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Proudflesh a decade of short stories I’m a late-blooming writer. I had to find my way through marriage, widowhood, parenting, and 40 years of social work before I could concentrate on creative self-expression.

I begin writing most mornings with my eyes closed and my head on my pillow, get out of bed between 5:30 and 6:30 (before my mind has been drawn into the minutiae of the day or the needs of my family), make coffee, and write until 8 a.m., then debate, “Shall I keep on writing or go swimming or converse with my husband Jim?” Afternoons are hit-and-miss in terms of productive writing. Evenings are hopeless.

I procrastinate over submission guidelines for contests or literary mags, grant applications, and

deadlines. I keep a monthly list called The Business of Writing (TBOW) and designate Fridays to review this list, bullet-by-boring-bullet.

If a month of Fridays P.J. Worrell slips by unnoticed, I fold the tasks into the next month’s TBOW list like stiffly whipped egg whites into a chiffon cake batter.

Publishers & Contests is the name of the document I use to track submissions otherwise lost in the morass in my office. I know I should install more shelves, categorize and label Books To Read, Books Read, Literary Journals, Good-One-Side

Board and Creative Saskatchewan for grants to study, research, and undertake a book tour.

Proudflesh, my first book, is a collection of 17 stories published by Thistledown Press in 2014. It took me seven (or was it 10?) years to write these stories.

The first adjectives that come to my mind are unsentimental, cheeky, and brave.

P. J. Worrell lives in Swift Current. On Feb. 13, Proudflesh was nominated for two 2015 Saskatchewan Book Awards — the O’Reilly Insurance Ltd., The Co-operators First Book Award and the University of Regina Book of the Year Award.

Paper to Reuse, Personal Journals, Travel Journals, Notebooks, Daytimers by Year, Books to Give to the SPCA Used Bookstore, etc. It might be a good idea to add Reorganize Office to my TBOW List. In the meantime, I find the piles of books and papers on the floor cozy and comforting and casual. Remember Iris Murdoch’s office in the movie Iris?

I have learned how to write from the best — Lynda Monahan, Dave Margoshes, Connie Gault, Sean Virgo, Sarah Selecky, Jessica Grant. My appreciation goes to the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, St. Peter’s College in Muenster, The Banff Centre, and The Munster Literature Centre in Cork Ireland for educational opportunities, and to the Saskatchewan Arts

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Her take on life is the same as mine. – Gail Bowen, on fictional character Joanne Kilbourn

S A S K AT C H E WA N L I T E R AT U R E

Bowen’s mysteries reflect her life, politics

By Ashley Martin

Joanne Kilbourn is concerned for the future of her city. She and her husband Jack Shreve, a mayoral candidate in the upcoming municipal election, believe in affordable housing. She detests the developers who are looking to take advantage of people, and the crooked city councillors who facilitate this.

She believes everyone should have a fair shot, which is why she and Zack, along with a few friends, created the Racette-Hunter Centre in North Central, where children can safely play and learn, and people who need a bit of a boost can “blaze (their) own trail.”

Joanne Kilbourn is a figment of Gail Bowen’s imagination.

Since the Regina-based mystery author dreamed up her heroine 25 years ago, Bowen has established herself as the “doyenne” of Canadian mystery writing.

“I feel she helped to blaze the trail, so the bar is high. She set it there,” said Shelagh Rogers, host of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter.

Bowen and Kilbourn are similar: They each have a bouvier dog; they each have granddaughters named Madeleine and Lena; they each enjoy the subtle humour of New Yorker cartoons and visiting the Regina Farmers’ Market.

“There’s definitely some reminiscent bits of Joanne in Gail,” said Ashley Dunn, Bowen’s publicist at Penguin Random House Canada.

“Her take on life is the same as mine,” said Bowen. “But I’m not Joanne. If people think she’s like me, I’m not offended. That’s very flattering.”

Joanne is so concerned with the politics of her city because Bowen is.

Canadian novelist Alistair McLeod famously said “writers write about what worries them.” Bowen does just that.

“It started because I’m a leftie activist, I guess, part of it,” said Bowen, whose first Joanne Kilbourn mystery was published in 1990.

Gail Bowen says there are similarities between her and the protagonist of her novels, Joanne Kilbourn.

“Joanne’s pretty realistic because I am.”

■ ■ ■ ■ A headline once accurately pegged Bowen as “fuelled by her own indignation.”

A key source of that indignation is North Central Regina, with its slum housing and rampant addiction, where children can’t play freely and some mothers work the streets to make a living.

She believes these are issues that shouldn’t be ignored, so she writes them into her books.

Scenes like the opening of her latest release, 12 Rose Street, make people uncomfortable: A prostitute, high and pregnant, gets thrown to the curb by her boyfriend and miscarries.

“People really find some of the stuff in there really hard,” said Bowen. “‘I find it really difficult to read about the child who has semen in

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her mouth and she’s nine years old.’

Yeah, but it’s harder to be that child, and she is real. Those children are real.

“I think there has to be a way of connecting people ... with the reality of what’s going on in this city,” Bowen added. “Something has to be done ... and it shouldn’t be somebody who writes books doing it. It should be people in City Hall.”

Many of her 15 Kilbourn books (the 16th is scheduled for release in

March) have dealt in political topics — land development has been a big one because Bowen, a grandmother of seven, believes Regina is building for the present without considering the future.

“I think it’s really a good question for us all to ask, ‘What are we leaving?’ A stadium?” said Bowen. “And we’re leaving a bunch of s----- housing that’s going to be falling apart within ... the first five years. That’s what we’re leaving.”

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I think there has to be a way of connecting people ... with the reality of what’s going on in this city. Something has to be done ... and it shouldn’t be somebody who writes books doing it. It should be people in City Hall. – Bowen

Fitting that her 16th book is entitled What’s Left Behind.

These politics are front and centre in Bowen’s books; Joanne Kilbourn has as much of a bleeding heart as her creator does. But the politics aren’t alienating — if anything, they make the books that much more appealing.

“They feel relevant, both on the domestic front and out in the community,” said Rogers. “Issues such as development, NIMBYism, relations between aboriginal and nonaboriginal people and then the good old seven deadly sins create elements that are both current and lively.”

Dunn agrees.

“I think the political side of it is unavoidable because we do live in a time where you should be paying attention to your political landscape,” said Dunn. “Her books are just very timely and current.”

Bowen tries to be fair, representing the good and bad across the political spectrum. Joanne votes Conservative at one point because she believes in the candidate. She even has a brief tryst with a Conservative man.

Bowen aims to paint a true picture of life in Saskatchewan, which includes representing those people whose views are 180 degrees removed from her own.

It was remarkably easy to write a right-wing speech for the as-yetreleased novel.

“It was so easy to do because I know what people say,” said Bowen.

“The people who are so right-wing, who hate Indians, who hate North Central, who hate everybody who’s not like them, they say, ‘Well we pay for them, we pay for their jails, we pay for the hospitals, we pay for their schools, everything. Haven’t we done enough for them?’ Well you know what? If you do it right you don’t have to pay as much. You don’t have to even be a decent human being to see that.”

Our priorities are in the wrong place, said Bowen: We “go crazy” if someone possesses a small amount of marijuana; we push incarceration where rehabilitation is proven more beneficial; we skirt North Central in our cars and pretend it doesn’t exist.

“There are some serious problems

Gail Bowen stands with her husband, Ted, as both are surrounded by their children and grandchildren in Regina. QC Photo by Michael Bell

here and ... I really do think that it’s just been business as usual here for way too long, and just over and over and over again.

“Should I run (for mayor)? What do you think?”

■ ■ ■ ■ Twelve-year-old Gail Dianne Bartholomew’s sense of compassion sparked while watching the ArmyMcCarthy hearings on TV in 1954.

Her parents weren’t political — “I don’t even know if they ever voted” — but she knew what she was seeing was wrong.

“I was just mesmerized by that because I knew he was lying,” said Bowen. “There was nobody to put it in context for me. But I knew this is an evil person and these are good people and he’s ruining them, and that just

suddenly sort of ignited something.

“Almost innately, if we’re shown injustice we react correctly ... if people could just sort of take their blinkers off and pay attention.”

That year, Albert and Doris Bartholomew enrolled their “smart, badly behaved Anglican” daughter in Toronto’s St. Clements School.

She memorized the beatitudes by accident, carving them into her desk with a pen nib for cheating purposes.

At the risk of expulsion from a school she loved, she learned to never cheat again after losing some of the notes she’d hidden in her bloomers before an exam.

Her faith helped shape her convictions.

“That whole business of love your neighbour, I really believe that. I believe that we are here to

do the best we can.”

It’s why, when she and her husband Ted moved to Regina in 1979, they chose a downtown parish as their new church.

In June, St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral rang its bells in honour of missing and murdered aboriginal women. Every two weeks, volunteer parishioners provide a hot meal to homeless people through the Feed My Sheep program.

That kind of outreach is important to her because “I’m not so stupid that I don’t know how lucky I was to be born middle class or with the chances that I’ve had, and not everyone is.”

■ ■ ■ ■ Bowen’s move to Saskatchewan 47 years ago triggered her active in-

volvement in politics.

She and Ted, an American draft dodger during the Vietnam War, had a short-lived stint in Saskatoon after moving from Waterloo, Ont. They were living near the Anstey Hatchery, so when someone suggested moving out of town, they didn’t think twice.

Ted commuted to his job teaching English at the University of Saskatchewan from their new home on a farm near Clavet, where their St. Bernards were their children.

Daily life involved going without running water, relying on a horsedrawn stoneboat to deliver furnace oil during brutal winters, and being the caregiver and Grim Reaper to hundreds of chickens.

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I think the political side of it is unavoidable because we do live in a time where you should be paying attention to your political landscape. Her books are just very timely and current. – Ashley Dunn

They survived by the kindness of their neighbours until 1974, when they returned to Saskatoon.

“If we hadn’t had our neighbours, we would have died,” said Bowen.

“There was nothing much out there.”

Farm life drew them quickly into the politics of the time.

Farmers were dirt poor during the wheat glut — supply exceeded demand and they couldn’t sell. Even the prime minister at the time, Pierre Trudeau, wondered “why should I sell your wheat?”

“Nobody ever complained about being poor. They’d talk about the government and why wasn’t anything being done.

“It was so wrong. And nobody cared.”

So when provincial NDP candidate Paul Mostoway requested their support, Bowen said yes.

“We got really involved. It was a great time to be in the NDP,” said Bowen.

Under Allen Blakeney, the NDP won 45 of 60 seats in the 1971 provincial election.

The old farmers, former CCF members and the “granolier than thou” lefties from the Waffle provided “the best education on Saskatchewan I could have had,” said Bowen.

Ted worried the egg salad sandwiches would give them food poisoning in “9,000 degree” heat, while Gail soaked up the old battle stories.

“They were still as passionate about what they did as they had always been,” said Bowen, who cooked about “500 turkeys” for NDP fundraisers over the years and once ran for nomination.

KFC buckets served as collection plates at those gatherings; her first two children, Hildy and Max, never knew the buckets were meant for chicken until years later. Her third child, Regina-born Nathaniel, knew better.

The time leading up to Blakeney’s 1982 defeat by Grant Devine was the “last decent time as far as people treating one another well in Saskatchewan politics,” said Bowen. The civility that had existed in spite of policy disagreements disappeared.

“It was both sides; it became very ad hominem gotcha politics ... The NDP was just as bad.”

Gail Bowen taught for the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, later First Nations University of Canada, until she retired in 2007. QC Photo by BRYAN SCHLOSSER

■ ■ ■ ■ When she wasn’t busy with politics or child rearing, Bowen was teaching English.

Her teaching career began because her husband already had one.

Ted was teaching summer school at the U of S when the University of Regina asked if he’d teach a class in northern Saskatchewan.

In 1975, hard up for cash with two children to care for, Gail — “not the bold soul that I am now” — said she could do it.

It was the first class for what would become the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (predecessor to First Nations University), where Bowen taught until she retired in 2007.

She searched for any literature

about aboriginal people for that first class; the lone book she found, Oliver La Farge’s Laughing Boy, was about Navajo people.

Though her students were northern Cree, they “loved it. For the first time there were brown people in there,” said Bowen.

As a white professor in a college for indigenous students, she would tell each class, “Our hope, our job is to have one of you standing where we’re standing right now.”

Teaching became her full-time gig in 1982: When Blakeney lost the premiership, Ted lost his five-year speech-writing job, which had moved them to Regina in 1979.

■ ■ ■ ■ Bowen’s writing career began by

accident. Her first book, nothing mysterious about it, was a co-write with Ron Marken, a historical-fictional love-letter conversation set during the First World War. The genesis of that project was a funny essay in Marken’s 1985 book The Easterner’s Guide To Western Canada, The Westerner’s Guide To Eastern Canada, in which Bowen wrote about “two great big Saskatchewan farmers, drunk, bumping bellies” at harvest time.

She had never thought to become a writer. It was serendipity.

“And that was it. My whole life changed.”

She was 48 when the first Joanne Kilbourn book was released.

“I had phenomenal luck with my career,” said Bowen, who is now

working on her 17th — and perhaps second-last — Kilbourn book. “It honestly never occurred to me if I wrote a book it wouldn’t get published ... And it did.”

The 20 books since (five non-Kilbourn) are a result of hard work.

“I’m not a fast writer. I work really hard,” said Bowen.

A once-avid reader of mystery novels — she and Ted would “Hoover through all the mysteries” every summer at the Saskatoon Public Library — her favourite character was Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe.

Like Wolfe, she wanted to create a character “that people would want to spend time with.”

Mission accomplished.

“Joanne is so likable; you want to know her; you want her to be part of your social circle,” said Dunn. “I always want to have a martini with her.”

“Joanne is someone who has grown into her life — and indeed, middle age — as I have. I identify with her,” said Rogers. “Joanne asks a lot of questions. She faces real life issues and she is socially engaged.

I admire her sense of justice. I also like the fact that she is finely drawn and nuanced.”

Bowen’s title character — named for her favourite Little Women character Jo March and not after her sister Jo-Anne (Bowen realized the Freudian slip after her third book’s publication) — slips to the sidelines at times, “I think because that is my natural impulse,” said Bowen. “I’m much more interested in hearing about you than hearing about me.”

Creating Joanne involved some conscious choices — including ditching her original “hokey” idea of four detective sisters, a hint at Little Women.

Bowen allowed Joanne to age throughout the series, aligned their politics and family lives, and set her in Regina.

Her conviction on the latter point stemmed from her undergrad at the University of Toronto where just half a class in Canadian literature was offered — to engineers only, no less — even though writers like Robertson Davies (the subject of Bowen’s master’s thesis) and Margaret Atwood were on campus.

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Joanne (Kilbourn) is someone who has grown into her life — and indeed, middle age — as I have.

I identify with her. – Shelagh Rogers

Gail Bowen holds her first book, 1919: The Love Letters of George and Adelaide, in February 1993.

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“I was so aggravated by that,” said Bowen. “I thought it was really important for Saskatchewan” to see itself reflected “because that was still early days for Saskatchewan literature.”

If the localization hurts sales, Bowen doesn’t know and doesn’t care. But it doesn’t seem to have hurt.

“I think the strong sense of place, unapologetically Regina, is a selling point,” said Rogers.

“She has an incredibly loyal fan base and that’s seen throughout the country. It’s building definitely in the U.S. as well,” added Dunn, who herself is a fan of Bowen’s books, along with her mother and grandmother. “She takes a train across the country to all of these events and ... people come out in droves to see her.”

“Being in the signing line at Gail Bowen reading, you’d better set aside some extra time.

She speaks to everyone, personalizes signatures and treats her readers as equals,” said Rogers.

That fan base feels connected to Bowen’s

characters — evidenced by the 50 letters she received after Joanne and Zack first had sex.

“People do feel really attached to the characters, especially to Joanne,” said Bowen. “They really do care about her and they’re very protective of her.”

Bowen is equally connected to her characters — and the place they share.

Saskatchewan is “a good place. It’s a good place to live,” she said.

Coming from Vancouver, east past Alberta’s foothills, “As soon as it starts to flatten out, I start to think, ‘OK good, this is it, this is where I belong.’ ” Forever, it seems: She and Ted have purchased their final resting places in the columbarium at St. Paul’s.

“That’s our retirement home, as I say to the kids. We’ll be in Saskatchewan forever and ever,” she said, laughing. amartin@leaderpost.com Twitter.com/LPAshleyM

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Experimenting with growing techniques

By Ashley Martin WHO? Lu Narine.

WHAT/WHERE? The backyard garden of her North Central Regina home.

WHEN? Narine has been gardening since her mid-teens. She bought this house 19 years ago for the soil in the back yard. The house was smaller than she’d have liked, but the previous owner had never used any pesticides, and that appealed to Narine.

“I’ve only once dusted with potato dust and I sometimes have to throw slug pellets under the flowers, but basically it is an absolutely organic yard since the mid-1950s,” she said.

This spring, Narine did a major renovation of her yard in anticipation of starting a nearly-year-round organic produce business, Quantum Gardens. She’s building a greenhouse overtop of an alreadyinstalled in-ground geothermal system, and is experimenting with some unusual growing methods.

WHY? “I’m never happier than when my hands are in the soil planting flowers,” said Narine. “I actually get depressed when all the planting is over.”

The 45-year gardener became interested in hydroponics this year, which led her to other new growing methods that could “make it easier for an aging body.” She has labelled it her “new progressive experimentation phase.”

HOW? Narine’s garden includes hundreds of varieties of flowers; it’s like poetry when she rattles off their names: lythrum, clematis, morning glory, lamb’s ear, liatris, azalea, amaranth, larkspur, hibiscus ...

She has about 30 vegetable varieties, which are the guinea pigs in her experiment.

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SPACES A dozen vegetables grow in a barrel with the help of earthworms (“It’s a whole garden in a four-foot space,” said Narine); a wooden pallet serves as a living spice rack for her herb garden; potatoes grow above ground in dirtfilled reusable tote bags; “topsy-turvy” tomatoes succumb to gravity, growing upside down; squash climbs up lattice.

Narine uses household items to facilitate growing: Old ceramic toilets serve as planters; metal headboards and a clothes drying rack guide tall crops.

A big compost bin creates almost all the fertilizer she needs.

As a first-year bee-keeper, Narine has thousands of little visitors who thrive from her work. She chose to keep bees “because they’re so endangered,” she said.

“I figured they needed a safe space and ... I’m totally organic here.”

Narine spends upwards of 12 hours a day in her garden. During the construction phase, it was closer to 19. She and her housemate Wal-Mart Wil (a wellknown greeter at the south Regina Wal-Mart) made the yard wheelchair accessible by swapping out a stone walkway for a wooden one.

Following the path, much of Narine’s bounty is ready to harvest.

“We’re eating greens like crazy,” she said. “We have salads; we have wilted greens with butter, pepper and salt; I dehydrate; I freeze; I chop; I can; I give it away. There’s no such thing as too much food in a world where many people don’t have enough.”

Through Quantum Gardens, Narine will be combining her two passions: gardening and health. They go hand in hand.

“Every year I garden I’m getting healthier and younger, fresh air, exercise, good deep sleeps. It’s really good for people to garden and be outdoors and connected with nature,” said Narine.

Once her hydroponic greenhouse is up and running, “People will be able to come and cut off a head of lettuce and it’s still living as they take it home.”

Narine plans to join the Regina Farmers’ Market next year. In the meantime, contact her at quantumgardens@gmail.com. amartin@leaderpost.com Twitter.com/LPAshleyM

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Best not to discuss personal couple matters with an ex Ask Ellie

Q. My husband of three years doesn’t take any interest in planning activities, or outings for us as a couple, or for our future.

He “ forgets,” but he remembers to organize time and activities with his friends. He hasn’t planned an anniversary or birthday outing except for suggesting we go out for dinner.

Though I’ve spoken to him repeatedly about saving for our future, nothing happens.

He moved here so we could start a life together. He didn’t know that I’m still in touch with my ex.

I was frustrated with his not finding work here, and discussed that with my ex. He found out, accused me of cheating, and was deeply hurt.

My calls and texts with my ex weren’t romantic or sexual. I was venting my feelings.

Since then, I’ve worked hard on the relationship, and have been sorry, but he takes it out on me by not planning anything for us.

We’re barely intimate and I’m blamed for not initiating sex. When I have, he’s not in the mood.

Tense Marriage A. Your list of complaints is presented as if to justify your venting private couple matters to your ex.

They don’t equate.

Complaining to your ex humiliated your husband. His finding work’s a priority, but it’s not easy, and changing countries takes adjustment.

Suggesting dinner for birthdays and anniversaries is decent behaviour for someone without a job (and income).

You say nothing about helping make plans — sharing ideas, bringing information — not just waiting and finding fault.

By revealing personal stuff to your ex, you’ve pushed him away. He

doesn’t feel sexual because you’ve been more intimate emotionally with your ex.

Apologize. Find a career counsellor or job search program. And get couples counselling together.

Q. My father passed away suddenly seven years ago. I was 16, shocked.

He was the best father and friend I could know.

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My mother remarried a year ago.

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times and she always has an excuse.

I feel abandoned by her and desperately miss my dad.

I’ve wondered if I should seek professional advice with these issues.

Lonely and Sad A. Living alone, far from family, and mourning losses are solid reasons for talking to someone professional about fears of what finding love can mean, and of abandonment.

Your father’s sudden passing made a powerful impact. Giving in to love will ultimately mean putting him in second place. He won’t be forgotten, ever, just not primary. You haven’t been ready for that. But you’re still young and settling into a new life, so it’s natural to take time.

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Friends With Benefits Three-night music showcase.

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Open Acoustic Jam 3:30-8 p.m. Broadway’s Lounge, 1307 Broadway Ave. A

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4-8 p.m. The Sip, 306 Albert St.

Weekly Drum Circle Instruments provided 7:30-9 p.m., The Living Spirit Centre, 3018 Doan Dr. Call Mike, 306-550-3911.

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Karaoke 8 p.m.-2 a.m. The Sip, 306 Albert St.

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the representational and the abstract. Derived from an interest in natural phenomena, the works question the relationships within the ecological and physical systems of our natural world.

Until Aug. 26. Dunlop Art Gallery — Sherwood branch, 6121 Rochdale Blvd.

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Pop Up Downtown Walking Tour (half tour) This public art installation series creates a dynamic, walkable cultural experience in the heart of our city and aims to encourage public engagement through artistic intervention.

Aug. 13, 7 p.m. (full tour) Meet on sidewalk at 1843 Hamilton St. Dimensions The Saskatchewan Craft Council’s biennial juried exhibit features work in ceramics, textiles, metal, glass and mixed media.

Until Aug. 16. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Diane Lara: Enso Works address concerns

relating to genetics, issues surrounding genetic testing, and our predisposition to diseases. This exhibition features circular rubbings of deconstructed intaglio prints, inspired by the tradition of the

Holly Fay: Floating Worlds Schematic drawings and paintings fluctuate between

Patricia Holdsworth: Contemporary Photography Photos explore the prairie

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Until Aug. 31. Scott Nicholson Fine Arts, Regina Centre Crossing, 1621 Albert St. Summer Rhubarb Until Aug. 29. Slate Fine Art Gallery, 2078 Halifax St. Rose-Colored Glasses Sweetness, with a dash of bitter, this exhibition curated by university students includes artworks that forge vibrant pathways into the imaginary.

Until Sept. 7. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Summer Sizzle New works by 14 of Saskatchewan gallery artists.

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David Thauberger: Road Trips and Other Diversions This exhibition presents a dynamic installation examining key themes and working processes, developed throughout Thauberger’s more than 40 years as a maker and thinker.

Until Aug. 30. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St.

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Jamie Russell: Home Grown Works in locally-sourced wood.

Until Sept. 12. Mata Gallery, 106 2300 Broad St.

a.m.-8:30 p.m.

North side of the Trans-Canada Highway, east of Prince of Wales Drive.

Regina Thunder vs. Winnipeg Rifles Aug. 15, 7 p.m.

Mosaic Stadium

Summer in Contemporary Canadian Fine Art Works of art explore Canadian landscape and wildlife.

Until Oct. 31. Scott Nicholson Fine Arts, Regina Centre Crossing, 1621 Albert St. --Assiniboia Gallery 2266 Smith St. Open Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Cineplex Odeon Southland Mall, 3025 Gordon Rd. Cinema Under the Stars Wednesday, 7 p.m.

City Square Plaza

Neutral Ground 203-1856 Scarth St. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Art in the Park Friday, noon-1:30 p.m.

Victoria Park

Oakland Gift and Fine Arts Oil and ink paintings by Chinese artists Lingtao Jiang and Huaiyi Tian.

2312 Smith St. Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Build and Grow Clinics Build a special feature project.

For children age 5 and up.

Saturday, 10 a.m.

Lowes, 4555 Gordon Rd. Michaels Kids Club Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon 2088 Prince of Wales Dr. Family Favourites films Enjoy a favourite film for $2.50.

Saturday, 11 a.m. Galaxy Cinemas, 420 McCarthy Blvd. N. Family activities Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m.

Saskatchewan Science Centre, 2903 Powerhouse Dr.

Plain Red Art Gallery Represents indigenous visual art practices, culture and history found in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada and globally.

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

First Nations University, 1 First Nations Way

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Sons of the Pioneers Aug. 15, 7 p.m.

Conexus Arts Centre

History Alive! Vignettes Live skits depict important historical moments in Saskatchewan history. Each lasts 30 minutes.

Sunday and Tuesday, 1-4 p.m.

Government House, 4607 Dewdney Ave. Living Poets Society Spoken word open mic night Every Tuesday, 9 p.m.

Hookah Lounge, 2115 Broad St.

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Regina Thunder quarterback Jaeden Marwick (#13) is back to full health as the 2015 PFC season approaches. QC File Photo by History Alive! Vignettes Live skits depict important historical moments in Saskatchewan history. Each lasts 30 minutes.

Monday, 1-4 p.m.

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Aug. 14, 8 p.m.-midnight Regina Senior Citizens Centre, 2134 Winnipeg St. Regina Ballroom Dancing Club practice dance Aug. 15, 7:30-10:45 p.m.

Lakeview Church Hall, 3200 McCallum Ave. Salsa on the Plaza Every Thursday, 7-11 p.m.

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Sepak Takraw in the Park Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Victoria Park Baseball Canada U21 boys nationals Aug. 13-17 Optimist Park and Currie Field Quidditch in the Park

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Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Victoria Park Rugby Condors vs. Grads Aug. 14, 6:30 p.m.

Regina Rugby Club field one, 4025 25th Ave. Jurassic Attack Monster truck riding and racing. Ages 3 and up. $10 per rider. Until Sept. 30. 10:30

Family Studio Sundays Sunday, 2-4 p.m.

MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Science Time for Tots Interactive workshop aimed at early learners.

Tuesday, 9:30-10 a.m.

Saskatchewan Science Centre, 2903 Powerhouse Dr. Exploration Day in the Park for Kids For children aged 3-12. Preregistration required; call Jamie at 306-359-7547.

Tuesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

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Teen Tuesdays Come and hang out for the afternoon with other teens into all things art.

Tuesday, 1-3 p.m.

Dunlop Art Gallery — Central Branch, 2311-12th Ave.

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Aug. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Government House, 4607 Dewdney Ave. Chess in the Park Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Victoria Park

Drop-in crafts and gym Free event for youth aged 5-18. Tuesday, 4-6 p.m.

Eastview Community Centre, 615 6th Ave.

Culture on the Plaza Saturday, noon-1 p.m.

City Square Plaza

Carnival Night Potluck supper, games and fun for everyone.

Aug. 18, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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Victoria Park Whist for seniors For more information call Mary 306-789-9662 or Rod 306-789-1388.

Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.

East sanctuary, Living Spirit Centre, 3018 Doan Dr.

MUSEUMS

Alex Youck School Museum 1600 Fourth Ave. Tours by appointment only (306-523-3000).

Civic Museum of Regina 1375 Broad St. Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday noon-4 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Government House Museum & Heritage Property 4607 Dewdney Ave. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

RCMP Heritage Centre 5907 Dewdney Ave. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.

Regina Firefighters Museum 1205 Ross Ave. Tours by appointment (306777-7714).

Regina Floral Conservatory 1450B 4th Ave. Open daily, 1-4:30 p.m.

Saskatchewan Science Centre 2903 Powerhouse Dr. Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday and holidays, noon-6 p.m.

Closed Mondays.

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Saskatchewan Military Museum 1600 Elphinstone St. Open Monday and Thursday, 7-9 p.m., or by appointment (306-347-9349).

Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame 2205 Victoria Ave. Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

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Regina Farmers’ Market Wednesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

City Square Plaza, 12th Avenue and Scarth Street Summer Sampler Learn about a wide range of

interesting issues and engage in lively conversation over coffee with fellow participants.

To register, call 306-585-5748.

Aug. 12, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Lifelong Learning Centre, 2155 College Ave. Yoga in the Park Wednesday, noon-1 p.m.

Victoria Park Words in the Park Wednesday, noon-1 p.m.

Victoria Park RCMP Sergeant Major’s Parade Weekdays, 12:45 p.m.

RCMP Depot Division, 5600 11th Ave. All Nations Healin’ Thru Artz Learn to play music, dance and perform in free artsbased workshops; cultural teachings and employment workshops. For people ages 13 to 22 on a budget.

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Tuesday, 5-7 p.m. (supper 4-5 p.m.)

YWCA, 1940 McIntyre St. DIVAS In the Park This ‘un-golf’ experience is a Regina Food Bank and Wascana Centre Authority fundraiser. Moving from ‘hole to hole’ through Wascana Centre, participants will learn about different experiences at each station for an afternoon of entertainment and social interaction. Register at divasregina.ca.

Aug. 13, 1-6 p.m.

Wascana Centre Authority, 2900 Wascana Dr. Yoga Party Thursday, 5-6 p.m.

Victoria Park Market Under the Stars Regina Farmers’ Market vendors, liquor and food tastings, food trucks, concert series, yoga, salsa dancing, eating contest and more.

Aug. 13, 4-9 p.m.

City Square Plaza Farming 101 Learn about pesticides in farming, technology and corporate farming. Presented by Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan.

Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

Central Library, 2311 12th Ave. Annual Peach Festival Fresh B.C. peaches. 20-pound box — $33; five-pound basket — $11. Pies, jams, jellies, etc. also available.

Aug. 15, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

All Saints Anglican Church, 142 Massey Rd. Tai Chi in the Park Saturday, 10-11 a.m.

Victoria Park Antique and Collectibles Auction Unreserved auction of antiques and collectibles hosted by government House Histori-

ChewsDay Challenge Drop-in gathering of board game enthusiasts.

Tuesday, 6 p.m.-midnight.

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Chasing Ice Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Presented by Cinema Politica.

Aug. 19, 7 p.m.

Artful Dodger, 1631 11th Ave. --Pretend We’re Kissing Romantic comedy Pretend We’re Kissing follows Benny and Jordan, two average people who have a whirlwind weekend romance.

Benny (Dov Tiefenbach) is a nebbish character who struggles to make a real romantic connection; Jordan (Tommie-Amber Pirie) is a girl hell bent on proving magical love can exist; and Autumn (Zoe Kravitz) is an unemployed, bi-sexual hippy who is also a self-diagnosed agoraphobic.

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EVENTS Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Documentary An in-depth look at the innerworkings of the Church of Scientology.

Regina Public Library Theatre 2311 12th Ave.; 306-777-6104 --To The Arctic 3D Documentary A mother polar bear and her twin seven-month-old cubs navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.

They struggle to survive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls and majestic snowbound peaks.

Narrated by Meryl Streep.

Journey to the South Pacific Documentary

Narrated by Cate Blanchett, this is a breathtaking adventure to the tropical islands of West Papua, where life flourishes above and below the sea. Jawi, a young island boy, takes us on a journey to encounter whale sharks, sea turtles, manta rays and other creatures of the sea.

Jerusalem Documentary A tour of one of the world’s oldest cities, destroyed and rebuilt countless times over 5,000 years. The film follows three young Jerusalemites and their families — Jewish, Christian and Muslim — as archaeologist Dr. Jodi Magness explores some historical sites in the region.

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.

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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Action During the height of the Cold War in the early 1960s, CIA agent Solo (Henry Cavill) and K B agent Kuryakin (Armie KG Hammer) are forced to put aside long-standing hostilities and work together to stop a mysterious criminal organization. Based on the 1960s TV series of the same name.

Henry Cavill and Elizabeth Debicki star in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which hits theatres Friday.

Underdogs Family A reluctant hero’s (Matthew Morrison) town is threatened when his longtime rival returns home to avenge an

old grudge. When the players from his foosball table are magically brought to life, he recruits them to help him enter into the biggest underdog match ever, save the town and

Galaxy Cinemas 420 McCarthy Blvd. N. 306-522-9098 Cineplex Odeon Southland Mall Cinemas 3025 Gordon Rd.; 306-5853383

win back the love of his life.

Rainbow Cinemas Golden Mile Shopping Centre 3806 Albert St.; 306-3595250

Straight Outta Compton Drama The meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A. -- five young men who

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By Sara Williams Pleny the Elder, a Roman scholar, wrote about raspberries in the first century AD and they have been a well-loved soft fruit ever since.

European raspberry selections arrived with early settlers and joined the wild ones found throughout the Prairies. While most of our older raspberries were simply selections made from native stands or European varieties, modern raspberries include genetic material from both the Old and New World.

Biology Raspberries have a fibrous, long-lived perennial root system. These roots are fairly shallow with over 70 per cent found in the upper 25 cm (10 in.) of soil. They don’t tolerate poor drainage or excessive cultivation.

Suckers are usually initiated in the fall, when they grow only to the soil surface. Additional above-ground growth of the suckers occurs the following spring.

There are two types of canes. Vigorous, more productive ones are produced from the crown at the base of the plant and should be kept. Smaller, less productive canes, produced randomly from the roots (further from the established row), should be removed.

Most raspberries have a biennial growth habit. First year (“primocane”) growth is rapid and vegetative (leafy), taking place in spring and early summer. These canes are mostly unbranched.

During their second year, these canes (now called “floricanes”) flower and fruit. Buds in the middle portion of the cane are the most fruitful. Canes do not increase in height during their second year, and after fruiting, they die. At the same time, new canes are being produced to replace them for the coming season.

Raspberry flowers have both male and female parts and are self-fruitful. Two cultivars are not needed to set fruit. Flowering occurs over a four-week period and bees are the main pollinators. Avoid using insecticides.

Fruit takes 30 to 45 days to develop, depending on the cultivar and weather conditions.

Since the greatest increase in fresh weight occurs in the final seven to 10 days of fruit development, watering at this time is beneficial.

Cultivars The following are a few of the cultivars that have been developed specifically for Prairie

A cluster of four raspberries. Photo by Sara Williams

conditions. Other varieties are worth trying, but start with just a few to see if they will grow well for you in your location.

Boyne is one of the older but most frequently grown raspberries on the Prairies.

Developed at the Morden Agricultural Canada Research Station in Manitoba, it is hardy and consistently productive. Canes are medium height, thick, erect and stocky, with many lateral branches. Boyne suckers freely. Fruit is medium-sized (16.3 mm diameter), dark red, juicy, aromatic and tart. It is very good fresh or frozen and excellent for processing.

Red Mammoth, from the University of Saskatchewan (1999), has firm juicy, bright red berries that are easily picked and produced over a long period. The fruit is larger (21.5 mm diameter) than Boyne, sweeter and higher yielding. It has good vigour and is hardier than Boyne. The drawback: Canes are less sturdy and require support through trellising.

Steadfast, another University of Saskatch-

ewan selection, has very little suckering, making it ideal for smaller urban gardens. The fruit quality is similar to Boyne. The round, bright red berries are easily detached, produce over a longer season, but are lower yielding. Cane sturdiness is similar to Boyne.

Red Bounty, also from the University of Saskatchewan (1999), has large (19.9 mm), flavourful, round bright red fruit that is excellent for processing and easily detached for picking.

Hardier than Boyne, the canes are of medium stature, but less sturdy and require support.

Honey Queen, developed by Robert Erskine of Rocky Mountain House, Alta., many years ago, is a sweet, golden yellow berry with a unique taste, excellent for fresh eating and with ice cream. It does not freeze well but is said to make excellent wine.

Fall-bearing raspberries such as Autumn Bliss produce fruit late in their first season.

Worthy of trial in a protected location if space permits, they are generally not reliable unless

our growing season is prolonged without near or below-freezing temperatures.

Sara Williams is the author of the newly expanded \Creating the Prairie Xeriscape; Gardening, Naturally: A chemical-free handbook for the Prairies; and the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo: A Photographic History. Sara will be lead leading a garden tour to Great Britain in May 2016 and co-leading, with Melanie Elliot, a tour of Fauna and Flora of Iceland in July 2016. Call Ruth (1-888-778-2378) for more information.

Announcements: GardenLine is open for the season to solve your garden problems: 306-966-5865; gardenline@usask.ca This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@ yahoo.com). Check out our Bulletin Board or Calendar for upcoming garden information sessions, workshops and tours: Provincial Horticultural Show in Sturgis (Aug 13, www.icangarden.ca/clubs/SHA); Prairie Water Gardening Society pond tour (Aug 16, www.prairiewatergarden.ca/).

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By James Romanow A large segment of the wine drinking population prefer medium to full-textured wines (i.e. high viscosity) with a lot of flavour, which is why I point people toward Portuguese wines.

These are thick, high-viscosity wines that are made to be enjoyed and savoured. They rarely have more than six grams residual sugar, compared to say Caymus ($99.99) with 11. And their very long dry finish doesn’t depend on young tough tannins but on flavour.

If you haven’t made a trip down the Portuguese aisle you need to soon. You can pick up a Portuguese wine that is three or more years old with no effort. I spotted five at the SLGA that were 2012 and older. If you’ve been spending on Californian this is something to notice. The aforementioned Caymus is released two years after picking. What’s more the Portuguese will cost about a third or less of what Californian wine will set you back.

If your typical fare is Caymus aim for the top. Pick up a Douro valley wine, and buy the oldest available (Co-op carries a 2007 for $37).

Then drink it beside a Caymus and work out which you prefer. At least a few diehard Californian boosters will be shocked.

I picked up a Vega Douro at the Second Avenue SLGA. It isn’t listed on their website and

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I suspect it was a special order. When it’s gone, it’s gone. But it has surfaced in Dundurn and Weyburn, so it’s worth trying to find. Stand this one up against Caymus and drop me a line on your assessment. My answer is obvious from the above.

Vega Douro 2011, $17 ***** Time for a white n’est pas? Monday’s paper and here, same booze time, same booze place next week. Or on twitter @drbooze.

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