Saskatoon Express, September 14, 2015

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Margaret Trudeau plans for healthy future Margaret Trudeau will be appearing at the Word on the Street Festival on Sept. 20 (Photo Supplied) … A man is not old until regrets didn’t leave it at that. She wrote a book take the place of dreams. about it.

— John Barrymore The Time of Your Life: Choosing a Vibrant, Joyful Future came out in April, Joanne Paulson and now Trudeau is bringing her thoughts Saskatoon Express about aging to Saskatoon, during the argaret Trudeau answers her Word on the Street Festival. phone from the floor of an elec“It was quite simple, really,” said tronics store with a warm and Trudeau, about the motivations behind the hearty “good morning!” book. “After the success of (her previous It’s two days before her 67th birthday, book) Changing My Mind, the publisher and she is squeezing in buying a celloffered me another book. It took two phone battery charger with interviews years to decide what I wanted to do. for her upcoming speaking engagements.

“I started realizing that what I was She’s busy, engaged and brimming with spending all my time thinking about was thoughts on mental health, financial secu- growing old. rity and successful aging.

“What was it going to be like for our She, as so many do and will do, generation to grow old? What are the awakened one day and thought, “Oh things we have to look out for to have, as dear, I’m a senior: what now?” But she I call it, a joyful, happy future?

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“I got tremendous support for doing it, because there weren’t too many people yet looking at the baby boomers and how we are aging. It really comes out of the mental health work that I do, because in order to have a healthy, joyful future, you have to have a healthy body and a healthy mind. So the book combines all of that in it.”

Trudeau is perhaps best known today for her work in mental health. The former wife of prime minister Pierre Trudeau was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which she has fought for many years. The death of her son, Michel, triggered a terrible episode of depression, which she battled for three years. Today, with four children (two with former second husband Fried Kemper), seven grandchildren and meaningful work,

Trudeau is again finding joy in her life.

The book is not exclusively about Trudeau’s own observations. She had “a really wonderful researcher” who found experts to contribute on matters such as finances. Trudeau enjoyed the whole process.

“I found myself being like the reader, almost; what should we be looking for?

It was a journey for me, as well, that I loved, finding out all that is out there for the elderly.”

Then Trudeau stops, recognizing that “elderly” is not quite the right term for people in their 60s, particularly when they are healthy and vibrant. She admits she’s not sure of the right word, but noted that she felt she became “an elder in her family tribe” when her mother died.

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Catching up with Orville Middleton

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rville Middleton is one of Saskatoon’s characters.

He’s a long-time businessperson, a fitness fanatic, a war veteran and a believer in the healing power of chelation. Oh yes, he is the guy who owns the Borden Bridge.

Chatting with Orville is worth a hundred times more than the cup of McDonald’s coffee it costs.

He even offers to buy. On this particular morning, we talked mostly about health and, of course, the bridge.

Editor He credits chelation for his longevity, although there is no doubt a pacemaker and his commitment to fitness have played key roles. The day we met was one of his walking nights at the Field House. He walks and lifts weights on alternating evenings.

“I do five miles and keep track of it by keeping pennies in my pocket. It takes 40 times around the track to do five miles. I have 20 pennies in one pocket and every time I go around, I put one penny in the other pocket. When the 20 pennies are in the pocket, I am half done. It takes me about an hour and three quarters to do five miles, which ain’t bad for a 93-year-old.”

Then he pauses.

“Anyone who doesn’t believe I walk five miles, come and walk with me.”

He does have a pacemaker — somewhat begrudgingly.

“My heart was going slow. I was down to 39 beats per minute. So I went to the doctor and they said, ‘You will have to have a pacemaker.’ ” He was told that twice.

“I am sitting having coffee with a friend and I am telling him how these g--damn doctors want me to have a pacemaker and I’d stalled them twice.

Once I said I had the flu and I didn’t want to spread it around, and the other time I had something else wrong.”

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Orville Middleton at his store (Baseline Sales) at the corner of 41st Street and Alberta Avenue (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) His friend said he shouldn’t delay the procedure any longer.

“He said maybe you don’t feel anything, but if it only beats 39 times a minute, the blood ain’t getting up (to your head) and you’re losing brain cells. I left the coffee and went straight to the University Hospital.”

He didn’t receive a warm reception, he said.

“They told me, ‘Mr. Middleton, you’ve stalled us twice. The only way they could do anything for you now would be in an emergency.’ The next morning I had an emergency and they put me in the hospital.”

Middleton bought the Borden Bridge from the provincial government for $33,000 in 2007. He planned to put a dance hall on it. Some of the land he owned on the east side of the bridge could have become a sturgeon farm or a you-pick berry farm or both. His wheels never stop turning.

Middleton says he always had trouble getting to first base with government with his various proposals for the bridge and land. He has never taken it personally.

“The way I’ve got it, I don’t think they are picking on me. I think it is just easier to say no than it is to say yes. Once I was the mayor of a small town, and if I walked uptown, they’d corner you on every street corner: ‘What about this, what about this?’ I finally got smart and said, ‘Put it in a letter and council will decide on it. I can’t decide on the street corner.’ No matter what they wanted to do, it was easier to say no than to say yes. Noth-

ing could come back to bite you if you said no.”

The asking price for the bridge and land is $1 million.

“I don’t expect to sell it. I’m going to put it in my will to the Canadian Wildlife Association. That’s where it will go in the end. It’s getting late in the game for me to be spending half a million dollars putting a dance hall on the bridge. I probably wouldn’t get a chance to dance on it. Who knows?

“When you’re 93, what’s the odds?

Shit, I might not wake up tomorrow; you never know.” ***** We are kicking off our federal election coverage in this edition. It is important to us that the stories fit the tone of the paper. We don’t want to get too hung up on issues. We don’t want to get into a bunch of mudslinging.

Rather than riding profiles, we invited the three candidates from each party running in Saskatoon to join us for an informal editorial board meeting. So far, we have sat down with the three Liberal candidates, as well as two of the three Green Party candidates. Unfortunately, one was unable to join us.

The feature on the local Green Party candidates is in this edition. Next week we will feature the Liberals, followed by the NDP and the Conservatives.

We hope over the next four weeks that readers will get to know a bit more about the people running for office. We congratulate the candidates for tossing their hats into the ring. We owe it to them to go out and vote.

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Class of 1950 City Park grads to hold reunion

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t least 25 men and women from the 1950 graduating class at City Park Collegiate Institute are planning to gather from Sept. 25 to Sept. 27 to renew the friendships and rekindle the spirit that existed many years ago.

They were students in an era when Saskatoon’s economy was just recovering from the Second World War. They were active within the schools and wherever they could find weekend work. They learned to create their own fun and excitement. They took the challenges from a teaching staff to set high academic standards and to use those as stepping stones to some amazing careers.

Roy Crawford grew up in a corner house on the same Ninth Avenue block as the school.

“There were 50 boys and 46 girls as we entered City Park in the fall of 1945,” Crawford said. “There were 37 boys and 49 girls in our graduating class.

Some came from established Saskatoon People families. Some came from the Depression days and the Second World War emigration to Saskatoon. Some came from the countryside around us.

“We were the newest of the collegiates at the time, with only Nutana, Bedford Road and Tech established before us. We were the new kids on the block. We studied hard. We were busy outside the classroom as newspaper delivery boys, babysitters, taking music lessons or language lessons. After learning Hebrew and German in special classes, (fellow student) Victor Stollar could speak six languages.

“I think we were conscious of the fact that right across the river was the University of Saskatchewan, where many of us wanted

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Liz (Dow) Delahey and Roy Crawford were among the 86 City Park Collegiate Institute grads in 1950 (Photo by Beth Jarrell)

to go. A lot of parents wanted us to have better educations than they’d received.”

Crawford went to the U of S, later to Cornell and Massachusetts, and came back to Saskatoon in 1964 as a professor of animal and poultry in the College of Agriculture.

Through a career of research, teaching and scholarly work, his book, Poultry Breeding and Genetics, became a standard reference guide around the world. He retired in 1991 and lives on a farm near Blucher.

Liz (Dow) Delahey grew up just two blocks away from City Park. Delahey gained experience in many areas, including house league sports and as editor of the City Park Bench, and participated in the social events like wiener roasts on the riverbank and, a new concept at the time, dances at the YMCA. “As a student, I worked as a page at the public library and had visions of becoming a librarian. The school for librarians was in Ottawa, which was far removed. I thought I’d like to do social work, but my brother talked me into taking home economics at the U of S. It was a closely knit group, a wonderful college and some of us benefitted from being on the university’s student representative council.”

Delahey became a journalist at The Western Producer in 1975, served as a con-

sultant in the agri-food business, and later, she, like Crawford, was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame.

Arlene (Raycroft) McGinn wanted to attend the same school as her mother did. But that involved a lot of daily travelling.

“We lived on 11th Street West,” said McGinn. “During the winter months, for the first two years, I’d catch a streetcar and go all the way to Seventh Avenue. The last two years it was by bus. When the weather was good, I’d ride a bicycle. I’d meet Peter Wright, Victor Stollar and Leo Morgan at Second Avenue and 25th Street and we’d pick up Blanche Swartout and continue on. The school provided me with a very supportive academic, athletic and social education.”

McGinn played basketball and volleyball at City Park, some softball with the Ramblers in the summer “and it was Sylvia Fedoruk, my softball teammate, and Ivan King, the university basketball coach, who talked me into joining the Huskiette program.”

McGinn played with the Huskiettes and also shared in a 1959 Canadian women’s basketball championship with the Saskatoon Aces.

She taught in Regina, Moose Jaw and Calgary, coached basketball at high school

and provincial levels and, after retiring in 1988, was a consultant in education and sports consulting. She now lives in White Rock, B.C. Peter Wright took quite a long route to City Park. He was born in Toronto and lived in Edmonton and Camrose before moving to Saskatoon with his family in 1945.

“Our first Saskatoon home was on Fifth Avenue, our second on Spadina Crescent. I went into King Edward School for Grade 8, and then on to City Park. It was as a great high school. I was one of a family of five and my parents always wanted the best educational opportunities for us,” Wright said.

“In the four years there, I think City Park won the football championship every year.

Bob Arn was very methodical as a coach and a tough teacher of mathematics. His skills rubbed off on everyone. We were community minded.

“Mike Kalmakoff ran one of the first band programs in Saskatoon and I think I was the first one to play a sousaphone in Saskatoon. We’d practice at noon hour. I remember, too, that R.N. Anderson, our principal, was also active at the Hub City Curling Club and he’d recruit the manual training classes to pound nails in the roof when the club was being built.”

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It’s never too late to take a different path

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(Continued from page 1) ou are no longer a child, and (you are) on your own, facing life.”

But as we age, we have to find new things to do as responsibilities change.

“We have to be proactive and never stop doing the things we do, but choose new things to do as well — that we were never able to do before because we were busy raising our children, working, really a lot of responsibilities,” she said. “Our responsibilities really lighten up as we age, or they should, and we should take advantage of that freedom and be the person we absolutely want to be and always dreamed of being.

“The one thing we have to really be aware of, and sort out, is first of all know thyself. Figure out who you are.

Sometimes it’s easier to figure out what you don’t want in your life anymore… instead of the lifestyle you do. It’s sometimes easier to cull, to get rid of the things you think shouldn’t be part of your life anymore, and find the new things that keep you feeling part of society.”

Of course, being part of society involves having a healthy body and having your finances sorted out as much as possible before the “third act” of life.

It’s also hard for women to accept that, as they age, they begin to feel as if they’re disappearing.

“People stop looking at us,” said Trudeau. “We’re older; we’re not part of the mainstream. I think in that, maybe, is our freedom. If we are disappearing, we’re not being watched that much anymore, then why don’t we just do what we want to do?”

Aging can be accompanied by a fear of being infirm and/or death, but it’s important to fight those fears and stay active, she added.

“The most important thing is to not be bitter, to not be angry, to look back on your life with satisfaction, that you’ve made it this far, and look for a new path that will give you what you want,” said Trudeau.

“It may be very, very simple. It may be just taking up something you’ve always dreamed of enjoying and never thought you could.

“The main thing is to reach out, to lean into society and all that’s offered for us and not just stay at home and think you’re finished and that it’s over for you, stay at home and play bridge and watch TV or whatever. It’s getting up and getting out and being active.”

Trudeau appears on Sunday, Sept.

20, at 11 a.m. in the PotashCorp Brave New Word tent at the Word on the Street Festival, at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 23rd Street. Chef Michael Smith, Wab Kinew and the Saskatchewan Roughriders follow Trudeau at this venue.

Sari MacPherson and Gabriel walk in the rain on Fourth Avenue (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Let’s open doors for refugees like Clark did?

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oe Clark, the former prime was fully in the news, to 26.2 minister of Canada once per cent. Pollster Nik Nanos referred to as Joe Who?, may attributed much of that to the finally be getting the respect he crisis. has long deserved.

It seems that Canadians do, Few of us, at least those of in fact, give more than a damn us of a certain age, are likely to about their suffering co-global ever forget the Canadian Caper. citizens, who are hungry, aching Clark’s support set in motion the from walking forever and standslightly crazy movie-worthy stunt ing in endless lines, horrifically that unearthed six diplomats from short of human amenities like 79 days of hiding in Tehran. toilets, food and water, and terriColumnist The incredibly brave diplofied over their futures. And those mat Ken Taylor and immigraare the ones who are still alive. tion officer John Sheardown harboured While I hate to drag out this hoary point, the Americans until they were smuggled how many of us who are not First Nations do out with Canadian passports in 1980. (The not have an immigrant ancestor or six in our whole plot is too long to repeat, but I encour- past? We all come from elsewhere. And from age watching Argo or reading all about it, if an economic standpoint, by the way, just exthis doesn’t sound entirely familiar. It was an actly where will we find tomorrow’s citizens, incredible time in Canadian history.) employees and taxpayers without immigrants?

Yet that was not Clark’s finest moment.

Good luck with that, if we stick with the In July 1979, his government announced present birth rate and the looming widespread retirement of our biggest generation. that it would admit 50,000 Vietnamese Apparently the government is OK with refugees, fleeing communism, to Canada. He did even better than that. By the end of 1980, immigration if said immigrants are economic from Saskatoon to Boston in the sumCanada had accepted more than 60,000 refu- immigrants. We accept approximately 95 (Continued from page 3) right became a civil engineer, mer of 1949. It took 44 days. I had a tire gees. The government essentially became a per cent economic immigrants, versus five graduating from the U of S blow-out in the United States. I had a bi- partner of churches and other organizations, per cent refugees. If there was ever a time to and later teaching there. After relax that little rule, it’s now. With any kind cycle made in Canada with 28-inch tires. by matching sponsorships to integrate so he received his PhD from the University of luck, by the time this hits print, someone In the United States, they made them many people. Canada opened its arms and of Colorado, he spent most of his life on will have seen the light and done a Joe Clark. with 26-inch tires. An American hardware mitigated a massive humanitarian disaster. the staff at the University of Toronto. He There was another Conservative prime store found me a wheel that would fit and Somehow, we did not re-elect Mr. Clark. was a founding member of the Canadian minister who, in July 1960, said something that allowed me to finish the trip. The Part of the problem, I’ve always thought, Society for Civil Engineering. He lives in worst part was always cycling into the was that voters didn’t realize he was issuing extremely useful to this debate. He was born Toronto. in Ontario, but he was from Saskatchewan. wind.” fake passports to save American lives until The idea for first major reunion of the “I am Canadian, a free Canadian, free to A favourite haunt for all was the Capiafter his electoral demise. The slightly jowly 1950 class was initiated in 1984, when tol Theatre on Second Avenue.

PM, regarded as being the opposite of char- speak without fear, free to worship God in Crawford brought together a commit“Most of us had part-time jobs,” said ismatic, was actually a backroom operative my own way, free to stand for what I think tee of Delahey, Marnie (MacDonell) Crawford. “Isabelle Hall had the best with some pretty high-risk genes and a heck right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, Forgay, Bernice (Casselman) Kinnon, free to choose those who govern my country. one as an usherette at the Capitol — bell of a backbone. How cool was that?

Jacquie (Milton) Barker and Jane (Donald) bottom trousers and a big flashlight. The This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold Mr. Clark was a Conservative prime Rhoades for a spirited lunch out at the Capitol had that cloud machine and opuminister. As his story clearly shows, it is not for myself and all mankind,” he said.

Crawford farm. The gala reunion was held lence and glorious stairs. We’d go SaturIf these words do not bring a surge of necessary for a Conservative government in August 2000, and there have since been day night if we had a date and Friday night to turn its back on human suffering and patriotism to your heart, none will. As John others in 2010 and 2013.

Diefenbaker said, we are free to oppose what if you didn’t have a date.” fall back on economic and military arguThere will be stories told.

A favourite McGinn story happened ments. Where Clark created policy to bring we believe is wrong. We are not only free to “One teacher caught me winking at Ar- when she was getting her PhD at the Uni- in 60,000 Vietnamese refugees — and that oppose our country’s immigration policies, it lene Raycroft and ejected me forever from versity of Georgia. within 18 months — we have a target from is a responsibility to do so. the Latin class,” Crawford said. “I got We are also free to choose those who She took some lessons at Gonzaga (in the present government of 11,300 terrified dumped into the typing class. Who won? govern our country. We will do so on Oct. Washington State), some at Wisconsin Syrians (with a new election pledge for As an academic, I have used every bit of “and, when Dr. Anne Jewitt moved to another 10,000 Syrians and Iraqis over four 19. The Syrians, at present, have no such Latin I ever learned. The first year out of Georgia, she talked me into going there. power and have no freedom; so it is up to years). So far, we have settled 2,347. high school I worked as a clerk-typist and, I took three of my children and we were The comparison with Clark’s policy is, to us, and every democratic country, to uphold for many years, I could type faster than there for two summers, a full school year say the least, nauseating. Canadians think so, the heritage of freedom, for ourselves and all most people I ever hired.” and another summer. I was 58 years old humankind. That means opening our arms too. Nanos polling showed that support for One of Wright’s major achievements when I got the degree – old enough to be the Conservatives dropped 2.3 per cent over and hearts. Joe Clark did it. So can Stephen “was taking a 4,400-mile bicycle trip the mother of the other 28 in the class.”

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This concept was initially Disposing of working proposed by Coun. Darren appliances like fridges, Hill for his ward, years stoves, washer and dryers back during an election was nearly impossible uncampaign. less you personally knew of To Hill’s credit, he purColumnist someone wanting them. I can sued the idea and eventuunderstand why organizaally city council allocated tions hesitate to accept them, as some $15,000 to this program. Over the individuals would donate these types years, other neighbourhoods picked up on the idea and followed suit. Now, of items in an unusable condition simthe City is promoting the program on ply to save on the cost of disposing of these items themselves. Or, from the a city-wide basis. Strangely Hill is organization’s perspective, the cost of now concerned that in extending the program on city-wide basis it may lose repairing them would be greater than its effectiveness, although apparently any resale value.

It is understandable why acceptother cities successfully run similar annual curbside swaps. However, Hill ing pillows and mattresses is a health does make a good point in stating that concern. I don’t know whether the the program has been poorly commu- cost of disinfecting them is the issue, but if someone wants to pick it up for nicated and marketed to the broader community. Personally, I only learned free off a street swap and do that task of it when I read the article buried on themselves, then please do so by all Page 11 of The StarPhoenix just days means.

Things have improved over the before the swap was to occur. years and now the Habitat for HuWe have spent years and a submanity Restore will accept and resell stantial amount of money trying to encourage the public to reuse, recycle working used appliances and furniand reduce waste. The city’s environ- ture. Value Village has accepted small appliances and household goods, mental department has been fixated along with clothing. Perhaps other on the landfill and its lifespan, but organizations now do so as well. sadly, prior to this program, many Friends have shared similar stories residents felt they had little option with me and we all thought there but to toss useable goods into the should be a city depot where reusgarbage. able items could be delivered and I thought back to a decade ago when I had to clean out two premises people looking for such items could select what they can use. Aside from on behalf of estates. It was a lot of clearing out estates, many seniors are work and effort to find charities to downsizing, leaving larger premises take household goods and furniture. for smaller suites, and need to dispose The food bank would take the food, of much of their worldly goods. Not another group would take kitchen wear, a theatre group would take some everyone has the desire, time or energy to have a garage sale to recover a vintage clothing, almost all would small amount of money for goods no take clothing, another took suitcases longer needed. and toiletries, and the list goes on.

We are a university city and every It was an exhausting and frustrating year thousands of new students are exercise. searching garage sales for needed At the time, when calling several goods. Recently, as a city and provdifferent charities, it seemed that no ince, we have extended a welcome to one wanted working appliances or electronics. I explained that items like refugees fleeing their violent homelands. When these people arrive, they the microwave oven, iron, television, kettle, video equipment and the will come with nothing but the clothes on their backs. They will need to be like were all in good and workable established and used household goods condition, and that the only reason for disposing of them was because of will be in demand.

If nothing else, it would be great the death of the owner. Still, no one to have the City put information on wanted them. It seemed criminal to its website advising citizens of where dump these goods into the landfill they can donate particular goods along when I knew there were families in with the contact information for those need of such items.

I finally found a charity that would groups. It would be a terrific commutake furniture on the condition that it nity-building effort.

It has been said that one man’s junk was clean and in good shape. When they arrived and took the cushions off is another man’s treasure. I sincerely the sofa, they noted a one-inch tear on hope the curbside swap is a success the underside of a single cushion. Had and that the treasure hunters find a I noticed the tear earlier I would have trove of hidden gems. I close with stitched it up and no one would have a pat on the back for Coun. Hill for initiating this program. been the wiser. Because of that, the charity didn’t want the sofa, although ehnatyshyn@gmail.com it was in like-new condition. I was

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he University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team (USST) won the European competition for Mars rovers, held recently in Poland.

The U of S students finished first among 40 teams from around the world in the European Rover Challenge (ERC).

The host Polish team from Bialystok University of Technology placed second, while the McGill University robotics team from Montreal was third. The ERC is the biggest space robotics open air event in Europe.

The U of S students had to build a

rover that could handle simulated Mars exploration tasks, competing in five separate challenges: draft design, a promotional video, technical specifications, four terrain tasks and project presentation. The USST team earned a score of 456.5 points, finishing 36 points ahead of the second-place team.

“We are so happy with our outcome, and we can’t wait to get some rest.

We’re looking forward to continuing work on the rover, and have seen a lot of cool design ideas this weekend,” the USST posted on its website.

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Don’t City departments talk with each other?

Question: In August, the things that are out of the conCity painted school zone trol of the mayor and council. crossing zones at St. MargueRight now the completion rite School, then three days date is set for October 2018, later McCormick Road was barring any unforeseen cirresurfaced from Fairlight cumstances. It will be greatly Drive to Smith Road, via St. appreciated by everyone in Marguerite School. Now the the City of Saskatoon.

City has to come back and Question: How do you repaint the school zones. The feel about the work the first paint job was a waste of Community Support Ofmoney. Don’t City departficers (CSOs) are doing? ments talk to each other to Mayor Atchison: I think Ask the Mayor find out if roads are going to they play a critical role in be resurfaced? the business improvement Mayor Atchison: We don’t have all districts. Perhaps we need more of them. the information on this particular situaWe continually ask council and the board tion, but we would hope the departments of police commissioners to become more would talk with each other. A lot of this innovative and look for more efficient work is not done by the City; this is done ways to do business. Using police ofby private-sector contractors. The City ficers as community support officers is paints the lines, but most of the asphalt- not the best use of taxpayers’ dollars. ing is private sector. It is unfortunate that Consequently, I would suggest that the communication appears to have broken community support officers are a much down and hopefully in the future these wiser way of looking after the safety and situations won’t happen. security of citizens while they are in the Question: I am disappointed about business improvement districts. your reply to the residents of Arbour Question: A study noted that citiCreek and Erindale about a two-year zens don’t feel safe in our downtown. delay in the North Bridge. Did you not What are your thoughts on this? have a 2016 North Bridge completion Mayor Atchison: I think the study date as an election pledge? As well, reveals a perception. I think we may the North Bridge should be a freeway, need to look at the hours during which as the current Circle Drive North is the CSOs are on the streets. If you look horrible compared to the rest of our around the movie theatres, where there perimeter road. are large numbers of people coming and Mayor Atchison: I have some really going, that would be a good use of comgood news to share. City council has munity support officers’ time. That would unanimously approved the proponent give people a sense of well-being. I can for the Parkway Bridge/Traffic Bridge tell you we have people coming to Saskaproject. The decision was made at a spe- toon from all over the world and they tell cial council meeting on Sept. 8. Now the me how safe and secure they feel in our administration will negotiate the financial business improvement districts, and they close with Graham Commuter Partners. It are absolutely amazed by the number of is an eight-company consortium that will people in the downtown area. The quesdesign, build and maintain the project. tion constantly asked is, “What event is Our goal was to have the bridge com- on this evening?” And I say, “This is just pleted in 2016, but governments move a normal evening in downtown Saskavery slowly. In fact, city council didn’t toon.” move on this until well after the civic election in 2012. Consequently, we were Did You Know? behind schedule from the very beginning The City of Saskatoon will invest $53 in getting to where we needed to be. P3s, million this budget year on roads, back with the federal and provincial governlanes, sidewalks, street sweeping and ments, took us much longer than we snow clearing. anticipated. And, by the way, thank you very much to the federal government for (Have a question for Mayor Atchison? $66 million and to the provincial govern- Email it to editorial@saskatoonexpress. ment for $50 million for the Parkway com. Please put “mayor” in the subject Bridge/Traffic Bridge project. These are line.)

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Pumpkin Festival set for next two weekends

Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express t’s getting close to autumn in Saskatoon, meaning our minds turn to falling leaves, crisp blue skies and that staple of September and October: pumpkins.

How better to kick off the season of pies and jack-o’-lanterns than with a trip out to Tierra Del Sol Farm’s Pumpkin Festival? This year, marking the third year for the event, you’ll have two weekends to get out and enjoy everything the festival has to offer.

The Pumpkin Festival runs Sept. 19 to Sept. 20 and again from Sept. 26 to Sept.

27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at Tierra Del Sol, the family flower farm and orchard owned and operated by Barb and John Cote and their four children. Located on scenic Valley Road, southwest of Saskatoon, Tierra Del Sol provides the perfect backdrop for this rapidly expanding event chock full of fall family fun.

“The festival is a chance for families to spend some time together and have some good old-fashioned fun,” said Barb Cote.

“We have bales set up in a maze and a pyramid for running through and climbing on. There will be wagon and pony rides, games for the kids, a location for family photos and a chance to pick your own pumpkin right from the field. People are welcome to tour the flower fields and even pick flowers for a small fee if they like.

Hopefully, the frost stays away. And, of course, there will be pumpkins for sale.”

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pumpkin pie and pumpkin donuts available. On Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 only, the SaskMade Store will have a booth set up and Blair’s Branded Beef will be on site selling smokies.

“Preparations for the pumpkin festival actually start in November of the year before, when we select the pumpkin varieties that we want to grow the following year, and then we order seeds,” said Cote.

“We plant approximately three acres of pumpkins with 10 different varieties, from the baseball-sized Jack Be Little to the boulder-sized Big Moose.

“Although we have never actually counted all of the pumpkins individually, we estimate that there are approximately 15,000 pumpkins out there,” she said. “Interestingly, whatever does not go out the gate this year will go into the still for a pumpkin liqueur for Christmas.”

Cote is referring to the family’s latest venture, Black Fox Spirits. She and her husband have branched out into the liquor business, using the produce, flowers and grains they grow on Tierra Del Sol to make vodka, gin and other spirits. The distillery will be open and handcrafted spirits will be available for sale, but the Cotes will not be offering any tastings during the festival.

“One can even try playing pumpkin golf, with the chance to win a free pumpkin with a hole-in-one,” she said. “Perhaps extra tricky, given that instead of a golf ball you will be hitting a small pumpkin.”

Tierra Del Sol is located at 245 Valley Road. Admission to the festival is $10 per vehicle.

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Syria — I have no answers.

It feels like revving up I’m not even going to pretend your mind’s mental engine I do. What I do know for sure, and then driving straight into however, is that I cannot hear a brick wall — over and over one more blowhard pontificate and over. on how stupid the global massI am no stranger to anxiety, es are for their outpouring of but I’m also what is often pain and rage after seeing the described as Type A. Yeah, picture of little three-year-old one of those. Some people Alan’s corpse washed up on a could probably walk away Turkish beach. Like, we’re all Columnist from their laptop, notebook, so ignorant that we didn’t realtypewriter — pick your ize that there are millions of poison — but not me. I’ll sit and stare at Syrian refugees, and tens, if not hundreds the blank screen until my eyes cross and of thousands of them, have died. That I start watching those floaty things drift we’re all immune to the fact that there are across my vision. (You get those too, still millions of people living in unsettled right? If you don’t, please call my editor refugee camps across Africa and other for my address, and then 911.)

Middle Eastern countries.

The odd time I’ll slam my laptop shut That picture did one thing — it thrust and march down the hall, determined to into sharp focus a crisis that exists a milfind an outlet to channel my creativity. lion miles away. It brutally and instantly In other words, I head straight for the made it personal. Every one of us saw pantry. The good news is that Kellogg’s that picture and it immediately brought has created a low-fat, baked gluten-free us back to our own families. Our chilvegan version of absolutely everdren when they were three. Our nieces I just did it again. Somehow I went and nephews and grandchildren. The from writing that sentence to watching neighbour’s kid. It made us feel things in a video of my friend’s kid on Facebook. a way that the hundreds or thousands of And I have no idea how I got there. It’s pictures we’ve seen of strife in the Midlike a writer’s block mini-stroke. Or dle East no longer do. And if something maybe it actually was a mini-stroke. good comes from the political fallout that Please see the above instructions regard- inevitably followed — good. ing eye floaties.

I heard a guy on talk radio the other Anyway, as I was saying, thankfully day lament the media’s treatment of Kellogg’s has created a healthy version Stephen Harper. To be clear, the media of absolutely everything that is delihandles Stephen Harper no differently, cious, so while not quite scoring as high or wrongly, than they handle any other in taste and texture as the real deal, I’ve public figure. This whole thing with managed to avoid packing on writer’s Harper vs. The Media is a classic case block pounds, while still inhaling things of shooting the messenger. What struck labelled Salted Caramel and Creamy me about the caller, however, is that Ranch. he closed by praising the CBC, of all Now, I’m reading this back to myself things, for its fair and balanced portrayal and am horrified by how many times of the prime minister in a recent interI’ve used I. There’s nothing worse than view with Peter Mansbridge. A rightreading something narcissistically pepwing radio caller praising the CBC for pered with I’s. Unless it’s in someone’s their treatment of Stephen Harper? It will, in which case it’s a rather important was like the audio version of a Bizarro pronoun. comic strip.

Anyway, I considered writing about Look at that — I just wrote a column. what I was thinking about writing about, The cure for writer’s block really is just but I’m pretty sure I’ve done that before. to keep writing.

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Prairie Meats offers Fundraising program “The hardest part is counting profits,” she says with a smile.

The store’s fundraising program has been running succesfully for at least 20 years and is another way that Prairie Meats gives back to the community.

It works like this. Fill out a registration form and Prairie Meats will print your order forms. Sell for two or three weeks to family and friends, submit orders and Prairie Meats will compile the orders with seller and buyer data for easy distribution allowing one week to process orders.

The orders are then dropped off at a central location so the salespeople of the organization can pick them up and deliver to their customers.

Items are sold by the box, and teams can expect to make $3 or $4 profit on every box they sell. Prairie Meats picks its top items that sell during that time of year. Right now, there are products such as meat balls, veal cordon bleu, hams, cabbage rolls, perogies, and farmer sausage. In the spring, the program switches to more barbeque-type items.

Staples like pork chops, ground beef, and chicken breasts are always on the list, too.

And, if raising money for your organization isn’t enough motivation, if your group sells 300 boxes, your efforts will be rewarded with a free iPod.

With school back in full swing and extra activities on the go, Prairie Meats has some ideas that might help your friends and family this fall.

Right now Prairie Meats is in its fall and winter fundraising program, which is a great opportunity for sports teams, grad committees, or other organizations that need funds to “make the most money with the least effort.”

Store Manager Bernie Nowoselski says the program is very easy for any organization to run.

Prairie Meats has another idea as your family gets back into its busy routine with school and work. They have case lots of products that can be bought in bulk so you can fill up your freezer and save money.

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Green Party

hopes to make strides locally, nationally Valerie Harvey and Mark Bigland-Pritchard are two of the Green Party candidates in Saskatoon (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express

to the other parties that these issues are important. Obviously getting more seats (is also he Green Party, with important); we’re going to win only its leader sitting in seats in B.C. and maybe out the last Parliament, is on East as well. a mission across the country “We have some very strong to increase its vote count and candidates right across the counalso its presence in the House try. Those people will be able to of Commons. make a difference in Parliament if you look Known for its focus on environmental at the way (leader) Elizabeth May has made issues — as its name suggests — the party a difference in the last four years. Multiply also has developed social and economic that hopefully by 12 to 15.” policies that it hopes will resonate with He is finding a lot of undecided voters voters, even as the big three parties make at the door, but also finding sympathy for most of the headlines. where the party stands.

“I would not object to winning,” said “There’s people we have to convince, Saskatoon Grasswood candidate Mark yes, it actually is worth voting Green. It’s Bigland-Pritchard, with a laugh, during an not a wasted vote to actually vote what you editorial board meeting at the Saskatoon believe.”

Express office.

The party is hoping to attract new “We’re out there to increase our votes. voters — not just young people, but In our campaign, we got ourselves orgaalso people who have been disillusioned nized early this time. I guess for the first with politics, such as in the First Nations time, we have the Green Party filling all community, whose traditional values the roles that should be filled in the camBigland-Pritchard finds the party has a lot paign to do it professionally. That’s part of in common. it; part of it is we’re building for the future.

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movement, social justice issues, climate change and world development.

“I figured my campaigning days were behind me, and that I would just be starting a business to do green building, basically — socially responsible, ecologically responsible building methods.”

He has two engineering degrees and a doctorate in architectural physics.

His company, Low Energy Design, got the odd contract, but he found there was not the level of interest here that he was hoping for, despite the “phenomenal opportunities” in this province for doing that.

“I realized there was something else going on here. As I looked into it further, I realized there were all sorts of barriers to people choosing to live in a greener way.

“It’s also the sheer strength of the extractive industries here. I’m not saying close them all down tomorrow. I’m just saying they have a grip on the mentality here and on the politics, and there needed to be another voice in there saying, ‘Let’s do things differently.’ ” That motivated him to get back into political issues, and then into party politics.

Bigland-Pritchard is married to Jan, an Anglican minister. They have two children.

Valerie Harvey, the candidate in

Saskatoon University, cites her daughter Kaitlyn as a primary motivator to run for office, and specifically for the Green Party.

Harvey’s biography says despite her career successes, her daughters Kaitlyn and Rebecca and their children are her greatest successes.

“I’m a lawyer, and I’m a mom, and what I’ve done all my working life is just work and pay the bills and try to live as responsible a life as I could,” said Harvey.

Then, as Kaitlyn was deciding what to do with her life, she heard a presentation given by a watershed management authority official.

“It was a real watershed moment for her. She didn’t know what she wanted to do with her life, just vague notions around saving the planet,” said Harvey. After the presentation, “she called me and she was crying, and she said, ‘I know what I want to do. I want to go to law school.’

“That was a real pivotal moment for her. She got through law school; I helped her through her articles.”

She was given an opportunity to go back to school and get her Master’s degree and is now finishing her thesis in environmental law.

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(Continued from page 10) er experiences brought Harvey into the environmental movement.

Harvey is director of the Saskatoon criminal law office for Legal Aid, where she sees problems related to poverty every working day.

“A lot of the issue . . . a lot of what the Green Party brings to the table, I work with these issues every day: alleviating poverty, making sure people have adequate housing.

“For me, what I would like to see is that the issues are brought to the table. I think the big three parties have their own vision of what they think is important. I don’t know if that connects well with what I think is important. If we don’t have a planet, who cares about the rest of it?”

Glendon Toews, the Green Party candidate in Saskatoon West, could not attend the editorial board meeting due to his work. Toews, the son of a missionary, has lived all over Canada and the United States. He has taught flying and has been a charter pilot, and teaches in First Nations communities. He also has a country house in Arelee that he is working on taking off the grid.

The issues Climate change is, perhaps obviously, the biggest issue for the Green Party, but not the only one.

“We need to get a public conversation about climate change,” said BiglandPritchard, who spoke for the Green Party candidates in Saskatoon. “We need to get a public conversation about poverty. There’s groups doing their bit, but we can play our role in that, as well.

“And we need to get a public conversation about democracy and what that means. The level of ignorance about our political system, as I go door to door canvassing at the moment, is disturbing. How do we get people engaged in decisions that affect us all?”

Some people have been telling him that the economy comes first, but BiglandPritchard notes that if we mess up the climate, there won’t be an economy.

“We can create a green economy which is sustainable, which is resilient, in a way

the current economy isn’t. Just drop the oil price for a few (months) and already Alberta has lost 50,000 jobs, something like that, and it’s begun to hit Saskatchewan as well.

“Let’s build an economy on things we can rely on.”

Solar, wind, biomass and hydro are ethical energy options that could work well in our province, he said.

In terms of saving energy, crop-based materials could produce high-quality insulation materials and go into retrofitting houses, to make them more energy efficient.

“We need (the) manufacturing industry in this province and Alberta,” added Bigland-Pritchard. “We’ve been so dependent on digging things out of the ground and not doing much with them, and carting them off to somewhere else — and the money gets carted off somewhere else.

Let’s look at what we can manufacture here, small-scale manufacturing of a lot of things. There’s good experience in the north end of the city here. It just takes a bit of diversification.”

If elected, the Green Party would institute a carbon tax on a fee-and-dividend basis. For example, a mine or oil well would be charged a fee proportional to the carbon dioxide it burns. Those fees would be returned as “dividends” to all Canadians. “That actually means two-thirds of the people benefit. Those who are being wasteful, or high carbon, don’t benefit.”

The Green Party’s policies also include: • Establishing a guaranteed livable income. The fee and dividend carbon system would help pay for it.

• Restoring the recently reduced corporate tax to 19 per cent from 15 per cent • Imposing a small tax on currency speculation • Increasing income tax, if necessary only, on high-income earners (over $200,000) • Improving national child care, and focusing on doing so in the workplace wherever possible • Instituting a proportional voting system

YXE food festival set for Sept. 19 Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express here will be food, music, the riverbank and beer.

Sounds good? Then the YXE Street Food and Music Festival is for you.

The event is back this year with more than 20 trucks set to line up to feed the flocks of their faithful followers on Sept. 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., on Spadina Crescent East between Second and Third avenues. Musical acts slated to perform include Sean Viloria and The Outcast Empyre, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, DJ Marvel, The Bureau, The Law and Prophets, Main & 10th, Apollo Cruz and Muchi Mambo.

The premise of the YXE Street Food Festival stemmed from the simple notion of getting Saskatoon’s food trucks and carts in one place for a day, and combining that experience with great local music and beautiful fall weather. In addition to the food, festival-goers will have the opportunity to shop an artisan market featuring local craftspeople, and wash down their fare with suds from the beer garden.

Simon Fanner is one half of the duo at Nova-Tek Innovations, which developed Snack Map, the live food truck tracking widget on the YXEStreetFood.com website.

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“We immediately received a lot of positive feedback from the public as well as from truck owners,” said Fanner, describing the success he and his business partner, Evan Taylor, have enjoyed since Snack Map launched in August 2014. “In August of this year, we launched a new version of the app in which users can follow their favourite trucks to receive push notifications when they open up for business. This has allowed food truck owners to amass a bit of a following, and ensure they’ve always got someone coming for a bite to eat.”

Fanner says he feels the food truck industry has really blossomed in the few years it has existed in Saskatoon.

“There was a surge of new trucks hitting the streets this year with all kinds of unique and delicious cuisines,” he said.

“Food trucks are a fun and tasty alternative to visiting the same old restaurants each week and even a way to satisfy late-night cravings.”

Visit yxestreetfood.ca or follow along on Twitter @yxestreetfood for more information and updates as the date approaches.

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Inside the Gallery

Members of the media were treated to a one-hour tour of the Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan on Sept. 11. These photos provide a peek at what is happening inside the landmark building on the riverbank. Our Joanne Paulson will share her thoughts on the project in our next edition. (Photos Supplied)

The main floor atrium with grand staircase being installed, as seen from the second floor of the building

Looking out at River Landing from the third-floor Gallery Lounge

A view of the Gallery Lounge on the third floor

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By RJ Currie he Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball club held a Bring Your Dog night. To no one’s surprise there were numerous pup flies, a few houndrule doubles and even an inside-the-bark home run.

• Olympic shot putters Dylan Armstrong of Canada and Yevgeniya Kolodko of Russia got engaged. A tip for wedding guests when the bride throws the bouquet: Duck!

• Pennsylvania researchers say there is no link between long noses and sensitivity to odours. Even test subjects with tiny noses said the Phillies really stink.

• Roger Goodell was not in Foxboro for the NFL opener. Sources say he’s out with a bruised ego and strained credibility.

• Satellite-based imaging shows the retreating Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland moves at a speed of 12 feet per hour. Or slightly faster than David Ortiz.

• Roberta Vinci ended the hopes of Serena Williams for a calendar Grand Slam in a three-set upset. I guess Serena isn’t in-Vinci-able.

• I’m not saying the season is going badly for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. But this week the entire team was listed as improbable.

• Tom Brady shook off the Deflategate trial by going 25 of 32, for 288 yards and four touchdowns.

I’m no judge, but evidently Brady enjoys airing out the football.

• I’m thinking Gary Bettman will only award an NHL franchise to Las Vegas. If Quebec City gets a professional hockey team, then Toronto will want one.

• Ex-Miami receiver Randal Hill is running for Congress. Presumably because the Dolphins have a good history of passing the Bills.

• A multi-year study by 40 scientists and six “underground astronauts” has found a human species with small brains. Wouldn’t it have been easier to watch Rock’em Sock’em Hockey?

• Many Blue Bombers season-ticket holders are demanding their hard-earned dollars back. The rest would settle for a quarterback.

• A new study claims a midday nap can lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attack.

Coincidence? The Browns versus the Jets was given a 1:00 start.

• The Winnipeg Sun quoting Riders coach Bob Dyce: “When you talk about inspiration, you look at things that ‘expire’ you.” Is that a) a spellchecking blip? Or b) a Freudian slip?

RJ’s Groaner of the Week A British tortoise set a Guinness speed record for his species — 0.99 km/h. Apparently he’d been close to the record before, but kept missing by a hare.

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ith Brendan Shanahan at the wheel, Matts Sundin sees better days ahead for the Leafs. “I think Leafs fans are going to have their Stanley Cup. It’s just a matter of time.” I’m guessing someone told Cubs fans something similar in 1956, 48 years after their last World Series win.

• An NFL opening night Deflategate moment from TC Chong: “Did you see what the refs did when Gronk landed on a fumbled ball and recovered it at the one-yard line?

They brought out air hoses, manual pumps and a defibrillator in case the ball needed to be resuscitated.”

• Janice Hough sharing the email British Airways sent travel agents after BA 2276 caught on fire on the runway: “The aircraft, a 777-200, experienced a technical issue as it was preparing for take-off from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.”

• Torben Rolfsen, on the leaders of Canada’s three major political parties agreeing not to attend any more Blue Jays games during the campaign: “The Conservatives applauded the news, saying Justin Trudeau was rushed to the big leagues and needs more seasoning at Triple-A Buffalo.”

• Bill Littlejohn, on the plan to phase 13-year-olds out of Little League baseball: “They’ll to it right after they get rid of all the 17- and 18-year-olds.”

• I looked up awkward in a dictionary and found this: A private investigator was hired to follow a 33-year-old Utah woman who was suspected of cheating on her husband. He caught her all right – in bed with his 17-year-old son. That’s awkward.

• Words of wisdom from Sarah Palin: “When you’re here, let’s speak American. I took Spanish in high school; I took French in high school. I got em all mixed up.” Punchline not necessary.

• Usually when writers say a punchline isn’t necessary, it’s because they can’t think ofJames one.

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• From Littlejohn: “In British Columbia, a photographer stopped by the road and took a picture of a black bear with a blue head. Hmm, maybe this is the Cubs’ year.”

• Chong, on NFL commish Roger Goodell being a noshow at the NFL’s opening game: “This of course would parallel Donald Trump not showing up at a Cinco de Mayo celebration with Carly Fiorina as his date.”

• Hough, on former NBC News anchor Brian Williams scheduled to be back on the air with MSNBC on Sept. 22: “Can’t wait to hear about what exciting things Williams has been doing during his six-month suspension.”

• From Rolfsen: “Reports say the New England Patriots secretly taped 40 teams between 2000 and 2007. Forty?

Were they taping the CFL, too?”

• I’d say the odds are really good that Connor McDavid will suit up in the NHL preseason game in Saskatoon on Sept. 28. The Oilers play in Winnipeg the night before.

Jets fans will see McDavid during the season, whereas Saskatoon fans have one shot. And, lest we forget, Oilers coach Todd McLellan is a big Saskatoon booster. You do the math.

•#BigHeadSports, during the U.S. Open tennis championship: “Can’t believe the U.S. Open is still on. At this time of night, New Yorkers watching two guys smack balls around are usually in some weird club.”

• From Hough: “Hillary Clinton might have done a lot better with this whole email server thing if she said she had just done it to see if Bill was trying to sign up for an Ashley Madison account.”

• From Chong: “The top names people searched after the Ashley Madison database hack: T. Woods, E. Woods, Eldrick T. Woods, Jared Fogle.”

• Miley Cyrus thinks the culling of wolves to protect the caribou population in British Columbia is a “taxpayerfunded kill program.” Miley Cyrus an environmentalist?

What next? Elizabeth May twerking?

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Theatre group stages lesser-known Shakespeare plays Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express he work of legendary playwright William Shakespeare is a major focus of Skye Brandon’s life.

Brandon, a local actor, recently wrapped up roles with the annual Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan festival, where he played Duke and Lodovico in Othello and Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing.

Now he’s tackling another one of Shakespeare’s plays. This time he will serve as director of Richard II, which is being presented by an artist collective called Saskatoon Shakespeare Lab. “I personally have a big love for Shakespeare’s history plays,” said Brandon.

“I’ve had my eye on some of them for a while, and they tend to fit into that niche of ‘these plays don’t get done that often.’ ” Saskatoon Shakespeare Lab is committed to bringing some of Shakespeare’s lesser-known works to the stage. According to Brandon, the collective’s production of Richard II will mark the first time the play has been presented in Saskatoon.

“I’ve never had a chance to work on it before. It’s never been done around here,” he said.

Richard II stars a number of well-known actors and directors from the local theatre scene, including Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan artistic producer Will Brooks, who directed Brandon in this year’s production of Othello at the summer festival, and Pamela Haig Bartley, who directed Brandon in Much Ado About Nothing. Now the tables will turn and Brandon will have the opportunity to direct his directors.

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Other actors appearing in Richard II include Blaine Hart, Aaron Hursh, Angela Kemp, Gordon Portman, Danielle Spilchin and Rob van Meenen as Richard II. Saskatoon Shakespeare Lab presented its first play earlier this year, with what it describes as an “extremely successful” debut production of Cymbeline. Brandon encourages people to come out and give Shakespeare a try even if they worry they aren’t going to understand the words.

“I remember being in high school English. It wasn’t the words that got me hooked first; it was the story, the things that happened. And even though it might take me a little while to clue in — ‘Oh, OK, that person’s saying this to that person’ — it’s one thing when you’re sitting there reading it. It’s another thing when you come and actually watch people performing it,” he said.

“That’s what I love when people come and see it performed. They go, ‘Oh, I understand that now.’ If we’re taking care and doing our job — and hopefully getting better and better at it — we’re finding ways for the text to be clearer as well.”

Brandon’s passion for Shakespeare isn’t new. He returned to Saskatoon from Stratford, Ont., in 2014 to take on three roles as part of the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan festival’s 30th season. Prior to that, he spent five seasons at the Stratford Festival, which is highly regarded for its productions of Shakespeare’s plays.

Brandon said he enjoyed being in Shakespeare’s lesser-produced plays the most while at Stratford, since the audience members didn’t always know what was coming next in those shows.

(From left to right) Gordon Portman, Will Brooks, Skye Brandon, Danielle Spilchen, Rob van Meenen and Pamela Haig Bartley are in the cast of Richard II (Photo Supplied) “You kind of have this chance of sneaking up on them,” he said, noting people tend to have “preconceived notions” of what the characters should be like in more popular plays such as Hamlet.

Once Richard II opens, Brandon will be leaving immediately for another Shakespearean adventure. He has been selected to take part in the 2015 international fellowship at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, England.

“Shakespeare’s Globe does what they call their international fellowship, and they do it every two or three years now. It’s something that I had kind of heard about a while ago but could never apply for, because I always under contract or something like that. The dates would never work,” he said.

“But this time around, when they put out a submission call, a friend of mine kind of nudged me to fill it out.”

Brandon said up to 24 candidates from around the world are brought together as an international company of actors that work

together for about three weeks. The fellowship ends with a show performed on the stage at Shakespeare’s Globe.

“We work with their directors and their coaches (and) learn from each other, too.

There’s going to be some people there from Australia, from Singapore. Especially somewhere like Singapore — it’s like, ‘Wow, really? What’s their approach to Shakespeare?’ So it’s an opportunity for everyone to share their approach as well.”

Once Brandon wraps up his time at Shakespeare’s Globe, he will fly back to Saskatchewan to take on another theatre challenge closer to home. He will begin work on The Perfect Gift, which runs from Dec. 4 to Dec. 20 at Meacham’s Dancing Sky Theatre, where he is artistic producer.

Richard II opens at Emmanuel Anglican Church on Dufferin Avenue on Sept. 17 and runs until Sept. 20, as well from Sept. 23 to Sept. 27. There will be a pay-what-you-can preview on Sept. 16. For tickets, call 306653-5191 or go online to ontheboards.ca.

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SEPTEMBER 15 Magic City Chorus women’s 4-part a cappella harmony guest night is at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church in Sutherland. All voice parts welcome especially lower voiced women.(magiccitychorus.com) Contact: y.jaspar@shaw.ca

SEPTEMBER 18 Piano Fridays, with Neil Currie, 4:30 to 7:15 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Avenue North. No cover.

The Oral Fuentes Band serves up a mix Punta Rock, Bruk-Down and other Caribbean rhythms in a Roots presentation at 9 p,m. The Bassment. Tickets - $15 for SJS members, $20 for non-members.

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SEPTEMBER 27 Multiple Myeloma March – to raise awareness of this rare incurable blood cancer.

The march begins at the Education Building on the U of S campus. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., with the march at 10 a.m. No registration fee. For more details visit www. myelomamarch.ca or call 306- 242-2703.

All proceeds to Myeloma Canada.

SEPTEMBER 27

The second annual Climb Mount Blackstrap in support of NASHI’s work is taking place at 1 p.m. This is a Family Event - when you reach the top of the mountain you will declare freedom for those who are unable to SEPTEMBER 19 do so. This event raises awareness of huA collection of jazz singers hit the stage, man trafficking in the world, in our country, with the backing of the Kim Salkeld Quartet, and in our community. Your involvement In the lineup are Sarah Anderson, Paulette helps girls and women find hope and freeAndrieu, Neil Currie, B.J. Harris, Rebecca dom for their lives. Pledges:​$30 individuals; Griffith, Donna Hay, Kathryn Schulz and $50 family; $100 business/organization/ Gillian Snyder. Show time is 8 p.m. The team. To participate, call Betti at (306) 222Bassment. Tickets - $17 for SJS members, 7441, or email your first name, last name $22 for non-members. and phone number to betlaw48@gmail.com​

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The Saskatoon nature Society welcomes members and non-members to its September monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Physics Lecture Theatre Room 103 at the U of S campus. This month’s speaker is Colin Laroque. For more information, visit saskatoonnaturesociety.sk.ca

SEPTEMBER 17, 24

Please celebrate with us! The Hip Hip Hooray Walkathon! Participate in the 1 km fun walks planned from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Bentley, Saskatoon, located at 1622 B Acadia Drive. For more information, visit www.canorth.org, or to register go to at www.whenithurtstomove.org

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The Canadian Prairie Lily Society (CPLS) annual lily bulb sale. Lawson Heights Mall. Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Funds raised through the bulb sale are used to provide two scholarships for students studying Horticulture at the University of Saskatchewan and a bursary for students studying Horticulture at the Olds College of Agriculture in Olds, Alta.

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OCTOBER 3

Global March for Elephants and Rhinos.

West Coast Swing Saskatoon hosts a weekly 11:30-1:30. River Landing (by the amphitheclass and dance Thursdays at Toon Town ater). Please join us in adding Saskatoon to Tavern in the Confederation Inn (3330 the international chorus of people who want Fairlight Drive) - $2 cover. 7:30 - 8:00 to raise awareness about the poaching of Intermediate lesson; 8:00 - 9:00 - Beginelephants and rhinos! Free event. For more ner lesson; 9:00 to Close - Open dance. information, call Jody at 306-653-0065 or Upcoming dates: Thursday, Sept. 17; visit www.MarchForElephants.org.

Thursday, Sept. 24. More details at www. westcoastswingsaskatoon.com or find us on Facebook.

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Magic City Chorus (women’s 4 part a cappella harmony) rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at St. Paul’s United Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at 7

Advance Discount Tickets at (Kids 12 & under free) First Saturday of every month

First and Third Sunday of every month

The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and information. First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre.

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 reasons. The noobligation 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.

Every Tuesday

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Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International Bazaar and Bistro, located in the basement of Grace-Westminster United Church, located at 505 10th Street East. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. *****

Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. - 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 306-2709181.

The Works in Progress New Dance Series show will take place at the Free Flow Dance Centre (224 25th Street West) at 7:30 p.m.

The series is designed to provide a venue for both emerging and professional choreographers and al dance artists in Saskatchewan and across Canada. Tickets are $20 at the door.

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

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Second Wednesday of the Month

p.m. New members welcome! Check out magiccitychorus.ca for more information.

Contact y.jaspar@shaw.ca.

Third Monday of Every Month

Schizophrenia Society of Saskatoon Family SEPTEMBER 20 Support Group will run from 7:30pm to 9:00pm at the W.A Edwards Family Centre, The Annual SK Senior Fitness Association 333 Fourth Avenue North. The group is Social will be held at the Army Navy & Air Force Veterans’ Club (359 First Avenue North. attended entirely by family members and friends of people living with schizophrenia As well as supper at 5:30 p.m. and dancing to the Rhythmaires from 7 to 9 p.m., you are and related disorders. For more information invited to an afternoon drop-in happy hour & contact, email: ssswellness4u@gmail.com or call 306-374-2224 games from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and ticket sales end Sept. 14. Ticket First and Third Saturdays contacts are: 374-4542, 665-6232, 242of the month 9452, 382-1730 and 343-7231.

The Lions Club will be holding Texas Hold

SEPTEMBER 22 The Saskatoon Branch of Save the Children – Canada will hold its first meeting of the year from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Edwards Family Centre. The branch is urgently seeking new members and prospective volunteers are cordially invited to attend the

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SEPTEMBER 19

The University of Saskatchewan Women is holding its Fall Coffee Party and Membership Registration from 2 p.m. to -3:30 p.m. at the W.A Edwards Family Centre (333 Fourth Avenue North. This is an opportunity to learn more about the social activities enjoyed by the association of present, former and retired women faculty and spouses or partners of other faculty members. There are several interest groups which meet monthly, including a book club, antique collecting, bird watching, gourmet supper club, international creative cooking, life story writers, needlecraft, salad luncheon group, and bridge for fun. Cost is $15 a year. New members always welcome.

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No Re-Buys. 50 seats available. Registration opens at 6 p.m., with the tournament starting at 7 p.m. Located at the Coachman bar at Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 for more information.

Spirit of the West 616550 Toastmasters Club.

Come and have some fun and learn speaking and leadership skills. The club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company. Follow the red fence on south side of building through the gate up the stairs into the building.

First Tuesday of every month Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. to 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.

Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. For more information, visit www.thefriendshipforce.org.

To attend a meeting contact Lynne Stade at 306-933-4835 or lstade@shaw.ca.

Every Thursday Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets Thursdays at 7 pm in Albert Community Centre (Rm. 13, 610 Clarence Ave. S.). Learn dances from many countries. First night is free. (306) 374-0005; 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.

Card Games Cosmo Senior Centre (614 11th Street East): 1:30 on Monday (Kaiser), Wednesday (Whist) and Friday (Kaiser and crib). 1 p.m. on Tuesday (Bridge) and Thursday (Bridge).

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ittle on the outside and big on the inside may be a marketing cliché.

But when I can get into a vehicle such as the 2015 Mazda CX3 and don’t rub shoulders with the person beside me who is of equal size, then I start to become a believer. More importantly, the “large” interior isn’t just limited to the front seat.

Rear-seat occupants will have enough space to be comfortable on a long trip. If the trip entails getting in and out at regular intervals, it can be easily done for both front and rear.

The only question mark left on interior size is the cargo area. It might be considered a touch small for modern enthusiasts with growing families. If I had to haul two kids around, which means the back seat is full, the Autozone cargo area might have to hold two hockey bags.

I know my hockey bag would be a real tight fit. Then, there is the issue of sticks.

Kid’s sticks will go in without problem.

The ultra-long, old-school one I use needs to be placed in carefully because it just will not go in without a bit of planning.

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Some might consider this a drawback, but in reality the CX3 will haul groceries with the best of them. If you get to fold the seats down, the area expands exponentially and will haul a 60-inch TV or a boxed up crib, depending on your needs.

Interior trim for the CX3 comes in several levels. My test unit was the basic interior with perforated seat covers for passive ventilation on the seat cushions. Side bolsters on the seat cushions and on the seat back will hold the front-seat occupants quite comfortably. My wife did find the seat more comfortable than I did since our physical size is significantly different. I still wouldn’t have a problem being in this seat for hours at a time. My only complaint with the trim is that there is no centre arm rest. I know I am spoiled, but I do like a centre arm rest on a long trip.

For your money, Mazda includes a backup camera, sat/nav, satellite radio and air conditioning. Knowing Mazda, the heater will work as well as the air condi-

tioning did, so I do not have any concerns in that area either.

Suspension wise, the CX3 was up to any load I put in it with little degradation of handling. The only time I had the CX3 off balance was when I did my best to load everything on one side and as far back as possible. Nothing bad happened, but it was a bit more mobile in the lane than normal.

In short, don’t do anything that dumb and the CX3 will be just fine.

The only way I could give the AWD system a bit of a workout was to find a few dusty gravel roads and try pushing the CX3 to the limits. I didn’t find the limits, but I did get the CX3 to push pretty hard.

And if I sawed at the wheel in a corner, it wasn’t very happy either. Keep in mind, not happy and not making the corner are two very distinct results.

Now for the powertrain: The only transmission available is a six-speed automatic.

When I drive, it does yeoman duty since I drive aggressively at times and sedately

at others. When I am on the gas, shifts — both up and down —are crisp and happen when I need them. Occasionally, I change demands in traffic a bit quicker than the computer likes and the shift seems slow.

Actually what happens is the demands on the 146-horsepower (146 ft.lb. of torque as well) direct-injected, DOHC, inline four get the engine far enough off the power band that it just seems slow.

As a SkyActiv motor, fuel economy across all usage types was a bit better than I expected. When I was busy ignoring every tenant of driving with economy in mind, the fuel economy was still pretty good (disclaimer: actual economy will vary depending on severity of bad driving habits). SkyActiv is a love/hate relationship. Make no mistake, I love the fuel economy at all levels. My problem is that I would like a bit more power (if some is good, more is better).

Fortunately, Mazda makes the CX3 easy to love at all levels. Zoom Zoom!

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There are long wheel base models, short wheel base models, a low roof version, a tall roof version and an extra tall version.

Two different diesel engines are available depending on the model chosen. The 2.1-litre Bluetec comes with a seven-speed automatic, while the optional 3.0-litre Bluetec has a fivespeed automatic.

In addition, Autozone these vans can be ordered with seats and windows to do duty as a passenger van or without anything except a set of tie downs for cargo. Now the latest addition to the option sheet is AWD (all wheel drive).

Loosely based on the nearly bullet proof 4Matic system, this even stouter version is called 4ETS (Electronic Transfer System) and it can be ordered with a low range (42 per cent increase in gearing).

At the introduction, I managed to drive several of the AWD wonders. Take it from me, do not just order the empty interior. Going down a gravel road in a van shell is like being inside a drum set when the drummer has no sense of rhythm. A huge leap towards quiet comfort comes with the addition of the insulated interior.

The top of the heap in quiet comes when the insulated cargo wall goes in to separate the front seats from the rest of the van. An added benefit with this wall is that the passenger compartment actually warms up on cold days and cools off on hot ones.

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angle do not have any restrictions. With the cargo wall in place, the last bit of travel tends to interfere with the ability to adjust the seat back. Nobody in our group was tall enough to have this happen, but it might.

Mercedes actually put plenty of thought into the driver’s compartment, as small as it is. The driver can get a very comfortable and fully adjustable bucket seat. On the passenger side, there is another bucket seat or, if you order it, there is half a bench seat for two that isn’t quite as adjustable.

Once settled into the driver’s seat, the adventures began. Our adventure took us up some logging trails in B.C. (the introduction was in Kelowna and we drove to Mica Creek), along some old paved highways and some new highways.

Handling in town, when we did a test loop to pretend that we were using the van as a delivery vehicle, was good. I did think the smaller of the two diesels was the better performer in town, although both were closely matched and eminently suited to the van. Turning radius was decent and the mirrors were very good, although only the top half was power adjustable. It would have been great if the lower section was power adjustable as well.

If you happen to be using the van for hauling lots of stuff, keep in mind the back doors open nearly 180 degrees, which

means you can back right up to a loading dock. The side door is large enough that you can slide a pallet of whatever in from the side as well as the rear. On this leg of the trip, the only problem we encountered with the empty interior was trying to explain why we were backing into a loading dock when we had nothing to deliver — not everyone believed us!

After trading the drum for one with a partition, my partner and I were off to see how far up the logging trails we could get. With a bit of bouncing around and careful avoidance of falling off the mountain, we made it to the working area and circled our Benzes to show

that we could actually do the drive.

One of the things that popped into my head going up those trails was that PleasureWay Van Conversions (Saskatoon’s only manufacturer of Class B motor homes) will have a whole new range of customers now that the Benz can get to real remote campgrounds or the Craven Jamboree — whichever has the worst roads.

Sprinter is one of the new generation of commercial/custom vans where only your imagination will limit what one of these vehicles can be used for. Best of all, the option sheet does its best to help you out.

Regular oil changes eliminate need to flush an engine a lot of time idling, running at light load or short trip driving, condensation can build up in the engine crankcase.

This is true of gas engines as well, although diesel engines run cooler at light load so they can build up condensation in Question: I am running the crankcase quicker if not a 2003 VW Jetta TDI, with warmed up fully. The con275,000 kilometres on it. densation will combine with Every time I go for an oil combustion byproducts and can Autozone change at a local quick lube form sludge in the engine. shop, they recommend that my engine Engine crankcase flushing is a process should be flushed, and they will do it for where a very thin oil with high detergent a certain amount of money. I’m woncontent is operated in the engine for several dering if this flushing is necessary. I’ve minutes and then drained to remove sludge. never had an engine flushed in my life, Normal engine oils already contain deterbut am wondering — with the diesel — gents designed to clean sludge deposits. if it should be done. We never flushed They are removed with the oil during an the engines on our diesel tractors on the oil change, so it should not be necessary to farm, but maybe we should have. Or have the engine crankcase flushed if you maybe an automobile is different than a change your oil at recommended intervals. farm tractor?

I have taken many engines apart for reAnswer: While there are substantial building and engines that received regular differences between the diesel engine in oil changes had very little sludge in them, your farm tractor and the one in your Jetta, even though they were badly worn. Other they both have the same requirements for engines have been filled with heavy sludge clean engine oil. When an engine spends deposits in the oil pan and valve covers.

Every month, Jim Kerr will answer automobile-related questions. Jim is the program head of the Automotive Service Technician program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic (Saskatoon Campus).

Jim Kerr

These engines had received almost no maintenance. I would not recommend an engine flush even on these engines with lots of sludge deposits, as the flushing chemicals can loosen the deposits and they can be circulated in the engine and plug oil passages, leading to engine failure.

The bottom line: Avoid engine oil flushes and have the engine oil changed on a regular basis.

Question: I’ve noticed some cars and trucks have a front-wheel breaking off and the vehicle’s front fender collapsing on top of the wheel. Are there any clues to the driver that the front end needs repair before extensive damage occurs?

Answer: It isn’t common for a wheel to break off and, if one did, there are typically indications that there is a problem with the vehicle before this happens. One of the ways a wheel can come off is if the wheel nuts have not been torqued up to specifications. The wheel nuts can come loose, the wheel starts to work back and forth on the studs and eventually the studs break. The driver would typically hear a clunking noise when braking or turning corners and feel a vibration while driving.

Another similar failure occurs when a

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Rather than taking your vehicle in just to have the suspension checked, take it in for a wheel alignment. As part of the alignment, the technician will inspect the suspension for wear. A vehicle with worn steering or suspension parts will not maintain a wheel alignment, so if the technician detects worn parts, they will recommend the repair before completing the alignment.

Having the alignment checked at least once a year is good insurance. Maintaining the correct alignment will minimize tire wear, enhance handling and improve fuel economy.

(Send questions to james.kerr@sasktel. net.)

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Max. towing of 12,200 lbs with 3.5L EcoBoost V6 4x2 Max. payloads of 3,300 lbs/3,270 lbs with 5.0L Ti-VCT V8/3.5L V6 EcoBoost 4x2 engines. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs GVWR vs. 2014 competitors. Best-in-class claims verified September 25, 2014. ^ Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs. GVWR. Military-grade aluminum alloy body claim verified January 28, 2014. Class-exclusive 360° camera system claim verified February 12, 2014. ± LED headlamps, taillamps, and side-mirror spotlights available. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs. GVWR. Class-exclusive LED lighting claim verified December 10, 2014. ≥ 2015 Focus SE Sedan and Hatch with Automatic Transmission: $20,449 MSRP. MSRP is the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price only and excludes options, freight, AC Tax, Green Levy (if applicable), license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI, PPSA (if financed or leased) (a maximum RDPRM fee of $44 and third party service fee of $4 for Quebec, if leased), administration fees, and any other applicable environmental charges/fees and taxes. Dealers may sell or lease for less. See your local dealer for details. ¥Based on Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association year-end 2007 - 2014 total sales data for utility segment vehicles in Canada. Claim verified in January, 2015. ©2015 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ©2015 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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Dear Arlene, I would think by the age of 55 you have had many experiences dealing with being top heavy. Quite frankly, I would suggest you ignore the looks or simply smile.

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(Lianne will be in Saskatoon interviewing new clients from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2.

Call 1-204-888-1529 to arrange your meeting. Questions for this column can be sent to camelotintroductions@mymts.net.)

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PrairieChevrolet.com ON NOW AT YOUR PRAIRIE CHEVROLET DEALERS. PrairieChevrolet.com 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the finance of a 2015 Cruze LS 1SA, Malibu 3LT, Impala 1LZ, Trax LS 1SA with manual transmission, Equinox LS AWD, Silverado 1500 Double/Crew Cab 2WD WT. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in Prairie Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. * Offer available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles delivered from September 1 and September 30, 2015. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank® or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on all new or demonstrator 2015 Spark LS 1SA, Sonic LS 1SA, Cruze LS 1SA, Malibu 3LT, Impala 1LZ, Camaro 1LS & 2LS, Trax LS 1SA with manual transmission, Equinox LS AWD, Traverse LS FWD, Colorado 2WD, Silverado 1500 Double Cab 2WD WT / Crew Cab 2WD WT and Silverado HD’s 2WD WT with gas engine. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $40,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $476.19 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $40,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight and air tax ($100, if applicable) included. Licence, insurance, registration, PPSA, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ®Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. †† Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between September 1st and September 30th, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $500 credit available on Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Volt, Trax, Malibu (except LS); $750 credit available on others Chevrolet vehicles (except Cruze, Colorado 2SA, Camaro Z28, Malibu LS, Silverado Light Duty and Heavy Duty); $1,000 credit available on Chevrolet Cruze and on all Silverado’s. Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any Pontiac/Saturn/SAAB/Hummer/Oldsmobile model year 1999 or newer car or Chevrolet Cobalt, HHR, Avalanche, Aveo, Epica, Orlando, Optra, Tracker, Uplander, Venture, Astro, Blazer, Jimmy, Trailblazer or GMC Envoy, Safari or Buick Rendezvous, Terraza that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between September 1st and September 30th, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $1,000 credit available on Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Volt, Trax, Malibu (except LS); $1,500 credit available on other eligible Chevrolet vehicles (except Chevrolet Colorado 2SA, Camaro Z28, Malibu LS, Cruze); $2,000 credit available on Chevrolet Cruze. Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice. ‡ $2,000/$2,500/1,500/$1,750 is a combined credit consisting of $1,000/$500/$500/$750 Owner Cash (tax inclusive) and $1,000/$2,000/$1,000/$1,000 manufacturer to dealer finance cash (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Cruze/Malibu 3LT/Trax/Equinox which is available for finance offers only and cannot be combined with special lease rates and cash purchase. † $4,000/$7,195/$4,750/$3,500/$4,950 is a combined total credit consisting of $1,000/$500/$750/500/750 Owner Cash (tax inclusive) and a $3,000/$6,695/$4,000/$3,000/$4,200 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Cruze/Malibu 1LT, 2LT, LTZ/Impala/Trax /Equinox LS FWD, which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $3,000/$6,695/$4,000/$3,000/$4,200 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates.

Discounts vary by model and cash credit excludes Cruze LS-1SA/Malibu LS and 3LT/Impala 1LZ/Trax LS 1SA with manual transmission/Equinox LS AWD. ‡‡ $5,000 is a combined credit consisting of a $1,000 Owner cash (tax inclusive), $3,000 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) for 2015 Silverado Light Duty Double Cab and a $1,000 manufacturer to dealer finance cash (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Silverado 1500 which is available for finance offers only and cannot be combined with special lease rates and cash purchase. ^ $10,380 is a combined total credit consisting of a $3,000 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) for 2015 Silverado Light Duty Double Cab, $1,000 Owner Cash (tax inclusive), a $1,200 manufacturer to dealer Option Package Discount Credit (tax exclusive) for 2015 Chevrolet Silverado Light Duty (1500) Double Cab LS equipped with a Custom Edition and a $5,180 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) on Silverado Light Duty (1500) Double Cab WT 4WD, LS, LT or LTZ which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $5,180 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. ** The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased or leased a new eligible 2015 MY Chevrolet (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelco® oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ^^ Whichever comes first. See dealer for details.

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