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n the river side of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation, four new houses are rising rapidly above the grassy prairie. They are not mansions, as so many new rural homes are in today’s Saskatchewan. They are three-bedroom, two-bath, 1,200-square-foot family residences. Yet they are massive, symbolically, for the First Nation. These four houses are the first primary residential homes on any Saskatchewan First Nation open for sale to everyone: people do not have to be band members, nor aboriginal, to buy in. It was a scant few months ago when Whitecap Chief Darcy Bear and developer Joe LaPointe, also owner of insurance and investment firm All-Sask Financial, discussed the possibility of adding all-market housing to a reserve that desperately needs accommodation. “One of the nice things about doing business out here is you are not stifled with the bureaucracy,” said LaPointe in an interview. “They get things done, properly, quickly, efficiently.” Despite few promotional activities thus far, two of the houses are sold: one to a couple from Moose Jaw, and another from Major, Sask. LaPointe says deals are pending on the other two. All four homes should be ready for occupancy by early 2015. Another six will go under construction in the spring, said LaPointe, fulfilling his obligation to develop 10 lots on the reserve. A potential phase-two development is under discussion with Whitecap, and options exist for commercial and retail development in the future. A 1999 change in the Indian Act has allowed for this kind of development on First Nations land, but the First Nations themselves must take the first step. The Indian Act, says Bear, was structured to hold back First Nations, “created to segregate First Nations from society and the economy. “That led to some legislative changes, such as the First Nations Land Management Act (FNLMA) . . . which has allowed us to create our own land code. Our land code is our land law.” First Nations must signify their interest in adopting the FNLMA, and it’s a slow process due to limited federal funding, said Bear. In the first round of acceptance, 14 First Nations were ratified. Whitecap came in on the second round in 2002, when 34 were accepted.
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Developer Joe LaPointe, left, and Whitecap Chief Darcy Bear stand in front of a house nearing completion on the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. The house is one of four open to all buyers. (Photo by Joanne Paulson)
“This is all ratified by the community,” noted Bear. “Eighty-nine per cent of the (Whitecap) members voted in favour of being part of the FNLMA.” When you look at how the economy works, it’s all about real estate, added Bear. While First Nations cannot sell reserve land, they can issue long-term land
leases and pursue development on that basis. “On commercial we can do a 49-year (lease) and on residential, 99 years,” said Bear. “In both cases they’re renewable. Technically you have the land in perpetuity.” Over the years, Whitecap has engaged
in a number of processes and pursued several agreements with other institutions and governments to support its development. Among the processes was creating a land use plan, which involved bringing in an outside party to assist with zoning and development standards. (Continued on page 4)
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hat’s the now me. hide them. I would have I had a chance to get out to the After more than three been the only person on Exhibition last week. The hospitality is years, I have agreed Woodstock with a brush always great. The sights and sounds and to use a new photo with this cut. Groovy. smells always bring back memories. column. I don’t photograph In coming weeks, I There was the progression from being a well, as you can see. I either expect calls from dentists, kid at the Ex to it becoming a date place have sleepy eyes or bug eyes. reconstructive face surto having and taking your children for My grin looks fake. geons, dermatologists and visits. Now, for me, it is being treated I like to laugh at my own optometrists. to an opening reception, and taking in a jokes, but that wouldn’t pho***** grandstand show or two. tograph well. Sandy and I recently For the first time, I was on a Mardi I am not a candidate for made a couple of stops on Gras parade float, throwing strings of Editor selfies. I looked at myself the Saskatoon Horticultural beads to those along its path down the through the selfie lens on my Society’s annual passport midway. I threw bonus beads, being the iPhone and was horrified. Then I looked garden tour. What strikes us beyond the last of five or six people tossing them at my face. colour and beauty is the peacefulness from my side of the float. I didn’t plan on having my photo of these yards. While ours isn’t of these From what I could tell, provincial taken on the day last month when I did standards, there is nothing like starting cabinet minister Don Morgan has a the dirty deed. Sandy was taking a shot or ending a day sitting outside watchpretty good throwing arm, and his wife, for Joanne Paulson’s column. They ing and listening to birds. Thank you to Sandy, has an even better one. pressured me. It seemed like a devious Norma and Bob McKercher, and Maria It was fun seeing the joy on the faces ploy. So there I was, standing in front of and Rick Strobl for opening their yards of people of all ages. a wall outside our office, while Sandy to us. We have a story and photos on Speaking of faces … You are stuck snapped away. Pages 6-7. with this one of me for three years. “You’re squinting. Your eyebrows ***** are doing something weird. Why can’t you smile? That smile would scare people. You don’t look good in yellow. You look worse in nothing.” I tried to get my brows in place, my eyes in an acceptable form and my mouth only open enough to look happy and disguise my crooked teeth. And that clump of gray hair gets me down. My mother, who celebrated her 80th birthday last week, isn’t totally gray. Remember when I said I wouldn’t reveal her age? Bad idea. A caller asked if my mother was turning 90. Whoa. My mom looks more 70 than 80, let alone 90. Back to me. It’s always about me, isn’t it? I am fairly happy with my ears. I used to have the Prince Charles Corrine Howells was all smiles at the Pick a Peck Market Garden elephants going on. Tea cup city, at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market last week (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) baby. I didn’t have the long hair to
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Neil Irvine is the president of Folkfest, which will be held Aug. 14 to Aug. 16 (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)
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eil Irvine was in the who want to show their security industry in happiness and appreciation of Northern Ireland for having a chance to come and 14 years until 2000, when his live in Canada.” life took a happy turn. He was a volunteer at the “My wife, Debbie, was Irish pavilion, and joined the born in Saskatoon of Irish Folkfest board of directors in parentage. Luckily, she came 2011. He was elected presiback to visit her roots in dent a year later. He is now Northern Ireland, I met her serving his second term and and we married. Then we will retain some attachment decided to move to Canada, a year from now as a pastlooking for a city in peace and president. People with better opportunities for “We’re living and celebratchildren,” Irvine said. ing in a country which is the They arrived on Aug. 8, 2000, and most understanding in all the world. For before he knew what hit him, Irvine was those who move to Canada, it is so rerecruited as a volunteer by John Montwarding because, for some, they weren’t gomery, president of the Irish pavilion at able to celebrate in the nations they left. Folkfest. By coming to Canada, they have seen Irvine got caught up in the spirit of what we all celebrate and they are able a festival “where you can enjoy all cul- to bring their own good stuff and habits tures, meet people with different backwith them,” said Irvine, who is with grounds from all countries and people FFUN Motorsports in Saskatoon.
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“Working in your own Folkfest pavilion is so focused that, sometimes, it’s like being in a glass bubble. You don’t get a chance to go out and see the excitement in other pavilions and be able to socialize with them. Now, as president, I see and really believe in cultural diversity. There is something different in what each of us does and celebrates, and that difference becomes the strength of our community.” As president, he will lead his directors through a tour of the Folkfest venues 24 hours before the Thursday opening, as a last-minute signal of support for the 18 organizations managing pavilions. During the three festival days, Thursday through Saturday, he will accompany Mayor Don Atchison on a swing through all of the pavilions. Irvine takes great pride in the stability of Folkfest, but also admires the welcoming nature that the festival gives to new Canadians.
“We applaud four groups who have made Folkfest their home for 35 years. They are the sponsors and volunteers of the German, Greek, India and Philippines pavilions. We have others who have only missed a year or two. These are the kind of people who come to the table with level heads, lots of advice and goodwill, and they are especially good at interacting with other cultures. “As Saskatoon grows so rapidly, we also have to recognize new cultural organizations. New this year are groups representing Ghana and Sierra Leone, and others with Mesopotamian and a Russian Matryoshka background. “By this fall, we will be receiving applications for new pavilions. They must represent a non-profit community group, and they are asked to come forward with a menu, an entertainment plan, what kind of space they need, and a guarantee they will have enough volunteers. “We also want them to have special flavouring so that they aren’t competing with someone else already in business. Sometimes they will find their own venue. For some, we may work them into our Global Village at the SaskTel Soccer Centre. From there, they can grow as they see fit.” One of the new venues — and a downtown one at that — will be Third Avenue United Church. John Orr, the new owner of the building, has not only opened the doors to the Slavic Community Centre of Saskatoon for their introduction of Russian Matryoshka, but he will be the pavilion manager as well. Mastryoshkas are nesting dolls, which will be the pavilion’s prime souvenir for sale. The food and refreshment menu looks attractive. The prime entertainers will be Barynya, who bring vibrant Russian music and dance and will be clad in colourful costumes. The Sacred Heart Chaldean Church, at 2101 Lansdowne Ave., will be the home and the sponsors of the Mesopotamian pavilion. They are counting on Zorna and Dohola, a traditional flute-drums combination, for some Middle East rhythms. Dancers will be performing in a khigga, a cultural circle dance. The Ghana pavilion, sponsored by the Ghanaian Canadian Association of Saskatoon, and the Sierra Leone pavilion, an undertaking of the Saskatoon Sierra Leoneans Cultural Community, will be working out of the SaskTel Soccer Centre. Also occupying a multiple-use building are the Bangladesh and the Pakistani communities. The strongest forces under one roof will be the Caribbean, Greek, Filipino, Scottish and Ukrainian Karpaty presence in five of the halls at Prairieland Park. Many others will be found in places they’ve called home for some time. The cultural influences are Asian Pacific at Aden Bowman Collegiate, Central America and Mexico at Lions Arena, German at the German Cultural Centre, India at Walter Murray Collegiate, Indian-Metis at Saskatoon Friendship Centre, Irish at Nutana Curling Club and Norwegian at St. Joseph High School. Passports are $15, while children under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. The passports allow unlimited access to all pavilions and to the Folkfest bus system.
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Four all-market homes will be ready for occupancy by mid-winter on the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. (Photos by Joanne Paulson)
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here,” said LaPointe. “This location is so unbelievable. There are so many wonderful advantages to being out here, because of the ambiance. It’s the peace and the quiet and the serenity. “We did the concert and then about four, five months later I got a phone call from Chief Bear asking if I would visit with him. “One thing led to another. You start your discussions and the common ground is that it has to be a win-win situation for the parties involved.” Bear and LaPointe, with the fledgling Valley River Development Corp. housing concept in discussions, flew to Kamloops, B.C., to visit the Sun Rivers development. Sun Rivers is a similar on-reserve project, owned by the Tk’emlups Indian Band. The Kamloops development “blew my mind,” said LaPointe. He believes a similar tourism destination and residential community is possible at Whitecap, which already has many of the necessary amenities — such as the golf course, and its location 26 kilometres south of Saskatoon on a good road. There are walking trails, and close access to the river. “This is a bedroom community. That’s exactly what’s going to happen here.” LaPointe adds that the price of the homes, at $371,000 (plus $70,000 to $80,000 if the buyer wants a fully develEVENT OPENS THE DOOR oped basement) should add to the draw. Last year, LaPointe spearheaded a fund“You cannot go into the city and buy a raising event for St. Paul’s Hospital Foun- house of that quality and that size (1,198 dation, Evening under the Stars, which has square feet) for that price,” said LaPointe. been reprised this year on the Whitecap “If you are buying that as an investment sports grounds. That evening started the property it’s very good value. If you’re a relationship with Bear, he said. young family, it’s very good value.” “So many people showed up for the event; that had never happened here COMMUNITY GROWTH before. It was really a community effort Whitecap has also added many basic (Continued from page 1) he plan includes residential development for the main community, all-market residential, agricultural areas, resource conservation areas, an industrial park area, a community service area and the commercial resort development, including the Dakota Dunes golf course and casino. “This First Nations land act allowed us to open our doors to business. But we also needed infrastructure. We also approached the community about a real property tax,” said Bear. “With the real property tax, it allows us to maintain all of the infrastructure but also put something away for the future . . . and services such as snow removal.” As with any other jurisdiction, the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency provides the assessment, and Whitecap then applies a mill rate. These processes have provided the bedrock for organized development. “To date I think it’s been about $100 million in investment and we have about 680 jobs in the community. And of that 500 of them reside in Saskatoon. Of them, 240 wanted to live in the community,” said Bear. “This is our first phase at seeing how the ownership piece works.”
Developer Joe LaPointe and Whitecap Chief Darcy Bear discuss the new housing development inside one of the new homes under construction. supports necessary to community life, such as fire protection, policing and education, said Bear. Whitecap has a volunteer fire department, supported by a backup agreement with the city’s fire department. It provides assistance with firefighting, training and truck maintenance. There are also three RCMP officers living in Whitecap, said Bear. “We just signed a community tripartite agreement on policing with the federal government,” said Bear, noting it took a bit of convincing. “Our crime rate was so low we only qualified for one-third of an officer,” said Bear, laughing. “What we had to do was lobby the government and say it’s not just about policing Whitecap. It’s about the one million visitors we welcome to the community. It’s about public safety, too.” The First Nation is planning a standalone police station, which will get backup from the RCMP detachment in the Saska-
toon neighbourhood of Stonebridge. Whitecap also has a partnership with the Saskatoon public school division. From pre-kindergarten to Grade 4, children are educated on the reserve. Children in grades 5 to 8 are bused into east-side Saskatoon elementary schools. High school students have the choice of Aden Bowman or Walter Murray collegiate. The entire business and community development push has taken Whitecap from a 70 per cent unemployment rate to a 4.2 per cent rate. “And we’ve now become a regional employer, too,” said Bear, adding that more infrastructure is necessary to develop a business park and more housing. On the residential side, Bear is grateful that First Nations in other parts of Canada — notably B.C. — have tried the allmarket housing approach and are willing to share their knowledge. “When you’re the first out of the gate, we’re fortunate there are other provinces that have some experience with this.”
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Peaceful Places Families open their yards for tours
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hen Norma McKercher arrived in Saskatoon from Scotland years ago, she got a surprise — horticulturally speaking. “Here it seemed everyone had geraniums and lobelia and marigolds. And I thought, ‘Is this all they can grow here?’ Now I am really appreciating how much has been done so we can get a lot more colour and different textures.” Bob and Norma McKercher’s yard was featured on the Saskatoon Horticultural Society’s Aug. 2 garden tour. There was a time when there were acres of uninhabited land, excluding wildlife, around the McKerchers’ home. College Park grew up around them. There were times too when the yard was home to children, swings and soccer balls. One of the reminders of those days is an ash tree in a back corner of the yard. It was brought home from school. About 20 years ago the McKerchers started grooming their yard. Over the years, it has become one of the city’s many masterpieces. “It’s just love. I love it,” Norma said of being in her yard. “My dad’s first job was with a market garden back in Scotland, so I always grew up with this and having our own vegetables. JW11567.H11 James It just seems
Norma and Bob McKercher’s yard was featured in the Aug. 2 tour (Photos by Sandy Hutchinson) after a hectic day when you come back it’s your little place, a sanctuary.” The yard has a couple of reminders of Norma’s Scottish roots, including a sign posted on the fence just to the side of a bench. It says Rest and Be Thankful. It could easily be the motto for the yard. “Rest and Be Thankful is a (mountain) pass in Scotland. We were there one time and almost got eaten by midges
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(a mosquito-like insect),” Bob said with a laugh. Norma was out of earshot at the time. It was the first time Norma and Bob’s yard has been featured. “I appreciate going through other yards to get ideas or see what they are doing or if someone tells you ‘This grows really well’ or ‘this doesn’t grow.’ It’s like a walking seminar, isn’t it?”
“I like coming out in the mornings with my coffee. I will sit and sip my coffee and enjoy the birds and whistle to the birds. We have sparrows and wrens and chickadees everywhere. I just love watching the birds and enjoying them. I spend a lot of time outside.” She has the best perch. “I find it so peaceful and life-giving. I really sense God’s presence when I am Strobls win award out in the yard. I feel like He is right The winner of the Peoples’ Choice here with me. His creation is so beautiAward for the Aug. 2 tour went to Maria ful, so stunning. It’s invigorating when I and Rick Strobl. am out here.” Maria said her yard is her refuge. (Continued on page 7)
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(Continued from page 6) aria’s yard is a work in progress. She likes curves to offset the rectangular feel of houses and fences and sheds. She moves and divides her plants. She has reduced the amount of lawn and has used salvaged bricks as edging. “Years ago, there was a building at Market Mall and they were taking down the brick,” she said. She and her niece hauled load after load of the bricks to Maria’s home. Each brick had cement filling the holes in them. “I had to pound them out with a chisel individually. It took me days and days. I had no idea how long it would take.” The time was worth it. “I have moved the edging a few times and changed the yard, but it is so nice. It is easier to mow the edges. I like recycling things and using things that are older if I can and using them in a different way.” Maria was happy to share her yard with others. “I want other people to see and enjoy the beauty of nature. I grew up in B.C. My dad was a lover of nature. We used to go hiking and were in the bush a lot. My mom and dad both grew up on farms in Germany. They are very close to the land, so I grew up with a love of nature. “I remember seeing my mom in the garden. I remember when I was little I thought I had no desire to garden, and she’d be in the garden and look so peaceful. She’d be digging and getting the weeds out. I just JW11741.H11 James
Maria Strobl’s yard won the People’s Choice Award (Photos by Sandy Hutchinson) remember that. So when we bought our first house, of course you have to do something with the yard. I started doing it and the more I did it, the more I loved it.” This is the first time her yard has been part of a tour. “Ladies were scouting the neighbourhood and came by and wanted to see the yard. I didn’t know who they were. I showed them the yard and they asked if I would be on the tour. “My yard isn’t like some of the yards I have seen on the tours that are exquisitely professionally done almost. Mine is more humble.” Humble maybe, but also the winner of the People’s Choice Award. The award was won by Linda and Rick Shirley for the July 27 tour and by Janet and Lyn Chow for the July 12 tour. The Chows also were the winners of the Home Grounds Award.
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Anasazi Pueblo farmers from the nearby fertile Moapa Valley. It also has Hollywood appeal. The stark and fiery landscape became Viridian 111, the place where Enterprise’s Captain Kirk “died’’ in the movie Star Trek Generations, one of the many films made in the park over the years. Real human presence here, not the film star variety, has been dated from 300 B.C.E. to 1150 C.E. Evidence of their time here can be found in the fine examples of rock art left by these ancient peoples. I was on my second bottle of water when I arrived at one of the park’s petroglyph sites. The short hike from the parking lot was worth the effort. It was a strange feeling that an hour away was the world’s greatest show city, a place that was gearing itself up for another evening of entertaining its visitors, and I was snapping pictures of messages from 3,000 years ago. I felt fortunate to have taken the time to venture out to this place, and it gave me a new twist on the frenetic city’s popular maxim. Those who visit Vegas don’t have to stay in Vegas, at least not all the time. For more information on Red Rock Canyon, visit www.blm.gov and search for Red Rock Canyon. For more information on Valley of Fire, visit www.parks.nv.gov and search for Valley of Fire.
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I will say it again: let kids be kids
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n what has become an andocks to cannonball off into the nual thing, I’m writing this almost bathwater-warm lake. column from the lake. Not Yet, despite this astonishing Waskesiu this year. We opted to lack of supervision, no one apstay away until later in August pears to be bleeding or broken in order to avoid that region’s — inside or out. endemic mosquito infestation. Observing this youthful I know that sounds riphenomena, I reflect on current SASKATOONEXPRESS - April 21-27, 2014 - Page 7 diculous, and I suppose it is. campaigns that allegedly exist However, we have no desire to to promote the best interests throw away cash like last year, of the children. Guardians of when we checked out early, school recess are waiting in forfeiting our non-refundable the wings for September he Heartbleed bug has been domi-Columnist Open SSL is thetoopen “heartbeat” which keeps connections open name and password and provide answers deposit,nating because it was impossibegin so they can get back the news cycle lately. source version of thattosofteven if no data is owing. According to for a number of security questions in ble to even step outside without earnestlyware, micromanaging and of David Chartier, CEO of Codenomicon, The news of 900 social insurand it’s on hundreds order to access the site. In a strange way, being swarmedbeing by the little bloodsuckers. enforcing children’sthousands free time,ofwhile ance numbers compromised at the serversone across “Herrala thought it was tting to call this bug might make us all more aware of This summer opted(CRA) for Morin advertising mantras Canada Revenuewe Agency has a Lake, of the more popularthe Internet. It’s not like it’s it Heartbleed because it was bleeding online security. Hopefully there isn’t too amuch quietlarger little spot north-central Sasdemands that we “bring back play.”computer affectinthan the CRA merely on each person’s out the important information from the much pain rst though. katchewan, tucked west of access the town Here’s a novel thought: did playmake ever the shutting down e-lejust income-tax for — that wouldn’t memory.” TO SUM IT UP: Heartbleed is ofa few Debden. days. It’s not Waskesiu, in that there really go anywhere?threat so worrying. But when That’s the bad news. The really bad denitely a big deal, and we should be is noToshopping, no movie and,The I think we’ve become so determined to of news is that because the bug leaves no put it mildly, this is atheatre scary bug. you consider that hundreds worried. Canadian banks say they’re not most nomore lakefront cinnamon condemn children for their lust modernusers trace, it’s going to take a long time to nd affected by the bug, nor are airlines and thingregrettably, that scares me than the recent thousands of for individual MURRAY buns. Thereofis, a gorgeous little technology. This inherently also a discovery thehowever, Heartbleed bug itself is access each ofimplies these servers and x it — although apparently the x is some major retailers. So that’s promissandy beach, a grassy and imaginative higher evolution of daily, our offspring thantoofappreci- pretty easy. The good news is that it’s only ing. Mashable, a popular online site, has a the bug has been widespread since 2011. you can start HILL The CRAand wasendless able to ascertain in a ate theand problem. a problem on servers using those particu- list you might nd helpful to tell whether playground, hours ofthat summer generations before them, that we’ve Columnist six-hour “window” thosedoing 900 social secuThetoHeartbleed bug lets lar versions of OpenSSL. your favourite site is compromised or sunshine to flitter away nothing in simply blinded ourselves the natural rity numbers were taken. I think the CRA hackers readthemselves the memory Meanwhile users like you and me not. You can access it at: http://mashable. particular. ability of children to entertain folks going quickly discover thatfaith there was a lot of the systems protected by OpenSSL. are asking the same question: Should I com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websitesIt isare here, at to Morin Lake, that my like champs. data taken. Thatinstead gives them access tosopasswords, change my passwords? Not yet. But don’t affected/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-maininmore the ability of children to be children has Perhaps of focusing broadly right;They this thing has about been on andaren’t content. It even beenThat’s restored. wander inover greattwo-thirds on what usernames today’s kids doing, welets them change them until you get notication from link. It certainly looks like now’s the time of all the serversrumpled in the worldwide Internet for over eavesdrop on communications websites you visit. The bug has to be xed for all of us to get a lot more careful about unruly clumps, in dirty and dusty could pay a little extra attention to the— all two years already. It was obviously very dif cult to without leaving a trace. before changing passwords will help you, how we use the Internet. And how we clothes that typically consist of at least one things they are. It’s almost as if we are detect, wepajamas would have it long ago. So The word Heartbleed comes from Ossi or else you end up giving the bad guys protect our private information. piece oforthe theyheard woreabout the night determined to believe that our kids can’t here’s the nextkids question: What haswhile been taken since systems administrator at Code- your new passwords and information. (Murray Hill is lead tech writer at before. Older take the lead, have funHerrala, withouta adult interference. 2011? nomicon, the organization that discovered Users will start seeing multi-level communicatto.com, a social media martheir younger siblings lag behind, hustling This whole notion of free play, or It’ll take a while to gure that out, and we’ll probthe bug. Its real name is CVE-2014-0160 password access appearing on websites keting agency. You can reach Murray by when necessary to keep up. They gallop somehow mandating unstructured fun, has ably never sure. But one thing is for sure: describing tactic. the lineItoffeeds codeour the bug’s in. they frequent for things like banking, for email at murray@communicatto.com or on foot andknow pedalfor vigorously on bicycles, become — a marketing take the threat seriously. There’s an extension in OpenSSL called example. You’ll have to change your user- on Twitter at @MurrayDHill) doggedly pursuing the next adventure, desire for our kids to need us. It provides The Heartbleed bug isn’t a virus and it wasn’t — which lies just over that hill. well-meaning, but potentially misguided, apparently — written with malice in mind. It was a There is no method to the madness. groups and individuals with something to programming mistake made in some software called With the exception of the odd baseball do. In other words, as usual, it’s about the OpenSSL, versions 1.0.1 through to 1.0.1f. glove, nothing resembling organized sport grownups, not the kids. We are the ones in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the basic way inisformation happening anywhere, not that I can see. need of structure. is encrypted on the Internet so that nobody There are no parents up on that the sideiver Landing is home to Saskatoon’s installed, the unfinished area behind it will can eavesdrop on you.lined It provides security for For those few weeks a year that we lines. There are no referees hovering close finally relax and, quite frankly, quit paying first outdoor adult fitness circuit. be graded and landscaped, and will open by applications we all use every day: email, instant mestosaging, the action, fair play. There(VPNs) quite The circuit — located at the west the end of the summer. some ensuring Virtual Private Networks and so much attention to monitoring their isn’t even a lifeguard on the beach, though activity, or lack thereof, it appears that end of River Landing, next to Victoria Park River Landing encompassing 36 acres web access. there is not one, not two, but three floating they do just fine without us. — is a free, accessible, and spontaneous of green space, public art, lookouts, place to exercise. Persephone Theatre, the future Remai Sixteen pieces of equipment are availModern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan, the able to use for a workout involving cardio, Saskatoon Farmers’ Market and Ideas Inc., muscle and strength, balance, coordinaPrairie Fare concession, and the children’s tion and flexibility. Each machine has an water spray feature. It is bounded by 19th takeisexception Roberts’ criticism of RUH’s treatment instruction plaque, showing you how to use Street to the north, and runs from Third Av“There no excuseto forTammy not having Saskatoon patients. the machine. enue to Avenue C, down to the river walk ID”ofElaine Hnatyshyn writes(Express in her Aug. 4-10). She said it is “not 18” – 32” evenofa the little bit good lately” Now that the fitness circuit has been beside the South Saskatchewan River. defence co-called Fair Elec-and a “truly bad place to have to go Craftsman for health care.” Minister Pierre tions Act, repeating $ 9 am – 4 pm On July 20,talking I had the misfortune Poilievre’s point that all theto suffer a stroke and was rushed to 71.50 voter is to bring ID and RUH.needs We were met atsome the door byeverything a team ofwould nurses, residents and specialists. Within be hunky Idory. is therefore necessary meds. I was then wheeled into the minutes wasVouching hooked up to an IV not of anti-clotting and shouldand be scanned abolished,toshe argues,the chastising the From the CT I was monitored every CT area confirm diagnosis. Bill’s opponents making it an issue. 20 minutes andfor then transferred to a bed in the observation ward. But there is alsoaround no excuse foraMs. Hnatyshyn not available. Each time I was moved, I was moved until private room was BI-FOLD to know of how our voting works. She and apparently a team residents andsystem nurses arrived I was fully briefed on what procedures does realizeinthat become extremely with the cooperation and consulting werenot applied myvoting case. has I was most impressed SECTION dif cult place ever since the 2008 of tough taking around me asintroduction each new team dealt with my care. The level of care and voter ID requirements, which Idemand withbetter a 24” x 80 2 Panel planning was exceptional. cannot an seeIDhow care could have been possible. Moulded Panel street address. You can have a pocketful of valid ID My thanks go out to the dedicated staff of RUH and the superb standard of paClassic Style Mouldings — andcare mostand Canadians but none that Bi-Folds tient comforthave theysome all so—graciously applied to my situation. has Bob the essential street address. And worse, if your $ Rogers 5/8”x3”x14’ (90423) 39.95 address happens to be a box number, rural route or .70 /ft Primed MDF Casing 30” x 80 2 Panel CP90188.H11 Chenise general delivery, as is the case with Saskatchewan’s Moulded Panel ½”x4”x14’ (01240) rural population, First Nations included, that won’t Bi-Folds be acceptable either. In these cases you have to nd .65/ft Primed MDF Base $ “something else” to vote with, but that is easier said 18” – 32” 42.95 18” – 32” 11/16”x3”x14’ 18” – 32” than done. w/ 1x5 primed jamb, 36” x 80 2 Panel w/ 1x5 primed jamb, w/ 1x5 primed jamb, Moulded Panel Thus Mr. Poilievre’s famous “39 options” for voter Primed MDF Casing (90411) .90/ft stop and 3 hinges stop and 3 hinges stop and 3 hinges ID, which Ms. Hnatyshyn promotes, on closer exami5/8”x4 ¼”x14’ Bi-Folds Sante Fe Continental nation often disappears into thin air, not providing the Primed MDF Base (90412) .90/ft Cambridge $ .95 $ .50 45 $ required street address or not being available to the 59 59.50 $ .50 Everyone E is invited to participate voter. That is why in the 2011 election, over 120,000 Canadians relied on vouching or used the voter in the Walk of Memories information card as their secondary ID. Those who to remember loved ones. couldn’t nd anyone to vouch for them could not vote, In-Store Specials and their numbers are legion. This was documented in a post-2008 election survey in which nearly ve On all perGathering cent of 13.7 million voters “they Begins didn’t vote time - 1:30 p.m.said --- Walk 2:00 p.m. --- Refreshments 3:00 p.m. Craftsman, Conmore because lackedMemorial proper documentation.” Start: they Kiwanis Park Band Shell (Spadina and 20th Street) & Madison KD Units Vouching and theFamily voter information card, to North) End: Edwards Centre (333 4th both Avenue be abolished in the act, are not luxuries required by and Bi-folds lazyParking voters who don’tatcare enoughFuneral to haveHome ID, but a provided Saskatoon necessity the hundreds thousands Shuttlefor serivce availableof between sites who cannot otherwise vote. 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Vandalism measured in more than dollars
Question: Do you have a Mayor Atchison: Let’s get sense how much vandalism the facts straight here. Council costs the city each year? Or did not give itself a massive specifically damage to bus raise. Council salaries are tied to shelters? The glass on the one inflation and to the compensation outside the farmers’ market paid to a provincial MLA. On the was smashed recently. other point, council and commitMayor Atchison: I can’t give tee meetings are just the tip of the you an exact number, but what iceberg in terms of workload for I can tell you it is more than just councillors and for me. A lot of bus shelters. One thing I would work is done in the wards dealing like the City do on bus shelters with constituent issues. Saskais buy a contact film to attach Ask the Mayor toon is growing rapidly and the to the inside of the glass. If it is challenges and opportunities for vandalized, the glass may break, us are enormous. Councillors deal but it won’t shatter. I think we need to look at with these issues every day. One other point things like that. on meetings: We have not decreased the The other vandalism is graffiti. It has a hours worked in council or committees. In tremendous cost. In neighbourhoods vandal- fact, we have increased those hours. Council ism impacts the value of your property and is now held on the last Monday of the month can devalue it by as much as 15 per cent. and is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. So Vandalism leaves the impression that the the actual time spent in council could be neighbourhood isn’t safe. I can speak to more now than it was under the old rules. personal experience. When we sold our home we had people going into the back alley to see if there was graffiti on the fences. The other part is the psychological affect. Throwing eggs at one’s home may be just a prank for someone. But for the homeowner it is vandalism and can have a tremendous psychological impact on them. So when we talk about the cost of vandalism, it’s more than dollars. If people do see vandalism, contact the city police service at 306-975-8300. Or call Crimestoppers at 306975-TIPS (8477). Question: First council gave itself a massive raise, and then approves a 75-percent reduction in meetings. Shouldn’t the pay reflect that? Now councillors make around $5,000 a meeting — taking home more than a full-time firefighter — and you get around $1,100 a meeting. Can you explain this to me?
DON ATCHISON
Our executive committee meetings are still carrying on. They have been lengthened also, plus we have all the other committees that have been turned into longer meetings and are being held once a month. Question: Does convention tourism have much effect on the city’s economy? Mayor Atchison: It has a tremendous effect on our economy. I just saw some recent numbers. The average conference delegate spends between $250 and $300 a day. Last year convention tourism generated $70 million for our economy. I don’t think people realize what it can do for our air service. People have to fly here and the more people who travel here, the more opportunity there is to get more flights. So it really helps in that sense. The other thing it does, not that the hotel industry is suffering today, but it certainly helps to fill any slack periods. That keeps everyone employed. A lot of people have never been to
Saskatoon before and when they come here the first impressions are tremendous. They see how kind people are — warm, friendly, helping. Then they go home and back to their boardrooms and tell others about Saskatoon’s success story and perhaps we can interest them in moving an office here. And sometimes they can very generous to Saskatoon. For example, we had the Canadian Association of Nigerian Physicians and Dentists here in Saskatoon for their national conference last weekend. Out of the kindness of their hearts, they presented me with a cheque for the Saskatchewan Children’s Hospital for $2,000. That speaks volumes about their association and their members. I would also like to see more national and international sporting events and conferences come to Saskatoon. (Have a question for Mayor Atchison? Send them to editorial@saskatoonexpress. com. Please put “mayor” in the subject line.)
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Partying like a patriot Americans know how to celebrate Independence Day
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or me to arrive early is an anomaly. So as I cruised breezily into the Saskatoon terminal, five minutes until cut-off time, I felt triumphant. No sighs, no smug looks from those camped out in line and no glares. What could go wrong? I’m a bit of a whirlwind traveller. Let me clarify: I decide I want to travel, I Google and I go. Within a week I’m usually off to the destination, but only for a few days. Previous examples include Toronto, Florida, Hawaii, Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago. I was there only two nights for the latter. This time around it was New York, then Philadelphia, to see the Beyonce/JayZ concert. This was my second time in New York this year. In April I visited with my mom, and took the role of tourist very seriously. Fanny packs were involved. In that trip I crossed off the Statue of Liberty, the High Line, the Brooklyn Bridge and area, the Empire State Building, the Trade Centre Memorial and Central Park, and devoured a genuine New York cupcake at Magnolia Bakery. I’ve noticed as I get older, it’s less about the shopping and more about the culture. Don’t get me wrong, I let my debtridden card loose at Century 21, but I’m beginning to finally understand why my parents were so insistent on me taking in the “sights” I used to moan about. I did fall in love with New York. I was expecting that. What I was not expecting was to become infatuated with Philadelphia. From the moment I stepped off the train, I was taken aback by the stunning historical architecture, the cobblestone streets and the sense of pride emanating from the buildings and monuments. Philadelphia was founded in 1682, which makes Saskatoon it’s great, great, great, great, great grandchild of sorts. (Twice removed, and adopted internationally.)
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We toured buildings Benjamin Franklin frequented, ran the same steps as the iconic Rocky and explored the eerie Eastern State Penitentiary, which housed Al Capone for eight months. It was happenstance we were in such a historically rich destination during Independence Day weekend. I do love being Canadian, but I have to hand it to the Americans: they sure know how to party like a patriot. A free concert on the parkway was host to tens of thousands of people on the streets, watching the likes of lyrical superstars Nicki Minaj, Aloe Blacc, Jennifer Hudson, The Roots and Ed Sheeran. Being claustrophobic and under 5-foot-4 did not bode well for me in this situation, but I still managed to rock out sandwiched between the other vertically challenged venturers. Between this fantastic free concert and the not-so-free Beyonce and JayZ concert the next day, I was in music
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lover’s paradise. Nothing beats seeing a 250-pound man in a Rastafarian hat jump up and down when Single Ladies hits the stage. After two days in Philadelphia, it was back to New York for the afternoon, and then on to Saskatoon. I won’t bore anyone with the details, but flights were switched, terminals were changed and trains were missed. Yes, tears were shed (all mine of course). In the end, we made it on the flight with 20 minutes until takeoff,
and landed in Saskatoon brimming with American patriotism. Don’t worry; my new-found patriotism only lasted a few days. You can take the Canadian out of Canada, but you sure can’t make her forget how great her own country is. If you are looking for a destination in the States that’s a little different, I highly recommend checking out Philadelphia. The views are stunning, the people are friendly and the free history lesson doesn’t hurt either.
Your son needs to get hot under the collar
In order to avoid faded Dear Reena, colours in fabrics, simply avoid My son started washing his the use of the dryer because own laundry at home. He the heat of the dryer will fade insists on using cold water colours quickly. To prevent to wash everything because mould growth, clothes must dry he says that hot water fades quickly. Hang clothes outside colours. I noticed that when or lay them flat to dry, and iron he pulls some of his T-shirts them when damp or dry. out of the dryer, they have Dear Reena, mould stains on them. Is Do you have a solution for this because he does not use stainless steel flatware comhot water? I never have this Household ing out of the dishwasher with problem. — Rebecca Solutions what appears to be rust marks Dear Rebecca, and stains? New stainless sets First of all, good for your come out of the dishwasher with these son that he is putting time and effort into stains and they look horrible. In speaklearning the art of laundry care. After ing with the manufacturer, they suggest all, with the amount of money that many people spend on clothes, it stands to reason ensuring that we wash the entire cutlery that we want them to last. Cold water is a batch free of deposits. Why bother using the dishwasher then? We have older sets smart choice when it comes to water and of cutlery that are more than 20 years energy conservation. It is also important old and this problem doesn’t happen to to note that a water temperature of 27 C them. Has the quality of stainless cutlery or hotter is best for getting fabrics clean. It sounds as though you hit the nail on the gone down or is the dishwasher responsible? Any advice would be appreciated. head: In order to get rid of mould on his T-shirt, he requires hot water. He may also — Ernie Dear Ernie, want to experiment with detergents specifiIt sounds as though you have purchased cally designed for cold-water washing.
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I want to share something I discovered. I was at a party and looking great, when all of a sudden I realized that the back of my earring had disappeared. I quickly pulled a pencil out of my purse and broke off the eraser on the end. I then used the broken eraser as a stopper for my earring and it worked perfectly! — Linda Frozen Blueberry Tips: When it comes to using frozen blueberries in a recipe, do not allow them to thaw first. Adding them while frozen will preserve the texture and prevent them from bleeding into the other ingredients and changing the colour of your baking. Note: If the skin is not broken, a blueberry will not bleed colour. Before adding frozen blueberries to your pie crust, sprinkle the crust with 3 tbsp. cornstarch right before adding the berries. Doing this extra step absorbs liquid and prevents a soggy crust. I enjoy your questions and tips; keep them coming. Missed a column? Can’t remember a solution? Need a speaker for an upcoming event? Check out my website: Reena.ca.
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askatchewan Roughriders’ report card after six games: Offensive line: A; Running backs: B; Quarterbacks: B-; Receivers: D; Defensive line: A+; Linebackers: B; Secondary: B+; Punting: B+; Kicking: D; Returns: B+; Coaching: C+; General Manager: A-; Fans: A. l These aren’t Ken Miller’s Roughriders. Where’s the discipline? l From Torben Rolfsen: “Paul George breaking his leg on a stanchion is the worst injury in Las Vegas since Siegfried secretly put catnip in Roy’s hairspray.” l TC Chong, on Minnesota QB Christian Ponder naming his daughter Bowden, after his coach at Florida State: “Good thing he didn’t play for Schnellenberger at Florida Atlantic.” l From Janice Hough: “Jon Bon Jovi took out an ad saying it was his objective to make the Bills successful in Buffalo. Talk about Living on a Prayer.” l Bill Littlejohn, on an Ohio State legislator introducing the possibility of a LeBron
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diamond being knocked out of her ring: “Sergio left the scene before they found it, saying he would pay to have it replaced. ‘I know some jewellers that will give you a deal,’ tweeted Kobe Bryant.” l Taj Smith should never again put on a Rider uniform. The thought of this concerned one Regina talking head: “What if another team picks him up?” he asked. l Littlejohn, on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selling Michael Strahan shirts with his name misspelled: “Not only that, but Michael’s invitation to the ceremony was addressed to Regis Philbin.” l Rolfsen, on a petition circulating for Weird Al Yankovic to do the Super Bowl halftime show: “He and Troy Polamalu will do a number from Hair.” l Chong, on a data breach at restaurant chain PF Changs: “The Secret Service reports that hackers broke in and stole credit card data, and then hacked in again half an hour later.” l At 36 minutes, Andre Reed gave the lon-
gest ever speech during the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony. “Thirtysix minutes? That’s nothing,” said Ken Dryden. l Hough, on Jack Nicklaus on Rory McIlroy: “‘I think Rory has an opportunity to win 15 or 20 majors. But you just don’t know what the guy’s priorities are going to be in life 10 years from now.’ Translation, ‘Can he keep it zipped?’” l From Littlejohn: “The Lions have practice jerseys made from plastic fibres from recycled bottles: “Not to be outdone, the Cowboys will soon have practice jerseys made from Jerry Jones’ surgeries.” l Did I miss a memo? I see Sask. spelled Sask frequently in headlines. l From Rolfsen: “Meat Loaf analyzed the Kevin Love trade and said he wouldn’t do that.” l Alanis Morissette posted a selfie of herself breastfeeding. Even her breasts looked angry.
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By RJ Currie Kansas farmer is an online hit for playing his trombone to call in the cows. Their three favourite songs: 3. Dairy cross the Mersey; 2. Moo River; 1. An udder one bites the dust. l Recent SI cover girl and wannabe actress Irina Shayk, who appears topless in Maxim Magazine, says she’s only been offered stripper roles. Equally surprising, my theatre group asked me to play a cranky old bald guy. l According to a University of California study, 65 per cent of NBA players pass gas on court. Except Kobe Bryant, who never
passes anything. l Caroline Wozniacki will run the New York Marathon in place of her wedding to Rory McIlroy. It’s a gruelling, sweat-filled ordeal requiring guts and determination. The other event is a footrace. l Did I hear TSN commentator Chris Cuthbert say a line-drive punt hit a Blue Bomber on the fly? That’s gotta hurt. l A New York strip club has offered Derek Jeter a retirement gift of free lap dances on his last day. Which beats the stupid cake I got. l Michael Vick thinks Jets quarterback Geno Smith will be 10 times better than
last season. In other words, just shy of mediocre. l The Green Bay Packers say Brett Favre’s No. 4 uniform will be retired next July. Anyone else expect the jersey to change its mind? l A 104-year-old birthday girl and longtime Philadelphia NHL fan was thrilled when ex-Flyer Bob Kelly visited with his ‘75 championship ring. Only 104? Good thing she’s not a Cubs fan. l Bell Media says a YouTube video of a bull shark in Lake Ontario is a hoax. What unbelievable thing will be next? A San Jose Shark in the Stanley Cup?
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2014 Q1 Quarterly Bulletin, eading today’s column “Money creation in the modern might feel like poeconomy”, they explain how litely listening to dear the majority of money is “cregrandpa go on with tales from ated” and “destroyed.” the past a little longer than “When a bank makes a you might prefer, but I have loan, for example to someone a question for you: If a home taking out a mortgage to buy was 500 square feet in 1828, a house, it does not typically how big would it be today? do so by giving them thouAnswer: 500 square feet. sands of banknotes. Instead, it Beautiful, isn’t it? The credits their bank account with good old reliable foot – still a bank deposit of the size of 12 inches today just like it Finance the mortgage. At that moment, was back then. I’ll prove it. new money is created. For this Webster’s 1828 dictionary defines a foot as “a measure consisting of reason, some economists have referred to twelve inches.” (With an inch defined as bank deposits as ‘fountain pen money,’ the length of three barley corns.) Today’s created at the stroke of bankers’ pens online Merriam-Webster (MW) diction- when they approve loans. Just as taking out a new loan creates money, the repayary states a foot is “a unit of measure ment of bank loans destroys money.” (I equal to 1/3 yard or 12 inches.” would also add that defaulting on bank But unlike the inch, the dollar has loans also destroys money.) changed significantly in both definition Taking this into account, this means and value over time. trust must also extend beyond your faith in just central banks and governments, to QUESTION: WHAT’S A DOLthe prudence of commercial banks and LAR? Webster’s 1913 dictionary states that responsibility of borrowers. And we’re not just talking Canada here, because, as a dollar is “a silver coin of the United you know, world finance and economies States containing 371.25 grains of silver… a gold coin containing 23.22 grains are highly interconnected. of gold... a coin of the same general PROTECT SAVINGS FROM CONweight and value, current in Mexico, FISCATION Canada, parts of South America, also Years ago, in 1966, former Federal in Spain, and several other European Reserve (the U.S. central bank) Chaircountries.” man Alan Greenspan wrote the essay Compare that to the current MW dictionary, where a dollar is “a basic unit Gold and Economic Freedom. He wrote: of money in the U.S., Canada, Australia, “The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists and other countries that is equal to 100 to use the banking system as a means to cents.” So then, what’s a “cent”? MW says it is “a monetary unit equal to 1/100 an unlimited expansion of credit. In the absence of the gold standard, there is no of a basic unit of value – see dollar.” way to protect savings from confiscation Silver and gold have been removed. through inflation. There is no safe store of value. Deficit spending is simply a TRUST WHO OR WHAT? scheme for the hidden confiscation of So what happened in the last 100 wealth. Gold stands in the way of this years? To help explain this, the Bank insidious process. It stands as a protector of England (BOE) produced a video, of property rights.” “Keeping on an even keel – Part 1: How right he was. Money has lost Money”. (Their money system is set up the same as the U.S., Canada, Australia, 86 per cent of value in Canada and etc.) Quoting, “banknotes... were initially the U.S. since 1966. Such a statement could be tempting to discard if only IOU’s for gold deposited at the bank. Mr. Greenspan hadn’t held his highly People then used these notes to pay for influential position for 19 consecutive things, knowing they were backed by years, having been directly appointed the promise to pay the equivalent value by U.S. President Reagan, and reapin gold. That is no longer possible. So what gives banknotes a value today? In a pointed by both father and son Bush, word, trust. We trust that banknotes can as well as Bill Clinton. And this wasn’t be exchanged for things we want to buy. an idea he later abandoned, confirming In effect, we trust the promise that notes with U.S. Congressman Dr. Ron Paul 30 years later he would not change a have worth.” word of the essay. Summarizing, people used to trust I can’t help but hear the ancient money had value because it was silver and gold. Today people trust money has wisdom of Solomon ringing out, “trust value because they, well, just trust it has in your money and down you go.” In light of what we’ve just reviewed, this value. couldn’t be more applicable today. A natural question is, trust who or what? Money created by central banks is Derek Shevkenek is a Saskatoon mostly backed by government debt. So Investment Advisor with RBC Dominion at the heart of it, you’re trusting central banks won’t print too much and govern- Securities Inc. Member CIPF. Inquiries ments won’t deficit spend and go into too are welcome at 306-956-7803 and at www.dereks.ca. Information is believed much debt. Oh dear, both track records to be accurate at the time of writing aren’t so great. and is subject to change. Past performance may not be repeated. Opinions FOUNTAIN PEN MONEY are provided in good faith, but without But modern money has another unexpected twist. The amount of central legal responsibility. Opinions are the author’s, not that of RBC Dominion bank printed banknotes only represents Securities Inc. a minority of total money. In the BOE
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A Local Food Celebration, presented by the Saskatoon Food Council, takes place in Osler, SK., at First Street and Fourth Avenue. The dinner event costs $50 per person at www.picatic.com/foodcelebration or call 306-221-9942.
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Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 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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Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or restrict? The Northern Lights Bluegrass & Old Tyme AUGUST 13 Is your weight affecting your life? We are Music Festival takes place 20 km northeast FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People Evening Under the Stars, a fundraising event of Big River, SK., at Ness Creek. Music with Mental Illness. These meetings run from a non-profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon and 7:30 p.m., Saturdays for St. Paul’s Hospital presented by the Sas- from The Slocan Ramblers, Ryan Boldt of 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Where: W.A. Edwards katoon Symphony Orchestra and guest artist Deep Dark Woods and the Grid Pickers are Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more Jeans n Classics playing ultimate symphonic among the acts. Advance Tickets are $70 information including locations visit www. (wheelchair accessible).If you have a loved rock including the music of ELO, Jethro Tull, (weekend) and $50 (Saturday). At the gate, one or friend with a mental illness and you oa.org. Supertramp and Procol Harem. The outdoor tickets are $90 (weekend), $40 (Friday), need understanding support, contact Carol Saturdays concert goes at Whitecap Sports Grounds, $60 (Saturday) and $30 (Sunday). Call 306 at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Country Farms Marketplace, 10 a.m. to 6 30 km south of Saskatoon on Hwy. 219. Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@ 373-4190 or info@northernlightsbluep.m. at Confederation Mall. Tickets $45, available at http://www.show- grass.ca. gmail.com. clix.com/event/EveningUndertheStars2014. First and Third Sunday of each month Tuesdays and Thursdays AUGUST 16 Gates 5 p.m., show 7:15 p.m. Pet Loss Support Group offers support and Puppets at the Marr: Saskatoon Stories 1883 Rosie and the Riveters Vocal Workshop for comfort to people who are struggling with to 1908 -- A Puppet Show. The year is 1883 AUGUST 16 Kids. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Refinery Arts the loss of a beloved companion animal due and it is an exciting time full of adventures. Western Shakedown Classical Concert Tour and Spirit Centre. $75 plus GST. For more to old age, sickness or other sad reasons. Watch Saskatoon grow, starting from a comes to Saskatoon, featuring soprano information, visit www.rosieandtheriveters. The no-obligation support group meets the wide open prairie to the hustle of bridges, Courtney Bridge of Alberta, pianist Ryan com/workshop. first and third Sunday of every month 2 p.m. buildings, and business. Free admission. Goetz from Dalmeny, SK., and Rayne at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue Tuesdays: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. August 12 and AUGUST 16-17 Beveridge, a baritone from Maple Creek. North, Saskatoon. For more information or 19. Thursdays: 1:30-2:30 p.m. August 14 Art in the Garden- ninth annual show and They perform renowned classical works telephone support, call 306-343-5322. and 21. For more information about this proand famous operatic scenes at 7 p.m. at the sale. Aug. 16: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Aug. 17 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays gram, contact Andrew Whiting at the MVA: 12 - 5 p.m. Artists:James Korpan, Karen Symphony Office, 408 20th St W. Tickets Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All 306-665-6887, awhiting@meewasin.com. $15, available at the door or online at http:// Maguire, John Perret, Kathleen Slavin, Sylvia ages welcome, all materials supplied, no www.brownpapertickets.com/event/776500. Thompson. Where: Maguire’s Garden - 16 Sunday registration required. Every Tuesday, 5:30 Cambridge Cres. AUGUST 17 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Forestry Farm walking tour: Sunday Aug. 31: AUGUST 17 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Walking tour begins at 2 and Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. The Better Good Yard and Home Walking Open house at Marr Residence from 1 p.m. p.m. Superintendent’s Residence (the big Tour. 1 p.m. Ashworth Holmes Park. See Every Thursday to 4 p.m. Join us for a tour of the house brick house). Tours are free, with refreshurban homesteading, backyard chickens, Depression Support Group — free group ments available at a nominal cost. intensive gardens, backyard beekeeping and and enjoy the ambience of the lovely Marr runs on the first and third Wednesday of Garden. food forests. Thursdays each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This AUGUST 23 AUGUST 19 is open to anyone struggling with depression Light Source Tours Ukrainian Day in the Park, Victoria Park Curious about the latest contributions to sciand family members wanting to support The Lyell Gustin series’ 10th anniversary starting at noon, rain or shine. The 12th them. 1301 Ave. P North. This is a wheelence research from Saskatoon’s Canadian season features Trio Concertante, with annual festival includes dance and music, chair accessible building. For more info call Light Source? Our synchrotron research Saskatoon-born Timothy Steeves, violinist traditional Ukrainian food, souvenirs, Nancy Dahn and cellist Simon Fryer. The 270-9181. facility opens for the public on Thursdays at children’s activities and a beer garden. Find concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. at St. 1:30 p.m., and at 7 p.m. August 21. AdmisAugust Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, and includes more information on the event at www. sion is free. Pre-registration is required. Call In August, the Saskatoon International Folkfacebook.com/ukrainiandayinthepark or work by Beethoven, Schubert and Dvorak. 306-657-3644 or email outreach@lightdance Club meets at 7 p.m. by the Jeux twitter @DayInPark. The artist give a pre-concert talk at 6:45 source.ca. Info at: http://www.lightsource. Canada Games Monument in Kiwanis Park p.m. Tickets $30 adult, $25 student, availca/education/public_tours.php. AUGUST 24 (Spadina Crescent East and 23rd Street). able at McNally Robinson, Yamaha Piano Antique Appraisal at Marr Residence from Learn dances from around the world. No Wednesdays and Sundays and at the door. Call 306 653-8889 or go to 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Bring your family treasure admission. Check www.sifc.awardspace. U of S Walking Tours www.gustinhouse.ca. where our local antique expert will tell you com for more information. Every Wednesday and Sunday at 1 p.m. AUGUST 21 more about it. $5 per item. Limit two items until Aug. 31. Location: Diefenbaker Canada Every Wednesday Music 4 the Gut is the fourth annual benefit per person. Centre. The tour lasts for approximately Dancing in the Park until Aug. 6, 7:30 p.m. concert for Crohn’s and Colitis, featuring 40 to sunset at the River Landing Amphitheatre. 90 minutes. There will be various themes local performers and musicians including throughout the summer. For more informaThe Saskatoon Scottish Country Dancers Jordie Hughton, singer-songwriters Justin tion or to reserve your spot, email dief. welcomes everyone to join in. Bring your Michael and Brianna Burtt, hip-hop artist centre@usask.ca or call 306-966-8384. family, friends and summer visitors for an Khodi Dill and Friends of Foes. Join us for an Customized times are available for nonenjoyable evening of free informal social Tuesdays to Fridays (air-conditioned) evening of music on at 7 profit and community groups. dancing. Participate or just watch and listen pm at Cornerstone Church (315 Lenore Dr). Agriculture In The Classroom Summer Garto the music. Wear sturdy sandals or running Newcomers’ Club $20 advance tickets are available at McNally den Program. Free all ages drop-in program shoes. No flip-flops, please. Bring along The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes Robinson and Saskatoon Academy of Music Tuesdays to Fridays at various locations until a bottle of water and your most effective Aug. 26. The program consists of activities new female residents in the Saskatoon area, (629 1st Ave N). Visit MusicfortheGut.com mosquito repellent. For more information, and games surrounding gardening, healthy as well as those who have recently underfor more. eating, sustainability, and cultural perspec- visit http://rscdssask.org/ or email http:// gone a significant change in lifestyle (such AUGUST 31 rscdssask.org/. tives. Locations and times are as follows: as relationship status, retirement, or becomThe Lost Keys perform at Marr Residence at Mayfair Community School and Sutherland/ ing a new parent). A new resident is defined Every Wednesday 2 p.m. in the garden. The house will also be Forest Grove Community Garden 1 p.m. to Bargain store to support the inner city Light- as one who has not resided in Saskatoon open for tours. 3 p.m. on Tuesdays; Confederation Park and/or surrounding area for more than three house project. Babies’, children’s, ladies’ Community School and St. John School 1 years. The club holds monthly dinner outand men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts p.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays; Westmount ings, coffee gatherings, book club and other and camping clothes. Wednesdays from Community School and St. Anne School 1 planned activities. If interested, please reply 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays; and St. Maria by email saskatoonnewcomersclub@gmail. Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from Goretti Community School 10 a.m. to noon com or call 306-668-8131. $0.25 to $5. Everyone welcome. For more UNTIL AUGUST 24 and Vincent Massey Community School from information: Call306-955-3766 (church) or Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan presents Singles Social Group 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays. Call 306-933go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail. Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for 5520 or email katelyn@aitc.sk.ca for more com. Shrew until Aug. 24 on the riverbank. Tickets people in their 50s and 60s. Events such as information. range from $10 to $34. Call the box office Third Thursday weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, at 306 652-9100 or Ticketmaster at 1-800- Every Monday of the Month monthly Sunday brunches, movie nights, 970-7328. There’s Hope Beyond Depression program. The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support dances, Free introductory sessions Feb. 3 or Feb. Group is a local community group of men pot luck and more. Meet new friends. No AUGUST 11-21 10 from 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Where: 327 who have or who have had prostate cancer, membership dues. For more information Graduating students of the Department Pinehouse Drive (wheelchair accessible). For and their spouses/partners/caregivers. We email of Art and Art History at the University of more info call Pekka at 306-717-1665 or meet monthly for sharing, for support, and allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone (306) Saskatchewan present their show at the email saskatoonrecovery@gmail.com. for information. Location: W.A. Edwards 978-0813. Gordon Snelgrove Gallery on campus, room Centre, 333 – 4th Avenue North. 191 Murray Building. The show is open Mon- First Saturday day to Friday, 9:30 to 4:30, with an opening of every month Second Wednesday Saskatoon Mood The MindFULL Café, part of the internaof the Month reception Aug. 15, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Disorder Support Group tional Alzheimer Café movement, is an Friendship Force International, Saskatoon The Saskatoon mood disorder support group August 14 opportunity to meet in a relaxed social and Area Club. We are an organization for people with bi-polar, depression and Saskatoon Seniors Continued Learning setting for persons with dementia, family, of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 other related mental health problem meets (SSCL). Eight-week academic courses for care partners and other interested people. countries throughout the world. FFI allows at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at anyone 55 and over. The Café is a two-hour get together with you to enjoy economical travel while forging 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at Classes are two hours per week. Mail-in refreshments, entertainment and informa- new friendships with club members from 7:30 p.m. For more information call Al at registration begins Aug. 14, and in-person tion. First Saturday of the month from 3 around the world. Visit our website at www. 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398. registration in Sept. 3 at 1:30 p.m. in Room p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Sherbrooke Comthefriendshipforce.org Find out more about Tops #5273 217 Arts Building, U of S campus. A general munity Centre. us or come join us at our next meeting by Tops #5273 meets at St. Mathews Hall meeting will follow at 2 p.m. Classes are contacting Bill Gulka at 306-249-0243 or by (135-109th Street West). Weigh-in from 5:45 held at the university and begin the week of Every Tuesday email w.gulka@sasktel.net. p.m. to 6:15. Meeting from 6:30 p.m. to Sept. 15. Visit www.ccde.usask.ca/seniors or Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & Inter7:30 p.m. Experience a healthy weight loss. Every Tuesday pick up a brochure at any Public Library on national Bazaar and Bistro. Basement of and Thursday For more information call 306- 249-2029 or Aug. 14 for full details. For more information, Grace-Westminster United Church (505, 306-931-3286. 10th Street East). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every call 306-343-6773.
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