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Jim Brompton’s scenic photos attract attention at Art Preserve in Saskatoon

Photographer’s art makes you go “wow” Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express

ing something hanging on a wall that when people walk in and stand in awe and look at it is my goal. I work very e calls it the “wow factor.” hard at trying to get that. Without it Jim Brompton’s “We travel to remote areas and go to photographs wouldn’t be selling places that can offer a special scene and around the world. then I work it very hard to make sure I Born in Lloydminster and raised in get what I want before I leave.” Tisdale, Brompton moved to Saskatoon Brompton’s wife Cindy is the other in 1970. He started shooting profession- half of the “we.” ally in 1978. “She is a huge part of it no doubt. “I went at it like most photographers She doesn’t take a lot of pictures, but do: weddings and family portraits and has a good eye herself. She helps me things like that,” he said of his early coordinate all the trips. We love to travel years. “It didn’t take long before I found together and we love to hike into remote out I truly enjoyed the outdoors and areas.” wanted to capture photographs of special The two are in the western United places that come with the ‘wow factor,’ States this winter. At the top of the list if that is a good term.” of places to shoot are the Painted Hills Photography didn’t pay the bills back in Oregon. They have been to Australia, then. It wasn’t until five years ago that New Zealand, Hawaii and the southwesthe left 9-to-5 life in the insurance busiern United States in recent winters. ness to shoot full-time. To sell his work, Brompton said he Taking photos in the solitude and has to keep his prices down. He said beauty of the outdoors beats the heck the majority of his art is sold to “everyout of trying to get babies to stop crying body.” long enough for a family portrait, and “Everybody can afford it; they start at trying to keep grandpa sober for wed$20. There is a price point for everyone, ding photos. which is really good. That was my goal Brompton wanted to create fine art. to make it affordable so everybody can “A lot of people can take snapshots have a nice piece of art hanging on their and do that quite well, but actually hav- wall that has signature on it, that has

been printed by hand and there is a his- with me had a guitar and his Navaho tory behind it, too. friend had a flute. And we were in this “That is the thing I find most people chamber while I was photographing it. I are interested in; when I do my showings didn’t want to leave; it was really mystipeople will come up to me at the table cal.” and say, ‘Where did you get it?’ And I While Brompton travels to photogewill tell the story about actually taking nic locations to shoot, his money shots it. The story that goes with the image are found in northern Saskatchewan. makes the sale.” “Aurora is spectacular. I have phoOne of his favourite stories goes with tographed it so many times. National (Continued on page 4) an image called the Eagle and the Chief. “We made a trip down to Antelope Canyon (in Arizona). I went in with Navaho guides and photographed the canyon. In one spot there is an area where they do some worshipping. It looks like the face of a chief and above it is an eagle’s head. “This has all been created by natural water flow. When I photographed that, the guide that was Jim Brompton travels extensively taking unique pictures

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urt Duddy believes in the future of Saskatchewan and he believes in the future of the Saskatoon Express. Curt is the new publisher of the Express. It is a vote of confidence that he would uproot from Nanaimo, B.C., to return to his home province. There were some that said we couldn’t survive a year. Well, we will soon celebrate our third anniversary. We have scratched and clawed for every reader and advertising dollar. We continue to do that every week. We love writing features about Saskatoon people and organizations. We love promoting fundraising events. We love it when we can make you Editor laugh. “I think community newspapers are totally underestimated,” Curt said as he was preparing to leave Nanaimo for Saskatoon. “Everybody wants their news for free now. Nobody gets into more households or is seen by more eyeballs than a community newspaper. “People are reading the Express and embracing it. Unfortunately people are undervaluing the importance of that. Ask anyone who has ever been on your pages how many people read it.” The power of the written word is when a fundraiser has more people than space for them, or when a couple decides to adopt a child after reading another person’s story of joy, or when blood donations spike after a loyal donor becomes terminally ill and needs some of the blood he donated. We told those stories, and many more like them. Curt was born and raised in tiny Ceylon, Sask. His first newspaper job was in Moose Jaw. Along the way he has been in Regina, Salmon Arm, B.C., Prince George, Medicine Hat, Prince Albert and Nanaimo. Yes, he can keep a job. With each move came a promotion or a new challenge. He retired from the Nanaimo paper two years ago and has been consulting and investing in different businesses since then. When the call came from the Express ownership group, he decided it was a perfect time for him to come home to both Saskatchewan and the newspaper business. Curt has seven siblings in the province. He has numerous nieces and nephews. His mother still lives in Ceylon. “I want to be part of that vibrant economy

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Curt Duddy believes in the future of the Express and the excitement that is going on in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan is booming. It really is all everybody talks about in this country.” Curt believes strongly in the Express. “The Express is primarily a positive newspaper and it’s about community as a whole. It will become a solid part of a growing, positive community. “You will see this paper grow. With its great staff and great product in a rapidly expanding city, it can’t help but grow. The Saskatoon Express will continue to play a positive role in the community, and you will see us everywhere in this city for a long time to come. ” WHEN ANNE LETAIN writes about her family, she is often writing about mine as well. Anne and I are first cousins. Anne writes an essay every month and sends it off to family members. We have published many of them. While they are often about her/ our family, I think many others can relate to her topics. Her column this month goes a little farther into the Hutchinson closet. There was a brief discussion as to whether I would or should run it. I never gave it a second thought. I hope my relatives feel the same way. Alcoholism is rampant in our family. My father and two of his brothers were alcoholics. That’s three out of four of the Hutchinson boys. My father is the one who beat the bottle. In a couple of months we will celebrate his 50 years of sobriety. We are proud of him. Before I go, I have an Alcoholics Anonymous story to share. It came in the form of a tweet between two men. “Are you going to the AA meeting tonight?” one asked the other. So much for the anonymous. I hope both went to the meeting.

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Walk on coldest night will warm your heart Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express

t feels like we’ve had a few already, so why not one more for a great cause? Saskatoon’s Lighthouse Supported Living and The Bridge Fellowship Centre are encouraging winter-resilient city residents to bundle up and raise cold hard cash for their inaugural the Coldest Night of the Year (WALK). A fundraising event for Saskatoon’s homeless, hungry and hurting, the WALK is scheduled to take place on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 22. “The Coldest Night of the Year is not only a fundraising opportunity, but allows participants to perhaps, very briefly, experience what it is like to have nowhere to go in challenging weather, or to have to journey to different support services on foot,” said DeeAnn Mercier, communications director for The Lighthouse Supported Living Inc. “This is a reality for many in our community. In addition, this time of year can be very slow for donations, so we were looking for an event that could continue people’s giving after the Christmas season.” The Saskatoon WALK begins and ends at the Lighthouse (227 20th Street East) where walkers can register, turn in their fundraising donations and then wrap up their evening with a warm celebration meal. Topped with gray toques with multicoloured pom-poms, participants will walk two-kilometre, five-km or 10-km routes, with hot drinks provided at rest stops along the way. “The Lighthouse and The Bridge are really excited about how people have responded to this opportunity, both in participants and in donations,” said Sarah Enns, donor relations coordinator for The Bridge Fellowship Centre. “We are already just over halfway to this year’s

DeeAnn Mercier (left) is the communications director for The Lighthouse, while Grace Rath is the volunteer coordinator (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) fundraising goal of $25,000. About half the donations are usually given through a pledge sheet by participants collecting from family and friends. The other half is donated online through the Walk Website to specific teams.”

“This event marks the first publiclevel partnership between The Lighthouse and The Bridge,” said Enns. “Both organizations seek to You don’t need a team to get reach out to the same marginalized involved. Saskatoon’s WALK has a people and deal with many of the team that is open for anybody to walk same issues, including the effects of with or sponsor. Just search for the poverty, food insecurity and a lack “I Don’t Have a Team, Team!” on of housing. We are happy to be able the WALK website and sign up. An to step out as one in this endeavour, expected 160 walkers and 20 teams, and with the help of the residents of including staff and friends of the Saskatoon, affirming that together we Lighthouse and the Bridge, are expect- can enable change in our city’s core.”

“The Lighthouse and The Bridge want to thank KPMG for being our event sponsor, as well as United Way for sponsoring us with hand and foot warmers,” said Mercier. “Also we would not be able to do this without the help of our volunteer team.” For further information or to register contact, DeeAnn Mercier, communications director, The Lighthouse Supported Living Inc., at 306-653-6665 (deeann.mercier@lighthousesaskatoon.org) or go online to www.coldestnightoftheyear. org/location/saskatoon.

The best stories are from personal experiences

rite what you know” is advice I the news. Basically it’s the same stories give to young and new writers. time after time with different people. The other day The news to me is like a long Cam Hutchinson, the editor of soap opera. There are stories this paper, and I were talking that have happy endings. There about how long we’ve been are sad ones or cliff-hangers. around. Regardless, it sometimes “One day someone is going feels like a story is never going to ask what we’ve been doing away. Take the situation in the here for all these years,” I said. Middle “Yeah,” he replied. “Sooner East as an example. or later somebody is going figThe stories I like are the ure out we’ve been winging it.” ones where people overcome When you add it up, Cam, life’s toughest circumstances. Ned Powers and I have been These are the people that are Columnist writing for approximately 125 able to turn things around to years. make things better for themselves, their families and communities. In my almost 30 years of making a living as a writer, the one thing that has Having lived in the inner-city of stayed consistent are the stories that make Saskatoon, I have seen many people turn “

ed to turn out that evening and brave the cold winter’s night.

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their lives around. In fact, some of the best counsellors working today are those who’ve been there and done that. At the Saskatoon Express, we try and cover as many positive stories of people as we can. One would be surprised at what ordinary, hardworking people can overcome. I get asked to make presentations for schools, agencies and organizations. Generally it’s about writing or education. The one thing I always stress is to write about what you know or about your interests. Some of the best stories I’ve read are from those who write about their personal experiences. In all my years in this arena, I can recall only one time I felt so hurt and down that I wanted to pack it all in and get a “real” job. A few years back, Bob Florence of The

StarPhoenix was badly beaten and left in a coma. I took it personally because Bob is one of the nicest people anyone could ever meet. After all those years a story affected me to a point where walking away seemed like an option. I spoke with StarPhoenix columnist Les MacPherson. He advised me to “write about it.” Writing about it didn’t mean it had to be published. It could be in a journal or a diary. What I did was write a letter to myself and read it about a month later. Writing about it helped me overcome a sad moment. It may be the simplest advice and more common sense than anything: write what you know. KNOSKYE2012@live.com

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“In Living Color” was shot at Park and Tilford Gardens in North Vancouver

“Canoe” was taken at Greig Lake, Saskatchewan

“Dreaming” was captured at sunrise on the island of Kauai, Hawaii

Every sale flattering for photographer (Continued from page 1) Geographic has commissioned one that I have with the canoe and sell that for me. I love the Northern Lights; they are special. “Here I am sitting in Vancouver today and probably 95 or 99 per cent of the people here of the four million plus have never seen the Northern Lights except maybe on TV or in a book or whatever.” Photos of the Northern Lights are his best sellers. “Second would be the ocean scenes, the sunsets, the sunrises; they have to be awful spectacular, though, for them to sell. And then forest and trees. Trees are huge. If you can get into a forest and do a good job of shooting it, pretty much anything you shoot is saleable.” He does have limited-edition prints for those wanting pieces with more exclusivity. “They are quite a bit more money. They will be a series of a hundred and will be produced on a different media and come with a certificate of authenticity and a hologram and a whole bunch that goes with that.” Brompton has a canvas printing lab in Maple Ridge and his work is displayed

in a gallery in Langley. With a son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter in B.C., it became an obvious second base. His home gallery is Art Preserve in Saskatoon. He has a special relationship with its owners. “I actually met Deb (Currie), the curator there, years ago when I bought some art for one of my employees. It was a parting gift and I wanted to give them something special. I have always been fond of art and bought them a nice piece — I think it was a Gail Adams print — and gave it to them. “That is how I got to meet the owners of the Art Preserve. They knew all along that I was a photographer. In 2008, when I decided to make it full-time, I sat down with them and they said, with open arms, ‘We’d love to sell your stuff.’ “We have created a great friendship and a really good business plan with them. They have given me almost 50 per cent of their gallery. I am so excited about that and so thankful; I don’t know if I could ever repay them.” Currie said the relationship has been good for the gallery as well. “We just love his work,” she said. “You see it and it’s just wow. It’s incredible.”

There’s the wow word again. sizing for customers that are looking for “It’s funny that he has this piece and different pieces. That is one of the things it’s called Amazing. It’s this huge wathat is really unique about it.” terfall in New Zealand. Every time we Brompton said every sale is flattering. stretch one and put it out, people come “I love to see it hanging in peoples’ in and the first word out of their mouth homes and their offices. It’s an amazis ‘Wow.’ And then, ‘That’s amazing.’ So ing feeling that somebody would want he has the right to buy it, for names in it,” starters, and she said with a then to display laugh. it in their living “You have room, dining The Express asked Jim Brompton for tips that will to see the work help us take better photos. room.” 1) Always use a tripod. and you have What makes to see the vari- 2) When shooting landscapes, turn off the on-board a great image? ety of the work flash. “A lot of it 3) Rule of Thirds: This is the principle of that he has. is to do with composition. Split your viewfinder into horizontal They speak for and vertical thirds. Position focal elements on the how I perceive third. themselves; things. And of they really do.” 4) Don’t be afraid of long shutter speeds. After all course I know you are using a tripod, right? Currie likes 5) All rules are made to be broken — experiment. how to run a that Brompton camera very takes care with well because I every image. have done it for “The nice thing is he produces all his so long. It’s taking advantage of certain own work. He does the printing of the angles and lighting conditions, and procanvas himself. He is such a perfection- ducing the wow shot.” ist he doesn’t put anything out there Information on Brompton’s work can unless it meets his high standard. be found at jimbromptonphotography. “He can do whatever size he wants so com. For more on Art Preserve, visit it offers a real flexibility in pricing and www.artpreserve.ca.

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alentine’s Day may be over, but there’s still time to show love to Saskatoon women and their families. During the month of February, Broadway-area merchants are raising awareness and funds for the YWCA with the third annual Social Good on Broadway campaign sponsored by Cameco. Social Good on Broadway puts fashion and philanthropy hand in hand, as many Broadway Avenue retailers are selling clothing and accessories to support the worthy cause. There’s no better reason to go shopping than knowing your purchase supports the YWCA’s important community programs, including the Crisis Shelter and Residence, Employment and Learning Centre, Child Development Centre and Fitness Centre. Mint Fashion Co. has created a limited edition graphic T-shirt that the store is selling during the month of February, which not only contributes to Social Good but sartorial good as well. Foster’s Shoes’ contribution is twofold. They have hung shoes and boots painted red (with some help from their friends at Loraas Disposal) on trees along Broadway Avenue to create awareness for the Social Good campaign. Plus, Foster’s Shoes is generously donating proceeds from every shoe purchase in February to the YWCA. Optika is hosting a silent auction for a pair of polarized Kaenon sunglasses and the proceeds of the auction will benefit Social Good. Members of Team Canada sport Kaenon sunglasses, so the highest bidder is sure to look like an Olympian. Sandbox in the City is donating $2 from every NikiBiki tank top sold during the month of February to Social Good. It’s a perfect excuse to stock up on fashion essentials. Broadway Shoe Repair was inspired by the colour red, so proceeds from everything red it sells (from socks to slippers to boots) during the month of February will support the YWCA. There are many other opportunities on Broadway to support the YWCA during the month of February.

ear Lianne, I have been dating a man for almost a year and I have not yet met his daughter, who are 14 and 20 years old. His older daughter lives with him and his younger one is with him every second weekend. I have made reference to meeting them — or lack Relationships of meeting them — and the discussion never evolves. He has met my adult children and my family, but I am an outsider to his family and kids, yet he talks about them all the time as though I know them. At this point I am not even sure if I want to stick around long enough to meet them. My question is: should I force the issue or leave it for now? — Heather

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SHE Model Jenna Storozynsky checks out one of Foster’s Shoes’ red shoes, which are hung on trees along Broadway Avenue with information about the YWCA Social Good campaign. Jenna’s Colcci jacket and Belgo Lux scarf are both available at Mint Fashion Co. Visit your favourite Broadway merchants to participate in Social Good promotions or simply make a donation. Or plan a night out with friends at a restaurant or pub on Broadway. After all, you’re going to need somewhere to show off your fabulous red boots from Broadway Shoe Repair and trendy tee from Mint Fashion Co.

Dear Heather, It does not sound as though this relationship is giving you what you need. I would say that your issues are far beyond whether you should meet his daughters or not. Your level of communication with this fellow ought to be far deeper than what it is. You have stated that you have been with him for almost a year, so it is baffling why you have to dance around issues. I would suspect that this lack of communication also affects other areas of your relationship. I would urge you not to meet his children at this time. I would suggest that you take this opportunity to seriously evaluate your level of contentment with your relationship.

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uestion: The City of Saskatoon opportunity to stay there at the top.” Mayor Atchison: We want people to it certainly seems like it has been 10 has once again been named one take transit. We want it to be their pre- years. You really need to talk to Victory Question: Private residences, of Canada’s best diversity emcondos and apartments are required to ferred mode of transportation. We have Majors about River Landing. It is their ployers. What has the city done to win clean their sidewalks of snow, so why put out a request for proposals to find a land and their project. There is some the award, and where do you is it that so many businesses company to provide more bus shelters. positive news. Look at what is happensee us going from here? It is not right to ask people to stand out- ing in Riversdale right now with The do not clear their sideside when it is 40 below and the winds Banks at Avenue C and 19th Street. Mayor Atchison: It is a walks? The downtown area are howling, and asking them to take Developer Chris Lefevre is moving tremendous honour. We have is kept clean, as is the new transit. I think it should be far more inahead full steam with his project. It is been working very hard on business area on 20th Street. this. We have worked with But moving up 20th or 22nd viting than that. The program would see four separate buildings with retail and living areas above, plus condos. It is the aboriginal community to streets the sidewalks are not dozens more of these shelters. In the really quite an exciting project. make sure we are reflective cleaned and are unsafe, par- meantime, if there is a buildup of ice on the No. 5 route at 23rd and Avenue of the community. We are ticularly for seniors. As one The Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchworking with other stakeof those seniors who doesn’t C, you should call 306-975-2476 and ewan is also coming along very nicely. make the city aware of it so it can be holders as well. Our issue is drive, I want my tax money It’s come out of the ground now. The cleaned up. that the private sector is comto go towards keeping the parkade portion looks like it is close to ing in and scooping up our sidewalks safe for my travels. Question: Ten years ago the Gather- being completed, and now they are onto Ask the Mayor employees. It is a real honour cole Building was demolished to clear the building itself. Mayor Atchison: I am that we are able to hire such the way for a development at River At this time it appears to be on very sorry to hear the sidecapable people that private companies walks aren’t clean because they need Landing, which is still nowhere in schedule. want to hire them away. sight. Any idea what is happening with to be clean for everyone. The city has (Have a question for Mayor Atchithe Victory Majors project? When you are No. 1 it is always a bylaw that sidewalks are to be kept son? Send it to editorial@saskatoonextougher to stay No. 1. We have to con- clean and that is the responsibility of Mayor Atchison: It hasn’t been press.com. Please put “mayor” in the tinue to work hard and be very mind10 years, but for anyone watching it, LS908481.B17 the properties that flank those streets. subject line.) ful that diversity at City Hall should If those sidewalks are Liza reflect the diversity in our community. not being kept clean We have to engage all the different phone 306-975-2476 ethnic groups in Saskatoon. It isn’t just and report that. I diversity of cultural, it is also making would really apprecisure the men and women have equal ate that. Crews will opportunities and moving them up in go out and look at the the management level. It is one thing to location, they will nobe at entry levels, but over a period of tify the owners and if time I am hoping the management team the owners don’t look reflects the city’s culture as well. That after it, the city will. doesn’t happen overnight. And then the city will I still remember my first job. It was send the company a bill. I feel bad for the at the Bessborough Hotel. The fellow that was the manager of the hotel used senior that wrote that. We can have people to babysit me. He had the assistant manager sit down and talk with me. He follow up on that because 22nd Street asked me where I would like to start certainly needs to be in the organization. I said, “I guess I clear. wouldn’t mind starting as the manager of the hotel, but George has that Question: The bus Call (306)931-1910 for more information position already. So I guess that won’t shelters and stops are work.” poorly maintained. He explained something to me that Access to some is difI have remembered my entire life. He ficult with ice buildup took one of those old sugar dispensers making bus travel unLayouts, Vendors, Manufactures, Clinics and and he started pouring the sugar out. inviting and difficult And it formed a pyramid on the table. in many places. For Consignment Tables Then he took a pencil and stood it on example, I can’t get to Saturday, February 22nd 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. end. The pencil kept falling over. He my No. 5 stop at 23rd said, “You may be at the top of the pen- Street and Avenue Sunday, February 23rd 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. cil, but you have no basic understandC due to ice buildup ing of what is going on. So you may be on the sidewalk and Admission includes the museum at the top, but you will continue to fall inside shelter. If you over.” Then he looked at the sugar pile. want more people and the train show “You have a strong base that has been living downtown built over the years that allows you to then it has to be made stay at the top. When you are at the top inviting and, above it is far more stable and a much better all, safe.

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Pianist’s influences include Oscar Peterson and Elton John

hen Jon Kimura Parker plays Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, it is truly a labour of love. “It is the iconic classical music piece of the 20th century, a selection which changed the direction of music,” said Parker on the telephone from Houston, where the Canadian-born pianist is on the faculty of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Parker will be delivering a solo concert at the Roxy Theatre on Feb. 28, part of a music series designed by Saskatoon’s Mark Turner before he accepted the position as general manager of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. “I love the history of the composition. Many people will remember it as a theme from the Disney movie Fantasia. Others remember it as a classical orchestral work and others as a four-handed piano interpretation,” said Parker. “I was a 17-year-old student at the University of British Columbia when I started to play it. What People Stravinsky’s work did for me was complete my idea of where the classics could take you. I always wanted to play it as a solo piece, play it the way I wanted. I began arranging little sections, then putting them together. And now it has become like a trademark. “No one else is doing Rite as a solo. It is my unique arrangement, definitely something of my own,” said Parker, who featured the world premiere as a solo on a CD, Rite, which is now available in Canada. “Last May was the centenary of the Rite of Spring premiere, which was held in Paris, France. Stravinsky’s music was so revolutionary and the choreography for the ballet’s premiere at the Paris Opera was so shocking that the combination of the two sparked a riot on the streets.” Parker is now in his 30th year as a concert soloist. When he considers the pianists who have influenced him the most, he mentions names that might surprise a classical music fan. “I saw Arthur Rubinstein at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for the first time when I was 12 years old. And I saw him regularly afterwards. His music radiated joy. He made you want to love music. At that time I utterly resolved to do what he did and communicate the joy in performance,” said Parker. “Another was Oscar Peterson, who was spectacular. He knew I worshipped him. As a jazz artist, he inspired me. He reached the highest artistic ideals. “Another was Elton John, a rock star. Great music

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Jon Kimura Parker will be delivering a solo concert at the Roxy Theatre on Feb. 28 (Photo Supplied) He has another on what other music he’ll B-flat Major, “so elegant Saskatoon connection. play in Saskatoon. and melodic and my He and David Swan were He’ll open with two mom’s favourite piece.” friends at UBC, and also Preludes by Rachmaninoff, He’ll close with spent one summer in “one of the great Beethoven’s Appassionata, Banff. David’s brother, soloists of all time. It’s “something I played in my Michael, is concertmaster a phenomenal challenge first year of touring and Parker’s track record is with the Saskatoon to play his work, but we still dear to me.” substantial. He has played Symphony Orchestra. continue to try.” He is thankful for the at Carnegie Hall, London’s “I’ve stayed with the The Rite Of Spring opportunities to “share Royal Festival Hall, family and consider them will be played before what I have enjoyed about Berlin’s Philharmonie, my friends,” he said. intermission. Then comes music. There’s nothing Tokyo’s NHK Hall, the Parker also reflected Schubert’s Impromptu in like it.” Beijing Concert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. He has worked with the Campaign for Royal University Hospital best conductors and best orchestras. The last time Day-to-day, Today and Tomorrow Parker visited Saskatoon was as a soloist with the National Arts Centre On any given day, 159 adults will enter Orchestra. the Emergency Department and 79 surgeries will be performed at Royal University Hospital, Saskatchewan’s busiest trauma centre.

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I’m looking forward to seeing Figarova again

Roxy Theatre important to Riversdale’s revitalization

By Randy Pshebylo ot much says “restoration and revitalization of Riversdale” more than the Roxy Theatre. The Roxy was dark for 10 years before a passionate theatre operator by the name of Tom Hutchinson t has been a few years now since I fans, she grew up listening to Ella purchased it. last saw Amina Figarova, a fabuFitzgerald and Oscar Peterson. She Saskatoon still had stomach upset over the loss of the lous pianist, perform at the Chicago began playing piano as a child, studied old Capitol Theatre. Losing the Roxy would have meant Jazz Festival. But the performance has as a classical concert pianist and then the loss of Western Canada’s last such atmospheric theatre stayed with me, moved into jazz while being educated west of Ontario, and Saskatoon would have developed an and has me ea- at both Rotterdam and Berklee at Bosulcer. gerly anticipat- ton colleges. The basement had flooded twice, the roof was leaking ing her perforAlong the way she met Bart Platand with property values severely below average, the need mance on Feb. teau, whom she married. He is flautist to insure this theatre became questionable. I understand the previous ownership entertained the 22 at 8 p.m. at in the Figarova Sextet. idea of demolishing it due to its condition, and we would The Bassment. “I loved the sounds of Chick Corea Amina Figarova will perform have had even more parking available for people who That Chicago and Herbie Hancock, both of whom wouldn’t come here. Feb. 22 at The Bassment evening was a used the flute in their musical groups,” A vacancy on this major business street is our version (Photo Supplied) beautiful one said Figarova. “When I first met Bart of a toothless smile. Hutchinson made a serious investment with Figarova and heard his sound, I fell in love, feel- released her 12th album — entitled in our Crown Jewel and we thank him at every opportunity performing at an ing a sense of comfort in his music. He Twelve — with the big-band sound, Columnist when hundreds of children and newcomers, along with looutdoor stage. is an amazing player with an incredible but more orchestral, yet edgy. cal residents, experience this ambiance in theatre-going. Chicago boasts sound that cuts through the trumpet and After touring extensively throughIn 2001 I had the idea of using our enchanting theatre the world’s largest outdoor free jazz the tenor.” out Europe and internationally, for an out-of-the-ordinary experience while studying the festival every September long weekRounding out the sextet that will Figarova and her husband moved to cultural district in downtown Pittsburgh. Many corporate end. The weather was end-of-summer perform at The Bassment will be Marc New York City in order to be closer to sponsors had rescued their palatial theatre houses with tens brilliant. The crowd was enamored Mommaas playing tenor sax, Alex the jazz action and to be able to tour of millions of dollars of renovations and reconstruction. with original, exciting jazz and, in this Pope Norris playing trumpet, Jeroen North America more easily. On this They utilized their symphony in a theatre, playing live case, a style connected to a gypsy jazz. Vierdag on bass and Jason Brown on trip they will also perform in Calgary music scores along with classic silent films. And they sold Figarova’s home is Azerbaijan, a drums. All have backgrounds from and Edmonton before going west to out. country located along the Caspian Sea. Europe and New York. Boise, San Francisco and San Jose. In Riversdale we have an atmospheric theatre; we now It marks the crossroads between WestBoth Figarova and Platteau love the have the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra just down the Moving to New York was simple ern Asia and Eastern Europe. Jazz has sound of Hubert Laws and the music street; and a district craving people to come and experience enough, but transporting her ninealways been popular in Azerbaijan. will reflect that. Expect an infusion and-a-half-foot Bosendorfer piano all something different. On the phone from New York, Figa- of funk, fusion and R&B in their all The first showing in 2010 sold out, the first Halloween the way from the Netherlands to their rova explained it was only recently that original repertoire. Writing her own Queen’s townhouse was another task show last fall also sold out. It was a true compliment to the symphony musicians and RBID organizing team that really young people there started listening to compositions at a young age, Figarova all together. just wanted people to have fun. pop music. is always looking for new sounds and Having visited their home once, I With the Feb. 22 performances — at 1 p.m. and 7:30 “Along with jazz, Mugham, a diversity in her music. marvelled at the supreme size of the p.m. — of the 1925 classic The Lost World, many will form of folk music in my country, has In 2012, while at a Thelonious Mu- instrument and loved listening to the always been popular. Mugham is built sic Camp in Aspen, Colorado, Figarova story of how the piano movers settled experience and appreciate modern-day film and the power of music scores. on a free-form improvisation, similar to found the freedom to create a big-band the piano in its new home. Bart had The theatre is now hosting some of concerts such as jazz. In jazz the improvisation is done sound with a sextet, but with a wide made dinner that evening treating the Nylons, Canadian Brass, along with internationallythrough chords. In Mugham through range, more spaces and more room me to a traditional Eastern European renowned pianist Jon Kimura Parker, who will appear on scales,” said Figarova. for the piano. Today’s sound is still dish. As I sat back, taking in all the Feb. 28. Out of all of this grew Mugham transforming, with Figarova enjoying culture, I thought of how the piano fit jazz, Figarova style. the process of seeing how far one can so nicely in its new home and on the (Randy Pshebylo is the executive director of the RiversWith both parents being huge music go with a sextet or septet. She recently amazing talent of its owner. dale Business Improvement District)

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In 1937, my paternal grandfather was fitness and inspiration on Saturday, hosted by Hal Johnson and Joanne Flipping over long-neglected digital stones is removed by social workers from his family April 12, at McLeod from bound to reveal some unexpected surprises. (which included nine children) and he was the SaskaBodyBreak. Believe me, few of them are of the Lotto 649 then dispatched to the Saskatchewan Hospital toon Field The six fitvariety. in North Battleford for “treatment” for his alHouse. ness sessions Often families are coholism. I do not know what critical incident “BAM will be spread more about what is left initiated the removal, but I do know that he Saskatoon throughout unsaid rather than what died there three years later of a cerebral hemor- is the first the day and is actually spoken or rhage on a cold January day in 1940. event of its are tailored to repeated as family lore. The alcohol carnage in the family did not, kind in Sassuit all fitness All of us prefer to celof course, stop there. Three of his four sons katchewan levels from ebrate the good memories struggled with alcohol. One had the courage and part of beginners to and subconsciously we to seek out AA and stick with it. The other two a Canada fitness buffs. attempt to jettison the did not. wide-move- A celebration of healthy living will be held The atmoless-worthy events to Several Canadian provinces now provide ment aimed April 12 at the Field House sphere in the oblivion. Perhaps this is public access to Certificates of Death online. at being fit, (Photo by Anne-Marie Cey) Field House what constitutes selective For my paternal family, these documents ofeating well will be posiColumnist memory. fered up one tragic story after another. I found and focusing on health,” said Arla tively charged, with plenty of heartWhen I set out to look an uncle (at 52) who drunkenly fell down a Gustafson, CEO of the Royal Unipounding music, choreographed into my personal paternal history, I was more flight of stairs and died of a brain hemorrhage versity Hospital Foundation. than aware of some very big gaps — why that is eerily similar to his father’s end. Then Money raised from BAM Saska- activities, inspirational stories from was my paternal grandfather never spoken I discovered a number of other front-line relatoon will support the Breast Health breast cancer survivors, food and prizes for everything from the most of? I knew there was something darker lurktives dying at relatively young ages of cirrhosis Centre at Saskatoon City Hospital ing in the background. That something that of the liver/pancreatitis and other alcohol-reand molecular imaging research to funds raised to the best costumes. was obliquely referred to, but never openly lated conditions. I needed a dictionary to work advance patient care at Royal Uni- People can participate in BAM as an individual or a team, but only discussed. And this circumstance was easy to out some of the terminology, but they all had versity Hospital. 400 spots are available. Participants maintain because the whole family was geoone thing in common — alcohol. “Events like BAM shine a light are expected to raise money for the graphically fragmented across the country. Particularly hard to read without tears well- on the importance of a holistic apThe big family secret is — no surprise for ing up was the death certificate of a 28-yearproach to health,” said Steve Shan- cause through pledges. many — alcohol. I can now confirm with proof old cousin who put a bullet through his own For more information — to see non, CEO of the Saskatoon City that the consequences of alcoholism in my head. The recorded details are beyond grueHospital Foundation. “That kind of videos, to register or make a donafamily are beyond statistically significant; they some. I’m equally sure that 35 years later his awareness is important because we tion — visit www.bustamovesk.ca. are tragic. widow and fatherless children are still impactFor all my fondness for my feisty and often ed by the events of that terrible day. We had a reader request a salad that is “not contrary father, in hindsight it’s a no-brainer As the digital death certificates began to the same old salad I seem to serve every to recognize that he was also an alcoholic. stack up, it became very evident to me that we time I get company.” Give this one a try. It Because his preferred mode of drinking was a (me and my paternal relatives) are a family that is a nutritious spinach salad that we get lots binge, he regarded himself can’t handle alcohol. There of great feedback on. Check out our website “I can now confirm with as one of those drinkers who are probably many more — breastfriends.ca — to watch Breast proof that the consequences stories that I have not uncovwas in control of his drinkFriend Anne Reynolds make another great of alcoholism in my family ered. I also realize that my ing — until the drinking spinach salad. controlled him, of course. As are beyond statistically sigfamily is in no way unique the oldest child in the fam- nificant; they are tragic.” when it comes to alcohol ily, I physically left home abuse but (pun intended) it earlier than my siblings and was certainly sobering and so do not have some of the same memories of shocking to find physical documentation of our ) (You will never have lef tovers unfortunate events involving alcohol that my particular reality. There it all was — in stark ds sister and brother do. Consequently, I probably black and white. 1 1/2 teaspoons poppy seen ola oil can tor cup h, 1/2 nac spi sh fre s see my dad through a rosier set of lenses than I wish I could offer up a happy ending to 8 cup 1/4 cup onion, chopped r 3 green onions, sliced they use. this story. I wish I could tell you that the probega vin e win red sliced lespoons tab 3 4 cups fresh strawberries, sted According to numerous addiction sites on lem ceased with my generation. 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iscommunication, combined with a himself in a bit of a conundrum. On the table bizarre attempt to pass the buck on a in front of him is a perfectly sensible deal stale piece of provincial legislation, that few in the voting public would oppose. It comprises the crux of an issue that blew up would eject a nice lump sum into the public last week out of nowhere. purse, with future revenue still generated Remarkably, the Sask Party through taxes. Even better, the government, the NDP Opposition deal would channel increased and the FSIN were talking for dollars towards First Nations almost three weeks about the poprogramming in the province and further promote autonomy. tential sale of state-owned Casino It was, and should be, anRegina and Casino Moose Jaw without anyone finding out. other home run for Canada’s most The story goes that on Jan. popular premier. Instead, what 21, FSIN Chief Perry Bellegarde, happened was either one of the along with his vice-chiefs, met most obnoxious political moves with Premier Brad Wall to make this province has seen in a long the case for the potential sale of time or simply a completely inept the two casinos to the FSIN and leadership snafu: Wall passed the Columnist Saskatchewan Indian Gaming entire decision-making buck over Authority (SIGA). Other than the to Opposition Leader Cam Broten. casinos in Regina and Moose Jaw, every other In order to proceed, Wall indicated that one in the province is owned and operated by Broten and the nine NDP MLAs would have to the FSIN/SIGA. agree unanimously to waive or amend proviThe organizations have proven themselves sions in the very act their party strong-armed extremely adept at doing so, with record prof- 10 years ago, while more or less urinating all its in 2013. The Saskatchewan government has over the state-ownership policy that had been absolutely no business in the gaming racket. entrenched in the NDP since the beginning of The idea is long past due and the sale should time. absolutely go ahead, with SIGA paying a fairWall must have known there was a snowmarket price for the two casinos. ball’s chance in hell that was going to happen. Surprise! It’s not that easy. Casino Regina Undeterred and bolstered by the fact that and Moose Jaw are Saskatchewan Crown he wasn’t completely shut down, a determined Corporations — otherwise known as hallowed Bellegarde meets with Broten over breakfast ground to the provincial NDP. In 2004, the on Jan. 24. He explains his proposal to the OpNDP introduced a piece of legislation called position leader, who allegedly tells Bellegarde the Crown Corporation Public Ownership Act that he won’t do anything to stand in the way (CCPOA), which effectively restricted the sale of the best interests of the aboriginal popula(or, evil privatization) of a provincial Crown tion in the province. Corp ever again. By all accounts what happened next evokes Let’s be clear. This was pure, unabashed the childhood game of Telephone, where politicking on the behalf of a cocky, re-elected everyone is talking, no one is listening, and NDP. The whole point of the act was to dangle the message changes rapidly and ridiculously. privatization bait in an attempt to entice the Bellegarde, who heard what he wanted to hear Sask Party into burying themselves deeper af- from Broten, ran back to Wall’s office and ter their crushing loss the year prior. The Sask declared Broten’s unwavering support. Party wasn’t having any of it, and every single Smashing, replied the premier’s office. one of them voted in favour of the act, which Let’s do it. passed unanimously. According to Bellegarde, a MOU was then Fast forward to Jan. 21 and Wall finds promptly drafted. After their breakfast meet-

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ing, Broten says his office didn’t hear about the issue again until Feb. 6, when his office was informed the MOU with the FSIN (which the NDP hadn’t seen) was being released to the public on Monday, and the NDP could then react as they see fit. Or in other words game, set, match. Broten was in a politically impossible position. If the opposition leader agreed to any of the proposal — turning his own ideology on its butt with little to no time to consider any of the ramifications — he’d risk the scathing retribution of his own party, while looking like a massive pushover to them and everyone else. If he shut it down, he’d be the bad guy blocking progress and denying Saskatchewan First Nations economic benefits. During the weekend, the stories got really wonky. According to Bellegarde and Wall, concerted efforts were made to reach Broten to provide him with a copy of the MOU and to try and meet to discuss the Monday announcement. Broten begs to differ, stating he got a text from Bellegarde when he was sitting in church on Sunday morning. Wall also referenced this text on the John Gormley Live, when challenged on the communication. That brings us to last Monday, when Broten and the NDP issued a self-righteous, illadvised news release breaking the story about the potential casino sale, which they deemed “rushed” and “secret.” The news release went on to pontificate that “Casinos Regina and Moose Jaw belong to the people of Saskatchewan … they help fund health care, schools and community initiatives. As far as I’m concerned, they’re not for sale.” In other words, the NDP chose to blame ideology over what Broten eventually realized was the real argument — the fact that he wasn’t consulted properly and was essentially being asked to give the Sask Party permission to break their campaign promises. Wall freely admitted that selling Casino Regina and Moose Jaw would mean breaking a major campaign promise his party made not once, but twice. That said, it would be com-

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pletely within his jurisdiction to draw up an amendment to the CCPOA and present it in the spring, or even the fall, where it would pass handily by the massive majority that is the Sask Party government, and raise nary a ripple in the voting public of Saskatchewan. Even Broten agreed with this, telling Gormley that “if Mr. Wall believes this is the right thing to do, if he entered into honest negotiations with Mr. Bellegarde, then there is a very very clear process in the act. The government doesn’t need (the NDP’s) approval.” On the Gormley show last week, Wall reinforced the fact that he was not going to use his majority government to ink this deal, stubbornly insisting that if it fails it is all Broten’s fault for not giving him permission to break a campaign promise. “We campaigned on not changing that particular act,” Wall told Gormley. “Twice now: in 2007 and 2011. I take the commitments we make very seriously.” I love dirty politics when all parties know they’re elbow-deep in dirty politics. This is different, however. It smacks of cheap shots and manipulation of a good-faith offer from SIGA. Sure, forcing Broten into a corner he can’t get out of wins the political game. But First Nations people still lose. Wall must have known what the outcome of this stunt would be, yet still played fast and loose with Bellegarde’s FSIN leadership and earnest intentions to make economic gains. The definitive moment of the whole soap opera came when Gormley asked Wall if he’d “assert his leadership to ensure First Nations aspirations are met.” “That’s a question for Mr. Broten,” Wall replied. What? Um no, that was a question for you. As for his party’s ill-fated policy on Crowns, Wall hinted that a change of heart may be in the cards. “I would expect the platform is going to be different for the next election,” he said. In the meantime, the government is taking its ball and going home, because the other team won’t give them permission to cheat.

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Winter is a wonderful time for wildlife watching By Greg Fenty

their footprints. Two toes must be a deer; five toes could be a raccoon. Four toes espite the cold temperatures could be a fox or maybe an elusive lynx. and extreme wind chill of late, I A closer inspection of the tracks reveals have a confession to make. I like small claw marks, so most likely it was a winter. Maybe it’s because I’m an envifox. The tell-tale tail drag of the porcuronmental educator. You’ve got to be an pine is unmistakable in the snow. So are optimist in my line of work. While some the large rear footprints left by our aptly people see winter as a time named snowshoe hare. of darkness, bitterness, The long winter rest, or even death, I’m nights mean I don’t have looking forward to checkto stay up late to see ing out nature on my skis, the stars and planets. snowshoes, or just crunchI become much more ing around in my felt-lined aware of the phases of boots. the moon. And there is I have another confessomething inspirational sion to make. I’m not that at being able to idengreat at spotting wildlife. tify Jupiter and Venus Nature Notes Whenever I go on a field as they dominate the trip with the Saskatoon sky with their winter Nature Society — which admittedly is migration. As my confidence grows, I still the best way to learn about our wild- can pick out Mercury and Saturn as well. Bill Matthews (left) of Two Gun Quiche House and Jody Peters (Photo Supplied) life — I’m terrible at spotting the “redBut nothing beats being a dad when I am toed-whatchama-call-it” everyone else is staring out into the dark (mosquito-free) adding to their life list. starry night well before bedtime with my When winter rolls around I become a daughter. With the odd wisp of northern much more confident bird watcher. Of the lights flickering, we search for the con400 or so species that have been seen in stellations in the southern sky. Orion with Saskatchewan only about 20 are comits three-star belt and the small cluster of monly seen around Saskatoon in winter. It stars off to the right called The Pleiades. makes for much easier bird identification, The really bright star over to the left is Tammy Robert insatiable curiosity to dig into the story Sirius. I become a hero to my daughter. Saskatoon Express behind the restaurant, the people and its and they are much easier to spot when there are no leaves on the trees. Some of Then to top it off listen to the crisp, clear food. The food includes everything from the birds become downright friendly in hooting of a great horned owl looking for he Prairie Diner, a new food tele- pickerel cheek pizza to prairie oysters. vision series featuring Saskatoon “Oddly enough, one of the things that the winter. Take a winter drive out to the a mate so they can lay their eggs in FebruBeaver Creek Conservation Area and ask ary. You just don’t get experiences like comedian Jody Peters and prois much different from any other food the friendly interpreters for some bird that in summer. duced by Zoot Pictures Inc., premiered show out there are The Prairie Diner’s seed. Nothing brings a smile to your face on City TV Saskatchewan on Feb. 18 at credits,” Kaldor said with a laugh. “We faster than having a cheery black-capped (Greg Fenty is a member of the Sas10 p.m. had so much footage of Jody having a chickadee venture forth and take a seed katoon Nature Society and coordinates “Jody Peters is The Prairie Diner,” blast that we had to find a place to put from your outstretched hand. I’m never the Young Naturalists program for the said Leif Storm Kaldor, one of the princi- it. So our credits are a series of bloopsure what makes the chickadees happier: SNS when he is not out bonding with his pals at Zoot Pictures. “His love of people ers with Jody. And they are very, very getting a free meal or just showing off daughter. The SNS website is at www. and food and his contagious humour are funny.” they can survive our subzero climate. saskatoonnaturesociety.sk.ca,or you can what brings out the best in the chefs he Two new episodes of The Prairie visit us on Facebook at www.Facebook. Most of our wild mammals, which durtalks to. It allows us to look inside and Diner will air on City Saskatchewan ing other seasons blend in with their habi- com/SaskatoonNatureSociety. behind the scenes of some of the most every Tuesday evening through April. tat, suddenly stand out against the stark, interesting restaurants on the Prairies.” The show is directed by Kaldor and Season one of The Prairie Diner folJohn Barnard, and produced and written white landscape. Oh sure, a few tricky ones like our snowshoe hare, jackrabbit, lows Peters across the Prairie provinces by Leslea Mair and Kaldor. The show in his quest to find unusual characters, features original music by Saskatchewan and weasels change colour to camouflage themselves with the snow. But spotting culture and food. Along the way he finds blues musician Jack Semple. a coyote, fox, deer or porcupine becomes hidden gems, where food and experience City Saskatchewan airs on SaskTel much easier. connect, and where there is more going on Channel 19 and on Shaw Cable on on than meets the eye. Channel 7. Even if I don’t spot any wildlife, snow “Both Jody and the show don’t take Episodes will be available for viewis the great equalizer. Everything leaves themselves too seriously,” said Kaldor. ing the day after airing at www.citytv. tracks. In the summer I rarely see tracks, “We weren’t afraid to play with the for- com. For more information, visit www. but after a dusting of fresh snow my mat and have fun. It’s about the person- theprairiediner.ca. The Prairie Diner is inner Tom Brown kicks into gear. 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Toss the Gs and take curcumin

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octor, I’d like salmon (for previous articles to know if any please contact the Pulitzer of these supple- archives and mention my name repeatedly). I turn ments are interfering with the prescription you gave me my attention now to curfor my foot fungus?” cumin, as many of you do if someone has just ingested a “What’s the problem bowl of curry before invadBloggins?” ing your private “Well, I’ve space. noticed my left Curcumin is a pancreas is itchy component of the and my hair is tumeric spice that sluggish.” gives curry its “What supplebrilliant colour ments are you and pungency. taking?” My mother once “Not sure, so I made hot curried brought them with chicken when I me.” was six and I’m At this time I convinced that Doctor often hear a loud the part that I beeping sound as didn’t toss to the if a large delivery truck were regretful dog is still eating backing up, whereupon I away at my olfactory glands. glance outside to observe a Curcumin has previously large beeping delivery truck been touted to increase our backing up. Out tumbles brainpower, improve our the prize products of latenight infomercials, National vision and give us happier prostates. It has excellent anEnquirer ads and so-called “health shows” (the ones that tioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antiamyloid properties. exhibit every health expert with the exception of actual It is these nasty amyloids that are constantly being health experts). implicated in Alzheimer’s “Here they are.” disease. As Bloggins begins India has significantly stacking bottles upon plastic less Alzheimer’s than North bottles of virgin beaver-tooth America, a cancer rate 10 extract and beta609 isoelbowanoids, I note a prepon- times lower and a statistically significant lower number derance of items beginning of Kardashian fans, all indiwith G: ginseng, gingko, cators of better health. Could grape seed, assorted green curcumin be the reason? thingamajigs and giblets of Gary Gilmour. As Bloggins It is currently being proudly looks over his small tested in multiple studies as a pharmacy of assorted supple- chemotherapeutic or chemoments, I soon learn that he preventative agent because has no idea what they are of its positive effects against actually for. cancer growth and spread. “By the way, do you take It is being studied in large any supplements, Doctor?” prestigious cancer centres for its antioxidant proper“I do.” “What?” he asks eager to ties. And it is now being looked at for specific cancer add whatever I might sugprevention and even treatgest to his little armada of ment, including the dangerbottles. ous melanomas (moles gone “Well, on a daily basis, wild). In one study it caused I take a Snickers pill, but melanoma cells to actually when the moon is exactly self-destruct. one-third full I take a couple Curcumin is safe and of Mr. Bigs, particularly if I feel my serum trans fats are tolerable in that ingesting bushels of this stuff appears getting a little low.” Actually I do take supple- to cause no toxicity whatments. My constant perusal soever — well, unless on a of the Lancet, New England first date. As more and more disease processes appear to Journal of Medicine and Cosmo has convinced me to depend on inflammation to take curcumin, blueberry and wreak havoc on our brains, arteries and joints, curcumin salmon oil. I need suppleoffers us a safe and effective ments to make up for the anti-inflammatory agent. paucity of these essential nutrients at the grocery store. “Thanks for the info, Doc. I have previously exYou’ve convinced me. I’ll pounded voluminously on go pick up gurgumin right the benefits of berries and away.”

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How about trying one of these destinations?

By Arthur Frommer

any of us fall into a vacation rut by going to the same destinations year after year. How about trying new locales, new cultures, new lifestyles and new attractions? Panama: Easily and cheaply reached in a few hours from numerous gateways, it is a nation that’s easy to enjoy. Its great canal is quickly viewed simply by taking a taxi from downtown Panama City to the great Miraflores Locks. Add beaches, numerous fine resorts and indigenous Indian cultures outside the capital city and you have the makings of a fine vacation. The Eastern Shore of Virginia: Somewhat like the better-known Outer Banks of North Carolina, this is a narrow stretch of land jutting into the Atlantic from a position just outside the city of Norfolk that was almost wholly agricultural until recent decades, when tourism began. An outstanding attraction is a nature preserve near its north end and the town of

Chincoteague, where wild horses roam in a federally protected area that also is near a key rocket-launching site of NASA. You’ll have a fine vacation there. The Oregon Coast: Far less developed than most other coastal areas of the U.S., this is a fascinating seascape flanked by several state parks, and an unusual little town called Yachats, where dungeness crabs are the featured dish in many sophisticated, but inexpensive restaurants. The Riviera Nayarit: This is the 200-mile-long stretch of the Pacific Coast of Mexico, starting above Puerto Vallarta and proceeding north from there. The Mexican authorities have chosen this underdeveloped area as their next big vacation destination. Already several large all-inclusive hotels have arisen to service an early wave of tourism. Most of what you’ll see is authentically Mexican and utterly unspoiled by tourism. (c) 2014 by Arthur Frommer Distributed by King Features Syndicate

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Views of the World Skater shouldn’t be a happy Gilmore

• I’m not buying into the warm and fuzzy story about Gilmore Junio giving his spot to Denny Morrison in the Olympic 1,000-metre speed skating event. Plain and simple, Junio was pressured into giving up his spot. When a coach asked him to consider letting Morrison race, the decision was made. When my boss asks me to consider writing a story about so-and-so, my hands are all over the keyboard or I start sending out resumes. The coach who “suggested” Junio switch out should be ashamed for taking an Olympic moment away from somebody who earned his spot. Junio might be a great guy, but he is a victim of a coach’s need to get one of his guys onto the podium. • TC Chong, on some of the stray dogs in Sochi being adopted by the visiting athletes: “One American is bring a dog home, and has already named it Sochi. A British guy wants to adopt one as well. Name? Eddie the Beagle of course.” • Janice Hough, on the death of Shirley Temple: “Millions of young Americans wondered why her parents named her after a drink.” • From Torben Rolfsen: “A thousand years of Russian history and music, and we didn’t get Boney M’s Rasputin.” • I really like how a horn sounds almost immediately on News Talk 650 when Canada scores a goal. It’s quite a departure from John Gormley blowing his own. • Message to front-page editors: We don’t need a hockey picture every day. Save Sidney for the sports page and give an amateur athlete a day in the spotlight. • Bill Littlejohn, on the gloves Muhammad Ali used in the first Liston fight being auctioned off: “The gloves from the

second Liston fight may fetch a price as well — they never ever hit anything.” • Hough, on PayPal’s president apparently sending an email to employees chastising them for not using the PayPal app: “Maybe they know something we don’t?” • A question from Rolfsen: “Did anyone else want Erik Guay to win the downhill just to annoy Vladimir Putin?” • Chong, on Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann in Gilligan’s Island, being at the Vancouver Boat Show with The SS Minnow: “Before going home to Palm Springs, organizers took her around the city for a three-hour tour; a three-hour tour.” • Depressed people are likely to get colds more often than happy individuals. You can look at it another way: If you caught all those colds, you’d be depressed too. • Littlejohn, on New Orleans Pelicans mascot Pierre undergoing reconstructive beak surgery: “There’s been no word on his new look, but the team has brought in Joan Rivers as a consultant.” • Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was convicted on 20 counts of bribery and fraud. “What a loser,” said Rob Ford. • Justin Bieber’s wax figure has been removed from Madame Tussaud’s museum in New York. I wonder if it was having a meltdown. • A stat from Rolfsen: “Derek Jeter has played in more post-season games than the Cubs and White Sox franchises combined. He’s also broken more hearts than the Cubbies.” • Was anybody else worried that the US biathlon team might use AR-15 rifles? • Some minor league baseball players

A pair of Muhammad Ali gloves are being auctioned (Wiki Photo) claim they are making less than minimum calls on Canadian men’s hockey goals are wage and are suing the their leagues. “You about 50 decibels lower than when the can do that?” said CFL players. Maple Leafs score? • Hough, on Torvill and Dean returning • From Hough: “Georgia Gov. Nathan to Sarajevo for a fundraiser and recreating Deal suggests that if power goes out their legendary perfect 10 Bolero routine throughout the state, residents should from the 1984 Olympics: “The couple still ‘read a book.’ And Georgians under 25 has it, even if they do skate with their left responded: ‘What’s a book?’” blinkers on.” • Rolfsen, on an ESPN announcer say• I looked up overpaid in the dictionary ing the first thing Kansas State basketball and there was a picture of Craig Butler. star Marcus Foster asked for when he ar• Rolfsen, on Charles Hamelin’s win in rived on campus was a 24-hour key to the the men’s 1,500-metre short track event. gym: “He still hasn’t asked for a library “Wouldn’t the event be better if at the card.” 750-metre mark, the PA announcer said • Chong, on NBC Olympics host Bob ‘change skating direction?’” Costas booking off his job due to an infec• I can’t get into these Olympics with There will also be cash prizes for the tion that spread to both his eyes: “Costas the 10-hour time difference. other drivers in the top five spots of the • Littlejohn, on the glitch at the opening would have left Russia to be treated at super late-model series. Gervais expects at home, but the only available flights out ceremonies resulting in only four of the least 20 cars to line up for each of the five five Olympic rings being on display to the midweek were red-eyes from Moscow to races. Los Angeles and Chicago.” crowd: “Rings have a way of disappearThe news conference was also an ing when Vladimir Putin is around, said • When I read thieves in Virginia stole opportunity for the SSCRA to present a JW11305.B17 Robert Kraft.” $250 worth of bull semen, I thought it cheque for $4,360 to Ronald McDonald • Have you noticed that Jim Hughson’s must be BS. James House. The proceeds were from a barbecue last year. Gervais said the donation was possible because of the association’s partnership with Cabinets by Hayley and SaskaCentre toon Custom Garage Interiors. Height: 6’0’’ Weight: 178 lbs “It is important to us to give back to the community,” Gervais said. “As a club DOB: 02/13/1996 Hometown: Naniamo, BC we want to give back to the community because we ask a lot from the community. 2012-2013 Season: North Island Silvertips League M-AAA: 34 GP • 17 Goals • 22 Assists • 30 PIM You can’t always have your hand out; you want to give back whenever possible. Our Favorite hockey memory My last meal would be... business model is always give back. Give, Winning the Island League Steak and Pizza give, give and we will receive tenfold what in bantam we give.” Best part of my game Worst habit Gervais said fans can expect to see Stick handling, vision Cracking my fingers more cars and new drivers racing at the Biggest pet peeve Favorite Pro Athlete speedway this season. People on my phone Steven Stamkos “I’m pumped,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to the season.” Any nicknames? Favorite holiday destination For the SSCRA’s 2014 schedule and to Goms Mexico & California purchase tickets for the upcoming season, Blades Home Games This Week: Wednesday, February 19 @ 7:05 vs. Regina Pats visit www.autoclearingmotorspeedway.ca.

Stock car association set for 2014 season

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hile the cars won’t hit the pavement until May 24, the Saskatoon Stock Car Racing Association (SSCRA) is ready for the 2014 season. “This is going to be our best season by far,” said Herm Hordal, the business development manager for the SSCRA. “We have 20 events that are going to be coming through the track this year, and some major major events.” The major of the major events will again be the NASCAR Canadian Tire series. It will make its annual stop at the Auto Clearing Motor Speedway on July 16. It’s a two-day event with local drivers in the spotlight on July 15. Another highlight is the Dakota Dunes series expanding from four races to five. The cash for the series will be divvied up differently this year. “In the past we have rewarded the winners of each race with the bigger cash prizes,” SSCRA president Jason Gervais said. “This year we’re going to funnel the bulk of the prize money into a points fund. At the end of the year, the person that wins that championship will be eligible for a $15,000 prize.”

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MUSIC

The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westminster are hosting a film night at 7:30 at the church. We will view Shattered Ground,a documentary that looks past FEB. 21 the rhetoric and emotional arguments to What: JJ Guy has recorded four albums, James Steele was the winner of the 2013 find the real issues involved in fracking (hydraulic fracturing). Following the film, Canadian Grand Masters, and Celeste Smith has become a favourite at the John Peter Prebble, a well-known environmenArcand fiddle festivals. They’ll be out front, talist, and Saeed Moshiri, economics prowith the support of three musicians, for the fessor, will lead a dialogue about what is a launch of a Fiddle series at 9 p.m. Where: very important topic for all of us. The event is free and everyone is welcome. The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets: $17 for SJS members, $23 for non-members.

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Saskatoon Council on Aging. Mending Seniors Hearts with Art features sessions FEB. 22 What: Amina Figarova is a pianist-compos- using creative expression, story, music, reflection and sharing to help participants er who left a big imprint with September voice their grief and loss to transform it Suite, which experts call the deepest, most powerful jazz response to the events into new life. Times: 1:30 to 4 p.m. Cost: $20. Limited enrolment. Phone 306- 652of 9/11. She’s a major artist, backed 2255 or email admin@scoa.ca to register. by strong soloists. Show time is 8 p.m. Where: The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets: $20 for SJS members, $25 FEB. 19 for non-members. Dr. David Kaplan will speak about his life’s experiences as The Well-Tempered Silence is Golden: The Lost World. Watch Klezmerer at the Canadian Club of a silent movie with the accompaniment of Saskatoon meeting at the Sheraton the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. Show Cavalier. Registration at 11:30 for noon times are 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Roxy buffet. Cost $20 for members and $25 for Theatre. non-members. Call Laura at 931-6790 for tickets. ***** FEB. 25 Full-Plate Living Weightloss Program. What: Singer-songwriter Del Barber of Winnipeg has a new album, Prairieography, Are you Eating Enough to Lose Weight? which is born out of his love for his home, Introductory Session from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Program Runs Wednesdays from 6 p.m. its people and their stories. Show time to 7 p.m. for eight weeks. Where: 327 for the Roots concert is 8 p.m. Where: Pinehouse Drive, main floor boardroom. The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Contact: 306-717-1665. Tickets: $17 for SJS members, $23 for non-members.

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The Cecilian Singers will hold an open rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. The rehearsal will be held at Zion Lutheran Church on the corner of 19th Street and Fourth Avenue. (Bottom of the Broadway Bridge). Anyone interested in choral singing and in finding out more about the choir is welcome. For more info: call Audrey at 306-373-8905 or visit www.cecliansingers.ca.

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required (space limited). Registration forms Every Thursday available at the market or email: cjl035@ What: Depression Support Group — free usask.ca group runs on the first and third Thursday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is open to anyone struggling with MARCH 4 depression and family members wanting Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper from 4:30 to support them. Where: 311 – 38th Street to 6:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Anglican Church East. This is a wheelchair accessible build(formerly St. James), 607 Dufferin Avenue, ing. For more info call 270-9181. corner of 12th Street East. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children 7 to 12 years; no cost for children 6 years and under. Every Wednesday The Saskatoon Mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health problem meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 4th Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more informaEvery Monday There’s Hope Beyond Depression Program. tion call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398. Free introductory sessions Feb. 3 or Feb. 10 from 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Where: 327 ***** Pinehouse Drive (wheelchair accessible). What: Singles Social Group - “All About For more info call Pekka at 306-717-1665 Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Events or email saskatoonrecovery@gmail.com. such as weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Sunday brunches, movie nights, First Saturday of every dances, month pot luck and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information What: The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, is email an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone (306) setting for persons with dementia, family, 978-0813. care partners and other interested people. ***** The Café is a two-hour get together The Off Broadway Farmers’ Market and with refreshments, entertainment and International Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. information. First Saturday of the month in the basement of Emmanuel Anglican from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Sherbrooke Church (607 Dufferin Ave. and 12th Street). Community Centre. A variety of Saskatchewan foods ranging from grass-fed beef, Katadin lamb, free-range eggs, and several varieties of Every Tuesday frozen fish. Fresh baking, German pastry, Tops #5273 meets at St. Mathews Hall and fresh and frozen Indian food including (135-109th Street West). Weigh-in from 5:45 p.m. to 6:15. Meeting from 6:30 p.m. samosas are other features. Guest vendors may call 306-664-2940 for details. to 7:30 p.m. Experience a healthy weight

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What: Canadian solo pianist Jon Kimura Parker pays tribute to the centenary of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring as well as performing selections by Rachmaninoff, Schubert and Beethoven on behalf of Totally Awesome concerts at 7:30 p.m.Where: Roxy Theatre. Tickets: $40$50 through Persephone Theatre box office. ***** Saskatoon Summer Players and The Bassment present Broadway Unplugged: 9 p.m. Pianist Wes Froese and the Saskatoon Summer Players perform your favourite tunes inviting you to sing along. Where: The Bassment. Ticket price: $20 regular and $15 for Bassment members. Tickets are on sale online http://www.showclix. com/event/3803398

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Saskatoon Nature Society: Who: Alec Aitken. What: The Legacy of Glacial Lake Agassiz in the Canadian Prairies. When: Thursday February 20 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Rm 106 Biology Building, U of S Campus. Why: Alex has a special interest in the affect Lake Agassiz had and has on our surroundings. He is a recipient of a Master Teacher award.

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MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who score among the top two per cent of the general population on a standardized IQ. A supervised IQ testing session is being held Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 for students. Please call Tim at 306-242-7408 or email trf674@campus.usask.ca.

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What: Saskatoon Seniors Continued Learning (SSCL) Spring Class Registration for non-credit academic studies. Classes are two hours per week for eight weeks and are held at the University. They begin the week of March 17. Mail-in registration began on Feb.11. In-person registration will be held on Feb. 20, at 1:30 at the Frances Morrison Library. Visit www. ccde. FEB. 25 What: Save the Children - Canada usask.ca/sscl or call 306-343-6773 for (Saskatoon Branch). Monthly Executive more information. Committee Meeting Where: Edwards Family Centre on and the Brought to SASKATOON 4th Avenue North in you by EXPRESS Saskatoon at 7:30 p.m. Please contact Mel Hosain at 306 373-9877 or preferably Lavonne Cloke at lavonne.cloke@ gmail.com. TRIVIA QUESTION .com

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First Monday of every month Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings. 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We meet the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. Then it is the second Monday.

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What: Monthly Drop-In Caregiver Support Group. Who: Caregivers for adult family members or friends. Cost: Free (presented by Saskatoon Health Region). To Register: Jeanne (306-655-3426) or Karen (306655-3427).

Third Thursday of the Month

The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group is a local community group of men who have or who have had prostate cancer, and their spouses/partners/caregivers. We meet monthly for sharing, for support, and for information. Location: W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 – 4th Avenue North.

Every Second Wednesday

What: Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club. We are an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. Visit our website at www.thefriendshipforce.org Find out more about us or come join us at our next meeting by contacting Bill Gulka at 306-2490243 or by email w.gulka@sasktel.net.

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Lions Clubs Texas Holdem Tournaments: $60 buy in, $40 to the prize pool. 7 p.m. start time. Must be 19. The Coachman Bar What: FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness. These meetings Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more info. run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Where: W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible).If you have Every Tuesday and Thursa loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, con- day tact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306- Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every 933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to fromisk@gmail.com. 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.

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What: Pet Loss Support Group, Support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other sad reasons. The no-obligation support group meets the first and third Sunday of every month 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays What: Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Every Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

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Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a non-profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon and 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information including locations visit www.oa.org. Canadian Light Source Tours The synchrotron research facility opens for the public on Thursdays at 1:30 p.m., and the following evenings at 7 p.m.: Feb. 20, March 20 and April 17. Admission is free. Pre-registration is required. Call 306657-3644 or email outreach@lightsource. ca. Info at www.lightsource.ca/education/ public_tours.php

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n a straight-line contest between a new 2014 Corvette and an electric car, which one would win? It should be pretty obvious given that the Corvette is a pure performance machine and that electric cars are all about zero emissions and being “green.” You can imagine my surprise, then, after viewing a Youtube video of an electric Tesla Model S four-door family car accelerating on par with a 2014 Corvette and its 460-horsepower V8. Tesla’s Web site claims that the Model S is quick, but not until I watched this video did I really and truly realize just how quick it is, or at least how quick the top models are. Someone wrote in the comments section for the video that after a couple of runs, the tired Telsa would be ready for some down time to recharge. That might not be far off the mark as driving an electric car flat out can completely destroy its projected range. Meanwhile, the Corvette could run the rest of the day and drive home in time for dinner. But Tesla has a lot going for it. The company is immensely popular as one of Google’s top automotive searches, the Model S is rated tops in terms of safety (it LS908523.B17 Liza

actually broke the Government’s rollover test equipment) and now this video is proof that it has real performance. And it holds seven people. While the battery pack offers decent range, it still takes time to recharge and there’s still the dreaded “range anxiety.” If you somehow run out of power, an electrical outlet can’t come to you, you have to tow the car to an outlet. Not fun, I imagine. The battery is the question mark in what is otherwise a seemingly amazing car. Enter hydrogen. OK, before your eyes glaze over, think of hydrogen as an onboard way to charge the batteries, rather than plugging in. You fill up with hydrogen and a “fuel stack” converts it to electricity, thereby generating its own power without polluting the air. The Chevy Volt’s onboard gasoline four-cylinder engine performs as a power generator, so just imagine a hydrogen fuel cell replacing that engine. Got it? Automakers are pumping billions into hydrogen technology because they think it could be the long-term answer to pollution, sustainability and the whole lengthy-charge-issue thing. OK, here’s where hydrogen currently falls down. Compared to a Volt’s four-

cylinder gas generator engine, a hydrogen fuel cell costs about US $50,000 to make. That seems like a lot, which it is, but back in 2007, the price was US $1 million. At least that’s what Toyota says about its new 2015 FCV that it plans to sell for $100,000, which is bit more than the top-of-the-line Tesla Model S. So if the fuel-cell cost was cut to just five percent in a seven-year span, how much cost will it be cut over the next five or 10 years? Perhaps to five per cent of $50,000? Some sources predict that hydrogen-powered cars will be on parody with battery electrics by 2030. OK, but what about hydrogen as a fuel? Although it might be the most abundant resource in the universe, it’s tough to get it from the universe. Consider how much naturally occurring oil is pumped out of the ground that’s used as fuel and you have an idea of how much hydrogen would need to be “made” to match it. Made? Yes. Oil is already there. Hydrogen has to be made, or processed from something. It’s a huge problem, especially considering that one source for hydrogen is -- drum roll, please -- water. I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of questions about using water to make hydrogen. The upside, I guess, is that we could make hydrogen at home with

the right equipment, although filling stations would still be By COURTNEY HANSEN needed for w w w. sh i f t w ee k ly. co m road trips, obviously. Overhaulin’ and a writer with It’s an Wheelbase Media. You can email her at www.wheelbasemedia.com exciting time when a by clicking the contact link. seven-passenger electric family car can hold its own in terms of acceleration against a Corvette, without polluting. That needs saying. It will be even more exciting if and when the costs and practicality of hydrogen are fully realized. By 2030, the Corvette might even be hydrogen powered. Judging by the youtube video I saw, it might need to be. Among her numerous accomplishments, Courtney Hansen is the author of her own book, the host of Spike TV’s “Power Block,” the former host of TLC’s Overhaulin’ and a writer with Wheelbase Media. You can email her at www.wheelbasemedia.com by clicking the contact link.

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ily car without all the crowds milling about the show floor, its cool factor became more apparent. The 200 looks like a quality piece, with its broad shoulders, subtle creases and near perfect stance. The front evokes memories of the Chrysler Cirrus circa 1995, but the 200 is more attractive. A 184-horsepower four-cylinder and 295-horsepower V6 are the available engines, connected to the class-leading nine-speed automatic transmission. What’s more, all-wheel-drive is an option, which is not found on any of the leading mid-size sedans, other than the Ford Fusion and AWD-only Subaru Legacy. The Chrysler 200 looks tempting.

Two-door models are sexy to look at, cool to be seen in and can be fun to drive, but the reality is they don’t sell in great numbers relative to their four-door counterparts. So why then were their so many on display this year in Detroit’s Cobo Hall venue? The two-part answer is that they do help to draw buyers into dealer The rise of the small showrooms and they do remain entry-luxury wagon popular with multi-vehicleNot very long ago — say back owning upscale buyers who can afford such personal-luxury trans- in 2012 — the small premium wagon segment was virtually portation. The leading NAIAS unheard of. The floodgates began coupe contenders were the Lexus to open a crack with the arrival of RC, Cadillac ATS, BMW 2-series, the pint-sized Buick Encore, but in Mercedes-Benz Concept S-Class, the next year or so a trio of similar, Volvo XC, Bentley GT V8 S and yet slightly larger, models will be Kia GT 4 Stinger concept. All but in play. the Kia are premium brands and, should it ever be built, the GT 4 Stinger likely two-door beauties won’t be all that inexpensive. You’ll notice BMW2-series more coupes on the roads in coming years.

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ach year, the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), puts the spotlight on Detroit, Mich., and the best that the world’s automakers can muster. Lately there has been less glitzy razzle-dazzle than in previous years, but in each manufacturer’s display areas there was plenty of booming music and flashy light shows to capture the undivided attention of press and public alike as the new models were dramatically revealed. As with past events, there were a few vehicles that wowed the crowd with audacious displays of form and function. The headliners were led by the 2015 Ford F-150 (with its an all-aluminum truck body), Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (any ’Vette launch is a big deal) and Toyota FT-1 (more of a caricature than an actual prototype model, but amazing just the same). These launches were definitely highlight-reel quality, but when taken as a whole, certain product trends and patterns also emerged from the Detroit show that point the way to an evolving future.

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The Ford Escape-based Lincoln MKC is ahead of the curve in this growing group, with lots of luxury content wrapped in one sharplooking package. It’s the kind of vehicle that should appeal to an audience that previously might not have given the brand a second look. Not only is the MKC relatively affordable, but also its friendly, practical nature fits nicely with active-lifestyle types who don’t have, or would rather not spend, a fortune to spend on a new car. The MKC’s competition was also front and centre in Detroit. The Mercedes-Benz GLA that arrives this spring is a variant of the newfor-2014 CLA sedan. Both vehicles are destined to be major hits for M-B, especially the 201-horsepower turbocharged GLA and its 355-horsepower AMG offshoot. The automaker is already warning dealers that CLA and GLA supplies will initially be tight. Audi is also following the same formula with the 210-horsepower turbocharged Q3, built off the 3 sedan platform, which will also come in a 306-horsepower QS3 model. Other marques, notably Infiniti, Cadillac and Acura are expected to introduce their own small luxowagons in the next few years.

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Auto Trivia

• The first dedicated auto manufacturer in North America was the Duryea Motor Wagon Company, which was formed in 1894. • In1934, Peugeot became the first manufacturer to build a massproduced convertible with a powerss50536.B17 James operated top.

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Campervan children’s tent, about US $70, Bed Bath & Beyond, www. bedbathandbeyond.ca: This cool popup play tent that resembles a scaleddown 1965 Volkswagen Campervan. It’s waterproof and is constructed of fire-retardant materials and offers UV protection. Access is through a zippered entrance, while the mesh windows let in fresh air and can be easily covered up if necessary for protection from the elements. When not in use, the tent stores in a neat carrying pack that looks like an actual-size VW wheel-and-tire combo.

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1969 Citroën DS21 Safari Wagon, sold, US $5,000: Citroen DS models from 1955-’75 were some of the kookiest cars ever made. They featured self-leveling hydro-pneumatic suspensions (in place of springs), variable ride height and frontwheel-drive. A single-spoke steering wheel was another oddity. A 115-horsepower 2.2-litre engine provided the motivation. Only well-motivated and technically adept buyers should ever consider buying a used Citroën. Visit www.ebaymotors.com.

What’s up, auto doc?

Is front- or rear-wheel-drive better? All things being equal, front-wheel-drive vehicles are generally nose heavy, which can make them ill-handling and ill-stopping machines when compared to rear-drive vehicles. Because of the front-heavy weight distribution, front-drive cars are typically better in snow than rear-drive cars (more traction), but once you do lose traction in a front-drive car, you have also lost any hope of steering. However, modern electronics (stability control), traction control and much better tires have curbed the traction problems of both rear- and front-drive cars, so that’s less of an issue today. Driving the rear wheels generally uses more gas than driving the front wheels. The winner? The answer depends on so many factors, but, generally, the Auto Doc leans toward rear-wheel-drive as do many of the top automakers. If you have a tip, visit www.shiftweekly.com and use the “contact” form.

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Retail offers not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). † Until January 31, 2014, receive 0% APR purchase financing on new 2013 Edge (excluding SE) models for up to 48 months, 2013 Fusion, Taurus, Flex and 2014 Taurus and Escape models for up to 60 months, and 2013/2014 Ford Focus (excluding BEV) and Fiesta models for up to 72 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Example: $25,000 purchase financed at 0% APR for 48/60/72 months, monthly payment is $520.83/ $416.66/ $347.22, cost of borrowing is $0 or APR of 0% and total to be repaid is $25,000. 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For more information visit www.ajac.ca. ^ 2014 Sierra 1500 with the available 5.3L EcoTec3 V8 engine equipped with a 6-speed automatic transmission has a fuel-consumption rating of 13.0L/100 km city and 8.7L/100 km hwy 2WD and 13.3L/100 km city and 9.0L/100 km hwy 4WD. Fuel consumption based on GM testing in accordance with approved Transport Canada test methods. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. Competitive fuel consumption ratings based on Natural Resources Canada’s 2013 Fuel Consumption Guide for WardsAuto.com 2013 Large Pickup segment and latest available information at the time of posting. **When equipped with available 6.2L EcoTec3 V8 engine. Comparison based on wardsauto.com 2013 Large Light-Duty Pickup segment and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. † Comparison based on wardsauto.com 2013 Large Pickup segment and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. †† The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased, leased or financed a new eligible 2014 MY Sierra with an ACDelco oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 KMs, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM Dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. + Whichever comes first. 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