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Saskatoonʼs REAL Community Newspaper Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express hris Le Fevre could be described as a bit of a contrarian, and he’s not likely to be offended by the term.

For example, he strongly disputes the commonly held view that successful realestate investing is all about location, location, location.

“I never agree to that. I always feel it’s timing,” said Le Fevre in a recent interview.

“You can have bad luck if your timing isn’t right. I think my timing, fortunately, was right. But that having been said, I’m not finished the project yet; it won’t be finished until the spring of 2016.”

He is talking about The Banks, the fourbuilding residential and small-space commercial project presently rising next to the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market in Riversdale.

The buildings’ names reflect their waterside environment: The Riverbend, The Edgewater, The Current and The Bridge.

They comprise 134 residential units and 20,000 square feet of commercial space.

As of mid-January, $30 million worth of apartments have been pre-sold — without spending a dime on advertising, Le Fevre notes with some pride.

That, above all, tells him his timing is right.

“The take-up of units in the project, without promotion, have been the most profound of any development that I have ever done in my career,” said Le Fevre.

“That has been obviously very, very rewarding to me. I don’t mean financially at this stage, but having read the concept right and created the right product.”

Le Fevre, founder of Le Fevre & Company Property Agents Ltd., is a Victoriabased builder with an interest in urban renewal. Hailing from England, he came to Canada in 1970, famously with $50 in his pocket and little education.

Since then, he has settled in Victoria and focused his vision on saving the city’s heritage while creating interesting new living and working spaces.

The Banks is a new development, but because of its location, it still qualifies for Le Fevre as urban renewal. The apartments are a mixture of bachelors, one and two bedrooms, townhouses and “professional work-live” spaces, unusual in Saskatoon.

The prices begin at about $215,000, reflecting Le Fevre’s stated mission to build affordable housing.

“I try to cover the marketplace, spreading the opportunity for people to buy, (including) first-time home buyers, or people downsizing,” he said.

“Affordability is obviously a word that

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Building The Banks Developer takes on urban renewal in Riversdale

Chris Le Fevre’s project will comprise 134 residential units and 20,000 square feet of commercial space (Photo Supplied) needs to be watched, because sometimes people feel that affordability is for those who are less privileged and struggling in life, and need quasi-subsidized housing.

“That’s not what this project is. But it is providing from the low to the higher end, so that everybody has an opportunity to buy in there, including the first-time home buyer.

“I don’t just build for a chosen few. And I mean that from the heart. I’m not a highend builder; that doesn’t suit my personality, doesn’t suit this project, but it’s never suited anything I’ve ever done.”

LANDING IN SASKATOON To explain how a B.C. builder ended up with a project in Saskatoon, Le Fevre begins with a bit of history.

“In the past 20 years I’ve been operating in Victoria and I gentrified over a

dozen older buildings in the downtown core that were generally vacant buildings or certainly upper floors that were vacant, some of which had been vacant for as much as 50 years, turning those buildings into housing.

“I’ve been hard at the conversion game here for a significant period of time, all part of Victoria’s heritage.”

One of his urban renewal projects is called the Railyards. He bought the 15-acre former CN Rail lands in Victoria’s inner harbour 10 years ago, and has been building multi-family housing there more or less ever since. The project comprises 600 apartments and townhouses.

“My office sits in old town. I came over 25 years ago, and it was a blighted area, not dissimilar to certain parts of Riversdale.

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His Saskatoon venture began when Le Fevre decided he should check out the Prairies, having heard good things about the economy.

“I got in my aeroplane and flew to the Prairies, and started roaming around on my own. I went to several cities, and I learned a very long while ago in my career — which, especially (as) a guy who left school when I was 15, and I’ve had no further education — wherever you do business, you have to feel comfortable.

“When I came to Saskatoon after being in others . . . I felt physically comfortable there. I said to myself, ‘I must look further at what is happening in this city.’ ” (Continued on page 3)

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arrived at work feeling sluga mental checklist. It quickly gish. became a self-indulgent written I had driven to the office checklist and the makings of a pretty much on automatic pilot. lousy column.

Are you like me, and somel Fill the car’s window times drive to a place and don’t washer place with window remember much about the route washer. Don’t put it in the you took? Did I cause an acradiator. cident? Go through a red light? l Replace the passengerText? Listen to Gormley? side wiper. The flap of rubber I had slept well and had suchanging from the blade is a sign cessfully put off exercising for a new one is needed.

Editor the 14th straight day in January. l Mail a letter to Ken There was a skiff of snow on Noskye. I have had the letter the ground, which reminded me I hadn’t since June. He keeps asking for it and I cleaned up the dog poop in the backyard. keep saying it’s in the mail.

We had no milk. Dodger, the creator of the l Remind Sandy that the faucet in the poop in the yard, and I didn’t start the day bathroom is leaking. with our Mini-Wheats. l Buy milk. Better get coffee cream, too.

Thank goodness Sandy and I stopped l Remember to go to a 3 p.m. meetat COBS Bread the day before, after we ing at St. Paul’s Hospital. Thankfully, the did an interview/photo with Brian Bain, people I am meeting sent an email as a the owner of Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria, reminder. l Review a resume. I spoke with the which is now open in Lawson Heights. person in November and she called to The cinnamon bun from COBS, chased with a glass of orange juice, made a great remind me. Those calls give me pangs of guilt. I will do better. breakfast. Tough luck, Dodger. l Set up a time to chat with a wellMy brain, what little there is of it, known Saskatoon author. My apologies, was on full-blown overload. I needed to Ernie. remove items before adding more. I did

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Talk with Ken and tell him the letter is in the mail, even though it is sitting on a table at home. Forgot to bring it with me.

Darn it. l Put air in the passenger side rear tire before I start driving on the rim. l Decide which of two features to write first. One is a business profile and the other is more loosey-goosey. (Note: I have never before written loosey-goosey in a column.) l Set up a photo to go with the story about Andrew Pratt’s journey with breast cancer. It’s such an honour to share stories like his. l Talk with Dave Komosky about his coverage plans for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Dave has kindly invited me to work with him in Moose Jaw, where we will put out a daily paper for curling fans for 10 consecutive days. I haven’t seen Dave in 10 years and we haven’t worked together for 25. It will be great fun. l Begin working on the loosey-goosey story as soon as I have 700 words in this space. Only 175 to go. l Email Peter Wilson to see if he is sending travel and homes columns this week. (Note: I don’t think travel writing CP90373.A19 Chenise l

Dodger had to do without his Mini-Wheats would be for me. I don’t particularly like flying, airports and writing.) l Insult Tammy Robert before she insults me. It’s a thing we do. She started it. l Decide whether I should I go to the A&W or McDonald’s for lunch. Mama with cheese or a Filet? I told Ken I wouldn’t have an Angus meal at McDonald’s until his next visit to Saskatoon. I have only cheated once. l Ask Ken for his address. I can’t find it in the rubble on my desk. I will pretend I am verifying it. “Ken, I woke up in the middle of the night worrying I had mailed your letter to the wrong address. Please tell me I didn’t.” l Remind myself I am not a complete failure, an incompetent human being or an embarrassment to my family and to this profession if I come up, say, one word short of 700.

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I was on the hook. And golly gee, now I better sort it out.”

Le Fevre engaged an architect with whom he had done business with before, Joost Bakker, also one of the two architects who created Granville Island in Vancouver. With the plans in hand, construction began in June 2014 on all four buildings at once.

“That in itself is a bold move,” said Le Fevre. “Many would probably have thought that it would have been better to phase the project, but if you phased in, you would get a much lesser architectural presence there,” he said.

It costs more to build all the phases at once, but considering the plan — which includes courtyards and bridges — he felt it was the only way to go, and hoped it was going to work. It has, but the hangover from the boom cycle in Saskatoon has posed several challenges.

“There’s no question it is working. There have been some worrisome moments for me, inasmuch as the trades situation in your province based on the boom cycle is not a competitive marketplace. It will turn, but that’s a very, very big concern to me.

“I think that’s probably one of the reasons the growth in downtown hasn’t taken place because the ability to build at the right price isn’t there.”

Le Fevre said some consultants’ quotes were 400 per cent higher than similar quotes from “equally qualified people” in Vancouver.

“Your price of concrete is 30 to 40 per cent higher than that on the West Coast.

The only reason for that, and I spent enough time researching it, and you can quote this, is that they can get away with it. I don’t like that. That’s very troublesome to me.

“Those aspects of this project have been tough.”

sales team. Re/Max sales agents Kindra Sowden and Lacy Watson approached Le Fevre when he was presenting the development to city council.

“Otherwise, these sales would not have taken place. That having been said, the people want to live there. They obviously like the notion of urban renewal, which is what this project is all about. The opportunity to live in an urban-renewal location like this has not really been there.”

He believes his project endorses the efforts of the City to build River Landing.

However, Le Fevre is a bit skeptical about the degree of construction the City of Saskatoon can absorb, in part due to its size.

“Other things will happen in the fullness of time. I say that, in the fullness of time. There is only so much absorption in your city and in any city. One has to be very, very, very careful not to overestimate how much take-up there could be.

“In other words, if someone did a parallel development to mine today, both Construction of The Banks is well underway (Photo supplied) of us could suffer enormously, because I don’t think there’s enough take-up and depth in the marketplace. The city isn’t big enough. I’m very mindful of that.

I’ve done enough developments in other places to know what can happen.

“When (Parcel Y) did not go ahead, that was a relief, because that would have been, to some degree, competitive.”

Le Fevre has his doubts that Saskatoon (Continued from page 1) aged me in a very significant way to look can support two more big projects, at e drove around the city’s submuch harder.” least right now. The development planned urbs, but as he came to the city’s He began looking around for properfor Parcel Y, he says, is too big and would core, his interest was piqued. “I ties and bought several in Riversdale — be too costly; and the building of another thought ‘Hmmm, there’s some vacant mostly vacant parking lots. recently announced high-rise in downland around here, there’s some signs of “Then the city put that city block up town will be extremely expensive. change,’ and then I started getting the for public tender. That was brought to “I put caution to how much can take feel of what that change was and who my attention. Similarly, it was brought place in your city,” he said. was causing it, along 20th Street, Broad- to my attention that that property had “I’m not always right,” he added. “But way and those areas. stumbled through earlier possible deI’ve got to have a feel. That’s a big devel“I could see there was some urban tug, velopment. I was certainly privy to the opment I’m doing there. as I would call it.” fact that Parcel Y was stuck in the mud, “That’s a huge development. There’s He wandered into the old Little Chief because I had walked the riverbank quite TIMBER IN THE AIR, nothing else like it that I’ve seen floating gas station, which serves as the develextensively.

COMING SOON around. I mean, yeah, there’s the art galopment office for Riversdale, and met “When this parcel was put up for Construction on The Banks, nonethelery, but there’s nobody else digging deep Riversdale BID executive director Randy public tender, I put a bid in, and I was the less, continues apace and Le Fevre says and getting going like that.”

Pshebylo “out of sheer fluke.” only bid – which was good and bad. It there will be “timber in the air” very soon.

The Banks, he says, “has got to work.

“He spoke very eloquently about what was an unconditional bid — that was the While he has not spent any money But I think it will, and it will be a very, was going on in that area and that encour- method that the City had decreed — so on promotion, he does have a local very happy thing for all concerned.”

Le Fevre questions whether city can support two more big projects

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am 100 per cent Cree — night of comedy. “Indians don’t long hair, Cree-speaking, pay taxes?” the people from high cheekbones and the Revenue Canada said as they whole shebang. I was born with were almost rolling around with a number on my treaty card and laughter.

I will die with the same number.

What about free education?

I know I am a precious Don’t ever bring this up to Judge commodity because there are Gerald Morin. It took him more thousands of jobs and billions than a dozen years to pay back of dollars at stake to ensure his student loan for his law my continued survival. If you degree. Judge Morin is a kind thought just being Canadian is and understanding man, but I a sense of confused identity, once saw him get pissed right off Columnist try being a member of a First when someone said, “I would be Nation. There are many miscona lawyer, too, if my education ceptions and beliefs that are not true — not was paid for.” even close to the truth.

Yes, there are a few reserves that can The biggest is treaty Indians don’t pay afford to subsidize their post-secondary taxes. Tax time is coming around and soon students, but that’s about it. And, yes, there I have to file my taxes. Yes, that’s right. I are avenues a First Nations student may said file my taxes. I once tried to convince have access to for education funding, but Revenue Canada I was a treaty Indian and I it’s no different than for any other student didn’t have to pay taxes. who applies.

The last time I heard so much laughter, I was one of the lucky ones, as my home IAS70136.A19 was coming out of TCU Place after a reserve was able to at least partly cover my Aaron

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funding – and that was only because I was always passing with high marks on all my exams. But, like so many students, I was always hungry and broke during my years in college and university. Let me assure you, if my post-secondary education was being paid for, I would be a doctor by now.

However, there are billions earmarked for First Nations people. Where does it all go? It certainly doesn’t go to the people. I am one of those people and I have yet to see my bank account with a direct deposit from the federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

Aboriginal Affairs’ accounting works like someone who operates a hotdog stand and sells the hotdogs at $2 a piece, but then sells the mustard and ketchup for $10,000 a squirt. It’s not to the hotdog (First Nations people) where the money is going. It’s all the going towards the commodities of relish and mustard, like the department itself.

Aboriginal people make headlines as though there are millions in Canada. These days, however, many people claim to have

Aboriginal background even if it goes back generations. The fact of the matter is there are only a handful of “real” Indians left.

And yet there is a federal and provincial portfolio.

There is no other ethnic group of people that has their own federal and provincial minister. Have you ever heard of the Minister of Irish, Ukrainian or Polish Affairs?

Have you ever noticed when a First Nations person is found dead, it’s made into a big deal? I agree when someone is found dead it should be a big deal. But it seems like when it’s a member of a First Nation there are investigations, inquiries, reviews and even royal commissions.

That’s because there are thousands of jobs and billions of dollars at stake to ensure our continued survival. And, if something were to happen to these precious commodities, then there needs to be some explaining. In the meantime, I suppose I should get all my paperwork together to file my taxes. krnCREE@outlook.com

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I’ll go down kicking and screaming before giving up plastic grocery bags

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“We are creating an enviy three-year-old son ronmental problem that need is a demon. not exist,” Saskatoon Coun.

Or “spirited,” which Pat Lorje was quoted as saying I’m told is more parentally in The StarPhoenix, apparappropriate terminology. Botently lamenting the scourge of tom line is he’s defiant, throws unsightly shopping bags in the tantrums, has no fear and more otherwise pristine city garbage or less does whatever he wants dump. This despite the fact — discipline be damned. that in 2007, City Hall actually Hmm. I wonder from studied the issue, and conwhere he got that. cluded plastic bags really only Lately, my son is that kid Columnist make up half of one per cent you see in the grocery store of the garbage in our landfill. and then immediately thank heaven he’s not yours. While the scenar- Even with our population growth, I’m going to venture that number hasn’t gone up ios tend to vary, he’s typically shouting “NO” at the top of his lungs while lying all that much.

Lorje isn’t satisfied with the nominal on the floor, deadweight, limp as a damp charge certain stores charges for their dishrag.

“Why isn’t she spanking him?” I hear plastic bags. No, that’s not enough. If the City isn’t prepared to ban them altoadjacent seniors asking themselves. gether, Lorje allegedly wants to see real “Why isn’t she using a gentle tone and asking him to use his words?” I hear money charged for the bags — enough to “alter behaviour.” young parents asking themselves.

“I don’t see what the big deal is. Why “Why did I have kids?” I ask myself. can’t we do this?” said Lorje.

Anyway, you get the point. By the Allow me. time I get to the till with my arms or cart First of all, while we’re saving the overflowing with goods, I’m over it. I seagulls with our earthy reusable grocery want to get out of there. bags, has anyone actually thought about So if I’m in one of those horrid where those bags are made (ahem, China) grocery stores where the bored clerk scanning my purchase asks me, “Do you and the amount of energy it takes to manufacture them, never mind ship them need any bags?” as I try to wrestle my across land and sea? child into a headlock while simultaneThen there’s the little matter of why ously removing my debit card from my purse with my teeth, it doesn’t tend to go we feel the need to legislate profit for grocers. Who else is going to benefit from over well.

For those who dutifully bring their re- the hefty little fee Lorje feels necessary to usable bags to the grocery store, I salute deter us plastic bag users? Last I checked you, because I will never be you. I’m not I’m already paying a markup on the food for the privilege of buying it, which is even going to justify that statement — fine, but I’m pretty sure I don’t need I’m just not ever going to do it.

Instead, I’m going to continue to shop the government interfering to make the corporation a little more money to punish at stores that actually provide customer service, which includes giving me some- me for my shopping decisions. There’s also our friends on fixed or low incomes, thing to carry the yogurt, bananas and who might already be struggling to pay overpriced box of Bear Paws that my child refuses to leave the store without. If the bills. Tacking a few dollars onto each grocery bill so they can actually carry they actually pack the groceries for me, even better. These days at most stores that their food home might not be the most welcome decision. last one is considered a fee-for-service Oh, and a 2011 report published by the luxury, not something you’d dare expect.

International Association for Food, which The point of all this is that when it collected and tested reusable bags at rancomes to how, and where, I choose to dom from grocery store-shoppers in the spend my money, I’m planning on continuing to make that choice based on my U.S, found shoppers rarely washed these needs as a consumer. Aren’t we fortunate bags, resulting in a delightful breeding ground for bacteria. Coliform bacteria, to live in a city, province and country where we get to make choices like that? which indicates contamination by raw Except for some reason, certain Saska- meat and uncooked food, was present in about half of the bags. E.coli, which inditoon city councillors have taken it upon cates fecal contamination, was present in themselves to try and take that choice about eight per cent. away from consumers. Banning plastic Yummy. bags has been a popular political move All things considered, maybe it’s kind at the municipal and even state level (in of a big deal. Maybe dictating how we granola-crunchy California) in various shop is not what we elected civic officials locales across Canada and the U.S. to do around here.

Now, for some inexplicable reason It looks like there’s a blessedly slim in a city that is facing massive growth chance Saskatoon city council is going to and infrastructure crunches coupled aggressively pursue this ban. If they do, with a pending cutback on cash from the province, how I carry my groceries you can find me in aisle six, lying deadweight and limp on the floor shouting is apparently on the list of leadership “NO” at the top of my lungs. priorities.

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I think the CRA hackers2015 read the memory7 folks are going to quickly discover that there was a lot of the systems protected by OpenSSL. more data taken.

That gives them access to passwords, That’s right; this thing has been on over two-thirds usernames and content. It even lets them of all the servers in the worldwide Internet for over eavesdrop on communications — all two years already. It was obviously very difcult to without leaving a trace. detect, or we would have heard about it long ago.

So word Heartbleed comes from Oss Question: When driving tional. Can you tell us how bring the single admission rates — not differentlyThe than other cities’ programs. here’s the next question: What has been taken since Herrala, a systems administrator southeast on Airport Drive, they will work? only for seniors but others, to — in line By the way, this reminds me that we at Code2011?other major Canadian cities? nomicon, for the organization that discovered why is there no merge lane Mayor Atchison: The with have a program seniors to defer their It’ll take a while to gure that out, and we’ll prob- the bug. Its real name is CVE-2014-0160 for entering Circle Drive beauty of the new parking Mayor Atchison: We have just gone property taxes. So if money is an issue, ably never know for sure. But one thing is for sure: — describing the line of code the bug’s in south bound? There is plenty stations is they will take your through our budget for 2015. So I don’t the City may be able to help there as well. take the threat seriously.

There’s an extension in OpenSSL called of space to accommodate one.

Visa, MasterCard and good see anything changing in 2015. The City Just go to the City’s website for more The Heartbleed bug isn’t a virus and it wasn’t — It would definitely help traffic old cash — coins only. And has a program in place for those who can information. apparently — written with malice in mind. It was a flow and decrease the chances eventually you will be able to least afford tomistake pay. They have to calledDid You Know? programming madenaturally in some software of serious accidents. use your smart phone, too. All show the proof, but we do have programs The total number of vehicle kilometres OpenSSL, versions 1.0.1 through to 1.0.1f.

Mayor Atchison: One of the you have to do is walk over to available thoseLayer who(SSL) can’t isafford the waytravelled in Saskatoon annually is 1.5 Secure for Sockets the basic inreasons is the cost. These merge the parking station, enter your regular prices.

(Call Leisure Services at nobody billion. That’s approximately 37,500 trips formation is encrypted on the Internet so that lanes cost in the millions of dollicence plate number and pay 306-975-3340 foryou. more information.)

We for around the equator. can eavesdrop on It provides that security lars. The solution is to eliminate do have an application form.

I think our Ask the Mayor for the amount of time you applications we all use every day: email, instant mesthe lights and build a flyover at want up to two hours. Let’s say program is quite inclusive.

It is based on and(Have a question for Mayor Atchison? saging, some Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) Airport Drive that includes the you were parked by the Delta need, not age. Our program also looks at Send it to editorial@saskatoonexpress. web access. merge lanes. We have plans to build several Bessborough Hotel and you are there for families. We want everyone to be able to com. Please put “mayor” in the subject needed overpasses in Saskatoon. Right now only 10 minutes. Then you decide to go to use our facilities. So ours is structured line.) overpasses at Boychuk Drive and HighMidtown Plaza, and park at a City locaway 16 and McOrmond and Highway 5 tion. You’ve already paid. You’re good. In have been approved by the transportation fact, the time you bought is good anycommittee and will go to council this where in Saskatoon where parking meters month. The committee gave the go ahead used to be located: Broadway, RiversMayor Atchison is not up having in the press as “land costs . . . design fees, “There is no excuse for ID” Elaine Hnatyshyn writes her for the administration to hire engineers to dale, Sutherland, whatever the location. to more hooptedoodle re: in building permits, contingency funds, and defence of the co-called the Remai Modern ArtFair Elecget the projects designed. Also on the list There is a vehicle that drives by and has a incidentals (that) were extra costs not tions Act,ofrepeating Minister Pierre Gallery Saskatchewan. are overpasses at Marquis Drive and High- camera that takes a picture of the licence included in the construction price from Poilievre’s point that all the Don.”) In the Jan. 5-11talking edition of the way 16, and then Marquis and Highways Ellis plate to determine if the car has paid for voter needs isExpress, to bring some ID and everything Saskatoon he refers to “a letter” would 11 and 12. Safety and security continues So do the math: $36 M + $19.5 M + parking. There are no tickets to buy and bebyhunky dory. Vouching therefore “a person” claimingisthe cost tonot thenecessary to be a priority and the Airport Drive — $16 M = $71.5 M. That’s $71.5 million you don’t have to put a ticket on your and should be Remai abolished, chastising the City for the willshe beargues, $100 million. in civic taxpayer input to date, folks, not Circle Drive intersection is on the radar. windshield. Just pay and go.

Bill’s opponents for making it an issue.

But he doesn’t identify this phantom $36 million.

There may also be an opportunity for the Question: Does the person in the van But there is also no excuse for did Ms.he/she Hnatyshyn notIf you factor in the $13 million the writer!

Who is he/she?

When City to tap into the New Building Canada issue tickets? tosupposedly know how our voting She apparently make thissystem claim?works.

And where? feds kicked in and the $17 million from Fund to help finance these much-needed Mayor Atchison: That is one of the does not realize that voting has become extremely At any rate, he goes on to claim that the province — it’s all taxpayer money infrastructure projects. areas we still need to clear up. We want dif ever since the taxpayer 2008 introduction of tough— you reach a $101.5-million taxpayer thecult total cost to the for the ReQuestion: Has the penalty clause for the person to have the ticket on the car voter which demand an ID withtotal. a Then there’s the unaddressed matter mai ID willrequirements, be “about $36 million.” the construction delays on the south when they come back, as opposed to bestreet address.

You can have a pocketful of valid ID Well, sure: $36 million for the gallery of interest costs on loans and the costs bridge been settled? ing sent to them. There is nothing worse Classic Style Mouldings —proper. But and most Canadians — omisbut none that we have ahave fewsome sins of of the gallery’s ongoing marketing and Mayor Atchison: No. The contractors than a week or two later having a ticket has the essential street address.

And worse, if your sion here. branding5/8”x3”x14’ campaign. (90423) and the City are still in discussions or show up in the mail. address happens to be a box number, rural route or .70/ MDF Casing His Worship forgot to include the cost So thePrimed phantom letter writer wasn’t so negotiations, whatever word you would Question: Six months ago, a radio general delivery, as is the case with Saskatchewan’s of the attached underground parkade — far off, after all. like to use. That’s ongoing at this time. station reported on a study of single-ad½”x4”x14’ (01240) rural population, First Nations included, that won’t $19.5 million. Then, according to the Saskatoon taxpayers are being hosed We will have to wait and see how this all mission prices for indoor leisure centres be acceptable either. In these cases you have to nd .65/ Primed MDF Base City Planning areisthose plays out. What I can tell you is the City in 20 Canadian cities. It revealed that “something else”Department, to vote with, there but that easier by saidthis unwanted gallery and sickened by 11/16”x3”x14’ unspecified the stealth and waste that have attended of Saskatoon has a hold back of $1.5 mil- Saskatoon is the only city that does not than done. “outside costs” of $16 milPrimed MDF Casing (90411) .90/ lion that were tacked on to the project in its conception and development. lion. And that’s in the bank right now. have a rate for seniors. Furthermore, Thus Mr. Poilievre’s famous “39 options” for voter March 2013.

(These costs were described — Wayne Question: We are getting close to the current rate is nearly twice the ID, which Ms. Hnatyshyn promotes, on closer exami5/8”x4 ¼”x14’ Eyre having the new parking stations opera- national average. Are there any plans to JW12045.A19 James nation often disappears into thin air, not providing the JW12100.A19 James Primed MDF Base (90412) .90/ required street address or not being available to the voter. That is why in the 2011 election, over 120,000 Canadians relied on vouching or used the voter information card as their secondary ID. Those who couldn’t nd anyone to vouch for them could not vote, Day-to-day, Today and Tomorrow and their numbers are legion. This was documented in a post-2008 election survey in which nearly ve On any given day, 159 adults will enter per cent of 13.7 million voters said “they didn’t vote because they lacked proper documentation.” the Emergency Department and Vouching and the voter information card, both to 79 surgeries will be performed at be abolished in the act, are not luxuries required by Royal University Hospital, lazy voters who don’t care enough to have ID, but a necessity for the hundreds of thousands who cannot Saskatchewan’s busiest trauma centre. otherwise vote. The real solution would, of course, be returning to our world-class door-to-door voter enumeration, which had none of the voter ID problems For more than 30 years, donor support of currently plaguing us.

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think the creators of the walking to my destination I Monty Python movies noticed the bag containing the should follow me around repaired clothes was missing. for a while, as I would be great I turned to re-trace my steps fodder for future cinematic and saw the parcel lying near endeavours. the curb of the intersection and 2014 did not end on a great started trotting back to retrieve note. A tree fell on our cabin, it. Just as I approached the causing significant damage. corner, I saw a bus coming and With insurance coverage, you started praying the bus wouldn’t probably think this isn’t a big drive over it. My prayers went problem. It is, though, when unanswered. Oh well, I thought, Columnist you take into account the icethe clothes might need launderdamage claim from two years ing, but at least I would recover ago and the fact that if you make a few the items that cost a king’s ransom to alter. claims, even though they are legitimate I was wrong. As the bus pulled away, I insurance matters, your insurer can refuse noticed the parcel had not dropped to the to renew your insurance and, if that hapground. pens, no other company will then give you As I was waving at the departing bus to coverage. (Don’t get me going on insurstop, a kindly bus driver pulled up behind ance companies.) the departing bus and invited me to hop on I was determined that 2015 was going because the bus ahead would be stopping to be a great year. Even when being reat the bus mall, two blocks up the way for minded of the bad news in The StarPhoe- a five-minute wait. We watched to see if nix about the City’s increasing fees and the parcel would drop off. It didn’t. The levies, I looked for the good news which good news is that kindly bus driver did not was, except for the 16-per-cent increase charge me a fare for the two-block ride. in recycling fees, I could avoid the rest of Back to the bad news, the clothing the increases by not using the other City that I paid $65 to repair is long gone. The services. good news is that I missed walking by the The next bad news was discovering police shootout in downtown Saskatoon that when I went to a store, bill in hand, by five minutes which, given my current to exchange a coat I bought my husband run of bad luck, saved me from catching a for Christmas for a different size, the same stray bullet. Notes to self: silence the inner item would cost me an additional $50. voice; procrastination is not always a bad Apparently the pre-Christmas sales were thing. much better than the post-Christmas sales.

The next bad news came when I reThe good news was that I found a much turned home and went to the freezer to get better deal at another store and overall dinner fixings, only to discover the freezer saved a bit of cash. had died and most of the food inside Next up was picking up some clothes was spoiled. The good news was that I from the tailors. I debated with myself as retrieved what was salvageable and put to whether I should collect the items that the still useable food in a cooler outside. day as I was walking, or wait until the fol- It was the only time I was thankful for lowing week when I would have my car. our extreme cold. Since bad news seems My inner voice told me to quit procrastito follow good news, as I write this the JW12103.A19 nating, so I pickedJames up the clothes. While weather has improved and the salvaged

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food in the cooler will now follow the rest of my freezer contents into the garbage.

If you are thinking that things can’t get any worse, you would be wrong. I opened the fridge to discover all the fruits and vegetables had frozen. The fridge is on the fritz. It’s doing what the freezer should be doing. If there is any good news here, it is that both my husband and I will enjoy much-needed weight loss.

What more could go wrong? Well, the house felt a little chilly the other morning.

Yup, the furnace was out. What the hell is going on?

I will be flying out of here soon to

Calgary to grandparent the world’s cutest granddaughter for a few days. If you are heading in that direction you might want to ask Air Canada to check the flight manifest to see if I’m on it and, if so, think about taking another carrier. The good news here is that I am leaving my husband in Saskatoon to deal with all these problems.

This is the start of 2015. I still have eleven and a half months to go.

P.S.: If anyone found a white plastic bag containing three old skirts, please make my day and call me. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

Christmas and New Year’s festivities are over and we are all thinking about fresh starts, health and clean living for 2015.

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to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in quinoa, Bring water, bouillon cubes, and garlic Simmer until quinoa is tender and r. reducing heat to medium-low, and cove to 20 minutes. Discard garlic clove the water has been absorbed, about 15 tly stir chicken, onion, pepper, olives, and scrape quinoa into a large bowl. Genoa. Drizzle with lemon juice, balsamic cheese, parsley, chives and salt into quinServe warm or refrigerate and serve vinegar, and oil. Stir until evenly mixed. cold.

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Bridal show unlike any other

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express ot Your Average Bridal Show. The name is pretty much self-explanatory.

Saskatoon fashion designer Melissa Squire said the concept was inspired by her wedding last summer.

“I found last year when we were planning our own wedding, my husband (Joel Clark) and I found it very difficult to find vendors that we were excited about and products that suited what we were looking for: something different, something ecofriendly. I like really, really different things, so getting things custom made was a big part of our wedding, or making them myself, for the most part, actually is what ended up happening.”

Squire and makeup artist Jennilee Cardinal-Schultz are coordinating the event. The two, who have deep roots in the city’s fashion scene, decided to pool creative talent in Saskatoon in one place at one time.

“Having found all the real cool people we did end up finding to use for vendors for our wedding, we thought we would like to share that with people,” Squire said.

“You can actually have a wedding that is really different and out there, and you don’t have to break the bank to order everything online and whatnot.”

In other words, Not Your Average Bridal Show.

Squire said the main focuses are on local suppliers, ecofriendly products and unique custom pieces.

“You are going to meet a number of local designers and artists that are able to sit down with you and design custom pieces be it your wedding rings – we have a local goldsmith that is amazing. She did both our rings. We have different styles of photographers. So if you want a funky photo booth at it or if you are wanting to do a pinup boudoir shoot prior to the wedding or if you want just traditional wedding pictures, that is fine, too.

“And we have a caterer and a bakery and free locally

made organic chocolate that we are giving out to a lot of people at the show as well. And there are prizes to be won and live music. It is at Prairie Sun Brewery, which is really exciting. There will be beer and locally made wine available and locally made spirits.”

There will be a fashion show, but not in a traditional way. It will run throughout the day.

“Instead of a traditional runway, we decided to have several platforms and it will mostly be former brides of the designers that are participating in the show. So they get to rock their dress again, which is really nice for them.”

She said the brides will share information about their weddings. It could include such things as discussing their makeup artist, hairstylist and dress designer.

“And they stand on a little platform like Barbies,” Squire said with a laugh.

Squire will be showing about a dozen wedding dresses, as well as bridesmaid dresses and grad dresses.

“Grads are more than welcome and people just wanting to come and check out some really amazing local vendors. We are encouraging not just brides or grads, but anybody to come out. It is going to be a really fun event.

“It doesn’t matter if you are getting married or never getting married or are just curious. Come out and enjoy the venue and the event and the music and the drinks and meet a lot of really talented local people.”

Not Your Average Bridal Show will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Prairie Sun Brewery (2020 Quebec Ave.) The cost is $10, with tickets available at Alchemy Clothing and Salon (615 Second Ave. North) and at the door.

For more information, search for Not Your Average Bridal Show on Facebook or email alchemy.melissa@ gmail.com.

Ned Powers Saskatoon Express he speed merchants at last year’s Knights of Columbus Games were so fast and so closely bunched that virtually all of the contenders are coming back to the Saskatoon Field House for the 50th anniversary meet on Jan. 29-31.

Cordero Gray of the United States won the men’s 60-metre invitational with a time of 6.66 seconds. Justin Rogers of Jamaica was second in 6.67 seconds, Woodrow Randall of the United States was third at 6.70 seconds and Canada’s Gavin Smellie and America’s Philip Redrick were also in the final eight.

Marcus Rowland of the United States won the men’s 50-metre invitational with a clocking of 5.72 seconds.

Gray was second at 5.73 seconds, Rogers third at 5.74 and Canada’s Donate Richards-Kwok and Smellie were also in the final eight.

“The sprints are like a double-edged sword for the spectators,” said Lane Foster, director of the invitational events. “People love the speed, but if you blink you’re liable to miss them.”

Foster is excited about the collection of returning stars.

“The difference between first and eighth in the men’s finals last year was three-10ths of a second. In the women’s events, it was sixth-10ths of a second. Who’s to say that, in a tough field, who’s going to win or who’s to say how close they will come to setting meet records.”

The meet record in the 60 metres has been held by Canada’s Bruny Surin since 1996, when he ran 6.51 seconds. The meet record in the 50 metres was set in 2011 by Canada’ Sam Effrah at 5.67 seconds.

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Foster said Saskatoon is a happy stop for athletes.

“We don’t pay appearance fees. The athletes get a small amount of money for how they perform and we cover all their travel. What happens in Saskatoon is the difference. They are driven from place to place and they get treated with the utmost of respect. That’s why they like coming back.”

Foster paid close attention to the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which were held in Glasgow, Scotland, and that helped make his recruiting job easier.

Richards-Kwok was a semifinalist at the Commonwealth Games. He has been a Canadian university champion and his international credentials include a fifth-place finish at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico and an eighth-place finish at the 2011 World University Games in China.

Smellie was eighth in the 200 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and was Canadian national champion in the 100 metres.

Shai-Anne Davis, Crystal Emmanuel, Khamica Bingham and Phylicia George were all semifinalists in the sprints at the Commonwealth Games and three of them — Davis, Emmanuel and George — were three-quarters of the 4x100 relay team, which finished fourth.

Michelle Young of Saskatoon is a contender in both the sprints and hurdles, and was Saskatchewan athlete of the meet a year ago. Her personal bests of 7.64 in 60 metres and 8.41 in the 60-metre hurdles?

“Meets like ours in Saskatoon gave the Canadians that early chance to compete in 2014 and made them wellprepared for the trip to Scotland,” said Foster.

The emphasis on speed is the perfect complement to

Brianne Theisen-Eaton and her husband, Ashton Eaton, two Olympians whose presence at the Games was previously announced.

Theisen-Eaton, originally from Humboldt, is one of the world’s leading heptathlon athletes, having competed at the 2012 London Olympics, the 2013 world championships and the 2014 world indoor championships. She won gold at the Commonwealth Games. Her husband was Olympic champion in 2012 and holds the world record in heptathlon and decathlon events.

“One of our Knights, who is related to the Theisen family, initiated contact with the hopes of her coming to the Games in 2014,” said Bob Barkman, executive director of the Games. “Their performing schedule was full. We tried again this year and then one day the phone rang and Brianne was asking me what the dates were in January. She said they’d both be happy to come. Brianne grew up coming to the Games before she went off to the University of Oregon.”

Each will compete in a track event. They will also perform in a novel team high jump. Brianne will be joined by three age-class female high jumpers on one team and her husband by similarly aged male jumpers on another.

“It was an event which Brianne suggested,” said Barkman.

The husband-wife team, along with Canadian sprinter Amonn Nelson, will also participate in visits to four inner-city elementary schools on Jan. 28. The meet begins Jan. 29, with preliminaries for the school relays, and continues Jan. 30 with age class, masters, Paralympic and Special Olympic events and relay finals. The invitational events will cap off the Jan. 31 schedule.

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Page 10 - SASKATOONEXPRESS - January 19-25, 2015 that time, in theory, the decking on the University Bridge will already have been fixed for two or three months.

In city planning, as in comedy (does anyone think this is funny?), timing is everything. We lost our Traffic Bridge more than four years ago, and it’s not going to reappear for at least two more years, I would guess. We could lose the University Bridge if they don’t fix it now, and we will lose it anyway over the summer.

That’s bad timing.

Mayor Don Atchison has said he hoped the University Bridge closure could be postponed until the Traffic Bridge was rebuilt, but Gutek says the work can’t wait — and I completely, utterly believe him. Look what happened the last time we waited to repair, or even just maintain, a bridge.

This is, pardon me, going to be the summer from traffic hell (yes, worse than every other construction-filled summer). It’s true that university will not be fully in session — although there’s always Intersession and summer school — and that July is as close to a dead zone as Saskatoon ever gets. That will help a bit.

But the University Bridge carries 2,400 cars per hour at peak capacity, and it must be carrying all of that during rush hour, both in the morning and afternoon. That’s a lot of cars to reroute; and, by the way, our afternoon rush hour is no longer an hour. It hasn’t been in years.

I’m trying to remember the last time a bridge was closed for maintenance, but I’m pretty sure we haven’t had a major, months-long closure since the Traffic Bridge was shut down forever. In the following years, our population has soared. So, we’re down a bridge, but we have Where is the Traffic Bridge when we need it? (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) thousands more people — and cars. ow long does it take to build a bridge?

Yikes. I’m having nightmare visions, sort This does not compute. Even if we can accept that I have no idea, but I’m going out on of like those new Nissan ads, of cars stuck on what happened before is water under the bridge (ha!), a limb here to guarantee it will take the bridge steaming in the cold or with radia- what do we do now? longer than four months. By then, we’re really tors exploding in the heat, wheels caught preCoun. Randy Donauer, bless him, asked the other day going to need one. cariously in enormous and expanding cracks. whether the City could adjust traffic patterns on the other Anyone who has to cross the river daily, I’m also having flashbacks to August 2010, bridges (as is done in many other cities) so that more weekly, or even less often is surely dreading when the Traffic Bridge was closed. Closed! lanes were dedicated to rush-hour traffic flow. Good idea, the upcoming summer, when the University Four years and several months later, I still I thought, and probably the only thing that will help at Bridge will be down to one lane for four can’t believe that happened in a city where this point. But Angela Gardiner, manager of the City’s months due to $8 million in repairs to its bridges connect us to home, work, family, transportation branch, said that would likely not be feadeck. How necessary is this work? shopping and every other conceivable activity. sible as a short-term solution.

Mike Gutek, director of major projects for We really, really need that conduit over the Well, make it a long-term solution, then — at least unColumnist the City of Saskatoon, has said the bridge is river, and we need it now. Unfortunately, the til the new Traffic and North Commuter bridges are built. almost worn out and engineers are concerned request for proposals to replace the Traffic Because, until that happens, we’re going nowhere. We’re about “punching failures” if repairs don’t happen soon.

Bridge was only approved in December. The three com- already approaching gridlock on some streets and bridges, “It’s kind of like if your foot went through the floorpanies that will receive the RFPs have until this summer with all lanes flowing. boards of your kitchen floor,” he told The StarPhoenix to respond, and the contract should be handed out by Failing that, I’m moving out for the summer. See you about a month ago.

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f it comes down to being one or the other for the Roughriders, I would pass on Weston Dressler and sign Ben Heenan. A young Canadian lineman has more value than a soon-to-be 30-year-old-import receiver. (Note: I won’t soon be calling CFL players nationals and internationals.)

By RJ Currie l From TC Chong: “In January 2011 Hudson’s Bay sold all Zellers leases in Canada to Target for $1.8 bill Ex-Playmate Crystal Harris, 28, wife of Hugh Hefner, lion. Today Target is looking to sell those same stores to once said that sex with the octogenarian lasted two seconds.

Brunswick Bowling Alleys.”

And you think the Packers kneeling out the clock against the l Torben Rolfsen, on Ray Lewis saying the “Tuck Cowboys was an anti-climax?

Rule” is the only reason we know who Tom Brady is: l The CBC reports depression can be caused by having a “And the only reason we know who Ray Lewis is? Witbad reaction to something. This comes as no surprise to Toness tampering and plea bargaining.” ronto Maple Leafs fans. l Bill Littlejohn, on Calgary’s Johnny Gaudreau l The most regrettable thing about the refs over-turning Des Bryant’s incredible grab? It’s turned an all-time catch into filing a trademark application for Johnny Hockey: “He was told he’s three off-ice incidents away from qualifyan all-time kvetch. ing.” l Hall-of-Famer Wade Boggs, with over 3,000 career hits, l Anyone else waiting for John Morris to officially told TV star Charlie Day he once drank 107 beers in a day. So we have one thing in common: beer has often preceded the runs. become Johnny Curling? l Janice Hough, on parents in Silver Spring, a nice l Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera says the fire damage to his home will take over six months to repair. In other words, suburb outside Washington DC, being investigated by Child Protective Services for allowing their 10- and it’s a rebuilding year.

6-year-old children to walk a mile home from the park l NASCAR driver Kurt Busch testified in court his exby themselves: “And we are supposed to be raising a girlfriend Patricia Driscoll is a trained assassin. A friend of generation that can stand up to terrorists?” mine said the same thing of his ex-wife, but only about her l A tweet from Jimmy Fallon: “This year’s Oscar cooking. nominees are so white, they just became the frontrunner l N.Y. Jets RB Chris Johnson was arrested after he ran a stop sign and police found an open firearm in his car. Is that a for the 2016 Republican nomination.” l From Rolfsen: “Nissan and NASA are joining run-and-shoot offence? forces to build a driverless car. It’s called the Oiler.” l If the Bills were the NFL’s forgotten team, signing Rex l From Chong: “Note to Target Canada: There is no Ryan changes that. He’s the greatest gift to tabloid headlines since “Woman with no arms or legs rolls two miles to get help.” need to put up signs stating ‘No Exchanges, No Refunds, All Sales Final.’ We know.” l Texas A&M bench boss Kevin Sumlin fired his pool boy l Littlejohn, on U.S. sports talk show host Jim Rome for tweeting about one of the coach’s phone conversations. tweeting that marching band members look like dorks: That seems like dirty pool.

“He later apologized. I’m guessing someone told him l What’s with oil prices these days? They’re in a bigger Jim Everett was once in a marching band.” slump than Jay Cutler’s body language. l Rolfsen, on Marcus Mariota declaring for the NFL draft: “He’ll follow in the hallowed pro footsteps of RJ’s Groaner of the Week Oregon quarterbacks Joey Herrington and Akili Smith.”

In the regular season, Broncos pivot Peyton Manning is a l Hough, on a 23-year-old woman who was a Wall quarterbacking thoroughbred. In the playoffs, he’s a horse of a Street intern apparently quitting and embarking on a different caller.

new career in porn: “Well, many would say she has chosen a more honourable profession.” l From Littlejohn: “I wondered if the Packers were trying to keep Aaron Rodgers’ calf situation under a veal of secrecy.” l The world’s oldest hockey stick was recently sold for $300,000. It is believed the stick originally belonged to Jaromir Jagr. l From Rolfsen: “Unimpressive two-minute drill by Peyton Manning against the Colts. Apparently ‘Omaha’ means three-yard passes to the middle of the field.” l I recall some members of the Toronto media teeheeing at the beginning of the NHL season that Florida was likely to make a strong run at getting Connor McDavid. Don’t look now boys, but the Panthers have more points than your Leafs and a couple of games in hand to boot. l From Hough: “When asked if he would ever consider moving to the NFL, Urban Meyer said, ‘Not right now. I’ve got a commitment to Ohio State.’ Translation: ‘No one has offered me enough money, and none of my players here have yet been arrested for a felony.’” l It still grates on me when I see Erin Andrews on Fox’s No. 1 football broadcasting team instead of Pam Oliver. Dye your hair, Pam. l Rolfsen again: “Ohio State-Oregon had the largest cable audience in TV history. The TV audience would have been bigger, but parts of Ohio don’t have cable yet.” l Chong, on police firing tear gas at Ohio State University to break up potential rioting after the game: “Who knew there were Canucks fans living in Columbus, Ohio?” l One of the people in the world I most dislike is the actor who plays the drums on the car commercial. l Rolfsen, on Joni Ortio becoming the first Flames goalie to shut out the Canucks since Mikka Kiprusoff, who hails from the same Finnish town: “It may be a bad sign for Vancouver that in three years their arch-nemeses have gone from Chicago and Boston to Turku, Finland. l I read there is a parrot in Africa that has a vocabulary of 700 words. To put that into perspective, that is 652 more than Jose Canseco.

I’m making a mess of my chicken wings Dear Reena, I own several Christmas My children love to eat wreathes, which I pile into chicken wings. I make them plastic totes in my basement. by battering them with flour Every year I waste hours and spices. But when I deep fluffing up each wreath before fry the wings, the coating hanging them. Do you have falls off, making a big mess any idea of how I can store of skinless chicken wings. wreathes so that they don’t What am I doing wrong? — become squished? — Mindy Rorie Dear Mindy, Dear Rorie, Store wreathes on hangers Here is the trick. After and cover them with an upside Household rolling chicken wings in batdown plastic garbage bag (much Solutions ter, cover the bowl of wings like a dry cleaning bag). Hang with plastic wrap and place the bowl in wreathes on a rod in the basement or inside the fridge for one and a half hours. As a closet. They will not lose their shape. the flour adheres to the meat, the wings Hi Reena, become sticky and the batter holds to the I wonder if your readers would have meat during frying. Also, make sure that suggestions about what I can do with the oil is hot before dropping meat into the my old linen napkins. I rarely use them pot. To test proper deep-frying temperaand have more than a dozen sets in ture, drop a bite-sized piece of bread into many different colours. I still have the the oil. If the oil bubbles around the bread tablecloths as well, but I suppose they and turns light brown within 60 seconds, will have to stay with me (I’m 79). None the oil is ready to use. Or put the handle of my kids want them as they have to end of a wooden spoon into the oil. When be ironed, and I don’t believe anyone bubbles form along the handle, the oil is has found an easy way to iron linen. — ready. Or drop a popcorn kernel into the Wilma oil. The kernel pops when oil reaches apDear Wilma, proximately 350 degrees, which is perfect Here are a few ideas for utilizing old, for deep frying. well-kept linens. 1. Sew several napkins Dear Reena, together to create beautiful pillowcases.

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Lianne Tregobov Matchmaker Dear Lianne, This past Christmas my new boyfriend bought me perfume, eye makeup in colours I can’t wear and some camo clothes. I like my old perfume, my eye makeup and I don’t dress like a hunter.

I don’t even like the smell of the perfume. I’m not quite sure how to handle this. — Suzanne

Dear Suzanne I would be on guard to some extent to assess whether this fellow is controlling.

It seems as if he is trying to change your style. Proceed with caution. He may be generous, or making a conscious attempt to alter your ways.

(Lianne will be in Saskatoon interviewing new clients from Jan. 21-23 and Feb. 24-27. Call 1-294-888-1529 to book your appointment.)

2. Cut linens into smaller squares. Cut pieces of felt the same size as linens. Using fabric glue, adhere fabrics together to form coasters. 3. Donate linens to a non-profit organization, a nursing home or a hospital.

4. Sew napkins together with a backing to make a table runner for special occasions.

5. Use linens instead of tea towels, because linen is the best fabric for polishing glass.

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Dear Reena, Here is my version for easy homemade pancake syrup. In a pot, stir together one cup brown sugar and a half cup water. Boil for about one minute and add one teaspoon vanilla or maple flavouring. Delicious and saves well in the fridge. — Carol I enjoy your questions and tips; keep them coming. Need a corporate presenter on the topic Harness the Power of Words? Check out my website: reena.ca.

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202 Fourth Avenue North. Tickets: $25 for SJS members, $35 for non-members.

JANUARY 24 David Braid has toured in England, Germany, Switzerland and China since his last visit to Saskatoon and he comes with a program of new original music. The Juno award-winning pianist will be accompanied by virtuoso vibraphonist Michael Davidson and a jazz quartet, Peripheral Vision in a performance at 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $25 for SJS members, $35 for non-members.

JANUARY 28 It’s virtually an anything-goes fiddlefest, with some of Canada’s best players, JJ Guy, Karmnel, Daniel Koulack, Troy McGillivray and Gordon Stobbe, taking turns and sharing the stage in a session which begins at 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $20 for SJS members, $15 for non-members.

EVENTS JANUARY 24 The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #78 TVS will be hosting its first fun crib of 2015 at St. George’s Anglican Church Hall (624 Avenue I South). The cost of $8 includes crib, lunch and prizes. Doors open at 12:30 p.m., with play commencing at 1 p.m. Call Jacquie Gardiner at 306-343-8898 for more information or to register.

JANUARY 27 Open house: Children’s Discovery Museum, with Argyle Design. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Presentations at noon, 4:30 or 7 p.m. Mendel building, lower auditorium (950 Spadina Cres.

East). The Children’s Discovery Museum is hosting an open house to explore the big ideas behind their new museum design. The public is invited to view drawings, speak with designers, provide feedback and contribute ideas for a world-class children’s museum in Saskatoon. Scheduled to open in 2017 at the Mendel building, the museum will be a vibrant and welcoming hub for all children and families, a resource for educators, and a major tourist destination for Saskatchewan. ***** What: Save the Children - Canada (Saskatoon Branch). Executive Committee Meeting. The branch is seeking new members and prospective volunteers are cordially invited to attend the meeting. A light lunch will be served.

Edwards Family Centre on Fourth Avenue North at 7:30 p.m. Please contact Branch Chair at marci.macomber@gmail.com, or Publicity Chair at lavonne.cloke@gmail.com.

Telephone contact is 306-373-9877.

dances from many countries around the world. First night is free! For more information visit www.sifc.awardspace.com.

Pet Loss Support Group offers support and ***** comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each Thursday at to old age, sickness or other sad reasons.

The no-obligation support group meets at 2 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Av- at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed Every Monday enue North, Saskatoon. For more information by Michael Harris and is accompanied by Hope Beyond Depression program: free inRachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or troductory sessions Feb. 3 or Feb. 10 from 7 or telephone support, call 306-343-5322. practice their French are welcome. For more p.m. 8:30 p.m. Where: 327 Pinehouse Drive information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or (wheelchair accessible). For more info call Tuesdays, Thursdays, Jean at 306-343-9460.

Pekka at 306-717-1665 or email saskatoon- Saturdays ***** Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All recovery@gmail.com.

SCOOTERS indoor playgroup for children ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no new-borns to age five and their parents/ registration required. Times are: Tuesdays First and Third Saturdays caregivers will be at Emmanuel Baptist 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. to of the month Church from9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. $40/ 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Lions Club’s Texas Holdem Tournaments. family/year or suggested drop-in donation of $60 buy- in gets $10,000 in chips, $40 goes $5/family. Visit our Facebook page (Scooters to the cash prize pool. No Re-Buys. 50 seats Every Wednesday - at EBC) for more information. available. Registration opens at 6, tournaDepression Support Group — free group ment starts at 7 p.m. The Coachman bar at runs on the first and third Wednesday of First and Third Wednesday Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the of the month information.

CMHA building (1301 Avenue P North). This Resporados support group for people with is open to anyone struggling with depression breathing difficulties taking place at 1:30 and family members wanting to support First Saturday of every p.m. at Mayfair United Church (33rd Street them. For more info, call 306-270-9181. month West). For more information, contact Debbie ***** The MindFULL Café, part of the internaat 306-664-4992.

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setting for persons with dementia, family, care partners and other interested people.

The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and information. First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Sherbrooke Community Centre.

and men’s clothing; jewellery, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com. ***** Every Tuesday St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & Inter-20th St. West) have bingos and Kaiser from national Bazaar and Bistro. Basement of noon until 4 p.m. On the last Wednesday Grace-Westminster United Church (505, 10th of each month we hold a birthday party for Street East). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. applicable members. Monthly socials are ***** also held randomly. The club is campaigning Spirit of the West 616550 Toastsmasters for new members who are 55+. Included are Club Downtown Saskatoon. Come and have bowling alleys, pool tables, dart boards. The some fun with speaking and leadership club building is wheelchair accessible with skills. Our club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 adjacent bus service. Memberships are $5 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great West- per year with discounts included. For further ern Brewing Company. Follow the red fence info call (306)384-4644 or (306)716-0204 JANUARY 28 on south side of building through the gate up Saskatoon Council on Aging: Gambling Awareness. Do you or a loved one enjoy gam- the stairs into the building.

Third Thursday bling? Are you concerned that your parent or of the Month grandparent may have a gambling problem? First Monday of every The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Do you want some education about gambling month Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at Group meets every month except July and and how it has developed over time? Then August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We meet you may find this presentation valuable. 10 Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon the first Monday of the month except when a.m. to 11 a.m. at 2020 College Drive. Please Funeral Home. For more information call there is a holiday, if so we meet the second contact the Saskatoon Council on Aging To Murray Hill at 306-242-5893 or email murMonday. register call 306-652-2255 or email ashley@ raydhill@me.com. scoa.ca. There is no charge.

February 2 The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westminster United Church are hosting a film event at 7:30 p.m. at the church. Using music films from the National Film Board, Bill Robertson will host a discussion about the stars of Canadian popular music: Paul Anka, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Rush, The Tragically Hip and others. The event is free and everyone is welcome.

MISCELLANEOUS Second and Fourth Tuesday The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club holds dances at Grace Westminster United

Every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday

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.

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Left Behind By Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide.Where: W.A. Edwards Family Centre - 333 4th Avenue North. 7:30 p.m.

9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email leftbehind@sasktel.net. ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@ gmail.com.

Second Wednesday of the Month Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is 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 Lynne Stade at 306-933-4835 or lstade@shaw.ca.

Every Thursday Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm 13, 610 Clarence Ave. South). Learn

Karousels Dance Club, learn to dance. New class starting Jan. 9. Cued ballroom at 7 p.m. Albert Community Centre(610 Clarence Ave. South). For more information, call 306290-5486.

Tuesdays and Thursdays Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every 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.

Newcomers’ Club The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a new parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email saskatoonnewcomersclub@gmail. com or call 306-668-8131.

Singles Social Group Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Events such as weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Sunday brunches, movie nights, dances, pot luck and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information email allaboutus10@hotmail. com or phone (306) 978-0813.

Saskatoon Mood Disorder Support Group 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 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.

Donations Needed The Village Green Furniture Store at 308 – 20th Street West is in urgent need of good, used furniture, household items and appliances. Drop off your donation at the back door or call 306-665-0101 for free pick-up.

Charitable receipt available for items valued at $100 or more. The Village Green is a non-profit, supporting local and global relief, development and relief projects of the Mennonite Central Committee.

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A group of friends and I began going on these road trips several years back. It was a sunny springtime week and instead of oiling up and competing for space on a beach in Mexico or some other such raucous destination, we decided to stir up a little mischief of our own.

The game plan: check out a friend’s band that was playing a couple of time zones away.

With two of these trips already under my friends’ collective fan belts, they knew what to expect, better yet, what to pack.

Being the rookie of the bunch, I brought along only what I thought I absolutely needed: a credit card and a change of clothes. They had what I brought, plus munchies, pillows and blankets. About seven hours into it, I realized that these were actually essential and not optional items.

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my jacket-turned-blanket pulled up to my cheeks and my head bouncing around like a bobble-head Chihuahua dog was no doubt a source of amusement to other weary travelers on the road.

A sore neck and a serious need for Rolaids was the least of our worries when the map we downloaded didn’t factor in major construction. Our planned 17-hour jaunt down took 21 hours (22 if you count the hour we lost stocking up on some essentials . . . you know, Cheetos, Red Bull, Twizzlers and M&Ms).

But now that we’ve logged as many miles as a long-haul trucker, we have this road-trip thing down to a science: each trip must consist of a minimum of four people, all of whom must have valid drivers’ licenses. Two people sleep and two people stay awake -- the driver and her co-pilot -whose role is very clearly defined as such: read the map; watch for exit signs; hold the bag of chips; and open the driver’s can/ bottle of soda.

Trust me, it’s a bonding experience that can only be created by being sardined in a car with three or more people for hours on end.

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They’ll laugh at you when you stumble into an all-night gas station with pillow creases on your face, race for the restroom and then hammer back another Red Bull and a couple of crusty donuts, even though you’re not hungry.

They’ll see you drool, snore, talk in your sleep, sing off key, admit to too many embarrassing escapades during endless rounds of Truth (everyone will be sworn to secrecy) and at some point someone will beg to pull over because that last donut just doesn’t want to go along for the ride.

It’s kind of interesting, really, how your

perspective changes from the window of a moving car. We began going on these road trips simply to see concerts. Being crammed in a car with a bunch of other people was just a means to an end.

Now, when we return home, it’s the trip itself we reminisce about more than the show. After all, getting there -and back -- is more than half the fun.

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Volvo heading for online sales, cutting car-show appearances: Word has reached The Sleuth that Sweden’s only automaker (as Saab has tanked) will do business much differently in the future. To trim costs and spend its marketing dollars as efficiently as possible, Volvo will showcase its new and upcoming vehicles annually at just one auto show per continent. For 2015 that means limiting international exhibitions to Detroit, Mich., Geneva, Switzerland, and Beijing or Shanghai, China. Additionally, Volvo will focus on selling cars directly online, Inspired by an Internet-only sale of some special-edition although it will continue to involve dealers in XC90s, Volvo is considering an online-sales model. the delivery and after-sale service functions.

It seems the company is encouraged by the sale of Also in the future, a specific service tech will be 1,927 special-edition 2015 XC90 wagons that were assigned to each Volvo buyer who will oversee all sold throughout the world exclusively on the Web. maintenance/service functions for their car.

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Saab’s far-reaching (negative) effects: Supercar maker Spyker, the company that purchased Saab from General Motors and ran it for about a year before Spyker has gone bankrupt, selling it to a China-backed blaming its short-lived ownerconsortium has itself gone ship of Saab for unrecoverable bankrupt. Company presifinancial problems. dent Victor Muller claims that the investment in Saab hurt Spyker to such a degree that it never fully recovered. Muller also vows to resurrect Spyker and eventually market all-electric sports cars.

Auto sales in Russia: Currently the Russian ruble is in freefall (down 40 percent in value since June), a victim of Vladimir Putin’s state-sponsored incursions into The Ukraine and subsequent retaliatory economic sanctions by western nations. As a result, a number of automakers selling cars in that country, notably General Motors, Audi and Jaguar, have temporarily suspended auto sales, while others have drastically revised their retail prices upward to compensate for Russia’s devalued currency. models using the same platform as BMW’s entry-level contingent.

The Spectre of a new Aston Martin and Jaguar: A new James Bond movie — the 24th in the franchise — entitled “Spectre” is scheduled for release in theaters on Nov. 6, 2015. Few details have been revealed concerning the plot, but Your Obedient Spymaster (no, not that 007 character) has learned that the not-yetreleased Aston Martin DB10 coupe will be used as Bond’s Q-ride, marking the 11th time the automaker’s products will have been featured in the series. Interestingly, Bond’s nemesis, a character named Franz Oberhauser (played by actor Christoph Waltz) will be behind the wheel of an even cooler set of wheels in the form of Jaguar’s gorgeous mid-engine C-X75 prototype sports car that’s rumored to be headed into limited production as a hybrid model.

The last Ford GT used a supercharged V8 engine, but the new one will have a 600-plus horsepower 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6.

{also piping hot} BMW readies a 2-Series replacement . . . already?: The Spy Guy is repeatedly hearing that BMW’s next-generation 2-Series coupe is being prepped for a late 2016 arrival as a 2017 model. And what will the car actually look like? Well, the styling will reportedly remain similar to the current model, which was new for the 2015 model year, but the twodoor coupe will actually be smaller overall with the

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Surprise! The Ford GT is coming back: In case you missed your chance back in the mid ’00s, the Blue Oval automaker is same interior space. It will also shed a fair bit of weight bringing back the Ford GT. This move is part of a return to road— in the neighbourhood of 130 kilograms — thanks course racing that includes competing at the 24 Hours of LeMans to greater use of aluminum and carbon fibre. Oh, and in France where Ford first won that race nearly 50 years ago. the car will be powered by turbocharged three- and Where the previous GT used a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 to drive four-cylinder engines (depending on the model) from the rear wheels, the new GT has a 600-plus-horsepower 3.5-litre BMW’s Mini division and will be front-wheel-drive V6 from the “Ecoboost” family. Even better, the car is rendered in with all-wheel-drive optional. The Coupe will join carbon fibre and goes on sale in 2016. It will be a pretty penny, for the upcoming FWD/AWD X2 wagon as well as other sure, since the last car listed for close to $200,000.

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