May 7 2021

Nickel Belt News Volume 61 • Issue 18

Friday, May 7, 2021

Thompson, Manitoba

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Petition opposing final licence for Manitoba Hydro’s Churchill River Diversion signed by more than 50,000 people

BY IAN GRAHAM

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

A Change.org petition and public advertisements in Winnipeg are being employed by Northern Manitobans concerned about Manitoba Hydro getting a final licence for the Churchill River Diversion (CRD).

Constructed in the early to mid-1970s to redirect water from the Churchill River system into the Nelson River system in order to power the Crown corporation’s hydroelectric dams that provide more than 70 per cent of Manitoba’s electricity, the CRD has operated with an interim licence for 44 years and annual approvals of higher water flows than that interim licence specifies since 1986. Manitoba’s Conservation and Climate Minister Sarah Guillemard has indicated that a decision on the final licence, which would be good until 2026, is coming soon, and residents of South Indian Lake and other concerned citizens say including higher water flows could be disastrous.

“What they’re asking for basically is permission to permanently increase the flow of the river so they can create more hydroelectric power and they can export it to the United States and they don’t care what’s going to happen to the land, to the people,” says Angela Levasseur, who started the Change.org/HydroImpacted petition that had collected nearly 52,000 signatures as of May 3.

Levasseur is originally from South Indian Lake, where she worked for her uncle’s fishery as a teenager, though she now lives in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation. “I call it environmental racism and that’s what it is. My people are seen as disposable.”

In addition to the petition, the public pressure campaign also includes bus stop ads and an electronic billboard in Winnipeg.

Les Dysart, who represents O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (OPNPCN), which was a northern affairs community at the time the CRD was constructed, on the fishery and hydro impacts file, says the diversion itself had a massively detrimental impact on the Southern Indian Lake whitefish fishery

and that it became even worse when Manitoba Hydro began the augmented flow program (AFP), under which it applies every year to the minister to exceed the water increase and drawdown levels that are outlined in the interim licence.

“We find the augmented flow is extremely destructive to our environment with the water level fluctuations impacting our shorelines, our lands, erosion, water quality,” he said. “Our lake whitefish population is in collapse.”

Manitoba Hydro wants the AFP parameters included in the final licence because the Crown corporation says they’re necessary to ensure customers’ energy needs can be met during the winter months, when demand is highest.

“The augmented flow program is crucial to our system and has operated as an integral part of the CRD in a similar way since 1986,” said Hydro media relations officer Bruce Owen.

Dysart contends that Hydro is not living up to agreements it has with South Indian Lake to mitigate damages caused by the CRD and AFP, but Owen says the agreements have been honoured.

To Peter Kulchyski, a professor in the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba who grew up in Northern Manitoba and attended high school in Cranberry Portage, consultation by the Crown with OPNPCN before issuing the final licence is not only required by the 1982 constitution but also by the spirit or reconciliation.

“I’m quite concerned that it looks like the provincial government is not interested in having hearings, not taking on board the fact that since 1973 [when CRD construction began], aboriginal and treaty rights have been constitutionally enshrined and a lot of court cases have said that these issues are very important,” he says. “They seem to just want to sneak in a new licence that might include the augmented flow program as part of the licence without any public input whatsoever. Will there at least be a chance for the public to speak out and

A bus stop ad on Pembina Highway in Winnipeg urges Conservation and Climate Minister Sarah Guillemard not to issue a final licence for Manitoba’s Hydro’s Churchill River Diversion and directs people to an online petition that has been signed by more than 50,000 people. for us to maybe put some other things in the licence that might constrain Hydro’s activities? If it’s a rubber stamp then we’re just talking colonialism as usual and very poor community consultation and just doing what they want to do.”

Dysart says the provincial government is in a conflict of interest position because they are the regulator of Manitoba Hydro but also benefit from its operations, receiving millions of dollars from the Crown corporation for

water rentals.

“Manitoba is benefiting greatly from them while we’re suffering the negative impact with really no mitigation, very poor mitigation programs,” says Dysart, noting that the lake used to produce more than a million pounds of whitefish annually and that the harvest is negatively affected by increased flows through the Missi Falls control structure. “Every year they do major flushes through Missi Falls, our commercial catch has dropped by

half and they’ve plummeted since 1997 to less than a tenth of what they were [that year.]”

Levasseur says that she’d like to see the issuing of the final licence prevented.

“I think that as long as the people who are for the environment are united and work collectively that we can put a stop to this,” she said. “The massive support being shown for our petition gives me hope and leads me to believe that people are obviously more supportive of In-

digenous rights [than they have been in the past.].”

A spokesperson for Guillemard did not answer specific questions asked by the Nickel Belt News regarding the final licence for the CRD, but did provide a statement.

“Crown consultations on a possible final licence for Manitoba Hydro began in 2009,” he said.

“The minister is currently reviewing the consultation summary materials and is expected to make a decision in the coming weeks.”

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Creighton product Garrett takes US national college hockey title, player of the year honours ERIC WESTHAVER FLIN FLON REMINDER

Fomrer norman Northtar Zach Garrett’s hockey career has taken several zigs and zags since he left Creighton to chase the sport years ago. That journey paid off earlier this month, with Garrett winning major awards and a national title.

Garrett, who played this season with the University of Mary Marauders in Bismarck, North Dakota, ended the season with no shortage of honours for his play. Garrett was named the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division II player of the year and made the division’s All-American team, along with two of his teammates.

On April 20, Garrett and the Marauders won the ACHA Division II national championship.

It was Garrett’s fifth season of college hockey since wrapping up his junior hockey career. While Garrett spent stints with the Flin Flon Bombers – the same team he was once the stick boy for growing up – he would play most of his junior hockey in Carrot River, Sask., playing junior B with a team then known as the Tri-Town Thunder.

After wrapping his junior career up with TriTown, Garrett headed south, joining up with the

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Dakota College at Bottineau Lumberjacks, a two-year junior college that played in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). In his first year, Garrett won a national NJCAA title in bizarre fashion after the championship game was called off early when an opponent jumped off the bench late in the game and cross-checked a referee.

When the NJCAA went kaput that offseason, Garrett went into the ACHA with the rest of the Jacks. Once the season was over, Garrett was stuck in a bind – having played his full time at the two-year college, Garrett would need to transfer to not only keep his college hockey career going but to continue his studies.

In order to do that, Garrett jumped to UMary, located about a three-hour drive south of Bottineau in Bismarck. Garrett would be joining a hockey program in its first year of existence, with no history or previous prize recruits to draw on.

“I was one of the first guys they had talked to off my team … I listened to them a little bit, but our season was still going on and I’m the type of guy who, when I’m invested in something, I’m focused on that – I’m not looking at something down the road,”

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Garrett said.

When the season wrapped up, Garrett hit the road and headed south. There were some hiccups with the team’s creation – Garrett remembers the team's first home game, where the school's president, who had never been to a hockey game before, dropped the first puck and then walked off the ice into the penalty box by mistake – where he would end up spending the entire first period, unable to get back to the crowd.

“He was just super pumped to watch the game – and those were the best seats in the house,” Garrett recalled with a chuckle.

Unlike most expansion teams, the Marauders saw immediate success, creating a program out of thin air that would quickly become the ACHA Division II’s top ranked team. They’d even play a special outdoor game in the snow – which they won, Garrett added.

“I transferred to this school three years ago and we were the number-one seed the last three years,” Garrett said.

Since joining the Marauders as part of that initial class, Garrett has worn the captain’s “C” for all three seasons, racking up 169 points in 138 games with the program. This season, Garrett shone, leading the Marauders in points with 56.

That number-one seed didn’t pay off with championship success in the past.

In the team’s first year, they

were ineligible to play for any titles due to their expansion status. Last season, the team was about to travel to Texas to take part in the national title tournament when COVID-19 put an end to those plans.

“The first year we weren't allowed to go. Then last year, with COVID-19 we were two days away from leaving to Texas on our flight and we got told we can't go,” Garrett said.

This year, the stars aligned for Garrett and the Marauders, as the title tournament would be held on the Marauders’ home ice.

“This year we ended up hosting it, so that was kind of like the end goal that I really wanted to do,” Garrett said.

To get there, the Marauders lived up to their team name, marauding through the college ranks and finishing the season with a 38-4-6-1 record. At home, the Marauders went 19-1-2, losing only once at the Schwan Cadillac Rink at Starion Sports Complex.

Once again, UMary would end the season ranked number one – only this time, there was a title to play for.

In their pool, UMary beat North Carolina State, rivals University of Providence and Davenport to advance to the tournament. From there, UMary played Liberty University, which ended with a 7-0 Marauders win.

In the final game, with Mary playing the Iowa State Cyclones, the Marauders came in as the likely

Spiritual Thoughts

educentr.dumont@gmail.com Sister Andrea Dumont

Nickel Belt News photo courtesy of Brian Larson University of Mary Creighton’s Zach Garrett hoisted the ACHA Division II national championship trophy April 20. Garrett and his University of Mary Marauders won the title in a year where Garrett was named national player of the year and an All-American in his league. favourites to win the title, With five seasons of colplaying on home ice to a lege hockey in the books, packed house.

Garrett – a marketing and “It was definitely inter- business administration maesting. It was pretty loud jor – is unsure what his next – we haven’t played for a step is. Due to a special rule crowd that big for a while, for college hockey players not only not playing but in affected by the abbreviatsome places I played in, ed season this year, Garwe didn’t have very many rett can technically come fans,” Garrett said. back, which could make A goal in the second per- him a possible six-season iod would put the Maraud- college player. Whatever ers up 1-0 and, with only comes next is uncertain, but moments to go, the Maraud- Garrett knows one thing – ers looked to ice the title. he wants to keep hockey in With less than a minute his life. to go, Marauder forward “I’ve done some internMarshall Tschida fired the ships with the athletic depuck from his own end off partment here and I applied the boards and off the rico- to be a graduate assistant. chet, the puck slid, stumbled That’s what my title would and bumbled its way into be, not just a hockey player. the empty net. That gave I’d love to do marketing for Mary a 2-0 lead and, about a sport, any sport. I think I kelly.bindle.mla.offi ce@gmail.com 20 seconds of game time might be coming back to Office:to get a later, the ACHA Division Constituency Canada and trying II national championship. Unitjob in marketing, hopefully 3-40 Moak Crescent “It was awesome. AfterThompson, in sports,MB butR8N I don’t 2B7know that … you celebrate pretty what’s going to be in the 204-677-2066 Kelly Bindle hard,” Garrett said. cards,” he said.

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All Indigenous adults in Manitoba now eligible for vaccines: province pointments at any super site, pop-up clinic or urban Indigenous vaccine clinic,” said provincial health minister Heather Stefanson in a press release.

“This will help people across the province access the vaccine and reduce their risk of contracting COVID-19 or having any serious outcomes, protecting themselves and their communities.”

According to the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba (FNHSSM), between 12,000 and 13,000 Indigenous people have tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic – just under a third of all of Manitoba's reported COVID-19 cases.

First Nations Pandemic Response Co-ordination Team public health lead Dr. Marcia Anderson also said Mon-

day that Indigenous people Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. have required admission to Doses of AstraZeneca/Cointensive care units due to vishield vaccines are availCOVID-19 at high rates. able to Manitobans aged 40 “We have seen con- and up, with people in their sistently that First Nations 30s who have certain medpeople have made up 50 to ical conditions also eligible.

60 per cent of all COVID-19 Outside of the NRHA, admissions to intensive care pregnant people over 18 units, and we want to ensure years old can now book that all Indigenous peoples vaccines provincewide in in Manitoba can access the Manitoba, along with all vaccine as soon as pos- people age 50 and over, sible,” said Anderson.

Community Living Dis“Getting the vaccine will ability services clients over not only protect the person, age 18, frontline workers but also their family mem- including police officers, bers and loved ones, which firefighters and medical is critical to saving lives and workers and people workprotecting the capacity of ing in shelters and service the health-care system.” facilities.

Current Manitoba eligiJust under 50,000 InThompson RCMP bility requirements current- digenous Manitobans – inly allow all adults within cluding around 19,000 InDrug TiptheLine Northern Regional Health digenous people in northern Authority (NRHA) to book Manitoba – have received at a vaccine appointment and least one dose of COVID-19 receive their first dose of vaccine.

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BY ERIC WESTHAVER FLIN FLON REMINDER

All Indigenous Manitobans over 18 years old are now eligible to get a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

The Manitoba government announced May 3 that current vaccine eligibility requirements would be changed to include all Indigenous adults across Manitoba, regardless of where in the province they live. Indigenous adults can now book appointments for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at provincial supersites, urban Indigenous clinics or pop-up clinics – including at one in Flin Flon – by calling 1-844-626-8222. Supersite appointments can also be booked online at protectmb. ca.

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North district accounted for most occurrences in three policing categories in March, RCMP statistics show

BY IAN GRAHAM

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Manitoba RCMP announced April 28 that they will begin providing monthly statistics about their policing activities in the province and the first monthly snapshot shows that the largest percentage of occurrences in three broad categories were in the north district, which includes all communities from Grand Rapids north.

Fifty per cent of the crimes against persons that RCMP responded to in March 2021 were in the north, compared to 28 per cent in the east district and 21 per cent in the west district. The north district accounted for 40 per cent of crimes against property that month, compared to 36 per cent in the east and 24 per cent in the west district.

Forty-one per cent of common police activities calls were in the north, with 33

per cent in the east and 26 per cent in the west. Common police activities calls include things such as wellbeing checks and are not all criminal in nature.

In raw terms, 811 crimes against persons were responded to in the north in March of this year, compared to 460 in the east district and 344 in the west district. There were 908 property crimes in the north, 814 in the east and 539 in the west. Common police activities conducted in the north totalled 910, compared to 730 in the east and 569 in the west.

These categories represent actual crimes while calls for service includes complaints that are deemed unfounded. The north actually had fewer calls for service than the east district in March 2021 – 5,898 to 6,764. Calls in all three districts rose in March 2021 from the previous year, but

the percentage change in the north was only 5.6 per cent, compared to 28.4 per cent and 32.1 per cent in the east and the west districts.

In the common police activities category, the north saw an 11 per cent decrease in March of this year compared to 2020, driven largely by missing persons reports dropping by 37 per cent, from 247 to 155, though well-being checks increased 81 per cent, from 67 to 121.

Crimes against persons in the north district increased two per cent in March from the previous year, despite a three per cent drop in the number of assaults, as sexual offences increased by 39 per cent, from 38 to 53. These offences include sexual assault calls, which went from 25 in 2020 to 33 this March, and sexual interference, which increased from seven to 12.

Property crimes in the

Garden Hill First Nation teen arrested after another youth injured during machete attack Island Lake RCMP have arrested and charged a 16-year-old male with aggravated assault following a machete attack.

Police received a report of a 14-year-old male being attacked with a weapon while walking in Garden Hill First Nation just before 1 a.m. April 28. The victim was taken to the nursing station with non-life-threat-

ening injuries.

In addition to aggravated assault, the 16-year-old suspect from Garden Hill First Nation, who was located and arrested on Wednesday evening, is charged with possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose and Island Lake RCMP continue to investigate.

Paid sick leave, better vaccination policies could have lessened third wave impact “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it” is a famous quote many people are familiar with, but apparently not Premier Brian Pallister or his government. Before Manitoba was hit with the deadliest second wave in the country, there were many signs that it was coming. Rising case numbers and test positivity, increased intensive care unit (ICU) numbers and hospitalizations and an inability to effectively trace how people contracted COVID were all signs that Manitoba was on the cusp of a second wave.

Despite these clear signs and warnings from public health officials, the premier sat back and watched as the second wave crashed onto our province. The result was devastating. Our personal care homes experienced the worst, with 56 people passing away at the Maples Personal Care Home, which the former minister of health called “unavoidable.”

The Pallister government could have learned from the first wave that other provinces experienced by bolstering our health care system, improving staffing at personal care homes, and implementing paid sick leave. Unfortunately, they didn’t and Manitoba subsequently had the worst COVID fatality rate in the country during the second wave.

And when the worst of

north district also went up over the previous year in March 2021, mostly due to a 13.7 per cent increase in mischief occurrences, while theft under $5,000 dropped 35 per cent and theft over $5,000 decreased 11 per cent, from 19 occurrences to 17.

The north accounted for 20 per cent of serious vehicle collisions (those which result in at least one person suffering a non-fatal injury that results in them being taken to hospital) in March 2021, double the percentage in the west.

Seventy per cent of serious collisions that month were in the east district.

Publishing these monthly statistics is an effort to be transparent and accountable, Manitoba RCMP say.

"Our goal is to ensure

Fifty per cent of the crimes against persons that Manitoba RCMP responded to in March 2021 were in the north district, compared to 28 per cent in the east district and 21 per cent in the west district.

Manitobans have a better inal operations officer Chief sense of the types of crime Supt.Rob Hill. occurring where they live The statistics are available and if there are any emer- on the RCMP website at ging crime trends in their https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ area," said Manitoba crim- mb/stats/index-eng.htm#a1.

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the second wave was over, you would think the Pallister government would learn from their mistakes and take action to prevent another wave. Unfortunately, yet again we are seeing this government act too late.

Manitoba’s case numbers, including more and more variant cases, ICU numbers, hospitalizations, and test positivity rates rose before the government took action, even as public health officials warned that the third wave was already here. Now that the government has finally implemented further restrictions, the premier is again falsely claiming – just like he did after the second wave – that his government acted proactively and did all they could to prevent a third wave.

One of the key actions that should have been taken to reduce the impact of the third wave was to implement paid sick leave.

Too many workers in our province have to choose between putting food on the table or staying home when

sick, which has caused COVID-19 to flourish at many workplaces. This is an impossible dilemma they are forcing people to undergo. The government should implement paid sick leave now to ensure that people who are sick stay home and keep the virus from spreading unchecked.

There have also been issues with the vaccine rollout. While everyone over 18 in the north is now able to receive their COVID-19 vaccine, it’s taken too long to get to this point. As well, there are many groups and individuals that have not been included. Early childhood educators, teachers and support workers for people with disabilities are just some of the people not included in the rest of the province.

If you’re concerned about the Pallister government’s botched pandemic response, or if you have any other questions, comments or concerns please reach out to me at Danielle.adams@ yourmanitoba.ca or by calling me at 204-677-2744.

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Did the COVID-19 pandemic push up suicide rates in the first few months? An international study says no

BY NADINE YOUSIF

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, TORONTO STAR

A study of suicide data from 21 countries and 25 regions, including parts of Canada, shows there were no signs of an increase in deaths by suicide in the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The results may seem surprising, as they counter predictions that suicide rates would rise in Canada as a consequence of the pandemic. But the study’s authors caution the public and policy makers to remain vigilant.

The study, published recently in The Lancet and conducted by a team of more than 70 researchers globally, including from Sunnybrook Research Insititute in Toronto, used suicide data from 2019 up to July 2020 to determine whether there was an increase in the rate during the initial wave of COVID-19.

They found that rates did not increase beyond what’s predicted from pre-pandemic data. In some jurisdictions, including British Columbia and Alberta, the number of suicides has decreased.

Jane Pirkis, a professor of mental health at the University of Melbourne in Aus-

tralia and one of the lead authors, said the analysis was conducted by modelling what the suicide trend would look like had the pandemic not taken place, and comparing that modelling to raw data from jurisdictions where 2020 suicide reports are readily available.

“We determined that there was no evidence in those countries that we looked at of any increase,” Pirkis said.

There’s no concrete reason as to why rates have not changed, despite some experts’ worries that the pandemic and its economic fallout would increase the number of suicides. But Pirkis hypothesized it may be social cohesion — the idea that national crises lead to a collective response from government and the community, which can in turn offer protection against suicide deaths.

Pirkis and other experts on suicide data also cautioned that the number of deaths often doesn’t tell the whole story, and the pandemic still poses a significant challenge for people’s mental health. Increase in demand for mental health services has been noted by several agencies in Canada, including walk-in clinics for youth, Kids Help Phone

and the national suicide helpline.

“We still don’t know what will happen in the future, but we thought it was important to try to get some real data to try to answer that question because there was a lot of speculation,” Pirkis said.

While data from Canada is included in Pirkis’s analysis, the full picture of Canada’s suicide numbers from 2020 is not yet clear, said Mara Gruneau, the executive director of the Centre for Suicide Prevention based in Calgary.

Some provinces, including Ontario, have not reported their numbers yet.

Numbers from provinces that reported are bound to increase slightly once they’re finalized by Statistics Canada, as is the trend historically. Those official nationwide numbers will not be available until 2022, Gruneau said.

The numbers that are available — which Gruneau said are provisional — suggest a significant decrease between 2019 and 2020, namely in Alberta and B.C. In Alberta, the number dropped from 601 deaths in 2019 to 468 in 2020. In B.C., deaths fell from 651 in 2019 to 408 in 2020.

Gruneau said that at first

glance, these numbers look like a massive decrease in suicide trends, but one must zoom out to examine suicide numbers over many years to determine the trend.

Around 4,000 people die by suicide every year in Canada, and the suicide rate has plateaued in the last decade. As a result, Gruneau said further monitoring is needed over a number of years to determine whether suicide rates are heading in a downward trend.

“If you back up a few earlier years, you’ll see a bump up in 2015 in Alberta,” Gruneau said, referencing the year in which Alberta saw 666 deaths by suicide, the largest in the last decade.

“Again, we didn’t know — is this a new trajectory or is this an anomaly? Thank God, it turned out to be an anomaly.”

Gruneau said a decrease in suicides does not mean a decrease in people struggling with suicidal ideation or significant mental health concerns. One thing the pandemic has done, she said, is enable many people to speak more openly about their mental health, and in turn find help.

“Suicide is not inevitable, and sometimes we look at an increase in crisis calls

as a positive thing, because people are seeking help either for themselves or others,” Gruneau said.

Other hypotheses on why the rates have lowered or steadied include the decrease of regular stressors related to work and life that have come with lockdown measures, Pirkis said, as well as some people’s ability to spend more time with family as a result.

Pirkis said many jurisdictions put mental health and economic supports in place very early on in the pandemic as millions lost their income, including the federal Canada Emergency Response Benefit or CERB, which helped 8.9 million Canadians receive compensation after losing their jobs due to COVID-19.

Previous research shows a link between economic downturns and the rise in suicides, particularly after the 2008 recession.

“Some combination of those things may have helped reduce the risk (of suicide) at least in the early months of the pandemic,” Pirkis said.

But she recognized many people had different experiences. Many have lost livelihoods, others are grieving relatives. Some with pre-existing mental health

conditions are particularly struggling, as evidenced by self-reported data and expert analysis throughout the pandemic.

In Canada, the pandemic has also led to a significant rise in overdose deaths, with Toronto reporting a record 38 opioid deaths in January.

“There are people for whom the pandemic has been an awful experience, and being locked down in their homes has been difficult for all sorts of reasons,” Pirkis said.

And, of course, the pandemic is far from over in most of the world, including Canada. It is why Pirkis and the study’s co-authors underline the need to remain vigilant, and keep helping people financially and with their mental health.

“It’s about thinking through the possible reasons for why the numbers have remained level, and making sure we keep those important supports in place.”

If you are thinking of suicide or know someone who is, there is help. Resources are available online at crisisservicescanada.ca or you can connect to the national suicide prevention helpline at 1-833-456-4566, or the Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868.

Changing climate, breaking heart

BY SARAH LAWRYNUIK

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Looking at spreadsheets and map plots of trees is far beyond Rhian Brynjolson’s typical day as a visual artist, but she became entranced and inspired by data collected by Canadian scientists for a new art project.

Her hope is to try and bring the numbers, map dots and statistics to life in a new way to help the public better connect to climate science.

Falcon Lake’s Brynjolson is one of 12 Canadian artists who participated in an art-science collaboration exhibit, co-ordinated by the Global Water Futures program out of the University of Saskatchewan. The project saw the artists paired with researchers and scientists across the country who then engaged in conversations to try to inspire a new angle to their art.

“The whole idea behind it is: water is life,” says Louise Arnal, the project lead, and a post-doctoral fellow

at the Centre for Hydrology and Coldwater Laboratory.

The project focuses on water but brings climate change to the foreground, Arnal explains, since it will affect hydrology in so many ways. The art exhibit examines climate effects such as permafrost thaw, the degradation of Alberta’s Peyto glacier and the vulnerability of groundwater sources.

“Science does not always involve people emotionally, so that is why we need to add this creative, emotionally connective component,” Arnal says.

Brynjolson was paired with the University of Waterloo’s Jennifer Baltzer, the Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change; together they started talking about permafrost thaw and its impact on forest ecology.

“It was a pretty steep learning curve, I have to say,” Brynjolson says.

“Our conversations evolved to include links to academic papers, and so on.

And it was very interesting listening to her speak. She’s very passionate about what she is talking about; very knowledgeable. But what was also interesting was I thought that I was pretty aware of climate change and the rate at which it was happening, but what they’re discovering in the North about how quickly permafrost is thawing is, is pretty alarming.”

She quickly became focused on the increasing prevalence of drunken trees — trees or entire swaths of forest that lean at angles out of the ground as the thawing permafrost weakens the trees’ anchors in the soil.

“I built a mobile. You know, the idea of hanging by a thin thread. But then I started painting and what became really interesting to me was to look at the data, to look at the graphs and the plot grids, the maps of tagged trees they were keeping track of, and then superimposing that on the landscape,” Brynjolson

says.

Tricia Stadnyk, an associate professor who specializes in hydrology at the University of Calgary, says she was excited about being asked to work on the project, but that it was far from her comfort zone.

“I was actually super-nervous coming into this project. When they asked me to participate, I’m like, ‘Oh no, I can’t do this.’

I’m probably the furthest removed from an artist that anybody can possibly be. I draw stick people, right?”

Stadnyk says with a laugh.

She was paired with Manitoba artist Bob Haverluck to explore the impact of the Manitoba Hydro Churchill River diversion into the Nelson River. She was floored by how freeing it was to think of all she knew from a new perspective, she says.

Using photos from before and after hydro generating stations were established, Stadnyk and Haverluck engaged in emotional discus-

sions about what they were bearing witness to.

“And then thinking about the effects of climate change and participating with all the other artists and scientists who were doing the same. There were a couple times that a few of us on the call were, like, tearing up, because it really is disheartening, scary,” Stadnyk says.

Working in a field where science and data are typically detached from emotion, Stadnyk says the experience helped deepen her connection to her work, but she adds that it isn’t something all scientists would be willing to explore.

Haverluck hopes his pieces documenting the changes in the Nelson River system serve as a reminder that even Manitoba’s socalled clean energy has a substantial cost to it.

“There’s a way in which the North is sort of non-existent for the south.

We know our electricity comes from up there, there’s dams up there. But the edge

of cottage country has long been seen as the end of Lake Winnipeg (to southerners), which has long been a problem. So part of it is to remind the South what’s happening in the North to which our life is tied, our lights and heat are tied,” Haverluck says.

Brynjolson hopes to see more collaborations between artists and scientists to help reframe how we view human relationships with the planet.

“I think what these conversations between artists and scientists can help us do is imagine the scenarios more fully; use surprising metaphors that jolt us out of our comfort zones and our now-outdated patterns of thinking; provide images that depict the seriousness of what the data is revealing — and also show the heartbreaking beauty of what’s being lost.”

The Virtual Water Gallery opened online April 29 at www.virtualwatergallery. ca.

Nickel Days cancelled again Nickel Days is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year in a row, it was announced April 30.

“The health and safety of our volunteers, fairgoers, vendors, performers and

communities is our utmost priority and therefore regretfully the Nickel Days Board of Directors must make the decision to cancel the 2021 event,” said a posting on the Nickel Days Facebook page. “We are

very much looking forward to planning the 50th Nickel Days event in June 2022.”

The four-day event, which includes the National King Miner Contest, dates back to 1970, the year Thompson was elevated from town to

city status.

In addition to the King Miner contest, which pits competitors against each other in timed events based on traditional mining skills, the annual event also includes a Saturday

night social with an outof-town band– in 2019 it was The Watchmen – the Lions Club parade, midway rides and games, a slo-pitch tournament and many other musical performances and activities.

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Packing on the pandemic pounds BYTEMUR DURRANI

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

If you’ve experienced unwelcome weight changes in the past year, leading food economists believe you’re not alone.

A new study by the AgriFood Analytics Lab, shared exclusively with the Winnipeg Free Press ahead of a wide release, suggests nearly three in five Canadians have put on more than a few pounds in the past year — mostly due to the stress of COVID-19.

Researchers surveyed almost 10,000 people from province to province lastmonth, asking them about their wellness and food habits to measure how well they’ve been coping with stress generated by the pub-

lic-health crisis.

“The results are shocking and definitely show us that we’ve actually paid a pretty big long-term price during the pandemic,” said Sylvain Charlebois, a food management professor at Dalhousie University, who led the study with a team of experts.

“Clearly, as people were dealing with stress about everything else around them, their food habits changed. And even while we might be taking our COVID health precautions seriously, Canadians have been putting the health aspect of their eating on the back seat.”

It’s normal to gain some weight as people get older because of decreasing lipid turnover in fat tissue when

someone ages, Charlebois explained, but people across the country have gained more weight “undesirably and unintentionally than any other period we’ve ever seen” before.

In fact, researchers believe, younger people have been impacted in greater proportions than older generations. And results not only vary by age, they also vary by gender and geographic location.

A total of 83 per cent of millennials and 82 per cent of generation Z believe they’re more stressed than before the pandemic, and tend to eat or snack more as a result. In contrast, 78 per cent of generation X and 68 per cent of baby boomers shared those sentiments.

Women (at 53 per cent)

are more inclined to stresseat than men (at 47.1 per cent). And 76 per cent of women said they gained some weight, versus 71 per cent of men.

Charlebois believes much of these trends are because of the lack of a normal dayto-day structure during the pandemic, citing how only 8.8 per cent of Canadians said that they’ve been able to manage mealtimes properly. He also said the lack of exercise and regular activity has caused a notable impact.

“Many of us lost our daily food bearings because we just weren’t doing things we were used to anymore — this is still all completely new to us and is changing from one month or even week to the next,” he said.

“Meal planning or manage-

ment went completely out the gate, because you never know whether you’re physically supposed to go to work or school and when you aren’t.”

But the most significant personal stressor contributing to weight changes has been self-isolation from friends and family. A total of 67 per cent of Canadians see this as the primary reason why they hit the fridge to stress-eat during extended bouts of loneliness.

“There’s so many layers here, and I mean, it makes sense why you need comfort through comfort food when you’re lonely,” said Charlebois.

The province where the highest number of people who believe their eating habits have changed is New-

foundland and Labrador (at 84 per cent), followed by Nova Scotia (81 per cent) and Ontario (at 74 per cent).

Manitoba is among the lower rung of weight fluctuations, where 59 per cent of people reported a change.

Of those respondents in the province, 39.3 per cent gained between six and eight pounds since last spring; 14.3 per cent gained between 11 and 15 pounds; and 12.8 per cent gained from 16 to 20 pounds.

“At the end of the day, one thing is clear: people will continue to struggle with eating habits until the pandemic is over,” said Charlebois. “And all of this will come back to bite us if we don’t start addressing this right now on a personal and collective level.”

Protecting against and treating tetanus Spring cleanup – a big event for the population of Thompson. On that day, all of us try hard to discard the redundant things that we collect throughout the year. We yearn for this day and time. Everybody makes the home tidy and pitches out the things that we don’t use. It is certainly a positive move and it should always happen, it is a kind of cleansing our homes where we dwell. I

do appreciate the City of Thompson for the help that

they provide to us to take all the items that are not being used or that are damaged.

So far everything is good, but one thing I would have to mention here is we need to pay attention to our safety. When we discard the old doors, windows, furniture, and other items, they almost always contain nails. Sometimes, the nails are rusted or dirty which is a risk factor for a disease named tetanus. Not only nails,

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the discarded items often have sharp metal objects or even some hard plastics that may cut our hands or legs.

I observed that many of us have so much debris made of big wood frames full of nails or sometimes our discarded bathroom sinks with the broken tubing systems, it makes me worry for our safety. So, today, I want to discuss how we can prevent tetanus. Before further do, we should know what is tetanus, how it occurs and what it can cause, and finally how we can prevent tetanus.

Tetanus is a disease of the nervous system which is characterized by severe

muscle spasms. The spasm results from a toxin in our body that is produced when we are infected with an organism named Clostridium tetani, found in the soil.

There is a medical terminology – trismus – which means lockjaw or intense spasm of the muscles which we use for chewing. Not only the chewing muscle, but tetanus also cause severe spasms in other parts of the body – it may cause a stiff neck, then due to spasms of the spinal muscles in our back, it causes the body to bend like a bow, the muscles of our tummy get stiff like a board and also due to contraction our

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respiratory muscles, it causes severe apnea, meaning no breathing at all, and it may cause difficulty swallowing. When these symptoms start to happen, it causes a severe condition in patients. Most of the time they need sedation by an anesthesiologist and respiratory support by a ventilator. On some occasions, patients who are not in good condition may die due to this illness.

Now the question comes, what we should do to prevent tetanus? Before the 1940s there was no vaccine for this, which caused a lot of mortality but currently, Continued on Page 8

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION: SALE OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES, TOWN OF LEAF RAPIDS

Pursuant to subsection 367(7) of The Municipal Act, notice is hereby given that unless the tax arrears for the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paid in full to the Municipality prior to the commencement of the auction, the Municipality will on the 31st day of May, 2021, at the hour of 1:30 PM, at Town of Leaf Rapids, Town Centre, Leaf Rapids, Manitoba, proceed to sell by public auction the following described properties: Roll #

Description

Assessed Value

Arrears & Costs*

Roll #

Description

Assessed Value

Arrears & Costs*

1800

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 10 BLOCK 1 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) IN UNSURVEYED 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 38 MUKASEW BAY

L -$900 B -$18,800

$8,906.38

15100

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 7 BLOCK 1 PLAN 904 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 26 UTIK BAY

L -$900 B -$18,700

$30,082.14

2000

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 12 BLOCK 1 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 46 MUKASEW BAY

L -$900 B -$20,300

$10,358.13

15700

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 13 BLOCK 1 PLAN 904 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 2 UTIK BAY

L -$900 B -$23,400

$35,371.09

2300

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 15 BLOCK 1 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 58 MUKASEW BAY

L -$900 B -$20,300

$29,783.56

15900

LOT 2 BLOCK 2 PLAN 904 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM 31 UTIK BAY

L -$900 B -$16,700

$20,822.39

3000

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 5 BLOCK 2 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 19 MUKASEW BAY

L -$900 B -$15,900

$12,282.53

17300

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 7 BLOCK 1 PLAN 911 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 22 MIKINAK BAY

L -$900 B -$19,500

$23,283.94

4200

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 6 BLOCK 3 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 79 MUKASEW BAY

L -$900 B -$20,300

$15,830.60

18200

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 4 BLOCK 2 PLAN 911 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 3 MIKINAK BAY

L -$1,100 B -$21,800

$34,033.99

4700

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 5 BLOCK 4 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 82 MUKASEW BAY

L -$900 B -$12,600

$10,534.15

18600

LOT 4 BLOCK 3 PLAN 911 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM 63 MIKINAK BAY

L -$900 B -$11,600

$4,791.27

5100

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 1 BLOCK 5 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 2 WAPOOS BAY

L -$900 B -$20,000

$6,072.66

20100

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 10 BLOCK 4 PLAN 911 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 86 MIKINAK BAY

L -$900 B -$20,200

$26,628.51

5200

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 2 BLOCK 5 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 6 WAPOOS BAY

L -$900 B -$25,500

$15,514.37

20200

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 11 BLOCK 4 PLAN 911 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 90 MIKINAK BAY

L -$900 B -$21,100

$14,603.69

5900

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 9 BLOCK 5 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 34 WAPOOS BAY

L -$900 B -$20,900

$20,489.69

20500

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 1 BLOCK 1 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 90 KEYASK BAY

L -$900 B -$25,600

$16,606.85

7600

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 3 BLOCK 6 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 11 WAPOOS BAY

L -$900 B -$20,700

$14,960.06

21000

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 6 BLOCK 1 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPMPage EXC ALL 1MINES, of 1 MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 110 KEYASK BAY

L -$900 B -$23,500

$33,684.76

7900

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 6 BLOCK 6 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 L -$900 $31,997.08 OFASPUBLIC WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND NOTICE OTHER MATTERS SET FORTH INAUCTION B -$19,600 THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 23SALE WAPOOS BAY OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES

21100

LOT 7 BLOCK 1 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 114 KEYASK BAY

L -$900 B -$25,600

$16,355.72

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 10 BLOCK 1 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN ACT IN 86-17 theLANDS tax arrears forWPM - 126 KEYASK BAY

L -$900 B -$24,100

$18,266.41

L -$900 B -$26,700

$49,180.83

L -$900 B -$26,600

$33,922.43

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 9 BLOCK TOWN 6 PLAN 899OF PLTOSNOW (N DIV) INLAKE L -$900 UNSURVEYED 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT -Municipal 35 WAPOOS BAY Pursuant to FORTH subsection 367(7) of The Act, notice is hereby

8200

$2,579.26

21400

given that unless the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paidATinLEAF full to the RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 12 BLOCK 1 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 $2,162.71 21600 8400 LOT 11 BLOCK 6 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND L -$900 EXC ALL MINES OTHER MATTERS FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS 86-17 WPM the Municipality will on theWPM Municipality priorAStoSETthe commencement of ACT theIN auction, 11th day of MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 134 KEYASK BAY 39 WAPOOS BAY September, 2018, at the hour of 1:00 PM, at Town of Snow Lake, 113 Elm Street Snow Lake, $28,825.62 23000 AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 1 BLOCK 3 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) EXC 8600 AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 13 BLOCK 6 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 L -$900 Manitoba, proceed to sell by public auction the AS following described properties: WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS SET FORTH IN ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN B -$18,400 THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 47 WAPOOS BAY

Roll Description Assessed $26,163.57 9200 AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING: LOT 19 BLOCK 6 PLAN 899 PLTO (N DIV) EXC L -$900 Number Value ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN B -$16,700 LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 71 WAPOOS BAY

10100

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 7 BLOCK 1 PLAN 900 PLTO (N DIV) EXC L -$900 $14,215.47 ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN B -$20,700 AT SNOW LAKE AND BEING: LOT 13 BLOCK 3 PLAN 646 2300 LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 14 NISKU BAY L -$12,200

LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 81 KEYASK BAY

Amount of Arrears & 23500 AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 6 BLOCK 3 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 L -$900 Costs forEXC Which WPM ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED B -$18,400 IN THEMay CROWN Property beLANDS ACT - 63 KEYASK BAY Offered forRAPIDS Sale AND BEING LOT 7 BLOCK 3 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) EXC L -$900 AT LEAF 23600

$24,183.33 $45,040.86

ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS $7,210.89 ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 59 KEYASK BAY

B -$25,800

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 2 BLOCK 4 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 82 KEYASK BAY

L -$900 B -$25,000

$39,000.78

AT LEAF$4,176.75 RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 14 BLOCK 4 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 34 KEYASK BAY

L -$900 B -$25,500

$33,835.55

25400

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 18 BLOCK 4 PLAN 912 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN $6,487.01 THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 18 KEYASK BAY

L -$900 B -$23,600

$24,965.01

28000

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 4 BLOCK 2 PLAN 913 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 51 UTIK BAY

L -$900 B -$18,100

$6,620.82

28600

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 10 BLOCK 2 PLAN 913 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 75 UTIK BAY

L -$900 B -$26,100

$18,127.37

28800

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING: LOT 12 BLOCK 2 PLAN 913 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 83 UTIK BAY $14,161.72

L -$900 B -$22,700

$29,301.84

31000

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 1 BLOCK 5 PLAN 914 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - UMISK BAY

L -$3,700 B -$3,700

$22,735.80

14800

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 4 BLOCK 1 PLAN 904 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 L -$900 $26,886.92 34200 AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 2 PLAN 923 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER will RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS The purchaser of the property be responsible for any property taxes not yet due.

B -$15,500 IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 38 UTIK BAY ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 17 TOWN CENTRE

L -$1,800 B -$4,700

$27,296.86

15000

ATcosts.

LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 6 BLOCK 1 PLAN 904 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 L -$900 $27,851.20 38700 AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 5 BLOCK 1 PLAN 5861 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN B -$16,100 If CROWN the purchaser to bid by proxy, a letter of authorization form must be presented prior to ACT - 18 NEPIN BAY THE CROWN LANDS THE LANDS ACTintends - 30 UTIK BAY

L -$900

$19,015.25

11400

PLTO (N DIV) IN 68-17 WPM SUBJECT TO THE

B -$58,100 AT LEAFRESERVATIONS RAPIDS AND BEINGCONTAINED LOT 1 BLOCK 3 IN PLAN 900CROWN PLTO (N DIV) EXC ACT L -$900 $16,104.43 THE LANDS ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN B -$19,000 148 WILLOW CRESCENT LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM - 50 NISKU BAY

AT SNOW LAKE AND BEING LOT 5 BLOCK 5 PLAN 646 3400 LOT 3 BLOCK 3 PLAN 900 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND L -$900 L -$12,200 11600 $23,579.85 PLTO (N DIV) 68-17 WPM SUBJECT OTHER MATTERS AS SET IN FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDSTO ACTTHE IN 86-17 WPM B -$20,100 RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT 58 NISKU BAY 145 WILLOW CRESCENT 12500 AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 12 BLOCK 3 PLAN 900 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 L -$900 $11,455.97 ATALL SNOW LAKE ANDAND BEING PARCEL THE NWLY MINES, MINERALS OTHER MATTERSONE: AS SET FORTH IN B30 15600WPM EXC -$21,100L -$12,200 THE CROWN 94 NISKU BAYPORTION OF MAPLE AVENUE FEETLANDS PERPACT OF- ALL THAT B -$18,800 (NOW CLOSED) PLAN 646 PLTO (N DIV) IN 68-17 WPM 13300 LOT 5 BLOCK 4 PLAN 900 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND L -$900 $20,804.74 THE STRAIGHT PRODUCTIONS OTHER WHICH MATTERS LIES AS SETBETWEEN FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 86-17 WPM B -$18,900 SELY 59 NISKU BAY OF THE NE AND SW LIMITS OF LOT 1 BLOCK 17 PLAN 646 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES AND MINERALS PARCEL 13400 AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 6 BLOCK 4 PLAN 900 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 L -$900 $35,500.31 TWO: THE SWLY 50 FEET PERP OF LOT 1 BLOCK 17 PLAN WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED B -$24,900 646 PLTO (N DIV) IN 68-17 WPM EXC THE NWLY 20 FEET IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 63 NISKU BAY PERP SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 9ACT BLOCK 4 PLAN 900 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 L -$900 13700 AT LEAFTHE $2,279.74 CROWN LANDS - 101 ELM STREET WPM SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS SNOW NISKU BAY LAKE AND BEING LOT 24 PLAN 749 PLTO (N DIV) 25900ACT - 75AT

14100

SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE

23800 25000

L -$13,700

AT LEAF RAPIDS AND BEING LOT 13 BLOCK 4 PLAN 900 PLTO (N DIV) IN 86-17 L -$900 B -$44,800 $13,063.23 CROWN LANDS ACT INOTHER 68-17RESERVATIONS WPM - 118 BALSAM STREET WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND AS CONTAINED B -$16,000 IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 91 NISKU BAY

The tax sale is subject to the following terms and conditions with respect to each property:   

The Municipality may exercise its right to set a reserve bid in the amount of the arrears and

the start of the auction. of Arrears & Costs forconcerning Which Propertythe Mayproperties be Offered for Sale The Municipality makes no representations or*Amount warranties whatsoever being sold.

The tax sale is subject to the following terms and conditions with respect to each property:  The successful purchaser must, at the time of the sale, make payment in cash, certified cheque • The purchaser of the property will be responsible for any property taxes not yet due. or bank draft to the Town Lake bid as follows: • The Municipality may exercise its rightoftoSnow set a reserve in the amount of the arrears and costs. i) The full purchase price if it is $10,000 or form less; must OR be presented prior to the start of the auction.

• If the purchaser intends to bid by proxy, a letter of authorization ii) If the purchase price is greater than $10,000, the the purchaser provide a non• The Municipality makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning properties must being sold. deposit amount of $10,000 and thecertified balance of the • The successfulrefundable purchaser must, at the in timethe of the sale, make payment in cash, cheque or purchase bank draftprice to the must Town of Leaf Rapids as follows: i) The full price if20 it is $10,000 or less; bepurchase paid within days of the sale.OR If the is greater $10,000, the purchaser must providefollowing a non-refundable deposit in the amount of $10,000 and the balance of the purchase price must be paid within 20  ii)The riskpurchase for theprice property liesthan with the purchaser immediately the auction. days of the sale;isAND  The purchaser responsible for obtaining vacant possession.

• A fee in the amount $309.75 ($295 plus GST) for preparation of the transfer of title documents. The purchaser will be responsible for registering the transfer of title documents in the land titles  If the property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if office, including the registration costs. a GST registrant, provide GST Declaration.

• The risk for the property lies with theapurchaser immediately following the auction.  purchaser The purchaser will for beobtaining responsible registering the transfer of title in the land titles office, • The is responsible vacantfor possession. registration costs.the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if a GST registrant, provide a GST Declaration.

• If theincluding property is the non-residential property, 

Dated thisthis 7th 17 daythofday May, Dated of2021.

August, 2018.

Managed by: by: Managed

Ken Jenkins Kirk Glenday, Chief Administrative Officer Interim Chief Administrative Officer Town of Leaf Rapids Phone: (204) 473-2436 Fax: (204) 473-2566 Town of Snow Lake Phone: (204) 358-2551 Fax: (204) 358-2112

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Youth Wellness Worker Position Statement The overall purpose of NAYSPS is to improve the quality of

life, and access to culturally Wednesday, January 31, 2018sensitive wellness services at the community level, and to help create healthy family and

Careers community environments for children and all First Nations community members.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION Under the supervision of the Health Director of the Keewatin Tribal Council, working in partnership with the Brighter Futures/Building Healthy Communities, NNADAP Advisors and the Mental Wellness Program, the Youth Wellness Worker will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of a Regional Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy for the communities served by the KTC Health Department.

Louisiana Pacific Swan Valley

General Labourers

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Assist in the planning of the KTC Mental Health Strategy by: • Collaborating with KTC Health Services Team and Mental Louisiana-Pacific, Employer of Choice, a leader in the forest products industry Health Team (BFI/BHC and NADAP) known for the development of innovative, affordable, environmentally • Consulting with KTC Member First Nations Staff, friendly building products and for excellence in Safety and Quality is currently professionals, agencies and other information sources seeking Labourers at our Swan Valley SmartSide®, Swan Valley, Minitonas that will enhance program development and community operation. development; Qualifi cations: Youth focus groups; • Conducting Providing input onmust Youth Suicide The• successful candidate possess theIntervention following and Youth qualifiFocused cations; wellness Activities into planning; Assistwritten in planning and communication participate in community based •• Good and verbal skills wellness activities; • Physically fit to perform all duties Assist to in the development of community based programs •• Ability multitask and problem solve by participating quarterly as meetings • Ability to operateinequipment requiredat the regional level.

Establish literacy and assist and networking •• Computer willto beestablish consideredliaison an asset process with the RHA and the community health • Valid driver’s license professionals and other local human resources.

• Shiftwork 2. Participating in Critical Incidents Stress Debrief in KTC The successful candidates will join a dynamic team in providing member communities as needed and; support to the facility located in the beautiful Swan River Valley • Assist in the development of the Tribal Council and as it embarks on a new and exciting journey of producing siding community based programs for a growing market.

• Obtain Training priorities and collaborate with TC and Louisiana-Pacifi c offers a competitive wage and benefit package in Communities to deliver Training (ASIST/CISD) accordance with the Collective Bargainingworkers Agreement.

Louisiana• In collaboration with community identify at risk Pacificyouth is an equal opportunity employer. and refer for treatment; Facilitate and assist inhowever, facilitating workshops in the KTC We• thank all applicants, only those selected for member communities, Tribal Council andwill regional level to interviews will be contacted.

Candidates be subject address community and needs; and to successful completion ofprogram comprehensive background 3. Promoteand ownership, responsibility and pride in community screening health checks. based efforts to deal community Please forward your coverwith letter and resumeareas to: by: • Promote interaction between groups Lorraine Schneider and individuals to help develop socialResource skills andGeneralist overcome problems.

Human I support systemsLtd. i.e. Self-help groups, • Assist in establishing Louisiana-Pacifi c Canada healing circles, committees, to promote growth P.O. Box 189, Minitonas, MB R0Lpersonal 1G0 and self-awareness among encouraging the healing Phone: (204) 525-2479 Ext.youth 2104 byFax: (866) 678-5969 process in the community. e-mail : lorraine.schneider@lpcorp.com 4. Evaluates and recommends changes to program as needed.

• Develops and implements an annual work plan • Provides written monthly and trip reports to the Director of Health • Provide an update of activities to Bands periodically or on request.

• Provides reports to the KTC Chiefs Assembly.

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• Additional training or certification an asset i.e.: ASIST and or Under the direct supervision of the Patient Care Manager or designate, assists Critical Incident Stress Management.

Excellent interpersonal multi-disciplinary team personnel in performing a variety of patient care skills required.

Ability to interact professionally with culturally activities and related non-professional services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort the patient.

This is anpreferred integrated position that diverse staff, clients,ofand consultants includes coordination andand scheduling of dental procedures for the Operating • Excellent verbal written communication skills, with Room (OR). This will require expertise in developing and maintaining excellent maturity and poise interact with executives at the highest working relationships with ato broad range of individuals and organizations.

The levelsAssistant of government, and academia OR Dental will functionbusiness, within the provisions of the Vision, Mission, Values, policies and procedures of the Northern Health Region (NHR)to and self• Knowledge of government policies related will incorporate NHR core into workingand practice determination of competencies First Nations people the (Customer/ policies have Client Focused, Initiative & Pro-activity, Diversity Awareness, Teamwork, and affected Development them.

Collaboration, of Self and Others, and Adaptability).

• Ability to work independently and take initiative The incumbent must fulfill the requirements of the Criminal Records/Vulnerable • Experience in management and supervision.

Person, Child Abuse Registry check and Adult Abuse Registry check, and adhere • Strong organizational skills with great attention to detail and to all Northern Health Region policies and procedures. the ability to set priorities Qualifications: Knowledge of orMicrosoft t • Grade 12 education equivalent Office 2007 applications is a t Successful completion of a recognized Dental Assistant Program required requirement. t • Current active practicing with Manitoba Dental Association The incumbent mustregistration possess acceptable communication skills. t Excellent knowledge of Windows based programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, • Outlook, Must be willing to travel. and Internet) Ability to speak Cree or Deneaswould an asset. t • Minimum three (3) years’ experience a Dentalbe Assistant required

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t Previous experience working with Pediatric cases preferred t A written Ability to application speak Cree anwith asset detailed resume, including at least two

(2) references with written permission to contact the references

For complete list of qualifications visit our should website www.nrha.ca. and your latest immediateplease supervisor be submitted to:

Lisa Beardy, Office Manager

Please submit resume by February 2, 2018 to: 23 Nickel Road Officer Lori Rasmussen, Recruitment Thompson, Manitoba R8N OY4 867 Thompson Drive South Thompson,Email: MB R8NLbeardy@ktc.ca 1Z4 Fax: 204 677-0256 Fax: (204) 778-1477 Closing Date: Friday, May 14, 2021 4:00pm Email: recruiteast@nrha.ca Late applications will not be accepted $BMM VT UPEBZ -PDBM PS 5PMM 'SFF

We would like to thank those that apply for the position but only

Northern has aconsidered Representative Workforce we encourage all contacted. applicants to selfthose RHA being for an Strategy, interview will be For declare. Criminal Record, Child Abuse, & Adult Abuse Registry Checks are required. We thank all furtherfor information or aselected full job contact Lisa Beardy, candidates applying. Only those for description interview will be contacted.

KTC Office Manager.

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Protecting against and treating tetanus Continued from Page 6 ings, which is a very good a vaccine for tetanus is thing. But if we pay a little available globally. First, attention to ourselves, then during our childhood, the we should wear thick hand public health authority or gloves that are sold in our the medical doctors provide grocery stores. The hand www.thompsoncitizen.net tetanus vaccine. After child- gloves for springtime are hood, when we enter adult- not expensive at all. Some hood, the doctors suggest people like to do cleanup that all of us should take projects or gardening with the tetanus vaccine every bare hands, but I would not 10 years. Tetanus vaccine recommend doing that. As comes with diphtheria, during gardening, if there polio vaccine as well (Tdap is a small cut in our hands & Bianchini Warehousing we may not feel right away, vaccine). We should never Thompson’s Biggest Little Secret! forget to have the TdaP vac- the spores of tetanus may enter momentarily which cineASSISTANT every 10 years. During PROPERTY MANAGER pregnancy, doctors suggest may end up badly.

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Wework on experience. should never think that “it cult. Pay a small amount of Startis date: money ASAP to buy hand gloves will be all right if there resume to Carolyn Turpie:the spring season and enjoy a little cut here Email and there.”

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Closing date: February 16, 2018 Since completing a masdoctor as soon as we get any We appreciate the interest of all applicants, however only those kind of wound or cut. By ter’s degree in epidemiindividuals selected for interviews will be contacted. any means if our body skin ology from the University breaks up, the first thing we of British Columbia in should do is to get rid of Vancouver, Foyez Haque the debris, then clean up the worked in northern and wound, then take away the southern Ontario as an dead tissue and suture the epidemiologist for more area, if needed, and finally than a decade. During his vaccinate against tetanus. It tenure with several health is better to have this process units in Canada, he was involved in numerous public as soon we get anyExternal kind Posting HomeasCare Nurseof injury. If we cannot go health research activities First Nation Authority is seeking a in including publications to aMarcel doctorColomb because it is the Health qualified individual to fulfi role of Home Care journals.

Nurse. weekend, then we should goll thepeer-reviewed to the emergency room of a Currently, he is employed Job Summary with the Northern Health nearby hospital.

All of us like to be clean, Region as a planning and Reporting to the Home Care Manager, the Home ourselves and our surround- decision support analyst.

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Care Nurse is responsible for promoting, protecting & preserving the health of Marcel Colomb community members through services directed to home care clients. The Home Care Nurse provides holistic care & practices nursing as defined by the Registered Nurses Act & in compliance with the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba Standards of Practice & Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics; cares for & directs the overall care of clients; is responsible for advocating, providing information, educating & supporting clients to ensure that the highest possible standard of service is provided; follows Marcel Colomb policies & procedures; works in a multidisciplinary team & may be called upon to assist with other duties within the scope of the department.

Position Requirements: • • • • • • • •

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