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IRD expands

Global reach Terry Bergan, IRD president and CEO, gives credit to his team for the company’s innovation and growth (Photo by Joanne Paulson)

High-tech systems now part of highway design Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express

The intelligent transportation systems (ITS) company is one of Saskatoon’s relaIf International Road Dynamics Inc. tively rare firms that has grown its technol(IRD) attracted one international customer ogy, its size and its export reach over many for every year of its history, it would long years of hard work and adaptation. Starting since have reached its centenary. from its first weigh-in-motion (WIM) IRD has expanded its global reach far scale, IRD today sells and maintains a more quickly than that. It will mark its number of high-tech ITS products and has 35th anniversary in 2015, having grown locations around the world. out of Bergan family basements in 1980 Its presence can be found in every U.S. to a massive complex on 43rd Street state, across Canada, and in Mexico, South today.

America, most countries in Europe, as well

as in Eastern Europe including Russia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.

It is moving increasingly into Africa.

IRD has offices in India, Chile, the U.S. and Mexico, and partnerships in Brazil and China. It is also doing business in Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand and Vietnam.

To the end of 2014, IRD had installed $690 million of ITS worldwide, said president and CEO Terry Bergan.

Last year was a bit of a banner year for

IRD, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the same symbol. It had net earnings of $1.37 million, or 10 cents per common share, up from $912,000 the year before.

“A number of things combined to make it a really good year,” said Bergan. “We’re seeing in the ITS industry that it’s matured to the point that it’s not something that we add on. It’s an integral part of the highway project.”

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HGTV won’t be calling anytime soon A couple of Saturdays ago, events unfolding in the living Sandy and I decided to put room. some art on our walls.

“You should have bought It was a bit of a disaster, as a stud finder,” he said. most projects are in my life.

We told him the studs were Sandy normally doesn’t ask supposed to be 16 inches me to help with such things. apart. For emphasis, I showed She knows better. I proved her him the tape measure. “See, right again.

16 inches. No stud.”

Let’s say we got off to a When Brandon saw how poor start on the hanging art crooked the piece of art was front. To put two screws into hanging, he went to the gaEditor the wall for the first picture rage and brought in one of the took eight holes. I counted two levels that we apparently them. Thankfully, they are all hidden by own. I have always been more an eyeball the picture. And the wall needs painting it kind of person. Eyeball once, cut twice. anyway.

Close enough, is my motto.

The second picture went a little better: We moved the one screw and the three holes for the one needed. The picpicture hung beautifully. … Well, until we ture is hanging about six inches too high, decided we didn’t like it in that spot. though. If we lower it, it will expose the ***** three holes — of which one was needed I recently drove a new Ford Fusion for — for all the world to see should they use three weeks. It should have been fairly our bathroom. Thankfully our bathroom uneventful, right? Well, never for me, it is now closed to the public. seems (see above).

The third was horrible. We needed two This saga began when our garage screws. (Does that sound dirty or what?) door broke about two months ago. I hate The wall now looks like it was used as a service fees. Come warm weather, Sandy dart board. There are holes everywhere. will fix it. Anyway, we have been raising When we thought we finally had the and lowering the garage door manually. screws right where we wanted them, we I have been reminded on a couple of set the picture on them. Be darned if it occasions to lift with my legs and not my didn’t have this horrible tilt to the left. I back. had put a screw into the wall about half One day I got out of the Fusion, lifted an inch higher or lower than the other, the garage door, jumped back in and depending on how full or empty your started creeping toward the entrance. You glass is. probably can guess where this is going.

Our son, Brandon, came home about Suddenly, I noticed the garage door comthat time and was clearly horrified by the ing down, and rapidly gaining speed as it

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went. I stopped just in time. But can you image if I had to call Ford Canada and say there was a garage door embedded in the hood of their car?

I gave the car up on short notice one day. The next day, I received a text asking if I wanted the Pier 1 packages in the trunk. I said there was no hurry since we have 45 days to return the coffee table.

Happy ending? It should have been easy for me to pick up the packages or for them to be dropped off, right? Nope, the darned car was in Regina. ***** My son, Ryan, and his girlfriend, Ali Jennings, are getting married this summer. I have told you that before. And I probably will again.

Among those on the guest list are my parents, John and Pat Hutchinson. Why I am not sure, but that’s a column for another time.

My parents were away for two months this winter. Some of their mail was being forwarded to Mesa, Arizona. Some was left in my hands and has apparently travelled the world.

Mom received an interesting call from somebody in Cathedral City, California.

The person said he had a piece of their mail. The caller said it appeared to be an invitation to a wedding. Specifically, to my son’s.

Turns out the Cathedral City person lives on the same street in Saskatoon as my parents. A piece of mail that was to be forwarded to them went to him. I hope he opened the invitation and knows where Ali and Ryan are registered.

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Members of Soroptimist International Saskatoon volunteer in the kitchen for the Soup Sisters and Broth Brothers program (Photo Supplied)

Non-profit provides comfort food for those in need Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express

If “soup is liquid comfort,” as the saying goes, then a non-profit organization in Saskatoon is offering a lot of comfort to women and children in need.

Soup Sisters and Broth Brothers celebrated its one-year anniversary in Saskatoon in February. Calgarian Sharon Hapton, who had the idea that a warm bowl of soup can nourish and nurture, founded the non-profit charitable social enterprise in 2009. Since then, Soup Sisters and Broth Brothers has spread throughout Canada and into the U.S., with volunteers creating countless litres of soup for women’s shelters and women leaving abusive situations.

Monthly Soup Sisters events are held in Saskatoon at the commercial kitchen at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, where volunteers get together to chop vegetables, cook and package soup and share a meal.

“We’re just starting to get a lot more interest, so that’s good. We’re starting to fill up months in advance, whereas before we were kind of struggling to find people to come,” said Darnell Schindelka, communications coordinator for Soup Sisters in Saskatoon.

“Word is getting out, so it’s really

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exciting,” she said.

At the Soup Sisters events, volunteers learn how to the prepare the soup under the tutelage of trained chefs, including Lee Helman from Truffles Bistro, Kevin Soloski from Saskatchewan Polytechnic and Richard Smith from Manos. The fresh soup is then packed up and donated to Saskatoon Interval House, an emergency temporary shelter for women and their children, and Adelle House, a 12-unit apartment building owned and operated

by Saskatoon Interval House.

The Soup Sisters participants pay a $55 fee, which covers the cost of the ingredients and other expenses, including the space at Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the food and wine for the volunteers.

A small amount of the fee also goes to Soup Sisters in Calgary for the soup containers and labels.

The soup is made by groups of 12 to 18 volunteers, who arrive at 6 p.m. and usually head home between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. after making about 250 containers of soup. Participants say they enjoy the social aspect of cooking together while also doing something positive for the community.

“I was interested in participating because it sounded like a fun way to get

together with friends who like to cook — and it was a bonus that it was for a good cause,” said participant Carla Flogan, who made soup with a group of dietitians in February.

Participant Melanie Kenny made soup at the March event with fellow Soroptimists. She also enjoyed the experience.

“Soroptimists are all about helping women and their families. We don’t just want to fundraise and donate money; we also want to provide service to the community. We thought Soup Sisters was an ideal way to provide some help to women and their families in need by making soup as a group and donating to the Interval and Adelle Houses,” she said.

“It turned out that as well as the work of chopping vegetables and packaging up 60 quarts of soup to donate, we also really enjoyed the camaraderie of the event.

Most of us usually cook alone in the kitchen and have to do our own dishes.

“The Soup Sisters organization arranged for us to be served with delicious appetizers and wine before we started working and a lovely meal of brioche, soup and salad following the work. Saskatchewan Polytechnic was a big partner in the event and the guidance of Chef Kevin and the Soup Sisters volunteers

was very much appreciated.”

Soup Sisters soup-making events are held monthly, except for in July, August and December. However, two events are held in November.

Schindelka said Soup Sisters has a recipe book with hundreds of different options to try. However, the local chapter focuses on the soups that the women and children at Interval House and Adelle House particularly enjoy, such as hamburger soup and broccoli and cheese soup.

“We try to make something like that every month. We have a lot to pick from,” she said.

Schindelka, who is one of the “core” Soup Sisters organizers in Saskatoon along with her sister, Danielle, and Jacqueline Helman, has witnessed firsthand the positive power of food.

“I personally think people in the community should be doing things for people who are in need. I think it really brings the community together, and there’s women at Adelle House and Interval House who say they really appreciate the time that goes into it,” she said.

For more information about Soup Sisters and Broth Brothers, or to book a soup-making event, visit soupsisters.org.

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Question: You were the only person to vote against having protected bike lanes downtown. Why was that?

Mayor Atchison: For me, it is more about common sense and priorities.

Really, when you think of all the bike lanes that are not finished in Saskatoon right now — that have dead ends — it makes no sense. Having bike lanes in the middle of Ask the nowhere and then unleashing them into the regular traffic I don’t think is appropriate. I also think the MVA Trail through the downtown area — and we’ve heard from the MVA loud and clear — needs to be much wider than it is. It is so popular today that it is over capacity. Pedestrians, cyclists, skateboarders, long boarders – there are a lot of people on that trail. Now the City is contemplating licensing vendors who could rent motorized Segways on the downtown section of the trail. Where are we going to put all these people? We need to double, maybe triple, the width of the trail through the downtown area.

That would be a good investment. Plus, on Spadina Crescent and Queen Street there is a pinch point there where it is very narrow. We have another section of the MVA Trail that is not completed yet south of the water treatment plant to Circle Drive South. I think we have to look at those priorities first. I think we should have protected bike lanes, but

let’s get our priorities straight and look at roadways with bike lanes later.

If you read the report from the administration, the number of cyclists they had on 24th Street for a one-week period in October was an average of 107 bikes per day. So being the kind of guy I am — I didn’t know if administration would do any studies this past winter Mayor — I went and did my own on how many bikes come to City Hall every day in our parkade downstairs. Well, the highest number was 12 on March 18, and on most days, there were two bikes. One bike I suspect was there all winter, because it appeared to be in the same location and hadn’t been moved. And another had been there for an extended period of time before it was moved.

So the question is: How many people will actually use the system? Don’t you think we would be better off to have our protected bike lanes going into the University of Saskatchewan? Also consider the cost of 19 parking stalls being lost on Fourth Avenue. The cost of building a stand-alone parkade is between $30,000 and $40,000 per stall. That cost wasn’t included in the study. We say we don’t have enough parking and this makes the situation more critical.

Now let’s talk about Fourth Avenue.

We are going from four lanes of traffic to two lanes starting in 2016. Do you

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think there will be a 15-second delay in your travel time? That’s what the City administration said. I find that difficult to fathom.

Also, the number of winter riders is vastly different than in the summer. In Vancouver in the winter time, they say about one in six people that are summer riders, ride in the winter time. In Ottawa, it is one winter rider compared to 10 summer riders.

All I can say is for me it’s about priorities. Get the bike lanes done that need to be done. People have asked us to connect bike lanes. I bet one thing is for sure: Next year they are going to come back to us and ask us to connect bike lanes. And I can tell you right now, the MVA Trail needs to be done. I know around the university needs to be done. One councillor said they have no bike lanes in their neighbourhood to get downtown. Let’s deal with the things that are essential. Unfortunately, the vote was 9-1 not to. I guess we will see how the program goes. I’m interested to know what they believe success is.

Is success 100 bike riders a day in the wintertime? Is it 200? Is it 300? Is it 400? The measure of success should be determined at the front end; success should not be determined at the back end.

Question: The City now has rules for building new homes in older neighbourhoods. What are your thoughts on the decision council made?

Mayor Atchison: It has been a long

ongoing saga with the community and developers butting heads. Homeowners don’t want monster houses next door to them. I think people are looking for homes that are similar in size – not the same architecture, but similar in size.

The bylaw that was passed isn’t perfect.

Let’s call it a work in progress. I’m sure there will be tweaks and adjustments as we discover the reality in infill construction. Over the next year or two it will need to be monitored. We will get feedback from homeowners, from the community and from the developers. In the end, I think the bylaw hits the mark more than not, especially when you have developers who come forward and say, “It’s not everything I wanted, but I can live with it.” It sounds like the community associations are quite satisfied. I think overall it was very positive for the infill strategy.

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temperatures as low as -60°C and intense ultraviolet light. How does an amateur balloonist protect the payload?

“In a word, Styrofoam,” Coates said.

The payload is cased in a layer of Styrofoam one inch thick, which serves both as protection against the environment and crash-safety gear when it comes hurtling back to Earth.

“Our standard for equipment is, you should be able to take your payload and drop it from about table height or so onto cement and have it survive,” Coates said.

In addition to the GPS trackers, the group uses data from the American National Weather Service that measures wind to predict where the balloon will not only fly, but land as well.

The payload has ended up in some interesting locations, including forests, sloughs and even on a power line, which SaskPower had to remove for them.

One landed “about four kilometres past the end of the last road north of Prince and still and video cameras to capture the Albert, so we had to walk through the bush Cameras on a SABRE amateur balloon flight reveal the view from near space. journey. and swamp to get it. Once it lands, it’s like (Photo: Saskatoon Amateur Radio Club) Before the balloon leaves the ground, the the world’s biggest geocache,” said Coates.

By Lesley Porter radio, we could still fly balloons, but people flight has to be coordinated through, and ap- “We know where it is, we just have to go Not everyone can go into space, but with would use things like cellphones which don’t proved by, Transport Canada and Navigation find it.” a tank of hydrogen and a bit of knowledge work past a certain altitude and don’t work Canada.

(Lesley Porter is a communications writer about circuit boards, a balloon could be the outside of the range of a cell tower.”

“We’re taking this balloon and launching at the University of Saskatchewan.) next best thing.

Since the maiden voyage in 2008, SARC it up into the air, and we have to worry about That’s what high-altitude ballooner Bruce has launched 21 balloons in the province. air traffic,” Coates said. “If something ever Coates has been doing for seven years.

From take-off to landing, a typical SABRE hit it, it would be exceptionally bad.”

Coates, a unit support specialist in Inflight is just under three hours, but they get The balloon, which cannot be steered, is formation and Communication Technology some serious air: the highest their balloon treated as an aircraft flight and monitored by (ICT) at the University of Saskatchewan, is has ever flown was just over 110,000 feet, air traffic control. The onboard GPS updates a member of the Saskatoon Amateur Radio “which is three and a half times higher than every 30 seconds, with tracking information Club (SARC), a local society for ham radio a jetliner or four times as high as Everest or ported to the SARC website. operators and hobbyists. Over coffee with a tenth of the way to the space station, howOnce up, up and away, the balloon rises another member in 2007, they decided to try ever you want to look at it,” Coates said. above the ozone layer to the upper limits of launching a high-altitude balloon (nickThe latex balloon is about two metres the atmosphere, a place called near space. named SABRE) and track it using ham radio across and stretches substantially once filled “By the time it gets up there, it’s almost technology. with hydrogen (less expensive than helium, a vacuum,” Coates said. “Sooner or later, “What ham radio has let us do is be able Coates said). Dangling from the balloon is the pressure is just too much and the balloon Bruce Coates is a high-altitude ballooner to track it and have more fun with it than you a bright, neon parachute and a payload box breaks.”

(Photo: Lesley Porter) might without,” he explained. “Without ham carrying tracking gear, GPS equipment, Conditions are brutal at that altitude, with

Do-it-yourself photography at the edge of space

Bergan joined family business in 1987

(Continued from Page 1) IRD was founded by Bergan’s father, Art, the engineer who initially designed IRD’s first weigh-in-motion scale. WIM scales measure vehicles as they move, thereby reducing the need to stop vehicles for weighing and measuring.

Bergan joined the company in 1987 and, over the ensuing years, the company has added many new ITS systems that address other heavy traffic problems, including traffic data collection systems, highway toll collection systems and border and security systems, to name a few. IRD has always provided service and maintenance for their systems as well.

“All the advantages that ITS provides is proven,” said Bergan. “In many of the developing countries, where they don’t have the tax base for highways, they are resorting to public-private partnerships (PPP). They get financed through tolls, and ITS is the toll collection system.”

Highway operators today insist on systems that provide traveller information, freeway management and other information to ensure safety and smooth traffic flow.

“In addition, ITS has extended into border crossings,” said Bergan. “How can we use technology to identify potentially problem vehicles at the border — vehicles that warrant further inspection? At the U.S.-Mexican border, we have technology that monitors all the vehicles that approach the border. If there’s something unusual – its weight, its chassis – a flag goes up and that truck or car

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gets further inspection.

“Every border is looking for technology to protect the border.”

ITS technology today also makes ports more efficient, increases bus service efficiency, and is used to increase security at hotels and public buildings, said Bergan.

“In Santiago, Chile, we keep track of all buses going in and out of underground parking at malls. The buses are identified; their routes are known. Shoppers know how much time they have before having to catch the bus.

“Public transportation is used a lot more in those countries than it is here. They had a lot of congestion with people waiting for buses.

“That’s technology. That’s ITS. That’s what it can do for you.”

IRD has grown its business into complementary markets. Weigh stations, for example, have gone from just weighing and measuring dimensions to automatically identifying trucks. Whether by licence or by transponders, a truck’s information goes into a safety system, which can tell authorities when the truck had its last safety inspection, or if it has any fines levied against it.

“It makes it worthwhile for trucks to operate safely and be compliant. It’s like a police officer living on your block; you probably don’t have as much crime,” said Bergan. “It’s the same thing with a good enforcement system. You don’t have as many unsafe trucks or overweight trucks

on the highway. Upwards of 98 per cent of the trucks don’t have to stop, so why stop them?”

Asked how he manages all the products and locations, Bergan says simply, “We have a good team.”

It’s also a big team. There are 140 people in Saskatoon, 40 in the U.S., six in Mexico and in Brazil, 150 in Chile, 38 in India, and between 150 and 300 in China, depending on the workload.

In China, “we have a lot of casual labour.

We do more than just highways in China.

We have 50 per cent of it, and our partner is a very large heavy equipment manufacturer.

Our Chinese operation also supplies components to them, so we have an assembly operation there.”

Some of IRD’s expansion came through acquisition. Starting in 2004, IRD acquired the worldwide operations of their biggest competitor, the German firm PAT, since renamed PAT Traffic.

“That acquisition really increased our footprint,” said Bergan. “It was a worldwide organization, so we bought the assets in Germany in 2004, bought some others in stages, then went to Chile and China.”

Despite all the recent growth, Bergan sees more to come. For example, IRD is presently working on a new product called Vector, a new sensor technology that will distinguish among a broad range of vehicles.

“It will tell you the tire pressure of a vehicle. One of the things that is a big safety item is an overinflated, underinflated, or flat

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tire on a truck. It will (sense) this in motion, instead of having to stop the truck and investigate the tires.”

For toll operators, Vector will provide a broader range of toll collection possibilities, including bicycles, motorcycles and small vehicles, which are common in developing countries.

“It’s a pretty important part of R&D for us,” said Bergan. “It’s leading edge, provides more information than highway agencies have ever had, and has a multitude of uses.

A fleet manager at a trucking operation (for example) . . . will know the tire pressure on every tire in the yard.”

He hopes to launch the product by the end of the year.

“Our team here in Saskatoon is working real hard on it. The majority of the innovation comes out of Saskatoon. Our subsidiaries use the technologies that we develop, and in some cases can add software so it’s tailored to their needs.

“We’re still growing. We have a growth plan. We invest in our team. We invest in research and development. We want to stay on the leading edge.”

While on the subject of employees, Bergan notes that IRD hires grads extensively from the University of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Polytechnic. Without the team, it wouldn’t be a company. Many of them are shareholders, too.

“It’s not one person. I’m the spokesman, but our growth and success has always been based on the team.”

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My brother’s suicide devastating for our family My home reserve has a said my brother looked like he small population. was taking a rest.

Even though our land Logan, my brother, always mass is fairly large, our had emotional problems. He was on-reserve population is not violent or anything like that, just over 2,000 people. Our but rather he would take things community had a devastating personally and carry a grudge for number of deaths last year. a long time. This was back when We lost around 35 members, mental illness was like having which is large for a small the plague. No one talked about community. it and, if a person was going I say “around 35” because through the stages of depression, it’s a general belief one then that person kept it to himself Columnist should not count how many or herself. Logan’s suicide afpeople passed away because fected all of our family, but none one could be next. I think one could be more so than my mom.

His funeral was one of the saddest days This showhome is located at 1143 Pringle Way in Stonebridge (Photo by Peter Wilson) next simply by saying one.

Not counting is not the only superstiin our family’s history. It hurt so much to tion on my rez. The other was never pass see my mother, a woman of strength and a graveyard while the gate is open. If courage, be weakened so much. She barely the gate is open, the graveyard is invithad the strength to get up and attend the ing someone. This belief is so strong that funeral service. It affected me, too, but it people will actually take a route around didn’t hit until a couple of months later. I the site. Sometimes this will take an extra was preoccupied by an RCMP investigaPeter Wilson The open plan main floor incorporates a half hour. tion into Logan’s death. For some reason Saskatoon Express large living room. There is also a half-bath It got to be so much here that the band there was one officer who didn’t think it Montana Homes has a new two-storey and a laundry room. was suicide. He convinced me the death council decided to take down the fence showhome at 1143 Pringle Way in StoneThe three bedrooms are on the second could be “foul play.” I immediately susand the gate. When my sister came from bridge. storey, with the master having a walk-in pected Logan’s wife for giving an overthe United States to visit, we decided to The three-bedroom home, with a closet and a shower-equipped en suite. walk to the cemetery to place an offering dose of pills — actually I suspected any maintenance-free exterior and a family A full bath is also on this level. A bonus and everyone. Logan didn’t drink alcohol and a prayer for our mother. One of the friendly interior, delivers 1,788 square feet room on the second floor, overtop the and never used drugs. His whole existence first things she noticed was all the fresh of living space. home’s triple garage, is a great spot for a graves. I told her on how we lost so many depended on his daughters. My mother In the kitchen, large windows, Capella family or entertainment room. had mentioned Logan and his wife were of our members and how some had died. cabinets and lots of counter space provide To tour this home, which is listed “At least they weren’t by suicide,” she on the verge of breaking up and he didn’t a comfortable, workable environment. at $469,900, visit the nearby Montana want to lose his girls. But that’s no reason replied.

An island and a walk-in pantry are other showhome at 967 Pringle Cove on Monto take your own life, I thought.

At one time the reserve had an epihighlights. days to Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., demic of suicide. This was when I was A couple of months after his funeral I The connecting dining nook has a gar- and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. was driving down 20th Street when I spotyounger. I recall the sometimes-weekly den door to a future backyard deck. to 5 p.m. ted a man that looked exactly like Logan. announcements of those who had just JW15176.C23 James taken their own life. Being a pre-teen and I quickly turned around the block to take a second look. I still thought, in the back of influenced easily, I, too, started to think maybe the way to go was to take my own my mind, that maybe it wasn’t Logan that life. After all, my family and friends were was found by the river. Of course, the man I had spotted was someone else. But that committing suicide like it was a natural kept on happening to me time and time thing. I lost my youngest brother to suiagain. Acceptance is such a hard thing. cide. He was married with four beautiful If there was a bright side to all the peodaughters, but he never got along with his ple we lost on my home reserve last year, wife. They were always fighting for the silliest of reasons. One day their fight took it is there were no suicides. The people a turn for the worse, when he didn’t come either died of natural causes, old age or in vehicle accidents. There was a time when back home after he said he was going to hardly anyone died of old age. Today, the walk it off.

Chuck and Bunty Keilback of North Battleford, pictured with Bill Barlas, celebrated their youth on my reserve have a reason to live; It took two months before he was 61st Anniversary at the Greek Gourmet Feast found. It was during the middle of winter they have dreams and ambitions. When I and his body was preserved by the cold. It was growing up it seemed impossible to was my stepfather who finally found him. have the smallest of dreams — like having THANK YOU I was told he was sitting by a river under- a long and purposeful life. krnCREE@2015 neath a huge evergreen tree. My stepdad Guests, Sponsors and Volunteer Organizing Committee, chaired by

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Take your pick: Do we fear terrorists or our government?

NSBA announces award winners

Walter Klassen was named the North Saskatoon Business Association (NSBA) member of the year Until recently I didn’t superiority’ and produces pro- on March 19, for his commitment to the know what the word radicalpaganda that Goebbels would organization and his efforts as chair of ized really meant. Nor did I be proud of.” In essence, the group’s Club Connect committee. pay a lot of attention to the his message is that IS is a Klassen, owner of Keystone Insurance, bickering between the federal global threat and they must was among the Business Builder Award government and opposition be stopped now. It was a very winners at the 18th annual NSBA gala, held leaders over legislation that disturbing piece of journalat Prairieland Park. gave more power to policing/ ism.

The award winners are: intelligence agencies, chalking I thought again of young Employee Retention and Development: it all up to election propareservist Cpl. Natham Cirillo, Envirotec Services Inc. ganda. killed while standing as an Export: Bioriginal Food and Science I woke up the other mornhonour guard at a war meCorp.

Columnist ing to the sonorous voice of morial in Ottawa. His killer, Community Builder: Transwest Air Thomas Mulcair, federal leader of the Zehaf-Bibeau, was supposedly in supPursuit of Excellence: Crestline New Democratic Party, explaining why port of Islamic militants. And just prior Coach Ltd. he believes Prime Minister Stephen to Cirillo’s death, there was the attack on Quality Management: GardaWorld Harper’s proposed “war on terror” bills off-duty Canadian military personnel.

New Direction: Three Farmers Products should be defeated. I like Mulclair and Then I remembered the fatwa placed Safe Employer: Allnorth respect his opinions, although I don’t on author Salman Rushdie and the Shirley Ryan Lifetime Achievement: always agree with him. I think he is slaughtering the staff at Charlie Hebdo Wayne Wilson, Business Furnishings a smart guy, and compared to Liberal magazine in Paris, their sins being books Small Business: Prairie Sun Brewery Leader Justin Trudeau, he is an absolute and/or articles that Islamic extremists Team Building: Keystone Paving Corp. genius. believed to be blasphemous.

Chosen by attendees at the NSBA During the interview, Mulcair used awards event: As Canadians, we have never had a the already tiresome “politics of fear” Business Builder: Go2Guys war fought on our soil in modern times. catch phrase and suggested there are oth- The closest my generation came to an Young Promising Entrepreneur: er ways to deal with terrorism, although intrusion on our rights and freedoms Tailor Magic he was unclear as to what they might be. was when the late Prime Minister Pierre ***** While Mulclair was droning on, I was Trudeau invoked The War Measures Act Manufacturing centre receives funding reading the paper and caught the article in 1970 in response to the actions of the The federal government has comabout recently convicted terrorists Chi- Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ). mitted $1.4 million to help establish the heb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser. These Saskatchewan Manufacturing Centre Our cities have never been bombed and were the two jihadists who planned of Excellence (MCE), through Western our citizenry have not been hauled away to derail a passenger train travelling from their homes and brutally executed.

Economic Diversification. between Toronto and New York, hopOur children have not been killed or The contribution follows a $1.5-miling to kill a goodly number of innocent maimed by land mines or missiles. We lion commitment from the province, passengers. Jaser’s further goal was to have laws that prevent persecution based announced last year. kill rich Jews in Toronto. Both these on race, creed, ethnicity and sexual The centre, launched JW12111.C30 James in November jihadists held their adopted country and orientation. We have laws against child Canadians in contempt, and sought to pornography and sexual abuse. And we do harm by perpetrating the senseless have an excellent lifestyle because past deaths of children, the elderly and, basi- generations sacrificed themselves to cally, average Canadians. protect our democracy.

I turned the page and the next eyeBecause we have not experienced catching article was about Ahmad Was- such atrocities in our country, it is hard eem, a jihadist from Windsor, Ont., who for us to fathom such inhumane conduct slipped off to Syria to fight with Islamic elsewhere. But I am starting to feel State (IS) terrorists. Waseem thought uneasy about the growing number of reOsama bin Laden was a hero. ported planned terrorist activities in this On the same page was a report of the country. I am alarmed by the growing arrest of a 17-year-old boy in Alberta number of young citizens who are atwho is charged with attempting to leave tracted to the Islamic State cause. Given Canada with the intention of joining the lifestyle our citizens have enjoyed, IS extremists to commit murder and to how could any one of them want to go participate in terrorist activity. The same and kill other people, especially fellow article commented on three men from Canadians?

Edmonton that went overseas to fight for I am not a war monger and as a IS/ISIS, as well as a young woman who mother I never wanted to see my chilfled Canada to join IS after being redren, or anyone else’s children, sent to cruited via an online course about Islam war. For those Canadians who volunrun by a woman based in Edmonton. tarily sign up for military duty, I am and Later in the day, I watched televiwill be eternally thankful and grateful sion program 60 Minutes. Journalist for their service to our country.

Leslie Stahl was interviewing a SyrThe question now is whether we are ian languishing in a refugee camp in willing to temporarily risk our rights neighbouring Kurdistan. This man was and freedoms to allow our police and a Christian and was given the choice by military to do what is necessary to IS extremists — convert to Islam or be protect us? Do we send troops into the killed. He wisely converted. But a short battlefield, and if so, do we order them time later IS thugs returned, spotted his to follow Queensbury Rules when fighting with an enemy that has no rules? Do 10-year-old daughter and said under their interpretation of sharia law that his we accord the same rights and freedoms daughter was of marriageable age. With we give peaceful citizens to those who that threat, under the cover of darkness, would do us harm? Can you reason with he took his family and left his homeland lunatics/fanatics whose sole purpose is to kill everyone they don’t like or anyto a refugee camp to save his young one who disagrees with them? daughter from an IS abduction.

As much as I fear hard core legislaI completed the day reading an online news article written by V.S. Naipaul, an tion that gives unchecked power to author and recipient of a Nobel Prize for policing and/or intelligence authorities, Literature. He contends that the Islamic I am developing a greater fear that our country may suffer dire consequences Caliphite of ISIS or IS could abanif it doesn’t join the global community don the label Caliphite and call itself to stop the IS lunatics before they leach the Fourth Reich. He wrote about the unspeakable acts of barbarity including into our soil. I guess this means the decapitation to crucifixion and death by catch phrase “the politics of fear” has some merit. The biggest question is do fire, the IS loathing of Jews and their we fear our own government more than hunger for world domination. Naipaul states IS is “dedicated to a contemporary we fear the terrorist community? holocaust, has a belief in its own ‘racial ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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2014, is governed by the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME), and focuses on filling in gaps in industry and addressing impediments to growth for the sector.

As part of that mission, the centre will help small- and medium-sized manufacturers around the province with productivity improvement, workforce and skills development and innovation, said the government in a news release.

The announcement was made on March 19 at the offices of International Road Dynamics in Saskatoon.

The manufacturing sector employs more than 28,000 people in Saskatchewan, and grew to $16.5 billion in shipments last year, up from $15.7 billion the year before.

MCE provides a number of training programs, and will launch an online manufacturing certificate pilot program with Athabasca University and Saskatchewan Polytechnic.

The centre’s office is based out of Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Saskatoon, in the same building as the school of manufacturing. Three positions are dedicated to the centre, including an operations manager and directors governing productivity and workforce development.

Much of the training takes place within companies on the shop floor, said Derek Lothian, vice-president of CME and executive director of the Saskatchewan Manufacturing Council, in the release.

Training also takes place “onsite, in the classroom, online in groups and one on one. There are a lot of moving pieces to it.

It is quite broad in the delivery,” he added.

The centre has been operational for about two months, and has attracted $600,000 from industry in fees for service and in-kind contributions, he said.

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U of S educators Think Indigenous Educators are thinking Pederson, a sign of the togethdifferently these days. That erness uniting ITEP and its was very evident when I vision. attended the Think IndigeDr. Marie Battiste spoke at nous conference held at the the opening ceremonies. After University of Saskatchewan speaking eloquently and intelearlier this month. lectually, sharing history and The conference title refacts, agreements and underflects a movement in thinkstandings, she warned the audiing on campus and in our ence to “not let this opportuprovince. Indeed, the pownity pass as just principles and ers that be on campus have goals, but take them to action Columnist been thinking indigenously. here and beyond.”

You can see it in programBattiste shared that “the loss ming, when you visit the Aboriginal of any youth to disengaged nihilism or Students’ Centre, in the new students’ meaninglessness is a loss of precious pocentre that is being built in honour of tential. But for indigenous students, who the late Chief Gordon Oakes, and in the make up a significant and growing popupromise of students’ union president lation in Canada, this population can Max FineDay. The U of S is obviously be the source of considerable strength thinking indigenously, and it shows. for Canada if it were acknowledged and The gathering had an excitement that supported equitably. Education is meant I rarely see at a conference. Yes, there to change this demographic and create was the pleasure of meeting old friends a more robust life, economy and society and associates, but I felt an underlying for us all.” vibe that kept repeating, “The time has The speakers during the following come.” two days supported the change to which Think Indigenous was organized by Battiste referred. Everywhere I heard the Indian Teacher Education Program of change from the voices of the elders (ITEP), a program that has been funded and the voices of youth. I heard Cree

by Indian Affairs for more than 40 years, being spoken freely and found myself but had the funding cut two years ago. envious of their bilingualism. The young The U of S has taken steps in bringing people looked professional, funky in the ITEP program under the umbrella their own style, each wearing something of the university, securing the education demonstrating their indigenous heritage. program for years to come.

I could sense a new style of indigenous Held in the Education Building on youth growing right in front of me. campus, the conference carried a theme One of the sessions that truly swelled of “inspiring change through indigenous my heart was watching four young men practices and knowledge.” In other words, from the Thunderchild reserve. They are it was about bringing the indigenous cul- students that I have worked with and ture into the everyday classroom experithat I consider friends. Each of them ence. was dressed in a shirt and tie, ready to The opening ceremonies carried a introduce themselves and their heritage. pride lost for so long, now songs sung Even as they said their names – Ryzen with a fierce pain and pride. Drumming Walkingbear, River Moccasin, Storm and singing provided by the Young Wapass and Jasper Standingwater – I Bucks, a group of eight young men could feel the pride in the room. sounding like a much larger number These were young men talking with of voices, brought forth a sound that passion about education. They shared reached into my past. Somewhere along the camping, cooking and dog mushing the prairie landscape of this province, I skills they had learned. Their reading had become comfortable and connected and writing skills, all on the rise, were with their sound. focused around cultural interests and Respect for their culture was shown supplemented by a number of well-choeverywhere — in the young men who sen novels. The most obvious thing to automatically removed their caps, to note was that the students were engaged. the elders, Chief Jean Oakes from the Think Indigenous gave an opportunity Nekaneet First Nation and Edwin Tooto- for educators on campus, established osis, who offered prayer with a humble and upcoming, a chance to celebrate the heart and voice. The Metis National change that is in the air for indigenous Anthem was sung beautifully by Crystal learners. The time has indeed come.

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Saskatchewan people caring, friendly and kind, but we already knew that

Journalists love statistics small population (14 per cent), and polls. Great stories — and a quiet, peaceful and relaxed even not-so-great ones — get lifestyle (11 per cent), and some of their credibility from being with friends and close numbers. If they don’t, it’s still family (nine per cent).” fun to ruminate over them.

These responses are not Therefore, bless Insightrix surprising either, except Research for its informative perhaps that Saskatchewan and fun survey of Saskatchpeople, many of whom grew ewan residents, the results of up in a have-not province and which are far from surprising. now are among the prosperRather, they reflect us to ourous, still revere the age-old Columnist selves in a big, shiny mirror. benefits of being here. You’ll When former British Prime notice that the first answer to Minister Benjamin Disraeli purportedly “what do you like about Saskatchewan” said there were three kinds of lies — lies, was not “the economy, of course!” or “I damn lies, and statistics — he was at least make lots of money here, compared to partly wrong, if you go by this survey.

New Brunswick.” It’s about the beauty, Reading the Insightrix results will make the family, the peace, the clean air and the many of us nod our heads sagely: yep, quiet. What I love most about Saskatchthat’s us, we’ll say. ewan is the Saskatchewanians who know It will also, perhaps, generate a little what’s most important in life. provincial patriotism, which never goes In support of this view, may I note that amiss, either. Where the patriotism ends, Insightrix also asked what personality traits describe the people of Saskatchthe understanding begins: about half of us really, really don’t like winter weather. ewan. (See? Statistics are going to back You could knock me over with a feather. me up.) “Overall, 83 per cent of responsWhen it started to snow two Saturdays es are positive, with the most popular ago, for example, I dug in and burrowed traits being caring, friendly and kind.”

Insightrix said only nine per cent of under my blankie in the TV room. I had responses were negative, “with the most had enough. It wasn’t horribly cold, but common words used being hicks, redthat blast of precipitation reminded me necks, or unsophisticated. The remaining that equinox notwithstanding, March responses are neutral and included words in Saskatchewan is winter, despite this like conservative and traditional.” year’s above-average temperatures. A That’s because we don’t like redfriend weathered the storm and came over for dinner, but she was still cursing all the necks anymore, and there are fewer and fewer of them, so they stick out like way up the driveway. sore thumbs. Saskatchewan is becoming “Unsurprisingly, the number one increasingly sophisticated. thing that people dislike about living The most popular part of this survey in Saskatchewan is the cold winters among media outlets was the slang porand the weather, with almost half of all respondents (49 per cent) mentioning this tion. Insightrix asked respondents what slang words they were most familiar with. aspect,” said Insightrix. “The next most The most recognizable words by commonly mentioned responses include narrow minded people (16 per cent) and respondents, in order, are bunnyhug, brewski, gotch, Vi-Co, matrimonial cake, infrastructure issues (12 per cent).”

Well, apart from mosquitoes, that just gibbled and ‘2-4’ (of beer). “Given that about nails it. I’d be willing to bet that a the Vi-Co brand was retired in the mid1990s, it isn’t surprising that this variety similar survey held 10 or even 20 years of chocolate milk is more recognizable ago would have generated very similar responses. I might be a bit surprised that among Saskatchewan residents who are 35 years and older,” noted Insightrix. infrastructure problems were not more Notwithstanding that last generation frustrating to this growing-and-not-quitegap in slang understanding, this survey, keeping-up province, but otherwise that which was conducted in mid-March, finding feels about right. (I wonder if a concern about rising crime came up, too, could have generated more or less the same responses a decade or two ago. Is at least among city dwellers. It worries this a case of time standing still in Sasme a lot.) katchewan? Don’t believe it. It’s a case On the “what I like” side of the of powerful entrenched values, a proud equation, 28 per cent of respondents pioneer mentality and, generations after said Saskatchewan has friendly people settlement, a love of this beautiful, clean and a community feel. “Other popular responses include environmental reasons land. You can’t take that out of a true Saskatchewanian. That’s going to take much, and clean air (24 per cent), open spaces and flat lands (19 per cent), small towns/ much longer than 110 years.

Joanne Paulson

Another historic landmark coming down It’s been a bad time for historic Saskatoon buildings. The century-old Farnam Block and the Barbie Doll-sized “Merry Mansion” next door have lost their battle with Father Time. Now the iconic agricultural landmark, the former Quaker Oats Mill, is also coming down. The plant was built by the Saskatoon Milling Company in 1909 at Avenue N and 18th Street, and it was taken over by the Quaker Oats company in 1912. It closed in 1972 and was later operated by its current owners, Parrish and Heimbecker, another grain milling company that, coincidently, also began operating in 1909. While much of the mill remains standing for now, demolition is quickly proceeding at the north end of the complex. Human history buffs will not be the only ones sad to lose the old mill.

It has also been home to countless generations of pigeons that live in the nooks and crannies of the old mill and grow plump from the grain that gets dropped along its way into the plant. (Photos by Steve Gibb)

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We all need our personal space, or so it seems

Many moons ago in the distant past, Frank and I were visiting my Uncle John and Aunt Pat in Saskatoon. The four of us were gathered in the living room chatting.

There was a definite sense of unease with regard to my Uncle John, who seemed somewhat twitchy as he tried to settle himself comfortably on the couch. While we were enjoying our coffee, young Cam Hutchinson (who was then in university, working for the parks department for the summer, and the proud owner of a new-toColumnist him white MG convertible) arrived home in said car with one of his buds – a football player-sized buddy, which truly is an anomaly in our family. The friend, whose name escapes me, instantly surveyed the room and immediately zoned in on Frank. In a loud voice, he turned to Cam and asked, “Hey, what’s that guy doing sitting in John’s chair?”

Two recent events have taken me back to that telling moment of discomfort. A couple of weeks ago I was hanging in the swimming pool hot tub with a friend. She was figuratively all bruised up from an encounter she had had earlier in the day in a drop-in aqua-size class. The class was one that she didn’t normally attend, and she had unintentionally and accidentally planted herself in someone else’s “space” in the water. Apparently this did not go down well at all. There was great discomfort all around. My friend made a mental decision to stick to her usual time and space in the Aquasize Sweepstakes.

Later that week, my husband Frank came home with a similar tale of woe – call it choir wars, if you will. The altos and the sopranos were not being exactly cooperative about accommodating the tenors. Basically the girls weren’t budging a riser for the guys.

As the women in any given choir routinely outnumber their male counterparts by about two to one, you can pretty accurately guess who won this particular skirmish.

This all caused me to ponder the point about why we, as humans, are so territorial. Why do I always use Locker 454 at the pool? Why do we always sleep on the same side of the bed, or sit at the same spot at the table? Why do we ride on the same seat on the bus or always assume the same spot in the lunchroom? Even on The Big Bang Theory Sheldon takes no prisoners over his place on the couch.

In times past, families used to purchase the right to own their pew at church. Why is it a custom for the bride’s family to sit on the left at a wedding and the groom’s on the right? Why does the big boss always occupy the corner office with the big windows?

None of my meanderings or wonderings here are exactly earth shattering, I realize. Yet, if you could or would extrapolate these teeny-tiny examples to our larger world, and then figure out why we behave the way we do, then maybe we would also be able to figure why there was a time when the sun never set on the British Empire, why the Czech Republic and Slovakia are divorced, why our Canadian Aboriginals cry out for their own sovereignty and why the American Secretary of State is a presence everywhere.

Let’s be honest, the list of territorial transgressions is endless — from neighbours squabbling over where the fence goes (and who pays for it) to Russia wishing to annex Ukraine.

There are some who might argue that, on a personal level, some of these traits are just manifestations of habit — the kinds of habits that help us all make sense of the rampant messiness of our daily lives. Some might argue that we need these habits.

I guess I would argue otherwise. I believe that our tendency to be territorial is hardwired into the gene pool. It’s an ever (or perhaps never) evolving human imperative that simply will not disappear. It’s a pleasant thought that the world would be a better and happier place if the humans who inhabit it could dispense with territorial behaviours. But, sadly, it ain’t gonna happen. If we could figure this all out, someone would win the Nobel Peace Prize.

By the way, that afternoon in Saskatoon, Frank immediately exited himself from “the” chair, and my uncle John was restored to his rightful place in the living room. The order of the universe was restored!

ANNE LETAIN

Birders, such as Guy Wapple, can now take advantage of a host of technological advances that support their activities, but the core of birding remains unchanged — a love of birds and a pair of binoculars (Photo by Sandra Wapple)

Technology makes it easier to keep your eye on the birdie

By Guy Wapple

Technological advances in our world have been Nature Notes mind-boggling, especially during the last two decades. These changes have had a major impact on both our culture and our way of life.

The hobby of bird watching (or birding) has also seen dramatic growth during this period.

I grew up in the town of Biggar, an hour west of Saskatoon.

As a kid, I had always been interested in nature. Birds, in particular, had always fascinated me. However, I didn’t “officially” begin birding until Oct. 11, 1973. On that day, I wrote down in my old brown Hilroy spiral notebook: “Two Pine Siskins feeding in the garden,” and the rest is history.

When I started, the tools of the trade were pretty basic. All you really needed were a decent

pair of binoculars and a good bird guide.

Most of us carried either Roger Tory Peterson’s landmark Eastern field guide or the Golden guide written by Chandler Robbins and others. I used both of them. Other essentials included a pencil and small notebook to jot down your sightings and you were good to go.

At that time, the dawn of the World Wide Web — which for better or worse has revolutionized our modern culture — was still just a distant dream.

I soon joined the Saskatchewan Natural History Society (now Nature Saskatchewan) and Nature Canada. Eventually I became friends with other nature enthusiasts across the province and Canada. Back then, we actually communicated via letters (remember those?), along with the occasional phone call.

Through this network of

friends, I learned there were many birding “hotspots” located all over Saskatchewan. Besides some good areas around Biggar, later I visited many of our fine provincial parks, including Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan Landing and Cypress Hills.

I also regularly spent time at various lakes, including Turtle, Diefenbaker, Last Mountain and the two Quills.

Whenever a rare or unusual bird showed up in Saskatoon or Regina a “phone fan-out” system was initiated, so that others might share in the sighting. Admittedly, it wasn’t a perfect system, but one that worked reasonably well. While I wasn’t able to “chase” every rare bird, it was still nice to hear about them and at least have the option.

My how things have changed since those dinosaur days.

Advances in optical equipment have improved by leaps and bounds. You now can pick up excellent binoculars at almost any price. You can also choose to spend big bucks for equipment, including high-end spotting scopes. Many of these possess new lens coatings to increase light transmission.

Some even come with built-in cameras.

There are countless bird identification guides available. Some of these are general, while others focus (pun intended) on specific “difficult to sort” families — gulls and shorebirds are two examples. The past few years have seen many of these guides now featuring apps to download right onto your new smartphone.

While I like to travel with a field guide nearby, it is now no longer a requirement. Talk about accessibility and convenience.

Instead of dragging along a heavy, sometimes cumbersome book on an international trip, you can load up your mobile device with a couple of apps that include the most updated info (including bird sounds) and blast off.

More recent advances — prevalent on the North American bird scene — are rare-bird alert texting groups, complete with maps and driving directions on your smartphone to lead you right to that once-in-alifetime bird.

Birding is also featured on social media sites. Facebook, for example, has numerous groups for identification help and sharing photos has become commonplace in the birding world. This phenomenon is also taking hold in many foreign countries.

We continue to be amazed by technology and the sky is the limit. I probably could re-write this column in six months with another huge update.

Guy Wapple is a member of the Saskatoon Nature Society.

The SNS website is at www. saskatoonnaturesociety.sk.ca, or you can visit the SNS on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ SaskatoonNatureSociety.

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Jolie to be commended, but having millions in bank sets her apart from most BREAKING: Hollyand working to stay calm wood superstar Angelina and focused,” said Jolie in Jolie cuts her toe nails, last week’s NY Times. “The recommends women day of the results came. The around the world cut their PET/CT scan looked clear, toe nails. and the tumour test was OK, maybe that was a negative. I was full of haplittle over the line. piness, although the radioacIn case you missed it, tive tracer meant I couldn’t last week the New York hug my children. . . . I still Times ran the second op-ed had the option of removing column penned by Jolie in my ovaries and fallopian Columnist as many years, this time tubes and I chose to do it.” detailing her recent deciFive days from test resion to have her ovaries removed. sults, to meeting with a surgeon, to a Jolie’s first piece was published PET/CT scan, to an all clear. Can you by the NYT in 2013, detailing her imagine? decision to have a double mastectomy “It is not easy to make these deciafter genetic testing revealed that she sions,” said Jolie. “But it is possible was positive for the BRCA cancer to take control and tackle head-on gene, the presence of which is purany health issue. You can seek advice, ported to elevate a woman’s odds of learn about the options and make being diagnosed with breast cancer to choices that are right for you. Knowlat least 60 per cent. In Jolie’s case, the edge is power.” discovery that she was a BRCA carYou know what else is power? Hunrier combined with a number of other dreds of millions of dollars in your factors, including her family’s medibank account, and being one half of cal history, put her at an 87 per cent one of the most influential couples in chance of developing breast cancer, Hollywood, if not the world. according to her medical advisors.

Jolie’s intentions for her second In light of these unsettling stats, health announcement were undoubtJolie immediately responded with the edly as pure as her first. I believe she most severe course of action on the genuinely wants to help humankind spectrum — she chose to have both of understand its options when it comes her breasts removed (and then recon- to preventing and treating cancer. structed), reducing her chances of However, she lost me the second time getting breast cancer to a reported five around, mainly because she didn’t try per cent. Rightly, Jolie was lauded, not as hard as the first to pretend she’s just for her brave decision to take con- everywoman. trol of her future, but for sharing the Jolie also fails to mention an imporintimate details of the process with the tant point regarding genetic testing — entire world, subsequently elevating life insurance. Again, when you have awareness of both the BRCA gene and hundreds of millions of dollars in the its relation to breast cancer, as well as bank, maybe life insurance is not top for genetic medical testing. of mind. For the rest of us, however, Fewer than two years later, Jolie is rushing into genetic testing without continuing the open dialogue on her examining the implications on our inside parts — this time, her decision life and critic illness insurance needs to surgically have her ovaries recould be disastrous. (For the record, if moved. Again, genetic testing was the you have an existing life and critical catalyst for her decision, though the illness or disability policy, check with circumstances were different. While your local insurance provider on how Jolie’s doctor told her that her most getting genetic testing may impact recent blood test did not reveal the your coverage. If you do not have gene connected to ovarian cancer, he an existing policy, contact an insuralso indicated that the test in question ance provider to find out how having was up to 70 per cent unreliable. Even genetic testing might impact obtaining worse, he advised her of the presence coverage in the future.) in her results of elevated “inflammaIf we get sick, the majority of us tory markers,” which could point to don’t have husbands who can drop the early stages cancer. everything, hop onto a private plane From there, Jolie embarked on an and jet overseas to our bedside. We immediate whirlwind of further diag- don’t get to see a world-class surgeon nostics. She wrote that her husband on a same-day basis, and we most (actor Brad Pitt, in case you’ve been definitely don’t have the results of an living under a rock), in France at the entire-body tumour scan back in five time, “was on a plane within hours.” days.

She said that on the “same day” she The reality is that we still have ended up in her surgeon’s office for an bills to pay, and we’re lucky if our examination and abdominal ultrahusbands can get the time off work to sound, which revealed nothing, but take us to our appointments. We suffer went on to write that “if (the cancer for weeks waiting for specialists to tell was) somewhere else in my body, I us what’s wrong, and then weeks, or would know in five days.” months, more, for diagnosis. TreatFive days? Around here you’re ment? The good news is that if you’re lucky to get an appointment with your really, really sick, you won’t have to family doctor in five days, never mind wait quite as long as everyone else. a pinpointed tumour diagnosis. My One can always hope. aunt, who died a couple years ago of What I can promise you is that reovarian cancer, had to vomit and then gardless of what preventative testing, faint in her Moose Jaw doctor’s wait- surgeries, treatments or toenail cliping room before he’d even consider ping routines you choose for yourself doing anything diagnostic beyond someday, you will not have the same insisting she had gas. By the time he experience as Angelina Jolie. Which got her, lying there that day on his isn’t her fault, to be fair, but I daresay tiled floor, belly bloated so badly she it’s just one of the many additional appeared full-term pregnant, her ovar- facts worth remembering when she’s ian cancer was already Stage 4. holding up the health-care choices “I passed those five days in a haze, she makes as a standard by which to attending my children’s soccer game, measure your own.

TAMMY ROBERT

Shane Koyczan will be at the Broadway Theatre on April 3 (Photo Supplied)

Shane Koyczan brings words to life with voice

Madison Prosofsky Saskatoon Express Spoken word is a medium of expression growing rapidly across Canada, from the Stuart McLeans to the Ivan Coyotes, and now Shane Koyczan – a man who brings power to words just by using his voice.

Koyczan’s most recent album, A Song I know All the Words To, touches on a range of subjects, but there is a strong focus on dealing with depression, something that is still present in his life.

“When I put together an album, it’s not just one subject that I’m addressing; there are multiple things that I’m trying to get across. I think a lot of it is based on that human connection – letting people know that it’s OK to feel their feelings,” Koyczan said in a telephone interview in advance of his show in Saskatoon.

Writing became the best way for Koyczan to come to terms with and try to resolve his battle with depression. A secret passion for writing became his outlet, and soon he found the voice to accompany those words, recognizing that he could use that power to help others, as well as himself on the road to healing.

“Up until university I’d never shown anyone my writing. I was in a class and

people were commenting and saying, ‘This is really something.’ From there, I started up a poetry night with my friend at a cafe. We would just stand there and read our poems; we didn’t realize that it was the beginning of something that has now become my life,” he said.

Koyczan’s voice brings words to life, touching on a broad spectrum of emotions with every new sentence.

“When people come to my shows, I want them to have that full range of emotional experience, whether it’s the funny piece, the sad piece, the happy piece, or the love piece, even political. I want to take them through that range, and spoken word allows me to do that,” he said.

An inspiration for many, Koyczan knows the ups and downs that depression brings. Even after 10 years, it has proven to be a never-ending battle. It’s a fight he’s not willing to give up.

“Depression comes in waves. You can surf some of them, but a lot of them are going to tip you over into the water. It’s trying to find that balance; it’s trying to find your way to the shore.”

Koyczan will be at the Broadway Theatre on April 3 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased online at http://broadwaytheatre.ca/events.php.

Ken Cheveldayoff MLA Saskatoon Silver Springs

Ph: (306) 651-7100

Email: ken.cheveldayoff.mla@sasktel.net

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Two whitetail deer strike a pose in a yard in Furdale (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Should lettuce be cut or torn?

Dear Reena, Hi Reena, My mother always told I have some new ballpoint me that lettuce should be ink pens that have dried out. hand torn and never cut Is there a way that these can with a knife. Is this true or be restored? — Emily is it a myth? — Aimee Dear Emily, Dear Aimee, Begin by shaking the pens Many cooks believe that to loosen the solvent inside. If lettuce that touches metal you do not have the strength will react and prematurely in your hand to scribble vigorturn brown. While this isn’t ously, ask someone else to completely a myth, it really take a crack at it; sometimes a Household doesn’t make a difference few seconds of swirls on a paSolutions whether you tear or cut; letper or the bottom of a rubber tuce turns brown at almost the shoe fixes pens. If that doesn’t same rate, give or take a day. The excep- work, heat the tip with a hairdryer or hold tion to this is when people use a knife it under hot water; doing this helps soften that isn’t clean, causing bacteria to form the ink. Or hold the end of the pen one on lettuce; in this case, lettuce browns centimetre away from a lighter flame; quickly. The benefit to knife-cut lettuce is heat the tip so that the ink that has conthat it creates uniform pieces, which are gealed behind the ball flows freely. easier to eat.

Dear Reena, Hello Reena, The sliding doors in an upstairs Three-pack romaine lettuce keeps and downstairs closet glide smoothly well in the original package in the until they get to a certain point – that crisper, but after it is washed and being just before they’re completely kept in a container in the refrigerator, closed. Is there anything we can use the ribs and some of the leaves turn so they’ll close without sticking? — brown. What is the reason for this? — Dale Elizabeth Dear Dale, Dear Elizabeth, A closet door that won’t properly Browning lettuce edges are caused by close is often the result of a misaligned two chemicals: enzymes and polyphedoor track. Using a screwdriver, tighten nols. When they combine they oxidize, the door tracks. If the door still sticks, which turns many fruits and veggies replace worn roller wheels. If necessary, brown. When lettuce is cut or torn, the adjust the height of the door using the cell walls are damaged and the edges screws, or plane the door. Lastly, replace quickly turn brown. To sustain the life of the guides and the door should easily your lettuce once you have purchased it, close. remove leaves from core, wash and spin.

Wrap leaves in paper towels and tuck I enjoy your questions and tips; keep them inside a sealable plastic bag. Extra them coming. Need a presenter on the note: Romaine lettuce turns brown faster topics Effective Speaking or The Power than iceberg lettuce. of Words? Check out Reena.ca.)

REENA NERBAS

There are tax advantages for students

Post-secondary students have other things on their minds right now, so the last thing they want to be doing is their taxes. But here are a few things to keep in mind that should make filing a priority.

Every year I receive numerous calls from students that have four or five years’ worth of income taxes to prepare. Many people believe they do not need to prepare their taxes if they have no income.

Tax This can be correct under certain circumstances. However, you may be missing out on some important programs and credits.

First, let’s look at when you need to file a return: • You have to pay tax; • You earn more than $3,500 and have made Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions; • You have not repaid all amounts under the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP); or • You have received the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) or want to apply for the WITB. • If you do not fit into one of these categories, you might still want to consider filing you income tax return if: • You are expecting a refund; • You want to apply for the GST Credit (if you are over 19 or will turn 19 in the current year); • You have a child and want to receive the Canada Child Tax Benefit; • You have post-secondary tuition and you want to carry forward or transfer it to a spouse, parent or grandparent; or • You want to report income to create RRSP contribution room for future years.

When determining if you have income, you need to look at all sources: employment, tips, contract earnings, investment income, RESP payments, scholarships, bursaries and grants.

Lenard O. Cole

Elm pruning ban coming into effect

The provincial ban on pruning elm trees will be in effect between April 1 and August 31.

The ban ensures that elm bark beetles, which transmit Dutch elm disease (DED), are not attracted to the freshly pruned trees when these beetles are most active. Anyone wishing to prune elm trees during the ban must obtain a permit. Call the City of Saskatoon Parks Division at 306-975-3300 for information.

DED was first discovered in Sas-

katchewan in 1981 and continues to be found in more areas of the province every year. DED is caused by a fungus that clogs the tree’s water conducting system, which eventually causes the tree to die, usually within one or two seasons. Early symptoms of the disease usually appear by July when the leaves on one or more branches wilt, curl, turn yellow, and then die.

The only effective management strategy for the elm bark beetle is to deprive it of its breeding habitat. This involves keeping

Your scholarships and bursaries may not be taxable depending on whether you are in full-time or part-time studies. The most common deductions students have from their income are child-care expenses and moving expenses. If you need to move to go to school or move for summer or co-operative employment, the moving expenses may be able to be written off against your income.

Tips Other items that you can use to reduce your tax payable to zero are: The public transit amount (either monthly or semester passes or individual tickets purchased that allow for 32 trips in a 31-day period); student loan interest; tuition fees and education amounts; non-reimbursed medical expenses (including the cost of health plans); and donations to charitable organizations or political parties.

If you are living in or coming to Saskatchewan after you graduate from post-secondary education, you have had the opportunity to participate in the Saskatchewan Graduate Retention Program. You may have heard many different things about the changes that are happening. You should know that these changes will not affect your 2014 tax return (the return you are filing this year).

The changes to the program are coming into effect for your 2015 tax return. The program amounts have not changed and there is still a maximum of $20,000 available, but what has changed is the eligibility. You now must be working and paying Saskatchewan income tax to access the benefit, and the time frame has increased from seven years to 10 years.

This change to the tax credit means that the benefit will only reduce your Saskatchewan taxes owing, not create a refund.

(Article submitted by Lenard O. Cole, B.A., CFP, CPA, CGA. For more information, call 306-244-2424).

elm trees healthy by removing potential breeding material in trees and eliminating detached elm wood. For this reason, it is necessary to dispose, or render uninhabitable, elm stumps and remove any fallen branches or any wood from a fallen elm tree. Under no circumstances should elm wood be left lying around, stored for firewood, or other purposes.

Elm removal can occur at any time of the year; however, the entire tree must be removed and all waste elm be trans-

ported to the nearest approved landfill site in the municipality where the elm was removed. In Saskatoon, the landfill is the only site approved for disposal.

It is estimated that Saskatoon’s 25,000 boulevard and park elm trees are worth approximately $45 million, and many more are located on private property. While Saskatoon does not have the disease, effective DED management requires everyone’s support. Anyone suspecting an elm is unhealthy is asked to contact the City at 306-975-2890.

For more information, visit www.saskatoon.ca/trees.

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40 members, and any member is welcome to contribute pieces for the show. The only stipulation is that a piece of art cannot have been included in a previous GlassArt show, therefore encouraging the artist to create new works. Artists are also able to submit more than one piece.

“In the last three years that I’ve participated in it, there’s been a lot of people submitting pieces. There’s probably a good 150, 200 pieces of art,” Hinz said.

“There’s a lot of galleries who have paintings and ceramics and that kind of nature; this is kind of something a little bit different,” she added.

The Saskatoon Glassworkers’ Guild is a non-profit organization that was formed in 1987. Hinz said the guild has two purposes: to educate its membership about glass techniques and to promote glass art. All forms of glassworking — including glass blowing, etching, stained glass, mosaics, painting, fusing and sandblasting — are included in the guild.

Hinz started working with glass in 1987 when she took a stained glass class. She retired from her job as a systems analyst in 2009, which has enabled her to spend more time on her hobby.

Although Hinz admits that glass can sometimes be frustrating to work with, Sabine Hinz will have some of her pieces on display at GlassArt 15 (Photos Supplied) she loves its shimmer and its shine. She also notes that cuts are inevitable when creating glass art, so her home is stocked with “a healthy stash of Band-Aids.”

Despite the potential for injury, however, glass is her artistic medium of choice.

“I like the sparkle and the shine. You just don’t get that with any other kind of Shannon Boklaschuk “Every time I go, I am surprised what medium,” she said.

Saskatoon Express people can accomplish with the medium.

“When I was a lot younger, I went to A unique art show that has been going That’s why I like going to the show — Europe on vacation and I was just asstrong for more than two decades is back just to see what they can do with it,” tounded and stunned by all the stained again in April. said Hinz, who has been a member of glass windows. I mean, I started with that GlassArt 15, presented by the Saskathe Saskatoon Glassworkers’ Guild for — with the stained glass windows.” toon Glassworkers’ Guild, will run from three years and now works on the guild’s Hinz will have some pieces on display April 10 to April 12 at the Galleria in Innewsletter. at GlassArt 15. The show will kick off novation Place. The 27th annual exhibition “That’s kind of why I like being a mem- on April 10, and there will be a reception will provide an opportunity to view pieces ber of the guild, too — you can see what from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on April 11. The created by the guild’s members, as well as people’s projects are and what they’re guest speaker for the reception will be to talk to the members about glass art and doing. It’s kind of somewhat comforting if Arnfinn Prugger, who will speak at 7 p.m. take in glassworking demonstrations. you’ve got problems. You can maybe turn for about 20 minutes.

Sabine Hinz said people who attend to someone and say, ‘Hey, how do you do A silent auction will also be held durthe show should expect to see “a lot of this?’ ” ing the show, allowing viewers to bid on fantastic art.”

Hinz said the guild currently has about pieces. As well, the People’s Choice Award

Glassworkers’ guild to present annual show

Canadiana Crossword An Easter Pageant

By Boots and Jim Struthers

ACROSS 1 Slam dunk receptacle 5 Barley bristle 8 Macaws 11 Crucifix inscription 12 Golfer's concern 13 Dressed 14 Ship steadier 15 Blue Jay boss formerly 16 Rip 17 Treatise 19 Caraphas, the High ______ 21 ____ as it should be!

23 Ref 24 Complains 28 The denyer 32 Arafat's org.

33 Wife 35 Branch 36 The cross bearer 39 With the Elders, the accusers 42 __ Mahal 44 Fleming or Baker-Finch 45 Subject 48 The betrayer 52 _____ shell 53 Elongated sandwich 55 Ascend 56 Sea birds 57 Eskimo knife 58 Emerald Isle 59 Colouring agent 60 Partner of game and match, sometimes 61 ERA or RBI DOWN 1 Travel on foot 2 Aces 3 Minerals 4 The Governor

5 ____ mode 6 Tuft 7 Big name in Indian politics 8 Brews 9 Let off steam?

10 Supplement 13 Pancake 18 Tokyo tender 20 Little devil 22 Banking tech.

24 Recordings, so to speak 25 Caliph 26 Female parent 27 Retirees, abbr.

29 Restaurant bill 30 Poet's before 31 Local Govts.

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37 Lang and Jelinek 38 Nathaniel, for short 40 Rule, in Rampur 41 Habituates 43 The Saviour 45 The mother of James and Joseph 46 Teen terrorizer 47 Regulation 49 Filth 50 Continent 51 Dispatched 52 Hockeyists Lindsay or Green 54 On the other hand

Examples of Sabine Hinz’s glass artwork will be given to a piece that receives the most votes from the public.

Hinz encourages people to attend GlassArt 15. She said people who have attended are impressed with what can be done with glass.

“Come and look. It’s quite interesting to see, just all the different things people are making out of glass. It’s just amazing.”

GlassArt 15 is an exhibition of contemporary and traditional glasswork. The show will be held at the Galleria in Innovation Place, which is located at 15 Innovation Blvd., north of the University of Saskatchewan campus. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April 10 and April 11, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 12.

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Plan your escape to the spectacular British countryside (Photo Supplied)

Great driving adventures in Britain A driving holiday gives you the freedom to roam off the beaten track and discover historical treasures along the way.

If you’re up for a driving vacation in the British Isles, Visit Britain has a selection of itineraries that cover the length and breadth of the nation. Away from the busy motorways, you can discover dramatic mountain passes, rolling hills and fabulous coastal drives, sometimes all in the same day.

Check out some of their suggestions below.

Southwest England: New Forest and Jurassic Coast A long weekend or threeday jaunt that offers unmatched variety is easily accessible from London. Within a couple of hours, heading southwest takes you into the New Forest with its eponymous ponies that roam freely among heaths and ancient woodlands.

In under an hour’s scenic Travel drive from there, you’ll find yourself in the rolling Dorset hills of Thomas Hardy country, named

PETER WILSON

after the novelist inspired to write his Wessex series of books about this gorgeous region. Among the many quaint thatched cottages you can visit the one where Hardy was born. Drive on for a further hour through Dorset’s officially designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty before crossing into Devon. Unwind in style at the Salutation Inn – a venerable hostelry with contemporary features and elegant dining at Topsham on the River Exe. Devon is home to more rugged vistas, including the brooding expanse of Dartmoor.

Head south for half an hour through rolling farmland to the county’s major foodie desti-

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nation, Dartmouth. Its stunning estuary location is home to many fine restaurants, none more stellar than top chef Mitch Tonks’s The Seahorse.

Head back along the winding Jurassic Coast roads that link east Devon and Dorset, perhaps England’s most scenic route, with natural features such as the phenomenal shingle bank known as Chesil Beach and the limestone arch of Durdle Door. Allow a full day with stops to take in all the views.

Northern England: a treehouse with all mod cons This four-day journey shows off the best of northern England’s bracing countryside.

From Manchester, you are only an hour’s drive from the Lake District National Park, a magical landscape that has inspired everyone from the Romantic poet William Wordsworth to children’s author Beatrix Potter. At the heart of this unique region, Surprise View near Ashness Bridge offers a hidden panorama of picturesque Derwent Water before you reach the spectacular vistas displayed below Honister Pass.

An hour and a half’s drive takes you through the wild open spaces of the North Pennines into Northumbria. You will know you are near Scotland (but not quite) when you hit Hadrian’s Wall, the best preserved boundary of the Roman Empire. See how legionaries coped at the most complete British fort — Housesteads.

For more tranquility, head further north for an hour to the Kielder Water and Forest Park. Take advantage of light-free skies at its Observatory (booked events only; prices vary). You will find many cool places to stay nearby, though nowhere as unique as the Sky Den, a contemporary take on a treehouse.

It takes two and a half hours to head south into the softer scenery of the Yorkshire Dales, though you still find photogenic locations such as Hardraw Force, England’s tallest single-drop waterfall. The county of Yorkshire is famed for its ales and Masham has two rival breweries. At Theakston’s sample their delectable Old Peculier. You can enjoy your well-earned rest in one of the cute, hand-crafted shacks nearby at The Bivouac.

Views of the World

Lesnar’s career goes full folding chair • Janice Hough, on a United Airlines employee being arrested and charged with stealing more than $500 from a passenger’s wallet at a TSA checkpoint at Newark, N.J.: “United is appalled. If anyone is ripping off a passenger, it should be us, the airline said.”

• Bill Littlejohn, on Tiger Woods saying he’s 50-50 for playing in the Masters: Does that mean 50 on the front nine, followed by 50 on the back?”

• Torben Rolfsen, on Brock Lesnar ending his MMA career and re-inking with WWE: “He signed the contract with a pen knife he had hidden in the waistband of his trunks.”

• TC Chong, on Nebraska defensive end Randy Gregory testing positive for marijuana at the NFL combine. “His agent said Gregory wants to be drafted high.”

• I remember the good old days at a daily newspaper when the press would be stopped or delayed for 30 minutes so a review of a concert such as Maroon 5’s would be in published the next day. Last week there was no review of Maroon 5, but there was a token photo from a Maroon 5 concert in New York.

• Let me repeat: it would be a travesty

if the Oilers or Leafs end up with Connor McDavid. The Oilers are beyond inept (if there can be such a thing) and the Leafs flat out quit.

• From Littlejohn: “Karl-Anthony Towns of Kentucky talks to imaginary friend on his shoulder, Karlito, who reportedly helps Karl deal with criticism: “I hear Karlito’s cousin is Manti Te’o’s girlfriend.”

• Hough, on Ted Cruz running for the presidency of the United States: “He’s trying to have Americans change their minds about the worst export from Canada being Justin Bieber.”

• Chong, on a 100-year-old car salesman still working six days a week in Wyoming: “Apparently he is still trying to sell that Edsel.”

• Rolfsen, on a killer asteroid passing dangerously close to Earth this week: “Luckily its path was diverted when it was hit by a Kris Bryant Cactus League homer.”

• From Littlejohn: “Philadelphia Eagle Hall of Famer Chuck Bednarik, who passed away recently, once delivered a hit on Frank Gifford that proved to be the biggest threat to Frank’s

career, well-being and reputation — well, other than Kathie Lee joining Hoda on Today.”

• From Hough: “Silver lining award: This year the San Jose Sharks will not break their fans’ hearts in the playoffs.”

• Chong, on Dodgers star pitcher Clayton Kershaw being hit in the left jaw by a line drive: “He wanted to stay in the game, saying if another comebacker occurred, he would turn the other cheek.”

• From Rolfsen: “In the race for the draft, the Sabres, Coyotes and Oilers all have the same magic number: 97.”

• From Hough: “U.S. Congressman. Peter King referred to Ted Cruz as a ‘carnival barker.’ This prompted calls for an apology — from carnival barkers.”

• Strange how things change: I am rooting for Alex Rodriguez in his comeback.

• Chong, on the NFL wanting to get rid of the extra point after TDs: ‘“That’s kind of late now, isn’t it?’ said Tony Romo.”

• Kyle Baun, the grandson of former NHL defenceman Bobby Baun, has signed with the Blackhawks. I’m hoping no one says, “Get out there and break a leg, kid.”

Let’s bundle our politicians The government’s CRTC has stated that we can now cherry pick and play the cable and satellite channels we want to watch. This sounds good, but it would be better if the government went even further. Let’s add this program to politics.

As it stands now, we pick one and we have to take the whole “bundle” for four years. With the new program, each politician would have to show some pretty fantastic programming to stay on the job.

Sure the face of government would always be changing, but they really would be working for the people. The CRTC has said there will be some job losses in cable. In the expanded program, there would be job losses, but, really, they’re just politicians folks. — Bryan Cox

Riding a camel and getting one’s goat

By RJ Currie

• In the Sweet 16, Kentucky — with Saskatoon’s Trey Lyles leading their scorers — doubled WVU 78-39. So a predicted Mountaineers win by guard Daxter Miles Jr. wasn’t just off, it missed by a Lyles.

• King5 News reports Seattle police corralled 10 goats that were loose on city streets.

For good measure, they arrested Pete Carroll.

• Maria Sharapova was upset by wildcard Daria Gavrilova in the second round of the Miami Open. I’ll go out on a limb and say Sharapova didn’t go quietly.

• The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an American trying to walk to Canada across a frozen lake who found himself on thin ice. They’re on stand-by for Bruins coach Claude Julien.

• Olivia Munn may have got more camera time than the teams in Wisconsin’s Sweet 16 win over UNC. On her left was QB Aaron Rodgers; on her right was Who Gives a Hoot.

• Vikings running back Adrian Peterson rode a camel into his 30th birthday party.

As for his strained relationship with the

Vikings, they’re still not over the hump.

• According to a British study, crossing one’s fingers can reduce feelings of pain.

Finally, some good news for Cubs fans.

• Gemma Kirby, 25, the world’s youngest female cannonball, recently celebrated her 500th time being shot out of a cannon. I bet she was fired up.

• Summing up A-Rod’s career: .299 right-handed; .999 underhanded.

• NASA astronaut Scott Kelly just left Earth in a Soyuz rocket to become the first U.S. man to spend more than six months in

outer space. Unless you count Mark Cuban.

• Orange News reports a British electronics store was broken into by a sheep. At last report the suspect is on the lamb.

• NFL owners voted 31-1 to end TV blackouts for the upcoming season. Fans in Jacksonville and Oakland immediately appealed the decision.

• RJ’s Groaner of the Week Heinz has bought up Kraft Foods in a $36-billion deal. Kraft has reportedly been falling behind its major rivals, so the merger with Heinz will help them ketchup.

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MUSIC APRIL 2 Quebec-based singer songwriter Bobby Bazini’s career took off in 2010 with his first single, I Wonder, staying at the top of the Quebec charts for nine straight weeks. Think Bob Dylan meets Otis Redding meets Johnny Cash meets Jim Morrison and you will have a good idea where this folk, soul, country and blues artist is coming from. The opening set is played by Bellwoods. The Bassment. Tickets: $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

the river. Meet the 21 artists and view their exciting new works. Hours are: April 17 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. and April 18 from 10 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. Free Admission.

APRIL 17-19 Prairie River Artists, art show and sale. Third floor, Alberta Community Centre on Clarence Avenue. April 17 from 6:30 to 9:30; April 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; April 19 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free admission.

no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

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

Every Wednesday 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. ***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, ladies’ 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. ***** St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 -20th St. West) have bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. On the last Wednesday of each month we hold a birthday party for applicable members. Monthly socials are also held randomly. The club is campaigning for new $22 for non-members. members who are 55+. Included are bowling APRIL 10 alleys, pool tables, dart boards. The club buildGenre-bending Métis songstress Andrea Meing is wheelchair accessible with adjacent Second and Fourth Tuesday nard returns to her jazz roots for an intimate bus service. Memberships are $5 per year The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club holds evening of original music, accompanied by with discounts included. For further info call dances at Grace Westminster United Church long-time collaborator Robert Walsh. With four (505 10th Street East) from October until April. (306)384-4644 or (306)716-0204. award-winning CDs under her belt, Menard We dance to old-time music from 7 p.m. to tells stories and sings songs the only way 9:30 p.m. Beginner instruction during the Third Thursday of the Month she knows how — with playfulness, poiThe Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group gnancy, and pizzazz. Showtime is 8 p.m. The first hour. No experience needed. For further information call 306-382-5107. meets every month except July and August at Bassment. Tickets: $25 for SJS members, First and Third Saturdays of the month 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, $35 for non-members.

Lions Club’s Texas Holdem Tournaments. $60 across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For APRIL 11 buy-in gets $10,000 in chips, $40 goes to more information call Murray Hill at 306-242Formed during a chance meeting at the Banff the cash prize pool. No Re-Buys. 50 seats 5893 or email murraydhill@me.com.

Centre for the Arts, Tunnel Six is made up of available. Registration opens at 6, tournament ***** three American and three Canadian players. starts at 7 p.m. The Coachman bar at Market The Saskatoon Branch of the Saskatchewan These border-crossing musical storytellers Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more information.

Genealogical Society meets on the third blend elements of jazz, world, and folk to Thursday of every month, except for July and create a unique impressionistic soundscape. First Saturday of every month The MindFULL Café, part of the international August. Meetings are held at the Albert ComShowtime is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets: munity Centre (610 Clarence AvenueSouth. $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members. Alzheimer Café movement, is an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons Entrance is from the parking lot. Take the APRIL 19 with dementia, family, care partners and other elevator to the third floor. Meetings begin at 7 The Cecilian Singers will celebrate Music interested people. The Café is a two-hour get p.m. New members and guests are cordially from Near and Far at 3 p.m., Zion Lutheran together with refreshments, entertainment invited.

Church( Fourth Avenue and 19th Street) Cho- and information. First Saturday of the month ral music from all genres and many nations from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sherbrooke Community Second Wednesday of the Month will be presented by this 30-voice chorus Centre.

Friendship Force International, Saskatoon under the direction of Graham Codling and and Area Club is an organization of more Every Tuesday accompanied by Diane Bestvater. Advance than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International tickets are $15 from choir members or throughout the world. FFI allows you to Bazaar and Bistro.

Basement of Grace-WestMcNally Robinson. Price at the door is $18. enjoy economical travel while forging minster United Church (505, 10th Street East).

Under-12 free. new friendships with club members from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. around the world. Visit our website at www. ***** Spirit of the West 616550 Toastsmasters Club thefriendshipforce.org , find out more about Downtown Saskatoon. Come and have some us or come join us at our next meeting by contacting Lynne Stade at 306-933-4835 or APRIL 3-5 fun with speaking and leadership skills. Our lstade@shaw.ca.

The Life of Jesus – an Easter cantata about a club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the life that changed human history. 7 p.m. each Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Every Thursday evening at Pinehouse Drive SDA Church on Company. Follow the red fence on south side Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets 327 Pinehouse Drive. Free admission. of building through the gate up the stairs into at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm 13, APRIL 17-19 Artists’ Workshop: 25th Annual Art Show and Sale at Grace Westminster Church Auditorium (505 10th Street East.) April 17 from 7 p.m.

APRIL 7 to 10 p.m.; April 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Described by Chet Atkins as “one of the and April 19 from noon to 4 p.m. Presented most important guitarists of his generaby Virginia Beaubier, Valerie Borycki, Margaret tion,” multi-instrumentalist Bremner, Lou Chrones, Kathryn Green, LorJP Cormier has a 30-year music career that includes 13 solo albums and 12 ECM Awards. raine Khachatourians, Karen Maguire, Val His song, Hometown Battlefield, a depiction of Miles, Valerie Munch, Eva Peters-Kooy, Gail Prpick, Kathleen Slavin and Marilyn Weiss. For the trials of Canadian veterans, has become a major YouTube hit. Showtime is 8 p.m. The further information, visit https://artistsworkshop1.wordpress.com.

Bassment. Tickets: $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

APRIL 18 The Prayer Breakfast, organized by LeaderImAPRIL 9 pact of Saskatoon (leaderimpact.com). The The Rural Roots Trio plays music from the one-room school dances of old with a modern breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. at Prairieland Park. The Prayer Breakfast is a non-profit flair. Featuring award-winning fiddler JJ Guy event with ticket sales and corporate sponfrom Lintlaw, award-winning fiddler Lucas Welsh from Blaine Lake, and back-up pianist sorships covering all of the expenses. Any Cathy Sproule from Lafleche, the Trio will have profits from the event will be donated to local charities.Tickets are $35 with tables at $240. you tapping your toes and up on the dance For more information, visit saskatoonprayerfloor in no time. Showtime is 8 p.m The breakfast.ca.

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APRIL 8 Canadian Club of Canada meeting. Sheraton Cavalier. Registration at 11:30, for noon hot buffet. Tickets $20 per person. Contact Laura at 306-2297846 or visit www.canadianclubofsaskatoon.org. Lieutenant Governor Schofield will be present, as we honour the 100th Saskatoon resident Jim Miller, who has received the Order of Canada. The 99th was Gordon Barnhart.

APRIL 10-11 Avalon/Churchill: St. Martins United Church Garage Sale. April 10 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and April 11 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: 2617 Clarence Avenue South (Corner of Clarence Avenue and Wilson Crescent).

APRIL 11 Ye Olde Fashioned Bean Supper and Silent Auction. St. Thomas Wesley United Church (Avenue H and 20th Street). Supper is between 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets at the door.

Adults: $8; Children 12 and under: $3.

APRIL 17-18 The Watermarks Art Group is holding its annual Art Show and Sale at Luther Riverside Terrace (915 Sask. Crescent West). Stroll through our delightful art show in its elegant venue by

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 there is a holiday, if so we meet the second Monday.

First Tuesday of every month Left Behind By Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. 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.

First and Third Sunday of every month Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other sad reasons. The

610 Clarence Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries around the world. First night is free. For more information visit www.sifc. awardspace.com. ***** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460.

Every second Saturday of the month Memory Writers meet every second Saturday of each month from September to June, 10 a.m. – 12 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. ***** SCOOTERS indoor playgroup for children newborns to age five and their parents/caregivers will be at Emmanuel Baptist Church from9:15

a.m. to 11:15 a.m. $40/family/year or suggested drop-in donation of $5/family. Visit our Facebook page (Scooters - at EBC) for more information. ***** Pop In & Play. 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Erindale Alliance Church (310 Perehudoff Cres). Bring your little ones with you downstairs for a great time of fun and connecting.

Monthly theme, learning centres, snack and the occasional speaker. More info at office@ erindalealliance.ca.

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 306-9318053 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.

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give you a full body massage. Let him know during the massage how much you enjoy it.

Return the favour, intentionally making him wait for intercourse. Start to insist on playfulness and see if things change. If you continue to feel rejected in your relationship, you will need to evaluate whether you would be happier with or without him.

(Lianne will be in Saskatoon interviewing new clients April 22-25. Call 1-204888-1529 now to reserve your spot with an award-winning matchmaker. Lianne can also be reached by emailing camelotintroductions@mymts.net. Questions for this column can be sent to the same email address.)

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