Saskatoon Express, November 23, 2015

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Brett Bayda is the founder of the Swinging with the Stars fundraiser (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Brett Bayda

Grandmother inspired fundraising event

Cam Hutchinson toon’s popular Swinging with the Stars Saskatoon Express fundraiser. dna Adams didn’t think she was “One of her favourite things was danca senior. After all, seniors are old ing,” Bayda said. “She resided for the people. last 20 years before she passed away in She lived her life with such vibrancy.

Vernon, British Columbia. And, every day, That made it so sad to see her in her final she would go down to the senior citizens’ years. With Alzheimer’s, she was no centre and dance. She called it ‘helping longer independent. Her life, and then her the seniors,’ because she never wanted to death five years ago, had an incredible admit she was a senior. She was just helpimpact on Brett Bayda. ing there, right?”

“My Gramma Edna was the love of my Then Edna was diagnosed with Allife,” Bayda said. “She was an inspiration zheimer’s. to me. She was a talker and just so outgo“She had a horrendous last seven years ing.” of her life.”

She missed flights and buses when She died at age 88. she couldn’t pull away from a good Bayda, who was not yet 30, didn’t want conversation.

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“That became a passion of mine. So I dove into it and started researching everything I could about it and ended up writing a book. The whole concept of the book was to prolong independence in older adults.”

He went at it from a unique angle. He wrote the book — Care Planning Formula — for the adult children of aging parents.

It is both a work book and a guide.

During the process, Swinging with the Stars was born.

“I thought what better way to do something in memory of my gramma, as well as to raise money for a cause I really believe in.”

Swinging with the Stars is now heading into its fourth year. In three years, $175,000 has been raised. The benefac-

tor during the first two years was Prairie Hospice.

“They were just starting their organization and I really, truly believe in what they do. I thought they were a great recipient to receive the funds.”

He is an advocate for Saskatoon having a physical hospice, rather than care provided in the homes of its clients.

“I really wanted to see Prairie Hospice take off. I really wanted to do my part in the community,” he said. “Nobody should ever die alone.”

Last year, and again this year, Hope’s Home is the charity of choice. The money raised at Swinging with the Stars helped Hope’s Home open in Saskatoon earlier this year.

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Troy Davies and Kimberly Parent won Swinging with the Stars in 2014.

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I finally decided to Google my name

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don’t recall ever Googling my name.

The closest I came was checking out a blog where I had become the subject of considerable attention. A number of years ago, I compiled a column of sports “jokes” that was used in a number of papers in Canada. In one of those columns, I made a joke about Regina. Nobody in Regina found it funny. The joke made its way onto a Regina-based blog, where people who drink vats of Pilsner come to chat and share watermelon stories.

People said a lot of mean things about me. Fair enough, but it became hurtful when somebody posted a photo of me. I know I am not pretty, but holy smokes I didn’t know how much I looked like the proverbial south end of a horse going north. Or so I was told.

Anyway, with a prompt from a friend, I decided to Google myself. I was nervous, so I thought I would see how the Internet treats other people. I picked Mayor Atchison.

The first thing that comes up about His Worship is a Wikipedia page: “Donald J. Atchison is a Canadian Editor politician who was elected mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on October 22, 2003. He won a close four-way contest, running on a platform that included being tough on crime, freezing property taxes, and resuming control of the city’s police commission. He was re-elected as mayor in 2006, 2009 and 2012 . . .” Blah, blah, blah.

Down the list is contact info for the mayor’s office and various mundane things like that. A few more headlines down was Mayor Atchison’s hockey profile and his stats from www.hockeydb.com. It is a database of virtually everyone who has ever put on skates.

Right off the bat, I noticed two mistakes. The profile said Mayor Atchison was born in 1943 and is 71 years old. Mayor Atchison was born in 1952. In the hockeydb.com profile, Mayor Atchison is listed as having been born in Omemee, Ont. Our mayor was born in Saskatoon. And to think I used to believe everything on the Internet.

There are numerous other headlines pertaining to Mayor Atchison, including one about him never attending a Pride Parade. There is another one with the mayor providing fitness tips.

With the mayor escaping relatively unscathed, I was ready to Google myself. That sounds kind of dirty, doesn’t it?

The first thing that popped up was a column I recently wrote. Next was my Twitter address, and then a story about the Express start-up. The story was written by Angelina Irinici. She was in journalism school at the time and is now an outstanding reporter with CTV in Saskatoon.

Then, things got more interesting. There is a real-estate agent in London, Ont., named Cam Hutchinson. This Cam is a she.

I tried to call her. It was odd asking the receptionist if I could speak with Cam Hutchinson. Cam was out of the office. I was too embarrassed to leave a message. “Could you

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Santa Claus arrived in Saskatoon last week (Photo by Darren Steinke)

have Cam phone Cam Hutchinson in Saskatoon?” It seemed creepy.

Calling Cam reminded me of the time 25 years ago when I was working on a story and needed to call the University of Oregon. I accidentally called Oregon State. The receptionist at the U of O had a wonderful sense of humour.

“Are you the Ducks?” I asked, referring to the team’s nickname.

“No, we’re the Beavers,” she said.

I tried not to laugh.

“It’s easy to mix up Ducks and Beavers,” she said with a laugh.

The conversation went all to heck from there. I wish I could remember the details. I remember eventually getting in touch with the Ducks PR guy and he was as boring as boring can be. I ended up writing a column about the telephone calls. I honestly can’t remember why I called in the first place.

There are Cam Hutchinsons going to school and uploading music to YouTube. We lost one of our Cam Hutchinsons in 2011.

There is a list called the Top 11 Cam Hutchinson profiles on LinkedIn. Among them were: • Cameron Hutchinson, sales executive at Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre in South Africa; • Cameron Hutchinson, sales manager at TestLink Services Ltd, development/project/program manager at TRM Corp in the UK; • Cameron Hutchinson, sales representative at Ellington Tenant and Facilities Services in Toronto; • Cameron Hutchinson, electrician at Bombardier Aerospace; and • Cam Hutchinson, EMS chief at Hutch Ambulance Service, president/CEO at Safety Hutch Inc. in southern Saskatchewan.

Clearly, these people have all done better than me. Maybe if I start going by Cameron Hutchinson, I will do better.

I only looked at the first couple of pages on Google. I was OK with what I saw, although I will long think of myself as the south end of the horse going north.

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Steve Hogle

Blades president believes in connecting with the community

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Steve Hogle (right) was working for the Edmonton Oilers when Colin Priestner (left) asked him to join the Saskatoon Blades management team (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) governments and costs were cleared, construction of the arena began in March 2014. The rink will likely be open for National Hockey League play by the fall of 2016.

After the project was approved, Hogle got a call from the Priestner brothers, Jared and Colin, asking “how married” he was to the Oilers, because they wanted him on their team, which was about to buy the Saskatoon Blades from long-time owner Jack Brodsky.

“I looked at the offer and decided it was a rare opportunity to help shape an organization the way we saw fit and a chance to live in a beautiful city like Saskatoon. My wife, Cathy, agreed and, two years ago last August, we made the move. This was too good to pass up; we wanted to live, work and play here.

“In addition to me living here as a boy, Cathy has Saskatchewan roots. Her mom was from Plunkett, her dad from Rabbit Lake. Cathy was a teacher and she’s become involved with READ Saskatoon, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and is working on a literacy project in Saskatoon public schools.”

As Hogle grew up, he wanted to be a hockey player and attended the University of Illinois, “where I played some goal before realizing I wasn’t going to the NHL. Then I pursued journalism.”

His resume includes a first job with a newspaper in Camrose, radio and television in Red Deer, 25 years at CTV Edmonton, where he was news director, and then five years with the Alberta Research Council. It was then onto the Oilers, where his portfolio reached beyond broadcast

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“We’re very open with our season-seat holders — they’re our greatest ambassadors. We tell them everything, including the fact we could have even more wins for them by now by making trades, but we don’t want to compromise our future.

We have a plan to become a strong playoff contender and, ultimately, a champion.”

When Hogle looks back, he sees much inspiration coming from his parents.

“They taught me about family and gave me a value of learning to give, putting others in front of your own needs. They taught me to have fun with your job, but not to let anyone outwork you.”

Indeed, father Bruce, back in Edmonton, is still a man on a mission.

Bruce said he’s been campaigning politicians and school boards “to have elementary students sing O Canada once a week in their classrooms, and even more if they wish, as we approach our country’s 150th birthday. I’ve had great response, especially from your premier, Brad Wall, and your lieutenant-governor, Vaughn Solomon Schofield. Your lieutenant-governor says she can’t be politically involved, but she’d like to help make my dream come true.”

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and communications into areas such as game-day presentation and community events. The one common denominator in those different jobs, he said, was looking to identify quality people and having them help build the team.

In Hogle’s first season with the Blades, Lorne Molleken was general manager and David Struch the coach. “We arrived on the heels of Saskatoon’s Memorial Cup bid and, while that team had great talent, the cupboard the year after was a little bare.”

After the 2013-2014 season, the Blades hired Bob Woods as general manager and coach, and Hogle called it a real blessing.

“We had a lot of applicants for the job and we reached out to a lot of people, some with NHL connections and some who were extremely well-qualified. Bob had both of those plus Saskatchewan roots, coming from Leroy. He had just come out of the NHL as a member of Anaheim’s coaching staff. He is a great teacher and he wants to win. Last year, we had the youngest team in the league — we likely still are — but we’re gaining some traction.” The team is currently sitting in a playoff position.

Part of Hogle’s job is connecting with the community.

“Our staff and players make more than 400 appearances in the community every year. We want to ensure being a Blade is a first-class experience and our boys are great embracing responsibility both on and off the ice. They realize they’re role models and their words carry weight, and they’re dynamite interacting with our fans, young and old.”

Hogle and the leadership team have

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t must have been natural instinct that Steve Hogle, the president of the Saskatoon Blades hockey club, decided to follow his father, Bruce, into a communications career.

The happy coincidence, too, is that each of the Hogles decided to write an interesting chapter of their lives in Saskatoon.

Bruce was somewhat of a journalistic and media nomad, proudly admitting on the telephone the other day that People he had worked in seven cities and five provinces. Bruce and his wife, Gail, became parents of three boys, Bill born in Winnipeg, Randy in Medicine Hat and Steve in Trail, B.C. Steve was born in 1959, just two years before the Trail Smokeaters, a team that featured Jack McLeod, won the world hockey championship.

The Hogles moved to Regina and were on their way to a broadcasting mission in Sudbury when suddenly Bruce received a phone call. It was from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, asking him to become the communications officer in 1961 when the doctors were waging opposition to the Saskatchewan government’s plan for a Medical Care Insurance Act. Bruce can still recite the names of the medical players at the time. He worked for the college until 1965 before going to CFRN Edmonton, where he stayed in the media business until 1995.

“My move to Saskatoon wasn’t as dramatic or as controversial as my dad’s move,” Steve Hogle said in his Saskatoon Blades office.

“But I knew a little bit about controversy. I was with the Katz Group (KG) and the Edmonton Oilers, including work on the downtown arena project, the vision of Oilers owner Daryl Katz. That came with a healthy dose of controversy but, in spite of that, I enjoyed every moment of my five years with KG and the Oilers.”

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SASKATOONEXPRESS - November 23-29, 2015 - Page 4 “I ended up taking the position here as training and operations officer for three years, full-time. I was also working as an instructor from time to time in Quebec City, at the fleet school there.”

Dalzell kept moving up through various positions, rising to head of department and then executive officer from 2011 to 2014 before taking command.

“I liken this job to being a school principal,” said Dalzell. “Unicorn is predominantly a training institution. We have always trained people.

“It would also be an opportunity to recruit people in peacetime to be part-time sailors — to be reservists, to train to go to sea in the event of being needed to go and join the fleet,” he said.

“That’s my job, to connect with Canadians, to augment the fleet, but first and foremost to train and produce sailors who can do their job.

“We’re also here to be a resource for any emergency, such as the Red River floods in Manitoba . . . and sending folks in 2010 to be part of the Canadian Forces element that supported the security efforts at the 2010 Olympics.

“My job is to make sure it all works.”

Balancing work, family Dalzell would be a busy man even without the HMCS command, but he’s working out the schedule.

Matt Dalzell is the 26th commanding officer of the HMCS Unicorn (Photo by Joanne Paulson) “It’s dynamic,” he said with a laugh.

“I’m still working on getting the balance.

But the key is to get that balance, certainly with my family as well,” said Dalzell, who is married with two children. “I’m a Beaver leader (first level of Scouting) as well. I live by my day planner.”

He said he would never manage it withJoanne Paulson sailors from Saskatoon and area were lost here. My family never pushed me to join or out the support of his wife and the people at Saskatoon Express on the HMCS Shawinigan in November not to join. I just figured that was what I Unicorn. hey say prairie people make great 1944, when it was torpedoed off the coast would do.

He’s there on Monday and Wednesday sailors because they are accustomed of Newfoundland. All hands were lost.

“I guess there was one mention from nights; on Mondays, he arrives after Beato staring at wide vistas, like the end“That’s one thing people don’t realize,” my mom about, ‘If you join, it would help vers. “I drop the kid off at home, change less sky. said Dalzell. “Twenty-four of His Majesty’s pay for university.’ Which it did. But there uniforms and get down here.” He’s also ofMatt Dalzell, the 26th commanding of- Canadian Ships were lost during the Second was no real pressure or direction saying, ten there at lunchtime, and has a dedicated ficer of HMCS Unicorn, clearly believes it’s World War. Nine of them were lost in ‘Well, you’re going to join.’ I just did.

BlackBerry he checks regularly. true. Otherwise, he likely would not have home waters. They were lost in approaches “I’ve stayed — part of it is the giving Dalzell’s day job is communications spent nearly 24 years of his life serving as a to Halifax, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off back. I’ve had a lot of great experience. officer for the Sylvia Fedoruk Centre for reservist.

Newfoundland. . . . The last ship, HMCS I’ve done a lot of interesting and cool Nuclear Innovation. He was the second Lieutenant-Commander Dalzell became Esquimalt, was lost in the approaches to things; I’ve met a lot of people I wouldn’t employee hired there in 2012. Now the the commanding officer in August, takHalifax Harbour. have in any other walk of life. Now being centre’s cyclotron is up and running, and ing over with a firm vision to honour and “It’s a very close thing. It’s a legacy, and CO, it’s a neat, an interesting opportunity the centre is working with the university extend the legacy of the 92-year-old naval it’s one I am doing my utmost to make sure to help shape and guide this place, and to identify communities of users for the reserve company. we preserve and live up to it.” help the people who are here learning and radioisotopes being created there.

“This place was established in 1923; it Even with its long history, he is often setting out on their careers.”

“One of the primary things is delivering was one of the first 12 naval reserve comasked why the navy is in Saskatoon, so far Indeed, HMCS Unicorn is a young radiopharmaceuticals to the hospital every panies,” said Dalzell. “The idea was to put from tidewater and shipping routes. ship’s company of 60 — and Dalzell day, but then there are opportunities for a naval presence in communities across the “That’s probably the most frequently hopes to grow it. Most naval divisions research — nuclear medicine and imaging, country — not just on the coasts, not just on asked question that we get here. It goes are weighted toward people in their 20s, but also plant imaging.” the Great Lakes. back to that same reason, in 1923, is to be a because many join out of high school.

Dalzell and his boss, Neil Alexander, “During the Second World War, almost connection with the community and that’s Dalzell himself started young. Starting are working on making the Fedoruk Centre 3,600 people (over the five years) joined first and foremost.” in 1992, he trained as a naval cadet and a place where people who have questions the navy at Unicorn. They got their initial went to the East Coast for basic training, about nuclear power, radiation or medicine training here, before going to the coast to A family history learning how to drive ships and undercan come for answers — a resource for do the special training, join ships and go of service standing what it means to be in the navy. fact-based information. to sea.”

It seemed the most natural thing in the “That took a number of years, mostly “If we don’t know the answers, we’ll Most of those reservists saw action. world for Dalzell to join the naval reserves. during the summer. I took one year off to put them in touch with people who do.”

Dalzell is actively trying to compile the Service to Canada runs in the family. take training full-time, so I did the winter HMCS Unicorn is holding an open list of people who joined but did not come “I’m a third-generation naval reservist,” as well as the summers.” house on Nov. 25 at 7.30 p.m. The Unicorn home. One of his predecessors, W.F. Camp- he said. “I’m Unicorn 26, the 26th comHe continued as a reservist while finish- is located at the corner of Fourth Avenue bell, was lost in 1943 when his ship was manding officer. My dad was 17th. I grew ing university and while embarking on a and 24th Street downtown. All are welDC20295.K23 Darlene dive-bombed off the coast of Algeria. Three up here. I enrolled in 1992, but I grew up teaching career. James come.

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Support provided for those with unplanned pregnancies Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express athy LaFleche smiles as she shares the story of a young woman who said having a baby saved her life.

The 19-year-old was in the sex trade and had the often-accompanying addictions when she discovered she was pregnant.

She immediately got off drugs and went to EGADZ, a non-profit providing programs and services to children, youth and their families in making choices that improve their quality of life.

EGADZ recommended the young woman go to the Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Centre (SPOC).

LaFleche, executive director of SPOC, says the transition in the young woman in ensuing months has been phenomenal.

“She stayed off drugs and is in a safe house with EGADZ,” said LaFleche. “She has learned so much. She had a little baby in August and she looks at him and says, ‘You saved my life.’ It was really neat to see and seeing her motivated and planning for the future. This smart cookie had been living at the bottom.”

The SPOC, a non-profit agency offering assistance to anyone facing an unplanned pregnancy or experiencing post-abortion stress, has been in the city since 1999, first as a 24-hour help line. People would call when they were in a “crisis pregnancy.”

“It would be ‘I’m pregnant and I don’t know what to do. My family is not supportive or I don’t want to tell my family and I’m thinking of having an abortion.’ They just wanted to talk with somebody. It was compassionate listening and, ‘What can we do to help?’ ” JW15654.K23 James By 2001, the centre had charitable status.

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It was getting donations and looking at having a physical place. With the space, educational programs, classes and the clothing rooms were added.

“We have tremendous resources. Clients can come from the minute they are pregnant and start taking these classes. We have parenting classes. I say classes, but it is one-on-one individual education. We do videos and work through the worksheets with them. They do homework. How much material is here is incredible.”

The young woman LaFleche spoke of had her baby in August and now comes to the centre for parenting classes.

“She calls it school: ‘This is my favourite day of the week; this is school.’ She will do her lessons and her homework and she will go into the stores.”

The stores are rooms on site. There is one with free items, such as used clothes, beautiful blankets and maternity wear.

There is also a room with new things. Clients earn “baby bucks” as they go through the program. When they accumulate enough, they then go on shopping sprees.

LaFleche says the young woman wasn’t a very good shopper.

“She bought all these girl things and she had a boy,” LaFleche said with a laugh. “So she had to exchange it for all the boy things, so it was really great.”

LaFleche has been the executive director of the centre since June. Her background is in nursing.

“This position came up and my background seemed to fit in. I care for people who are in vulnerable situations who would like to carry on with their pregnancy, but are finding a lot of obstacles to it.

I am inspired by them because they come

Cathy LaFleche is the executive director of the Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Centre (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) here with all sorts of obstacles.

“Often they are young; the youngest I have seen here is a 15-year-old. A couple of weeks ago I had a 42-year-old come in who was in a pregnancy and dealing with a chronic illness and wasn’t sure what to do.”

The centre provides information, not advice. LaFleche calls it options counselling.

“They come to us and they are pregnant and not sure what to do and just want information. We will tell them what is available in Saskatoon. We will tell them about adoption, we will tell them about parenting.

We give them a journal to go home and look at all of those options. We want them to decide for themselves what would be best for them.”

She said abortion is included in the information provided to clients.

“We don’t refer for abortions but we do provide factual information and we do it very, very gently and very respectful. Our

hope is they would carry through the pregnancy, but we have had women come back after the abortion because we support them after their abortion as well.”

LaFleche says there have been more than 400 visits to the centre this year.

“It’s repeat visits. (The number of) individual clients per month ranges from 19 to 26, so that is the range of the repeats we have.”

LaFleche finds her job “tremendously satisfying. I love these people because they come and they learn so much.”

The Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Centre relies on donations to keep its doors open. It held a gala in September and is holding an open house on Nov. 26 at the centre (23-1006 Eighth St. East) from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

For more information, visit www.saskatoonpregnancy.com, call 306-665-7550 or email spoc@sasktel.net.

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Why is the Sask. Party running negative ads?

t seemed like mere ing turning him into Donald seconds after Canada Trump by adding a hairpiece. elected a new federal That was perhaps going too government that a Saskatchfar, but maybe calling for a ewan Party campaigner suspension was, too. landed on my doorstep.

Returning to the doorstep I was surprised, although campaigner, he was a very I suppose I shouldn’t have nice man who wanted to been. The Sask. Party ad know if we had any concerns suggesting that the NDP or comments we would like would take our province to share. Temporarily caught backward had already aired off guard, the only thing I Columnist several times on TV. told him was that — particuNote to Premier Brad larly in light of the dreadful Wall: those negative ads used by the oil price and a fall in commodities in previous federal Conservative govern- general — the government really had to ment obviously did not work. That focus on more innovation and diversishould be a cautionary tale. Justin fication, and not allow infrastructure Trudeau’s election has brought a new improvements to fall behind. vibe into Canadian politics. It may not The handy little card he left us made last, but there is definitely a kinder, three points, and one of them was about gentler, collaborative wind blowing, strategic infrastructure investments. and it may not be wise to huff in the op- The Sask. Party says it has spent nearly posite direction. $8 billion on highways, schools and Speaking of bucking the trend, hospitals, apparently more than double Wall’s request that the federal govwhat the NDP spent. That’s very good, ernment suspend bringing in Syrian and speaks to one of my economic refugees didn’t go over well in many necessities. quarters, either. He makes a valid point However, the unhelpful part of this that refugees should be screened, and comparison is that the timeframe in many will agree with him; but Twitter which the NDP spent so little is not dewas alight with nasty rebukes, includfined. Do they mean the many consecu-

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tive years of NDP power, going back to the Romanow years? If so, it’s an unfair comparison. The Romanow government had to mop up the disaster left behind by the Grant Devine government, which entailed cutting spending drastically.

I’m not disagreeing with the point, necessarily. I’m just saying that I’d prefer specifics to make comparisons work.

The campaign primer card also noted that the province has paid $3 billion on the debt since 2007 (aha! a time frame!), saving $1 billion in interest.

The party has also saved us taxes ($2,636 for a family of four making $75,000), took the PST off used cars (is that a big deal?) and instituted extended tax credits.

On the flip side of the card, the premier’s face smiles out at us, and he claims that “today, Saskatchewan is stronger than at any point in our history.”

Well, he’s close. We were stronger three years ago, actually, when the economy was firing and people were moving here in droves (at least by our standards) and commodity prices were better. But people are leaving, again.

His argument is that the Saskatchewan Party has made the right choices in taxation and spending to “(equip) Saskatchewan to withstand the economic challenges that may lie ahead.”

I most fervently hope he’s right.

However, I don’t think the challenges lie ahead; they are here.

Certainly, many Sask. Party policies have been strong. Wall has also shone when arguing that refugees should JW15628.K23 James receive life-saving care, and that the

PotashCorp takeover by BHP Billiton was a bad idea (he was right, although it did present a confusing message and make our province look a little less open for business).

On the other hand, the province’s first go at essential services legislation was dreadful. The LEAN exercise, forced upon the health-care system, was ridiculously expensive. (I have no real idea how well it’s working, but the cost was bizarre.) Those fire-causing electrical meters represented a serious lapse in due diligence. And when the government, from Wall’s office, exposed the record of a whistle-blowing health-care worker, I had major doubts about how seriously the Sask. Party takes the privacy act.

It has not been a perfect record, but I’m not sure people care all that much, judging by the premier’s historic popularity. Wall is generally a reasonable man, extremely likeable and, for the most part, shows balanced judgement.

So why is his party running negative ads, in the post-Harper, let’s-all-getalong era? (Granted, the other parties are also running negative ads, but they’re in a different boat.) If the Sask.

Party has had a fairly strong eight years of governance, as it claims, why come out of the gate slamming the competition? I don’t get that little piece of strategy. It could backfire. Like me, people may wonder why it’s necessary.

What are we missing that the Sask.

Party knows about? I mean, apart from some iffy political positions? Likely not much. Beats me why you’d even open that door.

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Holidaythemed production ‘delightful entertainment’ Kristina Hughes stars in The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol at Persephone Theatre (Photo Supplied) Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express ersephone Theatre is serving up some festive fun with a holiday-themed play with a very long name: The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol.

Cast member Kristina Hughes said the seasonal comedy is funny and “highly theatrical.”

“It’s great for the Christmas season for a fun evening,” Hughes said.

“It’s just pure, delightful entertainment,” she added.

The show centres on the fictional Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society, which

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puts on plays. This holiday season, the women of the group are presenting the beloved Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, which they’ve adapted for their audience and rewritten to suit their own tastes.

“We’re basically watching a play about a group of women putting on a play,” said Hughes.

“They are a community theatre organization. They have very little training — very little, if none at all. What they lack in ability they make up for with enthusiasm, and they bungle everything. It’s hilarious.”

The show doesn’t go smoothly for the women of the Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society.

Despite “obvious and public screw-ups,” the women try desperately and “so very ear-

nestly” to keep the play going, said Hughes.

“The most ridiculous things happen — set pieces fall down and costumes get put on wrong and there’s infighting amongst the guild. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong.”

Hughes describes the character she plays in the show, Thelma, as a “diva.” Thelma believes she may have missed her calling as an actress and, as a result, is very serious and competitive about the play that her group is presenting.

“She’s got a huge ego and she’s a bit of a diva. So when things go wrong it just absolutely infuriates and humiliates her, because she thinks she’s so much better than everybody else. And everybody else is just trying very hard to do a good job, and Thelma just

kind of maybe takes it a little too far.”

In addition to Hughes, the rest of the cast includes Joshua Beaudry, Jenna-Lee Hyde, Angela Kemp and Nora McLellan, who was last seen at Persephone in Shirley Valentine.

The creative team includes Robert Metcalf (director), Jamie Plummer (costume and set designer), Larry Isacoff (lighting designer), Gilles Zolty (sound designer), Laura Kennedy (stage manager), Melanie Rogowski (assistant stage manager) and Laura Andreas (apprentice stage manager).

Hughes, who holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in theatre from the University of Saskatchewan and is a graduate of Regina’s Globe Theatre Acting Conservatory, is not new to the Persephone stage. She has appeared in several previous Persephone productions and is a theatre school teacher with Persephone, as well as a playwright, producer and board member for Live Five Independent Theatre and the newly created Saskatchewan Association of Theatre Professionals.

Starring in The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol is a bit of a departure for Hughes, who has mainly focused on dramas in the past. She said comedies can be challenging, and the current show is quite a “physical comedy.”

“I’ve never done anything quite this big and exhausting, and the first week and a half of rehearsals were just gruelling.

There’s so much expected of you when you’re doing a comedy of this nature. Everything has to be so precise,” she said.

Hughes encourages people to come out to see The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol. The show runs from Nov. 25 to Dec. 13 at the Remai Arts Centre. It shows nightly at 8 p.m., except on Mondays, as well as at 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $32 to $46, and can be purchased by calling the Persephone Theatre box office at 306-384-7727 or by going online to persephonetheatre.org.

“There’s no better time — right now, particularly — for us to get in a room together and have a communal experience of joy,” Hughes said.

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his is for people who my eyes. This is for the person think nobody cares who has to crawl on her hands about them. and knees to the fridge to get This past summer I attended something to eat. She has to stay the Fringe Festival on Broadlow because he could be watchway Avenue. After a few hours ing through the window. This is of enjoying the festival, I for the woman sleeping in the planned to take a walk along bathroom because it is the only the river. As I cut through the door with a lock. neighbourhood, I noticed a For all of those who think you window that was partly open. are alone, know that you are not.

I looked a little closer and This is for the man who lives Columnist could see a woman’s face. She under the bridge because this is was looking toward Broadway the only place where he can find Avenue. Then I realized it was a woman’s peace. I met this man several years ago. shelter. As I saw the sad look on her face, I Even though he had absolutely nothing, he thought she probably wanted to be part of never panhandled. Instead, he would colthe fun like everyone else. lect cans, bottles and anything recyclable.

This is for that person who opened I asked him where he lived and he said

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under the Broadway Bridge.

He showed me his shelter. I wondered how anybody could live like that in 30 below weather. I decided to find out for myself. In the middle of January, on one of the coldest nights of the year, I packed a sleeping bag, extra clothing and a few things I would need to survive for a month under the bridge.

This is for the man who taught me the ultimate way of survival. After 30 days under the bridge, I came out humbled.

I understood why there is peace under the bridge. There is a sense of belonging amongst those who survive day to day.

This is for the single father who struggled through university to become a lawyer. A friend of mine lost his wife through an accident. He didn’t have a high school

education, but he promised on his wife’s grave to look after their four daughters.

They had a baby, a toddler, a pre-schooler and one in grade school.

I would often see him walking up the University Bridge with the children. He would carry one, pull one on a sleigh, hold hands with another and the fourth ran along with them. Even in the middle of winter, he never gave up. Sometimes I would take him a box of food and any extra things he might need. I did this because I believed in him. It took him awhile, but he eventually graduated from law school. His eldest daughter is already talking about a career in law.

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• Know the prices of the items you want to buy. Scour advertisements in advance of Black Friday to gauge the regular retail prices for common items, including electronics. Comparison shop for the best prices and make notes to help you when Black Friday arrives.

• Understand the fine print of “door busters.” Door buster sales are meant to get shoppers into stores, where retailers hope shoppers will make additional purchases while taking advantage of advertised deals. If door buster items are all you’re looking for, read the advertisements carefully, noting the start and end time of the discounts and if there will be limited quantities. In addition, determine if there is a special return policy for sale items purchased on Black Friday.

• Dress for comfort. Wear sensible, comfortable shoes and clothing when shopping. Leave a large purse at home and opt for something compact that can be draped securely over your shoulder and body to navigate the crowds. Keep your coat in the car or make use of a coat check service if available. Dress in layers if you will be waiting outside for stores to open.

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• Make a list and stick to it. Buyers’ remorse come Saturday morning is common for those who have overextended their budgets and purchased items they did not need. Know ahead of time what you plan to purchase and do not veer off course.

• Scout the stores ahead of time. Visit the stores where you plan to shop a few days before Black Friday.

Learn the layout of the store and where everything is located. Try on certain clothes or read over the labels of big-ticket items you plan to buy. Knowing where items are located and having all of your information in advance will cut down on the time it takes to find items on Black Friday.

• Don’t overlook nontraditional stores. Many other stores, from pharmacies to supermarkets, stock items apart from food and toiletries. Consider taking advantage of their sales for some Black Friday deals.

• Clean out your car prior to shopping. Make room in the trunk or cargo area for all of your purchases. For those who will be buying large, heavy items, find out if the store will ship the merchandise or will hold it aside until you can take it home. Understand that some stores will not hold items and enlist a friend or spouse to help you pack purchases into the car.

• Promptly store receipts. Designate a folder or envelope for all of your receipts to keep them organized and handy.

• Pack a small snack and drink. It’s easy to become dehydrated and hungry waiting in long lines, which can compromise your decision-making abilities. Bring a snack so that you can recharge your body and continueJames shopping.

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Shopping swallows up a significant amount of time come the holiday season.

According to the latest Consumer Reports Holiday Shopping Poll, the average person will spend 15 hours shopping for presents.

Women tend to spend twice as long as men in stores and online, with women logging 20 hours of holiday shopping compared to the 10 hours the average male spends shopping for holiday gifts. Making the most of holiday shopping trips can free up moments and reduce overall stress during the holidays.

would like to economize your shopping so you won't be traveling from store to store wasting precious time.

Organize your shopping list into certain categories. Then match up those categories according to the stores that cater to these items. For example, if your list mentions bedding for a new college student's dorm room, curtains for an aunt and a set of beach towels for a friend who will be doing some post-holiday travel, group these purchases together and head to a bed-andbath store. Such a plan in place can greatly cut down on your time spent shopping.

Shop off-hours Consumer Reports says shoppers expect to wait in store check-out lines for an average of 3.5 to 4 hours this holiday season. Avoiding such situations can save you a significant amount of time, so shop during off-peak hours when you won't be elbow-to-elbow with fellow shoppers.

Take advantage of stores' extended hours and shop later in the evening, when parents and their children will likely be preparing for bed and not waiting in line at the mall. Some retailers entice shoppers with early bird specials and open their doors very early, so shoppers looking to save time can make an effort to be the first person at the door when the store opens. If you must shop during a lunch hour, shop online where crowds are never a concern.

Condense your gift list How much time you spend on holiday shopping depends largely on the number of people on your gift list. Shortening that list can save time and money. This may be the year for adults to collectively decide to forego exchanging gifts in lieu of devoting more funds toward gifts for youngsters.

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Work on sound walls will begin next spring Question: Almost a year Parkway Bridge. It will ago to the day, I asked eliminate a lot of traffic on about the City’s plans Circle Drive North and Atfor a sound barrier along tridge Drive.

22nd Street West. Your Experts say that tolls response at that time was work under two basic condithat within two years there tions: the size of the populawould be a plan in place. tion and alternate available How soon can we expect routes. If a route benefits to see actual plans and/or everyone, then putting a toll sound barrier construction on it doesn’t make sense for for our neighbourhood? the good of the community.

Mayor Atchison: In Ask the Mayor Also, Saskatoon’s populabudget deliberations last tion is not yet large enough November, council added to support tolls. Drivers will an additional .2 per cent to the budget go an extra four or five kilometres to for sound walls. Another .2 per cent avoid a toll, so Saskatoon is not ready is in this year’s budget proposal. I am for that. told construction will start next spring.

I don’t know the timing of 22nd Street Question: The MVA is reporting West sound walls, but I know they are it is in financial difficulties. The City on the list. already provides $750,000 a year, including a $250,000 boost in this Question: The SaskEnergy billing budget. How important is the MVA includes charges for gas delivery to you? service, plus GST, and a gas supMayor Atchison: The MVA trails ply cost, plus GST. It also includes are very important to the citizens of a municipal payment to the City of Saskatoon. They create a ribbon that Saskatoon of five per cent for each of winds through our riverside areas. the other charges. Could you please I love them. explain the five-per-cent municipal In the wintertime, Cameco Potashpayment to the City of Saskatoon? If Corp rink by the Bessborough is also it is just another hidden tax, what is an MVA project. It was rated the No. this money being used for?

1 rink in all of Canada by Reader’s Mayor Atchison: It is a right-ofDigest. Beaver Creek, with all of the way fee that SaskEnergy pays to the activities and the natural environment, City of Saskatoon and every city in (is) very important to the citizens of Saskatchewan. We charge SaskEnergy Saskatoon. What makes us unique is a fee for the use of our right of ways. that our river valley is open for all That is for the ability to cross over City citizens to use. properties. Funds that come from that I did the PotashCorp Mayor’s Maraare turned back to the City’s general thon run all the way from Whitecap revenues for property tax relief. to Wanuskewin, and the reason was to raise awareness about the trail along Question: For several years, much with health and wellness of the comof the municipal government discus- munity. I would love to get the trail sion has been dominated by roads, completed all the way out to Whitecap. bridges, snow removal, public transit We are all the way to Wanuskewin and how we pay for them. Has there Heritage Park now. There are so many ever been any serious discussion people using it, the trail just can’t among council for tolls on bridges as handle everyone. The trail needs to be an additional revenue stream to help widened at least double – and I think offset a portion of the road tax and that is bare-bones minimum – and mayinfrastructure maintenance costs? be even triple the width we have today.

Mayor Atchison: Former councillor The City provides about a million Glen Penner raised that issue when we dollars a year worth of maintenance for were building the Circle Drive South the trail as well as the cash grants for Bridge. There was discussion about more than $950,000. tolling the Parkway Commuter Bridge.

Bridges in Saskatoon are required Did You Know? to get people from one side to the City of Saskatoon-operated sports, other and everyone benefits from those culture and recreation facilities attract bridges, not just those who use them. I more than 1.5 million visits a year. think the proof is in the pudding with (Have a question for Mayor AtchiCircle Drive South — it has eliminated son? Send it to editorial@saskatoonexa lot of traffic on 22nd Street. The press.com. Please put “mayor” in the same will be true with the Commuter subject line.)

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That’s why he agreed to be one of the men featured in the 2016 Men With Cats calendar. The popular calendar fundraiser, which is now in its fifth year, features Saskatchewan men posing for photos with cats and kittens and generates money and awareness for SCAT Street Cat Rescue.

SCAT Street Cat Rescue, a Saskatoonbased registered charity, has operated as a no-kill, volunteer-powered organization since 1997. Reynolds said it’s “an honourable thing” that Street Cat Rescue is doing and he’s happy to support the cause.

“They do a great job. I think they help 300 cats annually,” he said.

Reynolds said he was chosen to appear in the calendar because he’s an active member of the community. For example, he hosts open stage events and runs YXE Street Food.

Reynolds and a rescue cat named Neo will be featured in the calendar during the month of May. Despite being allergic to cats, Reynolds said he and Neo “became best buds immediately.”

“Buy this calendar because you’re helping an incredible community organization.

These people devote tons of hours to Street Cat Rescue, and (the calendar is) full of great community members and a bunch of great guys I know,” he said.

“If that’s not enough of a reason to have it on your wall, the fact you’re helping out a great organization should be.”

The calendar fundraiser generated more than $6,500 when it was first launched. Last year, more than $12,000 was raised and more than 800 calendars were sold — with some going as far away as the U.K. and the U.S., as well as across Canada. The funds are used to provide medical aid to cats and to help them find permanent homes.

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Local photographers Liam Richards and Derek Mortensen, from Electric Umbrella, along with Steve Hiscock, helped showcase the men and the cats for the 2016 calendar.

Linda Jean Gubbe, a calendar committee member, said the fundraiser is a lot fun.

“The guys get a kick out of it — being in a calendar — and they’re supportive in one way or another of either cats in general or Street Cat Rescue for the work that they do,” she said.

“There’s some that don’t even have cats, and there’s some that are even allergic to cats, but they put the effort into it because it’s a good cause. It’s nice to get that feedback.”

All of the cats that appear in the 2016 calendar are from Street Cat Rescue. Most of them have been adopted already, with the exception of one cat with special needs.

Gubbe said while Street Cat Rescue, on average, takes care of about 300 cats per year, there’s many more that are helped “indirectly.” For example, Street Cat Rescue will try to help people through a cat-related situation even when the organization isn’t able to take in cats due to a shortage of funds or foster homes.

“Then we talk them through it, and we try and connect them with other resources,” she said.

While it’s great that the calendar showcases Saskatchewan men who are supportive of the cause, Gubbe said it also serves as “a day-to-day reminder of the work that we do.”

More information about SCAT Street Cat Rescue is available at streetcat.ca.

Calendars are $20 and can be purchased at the SCAT Adoption Centre, located at the corner of 50th Street and Faithfull Avenue, or at various stores and veterinary clinics.

It can also be purchased online at menwithcats.org.

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tion. Eventually, Catholic catf I had two cents for every echism gave way to Christian dollar spent on legal costs ethics classes and Catholic regarding the challenges students attended preparatory between the public and Cathoclasses for the sacraments lic school divisions, I would through the church, outside be a wealthy woman. And if of school hours. While the given one cent for every dolCatholic system continued lar school divisions spend on with Christmas celebrations marketing, I would be filthy and other Christian holiday rich. practices, the public school You are probably wonderdivisions were court ordered ing why school divisions Columnist to eliminate all Christian spend scarce educational practices and become includollars on lawyers and adversive given the multi-faith student mix. In tising when they are totally tax-funded effect, we have evolved from Protestant institutions created to provide a public and Catholic schools to truly secular and service to students. We don’t see hospinon-secular school systems. tals battling each other for patients, so Why do non-Catholic parents want to why do school divisions fight for students? It is all about numbers: the higher send their children to Catholic schools? the student enrolment, the more govern- For the best part, it is the convenience of the school location to the home or dayment funding a division gets, as well as care centre, which is why each division continuing access to revenue from the wants a school in new areas. Other parproperty tax base.

It is a given that Catholic schools have ents want their children exposed to a little a constitutional protection to operate with Christian religion at school as today’s busy families have less time for church public funding. However, public diviattendance. And, most importantly, it is sions argue that the Catholic division’s mandate is to offer Catholic education to a bartering chip with the public school divisions — i.e. give me what I want or Catholic students only.

I’ll go to a Catholic school.

At the beginning, what was the difCompetition for students is fierce. If ference between Protestant (public) and one school division offers a new proCatholic (separate) schools? In days of gram, the other has to offer one better. If yore, parents had to provide their separate school with a baptismal certificate or one division gets a new school, the other division needs one, too. The governa letter from their parish priest attestment’s response, both past and present, is ing to their faith in order to enrol their to introduce joint schools. In reality, the children at the school. Many Catholic school teachers were nuns and the school only real sharing of the building seems to be the demising wall. was permeated with icons of CatholiWhy is this important to those of us cism. Every day ended with a half hour of catechism, which taught the dogma of not actively involved in the education the faith and prepared students to receive systems? It’s because we pay for it all.

Instead of tax dollars being used solely the sacraments of the church. for the educational benefit of students, The religious highlights of Catholic elementary students were receiving their we spend money on lawyers, marketing, first confession, communion and confir- administration and duplicate infrastructure. mation. The rites of First Communion What I don’t understand is why die(Grade 1) and Confirmation (Grade 4) were given en masse to Catholic students hard Catholic families so readily gave up their truly Catholic schools for a when they were marched into a church more generic Christian model. Why do on a Sunday in May to receive those sacraments in the presence of the congre- non-Catholic residents want to participate in a school division that denies them gation. It was a big celebration for both the right to run for a seat on the school students and their families. board or, for that matter, as an educator The perplexing part was the first to teach in the division? As for access confession, which had to occur before communion and at which time you con- to the property-tax revenue, the courts fessed to all your sins. C’mon, how many have already ruled that only Catholics six-year-old kids have broken any of the can designate their taxes to the Catholic Ten Commandments? Profanity wasn’t as division, although our society believes they have a right to pick and choose what common as it is today and both parents and schools meted out harsher discipline division they will support and policing back then, which may have curtailed kids the designation seems impossible.

When will it end? Well, don’t count from lying and stealing. I don’t think at that time many six-year-olds knew about on any government to determine mandates for public and separate schools. cheating; “covet” was like a foreign word, as were adultery and murder. But I No government wants to alienate voters in either camp. Recently it was reported digress.

How were public and separate schools that the Public Schools Section of the the same? Back then, both divisions be- Saskatchewan School Boards Associagan the day with a prayer. Both divisions tion has commenced a legal challenge against the Catholic Section on the issue celebrated Christmas along with Chrisof mandates. Perhaps this time the courts tian concerts and plays. Both divisions will make a final determination as to the offered the same basic reading, writing constitutional rights of both divisions and and arithmetic lessons with few, if any, settle the matter once and for all. bells and whistles. The only difference A provincial election will be held was that the public division was home to people of all faiths, whereas the Catholic early in 2016. When the issue of school funding comes to the forefront, ask the division was home to Catholics only. candidates what they intend to do to When did it change? Sometime between my schools days and the advent re-direct educational funding for its real of parenthood, Catholic schools opened purpose — educating students. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com their doors to the non-Catholic popula-

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(Continued from page 1) ope’s Home provides medical care, integrated early learning and respite services to children with complex medical needs and children from the community, according to its website.

Swinging with the Stars is a local take on the long-running television show Dancing with the Stars.

Eight Saskatoon celebrities are paired with professional dancers. The couples practice for upwards of 40 hours as they prepare for the gala event on Jan. 30.

“It’s definitely Saskatoon’s funnest fundraiser,” Bayda said. “TCU staff say they haven’t seen people stick around that late at night in 25 years.”

He said more than 800 people will be in attendance. After the celebrity dancing, the floor opens for everyone.

“People don’t want to leave. That’s how much fun they are having. There will be 200 people on this little dance floor. It is shoulder to shoulder. At 2 a.m., there are still 75 to a hundred people on that dance floor.”

He said it wouldn’t be possible without the celebrity and professional dancers.

“The bar the celebrity dancers have brought to this over the last three years is incredible. Each year they keep setting it higher and higher. I wonder how they are ever going to reach last year’s performance, but they just put more work and more time in. It is not easy.

“One of things that is so popular about this event is that these dancers are going so far out of their comfort zone . . . and they do it for the charity — Hope’s Home. At the end of the day, that’s why we are all doing it: for Hope’s Home and to raise money for kids.”

Byron Briske and partner Robbyn Dupuis (Photos by Jon Miller)

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Cliff Wiegers and partner Mariana Lessa were the crowd favourites

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He drove to Saskatoon and made the book- Australia for six, seven ing. The travel agent suggested leaving for months. I came home and New Zealand in seven days should perhaps started my construction company at age 21.” require a bit more thought.

She said she would be off the next day, PASSION but to call her on Thursday. That Thursday FOR CARPENTRY was the day two airliners crashed into the Originally known as World Trade Center. New Zealand was put on indefinite hold. Bayda went back to Bayda Construction, the company’s name was helping his father, Gerald, put an addition Curtis Elmy and Ashley Gallant won the judges’ Brody Fehr and partner changed to JoJo Developon the farmhouse. favourite award Kimberly Parent ments last year.

While they were working, his father Bayda, who is now 33, builds one or two saying, ‘Why do I do this?’ ” “I always had a passion asked him what he was going to do for the The answer was easy. Quit isn’t in his for carpentry. I built a cat house with a hand homes a year. He does all the work except winter. Bayda said he didn’t know. A half vocabulary and being an entrepreneur gets the cement finishing and drywall taping. saw and a hand drill when I was five years hour passed; his father asked him again. in your blood, he says.

Along the way he earned his education old,” he said, starting to laugh. “I’ve always Bayda climbed down the ladder, went “I will always be an entrepreneur,” he degree, wrote the book and did professional into the house and called the University of tried to find the picture of that. This thing was god awful. I grew up on a farm, so there speaking. In 2014, he was named on CBC’s said. “I always have literally a million Saskatchewan. It was too late to register. list of the 40 people under the age of 40 who little ideas in my head floating around. I was lots of extra wood laying around old He went back onto the roof. His father am always thinking about making notes. asked him again. Bayda went back into the bins and stuff. I grabbed it and hand sawed it are the new generation of leaders, builders And eventually, as I grow older and start and change-makers in Saskatchewan. and made a little attic on this house.” house and called Medicine Hat College.

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There’s a difference between racism and fear

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to make that yellow light, you re we racist? possibly could have avoided it.

No. We’re afraid.

But not now.

The rhetoric was ratchMore than 200,000 civilians eted up to full-blown after the have been estimated to have terrorist attacks that devastated been murdered in Syria since Paris. Prime Mimister Justin that country’s civil war began Trudeau and Public Safety in 2011.

Minister Ralph Goodale reMore than four million fused to budge on the Liberal Syrians have fled their councommitment to have 25,000 try, with half of them settling Syrian refugees safe in Canada in Turkey. The UN reports by the end of December.

Columnist 680,000 have landed in Europe If you support that mandate, and applied for asylum, with one side will declare you ignorant of risk, ready to sacrifice your fellow the bulk of those migrating in 2015.

The fingerprints of one of the Paris Canadians to save those to whom we’re terrorists match those of a Syrian who not obligated. If you don’t support that refugee mandate, you’re labelled a racist. passed through a refugee checkpoint in Greece earlier this year, and there was a While this dialogue was percolating before, it exploded upon the news that at Syrian passport next to what was left of least one of the terrorists responsible for him after he blew himself up.

However, French police have since the French massacres allegedly snuck into said they believe it is fake, perhaps France from Syria through a lax screendeliberately left behind to demonize ing point in Greece.

Syrian refugees. Like Westerners, Syrian Here in Saskatchewan, we’re not literally running. Each of us goes to bed refugees lie in the crosshairs of ISIS, which has frequently said one of its goals at night sleeping soundly on the notion is to stop refugees from fleeing Syria by that roving bands of ISIS gangs are not going to be on our streets anytime soon. any means possible, because they are Western coalition fighter jets will not be committing “a major dangerous sin” by dropping bombs on us, because terrorist attempting to flee the war and entering thugs have not infiltrated our neighbour- countries where they will be assimilated hoods, claiming our lives, our homes and or integrated into “Christianity, atheism or liberalism.” our belongings. In that sense, running But let’s say 25,000 of those 700,000 across thousands of miles of open field refugees in Europe come to Canada, and to safety is an undignified, implausible then 2,000 of those end up in Saskatchprospect that exists only in a dark, tiny corner of our imagination, and a million ewan. If 0.0001 per cent of the original 700,000 are terrorists, what are the odds miles away.

What we are desperate to escape, how- that the 0.0001 per cent will be choever, is the idea that someday a 20-some- sen from the three per cent selected for thing Middle Eastern Muslim male could Canada, and the eight per cent of those destined for Saskatchewan? walk calmly into the food court of a Now take Canadian security screenSaskatoon mall, or the Legislature, or a ing (a whole lot better than what was at football game, bellow a religious battle that checkpoint in Greece) into considercry, raise his machine gun and open fire on our friends, family and fellow citizens, ation. Meanwhile, you have a 25 per cent before blowing himself and perhaps a few chance of dying from cancer and a 20 per cent chance of dying from heart disease. bystanders to smithereens.

And a single-digit chance of dying from I say 20-something Middle Eastern Muslim male because that is the identity all kinds of other fun.

Yet why are we so vocally afraid — to of your demon. You’ve seen him blow up airplanes; you’ve seen two of them on the point that we’re labelled racist or xecellphone video, stalking the streets with nophobic — to take the risk of saving the weapons drawn, on their way to slaughter lives of Syrian refugees? Because that’s Charlie Hebdo. You’ve seen him about to what this is about. If we do not, they have saw off the head of a hostage, or leering a much, much higher likelihood of dying in all kinds of horrendous fashion than into the camera in that CNN snippet of we ever will. his Hollywood action film-style propaFear. ganda video.

I insist upon this: the majority of This is a fact, not hate. This is who you fear the most, be him a lone wolf or people who have expressed concern over a well-trained, savage murderer. You are the risk associated with importing Syrian not racist. You are afraid, because of what refugees are not racist. Automatically labelling them as such is lazy, mirroring you’ve seen over and over again on the television, on social media and on replay the exact same knee-jerk, uninformed mentality of those who label all Middle in your mind.

Eastern Muslim 20-something males are It’s being afraid of a danger that has manifest itself in our minds the same way terrorists.

Regardless of what ends up happenas the images we eagerly consume of vicious, deadly tornados plowing through ing with Prime Minister Trudeau’s refucommunities, destroying entire communi- gee target, we can’t live our lives like ties and often stealing entirely the lives of this. If you were on a boat and witnessed everyone in its path. It’s a rare but lethal an individual drowning, would you not throw out your life vest and try and save phenomenon that could happen almost everywhere in the world, though in some them, even if it meant putting yourself places the risks are higher than others, but at greater risk during that time when you don’t have that life vest on board for a phenomenon that we nonetheless eagerly glorify through the lens of voyeurs yourself?

How is this situation any different? who willingly put themselves in the paths Here are three facts, sourced from of these killers. credible research that you can do yourself It’s a danger that lurks in our minds if you don’t take my word for it: the same way those images of Lake 1. Refugees coming to Canada will unMegantic still haunt us today: the seemingly harmless, daily routine of fuel-laden dergo three separate screening processes.

2. Canada is prioritizing Syrian refutanker trains blown to bits in moments, with a fiery force that incinerated unwary gee families, orphans and the sick.

3. Accepting refugees strikes a blow at bystanders and forever changed the lives of hundreds of others. Yet you sit, passive ISIS, who want to stop refugee flow, not and mildly irritated, watching those same because they fear for refugees’ spiritual souls, but because they rely on the funds explosive tanker cars trundle past your car — a delay you are powerless to elude they extort from those innocents who remain trapped in Syria. once it’s in front of you.

It’s a matter of timing — being in the (Tammy Robert is a Saskatoon-based wrong place at the right time. Had you public relations and political strategist. left a minute earlier, changed your restaurant plans at the last minute or sped up Email her at tammyrobert@live.ca.)

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends:

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The Miracle in the Octagon?

y favourite part of Holly Holm’s win over Ronda Rousey was when Holm teed Rousey up for the final kick. My second favourite part was having a small wager on Holm. By the way, putting Rousey’s loss in the same paragraph as the Miracle on Ice is just plain stupid.

• TC Chong, on Tiger Woods being invited to be an assistant to captain Davis Love for next year’s Ryder Cup: “If Tiger drops any lower on the U.S. team’s pecking order, he may be asked to caddy for Jordan Speith.”

• Janice Hough, on David Ortiz saying he will retire after the 2016 season: “Other teams are hoping Pablo Sandoval doesn’t make the same decision – they couldn’t afford the farewell tour banquets.”

• @Lifepost: “Adele has that kind of music that makes you miss the person you made eye contact with on public transportation seven years ago.”

• Torben Rolfsen, on the Cubs Joe Maddon and the Rangers Jeff Banister being named MLB’s managers of the year: “You’ll have to try harder next year, Ned Yost.”

• Bill Littlejohn, on Bangkok’s botched half-marathon resulting in an extra three miles being added to it: “It would have meant one more subway transfer for Rosie Ruiz.”

• Mike Babcock has Maple Leaf players believing they can make the playoffs. He also has them believing in the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and peace in the Middle East.

• From Chong: “Justin Bieber is trying to put his past behind him by apologizing and acting more polished.

To start, he will only bomb his neighbours’ houses using free-range chicken eggs.”

• Hough, on Kylie Jenner saying if Kim Kardashian and Kanye West moved in with her ‘I would seriously stab myself:’ “Now there’s an episode I’d tune in to see.”

• Hough again: “The Golden State Warriors look so good right now, starting to think the only thing that could

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derail the team is a player dating a Kardashian.”

• Rolfsen, on Las Vegas sports books taking a beating on the Rousey-Holm fight: “It was the worst hit to the Nevada economy since Lamar Odom left town.”

• The NHL season is at the quarter pole. Have the Edmonton Oilers solidified their spot as the worst team in the league?

• @JockCartier: “Off the Record cancelled after 18 years?! What a tragedy. I haven’t watched it in at least 17.”

• Off the Record host Michael Landsberg will remain with TSN in a different capacity. Here’s hoping he keeps doing the great work he has done in spreading the word on mental-health issues.

• Hough, on the Rockets firing coach Kevin McHale after Houston started the season 4-7: “And 76ers fans are saying, ‘Was he fired for over-achieving?’”

• Littlejohn, on Blake Bortles saying that the NFL Jags are a “small step” from contending: “Well, remember, it took a decade and billions for Neil Armstrong’s small step.”

• Rolfsen, on the first Syrian refugees landing in Seattle: “They are already complaining about the Mariners bullpen.”

• Here’s something I didn’t see coming: the Blue Jays are increasing ticket prices by more than 10 per cent.

• The list of those laid off last week at TSN/CTV include Sheri Forde, Mike Toth, Carolyn Waldo and David Bastl. In a related story, TSN still has 15 Hockey Insiders and Rod Black.

• Rolfsen, on the NHL All-Star Game switching to a three-on-three tournament format: “I guess that means no Canucks will be selected.”

• @Proteautype: “Bob Cole should be the voice of everything: your smartphone, your car’s navigation voice,

Ehjae Chan of the Saskatoon Valkyries rode in the ginger bread house at the Santa Claus Parade (Photo

by Darren Steinke) the ‘all our agents are busy’ voice, etc.”

• From Rolfsen: “The Dallas Stars spelling their goalie’s name wrong on the back of his jersey became an Internet Nieme.”

• From Hough: “I can only imagine what kind of stats Drew Brees could put up if he could play against his own defence.”

• @BigHeadSports, on the Giants deciding to put Jason Pierre-Paul back in their lineup: “You could say they gave him half a thumbs up.”

Royal babies and Munn’s the word

By RJ Currie ational Geographic picked Winnipeg as one of the world’s Top 20 Best Trips of 2016. Unless you’re looking for professional football.

• Kansas second baseman Ben Zobrist named his new baby girl Blaise Royal. One day she’ll look back and thank her lucky stars Dad wasn’t playing for the Jays, Rays or A’s.

• Danica Patrick told USA Today she’d rather be called pretty than sexy. Fair enough; at least she doesn’t have to worry about being called champion.

• Jets defenceman Adam Pardy has replaced Ben Chiarot, who had no goals in 13 games and a plus-minus of -2. Not exactly a Chiarot of fire.

• A giant sinkhole opened up in an IHOP parking lot in Mississippi and swallowed up more than a dozen cars.

Afterwards, Tiger Woods took a practise putt at it and lipped out.

• The Rockets said “the team wasn’t responding” to recently fired coach Kevin McHale. The skipper had such JW15653.K23 James

poor support from his crew, they looked like McHale’s Navy.

• Some fans blame Green Bay’s three-game sag on Aaron Rodgers’ girlfriend, Olivia Munn. Many things come to mind when one sees Olivia Munn, but sagging isn’t one of them.

• Floyd Mayweather expressed sympathy for Ronda Rousey by saying “A true champion can take a loss and bounce back.” The guy was 49-0. How would he know?

• Sacramento has passed a law that will see sleeping or snoring people kicked off public transportation. So much for taking a bus from Kings games.

• Brad Gushue played in his first Slam event after a concussion and curled a 99-per-cent game. I should be so concussed!

• Holly Holm, a 22-1 underdog, shocked the MMA world by upsetting unbeaten favourite Ronda Rousey with a left-footed knockout shot. Ain’t that a kick in the head?

• Philadelphia gave the ball away 31 times in losing

to the Pacers, the most in one NBA game in 15 years. 31 turnovers? No wonder one of their sponsors is McDonald’s.

• U.S. officials found a tunnel eight football fields long under the San Diego-Tijuana border. Some people will go to any lengths to avoid a Chargers game.

• If I’m the Houston Rockets and wanting to foster team cooperation and unity, not sure I’m turning to a dude named Bickerstaff.

• Ex-Chicago Cub Lennie Merullo has left us. You know a team is in a bit of a slump when the only guy left from the club’s last World Series appearance dies at 98.

• Ohio residents voted not to legalize marijuana. Not to worry Cleveland Browns fans: you’ve still got liquor.

RJ’s Groaner of the Week Tillman, the English bulldog who once set a Guinness World Record as the fastest skateboarding canine, has died at age 10. According to the vet, he went downhill fast.

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Show time is 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Avenue North. Tickets - $15 for SJS members, $20 for non-members.

NOVEMBER 26-27-28 Trombonist Al Kay and bassist Ashley Summers are the guests for a Jazz Education Workshop, which culminates with performances on Nov. 26 at 8 p.m., Nov. 27 at 9 and Nov. 28 at 8 p.m.

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Concerts at 7:30 p.m. Knox United Church.

Tickets - $25 and $15.

NOVEMBER 29 Thomas Yu, who grew up in Saskatoon but now lives in Calgary, returns for a special concert. Yu will play classics from Beethoven, Debussy and Chopin as well as a work by Regina’s David McIntyre. It is a Gustin House presentation as part of their Leschetizky centenary recital series. Pre-concert talk at 2:15 p.m., concert at 3 p.m. St. Andrew’s Presbtyerian Church.

Tickets - $30, children under 12 admitted free if accompanied by an adult. ***** Saskatoon Choral Society Fall Concert at 2:30 p.m. at Grace-Westminster United Church ( 505- 10 St. East.) Tickets are $15 at the door or $12 from choir members. Children 6-10 $5; under 5 free. **** Kids of Note and the Notations, featuring the Cecilian Singers: Annual Christmas show. 2 p.m. at Grosvenor United Church (407 Cumberland Ave. South) There is no charge. ***** Christmas with Henri Loiselle and Martin Janovsky. The Bassment. 2 p.m. Tickets are $17 and $22.

Events

NOVEMBER 25 Conserving Nature Within City Limits, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the theatre of the Frances Morrison Public Library. Topic: The Northeast Swale. “It is the conservation opportunity of a lifetime for the City of Saskatoon. But with opportunity comes risk. Is Saskatoon equipped to meet the challenge?”

NOVEMBER 28 Pre-Christmas Pie and Tea Sale, Crafts, Handbags, Jewellery and Bake Sale from 1 to 4 p.m. at Augustana/St. Timothy’s Church ( 1201 Broadway Avenue). Everyone is welcome. ***** Prairie Sky farmer’s Market is holding a Christmas Market from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church at 454 Egbert Avenue in Sutherland. If you would like to be a vendor, please text or phone 306-222-2740. ***** Christ Church Anglican (515-28th St. West) is hosting a “Joys of the Season” luncheon, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be soup, sandwiches, desserts, baking, turkey pies, poinsettias and Christmas giftware for sale. ***** Advent Tea, St. John’s Anglican Cathedral (816 Spadina Crescent) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Christmas Bake Sale, Homemade Turkey Pies and Crafts. Tea Tickets: $5. For more information, call 306-242-5146. **** Arbor Green senior housing (1430 Avenue M. South): bake, craft and garage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ***** Book sale, CDs, DVDs, vinyl records and VHS tapes. St. John’s Anglican Cathedral (16 Spadina Cres.) Noon to 4 p.m. ***** Third Annual Santa’s Market. Father Vachon School (3722 Centennial Drive) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Come on by and find that perfect one of a kind gift for your special somebody. Featuring a concession, door prizes and a bake sale. This event is a fundraiser sponsored by the Father Vachon Catholic School Community Council. ***** Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild. Annual sale, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Albert Community Centre. Demonstrations will be held. **** MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who score among the top two per cent of the general population on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ testing session is being held in at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 for students. If you are interested in attending this session, please call Tim at 306-242-7408 or email trf674@campus.usask.ca.

EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends in Saskatoon has a support circle using integrative healing based on the teaching of Bruno Groening open to all without charge. Contact circle. saskatoon@gmail.com, 306-664-3331.

Second Saturday every month “Memory Writers — September to June, 10 a.m. to noon at the Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue. Share the events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

For more information, call Neva Bayliss at 306343-0256 or Hilda Epp at 306-382-2446.

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Country Farms Marketplace at Confederation Mall Thursdays & Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. until Christmas. Indoor Marketplace located across from Urban Planet. The Marketplace features home cooked lunch, fresh vegetables, ice cream desserts, bread, farmers’ sausage, cabbage rolls, perogies, squares, pies, preserves and other amazing food as well as hand crafted items and home-based business vendors.

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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 p.m. New members welcome! Check out magiccitychorus.ca for more information. Contact y.jaspar@shaw.ca. ***** 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. ***** 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.

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tertainment and information. First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre.

Every Second and Fourth Tuesday

The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club holds dances at All Saints Anglican Church, 1801 Lorne Avenue, from October until April. The first dance is on Oct. 13. We dance to old time Third Monday of Every music from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with beginMonth ner instruction during the first hour. Beginners Schizophrenia Society of Saskatoon Family are welcome. For further information call 306Support Group will run from 7:30pm to 9:00pm 382-5107. at the W.A Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth First Monday of every Avenue North. The group is attended entirely by family members and friends of people living month Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at with schizophrenia and related disorders. For 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. Meetings more information contact, email: ssswellnesare held on the first Monday of the month s4u@gmail.com or call 306-374-2224 except when there is a holiday. If so, meetings EVERY WEDNESDAY are on the second Monday.

Depression Support Group runs on the first **** and third Wednesday of each month, from University Non-Academic Retirees Association 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the CMHA buildDECEMBER 3, 10, 17 meets for coffee at 10:30 a.m. at Smitty’s in ing (1301 Avenue P North). This is open to Free noon hour concert series. Thursdays At Market Mall. All former support staff who have anyone struggling with depression and family Third Avenue. Free to bring a bagged lunch. retired from the U of S are invited to attend. members wanting to support them. For more Coffee and tea provided. Call Third Avenue First Tuesday of every info, call Marilyn at 306-270-9181 or email United Church for more info: month mle2003_2@yahoo.com.

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NOVEMBER 28-29 Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support ***** Saskatoon Potters Guild Christmas sale and DECEMBER 6 group for individuals who have lost a loved Singles Social Group “All About Us” for people demonstrations. Nov. 28 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Cecilian Singers winter concert, O Nata Lux, in their 50s and 60s. Weekly Wednesday resand Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Third Zion Lutheran Church, 323-4th Ave. S., at 7 taurant suppers, monthly Brunch, Movie Nites, Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Floor Loft, Albert Community Centre (Clarence There is no cost to attend. For more informap.m., under the direction of Graham Codling. and more.Meet new friends. No membership Avenue and 11th Street). For more information, tion, email leftbehind@sasktel.net.

Includes silent auction. Advance tickets from dues. For more information email: allabouvisit saskatoonpottersguild.com. choir members or McNally Robinson $15; at tus10@hotmail.com or phone (306) 978-0813. ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with the door $18; under 12 free.

DECEMBER 5 ***** Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m.

Annual Pre-Christmas Tea & Bake Sale: 1 St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th DECEMBER 8 to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, p.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Parish (211 Ave. O St. West) have bingos and Kaiser from noon Magic City Chorus, Saskatoon’s only women’s 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accesuntil 4 p.m. The club is campaigning for new South) Admission is $3. four part harmony a cappella chorus, presents sible). If you have a loved one or friend with members who are 55+. Memberships are $5 a special holiday season show for the comDECEMBER 6 per year with discounts included. For more info, a mental illness and you need understanding munity. This year’s production is called “Tis the Make a beautiful ornament for your Christmas support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda call 306-384-4644 or 306-716-0204.

Season and features guest artists Saskatoon tree, using a glass ball and seasonal fabric at at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or ***** Brass Band. 8 p.m. Erindale Alliance Church, the Marr Residence (326 11th St. East). Suite-mail fromisk@gmail.com.

Bargain store to support the inner city Light301 Perehudoff Crescent. Tickets are $15 with able for all ages. The house will be decorated house project. Babies’, children’s, women’s First and Third Sunday children 12years and under admitted free. Tick- for a pioneer Christmas. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts of every month ets are available at McNally Robinson or from and camping clothes available. Wednesdays DECEMBER 12 Pet Loss Support Group offers support and Marg by calling 306-934-8992 or n_barb@ Christmas Yarmarok Bazaar and Pyrohy Dinner. from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United comfort to people who are struggling with the hotmail.com. Visit magiccitychorus.com for Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from St. Joseph’s Home (33 Valens Drive) 11 a.m. to loss of a beloved companion animal due to more information. $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welcome. For more 2 p.m. Free admission. old age, sickness or other reasons. The noinformation: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the DECEMBER 10-11 to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com. W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Singing with Sylvia – Holiday Hoopla. Times: 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. both days. The Refinery First and Third Saturdays of Saskatoon. For more information or telephone (609 Dufferin Avenue). Advance tickets: $7. support, call 306-343-5322. the month EVERY THURSDAY At the door $9 (under 2 free). Box Office: The Lions Club will be holding Texas Hold ‘em Tuesdays, Thursdays, Prairie Sky Farmer’s Market is open every 306-653-5191 or purchase online at www.

Tournaments. $60 buy-in gets $10,000 in Saturdays Thursday from 11:00-6:00 pm. It is located ontheboards.ca. at St. Paul’s United Church in Sutherland...454 chips, $40 goes to the cash prize pool. No Re- Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All Buys. 50 seats available. Registration opens at ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no DECEMBER 10-13 Egbert Ave. New vendors may phone or text 6 p.m., with the tournament starting at 7 p.m. registration required. Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 20th Annual Elim Church Christmas CelebraKathy at 306-222-2740 Located at the Coachman bar at Market Mall. p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturtion: Audiences will be treated to thrilling ***** Call 306-668-0015 for more information. days 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. arrangements of traditional and contemporary SCOOTERS - A drop-in indoor playgroup for Christmas music as performed by the 80-voice children ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivFirst Saturday of every Third Thursday of the month Elim Choir, soloists, and a professional 30-piece ers. Thursdays from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

Month orchestra. Gospel singers Hiram Joseph and at Emmanuel Baptist Church. $40/family/year, The MindFULL Café, part of the international The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group Sonia Reid-Noble are returning for this special or a suggested drop-in fee of $2/child or $5/ Alzheimer Café movement, provides an opmeets every month except July and August at 20th anniversary concert. Reserved-seating family. For more information, email scooters@ portunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, tickets are available for $20 by calling Elim ebap.ca, visit www.emmanuelbaptist.ca/ persons with dementia, family, care partners across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For scooters, or check out (www.facebook.com/ Church at 306-374-1700 or visit www.elimmore information call Murray Hill at 306-242and other interested people. The Café is a scootersebc).

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ALL REMAINING

CAMARO 2SS AUTO WITH RS PACKAGE $47,900 MSRP

ON SELECT

2015 TRAX

ON SELECT

2015 TRAVERSE

2015 EQUINOX

eg. 20% = $5,242 CREDIT

eg. 20% = $6,354 CREDIT

CASH

eg. 20% = $8,193 CREDIT

CASH

TRAX 1LT AWD $26,210 MSRP

CASH

EQUINOX 1LT AWD $31,770 MSRP

TRAVERSE 1LT AWD TRUE NORTH EDITION $40,965 MSRP

ON SELECT

ALL REMAINING

2015 SILVERADO CREW CAB

2015 SILVERADO DOUBLE CAB

eg. 20% = $12,317 CREDIT

eg. 20% = $11,018

CASH

SILVERADO 1500 CREW CAB HIGH COUNTRY $61,585 MSRP

ALL 2015’S COME WITH CHEVROLET COMPLETE CARE:

2

YEARS/40,000 KM COMPLIMENTARY

OIL CHANGES **

5

CASH CREDIT

SILVERADO DOUBLE CAB 2LZ $55,090 MSRP

YEARS/160,000 KM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ^^

5

YEARS/160,000 KM POWERTRAIN WARRANTY ^^

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 cash purchase of a 2015 Impala, Equinox, Traverse, Silverado 1500 Double/Crew Cab, Sonic, Cruze, Malibu, Camaro and Trax. 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 trade may be required. * Applies to oldest 15% of dealer inventory on Impala, Equinox, Traverse, Silverado 1500 Crew Cab and Silverado HD Gas models as of November 10, 2015 and all remaining 2015 Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Malibu, Camaro, Trax and Silverado Double Cab. Valid November 13 to 30, 2015 on cash purchases of select vehicles from dealer inventory. Not compatible with special lease and finance rates. Credit is tax exclusive and is calculated on vehicle MSRP, excluding any dealer-installed options. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this cash credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Dealer may sell for less. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GM Canada may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details. ** 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.