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U of S group promotes gender equity in politics

Courtney Bowman (left) is communications director for Women in the Legislature, while Amanda Lindgren is executive director of the group (Photo by Joanne Paulson) Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express embers of Women in the Legislature (WIL) are heading to Regina for the fourth time from March 15 to 17 — and this year, they are taking men with them.

Amanda Lindgren, executive director of WIL, says the group’s goals are to raise awareness about the under-representation of women in politics, and to provide opportunities for students to learn more about political life and government in Saskatchewan. WIL is based on the University of Saskatchewan campus.

However, parity of representation means being inclusive, and everyone is welcome.

“It’s the position of our board that you don’t have to identify as female to be interested in equal representation, whether it’s the gender imbalance or other types of imbalances that might be in the legislature,” said Lindgren. “We definitely feel

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we need more of all types of people in the legislature. These young men are curious about what that might mean for them.”

WIL’s annual trip to the legislature this year includes 23 participants, two of them men, and features two full days of panels with MLAs and public servants.

“This year we’re meeting with some city councillors in Regina; we’re meeting with some deputy ministers. We’re trying to expose students to all the different types of careers that are out there in government in public life,” said Lindgren.

“We take a tour of the legislative assembly and attend question period. It’s right before budget time, so it should be an exciting time.

“We cap it all off with dinner at the Lieutenant-Governor’s house, Government House, in Regina. It’s a pretty packed two days.”

Lt.-Gov. Vaughn Solomon Schofield has been “very kind and supportive of our program,” Lindgren added. “She has

hosted us every year now, with a dinner where students get to interact with prominent females in government in Regina.

It’s more of a conversational opportunity to sit at a table with these women and see what they do.

“I definitely have found it inspirational to listen to her, and the other female leaders, speak about their experiences.”

WIL’s main focus is the annual Regina trip, but the group also plans other events.

At a recent event entitled Politics 101, the group invited U of S political science professor Charles Smith to speak.

In an interview, he said that any organization that promotes more gender equity in politics is “an excellent thing.”

“At the end of the day, without more representation of women at all levels of government, we’re doing a disservice to our democracy. In that sense, I think it’s a fabulous organization, something that can empower women at a relatively young age.”

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However, he did give the group some additional food for thought by asking if gender parity in representation is enough.

“Having institutions that are reflective of the population is the bare minimum for a society that calls itself just, or socially just,” said Smith. “All institutions of the public should reflect, at some level, the public that it’s serving. If it doesn’t, then the question is why? Those are hard questions to answer. “(But) is it enough to say, we want our reflective institution? Does that get to the problem of injustice?

“I argued in my speech to the WIL that it’s probably not enough. Oppression is much deeper than just representation. ...

“Would it be better to further women’s causes by electing socially just candidates regardless of gender? That’s an interesting question that doesn’t have easy answers.”

He illustrated his point by noting that the NDP has suggested universal child care, while the Conservatives have decided to allow for income-splitting to reduce family tax – a policy, it has been argued, that will benefit relatively few and mainly wealthy people.

“It will promote this socially Conservative idea that some partner in a family unit can stay home with children, and overwhelmingly research shows us that’s women,” said Smith.

By comparison, a national child care program would benefit all people, and offer them real choice, he said.

“That’s an interesting paradigm to think through. Does the NDP plan lead to more gender justice versus the Conservative one? And, if so, is it better to elect more NDP candidates regardless of gender?”

It is also important to ask if society is just promoting the advancement of middle-class women or middle-class white women.

“How do we empower indigenous women? How do we empower women of colour from immigrant communities? It could be several generations of being in Canada, but they are still under-represented,” said Smith.

The situation is improving, Smith added. For example, the premier of Ontario is an openly gay woman, which would have been unthinkable a few years ago.

The leaders of the other two Ontario parties are also women, which almost guarantees another woman premier for the province in the next election, he noted.

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Chip died in the line of duty

I interviewed Ed Friesen, owner of five Critters locations in Saskatoon, last week for a story on his company’s pet food drive, which supports three rescue groups in our city.

During our Editor conversation, Ed mentioned how his family has been breeding dogs for approximately 50 years, and how they used to train dogs for the RCMP, before the police service took over the task.

Ed told the story of one dog his family bred and trained — Chip. Ed said there is a memorial in Chip’s honour in Hope, B.C., where the police dog was killed on Sept. 13, 1996. Chip fought to his last breath to save his handler.

With permission from the Canadian Police Canine Association, here is the story of Chip’s last day in the service.

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onstable Doug Lewis, an 18year veteran of the RCMP and a canine handler for the past seven years, was off duty on Friday, Sept. 13, 1996.

He had been out exercising his canine partner Chip, a two-and-a-half-year old German Shepherd dog who had been Lewis’s partner for the past 18 months.

They were in Buckerfield’s Country Store in Chilliwack, B.C., buying a bag of dog food, when Lewis’s pager went off at 2 p.m. Lewis called in and learned that highway patrol in Hope was requesting a canine unit to track a suspect who had fled into the woods. Lewis paid for his purchase and rushed straight over.

Arriving 30 minutes later, Lewis was apprised of the situation by officers on scene — highway patrol had chased a car after the driver failed to pay for gas and ran a tollbooth near the town of Merritt. When officers pulled the car over, the driver – a male, 6-foot-1 and 235 pounds, apparently unarmed and clad in shorts and a T-shirt — was aggressive and highly confrontational. He resisted arrest and fled into the bush.

Because he was off duty at the time, Lewis was without his gun, radio, handcuffs and other equipment. But he knew the two members of the Emergency Response Team who would be his backup, and he trusted that they would look after him if need be. All Lewis and Chip had to do was locate the suspect — the ERT team would take care of the rest.

Lewis slipped the tracking harness over Chip’s head, attached the 20-footlong line, and headed into the bush with his backup close on his heels. The track led straight up the mountainside, the going was rough, and the ERT team soon fell behind. Twice, Lewis had to wait when they called for him to slow down.

The third time they called out, Lewis didn’t hear them.

Nose to the ground and pulling hard, Chip continued to follow the track through the dense brush. Three kilometres into the woods, the terrain levelled

Saskatoon-bred and trained police dog, Chip, will always be remembered in Hope, B.C. (Photo Supplied) out. Suddenly, Chip raised his head.

Following his partner’s gaze, Lewis spied a man hiding behind a tree. Lewis commanded his dog to attack.

But as Chip latched onto the man’s left arm, Lewis saw, to his horror, that in his right hand the man was brandishing a knife. Before Lewis could react, the suspect plunged the knife into Chip’s neck, severing his jugular vein. As the man withdrew the knife and moved to stab Chip again, Lewis dropped the leash and rushed to the aid of his canine partner. The suspect reacted, and turned his fury on the unarmed officer. Chip, dragging his leash behind him, circled behind his handler and then leapt at the suspect again — inadvertently wrapping the leash around Lewis’s legs.

Violently swinging the knife, the suspect knocked the hobbled officer to the ground and began stabbing him in the face, arms and neck. Frantic to protect his master, Chip lunged repeatedly, biting at the attacker and even at his own handler in the confusion as the two men wrestled for control of the knife.

Fighting for his life, Lewis managed to wrench the knife out of his attacker’s grip. Through the blood and sweat running into his eyes, he caught a glimpse of Chip standing off to the side, glassy eyed and bleeding heavily. It would be the last time he saw his partner alive.

The fight continued for several minutes, with the suspect punching and stabbing the officer. Lewis continued to yell for his backup, hoping they would come to his rescue, but to no avail. Finally, the suspect gave up — he walked over to where Chip was lying motionless on the ground, cut off the dog’s leash, then fled into the woods.

Lewis immediately turned his attention to Chip, but the dog’s eyes were glassed over and he wasn’t moving.

Knowing it was too late, Lewis nonethe-

less removed his T-shirt and tried to stop the bleeding. As he cradled his partner’s head, Chip let out a gasp — and he was gone.

Exhausted from the fight and going into shock from the heavy loss of blood, Lewis stumbled through the woods, heading towards the sound of the distant highway. Twenty minutes later, he staggered out onto the road and flagged down a passing car.

A massive manhunt was launched, with 30 police officers, seven canine units and the RCMP helicopter searching for the suspect. Five hours later, RCMP Corp. George Beattie and his police service dog caught up with the man, and placed him under arrest.

Lewis had suffered nine stab wounds to his face, arms and chest, requiring more than 50 stitches. Nevertheless, he was back at work in two weeks’ time, training with his new canine partner. “It was hard to get another dog,” he said at the time. “Chip was a phenomenal dog. I think of him often.”

Touched by the police dog’s bravery and loyalty to his handler, the citizens of Hope erected a monument in Chip’s honour. Carved out of wood, it depicts a dog standing on a mountainside. A plaque mounted on the base reads: “This carving has been erected in the lasting memory of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Service Dog Chip, killed in the line of duty near Hope, British Columbia, September 13, 1996, while protecting his partner and friend, Cst. Doug Lewis.”

The suspect, Robert John Petrus of Campbell River, was charged with the attempted murder of Cst. Lewis. He never stood trial, having been found not criminally responsible due to mental illness (he had been off his medication at the time of the attack). Under current provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada, Petrus could not be charged with killing Chip.

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Working to put healthy food on tables Yvonne Hanson is CHEP’s executive director (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express here are citizens in Saskatoon who don’t have access to healthy food, but a local organization is working to change that.

The mission of CHEP Good Food Inc. is to work with children, families and communities “to improve access to good food and promote food security.”

That mission resonates with the Artists Against Hunger group, which will present its 24th annual art auction on March 14 at TCU Place. Dozens of pieces created by local artists will be auctioned off in silent and live auction events, with proceeds earmarked for CHEP. The evening will begin with cocktails and viewing at 5 p.m., with dinner to take place at 6 p.m. and the live auction to follow.

“Because of who CHEP is, we emphasize local food as much as possible within the dinner menu,” said Yvonne Hanson, CHEP’s executive director.

“We’re looking at bringing food in from different locally sourced producers.”

Artist Sharon Alvarado, chair of the Artists Against Hunger committee, said the group started 25 years ago by raising

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money for Saskatoon’s food bank. The group has since supported the Friendship Inn and CHEP through its annual art action. Artists Against Hunger was formed when Alvarado and her ex-husband, artist Hugo Alvarado, noticed their son was coming home hungry from kindergarten.

“He’d come home and he was always starving when he got home. He was just hungry, and we found out that he was giving his lunch away because he said there were kids in school that didn’t have any lunch because there was nothing to bring,” she said.

“That’s where we started raising money for the food bank, and that’s how it all started — and we just kept on going.”

Alvarado said the 2015 art auction marks the third year the group will raise money for CHEP. “We chose CHEP because they have the milk program for the kids in the schools, and they try to (make) good food available to people who don’t have a lot of money.

That’s what we’re all about.”

Hanson the art auction is an “artistfriendly” event, with the artists receiving the entire auction price and then donating

at least 50 per cent of it back to CHEP. That means both the organization and the artists will benefit, she said.

“They need support, too, to do what they love to do. It’s a mutually beneficial event for both the artists and for the organization that is getting the proceeds,” she said.

“All of the artwork is juried by the Artists Against Hunger group, so it’s very high quality. They really emphasize that they want to work with established artists to ensure that the bar is fairly high on the artwork that is being provided.”

Hanson said the art auction is CHEP’s major annual fundraiser. It helps support CHEP’s programs and the organization’s vision of making nutritious food available to those who need it.

“CHEP does a lot of programs. One of our largest programs is the school nutrition program, which essentially feeds hungry kids in schools with both a breakfast and a lunch program,” said Hanson.

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basis, according to CHEP’s website. As part of its Milk Matters program, CHEP delivered more than 6,500 four-litre jugs of milk to local elementary schools during an eight-month period in 2013.

While children are a focus for CHEP, other people in the community benefit from the organization’s work as well. For example, CHEP offers the Good Food Box program, which provides high-quality, fresh foods at an affordable price to families that order the boxes. CHEP also holds community markets in schools, community centres and at the University of Saskatchewan, while its seniors’ markets target elderly residents living in seniors’ complexes.

“Typically those vegetables and fruits are subsidized a bit to make it more affordable for folks,” Hanson said.

CHEP also supports urban agriculture through its community garden network and its backyard gardening program, which links gardeners without garden space with those homeowners who have space to share.

Through its collective kitchens, CHEP tries “to teach Saskatonians how to cook better and improve their ability to be more food secure,” Hanson said. In addition, there’s a cooking program for Grade 4 students, an infant nutrition program and other initiatives. CHEP’s work is done with seven full-time and eight part-time staff.

CHEP’s work is important because food insecurity continues to be a problem in Saskatoon, said Hanson. A contributing factor is that increasing housing costs have forced some people to cut back on food, she said.

“There are people that are going hungry — substantial numbers of people that are going hungry, actually. We know this; the food bank would know this. Other services in the downtown core would know this.”

Hanson said the issue isn’t only about hunger, but also about food quality.

“At CHEP, we don’t look at food as something that just fills the belly. It has to be nutritionally sound. It has to be sourced ethically. We want to make sure that people are eating healthy food, because we feel that’s one of the parts where, upstream, you’re going to have a lot of health complications if you don’t address food security,” she said.

“We try to really emphasize that point time and time again — it’s not just about filling bellies. And the motto of our organization is we are not a hand out; we’re a hand up. We believe that by giving people the resources and by giving them the skills, they will take care of themselves.”

Tickets to the March 14 Artists Against Hunger 24th annual art auction are $100 per person or $700 for a table of eight.

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Ed Lukowich recently released a book on his theory of the universe (Photo Supplied)

Ed Lukowich

From curling champion to sci-fi author Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express d Lukowich developed a passion for curling and a love of reading in the 1950s when he was growing up on a farm just a couple of miles from tiny Speers, Sask.

As a curler, Lukowich is widely regarded as one of the best-ever throwers. On the ice, he was Cool Hand Luke through and through. He is a two-time Brier champion (1978, 1986) and a world champion (1986), and he represented Canada at the 1988 Olympics, where curling was a demonstration sport. He spent nine years as the Olympic coach for USA Curling. He has been a broadcaster and an innovator.

But there is another side to Lukowich.

“During harvest time or whenever we were working, my dad usually had two of us out there working on the farm at the same time,” he said from his home in Calgary. “And whenever I wasn’t on the

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tractor or the combine or driving the truck, I was reading sci-fi books. I loved them when I was a kid. There weren’t a whole lot of sci-fi writers a way back then, but there were a few.

“I read all sorts of things back then. I was a real reader. Sometimes I used to read a novel a day. But I really found a love for sci-fi. I read it all the way through university at the U of S (University of Saskatchewan). I always read sci-fi. It was just a hobby of mine.”

In the 1980s, Lukowich wrote four books on curling. It inspired him to write more, but not about curling. How about a science fiction novel? And how about a book detailing his theory of the universe?

Why not?

“I always kept reading sci-fi. And then, in the 1990s, I started to read more of the science and astronomy magazines associated with space and the universe. So I really got a real reading bug at that time to learn

more. At that time, I started to disbelieve the Big Bang theory.”

He’s not talking the Big Bang that occurs when a Kevin Koe rock hits other curling stones.

“I decided to write my first book as a novel and titled it The Trillionist, with a sprinkling of my universe theories in it.

But it is really based upon a novel with storybook characters based on a young man and woman who live on another planet and discover universe secrets to save their planet. I tried to keep quite a bit of my theory out of it. I didn’t want to load it down with theory, because it is a novel.”

Lukowich wrote The Trillionist under the name Sagan Jeffries. He wanted to distance himself from his curling persona and honour a person who inspired him.

“Carl Sagan was my hero in the 1980s.

There was a show on TV called Cosmos

by Carl Sagan. And his book, Contact, was a favourite one of mine, and was made into a movie by Jodie Foster. He really got me inspired to read a lot more of these astronomy books and a lot of the science books and astrophysics books.”

The Jeffries part came from having a couple of cousins named Jeff, although there is a cooler story.

“I tell people it is from the Jefferies Tube in Star Trek on the Enterprise space ship.”

He thought he would use the name for his writing career. But when he decided to release his theory of the universe, he thought he better own up to it. Trillion Years Universe Theory was released six months ago.

“It’s my universe theory, different than Big Bang, saying the universe is much older, like a trillion years old, rather than the 13.7 (billion years ago) the Big Bang says.

“I never believed our universes came from this matter exploding as the Big Bang says. The Big Bang you can basically explain in 13 seconds. It was this glob of matter and it exploded all over the universe and formed into the planets and stars and our solar system. And I never believed that.

“I slowly started to build my own theory where our universe started small and, over a trillion years, grew to the huge size which it is today.”

Then he paused.

“So I know this is very, very deep coming from a curler,” he said with a laugh.

He hasn’t taken on any scientists yet, but knows that day will likely come. He welcomes it.

“The biggest success will be when somebody really trashes this thing for me.

Because you need that, too. On the other hand, I really need a few people to say, ‘I’ve read this and I really like it, and I like your ideas.’ ”

He said his theory of the universe is complex, but he has written it as simply as possible.

“Everything I have ever read about other theory books always has a ton of formulas and astrophysics formulas that I can’t understand. So I tried to write this in quite a simplistic way. It is a fairly long theory about the age of our universe, how it started, how it grew and what made it grow, how it formed into solar systems, how it formed into galaxies and why it grew to this enormous size. It does cover a whole gamut of subjects. It is a long theory, but I think it has to be long. I don’t think you can explain our universe in 13 seconds.”

With his 70th birthday sneaking up in 2016, Lukowich is curling once a week in Calgary with some buddies. He is having a blast, he said.

He has theories on the future of curling.

Theories of evolution?

“I think all us older guys, when we are retired from curling, we watch it and go, ‘Oh that’s easy,’ and we get out there and it’s not quite that easy. Curling has changed a lot; the ice is so fantastic nowadays. I think curling is looking right now for the next thing that can happen.”

He said changing the dimensions of the playing surface is one possibility.

“I think there is an opportunity here, with arena curling – not necessarily curling clubs, because they are a standard size.

There are a lot of crazy ideas that could be tried – longer sheets, bigger rings, a longer distance between the house and the hogline, not necessarily for sliding, but for a longer area of play, so you can play a longer guard.

“To me a wasteland is the area between the back of the house and the hack.

I think it is a five-foot wasteland and you could certainly move the rings two feet closer to the hack and nothing would be hurt. And that would make your sheet four feet longer. There are a few things you can do to increase the area of play, and I think curling is going to have to look at that. The game is so proficient that you want to give these guys a more difficult test.”

The conversation returned to Lukowich’s writing — he has a third book coming out soon —and his theory of the universe.

“I’m just trying to change our perspective of our look at the universe, and it’s probably crazy that this comes from a curler. On the other hand, it’s just a person with a view of what our universe is. I guess that could be anybody.”

For more information on Lukowich’s books, visit trillionist.com. They can be purchased in paperback or as eBooks.

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Only 20 per cent of MLAs are female

(Continued from page 1) ourtney Bowman, communications director for WIL, agrees with Smith that the goals are wider than just seeing more female faces in the halls of power.

“Having women in the legislature is just one part of the pie,” she said.

“There’s still muchDarlene more to be done in DC20090.C09

terms of minority representation and indigenous representation. There’s a lot to be overcome in terms of overcoming societal narratives in terms of what women can accomplish . . . in terms of gender roles and having women reaching even every day potential.”

Neither is equal representation about identifying a statistic that would demon-

strate parity, said Lindgren.

“This is my personal view, but for me it’s not necessarily about statistics, although I would like the statistics to be better than they are.

“I think women in Canada have come a long, long way, absolutely, but it’s 2015 and we have 20 per cent female representation in the Saskatchewan legislature.

“I do think we can do better than that.

What I would like to see is reaching parity, near parity . . . some semblance of equity in the legislature between the genders and between people from just one walk of life or background, or level of ability.

“Equal representation doesn’t just mean 50 per cent women, 50 per cent men.”

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City needs to synchronize lights on 22nd Street Question: Does the City City administration. The main have any plans to synchroissue is the long delays at level nize traffic signals on 22nd crossings. There are regulations Street West? About a year ago that limit the time a train can the City put up several new be stopped on a level crossing. pedestrian crosswalk signals I think it is five minutes. But that turn on demand by the there are no rules governing the pedestrian. This completely length of time a train can block throws off the traffic flow a level crossing if it is moving when vehicles come to the and that includes shunting. So next light. Why can’t these we have agreed to set up this new pedestrian signals only committee to investigate this come on in sequence with the Ask the Mayor and find solutions that work for other traffic lights along that both residents and the railways. street to allow good traffic Fire Chief Dan Paulsen has flow, rather than activate on instant done a wonderful job on this issue. He is demand? working with the administration now and collecting data. We have the technology Mayor Atchison: That’s a very internow that allows the City to measure the esting question. It seems the City traffic time of the delays. Whenever the crossdepartment has not tied in the activated ing lights come on at a level crossing, a pedestrian signals to the other lights on signal is sent to a computer that measures 22nd Street West. There may be a substantial cost to make that happen. But it is the length of time the lights are on. So we certainly an interesting question and I will know precisely how long that train blocked that crossing on that day and time. So far pass this information along to the traffic the results are not good. We have seen department for their consideration.

Keep in mind this is about safety. There blockages of up to 47 minutes in our recent measurements in the Montgomery neighwas talk about putting up fences to keep bourhood. I don’t think that is acceptable. I people from crossing the street. But that don’t think anyone else does. This inforseems very drastic. There should be a free flow of people, but it must be in a safe man- mation will be part of our discussion with ner and the pedestrian-activated crosswalks CN and CP. Safety and security are a big concern. seem to be working in that area. Since the opening of Circle Drive South Bridge, there In Montgomery, for example, when there is an emergency response, the fire has been a substantial reduction in traffic along 22nd Street. The semis are gone and department sends three trucks from three even vehicle traffic has been reduced. This different halls so they are coming from has created a better quality of life for people three different directions. It’s because they are not sure if a level crossing is living in the neighbourhood.

Question: Where are you in terms of blocked.

This month we were at an important trying to reduce rail traffic travelling through the city and causing long waits Rail Safety Working Group meeting in and potentially dangerous situations at Ottawa representing Canada’s big cities.

We shared our plans and our statistics with level crossings?

Mayor Atchison: City council has giv- that group. This issue is not just a Sasen the go-ahead to form a committee made katoon concern, but a concern all across JW15180.C09 James the country. We also met with Transport up of representatives from CN, CP and

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Minister Lisa Raitt, who has been very good on this file. She is very engaged and very knowledgeable. We also met with the president of CN and several of his vicepresidents. This is a complicated issue, but I am hopeful we can find a solution that is good for everyone.

Question: As Mayor of Saskatoon, do you receive a Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP) from the City?

Mayor Atchison: I do not and never have.

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Stabbing symptom of bigger problem

n Friday, Feb. 13, Saskasuffering the effects of addiction toon resident Kelly Lutz and/or mental illness, doing the had a no-good, awful, same across the street at The Lighthouse, maybe what hapvery bad day – to say the least. pened to Lutz was inevitable.

Lutz, an accountant and But blaming The Lighthouse partner at the Virtus Group, for the problems, not only on the departed his Second Avenue ofcorner of Second Avenue and fice at 5 p.m., as he would any 20th Street, but in downtown other Friday, looking forward Saskatoon, is like a farmer blamto the Valentine’s Day weekend ing one specific hopper car on ahead with his wife and teenone specific train for the fact his aged daughters.

Columnist grain wasn’t delivered to China To make their celebration on time. It’s just not that easy. just that little bit more special, True, The Lighthouse is a significantly he decided to stop at downtown Saskalarge facility that offers many vital services toon’s Scotiabank Galaxy Cinemas, just up the street from where he works, to buy to individuals dealing with homelessness or a couple of gift certificates to tuck into his any other number of the chronic epidemics I mentioned above. The sheer size of girls’ Valentine’s Day cards.

That decision changed Lutz’s life forev- the building, coupled with its location and er, and the ripple effect may finally spark services, means it draws a lot of people in the change that absolutely needs to happen crisis. As I sit here writing this, in my warm home with the windchill dipping to – 40 C in the heart of this city’s downtown. outside, The Lighthouse is likely delivering Crossing Second Avenue around 5:30 one if its primary goals: to ensure anybody p.m., in broad daylight, with hundreds of who doesn’t enjoy the same luxuries as I do people around, Lutz was viciously and doesn’t freeze to death tonight. randomly attacked by a knife-wielding The Lighthouse, the building for which stranger. After ignoring the man’s initial attempts to summon his attention — which was generously donated by its former basically seemed like the aggressive, often owner, isn’t going anywhere. But for arguintimidating solicitation so many of us have ment’s sake, tell me where would you rather it be located. Evergreen? River Heights? experienced in downtown Saskatoon — The Willows? I’m guessing homeowners Lutz jogged across the street and towards the theatre doors. Lutz felt the man run up in those neighbourhoods wouldn’t exactly behind him. Then, the man plunged a knife jump on that.

Or maybe 20th Street? Oh no, wait, into Lutz’s back four times. we’re still revelling in the gentrified Lutz went down on his knees on the sidewalk outside the theatre doors, raising preciousness of what’s happening on that his hand to defend himself from the crazed street, so that wouldn’t do at all.

I don’t need to bang the drum for endattacker’s fifth attempt to stab him — ing homelessness — better people than though, at this point, Lutz thought he had me are working much harder than we’ll just been punched. They say that is what ever understand. The rest of us know it’s getting stabbed feels like — a feeling I’m guessing most of us wouldn’t expect to get a goal, and we also know how monolithic the obstacles are between where we are familiar with on a sunny, crowded Friday and success. The Lighthouse serves as one afternoon in downtown Saskatoon. cog in the machine that is both trying to As you can imagine, chaos ensued.

People screamed, ran away from Lutz and, support and resolve the problem, which is a conundrum in itself. thankfully, many more ran towards him.

The real question here is why Lutz’s Cue the ambulances, police officers and, alleged attacker was where he was that day, notably, the brave bystanders, including in the frame of mind he was in, and the list a waitress and nursing student named Maggie from nearby Fionn McCool’s, who of people and organizations to hold responsible for that is a mile long. Of course he rushed to Lutz’s aid as he lay stunned, cheek-down on the frozen sidewalk, star- was on probation, so I’d love to meet the probation officer who assessed his probabiling at the growing pool of his own blood ity to reoffend. The justice system, social running out from underneath him. services, the Saskatoon Police Service, the Miraculously, Lutz survived. Can you corrections system, the City of Saskatoon, imagine? One stab wound is all it takes to kill someone — in seconds. Look no further the accused’s family, the accused himself, than the dozens of stabbing deaths in Saska- Cineplex — there isn’t enough room in this toon over the years — the wrong angle, the column to list the agencies who failed.

For us, the immediate issue is public wrong spot, a few millimetres this way or that means the difference between life and safety — how do we make sure what Kelly Lutz endured isn’t for naught, and how do death. Lutz survived four of them. we prevent it again?

When he chose to tell his story, it was Well, on that I am looking at both clear Lutz wanted more than just sensationalism, though it truly was a sensational, The Lighthouse and Cineplex. The preshorrific thing that happened to him. We’ve ence of uniformed security on the corner, all be there — headed into the theatre, and simply because of the sheer volume of people moving through the area, might go someone approaches asking for cigarettes a long way to deter unnecessary aggresor cash. Sometimes they ask nicely, and sion and solicitation. Both organizations sometimes your rejection of their request share this burden, and I sincerely hope that is met with “OK, have a nice day.” But, they get together and come up with a solusometimes the request is not so nice, and tion that works for everyone. your denial is met with aggression and As for Lutz, his physical injuries have abuse. In Lutz’s case, what he thought was healed, but the invisible ones have yet one of those solicitations quickly turned to surface. All of the organizations that into anybody’s worst nightmare.

With more than a million people stream- played a role in his attack owe to him, and ing through those theatre doors (according to all of us, proof that they are taking it seriously and, more importantly, taking to Cineplex) every year, and thousands action. of people, often vulnerable people, often

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Group provides forum for Canadians to talk Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express o you have a wish for Canada?

Canada 300 is providing a forum for you to have your say.

It is the brainchild of Duncan McIntosh, artistic director, “bottlewasher and floor cleaner” at Watermark Theatre in North Rustico, Prince Edward Island. A combination of theatrical presentation and community consultation, Canada 300 will land in Saskatoon this week, including a public event on Friday, March 13, from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Ballroom at the Confederation Inn. Go to canada300.ca to register.

The idea for Canada 300 came to McIntosh through his experiences at the theatre at North Rustico.

“We started doing plays here . . . and noticed when we were doing plays that people liked to go out on the deck and look out over the ocean and talk about the ideas within the plays. It helps that we’re licensed,” he added with a laugh.

Last year, Watermark and its patrons spent a lot of time talking about the country’s 150th anniversary and the conversations that began Canada in Charlottetown, said McIntosh. That planted the seed for Canada 300, a vehicle to get people talking about Canada, where we are today and where we could be in 150 years.

McIntosh was hoping to generate a conversation “longer than a 24-hour news cycle or a three-minute sound bite” that discussed the hopes and dreams for a life to come. After a great deal of fundraising, Canada 300 was born, and it is now on the road to 21 communities.

In each community, “we go and find 150 community builders, and we invite them to come to this event,” said McIntosh. “They come into the room . . . and we ask them to bring with them a wish for Canada. Then we are welcomed by an elder and welcomed by a youth, and we get people to express their wish for Canada.

“So far we’ve found this part of the conversation has been very well thought out. It’s quite presentational. It comes from their experience of life.

“Then we go in and see these plays — these very, very short plays that we’ve commissioned. They go on for about an hour. When that is finished we break up into small groups of about 10 people or so and we discuss the ideas that have been stimulated.

“Much like on our deck here, we find the conversation is deeper, it’s softer, it’s more wide-ranging; it feels like people are more predisposed to listen to each other,

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Brian Kendall will be on Dragons’ Den on March 18 (Photo Supplied)

It was in the stars that city man would appear on Dragons’ Den Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express rian Kendall had a couple of strikes against him when he made his pitch in the Dragons’ Den. At the time of the taping, his consulting business — Sun Sign Solutions — had no sales. Having those is pretty much a prerequisite for being on CBC’s popular show. And he was pitching an astrology chart he developed to help people understand and empower relationships. Astrology is not a science likely to impress crusty old — or young — Dragons.

“I felt with astrology one in five people are interested in it. That is what I felt happened,” Kendall said. “There was not much interest from some and a little bit of interest from the others. I thought it went good. The producer said it went good, considering I had no sales. They always say don’t come on without sales.”

He was asked if he felt he was going to be a whipping boy for the judges.

“Of course,” he said with a boisterous laugh, “with it being astrology and no sales. I went there with a piece of cardboard with my matching system. So that’s all I had on the show.”

He said he clearly wowed producers at the first audition.

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about 30 seconds, said, ‘Is this a setup?

Did somebody give you the information and it’s a prank on me?’ ” They gave Kendall a couple of other birthdays and he felt he nailed them.

Three weeks later he received confirmation that he would be on the Den. Leading up to his pitch, which was made in April 2014, Kendall said he was in regular contact with the producers.

They helped him get ready for his five minutes of fame. In hindsight, he doesn’t agree with the advice one producer provided.

“Basically my strength is ‘give me a birthday, say April 7, and I tell them in 12 seconds, here’s your personality.’ Bing.

Boom. Bang. The advice was do the pitch and don’t read their charts, which is my specialty. So I took that advice, which I think was a bit of a mistake. My speciality is convincing people to want to know more.”

Since recording the show, Kendall said he has done celebrity readings/consultations. One celebrity endorsing him is Athena Kottak from the Slice TV show Ex Wives of Rock. Kottak is the sister of Motley Crue dummer Tommy Lee. The episode including Kendall will be aired on CBC on March 18 at 8 p.m.

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rather than just vent.

“Someone in Corner Brook (at a Canada 300 event) said . . . ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we made a plan in our country where not a day would go by where not a single child would be hungry in Canada?

How could we do that?’

“That’s what I mean by deeper and softer and wider ranging.”

On the second day of a Canada 300 event, the wider public is welcomed, with the model for the evening very similar to the invited guest event: presentation of wishes, theatrical presentations to spur conversation and follow-up conversation.

McIntosh is hoping 150 people will attend the public event.

“That’s a good number to get the conversation going with. Our stage is in the middle of the room, and that’s an interesting thing, too. You can enjoy the plays. . . .

But you can also see the people across the way watching it, so the sense of community is enhanced.”

Saskatoon factors quite significantly in the Canada 300 presentations and guidance. Three of the nine plays were written

by Saskatoon artists Natasha Martina and Gordon Portman, Andrea Ledding and Yvette Nolan. Canada 300 has also been guided by a circle of elders, including “guiding light” Maria Campbell, said McIntosh.

“There’s a lot of Saskatoon connection.”

The goals of Canada 300 are both immediate and future-seeking, added McIntosh.

“We’re going to have a better country if we talk to each other . . . and from time to time listen to each other. We need to hear each other. We’re not doing that very well right now. That would be one goal.

“Another goal is to understand that if we hear stories about ourselves, if we contemplate stories of our own existence, (we) develop a wider-ranging understanding of the country we live in.”

All of the events will be filmed and placed online. Highlights from some of the events can already be found on the website.

“The end result is we are going to put all the conversations and the people who participate in a book, and put it inside the walls of Province House (in Charlottetown), which is undergoing renovation,” said McIntosh. “We’re going to seal it up in there. We will ask the people of the leg to open it on our 300th birthday and read the book of hopes and dreams from 150 years ago. It’s a message to our descendants.”

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said he is more suited to stage acting, “which is terrible, in a way, because there’s way more money in screen acting.” However, the stage allows Cole to be more expressive and connect with a crowd.

“In screen acting, you can’t move your face. You can’t move around. On stage, you’re able to leap about and use your body and use your facial expressions and speak loud and be big. There’s also, of course, the relationship with the audience — particularly in comedy. There’s the chemistry that everyone in the building will feel when things are going well and the audience is laughing and having a good time.”

Cole is happy to be back on the Persephone Theatre stage, where he previously appeared in A History of Breathing. He has also previously worked with Surjik, Persephone’s artistic director. Cole said Surjik is one of his favourite directors.

“He is unflappable and kind and generous and, I think, particularly inventive. He worked for a number of years at Pi Theatre in Vancouver, and they were known for staging pieces in sort of fascinating ways,” he said.

Cole is enjoying his time in Saskatoon, noting the city’s friendly people. When asked about the local arts scene, he replied that, “per capita, Saskatoon’s got it way better over Vancouver.”

“It’s a real challenge in Vancouver to get audiences to the theatre because there’s so many other things for them to do — and

Ted Cole stars in Persephone Theatre’s presentation of Vigil (Photo Supplied) people move to Vancouver to go hiking and paddle boarding and swimming, so certain cultural events are not paramount on their mind. Whereas here, I think, people are way more interested in sort of the human condition and sort getting out of the house and going to see something.”

Vigil runs from March 11 to March 29.

Tickets are $25 to $38, and can be purchased online at persephonetheatre.org or by calling the Persephone Theatre box office at 306384-7727.

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should hurry things up a little bit. I think it’s the sort of thing that a lot of people maybe have felt like saying in their own lives, but just wouldn’t dare — and this character has no filter. He just blurts things out.”

Cole said Panych’s plays “aren’t like other plays,” and that appeals to him.

“You hear that there’s maybe seven stories in the world and they just get kind of changed and repeated throughout history — stories of revenge, stories of love, what have you. But this story in itself is quite different; I don’t know of any other play where somebody kind of examines this experience of waiting for someone to die. So it’s really fresh material.”

When asked about the challenges of performing in a two-person play, Cole said it’s actually less challenging than working with a big cast. With a larger cast, you need to connect with numerous actors every night; with a two-person show, you only need to connect with one.

“You establish a rapport and a chemistry quite easily that you don’t have to shift from character to character,” he said.

“And Jane Redlyon, who is playing the character of Grace, I mean she’s a great actor.

She’s been around for ages. She’s got quite a history here in Saskatoon; I guess she did quite a number of shows at Persephone in the past, and she’s had a history at Stratford.

It’s just great to work with an actress of that calibre.”

In addition to stage acting, Cole has experience working in film and television. He has appeared in TV shows such as 21 Jump Street, MacGyver, The X-Files, Supernatural and Fringe, and in movies such as Scary Movie, Santa Clause 2 and The Watchmen.

He has also voiced hundreds of cartoons and appeared in thousands of improv shows with Vancouver TheatreSports League.

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“That’s my ambition, anyway,” he said.

The award-winning Canadian dark comedy tells the story of a man who quits his job to sit at the bedside of his dying aunt, only to realize that his aunt isn’t passing on any time soon.

“It’s been done all over the world, it’s been translated into a dozen languages, it’s from a Prairie writer who’s about as famous as a Canadian playwright can get, and it’s never been done here before,” said Cole, when asked why people should see the show.

Cole, a Vancouver resident, is in Saskatoon working on the two-actor play, which is being directed by Del Surjik. Cole plays the nephew Kemp, while Jane Redlyon takes on the role of his aunt, Grace.

Cole describes Kemp as “a bit of a selfcentred little jerk.”

“He gets a little impatient after a while, so that’s sort of the basis of the story,” he said.

Renowned Canadian playwright Morris Panych — a playwright with whom Cole is very familiar — wrote the play. In addition to having worked together numerous times, Cole and Panych are in-laws. Cole said Panych confided to him that the character of Kemp is largely based on himself.

“I have a pretty intimate relationship with Morris, as far as I married his sister about 21 years ago. So I like to joke that I’ve been studying the character for 23 years now,” Cole said.

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City council’s goals need to be realistic

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ture. And the 2015 proposed he only thing missing increase of more than seven from city council’s per cent was whittled down list of goals is world to more than five per cent peace. I suspect even our by deferring spending rather civic sages are smart enough than cutting it. to realize the impossibility I was dumbfounded by of engaging the Russian desthe goal to “maintain the pot Putin or the ISIS jihadkey city infrastructure at an ists in a rousing chorus of annual ‘B’ service level.”

John Lennon’s iconic song, If “key city infrastructure” Give Peace a Chance. means roadways or underPoet Robert Browning Columnist ground water and sewer wrote that “a man’s reach infrastructure, snow clearshould exceed his grasp,” ing/removal and the like, then I think defining that goals are necessary to achievement. Successful and ambitious over the last several years the public has already loudly voiced its disconpeople generally establish goals for tent with this goal. And council is not their future. Corporate entities create listening. If “A” level service means teams of ambitious people to create better maintenance but at a higher cost, corporate goals to the benefit of their then the goal of holding the line on tax shareholders. To some degree we all increases at or below the municipal set big or small goals, be it to pay off the mortgage, save for a car, clean the price index is lost.

Our council is fixated on the landfill basement or garage by spring, fix the and wants to divert 70 per cent of fence or lose weight. waste. While we should all be conWhile I applaud council for goal cerned, no one addresses how this setting, I’m not so sure having town will happen. We have recycling now, hall meetings to engage the public but clearly all the glass is not being for feedback has much value outside recycled. Where is it going? Is it being of giving residents an opportunity to vent. Less than one-quarter of one per diverted to another landfill and, if so, are we really saving the environment? cent of the city’s population showed up to participate in this endeavor, and We can expect that we will expand our backyard bin collection with comit appeared that their concerns were isolated to a single issue or a group in- post containers, along with a user fee. terest, rather than the bigger city-wide Where will the compost go? And will picture. It was unreasonable to expect the fees we pay for these services be considered in the three-per-cent tax the public would come out in mass in the bitter cold of winter. That, coupled increase goal? If you hive off services previously covered by your property with public cynicism towards elected tax and create a mandated user fee, bodies, would explain the relatively isn’t that still tax? low turnout for these events. And the The City’s goal is to ensure that results of these gatherings should not 25 per cent of development over a be construed as representative of a five-year average takes place in infill city-wide perspective.

There is nothing wrong with ambi- neighbourhoods, which translates into tious goals. But if politicians want the older established areas bordering the city core. However, community assopublic to embrace their goals, they should temper them with realism. In re- ciations representing residents in these viewing the published targets, it seems areas are already at loggerheads with like some goals conflict with others. By developers about guidelines on infill example, one goal is to keep city debt projects. The residents want stricter at $1,750 per capita. Based on a popu- controls on infill projects and the lation of 250,000, that would mean the developers want less control. This City goal is only reached if the developers goal is a debt of about $437 million.

Well, according to earlier reports, our win this battle.

The frightening goal is to double the city debt is already at $373 million, and on the horizon are the new bridges, city population within a few decades. a civic operation centre, multi-million- Over the last decade of the boom, dollar interchanges, land development, Saskatoon experienced a population explosion. With it came higher taxes water/sewer treatment plants, sports and debt, traffic chaos, higher housing and leisure facilities, fire halls and and rental prices and increased cost of libraries – and the list goes on. Much living. We have more leisure facilities of the current debt is amortized over 20 or 30 years and will not be quickly but fewer users, quite possibly due to repaid. And with the recent increase in higher usage fees. I’m not opposed the City’s debt ceiling to $558 million, to city growth, but such rapid growth generally comes with haphazard planhow does the public accept this as an ning. And lest anyone thinks that such honest goal? growth would mean we would benefit Another goal is to keep the annual from an economy of scale, please property-tax increase at or below the remember with every whopping tax municipal price index (about three increase the mayor has lectured that it per cent). How I wish council’s reach would exceed their grasp on this goal. costs money to grow the city.

The most important public feedback With the current and planned debt and increasing operating costs, is it a realis- council will receive will come on electic goal? Hell, in 2014 we got a special tion day in 2016. As they reach for the three-per-cent increase over and above sky, they would do well to remember a four-per-cent-plus tax hike just to re- what “lofty” goals did to Icarus. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com habilitate decayed roadway infrastruc-

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Ed Friesen says Critters’ pet food drive will now be year round (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Critters, customers provide pet food for rescue groups Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express d Friesen credits the generosity of his customers for the large donations of food being made to three pet rescue groups in Saskatoon.

Friesen, owner of the five Critters Pet Health Stores in Saskatoon, said his family believes strongly in giving back to the pet community, and doing it in a healthy way.

“We have the cream of the crop for customers, so we are very fortunate that way,” Friesen said of the pet food drives.

“We can’t do it ourselves.”

What has been a series of monthly food drives will now be ongoing drives throughout the year, he said.

“We have always done pet food drives, but have changed our focus this year in a way not to take away from the pet food drive, but how we get the drive going. This year what we are doing is people can buy as little as one pound — and one pound costs $2 for the customer. So if they wish to buy something for the rescues, they can do it for as little as $2. If they want to pay for 50 pounds, they can do that, too.”

Each of those pounds will be matched

by Critters. In the past two years, approximately 16,000 pounds of food has been donated. He said manufacturers such as Satori and Boka also participate by dropping their prices on food destined for rescue groups.

“We are doing it throughout the year now,” he said of the drive. “Customers can come in any time of the month, any day of the year and buy food. Therefore it is a more steady flow of food to the rescues.

Before, they were getting all the food all at once and for the remaining portion of the year they weren’t getting anything.”

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The local rescues benefitting from the campaign are New Hope Dog Rescue, Size Small Rescue and SCAT Street Cat Rescue.

“We are a local company and support the local rescues. For us that is very important, because we tend to promote rescues. If you are looking for a pet, you can get a very nice pet out of the rescues.

“What a lot of the rescues are doing these days is fostering out their dogs.

When you go to adopt a dog, you have a pretty good feeling whether it is good with children, good with cats if it is a dog and vice versa, or if there are any aggression issues when there is food in front of them.

All these things are brought to the attention of the potential person adopting the dog.”

Friesen said the food going to the rescues is top quality.

“We emphasize the ingredients on all of our products. When we bring in a product, it’s not because it’s popular, it’s because it is healthy.

“We tend to talk about our ingredients on our biscuits and our foods and everything we stock and the safety aspect of our toys. That’s what sets us apart from the rest. And it’s been good to do it that way.

It’s all about the health and the welfare of the animal.”

He said the drive is important to his company.

“Anytime you can help the welfare of the animal and doing it locally, it is what we stand for — to help animals out that don’t have homes or that need homes. It makes you feel good.”

Donations can be made at any Critters location in Saskatoon. For more information, visit critterspet.com.

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Saskatoon was announced as the host of the 2015 and 2016 minor Bantam Lacrosse nationals. This is very exciting for us as this will allow us to showcase our great city. We will be looking for volunteers if you are interested, please give us a call.

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Registration 2015 The new season is almost upon us. The 2015 season will see some changes, we will have online registration for the first time. The form is on the right hand side when you go on the website at www.stoonboxlax.com. We will have you register on line and make your payment or arrangements at your first floor time.

Don’t worry if you don’t like the online registration we will be holding a registration at the Kinsmen Arena on March 28 from noon to 6 p.m.

We will again be accepting major credit cards, debit, checks, and cash we will also make arrangements for anyone that needs it.

The prep camp will be going ahead again this year for all new players and players that want to get a kick start to the season. The camp is for peewee, novice, and tyke, the cost will be $30. There will be 3 floor times that will get them a game at the end. The camp runs March 28th.

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Alberta would be wise to add sales tax

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he premier governing PST stands for Political Suiour neighbours to the cide Tax. west is putting his foot That notwithstanding, it’s down: Enough, already, with the right thing to do, and has the oil-reliant economy and been since at least 2008, when with the boom-bust cycle, he the writing on the wall should says. have become legible to the Jim Prentice told The average Albertan, and parGlobe and Mail last week that ticularly its politicians. Every previous Alberta governments percentage point of PST have ignored the financial would bring in $1 billion in problems connected to a revenues. Granted, at a fiveColumnist one-trick economy. He may per-cent rate, for instance, still be a Progressive Consernot even that measure would vative, but “the difference is I’m going mitigate the $7-billion loss this year, but to deal with this,” he said. “Enough is it would sure help. enough.”

Here’s how bad that number is: $7 Alberta is going to lose an approxibillion is bigger than Alberta’s entire mate $7 billion this year, followed by $5 education budget. It’s also one-sixth of billion for the next two years, and that’s Alberta’s $44 billion in total revenues, if oil gets back to a reasonable $65 US using 2014 numbers. While we’re on per barrel. Even if oil rises to $80 per scary numbers, $7 billion is approxibarrel, the premier said, it will be neces- mately half of Saskatchewan’s revenues. sary to fundamentally change Alberta’s That tells you how big that Albertan fiscal reality. economy is — in good times.

One has to wonder how serious he Prentice, of course, is absolutely right is about this fundamental change, and that something has to change, but it’s exactly which Albertans are going to starting to look like he will try to manshoulder the burden. In January, Prentice age the budget through cuts, not raising said instituting a sales tax was on the taxes. He’s making noise about demandtable; now he’s saying it is not. Perhaps ing concessions from the public-sector he has realized that, as one wag put it, unions, and that may not go very well for

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him. Furthermore, if he starts drastically cutting public staff — like nurses and teachers — everyone will feel that pinch, precisely where it hurts the most: in necessary public service.

The man really must consider a PST. It’s fast, safe and democratic. Nearly every First World jurisdiction on Earth, including every other Canadian province, has a sales tax. What, exactly, makes Alberta so special? In good times, it’s that gusher of black gold. In bad times, though, Alberta is simply an undiversified economy, and not terribly special at all.

Forgive the schadenfreude, but Alberta has always been the rich, highspending, high-wage cowboy of the West. It has taken our people, and sometimes stilted our growth. I love the place, but it’s still nice to know they have fiscal issues, too.

That brings me to Saskatchewan, where we, too, have a budget looming on March 18. Premier Brad Wall has warned us thoroughly that this is going to be a tight one, and I, for one, believe him.

The upside for Wall is that he already has a sales tax covering about $1.3 billion worth of stuff, including municipal transfers. It’s a lot of money, more than

the $800-million shortfall our government expects.

In this province, it has become a bit of a mantra that our economy — while much smaller than Alberta’s — is better diversified, and that is certainly true.

However, we are still very reliant on oil, and on other resources; so the same issues that exist in Alberta can, to a lesser extent, be seen here.

We have a wider collection of mined commodities and much more cropland than Alberta, along with that oil. We also have a growing manufacturing sector.

We still have a long way to go.

Every generation of business leaders for decades has yelled about how we must stop being hewers of wood and drawers of water, and we’re certainly in better shape than ever before. But we, too, are incredibly reliant on raw, and often non-renewable, resources. Will this ever really change?

Note to premiers: Slashing public spending (unless, of course, you have overspending) and hacking services in a generally growing province is not going to help support the economy. Growing the economy supports the economy. It takes dedication to supporting diversification, and sometimes, Mr. Prentice, it also means adding a sales tax.

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his week a little bit of magic happened in Saskatoon when the symphony orchestra welcomed its new maestro, Eric Paetkau.

Paetkau joins the Saskatoon symphony at a time when the organization is establishing a new direction and building a solid foundation. A major part of his attraction to coming here is that he will be joining the creative genius of Mark Turner, the symphony’s general manager.

When visiting with Paetkau last week, I noted he used the words potential, artistic excellence and community in describing his shared vision for the future of the Saskatoon orchestra.

He told me that he “can’t wait to get Columnist started, for real, with the symphony in developing an exciting, innovative and creative program.” Behind his words I could hear the desire to guide the orchestra towards the depth and breadth of their playing.

In welcoming Paetkau to the team, the symphony hosted a week of gatherings.

On March 4, amid a room of classy cars at the Porsche Centre, Paetkau was unveiled as the new maestro to their most loyal

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Eric Paetkau and his wife Karen will be settling in Saskatoon (Photo Supplied) supporters, board members, patrons and various musicians. The evening was filled with an exciting vibe and energy.

The following evening — at the Remai Arts Centre — Paetkau was introduced to the media, symphony subscribers and the public, giving the new maestro and the symphony the opportunity to publicly announce their partnership.

The last evening of welcome — March 6 — was the most magical for me. Bryn Richards, president of the symphony board — of which I am a member — invited us to his home to hear sneak peeks of the upcoming season.

This is where the magic was!

Throughout the evening the board listened, and watched, as our dynamic duo of Maestro Paetkau and general manager Turner, described the 2015-2016 season.

Watching the two of them together was like watching magic right in front of you.

As one would describe the orchestration of the piece to be played, the other described the guest artist, each with a knowledge and familiarity, and above all, passion.

Twice during their presentation, I felt myself let out audible gasps as they talked of artists that have been booked.

While the season line up has yet to be released, I heard enough to whet my appetite and to plan to book my calendar

Cam Hutchinson & Friends: May the Jagr be with you

By RJ Currie ASCAR signed a record $8.2 billion TV deal, and the Maple Leafs are still the NHL’s richest franchise. In short, both make a fortune going in circles.

• Recently-married Joey Logano called his Daytona 500 winner’s ring harder to replace than his wedding ring. If marriage were racing, his first lap started in a 10-car pileup.

• The UK Mirror reports Bulgaria’s infamous green tabby has been explained. Contrary to popular belief, it is not owned by a Ti-Cats fan who married a Rider-Prider.

• Fighting broke out at a wedding in India after an irate bride dumped her intended and married one of the guests. Talk about a bench-warmer being groomed!

• Q. What would you get if Kim, Khloe and Kourtney took up curling?

A. Sweeping up with the Kardashians.

• Florida Panthers GM Dale Tallon said he traded for Jaromir Jagr “to mentor some of our young guys.” Who knew coach-killer Jagr would become Obi-Wan Jaromir?

• If you have never watched TSN’s Sports Centre, my not-asports-follower wife may have

summed it up perfectly: “Are there other NHL teams besides the Maple Leafs?”

• The Detroit Lions released Reggie Bush. No word if they have a bird in the hand.

• The Gazette reports Montreal officials can’t solve the issue of massage parlours illegally employing women to have sex with men. There is no hard policy.

• Jack Nicklaus has launched his own line of seven ice creams.

Watch for Tiger Woods to come out with five, maybe six.

• David Ortiz says the league should go after pitchers to speed up MLB games. This from a guy whose home run trots can be timed on a sundial.

• According to Forbes, Michael Jordan is worth over $1 billion. What do we call him now, His Billion-Aireness?

• Mets rookie Noah Syndergaard drew fire for eating lunch during an intrasquad game. He should know better — usually other teams eat the Mets’ lunch.

RJ’s Groaner of the Week An Orange News photo shows a cow with her head stuck through the frame of a bicycle.

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around next year’s concerts.

Paetkau described a couple of pieces from the upcoming season as barnburners and said the audience will be dancing before the end.

Along with a new maestro, the symphony recently announced an exciting fundraiser, Share in the Future. In exchange for a $100 donation, each supporter receives an invitation to a special gala concert and a tax receipt. But best of all, their donation will be matched by the Frank and Ellen Remai Foundation.

Saskatoon and its symphony orchestra deserve the very best, and by all accounts, that is what we got last week.

Views of the World

Marshawn Lynch talks Turkey

C Chong, on Jordan Leopold’s 10-year-old daughter sending a handwritten letter to the Minnesota Wild asking them to get her dad back from Columbus because their Minneapolisbased family missed him: “Look for this trend to continue with Toronto Maple Leafs players whose children will be penning letters begging to get their dads out of Toronto.”

• Janice Hough, on Harrison Ford being injured when a small plane he was flying crashed onto a Southern California golf course. “Was Ford trying to adjust his left blinker at the time?”

• I’m thinking it will take a heck of a lot more than a plane crash to kill Indiana Jones.

• From Torben Rolfsen: “After giving up three goals on four shots at home against the Sharks in his season debut, Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom was presented with a game puck. It was inscribed with “this is the one that didn’t get by you.”

• Bill Littlejohn, on Aaron Levi, a 50 year-old artist from San Francisco who stands 6-foot-5, claiming he is the son of Wilt Chamberlain: “Let’s see, 1964, that should put his mom at between No. 10,000 and No. 11,000.”

• Hough, on Giants outfielder Hunter Pence possibly having a broken arm after being hit by a pitch from Chicago Cubs prospect Corey Black: “So is this the Cubs’ strategy to win the NL this year? Start eliminating the competition?”

• Brier memories Part 1: 3. John Morris kissing a fan; 2. Morris introducing himself to the TSN audience as Johnny Mo; 1. Morris saying it’s an honour to wear the Canadian flag. I’m thinking it’s even better when you earn it.

• From Littlejohn, after Marshawn Lynch gave an interview to Turkish TV and said he expected the ball on the last Super Bowl play: “He also said, ‘I’m just here so I won’t have to take the Midnight Express.’”

• Brier memory Part 2: The great job TSN did.

Showing two games per draw was fantastic.

• Rolfsen, on Percy Harvin announcing he will

donate his brain to science: “After the Super Bowl, Seahawks fans wanted to do that with Pete Carroll.”

• From Chong: “UFC’s Ronda Rousey defended her title by defeating her rival Cat Zingano in 14 seconds. She then looked up to see if Kanye West was going to rush the ring.”

• Brier memory Part 3: Commentator Russ Howard knowing his angles better than a geometry teacher.

• Hough, on seven players being ejected after a bench-clearing fight during a Texas-Baylor men’s basketball game: “The schools may review the tape for possible further discipline, and their football programs may review the tape for possible recruiting.”

• Chong, on a Delta flight skidding off a runway during a steady snowfall at New York’s LaGuardia airport: “Passengers evacuated safely and were bussed to a nearby Delta terminal. The ones that paid the $5 bus fee, that is.”

• Speaking of the crash, why would a local talking head be so flippant as to say during a newscast the landing didn’t go as planned. My goodness.

• Littlejohn, on Arizona historian Robert Stahl filing an official petition for Billy the Kid’s death certificate and have him declared legally dead: “Of course, when Stahl is finished doing this, he has a really big job ahead of him — declaring Brett Favre legally retired.”

• From Chong: “Retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin says the U.S. needs a colony on Mars. Seattle Seahawks fans have already nominated Pete Carroll as the leader for this colonization.”

• Brier memory Part 4: Saskatchewan second Colton Flasch saying heckling in curling isn’t a bad thing. I find it strange that anybody would even suggest it is acceptable. And I dare you to heckle the Harnden brothers. Double dare.

• From Rolfsen: “Double whammy for Vince Wilfork: the Patriots released him on the same day Ringling Brothers circus announced it was ending elephant acts.”

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Forged in the white-hot creative crucible of Limerick University’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Goitse performs its own compositions as well as traditional tunes from Ireland and abroad. Showtime is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $25 for SJS members, $35 for non-members.

CAREGIVER Support Group – Thursdays from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Registration required, contact Karen (306-655-3427) or Jeanne (306655-3426). This group is designed for people providing emotional support and/or practical assistance to an adult family member or friend.

Sponsored by Saskatoon Health Region, Community Social Work. No cost.

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Troy MacGillivray and Julie Fitzgerald are much sought after performers and teachers of fiddling and step-dancing. Julie is a two-time Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion and a two-time Open Step Dance Champion. Troy has eight award winning CDs and has an intense commitment to preserving and developing Celtic culture. Showtime is 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $17 for SJS members, $22 for non-members.

MARCH 14 Drummer/composer Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop is a “souped-up” version of his Quartet.

The sextet plays Ernesto’s contemporary jazz compositions and features some of North America’s most respected jazz musicians: Adrean Farrugia (piano), Dan Loomis (bass), Kelly Jefferson (tenor), Tara Davidson (alto), and William Carn (trombone). Showtime is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: $23 for SJS members, $28 for non-members.

MARCH 16 The Edmonton Children’s Choir. 7:30 p.m.at Third Avenue United Church.Admission by donation. For more information, call 306-6526812.

MARCH 18 If you caught Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café live show this past December, you will remember that Juno award-winning Chic Gamine is a vocal powerhouse with three lead singers — Annick Bremault, Alexa Dirks, and Andrina Turenne. With Motown souls, French pop spirits, and rock and roll hearts, the band has enchanted fans and critics alike with close harmonies and infectious tunes. Showtime is 8 p.m. at The Bassment. Tickets: $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

An old style sock hop takes place at the German Concordia Club featuring the ‘Elvis’ band England on Friday, March 13. Come dressed in 1950s and 1960s style clothing. Advance tickets $20; call the German Club 306 244-6869 or McNally Robinson 306 955-3599.

MARCH 14 Irish Stew Supper with Entertainment and Silent Auction. Third Avenue United Church.

Saturday, March 14th, 5:30 p.m. Tickets $10.

For more information call 306-652-6812.

MARCH 14 Shake Your Shamrocks, Legion fundraiser.

Tickets $20 for a dance and Celtic feast at the Nutana Legion (3021 Louis Street). Dinner at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 306-3746303.

MARCH 14 Fifth annual Music for Mutts charity benefit concert. Music for Mutts is a benefit concert for New Hope Dog Rescue, generously hosted by the Saskatoon Academy of Music. Doors and silent auction open at 6:30 p.m. with the concert starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the Saskatoon Academy of Music: call 306-934-2424 or email inquiries@saskatoonacademyofmusic.com to reserve your tickets today. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for kids (14 and under). Academy families get $2 off ticket prices.

MARCH 14 Youth Advisory Council- Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation bake sale. Lawson Heights Mall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The council works for creating a breast cancer aware community in Saskatoon.

5:15, 6 and 6:30 p.m. Adults $14, children 5-12: $6, under 5 free. Wheelchair accessible.

For tickets, call the church office 343-7101.

9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

MARCH 22

Depression Support Group runs on the first and third Wednesday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CMHA building (1301 Avenue P North). This is open to anyone struggling with depression and family members wanting to support them. For more info, call 306-270-9181.

The Friends of the Forestry Farm House holds its annual general meeting Sunday, March 22, 4 p.m. at the Superintendent’s Residence (the big brick house), Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo/Afternoon tea, coffee and goodies will be served. Open to the public.

MARCH 22 Historical clothing of the late 19th century.

Come join us at the Marr Residence from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. as we explore the clothing that would have been worn when the Marr Residence was new. We will look at the methods and techniques that went into the production of clothing in the home in the 1880s, 1890s and 1900s. Try creating our own costume elements based on historical patterns and techniques.

This is a drop-in program. Donations accepted.

MISCELLANEOUS First Saturday of every month

The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, is an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social 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. Sherbrooke Community Centre.

Every Tuesday Spirit of the West 616550 Toastsmasters Club Downtown Saskatoon. Come and have some fun with speaking and leadership skills. Our club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company. Follow the red fence on south side of building through the gate up the stairs into the building.

First Monday of every month

Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. We meet the first Monday of the month except when MARCH 14 and 15 REMIX is a show and sale of upcycled furniture there is a holiday, if so we meet the second MARCH 21 and artifacts such as art, sculptures, jewellery Monday.

Amati Quartet. Knox United Church at 2 p.m. and home décor created by local artisans.

First Tuesday of every and 7:30 p.m. Guest artist: Samuel Deason The show goes at The Refinery noon to 8 p.m. month — pianist. Tickets are available 24/7 online March 14 and noon to 5 p.m. March 15. This Left Behind By Suicide is a drop-in support through the Persephone Theatre box office. year’s line-up of remixers includes: Kathy group for individuals who have lost a loved Tickets available at the door one hour before Allen, Kristin Almen, Dave Cummine, Karen one to suicide. W.A. Edwards Family Centre, performances.$30 adults, $25 seniors, $15 Davidson, Bette Fontaine, Kim Fontaine, Shelley 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. 9 p.m. There is student, subscriptions available.For more Kaszefski, Christina Pambrun, and Jody Timm. no cost to attend. For more information, email information, visit amatiquartet.usask.ca.

Free admission. leftbehind@sasktel.net.

FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with MARCH 21 MARCH 19 Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m.

Saskatoon Concert Band. World Premiere: The Saskatoon Nature Society welcomes to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, Concertino for Bass Trombone with Band. Fea- members and non-members to their March 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accesturing: Dawn McLean Belyk, bass trombone. monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology sible). If you have a loved one or friend with Composed by Howard Cable. 7:30 p.m. at Third Lecture Theatre (near the big dinosaurs) on a mental illness and you need understanding Avenue United Church (Orr Centre). Tickets: the U of S campus. This month is members support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda $20, $10 for seniors and students. Those slide night. Come and view some of the best under 8 free. Tickets available from members, pictures by member photographers from their at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com.

McNally Robinson and at the door. For more encounters with wildlife and plants. Everyone First and Third Sunday of every month information, visit www.saskatoonconcertband. is welcome to attend and it is free of charge.

Pet Loss Support Group offers support and ca For more information, visit www.saskatooncomfort to people who are struggling with the naturesociety.sk.ca. loss of a beloved companion animal due to old MARCH 20 – 22 age, sickness or other sad reasons. The noGateways to Freedom: 5Rhythms movement obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the MARCH 12-15 workshop with Evangelos Diavolitsis, suitable W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Newman Players presents Persuasion in the for all abilities and all ages 19+. Tickets avail- Saskatoon. For more information or telephone Fr. O’Donnell Auditorium at St. Thomas More able at Dance Saskatchewan Inc. 205 Pacific support, call 306-343-5322.

College. This stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s Ave. 306-291-8190 www.hulahoopster.com/ Tuesdays, Thursdays, last novel is a classic romance story. Shows up-coming-events Saturdays run at 7:00 PM Thursday through Saturday and Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All at 2:00 PM on Sunday. Tickets, $10-$5, and in- MARCH 21 formation are available from St. Thomas More Easter Ham Supper. St. Martin ‘s United Church ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no College at www.stmcollege.ca/newmanplayers (2617 Clarence Ave. South) Four sittings: 4:30, registration required. Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. to

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Third Thursday of the Month The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information call Murray Hill at 306-2425893 or email murraydhill@me.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 306933-4835 or lstade@shaw.ca.

Every second Saturday of the month Memory Writers meet every second Saturday of each month from September to June, 10 a.m. – noon at the Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue. Record and share the events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. For more information call Neva at 306-343-0256 or Hilda Epp at 306-382-2446. ***** First and Third Wednesday of the month Resporados support group for people with breathing difficulties taking place at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church (33rd Street West). For more information, contact Debbie at 306-664-4992.

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.

Fridays 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 306-2905486.

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 306-931-8053 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.

Saskatoon Collector’s Show set for March 13-15 at Prairieland

Madison Profosky Saskatoon Express he Saskatoon Collector’s Show is really two shows for the price of one.

The largest of its kind in the western provinces, the show will be held from March 13 to March 15 at Prairieland Park, combining the art of antiques with the craft of the gun.

Consisting of gun displays, wildlife artists and antiques, it’s evolved to become much more than just a gun show, organizer Lloyd Litwin said. Litwin and his wife, Kathy, are in their sixth year of organizing the event.

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The other half is the gun show, so it’s two shows in one, really,” said Lloyd Litwin.

The show continues to grow.

“There are over 200 gun tables, so we’ve got 75 or so vendors showing, displaying and selling in the gun section. There are probably about 40 antique vendors that take up between one to four tables each.”

Along with the new vendors are the old — vendors who have been there since day one. With

new people coming from all over the prairies, a few have still managed to hold their spot at the show for all 27 years of operation.

“We have people here from all of the western provinces.

We’ve got one guy who’s been here from Winnipeg every single year,” Litwin said.

From wildlife canvas art to vintage jewelry and numerous gun displays, the Collector’s Show has an element of surprise every year, Litwin said.

“You never know what’s going to show up at this show.”

Hours for the show are: March 13 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., March 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and March 15 from 10 a.m. to 4

Exact replica model ship made in Saskatoon by local craftsman

p.m. Admission is $10 for adults or $15 for a two- or three-day pass. Children under 12 are admitted free if accompanied by an adult.

Visit www.saskatooncollectorshow.com for more information.

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