Board about appeals to the Board.

One appeal was for demolishing and rebuilding a garage, while a second appeal was for the addition of a distillery mill shed at 1121 Ominica Street East.

The 1121 and adjoining 1127 Ominica Street East properties are located in the commercial area - the former Dorlite Manufacturing facility - and were purchased by Imperial Distillers from India to set up a distillery spe cializing in scotch whiskey.

The proposed scotch plant was granted a three year 100 per cent property tax exemption by Council in Jan uary 2019. The property tax exemption was to take ef fect once renovations and upgrades were completed and scotch production began.

The three year 100 per cent property tax exemption was granted as a means of attracting Imperial Distillery to set up shop in Moose Jaw.

The India based company was looking to set up shop in other jurisdictions - British Columbia - but granting the notoriously debated property tax exemption would see Imperial Distillery set up shop in that time known as the Friendly City.

The exemption was based upon the nature of the li quor manufacturing business, where it takes three years to age the scotch being manufactured and no income

coming to the facility during the aging process.

When it was announced at Council over three years ago, the project was suppose to see $3 million in renova tions and upgrades and once completed employ 15 peo ple.

What Was Being Appealed?

In his appeal to the Development Appeals Board (DAB), Praveen Chandrasekaran, was asking the Board for a variance to Zoning Bylaw 5346 in order to construct a 126 square foot distillery mill shed addition.

Allowing the addition would result in a rear yard set back of 2.86 meter (9.38foot), which is contrary to the 7.50 meter (24.6feet) as set out in the Zoning Bylaw.

Chandrasekaran asked the DAB to allow for the con struction of a proposed scotch mill shed, which would extend 3.2 meters (10.5feet) into the required rear yard, resulting in a proposed rear yard setback of 2.86m con trary to the 7.5 meters (24.6 feet) prescribed under the Zoning Bylaw.

In his appeal, Chandrasekaran advised the Board that according to a distillery engineering team in Scotland the distilling process was only feasible with the equipment in the mill shed at the rear of the property as proposed.

Failure to allow the zoning variance would mean the property for the proposed scotch distillery would be unsuitable, as they are not able to keep the pot still any where else on the property and that having the mil! shed at the back of the building will provide the appropriate angle to feed into the mash tank.

The Board approved the applied for zoning variance, as it would not grant any special privileges to the appli cant given the property’s location; the variance did not defeat the intent of the bylaw (to give firefighters prop er access and egress) given the industrial nature of the neighbourhood and there was no evidence granting the variance would be injurious to neighbouring properties.

A trip to the location recently showed what appeared to be recent renovation debris outside the building and a large rental metal waste disposal bin outside.

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Harvest 96% Complete in Southern

The fall season has arrived without a doubt. This change of season is heralding the end of harvest across Sas katchewan.

According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agri culture, 73% of harvest has now been completed. In the southwest alone, 96% of this years crop is now in the bin.

Among the crops left to swath and combine, only 52% of canola and 35% of flax have been harvested thus far.

Recent rains have provided some much-needed moisture to Southern Saskatchewan. According to last week’s report, 40% of topsoil moisture was short, and 21% was extremely short.

Several producers are hoping for additional rain to fall before temperatures dip below freezing to replenish soil moisture.

“Precipitation was generally welcomed after sev eral weeks of dry weather. Concerns about field and

little regrowth,” reads the Ministry’s crop report.

This year, conditions have varied greatly across the province, with the eastern half of the province seeing excellent top soil conditions due to adequate rainfall.

Herbicide application is part of post-harvest field activities for many farmers now that harvest is com plete. Many, are also actively bailing and hauling straw.

In order to stay safe while driving on narrow roads and highways with many wide loads of bales, motor ists should remain vigilant and be cautious of oncoming traffic.

“Fall run” is one of the busiest times for Saskatch ewan livestock producers, who are now moving calves back from pasture and shipping them to local auctions. Canfax reported a total of 11,600 head of cattle sold in Saskatchewan last week, up from 3,564 head the pre vious week. After a more stable summer for the cattle industry, livestock producers are more optimistic about this fall’s cattle prices.

The location of the proposed scotch distillery by Impe rial Distillery, located at 1121 and 1127 Ominica Street East, shows what looks like recent renovation debris and a rental waste disposal bin outside on SaturdayMJ Independent photo

equipment fires have eased and there is hope that the rain will be enough in some areas to allow pastures a

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‘A crisis in family medicine’: SMA President talks with Moose Jaw-area physicians

The president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) met with physicians from Moose Jaw and sur rounding area on Sept. 22 at the Grant Hotel in down town Moose Jaw. The discussion included the primary care shortage, physician burnout, and upcoming contract negotiations with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).

The annual president and vice-president’s tour is an SMA tradition which keeps a finger on the pulse — pun intended — of the organization’s members across the province. This year marks a return to an in-person format.

SMA President Dr. John Gjevre, a respirologist based in Saskatoon, told the Moose Jaw Express that he was pleased with the turnout at the meeting, and thanked everyone from the area who attended.

“We had 31 doctors in the room, talking about var ious concerns, but especially about the crisis in primary health care,” Gjevre said. “That’s a tremendous turnout for a smaller community like Moose Jaw. To have 31 doc tors get together and have some productive discussions around health care solutions is a great thing.”

Crisis in family medicine

Far and away the most concerning topic under dis cussion was the ongoing, worsening shortage of primary care providers in Canada.

“There is a crisis in family medicine,” Gjevre said. “It’s been building for some time. It’s not just a Saskatch ewan problem, it’s a national problem… There’s just not enough family physicians out there to replace those who are retiring or moving elsewhere.

“So, there is a real lack of human resources in family medicine. Other specialties are also affected, but certain ly family medicine is the area that there’s a huge lack of new, young residents coming into the practice.”

Another important topic of discussion related to the SMA’s relationship with the SHA. Despite nearly five years having passed since the formation of the health au thority, clear bylaws have yet to be enacted.

“We talked about some of the issues around the by laws with the Health Authority. The SHA has been in ex istence now for four years, going on five. And we still have just interim bylaws, which is a problem,” Gjevre

explained. “We need to have a clear understanding of ac countabilities and responsibilities on both sides.”

The last of what Gjevre noted as big issues under discussion was COVID.

“(The situation with) COVID is better, and we’re very grateful for that. But, of course, it is not over. We still have concerns around COVID and how it stresses the healthcare system.”

Contract negotiations

The previous five-year contract with the Saskatch ewan Ministry of Health expired on March 31, 2022. It remains in effect until a new contract is ratified.

obscure. Her quest to find Siberia’s pianos – perhaps better described as a mild obsession – started in 2015 in Mongolia’s Orkhon Valley (well, now that you ask, no, I have never heard of it either) when she listened the sub limely talented Mongolian pianist Odgerel Sampilnorov play Bach and Beethoven on a piano which did not quite meet the expectations of their German host.

Gjevre said that a contract consensus is difficult to reach when such a diverse group of physicians meet. Nevertheless, the increasing rate of inflation is on many doctors’ minds.

“Most physicians are essentially small business own ers. They pay rent on an office space, they hire reception ists and admin assistants. With inflation going up and up this year, the cost of overhead is increasingly stressful for many of our members.

Most physicians pay between 30 and 40 per cent of their gross compensation for overhead, he noted, and they aren’t free to increase their prices the way other small business owners can — they must negotiate with the gov ernment.

Healthcare shortages

Gjevre was asked about recent comments made by Tracy Zambory, the president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, who has claimed that the provincial govern ment and the SHA are ignoring the voices of frontline workers.

“I certainly can’t speak for the nurse’s union,” he said. “From our standpoint, we want to have a highly functioning, humane, kind healthcare system. And that does require certain investments from the government.

“Nobody wants to have your mother or your fa ther waiting in an ER for hours due to the system being clogged up. That’s not good for the patient or the overall healthcare system… But it’s a complex issue that’s going to take time and effort to improve.”

Gjevre said there are plans to innovate to improve the situation for patients in Saskatchewan, for example by creating more of a team approach where the family phy sician co-ordinates patient care rather than overseeing it.

“We want a system that’s going to be there for you, for me — at some point we’re all going to be patients. You want a system that is strong, kind, compassionate, and effective, that doesn’t have wait time for surgeries and doesn’t have long waits to get into the emergency room.

“We don’t have that system right now. We’re trying, right? … We’re going to transform healthcare. That is going to come. But it’s going to take time.”

By Leon Retief

The Lost Pianos of Siberia

Sophy Roberts Grove Press, New York

433 pages

Siberia… the word conjures up visions of a vast, icy, sparsely populated landscape, dotted with remnants of concentration camps, undiscovered graves, secret histo ries and forgotten tragedies; a landmass inescapably en twined with the sorrows of its past.

Colin Thubron, who wrote extensively about this fascinating part of the world, paints this starkly beautiful picture:

“The ice-fields are crossed for ever by a man in chains. In the farther distance, perhaps, a herd of rein deer drifts, or a hunter makes a shadow on the snow. But that is all. Siberia: it fills one twelfth of the land-mass of the Earth, yet this is all it leaves for certain in the mind. A bleak beauty, and an indelible fear.”

Sophy Roberts is certainly a traveler (and writer) with a taste for the extraordinary, the little-known and

They decided that Sampilnorov needs a better piano. This planted the seed and for the next few years Roberts crisscrossed Siberia in a frequently futile quest for pi anos – uprights, grands and baby grands; Steinways or Bechsteins, Erards, Beckers, Blüthners and not least the more modest Red October (manufactured, of course, af ter the 1917 revolution) and many more, irrespective of their condition: well-tuned and playable or in ruins after decades of neglect.

Nothing in Siberia, it seems, is ever divorced from the past and Roberts’ explorations quickly turned into more than just a search for pianos as musical instruments as such. History reared its head and every find, every lead followed up by the author led to multiple interesting by ways – not always a story with a pot of gold at the end of the road, but nevertheless always interesting reading. She describes how tours by often flamboyant musical super stars of the past, such as Liszt, introduced this instrument into Russian cultural life until the piano became a sort of centerpiece of the musical scene in that country, fa vored by many Russian composers. Who does not know Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto no 1 almost by heart, as well as famous works by Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Proko fiev and Shostakovich?

Her narratives take us into the personal backgrounds of many (usually elderly) Siberians with a passion for music, for pianos and a deep knowledge of their country, its political system and, of course, the past. Many photo graphs accompany the text.

We learn about the histories of owners of pianos, as well as the histories of instruments themselves, of pia nists (amateur and professional), of concert halls, musi cal life in many cities, (in its heyday Irkutsk was known as the Paris of Siberia), composers and tuners, almost incredible tales of how these heavy instruments were transported long before railways existed through snow and mud for thousands of kilometers and played not only in homes and concert halls but also in prisons and gulags, how it became fashionable in bourgeois households and the ghastly effects of the 1917 revolution on the musical scene.

Roberts’ pursuit of these hitherto unknown histo ries may seem quixotic (many will ask who really cares about rundown pianos and unknown amateur pianists in the back of beyond?) but whatever one may think, she weaves a fascinating tapestry of her quest and for my wife and I this book made fascinating reading.

A perhaps trivial but for me interesting example of the many minor historical discoveries mentioned is that the last piano owned by Tsar Nicolas II, last of the Ro manovs, was a Russian made Schröder. Unfortunately, nothing remains of the instrument.

Perhaps a word of caution: the reader who knows nothing about the piano as an instrument will learn noth ing new and also no reader who wishes to learn about classical music will be any the wiser after closing the book at the end of the last chapter.

This does not matter.

Whatever the case may be, this was one of the most enjoyable books on a really esoteric subject we have read for a long time and it comes highly recommended.

In case any reader wishes to listen to the aforemen tioned pianist, here is a link https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Mye6QV37pvM&list=RDEMRjt2iudvJMXN

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Dr. John Gjevre, a respirologist working in Saskatoon is the president of the Saskatchewan Medical Associa tion (from Facebook)

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

Legion event honours Queen, whose ‘steadfast devotion to others’ was an example for all

A ray of sunshine burst through the clouds and illuminated the memorial cross in Crescent Park, bringing some joy to a sombre event that celebrated the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

Members of the Royal Canadian Le gion Branch No. 59, ANAVETS, 15 Wing Air Base, Moose Jaw Police Service, mu nicipal dignitaries, and residents gathered in the downtown park on Sept. 19 for a ceremony to honour Her Majesty, whose funeral was held in London, England at 4 a.m. Saskatchewan time.

Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8, ending her historic 70-year reign as head of state for Canada and head of the world wide Commonwealth.

Members of the legion colour party marched into the park at the start of the ceremony and formed a crescent shape facing the cross. After welcoming remarks by padre Rev. Doug Shepherd, members of the legion and military snapped to at tention as O Canada burst through the speakers.

Almost as soon as that happened, the rain stopped and the sun shone through the clouds, slowly dissipating the overcast

conditions.

After a moment of silence, the Last Post filled the air while legionnaire Alex Cameron slowly lowered a Canadian flag attached to a flagpole. A bagpiper played a Lament, followed by the Reveille and the raising of the flag.

Shepherd then read a stanza from a poem by Lawrence Binyon — “They shall grow not old …” — followed by a passage from the Gospel of John in the Bible — “I am the way, the truth and the life …” — and then a prayer.

“O God, from whom comes every thing that is upright and true. Accept our thanks for the gifts of heart and mind that you gave your servant Elizabeth, gifts she showered upon us … ,” the padre said. “We ask you, Lord, to deal graciously with those who mourn, especially members of the Royal family, that casting every care on you, they may know the consolation of your love … .”

Shepherd also prayed for King Charles III and everyone who governs, that God would give them health, strength, wisdom and courage to do their best to serve all people and the Lord.

Following the prayer, two members of the legion executive brought forward a wreath with a ribbon on it featuring the name “Elizabeth II.” They placed it on the base of the memorial cross, saluted, and returned to their spots.

Legion president Roy LaBuick took the microphone and spoke about how the day of mourning was meant to honour the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

“Her service to the Commonwealth and Canada began before she became our

Queen. Upon ascending the throne, she promised to dedicate her life to service.

For 70 years, she has kept that promise with grace and dignity,” LaBuick said.

“Her steadfast devotion to others has set an example for all of us.”

Her Majesty was a veteran of the Sec ond World War and worked as a mechanic in England, while she later developed a strong bond with the Canadian Forces as its commander in chief and with the Royal Canadian Legion, he continued. Under her reign, the legion added the title of “Royal” to its name in 1961.

“At each legion gathering, we (also) renew our allegiance to the Crown and affirm our intention to continue,” added LaBuick.

After a closing prayer by Padre Shep herd, the crowd sang “God save the King.”

The colour party then marched off, allow ing those in attendance to place their pop pies on the wreath before quietly depart ing.

The remaining grey clouds also de parted quickly, revealing a clear blue sky and bright yellow sun.

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Legionnaire Alex Cameron lowers the flag during the Last Post. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

Bagpiper Michelle Gallagher plays a lament. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

Members of the legion salute after plac ing a wreath on the memorial cross to honour Queen Elizabeth II. The memo rial cross after the service. Photo by Ja son G. Antonio

People who attended the ceremony place their poppies on the wreath. The memorial cross after the service. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

Reflective Moments

By Joyce Walter - Moose Jaw Express Good news: Snowbirds to fly again; fowl suppers coming soon

A compilation of comments on a number of topics:

1. The news that the Snowbirds 431 Air Demonstration Squadron is cleared to resume flying is good news for the team’s fans all over Canada and beyond.

While this year’s season ended abruptly, safety was the prime concern and now that the cause of the recent pause has been determined, efforts will turn to preparing for a full season in 2023. It will be a grand sight to see the Tutors soon return to home base at 15 Wing.

Before next season begins, the delayed 50th an niversary reunion celebration is currently scheduled for late October. Imagine the stories and shared notes of inspiration that will be shared from those first 50 years. The late Col. O.B. Philp would be so proud. Bright skies and safe flights to the Snowbirds’ team.

2. Well-done once again to the members and friends of the Moose Jaw Cycle Association after the recent toy run for the Salvation Army.

Spectators who watched the long line of motor

cycles moving up Main Street and then to the Salva tion Army expressed their pleasure in the size of the turnout and the overwhelming contributions of toys and cash for the Christmas campaign of the Salvation Army.

Lives of hundreds of Moose Jaw children will be positively impacted by the generosity of the motor cycle community.

3. Call them community suppers, fall suppers or fowl suppers but whatever the name, those suppers appear to returning in force according to a Facebook site de voted entirely to such fall gatherings.

That miserable Covid pandemic shut the com munity hall and church doors to those of us who were raised on turkey suppers cooked and served by volunteers and eaten in the company of friends and strangers — a true Saskatchewan tradition.

So far we have three marked on our calendar as ones we plan to attend. There are at least two others scheduled on the same day. What a shame we can’t

make them all but we will definitely enjoy the bounty of fresh food placed before us.

The dates I have found so far include: Oct. 2, Cosmo Centre in Moose Jaw, Eyebrow supper in the community hall and Morse Museum supper in the community hall in Morse; Oct. 22, Tugaske at the community centre; and Oct. 23, Rowletta Civic Cen tre.

Undoubtedly there will be other dates an nounced in the near future. Watch for posters on bulletin boards near you and browse the fowl supper Facebook page. And please drop me a note for other suppers planned nearby.

If there’s plenty of dark meat, a vegetable other than turnips and some homemade pumpkin or sour cream raisin pie, we might just see you on the circuit.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Pumpkin Harvest Festival once again a hit for Hunger in Moose Jaw, Yara community gardens

Like so many things this time of year, the annual Har vest Pumpkin Festival is often at the mercy of the weather when it comes to how popular the event turns out to be.

So when the Hunger in Moose Jaw and Yara Com munity Gardens fundraiser took part on a warm and partly cloudy day on Saturday afternoon, there were no shortage of folks more than happy to take part in the proceedings.

Hundreds of visitors stopped by the Grey Avenue Gardens throughout the day, picking up a bowl of chili or a hot dog, perusing the many different kinds of wares up for sale and just having a good time on a nice early autumn day.

“I think definitely because of the weather we have a really good turnout, and that’s always really nice to see,” said Suzanne Ramage, Yara Community Gardens coordi nator. “As soon as 10 o’clock hit, we got super busy and I think it’s been a really good day.”

The Festival added a few new wrinkles for 2022 -- in addition to a handful of new activities for the youngsters, folks could also bid on a silent auction for baked goods, peruse a larger selection of fresh vegetables and canned goods and even take part in a ‘guess the weight’ contest for a giant pumpkin grown in the Community Gardens.

“Just some different things to make it a little bigger and better,” Ramage said.

The Festival acts as a fundraiser for the Gardens and Hunger in Moose Jaw, helping cover some of the costs

associated with running the wildly popular project.

On that side of things, the gardens once again had a good year, not only with all the plots being taken up but also with how the growing season went.

“They actually did really well,” Ramage said. “It started out super slow and everything was taking forever, but we got some heat and a little bit of rain there in July and things really took off. I think everybody was really happy with their gardens this year,”

That will only help with the popularity of the plots next year, and with a handful of spots opening for next spring, it’s recommended that those interested jump on the waiting list soon.

The format of the gardens sees those with no room to grow produce of their own renting a plot at one of the two community gardens for a nominal fee, with the agreement that some of their produce will be given back to the Hun ger in Moose Jaw.

It’s proven to be exceptionally popular over the years, especially with those who have smaller yards or live in apartments but still want to grow their own fresh fruit and vegetables.

“All the plots were rented this year and hopefully that happens again next year,” Ramage said. “We will have some plots available, with some people who are moving away and some who have just moved and have their own gardens, so there will be some spots opening up if some one is interested.”

Folks can contact Hunger in Moose Jaw in January and be put on a wait list, after which in early spring the plots will be assigned.

For more information on the Yara Community Gar dens and for the latest updates, be sure to visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/yaracommuni tygardens.

The views and opinions ex pressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the po sition of this publication.

Hundreds take advantage of beautiful weather to take in annual event at Grey Avenue Gardens

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There were plenty of fall colours for special family pic tures in the photo area.

The line-up for a bowl of chili was one of the longest at the Pumpkin Harvest Festival.

Folks could pick up all sorts of preserves and other goods.

The community gardens had another successful year of growing this summer.

A wide assortment of vegetables were available for purchase.

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Improperly assembled oil filter reason for Snowbirds’ plane crash, investigation shows

By Moose Jaw Express staff

An improperly assembled oil filter is the main reason a Snowbirds’ engine failed during a performance in July, an investigation by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has revealed.

The aircraft in question was one of nine CT-144 Tutor planes with 431 Air Demonstration Squadron sta tioned at the airport in Fort St. John, British Columbia, in support of the international air show there on July 3031, the report explained. Two days after the airshow, the squadron was to ferry the plane from that community back to Moose Jaw on a standard IFR transit flight.

The pilot of the affected plane was the only occupant on board, while the aircraft was not in formation when it crashed.

The morning of the accident, the pilot conducted a routine series of pre-flight checks before proceeding to the active runway for a standard departure, the report said. Shortly after liftoff, the pilot confirmed a positive rate of climb and pressed the landing gear up button.

“Immediately after gear selection, the pilot heard a loud noise and the engine failed. The aircraft rapidly start ed decelerating and descending back to the runway,” the report continued.

The pilot pressed the button to lower the landing gear and chose to land the aircraft straight ahead, but the land

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ing gear did not have time to fully lower into the lockeddown position. The aircraft touched down with about 150 metres (500 feet) of runway remaining.

The unlocked landing gear collapsed under the plane’s weight and the aircraft skidded off the departure end of the runway, the report said. After about 300 metres (1,000 feet) of travel, the plane hit the airport perimeter fence at low speed and came to a rest. The pilot shut down

provincial funding included

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The board of education for Holy Trinity Catholic School Division has approved its 2022-23 budget, which includes additional funding from the province to hire extra teach ers and address increased heating fuel costs.

Trustees approved the revised budget during their Sept. 19 meeting and will send the document to the Ministry of Education for approval. They had originally approved the budget in June, but the province provided school divisions with extra funding over the summer to meet inflationary increases.

Holy Trinity received $176,600, of which $153,005 will be used to hire 1.8 full-time equivalent (FTE) teach er positions to address increased student enrolment and $23,595 for plant operations and maintenance.

“We are very appreciative from the ministry that this money is coming forward,” Curt Van Parys, chief finan cial officer, said during the meeting.

Besides the extra funding, the ministry reclassified

the division’s Early Years Family Resource Centre project in Swift Current as an external services expense from a complementary services expense — adding $348,035 in costs — which the division also had to address, he point ed out.

Furthermore, Holy Trinity received $82,350 under its external services revenue category for a KidsFirst Re gional Program, which also had to be incorporated into the budget.

Holy Trinity’s revised budget shows revenue of $27,056,108, which is $481,241 — or 1.8 per cent — higher than before, Van Parys said. Meanwhile, its ex penses are now $26,629,028, which is $539,905 — or 2.1 per cent — higher than before.

This leaves a surplus of $427,080.

Adding 1.8 FTE teacher positions means the total number of FTE staff across the division decreases slightly to 243.30 FTEs from 243.62 FTEs, a drop of 0.1 per cent.

the engine and immediately left the plane.

The aircraft sustained serious damage while the pilot was uninjured.

“The engine failure was due to an improperly assem bled oil filer,” the report added. “The investigation is now analyzing the human factors that may have contributed to this occurrence.”

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL DIVISION

THE NEXT HOLY TRINITY BOARD MEETING IS MONDAY, OCT. 24.

Division administration still believes there are sev eral risks or “wildcards” that could affect the budget this year, said Van Parys. These include further pandemic waves, enrolment increases, staffing pressures, use of substitute staff, the LINC agreement, inflation, natural gas costs, and software expenses.

He added that Holy Trinity has $175,000 in unas signed revenue to address all those risks.

Catholic division pleased that enrolment up by 71 students over last year

Trustees and division administration with Holy Trinity Catholic School Division are thrilled that student enrol ment is more than three-per-cent higher this year than originally projected.

Administration presented a preliminary student enrolment report at the Sept. 19 board meeting, which showed 2,323 students in pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 in the division’s nine schools and home-based school pro gram as of Sept. 9.

The division office had projected last June that there would be 2,252 students sitting in classrooms this fall. Therefore, enrolment is up by 71 students or 3.15 per cent.

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The report shows there are — so far — 65 pre-kinder garten students, 145 kindergarten students, 130 students in Grade 1, 157 pupils in Grade 2, 140 youths in Grade 3, 145 students in Grade 4, 139 pupils in Grade 5, 149 youths in Grade 6, 146 students in Grade 7, 135 pupils in Grade 8, 122 students in Grade 9, 97 pupils in Grade 10, 119 youths in Grade 11 and 151 students in Grade 12.

“Student numbers are very important to us … ,” said education director Ward Strueby, explaining that the di vision office will monitor enrolment numbers throughout September and submit the final enrolment figure to the Ministry of Education on Sept. 30.

“(This is) a really, really good news story in terms of where we sit … . If we take a look at where we were on June 24, 2022, we are up 94 students (from 2,229),” he continued. “So, a school division our size, these numbers are quite encouraging, especially our Grade 9 numbers at Vanier.”

Strueby added that CFO Curt Vany Parys would pro duce a report for the October meeting showing the final numbers.

“It’s great news,” agreed Van Parys.

The left side of the CT-114 Tutor plane that crashed in Fort St. John, B.C. in July. Photo courtesy Quality Engineering Test Establishment

The rear view of the Snowbirds plane that crashed in July in Fort St. John. Photo courtesy Quality Engi neering Test Establishment

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Sask. farmers and voters could learn about hedging their future TRADING THOUGHTS

During this year’s Hometown Fair, Yours Truly met a farmer from northwest of Moose Jaw.

He was concerned that high commodity prices would be much lower by the time he harvested his crop

At the time canola was selling for a mighty $27 a bushel.

He wanted that price but was afraid to hedge his crop.

The process of hedging with a commodities company involves getting today’s price in the fall and delivering the crop to that buyer.

This farmer was concerned his crop might not make the yield or grade in the hedging contract. If that happens, he would be responsible for making up the difference in grade or yield.

He would have been able to hedge part of his crop and obtain the benefit of the $27 bushel canola price on that portion of the crop.

I’m not sure why he didn’t hedge partially, or if he was greedy and wanted the high price for his whole crop.

In any event, he wasn’t going to hedge his crop.

Since then the canola price has fallen $10 a bushel to around $17 from $27. Hedging only 10 bushels on a 500 acre crop would have netted him an extra $50,000.

Agriculture extension staff have urged Saskatchewan farmers to learn how to hedge— to fix commodity prices before harvest — for 30 years, if not longer.

Slowly more farmers have taken the idea to heart and started hedging prices.

Grain companies used to overlook the contract de ficiency when a farmer’s yield or grade didn’t meet the contract specs, but so many farmers in recent years are hedging their bets on grain prices that buyers have been enforcing contracts.

One solution would be to ensure an act of God clause in the contract and not hedging too large a portion of the crop.

While the farming community is slowly adopting the practice of hedging its bets on grain prices, Saskatchewan voters have a long way to go in hedging.

Overwhelmingly, Saskatchewan voters elect Conser vative candidates.

It would make a lot of sense to elect a smattering of candidates from the other major federal party. That way Saskatchewan gives that party some hope of winning seats and the motivation to do better by the province.

Manitoba politics has hedged its political bets for

By Ron Walter For Moose Jaw Express

generations. Even in staunchly right wing Alberta, a few Liberals are elected most elections giving that province a voice in the government caucus and in cabinet.

Saskatchewan has no voice in the government caucus or cabinet since Liberal Ralph Goodale was defeated. We are left on the outside looking in.

Occasionally a Liberal candidate makes the point that electing a Liberal would hedge our future with a voice in cabinet and caucus. Every time, the media and opposing politicians have pilloried them.

Given the strong initial support for Conservative Pierre Poilevre, it is unlikely Saskatchewan will hedge its politics.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Residents offer feedback about priorities in proposed parks and rec master plan

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Improving pathways in Wakamow Valley and ensuring there is enough money to support the community’s green spaces are two issues that Hervig Ronovsky wants to see city hall better address.

Ronovsky and his adult son, Brennan, attended an open house at the Kiwanis Lodge Pavilion in Wakamow Valley on Sept. 20, which showcased the potential priori ties in the parks and recreation department’s proposed mas ter plan. The priorities were grouped under the categories of “Development and Infrastructure,” “Service Delivery,” and “Programming.”

The parks and rec department held a similar open house later that evening at the Kinsmen Sportsplex.

The open houses are part of phase 4 of the five-phase master plan campaign.

Ronovsky — who moved to Moose Jaw a month ago — thought many pathways and trails in Wakamow Valley needed to be upgraded, including through the former Wild Animal Park.

“Yesterday … I went up the hill where there is one bench. It’s very tough to get up there because it’s all gravel, and it rained, so it was muddy,” he said. “So, I think that should be looked after.”

Other areas Ronovsky wants to see addressed include upgrading the “horrible” rotten benches at the Memorial Field Minor Fastball Diamond and installing more tennis courts and pickleball courts.

Ronovsky also thinks city hall should acquire spon sorships to pay for the upgrades to parks and rec venues. While some money can be attained from the government, it

should also come from sources closer to home.

“I think there’s a lot of big companies in Moose Jaw,” he added. “If they are community-minded, they should al locate some resources for that.”

Resident Lorna Arnold wanted to see better services for the lawn bowling venue in Crescent Park. She thought maintenance of the area was “very poor,” especially since the city neglected to pave the path to the clubhouse door while upgrading the rest of the park.

“It really felt like they were trying to get rid of us when they didn’t pave our pathway (or) grade out the ruts they made,” she said.

Installing more bike lanes throughout the communi

ty — including downtown — was something Arnold also wanted to see. She thought there were not enough lanes for people who chose that transportation.

Cassandra Dell’aquila, a landscape architect with con sulting firm EDS Group, explained that the open houses allowed the firm to present feedback it had acquired and how that feedback shapes the draft master plan.

Specifically, the data came from researching existing municipal parks and rec plans, trends and leading practices in communities of similar size, public stakeholder meet ings, workshops and Sidewalk Days.

EDS Group then condensed the information into the three categories of “Development and Infrastructure,” “Service Delivery,” and “Programming.”

Development and Infrastructure is about the physical changes or improvements to venues and facilities.

“So, we have a comprehensive trail strategy (sugges tion), so that’s the physical, tangible things people were asking for,” said Dell’aquila.

Service Delivery is how the parks and rec department offers services, whether maintenance or operation hours. Dell’aquila noted that one suggestion is to create a volun teer management database that residents can access to see what volunteer opportunities are available.

Lastly, Programming looks at the programs, events and activities in which the community can participate. For example, one suggestion is for the city to explore partner ships with nature-based programming.

“There is an increased desire for people to connect back to nature, and they want to be educated on the benefits that that brings to them,” said Dell’aquila.

After collecting the feedback from the open hous es, EDS Group will determine the priority levels for the suggestions using nine testing points. The firm will award each suggestion a score between one and five.

A final report will be presented to city council in mid-October.

Dell’aquila added that EDS Group still wants to hear from residents about this initiative. The project website — parksmasterplan.ca/moosejaw — is still open, which is good news for people who couldn’t attend the open houses.

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PUBLIC

FOR NOMINATIONS

MAYOR: VILLAGE OF HOLDFAST

COUNCILLOR: VILLAGE OF HOLDFAST (1)

will be received by the undersigned on the 5th day of October, 2022 from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the Municipal Office Holdfast, and during regular business hours on September 22nd, to October 5th, 2022 at the

Municipal Office Holdfast, 125 Roberts St.

Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location(s):

Municipal Office Holdfast, 125 Roberts St. Dated this 22nd day of September 2022.

Patti Vance Returning Officer

TAX TITLE PROPERTY FOR SALE BY TENDER

Offers will be received by the Village of Holdfast, up to 4:00 p.m., Monday, October 17, 2022.

1. Civic Address 822 Main Street Legal Description Lot 22, Block 5, Plan D968 and Lot 23, Block 5, Plan D968 Ext 16

General Comments

The Village of Holdfast reserves the right to reject any or all offers. Tenders must be received in a sealed envelope clearly marked TENDER.

For more information call Village of Holdfast (306) 488-2000.

Patti Vance Administrator

The views and opinions ex pressed in this article are those of the author, and do not neces sarily reflect the position of this publication.

A resident reviews some of the proposed priorities in the master plan. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

Resident Hervig Ronovsky speaks with Cassandra Dell’aquila, a landscape architect with consulting firm EDS Group, during an open house showcasing the pro posed parks and rec master plan. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

The next regular council meeting is MONDAY, SEPT. 26.

City council loaned the Moose Jaw Events Centre $100,000 last year to support the in-house food and bev erage services program, but it doesn’t appear the venue will repay the money.

Council awarded Spectra Venue Management Services the contract to supply food and beverages at then-Mosaic Place in June 2021. However, the manage ment company asked for financial support two months later to start the service.

Council voted 5-1 to provide up to $150,000 for the service — Spectra used $100,000 — with the expectation that the Multiplex would repay the money by Dec. 31 of that year.

Now, it doesn’t look as if that payback will occur.

During the recent regular council meeting, city ad ministration presented a second-quarter financial update that included information about the Events Centre’s fi nances. Specifically, up to June 30, the venue had netted $122,773 in profits from the food and beverage services.

During a media scrum afterward, reporters asked city manager Jim Puffalt where in the Multiplex budget up date the $100,000 was and whether it would be repaid. One reporter wondered if it was “safe to assume” that the

Events Centre netted $122,773. in profits from food and beverage

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loan wouldn’t be repaid, while the actual net profit was $22,773.

“Yeah, that’s probably a safe assumption,” Puffalt replied, but deferred to finance director Brian Acker for confirmation. “I think it’s probably preliminary to talk about it (but) they’re doing well comparable to the budget right now, but it’s still early in the year, so we’re trying to hedge a little bit.”

When asked if Spectra had repaid the money to city hall, Acker replied, “Not at this point.”

When asked if the $100,000 was essentially now part of the building subsidy since it wasn’t in the finance doc uments, Acker replied, “In effect, it’s part of the subsidy, so we will hopefully have a reduced subsidy. Less subsidy is coming back. It’s money that we don’t have to pay.”

City administration believes it is premature to talk about repaying the loan based on the second-quarter re port because the Multiplex “may have issues with cash flow,” said Puffalt.

The Events Centre spent $17,763 to acquire the Sask Tix regional ticketing program, and between January and June, netted $58,510 in revenue, the media said. Consid ering the venue netted $40,847 more than budgeted, re

porters wondered if that was sustainable long-term.

“The numbers show us very good things this quarter for the Moose Jaw Events Centre. We talk a lot about tak ing care of business and doing things that generate fund ing for the place,” said Puffalt. “As Mr. Acker said, food and beverage is sitting at $133,000 in profit. We know that we forwarded some money to get it up and running.”

Keeping food and beverage services in-house al lowed Spectra and city hall to control those parts of the business that make money, he continued. SaskTix is a good example of that belief, while the in-house food and beverage service is generating more revenues now than when it was contracted out, which is exciting.

The city will reap many benefits from its planning once the food and beverage service is around for a full year and more people return to the building to attend events, Puffalt said.

“We’re pretty excited to see those types of things happening,” he added. “And that’s what we had proposed when we went this way, was to get events back in the place, take control of the business partners that we can make money at, and that’s what we’re doing.”

Ongoing economic challenges worldwide indicate recession likely coming, report says

Economic headwinds continue to mount, inflation re mains problematically high, financial indicators are tight ening and asset prices have experienced a sharp decline, causing greater economic uncertainty worldwide, RBC Dominion Securities (RBCDS) says.

“Our GDP forecasts have been below consensus for several quarters as we anticipated deceleration in econom ic growth for 2022. This (second) quarter we have further reduced our forecast and now expect growth to be particu larly weak in 2023,” the company said in its second-quar ter global investment outlook report, which was presented during the recent city council meeting.

The main economic headwinds include high inflation, aggressive central-bank tightening, a global commodity shock, the continuation of supply-chain challenges and damage from China’s zero-tolerance COVID-19 poli cy, the report continued. This combination of headwinds means “the risk of recession is heightened over the next two years.”

RBCDS believes this poor outlook means developed nations will see combined economic GDP growth of 2.5 per cent for the rest of 2022 — less than half 5.2 per cent from last year — followed by 1.2-per-cent growth next year. Aside from 2020’s pandemic shock, the 2023 fore cast represents the weakest annual performance in more than a decade.

The company is also downgrading its emerging-mar ket growth outlook and anticipates overall growth in devel oping nations of 3.3 per cent for the rest of 2022 and 3.7 per cent next year.

“These growth rates remain well below historical lev els for emerging markets,” the report said.

Unacceptably high inflation

Inflation that has sat at multi-decade highs is the dom inant challenge, with RBC Dominion Securities’ forecasts

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above the consensus and projected pricing pressures to remain elevated in the near term before declining toward longer-term norms, the report continued.

In the short-term, supply-chain issues, a housing boom and lingering tailwinds from monetary and fiscal stimulus will likely keep inflation hot. RBCDS expects inflation to be six per cent to eight per cent for the rest of 2022 in the developed world, while inflation will “remain above nor mal” for 2023 but slightly lower.

The company expects inflation to calm because of governments dialing back monetary and fiscal stimulus, commodity prices falling and housing prices feeling the weight of interest rates. Long-term, RBCDS expects infla tion to continue falling due to factors like demographics limiting consumer price pressures.

“But we also recognize that forces such as climate change, a partial reversal of globalization and a rebalanc ing of powers between employers and employees may pro vide offsets,” said the report.

Therefore, RBC Dominion Securities expects inflation to be slightly higher than two per cent long-term compared to below two per cent during the past decade. U.S. dollar to weaken

The U.S. dollar has benefitted from risk aversion amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and from expectations that the federal reserve will hike interest rates faster than its peers, the report said.

RBCDS expects the greenback to decline in the me dium- to long-term since the dollar is meaningfully above its purchasing parity with other world currencies. Further more, the fed’s hawkishness and the expected economic weakness abroad are priced in.

Main indicators that point to the U.S. dollar peaking include a slowdown in economic activity there, a hawkish shift in tone from the European Central Bank, signs that

City of Moose Jaw Announces 2022 Tree of Significance

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Canada’s official National Tree Day was held on Sep tember 21, 2022 and from its inception in 2011, the City of Moose Jaw has been holding an annual Tree of Sig nificance program to recognize a significant tree in our local urban forest.

After reviewing nominations, the Parks and Recre ation department officially announced their choice for the award: A mature ornamental crabapple tree located at 680 MacDonald St W.

This tree was nominated because of its beauty, per fect shape and substantial size.

All Trees of Significance since the program’s in ception in 2011 may be seen at https://moosejaw.ca/ awards-programs/tree-of-significance/

The Parks & Recreation Department encourages Moose Jaw residents to take notice of, and appreciate, our urban forest.

Asian policymakers could support their currencies, and/or de-escalation in the war in Ukraine.

“Our forecasts are for the U.S. dollar to depreciate against a basket of major developed-world currencies over the year ahead,” RBC said.

RBCDS also pointed out that interest rates are rising quickly as central banks battle inflation, bond yields are surging and alleviating valuation risks, equities are facing a deep rout and profit outlooks are vulnerable amid slow ing growth worldwide.

PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF MOOSE JAW

All Departments in City Hall will be closed on:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

(The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation)

In addition, there will be NO TRANSIT SERVICE on Friday, September 30, 2022

Give Back to your Notorious Community and Apply for a Position on a City Committee or Board Today

Moose Jaw City Council is seeking passionate Moose Javians who want to make a positive impact within one of our City-led committees and boards.

If you are 18 years of age or older, a Canadian citizen, a full-time resident of Moose Jaw and have the knowledge, leadership and energy to make a di erence, click the Boards, Committees and Commissions page at www.moosejaw.ca to nd the committee, board or commission that aligns with your interests, including:

• Community Clean-Up Committee

• Cultural Diversity Advisory Committee

• Heritage Advisory Committee

• Parks, Recreation and Facilities Advisory Committee

• Public Art Committee

• Public Works, Infrastructure and Environment Advisory Committee

• Special Needs Advisory Committee

• Moose Jaw Public Library Board

• Palliser Regional Library Board

• Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners

As a member, you will provide input and advice to City Councillors and other engaged residents that will help shape decisions on important issues that impact life in the City of Moose Jaw.

City Council values inclusivity, respect and trust and invites participation from community members in the decision-making process. Nominees will have been recruited through an inclusive, transparent, and equitable process and appointments made by City Council will re ect these objectives.

Deadline for completing applications is Friday, October 14, 2022. For more information, you can also contact the O ce of the City Clerk at cclerk@moosejaw.ca or 306-694-4424.

The 2022 Tree of Significance is a beautiful, perfect ly- shaped ornamental crabapple tree located at 680 MacDonald St. W in Moose Jaw.

Musical family brings 50s and 60s rock and roll to Moose Jaw

On October 9, the Mae Wilson Theatre will host Relive the Music 50s & 60s Rock ‘n Roll, a pedal-to-the-met al trip into music history with trivia, tributes, memories, and, of course, the greatest hits from two of modern mu sic’s most influential decades.

Steve Marshall is an entrepreneur and musician from BC who created the show with the help of his multi-tal ented family members.

“My daughter Kimi is our guitar player, my youngest daughter Zenia is one of the main singers, my wife Lui sa Marshall is a world-renowned … Tina Turner tribute artist who stars as many artists in the show,” Marshall ex plained. “I’m the drummer, and my sister-in-law is anoth er of the main singers.”

Marshall has been hosting live bands at his pub, Dad dy Cools in Haida Gwaii, since the late 1980s. One of the bands that played at Daddy Cools was headlined by Luisa Mendez, who became Marshall’s wife — and he became her drummer.

Together they created the Luisa Marshall Band, which has since earned a reputation as a high-energy, in ternationally touring cover band.

Marshall has been a bar owner for 35 years. He is a self-described “boomer” — he’s 66 — and a car enthusi ast. He said his background and having a musical family is the reason that a ‘50s and ‘60s throwback show has simmered in the back of his mind for over 20 years now.

For a long time, my family kind of ignored me when I spoke about it, he said. He made a song list anyway, going through the painful process of trimming it down

until it could fit in a 60-minute stage format.

When the Port Theatre in Nanaimo agreed to do a showing, the Marshall/ Mendez clan perked up and re alized Relive the Music could actu ally happen.

Since then, Steve, Luisa, Lu isa’s sister Tota, and daughters Kimi and Zenia have headlined for 19 standing ova tions and sold-out shows throughout 2018/2019.

COVID was a speedbump, no doubt, but Marshall and the rest of the cast are eager to begin playing, singing, and dancing again.

“We’ve been described as (similar to) the Von Trapp/ Partridge families,” Marshall said.

The full cast and crews consists of:

• SINGERS

Luisa Marshall Zenia Marshall Tota Mendez

John Pippus Scott Walters Eli Williams

• BAND Drums: Steve Marshall

Guitar: Kim Kaos

Keyboards: Jojo Palermo

Bass: Marlowe Mata

Sax / Flute / Percussion: Denis Timoshenko

• DANCERS

Makai Genovese

Rick Genovese

• SOUND

Kurtis Hannas

Relive the Music has three dates in Saskatchewan. On Oct. 7 they will be in Regina at the Conexus Arts Cen tre Theatre. On the 8th they will perform in Saskatoon at the TCU Place Sid Buckwold Theatre, and on the 9th they will be in Moose Jaw before continuing to Manitoba.

The Moose Jaw Express has eight tickets to the show, which will be given away as part of a contest.

The deadline for contest entries is Sept. 30 at noon. Entries will be drawn the same day. Forms for the contest can be cut of the paper and dropped off, or filled out at our office at 468 High Street West.

Tickets can be bought online at Sasktix.ca. Learn more about the show at ReliveTheMusic.ca.

Artist profile with Beth Crabb:

Combining practical and beautiful with basket weaving

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Beth Crabb has been a basketeer — a person who weaves baskets — for over 30 years, after taking a basketry course in Crete, Nebraska in 1991. Since then, she has taught herself from books and through trial and error to weave masterpieces recognized across the country.

She’s been a teacher at art schools in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC, and at many local guild workshops and art galleries. Crabb has also produced artwork in pottery and watercolour painting.

Crabb’s husband Byron is a retired veterinarian and a carver in bone, wood, and stone. His masterworks are of the animals he spent his career tending to, and the couple have enjoyed working and teaching together throughout their marriage.

In 2007, they travelled together to Ottawa for Canada Day, representing the Moose Jaw arts community, which Crabb said was a true honour.

Beth and Byron Crabb share artist’s initials, and By ron enjoys carving a tiny crab as his mark. A sign at the door of their home “warns” that “two old crabs live here.”

“I think I’ve probably been an artist my whole life,” Crabb muses. “Always sketching as a kid, that kind of thing. Probably the first thing I did, though, to pursue art aside from just sketching was a basketry class down in Crete, Nebraska. We were going down there because By ron was taking a carving course, learning how to do antler carvings.”

She had intended to treat the trip as a holiday. While browsing a brochure from the school, however, she no ticed a basketry course was being offered as well.

“I’ve always been intrigued by baskets, like, how do they happen? I didn’t understand. So, I took a week-long class down there, and that was it.”

She hasn’t taken any further basketry classes, aside from one or two for willow-weaving.

Willow is substantially different from the reed Crabb normally uses. The tough, stiff twigs must be steamed and bent and hand-worked into compliance — a difficult pro cess that results in aching hands.

Her materials (rattan, also called reed) are imported from Southeast Asia, the only place rattan grows in quan

tity. The necessity of importing reed can be a barrier to those wanting to start in the craft, she admits.

“If you want to do willow basketry, fine, there’s wil low everywhere,” Crabb explains. “But reed only grows in other parts of the world… There’s a lot more basket weavers in the States, so I bring mine in from there.”

Reed can be flat, semi-rounded, or rounded depend ing on the shape of the final basket. The width and thick ness of the stem also varies.

Leaving the stems their natural colour is popular with basketeers. Part of the artform’s attraction is its thousands of years of history as a practical technology. Allowing the pale, gentle colour to speak for itself is traditional.

“I really encourage anybody who takes one of my classes to take what you’ve made home and love it and use it,” Crabb said. “It wants to be used, it wants to be part of your life.”

The beauty of functional art does intersect with co lour, though — and with the artist’s attempt to capture memory, emotion, and concept through abstraction.

“To me, this was a really fun, favourite piece that I did for a show at the (MJMAG) once. We had been in New Zealand and driving along the coastal roads. You’re looking right down at the sea, and in one spot there was this little cove and all the seagrass was just swirling, and the ocean colours and I thought, ‘Oh… I have to try and do that.’”

Crabb uses high-tech cold-water dyes — necessitat ing goggles, gloves, and a respirator — when she needs colour. It doesn’t fade, and with experience — and oodles of notepaper — she has learned to get just the blend and shade she wants.

“I’d also been given all these oyster shells that were clustered together… and I got the blend of the green and the blue, and then sort of the wild tendrils coming up. It was really fun to have that memory and to try to capture it.”

Crabb is as much a businessperson as an artist, she notes, but she does sell her work and take commissions. She is a juried member of the Saskatchewan Craft Coun cil, which helps her sell her pieces at shows throughout the province.

Contact Beth at bbcrabb@icloud.com or by calling 306-690-4424 for more information.

Beth will be teaching a basketry class at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery (MJM&AG) on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Students will complete a basket, start to finish, in one day. Sign up at mjmag.ca/ art-class/basketmaking.

She will also be at the MJM&AG gift shop on Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the 10th annual Moostle toe Artists Studio Tour. Tour participants will meet Crabb alongside Indigenous beadwork artist Jazenta Saultier. They will be answering questions and displaying some of their work.

[This article is part of MooseJawToday.com’s coverage of local artists for the Moostletoe tour. Watch for further articles as the date approaches.]

Congratulations New Parents!

Nirja & Nikung Soni of Moose Jaw

Sept. 18, 2022

12:53 am

Female 6lbs, 12oz

Eden McNabb & Matthew Horwath of Briercrest Sept. 20, 2022

1:34 am

Male 8lbs, 1oz

Shayla & Garrett Paradis of Coronach

Sept. 20, 2022

4:11 am

Male 6lbs, 3oz

Sept. 20, 2022 5:08 pm

Female 6lbs, 14oz

Sept. 21, 2022

8:07 am

Male 9lbs

Jesslyn & Jonathan Moore of Moose Jaw

Sept. 22, 2022 8:25 pm

Female 8lbs, 0oz

Brandy Marvin & Levi Swain of Moose Jaw

Sept. 24, 2022

1:39 pm

Female 5lbs, 12oz

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Relive the Music ‘50s & ‘60s Rock ‘n Roll show (supplied)

This piece captures the memory of a New Zealand holiday, a coastal road, and a cove filled with waving seagrass. photo by Gordon Edgar

Kirsten & Josiah Ball of Assiniboia

Cassie & Leon McCann of Assiniboia

Folk musician’s latest album focuses on expressing anger in modern society

Folk musician Sarah Hiltz’s latest album, “Calm Fury,” came about after she spent three years researching how people — es pecially women — experience, express, and repress anger in modern society.

Hiltz kicked off The Calm Fury Tour on Sept. 8 in Toronto and is heading west to promote the 11-song album, her fourth since 2009.

The Chatham, Ont.-born singer-song writer brings her show to Moose Jaw on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at The Hive on Main Street. Her friend, Rebekah Hawker, will open and join her for some songs during the main show.

Their combined show features two distinct and contrasting sets, full of en gaging songs, humour, storytelling and well-arranged moments of harmony and collaboration.

Hiltz’s work during the last decade landed her a Folk Music Ontario’s Songs from the Heart award (political category), opening slots for Canadian icons Gordon Lightfoot and Ron Hynes, a top-3 place ment in nation-wide music competition She’s The One, a Best Folk Album nomi nation via the Toronto Independent Music Awards and an invitation to give a TEDx talk in 2014.

Excited to perform

“I’m really quite excited. It’s the first tour that I’m doing since fall of 2019 … ,” Hiltz told the Moose Jaw Express. “I’m re ally excited to share these songs with peo ple for the first time … because I haven’t been playing a lot of shows.

“So I’m very excited to share that and I’m also excited to go on a road trip with my pal (Hawker),” the folk musician laughed. “I love that drive across Canada. And I think it’s a beautiful time of year to do it.”

Hiltz believes that songs aren’t truly finished until they are performed for oth ers. While she can write lyrics for herself, the magical part is sharing that work with others. This is one reason she has missed performing live during the past few years.

Researching anger

Hiltz began researching the theme of anger during a residency at the Banff Cen tre for Arts and Creativity in March 2019.

The songs from that process focus on how anger is processed in the body, com munication with others, female anger and the male response, how anger is used as

energy, self-directed anger, justified anger, creativity and anger, and spirituality and prayer. Various media, video footage and texts from interviews with other musicians were also sources of inspiration.

Hiltz released “Calm Fury” on March 4, 2022, but she was in Alberta research ing a new project when the album came out. She returned to Toronto and began planning the album’s official launch but faced continued pandemic lockdowns and restrictions.

“I’m self-managed, so … I don’t have the capacity to do that (planning tours) and have it be cancelled while I had other projects on the go,” she said. “So I thought I just better play it safe and wait a little while.”

Expressing emotion

Hiltz named her album “Calm Fury” because, while anger is a volatile and high-intensity emotion, she wanted to learn new ways to express it constructive ly. Sometimes people become angry about unimportant things, while sometimes they become angry for good reasons and should act on that emotion.

“But if it’s expressed in a way that is destructive to other people and relation ships, then it … leads to more problems,” she said. “That’s what I was finding with myself, because I’m the type of person who repressed anger in my life. So when I realized that about myself, I wanted to try to learn how to express it.

“It kind of just went really poorly,” Hiltz continued with a laugh, “because I learned that in my life growing up. And I didn’t like the person that I was. That is what kind of initiated this project …

“So ‘Calm Fury’ is the idea of being able to hold the emotion of anger without letting it overtake you.”

Big step creatively

Hiltz is pleased with the 11 songs she wrote and believes the album is the best she’s created. She teamed with a Montre al producer to create the album, while she worked with great musicians to craft the songs.

“I feel like it’s definitely a big step forward for me creatively,” she said.

Hiltz had never taken a thematic “deep dive” on her previous albums but appreciated this opportunity since she could pursue a topic wholeheartedly. She enjoyed compiling the data she acquired

CELEBRATING SENIORS

Senior Week is once again upon us and we want take the time to celebrate the seniors in our community and thank them for everything they have done for us.

Moose Jaw & District Seniors Association en courages the community to come and celebrate the afternoon with them at T. Eaton Centre, located at . There will be a guest speaker on Monday Sept 26th @1:30pm; a police officer will do a talk on Fraud and Scams on Tuesday, September 27th @ 1:00pm. On Friday September 30th between 8am and 10am there will be a pancake breakfast held for MJ & District Seniors As sociation members and seniors in the commu nity put on by Medavie Health Service.

On Behalf of Moose Jaw & District Seniors Assoc. Inc., HAPPY SE NIORS WEEK!!

and turning it into music.

“If you listen to the songs on the al bum, most of them don’t sound like their angry songs. They’re telling stories and expressing heartfelt emotional situations,” she said. “There is a heartfelt ballad that sounds right out of a musical that tells the story of a neighbour of mine … .

“But if people want to dive deeper into it with me, then that’s all there for them to go below the surface.”

Future projects

Hiltz might be promoting her newest album, but she is already working on the theme of her next album. That work last winter led to unexpected life changes that created a season of uncertainty and left her feeling uncomfortable.

The newest theme, “The Exit Inter view,” explores the idea of “liminality,” similar to being in limbo or between two periods of life. Hiltz connected it to win ter farming practices in Canada, a limin al time when crops are not growing and producers are waiting for good weather to return.

“And there’s nothing you can do. You’re just stuck waiting in the uncertain ty of it,” she chuckled. “And obviously, we know from the season that eventually winter is over.”

Visiting Alberta farms showed the folk musician that farmers take uncertainty in stride, whereas she likes having control and knowing all the details beforehand.

“I conceived of this project before the pandemic, but I feel like now, the idea of trying to learn to be better with holding uncertainty is something that we all could probably make use of … ,” Hiltz added. “I’m in the middle of that research right now.”

(l-r) President Robert Andrews, Mayor Clive Tolley and Administra tor Tanya Legare

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Toronto-based folk musician Sarah Hiltz is coming to The Hive in Moose Jaw on Tuesday, Oct. 4 as part of her “The Calm Fury Tour” to promote her fourth studio album. Photo submitted

Killing of five kids in 1918 remains Moose Jaw’s worst mass murder

While the massacre that killed 11 people in the James Smith First Nation and Vil lage of Weldon is Saskatchewan’s worst mass murder, the killing of five children in Moose Jaw in 1918 is this community’s worst massacre.

Newspaper clippings from the Moose Jaw Daily News and two books by com munity author Bruce Fairman — “Moose Jaw: 1905-1930” and “Moose Jaw Mur ders and Other Deaths” — tell the grue some tale of a father who slaughtered his five kids because of job problems.

New beginnings

Walter Edward Bromley and his fam ily immigrated to Winnipeg from England in 1911, where he acquired a job with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). He worked hard and was later promoted and transferred to Kenora, Ont.

CPR bosses again promoted him in April 1918, gave him a substantial raise and transferred him to Moose Jaw, where he rented a home at Ominica Street East. The Friendly City was then a main point for the CPR and the freight shed was a busy place requiring an efficient and orga nized mind.

Bromley’s promotion came at the right time because he and his wife were proud parents of twin girls born in Au gust 1917. They already had two other girls, ages seven and five, while their old est child Norman, 9, was partially handi capped.

The end of the beginning

In early September 1918, Bromley’s bosses called him into the office, demoted him, and cut his pay significantly.

“In truth, the demotion was not real ly a complete surprise for Walter. He had been struggling in his new position since he had arrived in the city,” Fairman wrote.

“He just could not seem to get a handle on it. He no sooner solved one problem when two more appeared.”

Boxes were piled everywhere in the office, while many shipments were lost entirely. Bromley’s bosses regularly ex pressed their disappointment in him, which affected his mind and confidence.

The pay cut hit Bromley hard and he became depressed. He became concerned that his reduced income would be insuf ficient to cover his large family’s living expenses — including food.

A bloody night

On the evening of Sept. 17, 1918, Bromley sent his wife to the movies, the first time she had been away from the kids since they moved to Moose Jaw. She was pleased to take a much-needed break.

Bromley later went upstairs and me thodically killed each of the children. First, he killed Norman in his bed. Then he went and did the same to daughters, Dul cie, 7, and Ivy, 5. He then brought the twin babies, Doris and Joan, aged 14 months, into Norman’s room and murdered them.

Bromley’s wife returned around 11 p.m. to find her husband outside with the front door locked. He calmly advised her that he had killed the children and refused her entry into the home.

“Mrs. Bromley started running back and forth along the length of the veranda, screaming at the top of her lungs that her husband had killed their babies,” Fairman said.

Call the police

Her screams awoke neighbours Wil liam and Jessie Stephens, prompting Mrs. Stephens to look out the window and inquire about the situation. While Mrs. Bromley was agitated — she repeatedly screamed, “He has killed my babies!” — Mr. Bromley was quite composed.

Another neighbour, Ben Kite, came and asked if he could help. Mrs. Bromley repeated her words to him, prompting him to ask Mr. Bromley if it was true that he had killed their babies.

“You can believe it if you like,” Mr. Bromley calmly replied. When asked if he refused to let his wife enter the home, he said, “I guess it is.”

When Kite asked if he could enter, Mr. Bromley remarked, “It’s too late now. One of the children made me mad and I must have gotten excited and killed them all.”

When Kite asked Bromley whether he should call the police, the latter said, “Suit yourself.”

To the police station

The Bromleys walked downtown and entered the police station around 12:30 a.m., where Mr. Bromley handed the housekeys to duty officer Const. J.H. Wensley and calmly said that he had mur dered his five children.

The officer took Bromley into cus tody and found [the weapon used in the murders] — covered in dried blood — in his back pocket. Safely in a cell, Bromley gave his statement to the police chief and admitted his guilt.

Police advised coroner Dr. Hourigan of the situation and sent him to the home. There he found the children dead and sent the bodies to the Broadfoot Brothers Fu neral Home, where Dr. G. Bawden could examine them.

Bawden confirmed that the children were killed with a sharp instrument. .

Community reacts

“Wm. Bromley confesses to having committed murder,” a headline blared from the Sept. 18 Moose Jaw Daily News, while the sub-head read: “Terrible murder of family of five little ones thrills city this morning; mother was at picture show at time of crime.”

Police took Bromley to court on Sept. 18 and charged him with murder. A pre liminary inquiry was held on Sept. 20, which determined he was fit to stand trial.

A quick trial

During his trial at Court of King’s Bench, Bromley’s defence was that of insanity, while he attempted to show that such mental illness ran in the family. The plea was unsuccessful, however, and the jury quickly found him guilty.

When asked if he had anything to say, Bromley replied, “No.”

The judge sentenced Bromley on Aug. 16, 1919, to hang in Regina on Aug. 21. The sentence was later changed to life in prison at the Prince Albert Penitentiary after the Crown prosecutor convinced the judge that Bromley “had some attributes of a person suffering from mental delir ium.”

The Bromleys’ five children lie in one unmarked grave in the Moose Jaw Ceme tery in Block 32, Lot 4.

In the official cemetery record books, a handwritten comment for the entry to the gravedigger says, “Dig deeper. Two coffins are going into the grave.”

The Harpauer Hometown Hockey and Rodeo Tax

The “Harpauer Hometown Hockey and Rodeo Tax” begins October 1, 2022. Al though the government calls it the “… entertainment and recreation PST expan sion”, it’s a small city and small town hockey and Rodeo tax.

For example, if you go to a rodeo or hockey game in Weyburn, Melville, Moose Jaw or any other community, the “Harpauer Hometown Hockey and Rodeo Tax” increases the price by 6%.

To be fair, Minister Harpauer did suggest ‘little rodeos’ would be exempt. But why should fans attending the Maple

By Richard Dowson

Creek or Swift Current Rodeo have to pay 6% more while people in Big Beaver pay nothing?

Cutting Horse competitions? 6% more. A Terriers and Hawks hockey game? 6% more.

The “Harpauer Hometown Hockey and Rodeo Tax” even extends to: golf, hunting, curling, historic sites, fairs, trade show, movies, museums and more.

On August 23, 2022 the Government announced: “Saskatchewan is forecasting a surplus of $1.04 billion for 2022-23.”

On August 24, 2022 the Government

announced people will get a $500 cheque. Why Increase Taxes?

The Government isn’t broke.

The Government doesn’t need more

money – heck, they are giving some away.

It really doesn’t make sense. Not when people are struggling with the high er cost of everything.

The “Harpauer Hometown Hockey and Rodeo Tax” only adds misery to the lives of those who want a diversion in these tough times by; going to a movie; hunting; attending a Humbolt Broncos and Kindersley Klippers hockey game –or watching Barrel Racing.

The “Harpauer Hometown Hockey and Rodeo Tax” seems to be a really dumb idea.

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The murder of five children was the main headline on The City Page of the Daily News on Sept. 18, 1918. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

The Broadfoot Brothers Funeral Home. Photo from Bruce Fairman book, “Moose Jaw Murders.”

A clipping from the Moose Jaw Daily News from Aug. 16, 1919. Photo by Ja son G. Antonio

Warriors’ Calvert returns to Warriors from Buffalo Sabres rookie tournament

You never know what to expect when you’re heading into your first taste of the National Hockey League, but for Moose Jaw Warriors forward Atley Calvert it was a posi tive experience all-around.

The 19-year-old Moose Jaw Minor Hockey and Prai rie Hockey Academy product was back at Warriors prac tice last Wednesday morning after spending the previous week playing for the Buffalo Sabres in their annual Pros pects Challenge tournament.

It was just a taste of the highest level of hockey -the event featured rookie teams from six NHL clubs play ing a week-long pre-season tournament -- but it was one Calvert enjoyed being a part of.

“It was a pretty good experience, I just tried to take as much as I could from it,” Calvert said. “It was a blast and I had a great time.”

Calvert turned some heads in his time at the event. He was listed among five players to watch by FanSided’s sabrenoise.com, and as the event kicked into high gear, was among a handful of skaters who drew rave reviews for their play on the Sabres’ fourth line.

As for the games themselves, Calvert pointed to the main difference almost every WHL player sees at that lev el, but was happy to be able to adjust as things progressed.

“It was fast, but at the end of the day you’re still play ing hockey,” Calvert said. “So I just tried to keep it simple and just have as much fun as a could… everything is just amped up to another level and you just have to play. Even

tually, you get used to it and I learned a lot about that level so it was a good experience.”

Calvert has made a penchant throughout his career of not being afraid to go into the hard areas, and he didn’t deviate from that style of game down south.

“It was good bouncing around with those guys,” he said. “A lot of them are bigger and stronger but it’s no different than bumping into people out here or up there, it’s all the same for me.”

Of course, this is still the NHL we’re talking about. The tournament was just the first step in a lifelong dream of playing with and against the best in the world, and it was hard not to be a little wide-eyed at the whole thing.

“It was pretty cool,” Calvert said. “It’s very profes sional, they have a great organization up there and I was proud to be a part of it for a week.”

You don’t leave an event like that without picking up a few tips and tricks, too, with the Sabres encouraging Calvert to continue playing his style of game on his return to the Warriors.

“Just take what you learned here and keep working hard,” he said of Buffalo’s exit message. “They said to keep the pace as fast as you can, just try and get better, take what you learned here back to your team and play your hardest.”

The Warriors are back in action on Friday, Sept. 30 when they host the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

With NHL Draft looming, Warriors’ Yager looking forward to an impressive season

Moose Jaw Warriors forward Brayden Yager has been waiting for this season for a long, long time.

Perhaps its a bit of a coincidence that his National Hockey League draft season coincides with one of the most promising Moose Jaw Warriors teams in recent his tory, but one thing is for certain -- ever since his arrival as an elite prospect, all roads have led to 2022-23 and what Yager can accomplish leading up to the June 28 weekend in Nashville.

“It’s obviously going to be a big year,” Yager said after practice last Wednesday afternoon. “I try not to think about it too much, but it’s going to be fun going through the whole draft process and stuff, so I’m looking forward to it.”

Yager first started attracting attention when as a 12-year-old he put up 35 goals and 59 points with the Mar tensville Marauders in the Sask AA U15 Hockey League. A season later, and there was no doubt scouts of all sorts would be keeping a close eye on the Saskatoon product for the foreseeable future -- 44 goals and 103 points in only 31 games will do that for a player.

Yager joined the Saskatoon Contacts of the Sask Male AAA Hockey League for his 14-year-old year and put up 18 goals and 42 points, leading the burgeoning scoring star to apply for exceptional player status so he could play in the WHL at 15. That request was denied, but it didn’t matter in the end. The pandemic quickly washed out the 2020-21 SMAAAHL campaign, and when the WHL put together the East Divison Hub in January, Yager joined the Warriors full time.

He put up seven goals and 18 points in his first taste of junior hockey, and when things returned mostly to nor mal last season, it was breakout time -- 34 goals, 59 points

in 63 games and Canadian Hockey League rookie of the year honours.

“I think growing up I was always one of the better players and there’s pressure that comes with that, but I’ve learned to deal with it,” Yager said of his continuous elite status. “I think I do a pretty good job dealing with pres sure and kind of setting it aside and having fun.”

That’s not to say he hasn’t noticed things ramping up. Media attention alone is one sure sign -- Yager has been interviewed by TSN already this season and is ranked

fourth among all skaters by the sports channel’s director of scouting Craig Button -- as is what will be an inevita ble plethora of NHL staff looking to chat with him in the coming months.

“I’ve talked to a couple already, and it’s been really good,” Yager said. “They’re such great hockey minds so it’s nice to be able to ask questions and learn about the game and what it takes to get to the next level.

“Obviously it’s been cool, and throughout the year I plan to be a sponge and learn as much as I can… I’m just going to enjoy it when there are people who want to talk to me and just take in the entire process.”

Now, on to the matter at hand.

Any success Yager has will undoubtedly translate into team success for the Warriors, and with a crew that could have as many as eight NHL draftees and prospects in their line-up; with some luck, the sky’s the limit for their success.

“We have a really good feeling in the room right now, we’re super excited that we have a really good group here,” Yager said. “I think this is kind of our year to kind of go for it, there will be quite a few guys gone next year so we’re looking forward to a really good season.”

Getting off to a strong start will be important, not only to stake a spot at the top of the standings but also for the team’s mental state as a whole.

“I think lots of teams know we’re going to be a good team this year, so I think getting off to a good start will be a lot better for our confidence in the room,” Yager said. “It’s nice knowing that we’re supposed to be one of the better teams and getting off to a good start will be good to get that swagger on the ice.”

Moose Jaw Minor Hockey product happy with first taste of National Hockey League action after playing in Prospects Challenge

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Team and personal success both major goals for 17-year-old forward heading into 2022-23 WHL campaign

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Warriors forward Atley Calvert celebrates after the winning goal against the Winnipeg Ice on Snowbirds Night during the 2021-22 season.

Moose Jaw Warriors forward Brayden Yager is look ing forward to joining Denton Mateychuk and Jagger Firkus in the ranks of the NHL this summer.

Warriors split opening weekend with Regina Pats

It isn’t often a Western Hockey League team splits their first two games of the sea son, including a loss in their home open er, and still receives plenty of praise from their head coach.

But for the Moose Jaw Warriors, that was exactly the case.

The Warriors won their opening game of the season 5-4 over the Regina Pats in Regina on Friday night before dropping a 6-3 decision to the Pats back home at the Moose Jaw Events Centre in their home opener 24 hours later.

While things didn’t go all that well in game two of the season, it was that opening win that was most impressive -the Warriors fielded a line-up filled with rookies and youngsters and showed a ton of resiliency in picking up the victory on the road.

“I think it’s real important first of all that we got the win [Friday] night,” said Warriors head coach Mark O’Leary. “Coming into opening weekend you cer tainly don’t want to lose two, but getting that first win puts us in a good spot. We would have liked to have had the win [Sat urday] but one out of two isn’t that bad.”

Making the win all the more impres sive is who contributed on the scoresheet. Rookie Ben Riche scored his first two WHL goals, including the game-winner late in the third period, and Lynden Lakov ic also scored his first as a Warrior.

Veterans Atley Calvert -- who re turned only a few days earlier from Buffa lo Sabres camp -- and Josh Hoekstra also scored for Moose Jaw.

Overager Connor Ungar got the start in net and was outstanding, making a handful of huge saves and finishing with

35 stops on the night.

A day later, well, Connor Bedard hap pened.

The Pats phenom was held off the scoresheet in the opener but had a hat trick and four points at the Moose Jaw Events Centre as Regina scored five unanswered in the win.

The difference was the number of turnovers and miscues as the game pro gressed, something O’Leary chalked up to inexperience.

“As the game went along, puck man agement began to be an issue and credit to Regina, they work hard and create turn overs,” O’Leary said. “But we’re a young group learning their way through things here and I’m really proud of how they han dled the two games, for sure…

we also had a lot of opportunities at the other end of the ice and that’s excit

ing for the young guys coming up. There’s something to look forward to with a lot of skill and it’s a matter of growing and maturing and then those mistakes won’t happen.”

Brayden Yager finished the night with a goal and three points, while Nathan Pill

ing scored his first of the season and Atley Calvert had the Warriors other goal.

Jackson Ungar had 33 saves in taking the loss.

Now to deal with not just the elephant in the room, but a whole herd of pachy derms.

The Warriors were missing no less than seven regulars from their line-up in the two games, six of those currently at National Hockey League camps.

That includes defencemen Max Wan ner (Edmonton), Cole Jordan (Calgary) and Denton Mateychuk (Columbus) along with forwards Eric Alarie (Los Angeles), Martin Rysavy (Columbus) and Jagger Firkus (Seattle). Forward Robert Baco also sat out the final game of his five-game suspension.

The Warriors received their first piece of good news in that direction prior to the game, with Jordan being returned to the team by the Flames. A day later, the Kings sent Alarie back to Moose Jaw, and expec tations are the majority of that crew will be back in a Warriors uniform in the near future.

“There’s seven guys we’re expecting to be back in the line-up, maybe as early as next weekend and that certainly changes the look of our team,” O’Leary said. “But at the same time it was a great learning ex perience for these young guys. I think we made real steps getting back to our identity as a team and whoever is in the line-up, we’ll be a better team next week than we were this week.”

The Warriors are back in action on Friday, Sept. 30 when they host the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

Vanier remains undefeated in girls soccer with win over Weyburn

The Vanier Spirits are happy with their start to the Moose Jaw High School Ath letic Association girls soccer season, al though there’s lots of season still to come and a lot to improve on.

The Spirits improved to 2-0 on the campaign with a 4-0 victory over the Weyburn Eagles last Wednesday night at Canada Games Field, with the local squad doing all their damage in the first half.

“Initially, our first half was really good, we were able to pass the ball really effectively and execute the plays we were working on, but the second half exposed our lack of cardio again,” said Spirits coach Daniel Atkins, looking back to their season-opening win over Central a week earlier. “We were definitely running out of gas, so we have a lot to work on in practice with cardio and lots of positioning.”

When they were at full steam, the Spirits certainly looked the part of twotime defending 4A girls provincial soccer champions.

Michaela DeCorby and Cadence Ol son each scored twice in the opening half, and solid goaltending from Rylan Morhart despite a handful of Weyburn chances kept the clean sheet intact.

“(Rylan) was outstanding,” Atkins said. “She was flawless back there, made all the right choices and maybe it’s fitting since it’s her birthday today.”

It certainly didn’t hurt Vanier to have a bit of luck on their side, as the Eagles did have their opportunities but didn’t have

the same level of finish as the Spirits had.

“We got lucky a few times, they had just as many chances early as we did, but we were able to finish our goals while they hit the posts,” Atkins said.

With the hot start to the campaign, the inevitable comparisons begin -- can the Spirits make it a three-peat as provincial champions?

“We’re on the path, but we have a lot of work to do before we’re as confi dent as we have been in the past,” Atkins said. “We knew we had to work hard to get there, and we did work hard and we did get here. So I’m hopeful that will happen once again, but it’s always a new situation, a new combination of girls and we still have lots to do.”

When it comes to league play, there’s still the 900-pound gorilla waiting in the wings in the form of a pair of 5A power houses. Vanier faces Yorkton Regional on Saturday, Oct. 1 before closing out the reg ular season against the 12-time defending league champion Swift Current Ardens on Thursday, Oct. 6 in their final game of the regular season.

“With Yorkton’s team and Swift’s team, we need to really gear up to com pete well with them,” Atkins said. “I know and I think they know that we need work harder and know our positions better and have a better system. So it’s nice to start off with a couple wins, but we have a lot of work to do to get ready for regionals and provincials.”

First-half surge, solid goaltending lead to 4-0 victory as Spirits improve to 2-0 in Moose Jaw High School Athletic Association season

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Action from the Moose Jaw high school girls soccer contest between the Vanier Spirits and Weyburn Eagles on Wednesday night.

Moose Jaw battles to 5-4 win in season-opener in Regina before falling 6-3 to Pats in home opener

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The Warriors nearly had a goal on this play, only to have the puck deflect wide of the net.

Moose Jaw’s Atley Calvert battles Regi na defender Layton Feist for the puck.

Winmar Warriors open SMAAAHL campaign with pair of wins over Battlefords

The Moose Jaw Winmar Warriors couldn’t have asked for a better start to their Sas katchewan Male AAA Hockey League regular season.

The key now will be to keep the pro gression they’ve already seen moving in a positive direction and string together plen ty of wins in the early going of the 202223 campaign.

The Warriors kicked off their cam paign with a hard-fought 4-3 victory over the Battlefords Stars in their home opener on Friday night before rolling to an 8-4 win in the rematch Saturday afternoon, giving themselves a quick 2-0 record to open the season.

“We’re happy with the start obvious ly,” said Warriors head coach Trevor We isgerber. “Last night I thought we played very well as a group and today was a bit sloppy, but that’s a quick turnaround and that’s a little bit to be expected… We defi nitely have some stuff to work on, but all in all, we came out with four points and I’m just happy with the work ethic and the compete level. That’s a good sign, so we’ll keep working on the other stuff.”

Things were plenty interesting in the first game of the weekend, as Dylan Du zan scored the game-winning goal 3:47 into the third period and the Warriors held off a late charge by Battlefords to secure the win.

Caleb Potter and Jake Briltz gave Moose Jaw a 2-1 lead out of the first peri od and Rhett Perrin scored their lone goal in the second for a 3-2 edge.

Ryan Bain made 24 saves in taking the win.

There were no such dramatics on Saturday afternoon, as the Warriors took a 3-0 lead out of the first period and nev

er looked back, tacking on three goals in the second and a pair in the third for their comfortable win.

Team captain Ryder Knutson had two goals and an assist, while Liam Fitzpatrick had a goal and two helpers to go along with single markers from Bryce Boughen, Grady Hoffman, Connor Miller and Rhett Perrin.

Potter added three assists to sit tied with Fitzpatrick for the SMAAAHL scor ing lead with a goal and five points, albe it before the majority of the league had

played their second game.

Ryan Hicks had 25 saves in the victory.

Weisgerber pointed to how quickly the team has picked up on certain aspects of the game as a key to their weekend success.

“I think a lot of it comes down to pro gressing and working in the right direc tion,” he said. “You see a lot of positives, which is good, and for this early in the year with quite a few young guys as well, it’s good to see them doing things prop erly. We talk about habits all the time and it’s good to see progress already in that direction.”

One thing that’s for certain is they’ll need much more of the same if they’re to reach an early season goal --- a spot in the top four in the league standings at the end of November and a berth in the prestigious Mac’s AAA World Invitational Hockey Tournament.

“We have a pretty favourable sched ule, for the first month and a bit the major ity of our games are at home,” Weisgerber said. “So we want to start out well and I think it’s in the back of everyone’s mind that we want to qualify for the Mac’s and you need a good start if that’s the case. Now we’ll have a good week of practices so we can work on some stuff and get back at it next weekend.”

The Winmar Warriors are back in ac tion on Saturday, Oct. 1 against the Tisdale Trojans, with puck drop at 7 p.m. at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

Warriors to rebrand after ‘historic’ sponsorship agreement with Winmar

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The Moose Jaw AAA Warriors have signed a major sponsorship agreement with Win mar Property Restoration that will see the club re-branded as the Moose Jaw Winmar Warriors AAA Hockey Club.

“This is a historic day for our hockey club to have a long-term major sponsor,” said Patrick Boyle, general manager for the Moose Jaw Winmar Warriors. “Win mar is a trusted, professional, and proud ly Canadian company whose values align closely with our hockey club and we are thrilled to be part of the Winmar family.”

The agreement signed is for five years but is intended to be the beginning of a long-term partnership.

A Warriors press release from Boyle states that “Just as the Winmar Warriors battle on the ice, Winmar helps Canadians battle their restoration projects.”

Pete Iatridis, business development and marketing manager with Winmar Moose Jaw, was a key figure in discus sions negotiating the deal.

“We are very excited to be part of the Warrior’s hockey club and supporting the team going forward,” said Kyle Jacques and Anna Tzortis, who own the Winmar franchises in Moose Jaw, Regina, Estevan, Yorkton, and Brandon. “The core values of our business are very similar to how the Warriors operate, with integrity, courage, and drive. We look forward to partnering with the team in the community.”

Tickets are available now from Sask tix.ca for the Winmar Warriors’ season home opener games, coming up on Sep tember 23 and 24.

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Moose Jaw’s AAA Warriors will rebrand to the Moose Jaw Winmar War riors following a major sponsorship agreement

Warriors captain Ryder Knutson made sure there was little skating room for Bat tlefords’ Linken Fisher on Sunday.

Jake Briltz (29) and Connor Miller set up shop in front of the Battlefords net during a power play.

Ryan Hicks turns aside one of the 19 shots he faced in the win Sunday.

The Central Cyclones got back on a win ning track in South 12-Man 5A Football League action.

A week after suffering their first loss of the season to the defending provincial champion Weyburn Eagles, the Cyclones racked up 32 first-half points and would go on to a 47-6 victory over the Vanier Vi kings on Friday night under the lights at Elk’s Field.

The win saw Central maintain touch with the league leaders at 3-1, while Vani er fell to 0-4 on the season.

Keaton Belsher got things started for Central with their first touchdown of the game before Javin Boynton got things roll ing on the ground, finishing the first half with two majors and 92 yards rushing on six carries.

Donovan Harkness had the Cyclone’s other first-half touchdown and Rylan Schaffer tacked on a field goal to close out their scoring before the break.

Joel Marak had the highlight of the

game for Vanier in the first half, breaking out a 90-yard run for the Vikings’ lone touchdown of the game. He’d finish the game with nine carries for 98 yards and one catch for 10 yards.

Central rotated in a host of ball carri ers in the second half, with Boynton pick ing up his third touchdown and finishing with eight carries for 138 yards. Jake Wil son had their other major on the day.

Alec Tangan finished the game with six catches for 103 yards for the Cyclones, with starting quarterback Brodie Ansell going 9-for-13 for 214 yards passing in the first half, while Wyatt Craik finished the game with 3-for-6 passing for 57 yards.

Grayson Hrenyk completed 3-of-14 passes for 18 yards to lead Vanier.

League action continues on Saturday, Oct. 1 with Yorkton at Peacock at 1 p.m. and Estevan at Vanier at 3:15 p.m., with both contests at Gutheridge Field. The lone out-of-town game sees Swift Current at Weyburn.

Vanier, Assiniboia off to fast start in boys volleyball, Peacock unbeaten in girls action

The Moose Jaw high school volleyball sea son was only a few nights into their boys and girls league campaign, but a handful of usual suspects are continuing their win ning ways from a wildly successful 2021 campaign.

Leading the way on the girls’ side of things are the defending Saskatche wan High Schools Athletic Association 4A girls champion Peacock Toilers, who found themselves in a bit of a battle in week one with a 3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-18) win over the Central Cyclones be fore sweeping Notre Dame 3-0 (25-17, 2513, 25-23) on Tuesday, Sept. 20.

Central rebounded with a 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-23) win over the Vanier Spirits, who opened their season with a 3-1 (2516, 9-25, 25-18, 26-24) victory over 3A girls provincial quarter-finalist Briercrest

Christian Academy.

Vanier improved to 2-1 on the cam paign on Thursday, Sept. 22, taking a 3-1 (24-26, 25-19, 25-19, 25-22) win over No tre Dame. BCA picked up their first win of the season in a close five-set battle with Central, prevailing 25-9, 22-25, 23-25, 2520, 15-12. The Cougars are now 1-1, the Cyclones fell to 1-2.

In boys volleyball action, both the Vanier Vikings and Assiniboia Rockets re main unbeaten with 3-0 records.

Vanier -- 4A boys provincial champi ons in 2019 and 2020 and fourth-place fin ishers in 2021 after falling to Central in the bronze medal game -- opened their season with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-11, 25-8) win over the Cornerstone Christian School Falcons, who are coming of a silver medal showing at 2A boys provincials a season ago.

The Vikings then followed up with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-17) win over the Cyclones on Sept. 20 and rolled to a 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-17) victory over Avon lea on Sept. 22.

Assiniboia reached 3A boys provin

cials last season and took a 3-0 (25-3, 259, 25-10) win over Avonlea in their opener before defeating Cornerstone 3-0 (25-14, 25-9, 25-14) on night two. They continued their fast start with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-22) win against Peacock on Sept. 22.

Central opened their boys campaign with a 3-0 (25-13, 28-26, 25-21) victory over Peacock before the Toilers hit the win column for the first time on Sept. 20 with a 3-1 (25-6, 18-25, 25-16, 25-16) victory over Avonlea.

That set the stage for an epic battle between the Central and Cornerstone last Thursday, with the Falcons prevailing 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-13) in the closest match of the season.

Be sure to follow www.moosjawto day.com for all the latest scores and up dates.

Barker foursome fall in Elite Eight at PointsBet Invitational

After putting together a miracle comeback in their opening game, things didn’t go quite as well for the Penny Barker four some in their second contest at the elite PointsBet Invitational curling tournament.

Barker and her Moose Jaw Curling Centre rink of third Christie Gamble, sec ond Jenna Enge and lead Danielle Sicins ki dropped a 9-4 decision to Manitoba’s Kailtyn Lawes in the Elite Eight at the single-elimination event in Fredricton on Friday.

The tournament is a high-profile Curling Canada competition featuring 16 of the best men’s and women’s teams on the World Curling Team Ranking System, featuring $50,000 in prize money for both events and a first-of-its-kind win-or-done format.

The Barker rink -- defending Viterra Scotties provincial women’s champions -won their opener in dramatic fashion over Ontario’s Hollie Duncan, scoring three in the 10th end for a 10-9 victory.

Things were back-and-forth in the early going of the Elite Eight against Lawes, who led 3-2 through three ends

Barker from the tournament.

It was a far different situation 24 hours earlier.

Barker found herself trailing Duncan 8-3 after five ends, thanks to the Ontario foursome putting up a three-spot in the fourth and steal of two in the fifth.

The two-time Scotties national com petitor slowly chipped away after the break, though, putting up a deuce of her own in the sixth and steals of one the next two ends to get back within a single point.

Duncan only managed to pick up one with the hammer in the ninth, and that was enough of an opening for Barker, who would put up her three and take the 10-9 win.

Even with Friday’s loss, the good news is the local foursome will have a bit of cash in their coffers for the start of the season -- the PointsBet format saw each qualifying rink receive $5,000 for entering in addition to $3,000 for a first-round win.

You can check out the rest of the scores from the PointsBet Invitational at www.curling.ca/2022pointsbetinvitation al.

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and 5-4 through six. The Winnipeg-based foursome picked up a single point in the

eighth, though, and a steal of three in the ninth would put things away, knocking

Penny Barker, Danielle Sicinski, Jenna Enge and Christie Gamble celebrate their win over Hollie Duncan to open the PointsBet Invitational on Thursday. Team Barker Facebook

continuing message of strength

When Journey to Hope first started in Moose Jaw way back in 2007, their mission of supporting suicide aware ness and prevention was still in its infancy, as were the various fundraising programs designed to help get their message out into the community.

But the local organization continued to focus on hope, healing and honouring over the years, working to wards improving the mental health of those in the com munity while doing all they could to help those affected by suicide.

Now, 15 years later, it’s more than safe to say things have moved in a positive direction.

Where Journey to Hope was able to raise in the area of $7,000 for their mission back in the day, Saturday’s edition of the annual event in Crescent park revealed that close to $30,000 had been donated to their cause over the last year -- including over $3,000 just on the day of the event itself.

That total was similar to what was raised last year, and will enable Journey to Hope to continue their growing number of events and activities designed to help others with mental health and suicide prevention.

“We’re so grateful to the community and the way they step up in such variable ways,” said Della Ferguson with Journey to Hope. “And they do it out of meaning in their lives and they want to make a difference. That’s the beauty of community; we can come together and make such a difference.”

The best part of it all is how Journey to Hope’s work is having an impact on the community. From their general message that help is always out there and don’t be afraid to seek it, to their mental health screening programs in schools and a wide range of other programs, they’ve been able to help many individuals in need.

“Some of the best feedback is hearing when screening for mental health is done, we’ve heard how many people needed it, and that the program was there to quickly see the at-risk youth and get the support they need to them,” Ferguson said. “So it’s those kinds of things, and we hear from people after an event where they’re so grateful and they’ll talk about something that touched their heart spe

cifically, and they’ll carry that with them.”

Journey to Hope also plays an important role in help ing those who have been affected by suicide. Rayanne and Tony Fieger lost their son Michael to mental health issues in 2007 and spoke about their journey to healing during Saturday’s event.

“You have stories like the Fiegers and their journey and the difference it’s made to have a community to come together and grow forward with,” Ferguson said. “Even in the light of loss, there’s a way to find hope in this with

each other and share it with each other.”

Journey to Hope also featured a special presentation by Jan Stewart, who has started a candle-pouring business in memory of son Ken Stewart and has made hundreds of dollars in donations to the organization in a short time.

A major part of Journey to Hope’s ongoing success is the annual donations the organization receives, and that was no different this year.

The second annual Ruck It Up fundraiser brought in more than $10,000, while the peach sale by Todd Bell raised $2,784 and the annual quilt raffle by Joyce Aitken in honour of Gord Aitken raised $1,800.

A portion of those funds will go towards a new ini tiative this year, which will see Journey to Hope training those interested in how to deal with mental health crises and help work with those who are in a bad place and need help.

“We’ll be sponsoring training events, and we really want to make them accessible so people will take it and will be equipped when it comes to helping someone in a mental crisis,” Ferguson said. “That’s high in our hearts.”

One thing that’s for certain is Journey to Hope’s fu ture looks exceptionally positive -- and not just from a financial perspective. The group’s Journey2Hope youth chapter, featuring dozens of students from local high schools, was prominently featured throughout the day Saturday and is another ray of hope for what can be.

“Adding a youth chapter is a whole new dimension, they are such a passionate group and feel such a sense of belonging in their teams and then in the collective group, and they love making a difference,” Ferguson said. “That’s where it begins, where it’s helpful to talk out, that it’s so important to go through things together and not isolate and just suck it up, all the messages that we grew up with that weren’t helpful… We’re changing that mes saging and helping to make a difference.”

For more information on Journey to Hope -- includ ing how to volunteer, donate and sign up for their many programs -- be sure to visit their Facebook page at www. facebook.com/journeytohopemoosejaw and their website at www.http://journeytohope.synthasite.com/.

Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

Della Ferguson offers remarks to open the 2022 Jour ney to Hope event.

Joyce Aitken

Hope

in memory of Gord Aitken, and the raffle raised over

this year.

Upcoming Events in Moose Jaw

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

2022 Superannuate STS Members

All Luncheon Dates will be at the Masonic Hall: Wed. Nov.16/22, Wed. Jan. 18/23, Wed. March 15/23, and Wed. May 17/23.

The Fall General meeting for Moose Jaw Lawn Bowling club will be Sept 27 @ 7pm in the club house WEATHER PERMITTING. If an Al ternate location is required it will be posted at the clubhouse. Or phone or text 306 690 8739 for updates. Weather Permitting Lawn Bowling will continue Tuesday mornings at 10am and Monday and Wed eve nings at 6 until Sept 21. Short Mat bowling schedule TBA

Moose Jaw Homegrown Mar ket Saturdays until Thanksgiving Weekend 8am - 1pm rain or shine on scenic Langdon Cres. Start your weekend off at the Moose Jaw Homegrown Market where every thing is home made, home baked, and locally grown.

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.

Antique & Gun Show & Sale will be held at the Stampede Grounds, Medicine Hat, Alberta on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Orthodox Women’s Retreat 2022 at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 725 9th Ave. SW, on Sat., Oct. 1st, 10:30 a.m. The topic is: Christian Leader ship: Serving God and Others. We will join other women from various churches for Zoom presentations, followed by discussion, with a pot luck lunch at noon. All ladies are wel come, regardless of your religious affiliation. No registration fee. For more information, call Anna at 306690-5576.

The Moose Jaw Chapter of P.E.O. annual Roast Beef Dinner & Silent Auction will be held on Thursday, October 13th at the Heritage Inn and Conference Centre. Dinner Tick ets - $35.00. Please phone or text: Heather @306-690-8096 or Sandra @ 306-631-1865

The Moose Jaw Stamp Club Meet ings are the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 6:30pm at the Lindale School staff room, 1322 11th Ave. NW (north entrance). The next meeting is September 28. Call 306-693-5705 for information.

OktoberFest Dance with “The Bro mantics” is Oct. 15, 2022 at Church of Our Lady Hall (566 Vaughan St. – Moose Jaw, SK). Tickets are $40/ person, call or text Lynann at 306631-4129 or Brian at 306-631-6127. E-transfers can be sent to rjbarber@ sasktel.net. Doors open at 7 p.m., Dance at 8 p.m. Cash bar, lunch served. Sponsored by The Friend ly City Optimist Club. Proceeds to Youth Projects in the Community.

Lynbrook Golf Club Annual Meet ing scheduled for October 16, 2022. The meeting will start with sign in

from 1:00-1:30 and call to order at 1:30 at the Lynbrook Clubhouse. Fall Supper at St. Andrew’s United Church (located at 60 Athabasca St. W) on October 28th at 6pm. Tick ets $20 for Adults/$10 for Children/5 and Under free. Call 306.692.0533 or email st.andrews.mj@sasktel.net .

Cash, cheques and e-transfers wel come.

The Moose Jaw Community Choir has returned to regular practice. The Moose Jaw Community Choir is an amateur SATB Choir with a mission to have fun, create beautiful mu sic together, and share it with the community. The choir practices on Mondays @ 700-830PM at First Free Methodist Church. Performanc es in the community may also take place on alternate evenings. New members are always welcome and encouraged (especially tenors and basses) and no audition is required. New members who are interested should contact the Choir Director Diane Rhodes at 306-640-8098 or message us through Facebook @ Moose Jaw Community Choir.

Moose Jaw Camera Club has re sumed monthly Club Meetings. In terested photographers are welcome and invited to join and Be Focused With Us! For more information: Wan da - 306-693-7440 or Len - 306-6937685.themoosejawcameraclub.com

Toastmasters Big Country Club provides a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the oppor tunity to develop oral communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. For more information email secretary-3418@toastmastersclubs. org or text 306 690-8739

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

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

Adult Programming: IN PERSON PROGRAMS

Access the Library Anytime! Just vis it the website for your one stop ac cess to eBooks, audiobooks, maga zines, movies, music, and more! All you need is your library card.

The library is now offering Tech Time, an appointment-only opportunity to get help with a device, program, or application. Getting one-on-one training with technology is a healthier solution than tearing one’s hair out.

Youth programming

The Digital Dungeons & Dragons Club is welcoming an expanded age range in September: 15- to 22-yearolds can now join new and seasoned players alike on Fridays at 4 p.m.

Registration is required by emailing youth@moosejawlibrary.ca.

The Teen Dungeons & Dragons for ages 12 to 16 continues every week until Dec. 15, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. All experiences levels are welcome. Please call for details.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will be showing as a Teen Movie Matinee on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 2:30 p.m. For ages 13 to 19.

Children’s programming Preschool Storytime! Wednesdays, until Oct. 26 at 10:30 a.m. for ages

2 to 5. Drop-in program with books, songs, finger crafts, and more Daycare Storytime! Thursdays, un til Oct. 27 at 10:30 a.m. for ages 2 to 5. Each caregiver and child must be registered for this program, which will focus on early literacy skills

The Royal Canadian Legion –Branch 59 Moose Jaw, 268 High St W Moose Jaw; Contact: 306-6925453. Facebook @ ROYAL CANA DIAN LEGION-Branch 59 Moose Jaw. Instagram: @Royalcanadianle gion59. SHA restrictions in effect at all Legion events.

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.

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

The Elk’s Dart League will start up again on Wednesdays Sept 21st be ginning at 7:30pm.

Drop-in Shuffleboard league every 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.

September 24th - Wine and Cheese Night starting at 7pm. The cost will be $15 (members) and $20 (non-members). Pls call the legion to book your tickets.

Check out the Facebook page on Wednesday and Fridays for the up coming Saturday’s numbers.

Monthly Calendar | Royal Canadian Legion Branch 59- Moose Jaw (roy alcanadianlegionbranch59moose jaw.ca)

Moose Jaw and District Seniors: For more information Call: 306-6944223 or Email: mjsenior@shaw.ca

Fitness Level & Indoor Walking Track open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Wood working area – Monday to Fri day 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.

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 af ternoons @ 1 p.m.

- Monday & Thursday evenings @ 7 p.m.

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

Cribbage – Wednesdays @ 1 p.m.

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

Mah Jong – Wednesday @1 p.m.

500 Cards – Thursdays @ 1 p.m.

One Move Dominos – Friday’s @ 1pm.

Kaiser – Has been Suspended until further notice.

Carpet bowling – Has moved to the outdoors for the summer Line Dancing – Tuesdays @ 10 a.m.

Intro to Line Dancing – Wednesday’s @ 11am

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

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

Paper Tole – Tuesdays @ 1 p.m.

Nickle Bingo – Fridays @ 1 p.m. Lounge – Friday’s from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Jam Sessions – Friday’s 9 a.m. Rib & Caesar Fundraiser for the cen tre at Bugsy’s on September 24th 3-8 pm . Tickets are $20. You can pick up tickets at MJDCSA front desk.

Cosmo Senior Citizens’ Centre Weekly Activities

WEEKLY EVENTS

Monday: 9:30am Pickle Ball; 1pm Floor Shuffleboard

Tuesday: 9:30am Jam Session; 1pm Pickle Ball; 7pm Friendship Bridge

Wednesday: 8:30am TOPS; 9:30am Pickle Ball; 1pm Floor Shuffleboard; 1pm Hand & Food Canasta

Thursday: 10am Line Dance; 1pm Pickle Ball

Friday: 10am Beginner Pickle Ball; 1pm Pickle Ball

Fowl Supper – Dine In or Take Out on October 2nd from 5pm-6:30pm. Cost $20 pp/6-12yrs $8/under 5 yrs Free. Call 306.692.6072 for tickets. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

Social Dance will be held on Octo ber 15th from 7:30pm-11pm. Band Richard Wadham. Cost $15pp. In cludes Lunch.

Moose Jaw ANAVETS: Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans Unit #252 – 279 High St. W, Moose Jaw. 306.692.4412 or 306.681.5998 anaf252@sasktel.net Summer Hours of Operations: Thursday 1pm to 10pm/Friday 1pm to 6pm/Satur day 1pm to 7pm.

Pool & Darts Thursday evenings at 7pm

Saturday meat draw @ 4:30pm Vendors Wanted! ANAVETS #252 is hosting a trade show in the mall Nov 26, 22 10am to 5pm Nov 27, 22 from 12pm to 4pm; 1day $25 or 2 days $40. It’s a 10x10 spot For more infor mation call or text 306-681-5998.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN!!

Seniors’ Centre Without Walls: SCWW is an over-the-phone social program totally free and offered exclusive ly over the phone. You just dial the number and join the call. Email mamancherie@hotmail.com or call 306-690-4957.

Western Development Museum; 50 Diefenbaker Drive, Moose Jaw. Please call for more information (306) 693-5989.

You can read more about the up coming sessions and how to sign up for the free Virtual Coffee Club talks here: https://wdm.ca/coffeeclub/ We are excited to return to this popular program, especially because we will have some special guest speakers at two of the sessions. Our topics this fall and early winter include:

October 13 - “The Great Depres sion”

- October 25 - “Spirit and Intent of Treaties 1 Through 7,” with guest speaker Dr. Sheldon Krasowski, Director of Research and Archives, Office of the Treaty Commissioner

- November 15 -“Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living Our Culture, Sharing our Community at Pion-Era, 1955 – 69,” with guest speaker Dr. Eliza beth Scott, WDM Curator

- December 20 - “Holiday Tradi tions”

Hoteliers Lose Appeal On Cap Rates And Valuations

t’s a Saskatchewan Court of Appeals decision that goes back to June of this year, but when it comes to assessing commercial property valuations and determining what Cap Rate should apply for each class of property, it ap pears the legislation and the interpretation of it sits clearly on the assessment agency’s side of the equation.

It is also a decision that ties into the recent presenta tion to Council where local small business owner Bernie Dombowsky pointed out the seemingly lack of equitable treatment of commercial properties when it came to es tablishing Cap Rates and the final property valuation for property tax purposes.

The Court Of Appeals decision directly ties into Moose Jaw.

EXPLAINER - How Do Cap Rates Tie Into Assess ments?

Cap Rates for commercial properties is used in the equation to determine final assessed valued. The Cap Rate is derived by dividing the property classes Net Op erating Income (NOI) by Sale Price.

Cap Rate = NOI ÷ sale price.

Assuming NOI is a constant, this means a lower Cap Rate will produce a higher estimate of market value.

Assessed Market Value = NOI ÷ Cap Rate

In a unanimous 3 - 0 decision (authored by Justice J Caldwell) handed down on June 22nd, 2022 the Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the Saskatchewan Munic ipal Board to override the decision of the City of Moose Jaw’s Board Of Revision when it comes to setting assess ment values on the City’s hotels.

In a case involving Prospect Properties Inc - located at 1720 Main Street North (the same location as the Day’s Inn) - versus the City of Moose Jaw and the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA), the Court of Appeals ruled in the City’s and SAMA’s favour regarding a property tax appeal dating back to an October 15, 2019 appeal before the local Moose Jaw Board of Revision.

Prospect Properties Inc was the main appellant of a group of 13 hotels in Moose Jaw.

The appeal of their 2019 property assessment by Prospect before the Board of Revision was originally granted but the City and SAMA had appealed the deci sion and won an appeal setting up the matter to be ap pealed by the Moose Jaw hoteliers to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals.

Local Board Decision

According to the Court of Appeal decision, the initial appeal at the Moose Jaw Board Of Revision was not only allowed but the local Board had interpreted and ruled on the legitimacy of how SAMA’s assessor came up with the assessments for 13 Moose Jaw hotels involved in the ap peal.

The Board had initially set aside the means by which SAMA had decided upon a value of the hotels.

SAMA had used commercial properties, and not ho tels, in determining the Cap Rate for the hotels and thus the Board decided the properties used were “not compati ble” with the class of properties hotels fall under.

Under the Market Value Assessment in Saskatche wan Handbook, hotels assessments (or values for prop erty tax purposes) are to be determined under the Income Approach.

“The theory behind the income approach to value is that a property’s value reflects the present worth of antic ipated or forecasted future benefits from the real estate. As such, the income approach analyses the income and expenses from a hotel attributable to the real estate and converts it into an estimate of current value.” — MAR

KET VALUE ASSESSMENT IN SASKATCHEWAN

HANDBOOK

Under the Income Approach, assessors estimate market value based on a property’s net operating income

By Robert Thomas, MJ Independent

[NOI] and a Cap Rate derived from sales of similar prop erties (i.e., market value = NOI ÷ Cap Rate).

In the case of Moose Jaw, there were no hotel sales within the community to use in the formula so SAMA used “ratio comparison method” [RCM] under the “com parable neighbourhood method” [CNM] meaning the ho tels’ assessments were based upon a general commercial Cap Rate for commercial properties in the City.

The Board however felt differently and agreed with Prospect Properties Inc. that there was in fact sufficient data because SAMA should have, in the Board’s opinion, used the province-wide hotel sales in determining a Cap Rate. Prospect Properties Inc. felt that two hotel salesone in Estevan and one in Weyburn - should be used.

“It (local Board Of Revision) found that SAMA’s use of the general commercial property Cap Rate [GCCR] in Moose Jaw, which had been calculated from sales that did not include hotel properties, meant the assessments had failed to meet the market valuation standard and that equity had not been achieved,” the decision read.

“The (local) Board (of Revision) finds the asses sor had sufficient sales of hotel properties available to determine a cap rate. It was therefore not necessary to use non-comparable properties in the calculation of the cap rate for hotels,” the decision further read in its back ground discussion.

SAMA had extrapolated a value from non-similar class property sales and the local Board saw sufficient enough actual hotel sales province-wide that should have been used by the assessor.

The local Board then “ordered SAMA to revise its 2019 assessments of hotels in Moose Jaw by using a Cap Rate of 10.63%, which is the median of the five hotel Cap Rates. The City appealed from this result.”

Saskatchewan Municipal Board Rules In Favour Of The City

In the appeal of the local Board of Revision’s de cision, the Committee felt the initial appeal decision fa vouring Prospect Properties Inc. and 12 other hotels was wrong because there had been no hotel sales in Moose Jaw. The markets were too much different in those other communities to fit into the Moose Jaw marketplace.

A general approach using local commercial proper ties values should be used, and not the values of five ho tels sold in other communities.

“The Board’s reasons and rationale, although brief, were sufficient to allow us to understand how it made the decision it did. However, the decision itself is not reason able, as the Board believed there were sufficient sales of Hotels, when in fact the evidence was there were no sales of Hotels in Moose Jaw,” the court documents read.

The local Board had erred in using the five hotels sold provincially as they were not in Moose Jaw and the Cap Rate they derived was incorrect.

The Saskatchewan Municipal Board’s (SMB) deci sion led to the appeal to the Saskatchewan Court of Ap peals.

Court Of Appeal Ruling

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling carefully analyzed the local Board of Revision’s ruling and in the end found they were no point of law errors in the SMB’s ruling.

Key elements in that finding were that the SMB found the local Board of Revision misapplied the reason ableness standard of review when looking at the using the five hotels sold provincially as sufficient enough and related enough sales to establish a Cap Rate.

Prospect’s position was the local Board had not erred in setting a Cap Rate based on the five sales, as SAMA had used single sales in two communities to set the hotel Cap Rate in those communities.

In their ruling, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal

stated that the local Board of Revision did not find an er ror in SAMA’s use of non-related commercial properties in establishing the hotel Cap Rate.

“Although the Board may have stated SAMA was being “overzealously creative”, at no time did the Board find an error in SAMA’s use or calculation, as the Board simply dismissed it,” the Court of Appeal decision read.

“The Board certainly thought there was a better way to assess the subject hotels, but it did not state that SA MA’s choice of the RCM was in error and it did not, as the Committee observed, examine SAMA’s application of that methodology in the context at hand.”

The lack of hotel sales data favoured SAMA’s posi tion and strategy to achieve a property value.

“That is, SAMA had to do what it could with the sales data that it had within the confines of the market valuation standard and its duty to achieve equity in the assessments. In that regard, the Committee found it was not unreasonable for SAMA to have chosen to use the RCM (ratio comparison method) to conform that limited sales data with the marketplace in Moose Jaw,” the deci sion read.

In the end, the three Saskatchewan Court of Appeal justices disallowed the appeal because the local Board of Revision may not have liked the approach used to derive hotel property values but it did not mean it was wrong to use the approach taken. No error was found by the local Board of Revision for the approach SAMA chose to es tablish Moose Jaw hotel cap rates.

“To put a pin in this, even though the Board saw using the RCM as an ostensibly puzzling or counterin tuitive approach, as the Committee concluded, that does not mean it was an error for the assessor to take that ap proach,” the final decision read.

“I have concluded that the Committee did not err in its application of the standard of reasonableness to the questions of fact and mixed fact and law that arose in the City’s appeal against the Board Decision,” Justice Law son wrote.

Small Victory For Naught

As part of the appeal, Prospect argued the Cap Rate set by the local Board of Revision was acceptable and the City and SAMA had sufficient and reasonable opportu nity to appeal it at the Board hearing despite the actual amount and final methodology used had not been part of the appeal.

When it came to setting a Cap Rate, Prospect had argued and filed an appeal the hotel cap rates should be established off of two hotel sales - one in Weyburn and one in Estevan leading to a 10.66 per cent hotel cap rate.

Whereas the local Board of Revision had used its fact finding powers to consider five hotel sales province-wide to establish a hotel cap rate of 10.63 per cent for Moose Jaw.

The Court of Appeals found that the local Board of Revision was well within its powers to take such actions but since Prospect Properties Ltd could not prove that the SMB had erred in law to review the decision and order the hotel cap rate set at the initial 2019 assessment, the win was a moot one.

In the end the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals deci sion was in the City’s and SAMA’s favour with the de cision saying the SMB was correct to determine the ini tial 2019 Cap Rate of 8.14 per cent was appropriate. The decision additionally ordered Prospect Properties to pay legal costs.

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Things you miss if you don’t know what to look for

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ACROSS

Absorbed

Undue speed

Alumnus

Biblical garden

aromatic flavorful

Depend upon

Soft spot of a baby’s

Curved molding

Chapter in history

Young lady

Drills

free

Play a role

Times of reaping

Quick and energetic

One cent coin

Between FAH and

Breezy

Support

Bingo relative

Dung beetle

Wear away

Chain of hills

Forever and a day

Snake-like fish

intensely

Leeway

northeast

Relapsed

from the wind

18. By surprise 22. Assemblage 24. Not difficult 26. Sea eagle 28. Intoxicating 29. Chinese dynasty 30. Footwear 31. Commanded 32. Violent disturbance 33. Out of the ordinary 34. Sticks out 37. French cheese 38. Pottery oven 40. Covet 41. Employ again 43. Enigma 44. Ribald 46. Triangular formation 47. Josh 48. Consumed 49. Clothe 50. Fired a projectile 51. Fat cut of tuna (Japanese) 53. Litigates 56. Consumed 57. Furrow

AUTO PARTS

For Sale, 4 Goodyear win ter tires, 235 ss R18. Excel lent shape. $250.00 cash only. Call 306-690-2301

Mumby Hitch off a Ford Truck complete $550.00. Call 306-690-5152

Looking for any vehicle non working batteries 306-681-8749

Looking for a pair of facto ry tail lights and front spoil er under front bumper for a 2017 Ford F-250 super duty truck 306-681-8749

I’m looking for a John Deere LA tractor and an older 1/4 to 1 ton truck, run ning or not. Body must be fair. Call or text 306-6414447

2 tires for sale: 245/7OR19.5, Double Coin RT500. $400. Call 306630-8747.

MOTORBIKES & SNOWMOBILES

1990 Arctic Cat 650 cc skidoo. $800 OBO, to view call Terry 306-630-2566

TRAILERS

Single axle utility trailer with 16 ft. hydraulic dump box $3000.00 call 306313-4772

REAL ESTATE

6-suite apartment for sale by owner, close to down town. Call 306-692-0000.

FOR SALE – MUST SELL QUICKLY. Mobile home 12’ wide, 58’ long. Currently parked in Mobile Home Park. Offers? Phone 306693-1502.

COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY

SIAST Carpentry Course materials - modules, proj ects, textbooks, quizzes. Phone 972-2257 Moose Jaw

MISCELLANEOUS

Fry pan with lid, $9.00, and t-fall fry pan- $5.00, fireplace/pit. Or stove $12.00all. Roots $100.00 gift card, no expiry, sell for $75.00. Canada centen nial (1867-1967) badge & ribbon, & 2 skate badges, $1.00 all. delsey luggage 29”x20” with expand able depth, inline wheels, pull/carry handles,15.00 framed mirror, 37 1/4”x44 x11/2”d;$29.00. Sofa pro tector/cover, leopard

animal print color, wash able- $7.00. Red leather look arm chair like new, at Brick is $1600.00 plus taxes, sell for$399.00. 26 bath towels 2 face cloths, $20.00all. Photo album –new $4.00. Brass head board, double size, (was lacquered, so no need to polish) $125.00. Steel bed frame on 4 roller casters, adjusts twin, double, or queen size, ends have at tachment for head or foot board $15.00. 3 floor rugs (by door etc.) 1 is 30x44 inches and 1 is 13x 18inch & 1 is 31x20inch. $5.00all or sell separate. Bed skirt new in pkg. brown color double/full size $7.00 and zip on mattress/box spring protector/cover, double/ full size, cotton, washable, $7.00.Comforter, bed skirt & 3 pillow covers, dou ble-queen size. $20.00 all. Navy polar fleece throw 50x60inches, for house hold, camping etc. $6.00. Dk. brown pleated drapes, polyester, with back tab panel, 48x45inches, insu lated foam back, and new 14.00 pr. dk brown drape, 96x84 inches, pocket rod on back tab panel, blackout.$22.00. 3 toss cushions, assorted colors, $15.00 all or will separate. Teakwood entertainment unit , on 4 roller casters, adjustable shelves, & 1 with pull-out for record player, or printer, etc. and side pull out drawer for tapes, d’s etc. 181/4 depth x 51” h, x 32”w $125.00 . 7 boxes firewood for fire pit, camping stove, etc. $20.00 all. Double size, mushroom color, fitted & flat sheets, washable, & 2 pillow covers, $12.00. jvc headphone with 10 ft. cord-$4.00. Plantron ics adjustable telephone headset with speaker /mic and volume control, with 121/2 ft. extendable cord. $4.00. 5 locks, each with 2 keys, multi-uses. $1.50 all. 3- 3 ring binders, with some lined sheets, pen/ pencil case, with pockets for erasers, paperclips etc.; folder, 4 pkgs. crayons, 47 pens & pencils, $4.00 all.

2 pair’s pierced earrings, 1 is pewter color, and 1 pr. is silver color. 2 for $5.00 all or will sell separate. 306586-9263

Looking for the vintage bubble lights in working condition (Christmas lights) 306-681-8749

U-Haul used moving box es, small, medium and large, $ 50.00 for about 75 boxes. 306 630 4098

I’ll pick up for free un wanted snow blowers, chainsaws, garden tillers, lawn tractors, and other lawn, garden and acreage equipment. Call or text 306-641-4447

Collectibles for Sale: (Na scar) Baseball Bobble heads, Plates by appoint ment only call 306-6317698

Two man tent - $100. ’89 Ford 5.L alternator, plugs, dist cap, condenser, and rotor – all brand new for $100. Golf clubs ladies (Patty Berg woods & irons) accepting offers or irons & bag for $10. New white fence panels (16 total) at 1’x5’ for $8 each; 3 caps – 1 – 8’ pcs. Call 306-6920669.

ADULT LADIES BIKE AND HELMIT $70; 3 GREY PLASTIC OUTDOOR CHAIRS $15. To view call 306 693 3062

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

Looking for Star Wars 40th anniversary, call 306-6939023

Wanted, free pickup of un wanted yard and garden items. Tillers, snow blow ers, tractors, chainsaws, generators, etc. Call or text 306-641-4447

FOR CHAIRS $180.00. CALL 306-693-1877

For sale one sheet of cor rugated green 8” x 24” vinyl- never used. $10.00. Phone 306-6

LAWN & GARDEN

Free pickup of unwanted lawn and garden equip ment, chainsaws, gen erators or other items of interest. Call or text 306641-4447

45 gallon blue plastic bar rels, food grade great for rainwater save water rath er than pay for it, or raised garden beds - $20 each. 306-681-8749 93-1046 at supper time. CHILDRENS ITEMS

For Sale large crib and mattress in good condi tion. Large playpen also in good condition. $50.00 each. Phone 306-6931046 after 6 pm

LOST & FOUND

firearms, parts, ammuni tion etc., in Moose Jaw area. Call or text 306-6414447

SERVICES

Everyone is invited to join us as we begin our Scot tish country dance classes. We have 2 fully certificat ed teachers in our group. Under the direction of our teacher this year, Heath er we will enjoy learning much of this type of square dancing. You do not need a partner. Newcomers are welcome. The classes are held each Thursday 7 to 9 pm. commencing of September 16th at the Moose Jaw public library, 2nd floor in the Herb Tay lor room. Any questions please text or phone Mike at 306 690 5182. We look forward to meeting and greeting all of you.

Autumn is the time to give those windows sparkle and shine. Call Brian at 306-691-0791 for a free residential estimate. Rea sonable rates.

Need work done? Contact Bill at 306-630-2268. Inte rior/exterior, renovations, formwork, framing, finish ing, tiling, painting and all construction, roofing/ siding- no job too big or small. Reasonable rates, 30 years experience.

306-681-8749

Junk to the dump in and around Moose Jaw - $60/ load and up. 306-681-8749 Small Home Repairs. Plumbing, decks, windows, kitchens, bathrooms etc. No job too small. Phone 306-313-5151 Semi-Retired Contractor – 47 years in business, residential and commer cial. Enjoys small or large projects involving plaster, drywall, concrete, painting, taping, texturing, stucco repair, tile and T bar. I work for the Heritage Society and enjoy beautification projects. Quality work. Free estimates. Discount for seniors. Phone Bob Huston 1-587-889-1000.

WORK WANTED Looking for Employment. Mechanic, machine and grain truck operator. Farm Experience. Call 306-6939312 or 306-513-6930

GARAGE SALES

Indoor Yard Sale- 1000 Al bert St, Apt 15. Sept. 28th, 29th, 30th.

COMMUNITY, EVENTS, MEETINGS & OCCASSIONS

Antique & Gun Show & Sale. Stampede Grounds, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Sat urday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. –6 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

ARTIST SEEKING PAINT ING mistakenly sold at es tate sale. Reward offered. Phone 306-972-8555

WANTED

Wanted - leather couch. Call 306-692-0800

Wanted: Carpentry Course materials - modules, text books, notes SIAST or POLYTECHNIC. Phone 972-2257 Moose Jaw Bear traps wanted. Call 306-692-0800

Looking for large wood crates with metal bands. 306-681-8749

Heavy duty equipment operator available for work Contact Ed at 1306-988-5517 or email gogreengo777@icloud. com

Will pick up, move, haul and deliver furniture any where in and around Moose Jaw - $40 and up. 306-681-8749

Will pick up, move, haul and deliver any size of TVs in and around Moose Jaw$30 and up. 306-681-8749

Will pick up, move, haul and deliver appliances in and around Moose Jaw$45 and up. 306-681-8749

PERSONAL CONNECTIONS

For Sale: Wooden White Desk, 48 in x 28 1/2 x 17 1/2, five drawers, $40. Phone 972-2257 Moose Jaw.

OUTDOOR DINING SET GLASS TOP TABLE 6 CHAIRS. $200.00. PADS

ANTIQUES Wanted: signs, toys, sports cards, gold & silver coins & jewellery, firearms, single items to full estates. Call 1-306539-8363

I pay cash for unwanted

Moving jobs done reason ably: appliances, furniture, dump runs. Call to do it all. $45.00 a load. 306-6302268

Will pick up, deliver or haul away bbqs in and around Moose Jaw- $40 and up.

Attention Single Men    The Philippines is open again to Foreigners.   You can retire, or vacation in a trop ical paradise where your money goes further and the women are beautiful, welcoming, and speak English. Let us introduce you to the woman of your dreams, and she will be waiting for your arrival to take care of you. Contact Filipina Canadian Introduc tions, a Moose Jaw, and SK. registered business. Phone 306-693-0163 or 1-877-773-0163. Email fil ipinacanadianintroduc tions@gmail.com, web site Www,filipinacanadianin troductions.com. Your per sonal matchmaking intro duction service.

RE: A SHOUT-OUT TO PEACOCK HIGH SCHOOL

I would like to give a big shout out to the students and staff at Peacock High school!!

They are awesome neighbours, and have cer tainly been there for me. Many thanks to the stu dents who heard my cries when I fell and broke my

foot and reported it to their teachers. Two awesome teachers came to my yard and encouraged me to call an ambulance. I was in shock and didn’t realize I had broken my foot. They took care of me until the ambulance arrived. Their encouragement and sense of humour got me through the day.

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prise visit to my door with a HAPPY FACE COOK IE on a dreary Friday afternoon, they have been an awesome encouragement to our neighborhood!!

Keep up the good work guys, you are a real BLESSING TO THE COMUNITY❣

Marjorie Keenan

FORBES, YVONNE LOUISE (VONNIE) January 2, 1931September 18, 2022 It is with great sadness that we announce that Vonnie Forbes passed away suddenly at the age of 91. Vonnie is survived by her children: Karen (Mark), Kristie, and Mark (Donna); son-in-law Bruce Kellow; grandchildren Leslie (Steve), Steven (Bronwyn), Scott (Lindsay), Tyson, Brian, Kandra (Kyle), Halle (Brett); great-grandson Magnus; siblings: Don (June) Ferguson, Dale Ferguson, and Marjorie (Gordon) Ward; sister-inlaw Marilyn Forbes; as well as many nieces and nephews. She will also be greatly missed by special friends Liisa Plank and Jim Life. Vonnie is predeceased by her parents Fred and Louise Ferguson; husband Bernie Forbes; daughter Kelly Kellow; brother-in-law Larry Forbes; sisters-in-law, Pat Ferguson, and Patti Gamble.

Born in Mortlach, she married Bernie Forbes, also from Mortlach in 1954. The family lived various places in and around Mortlach, where they raised their four children. Eventually, their journey took them the Victoria, BC, with a transfer of Bernie’s job in 1971. They settled into a lovely home and enjoyed their time there. Vonnie rejoined Bernie in Mortlach in 1980. She continued to go back and forth between Victoria and Mortlach until her passing.

Vonnie was very active in the Mortlach Community. She was a member of the Mortlach United Church, UCW, volunteered at the Mortlach Museum, and was a docent at the Moose Jaw Art Museum. A Celebration of Vonnie’s life was held at the Masonic Hall, 1755 Main St. N., on Sunday September 25, 2022, at 2:00 pm. Della Ferguson provided the tribute. Donations may be made to the Mortlach Museum, Mortlach, SK S0H 3E0. In living memory of Yvonne, a memorial planting will be made by W.J. Jones & Son Ltd. Please sign the memorial register at website: www.jonesparkview.com (Obituaries).

Blake Seebach- Funeral Director

BERGLIND, KEITH ELWIN (born Feb. 17, 1938died Sept. 13, 2022)

Keith was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to Lloyd and Florence Berglind. He leaves behind his wife Josephine (known as Joey), daughters Karen Bailey (Rodger), Tracy Vowles (Jeff), Bonnie Berglind (Jim Turton), and son Cameron Berglind. He was predeceased by daughter Brenda Berglind. He also leaves his sisters Bev Itcush (Bill), Wenda McArthur, Debra Berglind and was predeceased by sister Janice Lorge (Lou). Keith was born and raised in Moose Jaw and was a grain farmer in the area. In 1974 he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba then later to Sandy Hook on beautiful Lake Winnipeg. He worked for Co-op Implements and was a writer for the publication Grainews. He was actively involved in the Winnipeg Sports Car Club which was his passion. Keith was described by many people as a man who could fix most anything, someone they could call for any problem. He was a talented mechanic, handyman, builder, and problem solver. Until his stroke two years ago Keith and Joey spent many winters traveling to Parker, Arizona where they made many new friends. The family would like to thank the staff at Extendicare Red River Place and also thank Keith’s many close friends who helped during the final years. Condolences may be left on his tribute wall at www.gilbartfuneralhome.com Gilbart Funeral Home, Selkirk in care of arrangements.

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Where does one start? To Providence Place, Raphael Wing, for the excellent care of our beloved Ed Murphy. To Father Jake Ibay, Tera and sta at Moose Jaw Funeral Home. To Knights of Columbus Father Gilpin Council and Father Lawless Council for a beautiful funeral service. To Dr. Geyer and Stephanie for Ed’s ongoing care. To all of our friends and acquaintances for the food, the phone calls, the owers and the sympathy cards.

Our thanks. Rhoda, Dave, Deb, Vic and Annie.

MATITY, VICTOR January 5, 1936September 21, 2022

Victor Matity passed away at Extendicare at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on September 21, 2022. A celebration of life will be held Thursday September 29th at 10:30 am at W.J. Jones & Son Funeral Home, 474 Hochelaga Street West, Moose Jaw, Sk. Reverend Jason Schultz will be officiating.

Those wishing to view the service livestream can do so by clicking https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9827558167.

Interment will take place immediately after the service at Rosedale Cemetery, Caribou West, Moose Jaw, Sk. Pallbearers will be Grandsons: Ryan Matity, Jonathan Matity, Jessie Matity, Andrew Bond, Tanner Frycz; Nephews: Martin Matity, Jeff Matity, Jason Matity, Darren Matity. Victor was predeceased by his parents, Bill and Leona Matity; siblings Leona Straza, George Matity, Donna Drewitz and Bill Matity; in-laws Jim Brown, Cameron Brown, Charlie Brown, Marlin Martinson and Dan Straza. Victor is survived by his loving wife Emma Gertrude (Trudy), three children, Robert (Connie) Matity, Brenda (Edward Bond) and Brian (Donna) Matity. Ten Grandchildren, Deanna (Taylor Gillespie), Ryan (Kelsey) Matity, Leysa (Ian Coombridge), Jonathan (Ashley) Matity, Jessie Matity, Lyndy Matity, Andrew Bond, Tanner (Courtney) Frycz, Brendan (Carli) Frycz. Great Grandchildren, Barrett Gillespie, Lyla Gillespie, Hayden Matity, Adeline Matity, Noah Hfendura and Zoey Frycz. Victor is also survived by his sister Velma Martinson (Assiniboia), twin brother Louis (Carol) (Whitewood) and brother John (Marilyn) (Regina), in-laws, Janice Matity (Moose Jaw), Norman Drewitz (Assiniboia), Ed and Dorothy Himbeault (Sherwood Park), Marlene Brown (Saskatoon), Ruth Brown (Regina), Sandy Brown (Regina) and numerous nieces and nephews who comprise a large extended family. In 1956 Victor, at the age of 20 hired on with the Canadian Pacific Railway after working in Moose Jaw in the plumbing and electrical trades. Victor first worked in the Locomotive Department as a fireman and brakeman out of Assiniboia. In 1959, Victor transferred to the Signal Department working as a Signal Gang Helper, as a Signal Fitter, Signal Maintainer’s Helper, Signal Maintainer and Signal Gang Foreman. Vic was a member of the Saskatchewan Signalman’s Union Lodge 203 since 1959. He served as the Local Chairman, a position held since his election in 1968. Victor went on to become a member of the Canadian Brotherhood of Signalman’s National Board and onto his election to the International Grand Board of Trusties in Chicago, Illinois in August of 1979. Victor served the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen until his appointment as Assistant Signal Supervisor for the Moose Jaw Division in 1981. Victor was very active in Civic and Religious organizations, serving as a member of Co-op Board, Credit Union Board, President for Church Councils and Senior Cosmo Center, teaching first year Confirmation, and singing in Church Choirs. Victor retired from Railway service in 1991. To round out an active, God blessed life with his Lord and Saviour Jesus as his guide and source of strength Victor and Trudy enjoyed good music, dancing, sports (Curling), gardening and maintaining their beautiful property at 1607 Marshall Crescent. In May Victor was diagnosed with vascular dementia and many other underline health issues that eventually took his life and sent him on to glory, joining family and friends in the hear after, in paradise with Jesus. Remembrance Donations may be given to the Stars Ambulance Service 2640 Airport Road Regina, SK, S4W 1A3 or Moose Jaw Cosmos Center 235 3 Ave NE, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 1C9, gifts that will be greatly appreciated, Thank you. In living memory of Victor, a memorial planting will be made by W.J. Jones & Son Ltd. Please sign the memorial register at website: www.jonesparkview.com (Obituaries). Dayna Chamberlain - Funeral Director

Crepuscular

The other day we were driving home from Weyburn just as the sun was setting. We noticed some deer in the ditch es at two different spots along Highway #39. Deer are crepuscular animals. Crepuscular means that they are most active at dawn and dusk. Also, many ungulates, such as bison and coyotes are crepuscular, whereas alligators are diurnal and nocturnal, in case you observe any of those reptiles, although highly unlikely in Saskatchewan.

Crepuscular comes from Latin “crepusculum” meaning the evening light just after sunset. It is derived from “creper,” dark or obscure. It is often difficult to see things in the twilight evening hours. Driving as the light diminishes can make it tricky to see clearly, reducing depth perception, and peripheral vision. Low light condi tions impede one’s vision, and even more so if one wears

corrective lenses. When driving at twilight, conditions make it even more challenging to see animals, pedestri ans, cyclists, and even other vehicles.

One of the most important Jewish festivals occurred at the crepuscular time, as the sun set in the west and the colours danced in the twilight sky. The Bible records, “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twi light, is the Lord’s Passover.” (Leviticus 23:5) The Book of Exodus gives the instructions. “Tell all the congrega tion of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bit ter herbs they shall eat it.” (Exodus 12:3-8)

Crepuscular entered the English language in 1668 as an adjective meaning, of, relating to, or resembling twilight. In the 19th century it began to be used as a zo ological term for those creatures that become more ac tive after the sun sets. Such animals include bats, rabbits, bears, moose, barn owls, moths, beetles, and of course deer.

The autumnal equinox occurred on September 22. On the day of an equinox the daylight and nighttime hours are equal. Twilight began at 6:59 pm in Moose Jaw on the evening of Thursday, September 22nd. Just the day be fore, the sun was still shining after 7:00 pm, which it had

since March 11th. Interesting fact: in Japan the Fall Equi nox is a national holiday. On September 23 the festival of Shubun-no-hi was celebrated. It is a day to respect de ceased relatives and often entails a visit to family tombs. This has derived from an older Shinto tradition Shuki-ko rie-sai, thanksgiving for a successful harvest time.

The daylight hours are getting observably shorter and shorter, and this will continue until sunset occurs at 4:59 pm on December 19th. Then after the Winter Solstice the moment of twilight begins to lengthen. On December 20th the sun sets at 5:00 pm, and gets later until March 11th, and again, the sunset happens at 7:00 pm. Watch for it!

Over the next few days consider the crepuscular time. It is filled with wonderful colours in the skies on the prairies. The colourful palettes of twilight range from brilliant orange and blue to pinks and purples. It is a beau tiful time to gaze west (or east in the morning before sun rise) and marvel at the wonders of creation. Our backyard deck faces west, and we are amazed at the breathtaking crepuscular shades in the evening firmament. Gaze west ward at crepuscular hours and be astonished. It is a beau ty to behold.

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 us age, 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 inter est in a relevant word that he could possibly research for an upcoming column. If so, please send your requests to word wisdom2021@gmail.com . Words will be selected according to relevance and research criteria. We cannot confirm that all words will be used.

Judge sentences convicted murderer Jeffrey McCaig to nine years in jail

Convicted murderer Jeffrey McCaig will spend the next nine years in jail — less remand time — for the killing of Kevin Hallock in 2019, a Court of King’s Bench judge has decided.

The Hon. Madam Justice J.C.L. Daw son announced her decision to sentence McCaig to nearly a decade in prison on Aug. 26. She had already declared McCaig guilty of manslaughter around June, while she received a joint submission about the possible sentence length from the Crown and defence in early August.

“I am satisfied it is appropriate to accept the joint submission of sentence for Mr. McCaig, which is a sentence of nine years, which is equivalent of 3,285 days with credit for pre-trial custody,” the judge said during the late August sentenc ing. “As such, I find that an appropriate sentence for Mr. McCaig is a period of in carceration of 3,285 days.”

Since McCaig had spent 1,118 days in custody up to the final sentencing day,

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Dawson agreed to give him enhanced credit of 1.5 days for each day spent in pre-trial custody, resulting in enhanced credit of 1,527 days.

Those days of enhanced credit mean McCaig will have 1,758 days left to serve in jail, or roughly 4.8 years.

Considering the information of the psychiatric reports and the opinion of the doctor who testified at trial, Justice Daw son recommended that those reports be provided to Ministry of Corrections offi cials so they could review them and use them as part of McCaig’s recovery while in jail.

Dawson also recommended that the ministry consider allowing McCaig to spend a portion of his jail term at the re gional psychiatric centre.

As part of her decision, the justice de cided that, under section 109 of the Crim inal Code, McCaig is prohibited for life from possessing any firearms, prohibited weapons, restricted firearms, crossbow,

restricted weapon, ammunition or explo sive substance.

Since manslaughter is a primary des ignated offence related to section 487.04 (a)(2) of the Criminal Code, Dawson au thorized samples of bodily substances to be taken from McCaig for forensic DNA

analysis.

“Having regard to Mr. McCaig’s pe riod of pre-trial custody, his mental health state and the length of the sentence,” Daw son added, “I decline to order any victim surcharge.”

Moose Jaw Express staff

The Moose Jaw Police Service has arrest ed a 22-year-old resident for possessing several firearms and ammunition, even though he was prohibited at the time.

Officers attended to a “suspicious person/vehicle” in the northeast corner of the city on Sept. 20, where, upon further investigation, they arrested Arlen Cronan.

Police charged Cronan with possess ing numerous firearms and ammunition, along with several counts of breaching his firearm prohibition.

Police also seized several long-barrel firearms along with ammunition.

Cronan appeared in Provincial Court on Sept. 21.

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

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.

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Family Carnival at Chateau St. Michael’s enjoyed by residents and families

Senior’s residence, Chateau St. Michael’s held a delight ful Family Carnival Day on Saturday, September 17th for the residents and their families. And by the sound of it, the day was a huge success.

“What a great day it was,” said Krista Bakken, Activ ities Coordinator.

Residents and family kicked off the day by enjoying games, followed by a delicious barbecue lunch. In the afternoon, the Band City Band played their instruments

on the back deck so the residents and everyone present could enjoy the wonderful music and some fresh air.

“We had an assortment of games, bottle ring toss, can toss, bean bag games, ring toss, photo booth, guess ing game, etc.,” said Bakken. Third year Girl Guides and some high school students came to help with games and other duties to help make the carnival run smoothly.

Chateau St. Michael’s is located at 525 – 7th Ave. S.E. in Moose Jaw. If you would like more information

WANTED BUILDING MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Wanted experienced building maintenance manager for condominium / residential complex. Must have good mechanical skills. Be responsible for grounds care, sidewalk snow removal and general building maintenance. Please call or text Della at 1-306-537-6308

on the residence or this particular event please call Activ ities Coordinator Krista Bakken at 306.693.2323.