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Open Door executive director takes over at busy time

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express n a sunny, unseasonably warm December day, Ali Abukar strides across Third Avenue in his suit and tie, coat-free, with a nametag on a lanyard around his neck.

He’s returning to the Saskatoon Open Door Society office from a community meeting, where the topic of how to settle Syrian refugees into Saskatoon was under discussion. Abukar is more or less constantly in such meetings, including a recent forum hosted by Gov. Gen. David Johnston.

When the Express caught up to him, he had been in the Open Door Society’s executive director’s chair for less than two weeks. Abukar hit the ground running.

He had the experience to jump right in, both personally and professionally.

Originally from Somalia, and educated in Egypt and Canada, the multi-lingual Ali Abukar is the new executive director of the Saskatoon Open Door Society (Photo by Joanne Paulson) Abukar’s first post-master’s job was with Open Door. He came to Saskatoon after with our partners. We are having meetings notification and arrival, “it could be as felt forced to leave by age 17. graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University and conference calls every week, here and little as 48 hours this time,” said Abukar.

“The problems in my country and the in Kitchener-Waterloo, starting as a settle- across the country.”

Even so, he is not worried. The Open civil war made it difficult for people like ment support worker, moving up to team In the first wave, Abukar expects 29 Door staff, which numbers between 150 me to stay,” he said. leader, and is now the executive director. privately-sponsored refugees and perhaps and 160, has the experience to manage the That’s when Abukar first started It is a busy time, as Canada prepares a couple of families who are government- new arrivals; they do it hundreds of times learning about paperwork and immigrato welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees by assisted. However, in the second, larger every year. They’re ready to help with tion rules. He got a visa, got on a plane, the end of the year, and 25,000 by the wave coming in early 2016, there will be housing, health cards, opening bank acand landed in Cairo as an asylum seeker end of February 2016. Abukar still does more of the latter. counts, and preparing refugees for staying with the United Nations (UN) Agency for not know how many refugees will come “That is probably when we will get warm in a Saskatchewan winter, among Refugees. to Saskatoon, but he’s remarkably calm more coming to Saskatoon,” said Abukar. many other services.

The system in Egypt is significantly difabout it. The Open Door Society, after all, Where things might get a bit intense “We feel that we are ready. It just a mat- ferent from Canada’s, he said. It’s clearly has welcomed people to Saskatoon for 35 is in the timing. The government issues ter of receiving people,” said Abukar. important to him that people understand years. arrival notifications to settlement organizathe differences and difficulties facing “It is not an emergency,” said Abukar tions, while describing the initial needs Knowing the ropes immigrants around the world, to provide in an interview.

“It’s (about) co-ordinating of refugees.

Ali Abukar was born and grew up in the perspective on today’s refugees.

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These two Canada Geese apparently aren’t making the trip south this year (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Durant injury triggers changes in Riderville

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ne injury changed and Jones’ highly touted the course of recruiting prowess should Saskatchewan look after those. We’re not Roughriders history. talking the Winnipeg Blue Had Darian Durant not Bombers here. been injured, there would Much was made last have been no Chris Jones in week of the deep pockRegina. The team that broke ets the Riders now have. training camp in SaskaCan the team afford to toon would have made the pay Jones in the $700,000 playoffs, perhaps advanced ballpark, while still mailto the second round and posing cheques to Taman and sibly to the Grey Cup. The Chamblin? It couldn’t Editor Riders facing Smilin’ Hank afford not to. Fans have would have been great TV. The Riders, been rewarded with a winning culture on paper, were as good as any team in almost from the day Roy Shivers and the league.

Danny Barrett were shown the door.

Had Durant stayed healthy, Corey Jim Hopson brought class to the orga(It’s All About Me) Chamblin would nization that didn’t always have much still be coaching and Brendan Taman prior to his arrival. would still be the general manager.

Suggestions in the media of a salary Chamblin won a Grey Cup in Saskcap for team management is ridiculous. atchewan, but he is at least partly The level field is for those playing responsible for the departure of young between the sidelines. It is wonderful Canadian talent soon after. He didn’t that the CFL can have a second-year seem to respect the fact the game is team make the Grey Cup, and a team won by your quarterback and your non- that was 4-14 a year ago win it. Maybe imports. He didn’t understand that even the Toronto Maple Leafs should try having Chris Getzlaf drop a ball or two their hand at football. Maybe the Blue per game has value.

Bombers should, too. If a CFL team The injury to Durant had so much can lure New England Patriots coach impact on so many people’s lives.

Bill Belichick north, good on them.

Riders’ assistant coaches are dusting I have never been a Jones fan. off resumes. A head coach brings in his Remember the three times when his own people. That’s understandable. team was late getting onto the field?

Jones says he is going to rebuild In Ottawa, the Eskimos weren’t on the the team from the “bottom up.” This sideline for the national anthem. That’s team doesn’t need a rebuild. It needs its downright disrespectful. He was fined quarterback to stay healthy and some $5,000 for it. Of course, that will matter new pieces on defence. Free agency naught to Riders fans. Just win, baby.

CAM HUTCHINSON

He’s not a favourite of the Postmedia boys and girls covering the league.

In a Postmedia poll, he came second when reporters were asked “who is the league’s biggest jerk.” Kent Austin was first. Then again, who cares about the media? These guys complain about the quality of food at a free buffet.

I am shocked at how badly members of the media in Regina are getting beaten on big stories regarding the Riders.

Maybe it’s the old sports reporter in me or being a competitive person, but it’s downright embarrassing when outsiders such as Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press/TSN and Arash Madani of Sportsnet eat your lunch day after day.

How do you get beaten on the Jones hiring and the Chamblin firing?

I am surprised reporters in television, radio and print in Regina don’t have a pipeline into the Riders’ board room or locker room. It boggles my mind.

Here are a couple of examples of Madani’s reporting last week. These reports surfaced before the locals had a sniff.

• Bob Dyce has cleaned out his office at Mosaic Stadium; • Craig Dickenson is headed to Saskatchewan and former Rider DC Greg Quick is going to return to the Montreal Alouettes; • Craig Smith is out as personnel director with the Riders.

Anyway, here’s hoping Darian Durant is healthy for 2016 and/or Chris Jones has another quarterback up his sleeve. His future might depend on it.

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Bighetty and Gale Hagblom. “(SSO board member) Sharon Hildebrand learned about a violin project in Texas,” said Shelly Loeffler, a member of the board when the idea was hatched.

“No other orchestra in Canada had ever done one. We decided to run with it. The opportunity was there to create some beautiful pieces of art and blend it into a fundraising project.”

Loeffler was well aware of Nicholson’s talent. Loeffler was president of the Saskatoon Jazz Society when it acquired the lower part of the onetime Canada Post location on Fourth Avenue in 2008.

Nicholson became the designer of The Bassment.

“We were dealing with a big box basement space made of cement walls, ceiling and flooring,” Nicholson said.

“The initial layout of the club adjusted to fit the original structures but morphed into a more organic space once we were on site and began defining it for the musicians.”

She liked the idea of a stage “on a wall-to-wall curve, with a low ceiling, which created a great intimacy between the players and audience.”

She worked with Glen Gunther in designing and building new tabletops, recycling their bases, and adding the red brick element to the bar in vintage subway tile, “a serendipitous find at a local ceramic warehouse.”

Special steps were taken to dampen the noises from the bar area with a staggered acoustic cloud ceiling and a sound wave built on site. Other installations included a two-part screen cut with lasers to keep the kitchen out of view, installing the donor wall and Wall of Fame, and the redesign of logos.

She would still like to introduce an audio/visual recording system to produce live show CDS for the musicians, and wire that into a flat screen visible to the sound booth engineer and back of the room patrons.

Another project with the SSO occurred after the 2011 acquisition of a Odette Nicholson was among the artists who participated in the SSO’s project, The Painted Violin one-time 20th Street grocery store. Nich(Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) olson turned the space — which can best be described as a big blue box without any definition — into a room for multipurpose use and group rehearsals.

No matter what the assignment, whether it be artistic venues, the painted violin or residential renovations and new buildings, Nicholson keeps telling herself “to go at it all with intensity and dette Nicholson is joyShe loves the challenges.

Painted Violin, where artists were given pay attention to detail.” fully committed to the “People, like those with used violins and asked to turn them into Even with the hearing impairment, musical community. the Saskatoon Jazz Society or beautifully-crafted works of sculpture.

Nicholson still likes watching live shows From age five until 15, the Saskatoon Symphony OrNicholson created Nachtmusik: and musicians. She can read music and Nicholson trained in voice and chestra (SSO), can create the Painting With Light which she labels “a still play piano, but she says she gets piano within the Royal Conflow and freedom of a project whimsical dance of the violin and bow most enjoyment from being in an audiservatory of Music program, through ingenuity,” Nicholwired with 50,000 hours of play.” ence. and then worked professionalson said in emails. “They are The explosion of the LED lighting “Hearing is an automatic brain ly in top 40 bands and lounges willing to bring in creative provides a dynamic effect and is a permemory thing for me now, seeing singin Saskatoon, Edmonton and thinkers who help find the so- fect fit for the collection now on display ing or playing and being able to tell what Toronto. lutions that fit the situations. at the John G. Diefenbaker Airport. One they are doing depending on the musical By 1982, when she was This is where artists work violin, created by well-known wood vocabulary I learned early in life. In 30 years old, her hearing was their magic. turner Michael Hosaluk, is in the process general, I always ask people if this or People permanently lost due to inner “Creativity flourishes of a raffle. Others will be sold to highest that is happening and they confirm it is. ear nerve deterioration, an inunder the constraint of trying bidders, with the decisions to come by What we have learned in life does not go herited condition. She became interested to free itself. I love the ‘Artist in the mid-May. away. The brain is an amazing instruin the visual arts, inspired by Otto Rog- Workplace’ phrase. Making art is work, Other artists who contributed their ment. It can retain so much information ers, and acquired a fine arts degree from and making work into art, makes for the talents are Jeff Bluesky Crowe, Miranda and also rewire itself. I learned speech the University of Saskatchewan. Since best environments.”

Jones, Greg Murdock, Marie Lanoo, reading this way and during the gradual 1987, she has been known primarily as a Nicholson’s latest plunge into creativ- Karen Pask Thompson, Monique Martin, loss of hearing, my brain figured it out.” painter and designer. ity came with the SSO’s project, The Alora Arnold, Tinease Montour, Shadee (Continued on page 4)

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Memories of Christmas trees past

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when my husband packed love holiday movies even the kids in the station wagon, though they are mental drove two hours to the lake pap; and they all have the so they could pick out and same general plot – Christcut down a tree. It was a mas Grinch meets Christmas good day for the Dad and Elf and after a five-day fling lads. Too bad that the tree they are as committed as was stripped bare of needles Canada Geese and thereafter after travelling on the car enjoy a holly, jolly holiday roof top for two hours at season and live life happily highway speed. It was going ever after. to be the year of the Charlie In many instances, Columnist Brown tree — until I noted restoring a kid’s belief in the forest tent caterpillar cothe magic of Christmas is worked into the theme and sometimes coons adorning every branch. We were Santa intervenes to make wishes come off to the tree lot.

Then, there was the year after an true. Add in the commercials which promote the perfect Christmas and the evening of holly jolly tree decoratmaking of warm and fuzzy memories ing when, in our absence, the tree fell over and damaged the hardwood floor, today for tomorrow. But watching them makes me reflect on whether my destroying most of the glass ornaments.

I was not filled with the holiday spirit Christmases past were less than perthat day, although the memory does fect, and question whether my warm bring a smile today. and fuzzy memories are less than I also noted in the majority of these memorable. movies a perfect turkey is served up In almost every movie, the characon a platter at the table, surrounded by ters manage to find the ultimate tree luscious garnish, with the man of house which is always presented as freshly proudly wielding a carving set ready cut, perfectly shaped and then beautito distribute the cut of choice to each fully decorated without a hitch or a diner. Does that happen in real life? In bitch. our household, the bird is carved up in My warm and fuzzy memories of the kitchen. The man in our household Christmases past are not fodder for a should be dressed in a Hazmat suit durholiday movie. They always started ing the carving and it takes me a day or with the Christmas tree. Over the detwo to wash down the counter, backcades, each year created angst around finding the right tree, hauling it home, splash and floor after the event.

In the movies, there is always the cutting and getting it into the stand, beautifully wrapped parcel presentatrying to evenly distribute the lights tion where the recipient, portraying an (with unwanted advice from a couch potato), trimming it with a hodge-podge ecstatic demeanour, sighs and expounds that it is the perfect gift. (They never of ornaments, while at the same time look for a gift receipt!) Hmm. exercising control to maintain civility In this household, Mom has always with my spouse for the kids’ sake. done the Christmas shopping and Dad’s After the kids had grown and we only excursion into the retail zoo was old folks were on our own, we into shop for a gift for Mom, usually on vested in an artificial pre-lit tree. It Dec. 24. So it was a special warm and was like a no fuss, no muss instant fuzzy Christmas when Dad walked in Christmas and a few fresh holiday with a large wrapped parcel for each greens in a floral arrangement proof the teenagers. Dad shopping? They vided the necessary pine scent. Why didn’t we do this decades ago? (Maybe were excited and curious as to what he those perfect trees in the movies were might have selected for them. The look on their faces Christmas morning was artificial pre-lits too!) priceless when they opened these gifts Our artificial tree was lovely until my husband rammed it in the rafters of and discovered colour-coded towels.

Yes, the number of towels they used in the garage for off-season storage and damaged it. As a result of this careless- a day was an issue with Dad and now he could track the culprits. They didn’t ness, last Christmas I issued a holshare his humour then, but they do low threat to buy a new tree for 2015, much to his chagrin. The hollow threat today.

Our Christmases are not Hollywood became reality. Why? Because after last perfect, but they are perfect for us.

Christmas he bagged that magnificent It is a time of sharing merriment and tree and left it on the patio. joy with the family and friends we In spring, I asked him to get rid of love. There is no perfect family, tree it, meaning to get it off the patio and or turkey and the gifts are sometimes stored in the garage. Then in early questionable, but each happenstance December this year, I suggested he should bring the tree in, at which point creates a warm and fuzzy memory to he informed me he had gotten rid of it be retold countless times over the years and though the generations and gives as I had asked. Surely he was joking. the gift that keeps on giving — laughThis man never gets rid of anything and, more significantly, certainly never ter. I wait with bated breath for this year’s special memory. listens to me. He wasn’t joking. Now Merry Christmas to each of you, he was suggesting we should get a cut tree like the good old days. He needed and may you each enjoy your own to be reminded of our warm and fuzzy perfect holiday celebration, whatever it may be. memories of tree set-up. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com It brought back memories of the time

ELAINE HNATYSHYN

Odette Nicholson created Nachtmusik: Painting With Light for a Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra fundraiser (Photos Supplied)

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Lack of workplace inclusion ‘a waste’: Nicholson

(Continued from page 3) icholson has “explained so many times hearing and deafness are not the same for any two people.

I do not think of myself as limited. Yes, it is a disability in that it is a barrier for some types of work and communication, but only if people allow it to get in their way.

“Deafness presents challenges and in the workplace, there are definitely prejudices which are the primary barrier.

Workplace inclusion for all disabled people is extremely low, a real waste of a huge resource. I have resorted to selfemployment after dropping the thread of former corporate jobs. If hearing loss was a disappointment, I recovered that

tenfold with my visual art practice. On a personal front, there is isolation and it is possible to feel very alone in a room filled with people.

“I learn to read new people the more contact I have with them. I pay attention.

The best advice against deafness is to focus on what is happening around you.”

Nicholson said her life has become very digital and social media allows people to talk to her effortlessly.

“I tend to have a lot of energy, which I inherited from my mom. I like to be busy, stimulated, continuous. The work I do is all inter-related, an automatic way of life that comes from a general positive outlook. I always focus on what I can do and I love a good challenge.”

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What negative interest rates might mean for us

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et’s say, just for fun, that Then how much are you willyou went to the bank ing to PAY to store that kind of and put $100 into your moolah? savings account.

I never thought I’d hear that “That will be half a cent, such a thing would be possible please,” the teller says. in my fair country. But yes, “What do you mean?” you Bank of Canada Governor Stereply, your forehead furrowing phen Poloz raised the spectre in bafflement. of negative interest rates – as “We now offer negative low as 0.5 per cent -- last week interest rates, to serve you betduring a speech to the Empire ter,” he or she tells you. That’s Club of Canada in Toronto.

Columnist why he or she is called a teller.

It was pretty interesting tim“You owe us half a cent for this ing, as the Canadian economy deposit. Monthly.” took another round of jolts – falling loonie, “We don’t even have pennies anymore,” further-falling oil prices, nasty fallout on you point out, grappling with this news in the Toronto Stock Exchange. You see the the most concrete way you can muster. pattern: fall, fall and fall. As in down.

Then the light comes on. If you’re Poloz, to be clear, was positing the use being charged, say, the low low rate of of negative interest rates as a part of an 0.1 per cent annually to place your hardupdated Bank of Canada “tool kit” to deal earned money in the bank, maybe you with economic crises. The last time the should just stuff it into the mattress, yes? It bank updated this kit was in April, 2009, would be cheaper. Indeed, you’d be ahead during the so-called Great Recession, and of the game. it was time for an overhaul.

“Give me my money back,” you say.

“Today’s remarks should in no way be Quite rightly, too. taken as a sign that we are planning to emNow let’s extrapolate. You’re a big, bark on these policies,” he said. “We don’t big bank (you lucky thing) and you want need unconventional policy tools now, and to deposit, say, $1 billion into a Central we don’t expect to use them. But it’s pruBank account at a negative rate. How big dent to be prepared for every eventuality.” is your mattress (vault)? Not big enough?

Things like negative interest rates are

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n my home reserve, church sponsored and most there was a time when of the students were used and Christmas was just abused. another day.

I like to believe my This was because most mother, who passed away a people couldn’t afford presfew years ago, felt the power ents, decorations or anything of the special baby. A couple else where cost was a factor. of years before she died, she The highlight of Christmas started attending church. The celebrations was midnight last year of her life, she asked mass at our small church. me to walk with her to midTraditionally, people would night mass. This is something Columnist walk to the church close to I will cherish for the rest of midnight. When I was around my life.

10, I would go to church with my grandForty years ago, my home reserve mother. We lived about two miles from didn’t have much, but that has changed. the church.

One has to remember during this period My grandmother would hold my hand of time First Nations people were legally as we journeyed toward this special ser- allowed the rights most Canadians take vice. I remember after mass, there would for granted. I like to look at the period as be a gathering with pastries, cake and a time of revolution for all First Nations. juice. I generally fell asleep before that. The door opened for education and emWhat fascinated me at church was ployment off the reserve. Dreams could what the father called the magic of be pursued.

Christmas. By then, I was developing Today, most people on my home as a storyteller because I could picture reserve are accumulating wealth and can the baby who was born on that day. I afford presents and everything else costremember thinking this must be a very related. As I look outside, I can see most special baby. of the houses are decorated. When I walk Because I was raised on a northern by some of them, I can see a Christmas trap line, I didn’t know a thing about the tree and gifts under it. I can see families season. I didn’t know about the huge enjoying what the Father described as man who flew house to house delivering the Magic of Christmas. gifts to all the girls and boys. My ChristI am proud of my home reserve. mas, I didn’t get a present. I thought I We’ve come a long way in a short pemust have been bad, even though I tried riod of time. Even though it’s more than to be good.

100 years old, the church is still standThe reason I didn’t get a present ing. People still follow the tradition of was because we moved from the North walking to midnight mass. I can’t wait just before Christmas, and my parents to hear the church bell as I walk. The couldn’t afford anything. I have to say I sound of the bell used to bounce off the wasn’t disappointed because I was more lake and it seemed like its sound echoed fascinated with the special baby. for miles.

My parents, both of whom are I can’t wait to hear about the special residential school survivors, wanted baby that was born on that day. Even nothing to do with the midnight mass though the pastries and cake are no or the church itself. At the time, I didn’t longer served, I will bring my own. I realize the residential schools were promise not to fall asleep.

used, basically, to save economies from utter collapse, and Poloz is far from the first to come up with the notion. Several central banks have already actually used this slightly-nauseating tool, including the European Central Bank and the equivalents in Sweden, Denmark and the financial centre of Switzerland, of all places.

And why? The reasoning is that big banks will be less inclined to stash currency with their central banks, and more inclined to rent it out – as in, actually provide loans to regular people and businesses. Secondly, in theory, a negative interest rate will translate into lower lending costs for consumers.

All of this presumably will fire up the economy, by driving up lending and spending.

Well, that may or may not work. Banks will not likely be happy to pass along negative deposit rates to consumers, who may indeed prefer the mattress to the bank account. Therefore, if banks are paying central banks for deposits, and still paying us our meagre, tiny, insignificant amounts, their profits will obviously suffer.

That, says Bloomberg, knowledgekeeper of all things financial, means there’s still a worry that when banks absorb the costs, “it squeezes the profit margin JW15761.L14 James between their lending and deposit rates,

and might make them even less willing to lend.” Perfect.

Returning to the B of C governor, he reassured the Empire Club, and the rest of Canada, than he really doesn’t think he’ll have to resort to such extraordinary measures. He thinks the B of C’s interest rate cuts of earlier this year are going to work, and haven’t yet had their full (positive) impact.

He still thinks Canada’s economy is on track for “a continued recovery” in 2016.

I’m not sure I agree we are in a recovery – certainly not out west, here – but let’s go with Poloz’s view.

“I think we’ve got all the ingredients of a recovery in place,” he said in a news conference after the speech, as reported by the Globe and Mail. “It’s being masked right now, to some degree, by the declines especially in the energy sector, but also in other resource areas.”

Fingers crossed, he’s right about a recovery, because negative interest rates would definitely suck, if Bloomberg is right.

“Negative interest rates are a sign of desperation,” says Bloomberg, “a signal that traditional policy options have proved ineffective and new limits need to be explored.”

So let’s hope Poloz never has to use this new tool in his kit. If he does, we are really in trouble. You can bank on it.

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Why don’t we have an area designated for various celebrations?

Question: In many cities across the Canada and around the world, citizens have a central square in the heart of the city, where there is no traffic. In these spots, people can gather for different celebrations such a Christmas, New Year’s and other events.

As a city, do you think we will have a distinct area in the near future?

Ask the Mayor Atchison: We have a civic square right now that we use for a lot of events.

We have shut down 23rd Street for parades, keys to the city presentations and things like that. For the turn of the millennium, the City celebrated at Kiwanis Park and the street was closed. So there certainly are different locations that have been used. Victoria Park would be a wonderful area for assembly, along with River Landing itself with the amphitheatre.

My point is that there are other locations that may be good sites for civic gatherings. The new City Centre Plan does outline potential downtown sites for civic gatherings. Civic Square at 23rd between Third and Fourth avenues is one of them. The other location would be in front of TCU Place.

When I was in Times Square in New York, they have regular traffic that flows through there. They just close it on certain days, for example, on New Year’s Eve. But they’re not closed permanently. That is an option.

When you think about the amount of fuel that is wasted when cars idle at the rail crossings, it is phenomenal.

As an example, when we put the flyover on College Drive at Circle, they estimated that the fuel savings by having the flyover, as opposed to stop lights, would pay for that flyover in a year and a half. That is how much fuel Mayor was wasted. And think about the air pollution from the vehicle exhaust.

What we really need are cold hard facts and clear numbers of the costs and benefits. At this point in time, there are very few facts. It is estimated that it might cost $50 million for an underpass. But they’re not sure because no real work has been done on that. There are a minimum of five or six that are required in the city. What about the businesses next to those rail crossings? Do they get to stay in business? Do they need to be relocated? Or do they go out of business? What are the costs and who is going to pay for that, too?

There is the option of relocating the CP yards totally out of Saskatoon and moving them somewhere else, but still flowing through the city at some point and perhaps co-sharing with the CN mainline. What would those costs be? I can tell you right now no one has the answers to any of those questions.

Before we get into the discussion of what is best for us, we need to have those numbers.

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Question: A city committee has suggested separating rail and road traffic using underpasses on several of the most used rail crossings in Saskatoon. How much would those underpasses cost? Are you still talking about moving CP Rail out of the city altogether?

Mayor Atchison: Let’s take the second part first. I believe we should be asking, “Do we want trains running through the middle of the City of Saskatoon? Do we want our Preston Avenue, Central Avenue, Warman Road, Wanuskewin Road, Idylwyld Drive, 22nd Street, 25th Street and 11th Street all tied up with trains going through the city?” I don’t think so.

It’s a question of safety. As a member of the National Municipal Rail Safety Working Group, we have asked both CN and CP to identify the safest route possible for dangerous goods through a community. That doesn’t necessarily mean one company’s rail line, just the safest. It is interesting that when people talk about the rails, some seem to have forgotten about Lac-Mégantic, which is terribly unfortunate. We don’t want another disaster like that anywhere in Canada.

The next thing that has to be dealt with is the convenience and safety of our citizens. Delays are creating real problems for our first responders. It is inconvenient and perhaps dangerous for our emergency response teams.

They are very frustrated when they are stuck on one side of a two-mile long train going through the city. And trains are getting longer. Soon we could see trains as long as three or four miles.

They travel at a slower speed through the city so you can imagine how long it will take for the train to clear a crossing.

Question: Below is further explanation to a question asked a few weeks ago in regard to the relationship between SaskEnergy and the City of Saskatoon and a municipal charge of five per cent on the SaskEnergy bill.

Mayor Atchison: I asked the city administration to provide more details and here is what they said.

“The SaskEnergy Act includes the following clause: the corporation or any of its subsidiaries may add to the amount of every customer in a municipality for a service related to distributing, selling or transporting of gas within the municipality, a sum equal to the amount to be paid in lieu of taxes…”

All commercial entities including service providers operating within a municipality pay property taxes or a grant in lieu of taxes. SaskEnergy, as a corporation, generates revenue by providing a service. Similar to all other commercial enterprises, SaskEnergy recovers its expenses through the prices or rates it charges to its customers.

SaskEnergy pays a grant in lieu of taxes for operating within the city. This amount contributes to the overall funds available to operate the city services and reduces the amount required from the tax payers of Saskatoon.

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(Have a question for Mayor Atchison? Send it to editorial@saskatoonexpress.com. Please put “mayor” in the subject line.)

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Housing, jobs are most important needs for refugees

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(Continued from page 1) he Egyptian government is a signatory to the International Refugee Convention, but they also have a lot of reservations to the convention; so a lot of rights that the refugees need to access are very limited.

That is why the UN acts on behalf of the government to register the refugees and find services.

“In Canada, when someone comes here, the government deals with them as a refugee . . . the Citizen and Immigration department will deal with you. You go through the refugee determination process with the government, whereas in Egypt, it’s with the UN.” Abukar’s identification, as with many others’, was issued by the UN and stamped

by Egypt’s government, allowing him to stay in the country as a recognized refugee.

But there were still great challenges.

“You’re not allowed to work there legally, but people are still trying to find jobs,” said Abukar. “It’s a risk. Not everybody is able to find a job because their unemployment rate is so high.”

Refugees also cannot partake in the public education system, and have restricted access to health care outside the Egyptian system. Because of these restrictions, many refugees are stuck, economically and otherwise, and really have only three options: local integration, repatriation to their own countries, or resettlement — the dream of every refugee, said Abukar.

But only the most vulnerable — one per cent of the refugee populations — will be chosen for resettlement in another country, such as Canada, the United States or Australia, said Abukar. For these reasons, and others, refugees often attempt illegal immigration and dangerous journeys to reach Europe.

Abukar was not able to access the settlement program, but was fortunate that he was eventually able to attend school in Cairo, taking courses in computers,

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interpretation and English. He was also able to find work, translating, teaching and in community mobilization.

Eventually, he took an undergraduate degree while working part-time, and became a refugee settlement worker with a nongovernmental organization (NGO).

He then applied to the American University in Cairo, having received a scholarship through the Ford Foundation, and was accepted into a one-year graduate program in forced migration and refugee studies.

His career in Egypt advanced, leading him to a field supervisor’s position, until the 2011 revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The UN evacuated their staff, leaving little protection for refugees and refugee workers like Abukar, who were scrambling to cope.

Finally, Abukar decided to try again to move on. He contacted cousins living in Ontario, and they filed a sponsorship application for him. It took two years, but Abukar finally came to Canada, arriving in May 2011.

Before he arrived he had applied for a master’s program in social work, and was accepted at Wilfrid Laurier. When he finished his two-year program, it took a while to find a job; but he did, in Saskatoon.

“I am very passionate about working with refugees and advocating for refugees and newcomers,” said Abukar. “All I did in my studies and in projects that I had, was about how to work with newcomers.”

Helping refugees People in Saskatoon have been incredibly generous in offering donations to help the new refugees, said Abukar — to the point where one of the Open Door Society locations is completely full of donated items.

While donations of certain items are much appreciated and welcome, others are not. Small household items are helpful, but more personal items like bedding are not accepted. If you’re not sure about what to

donate, check the website at www.sods. sk.ca/.

“There has been a lot of contact from the community wanting to help, and that is terrific,” said Abukar. “The challenge for us is how to manage that effectively.”

Perhaps contrary to popular belief, cold weather and adjusting to different foods on the grocery store shelves are not the biggest issues, added Abukar. When refugees access the services offered by Open Door and other organizations, they quickly get a grip on warm clothing and food buying.

What they need the most are housing and jobs.

“Housing has been a challenge, although

we have a lot of contacts,” Abukar said. If people have affordable rental spaces, Open Door would love to hear from them.

Employment is definitely the second most important thing. “People are not coming here to drain the system,” said Abukar.

“People want to come here and work hard.

“That is something we have to pay more attention to . . . how to break down the barriers to employment.”

The Open Door Society provides a variety of employment-readiness programs, family settlement and support services, outreach programs, language training and daycare. The main office is at 100-129 Third Avenue North, downtown.

Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be running photos from 2015 from our contributors. Many of these haven’t been published. In this photo, a woman struggles with her goods at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market on a rainy day.

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Liberal supporters will carry weight in Sask. election

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Calgary-based politiheld by the NDP, there’s a good thanks to the resurgence of the Liberals battleground would be for Regina Millencal strategy and polling chance some of those undecid- under Justin Trudeau, and perhaps the im- nials. Further, province-wide, that same group was recently in eds could swing another seat or pact of digital communication, which this demographic could be, and probably Saskatchewan, looking to get a two away from the Sask. Party. age group embraces, but Saskatchewan should be, both parties’ priority, because toehold on the right-of-centre 43.5: Percentage of Saskapoliticians really have not. However, it that’s a massive chunk of people who don’t provincial and municipal landtoon voters who would vote. also might speak to how soft the ‘middle’ know what they want. scapes, given that market has 23.9: You’ve likely estabof this portion of the provincial electorate Ultimately though, if the last couple of taken a bit of a hit in Alberta in lished the pattern in this column is right now, which is significant when the years have told us anything, it’s that all recent months. by now — the percentage of ‘will he or won’t he’ dialogue surrounding the polling in the world can’t predict voter As part of its pitch, this Saskatoon voters who would Brad Wall and the federal Conservative intention this far out from an election date. group provided polling numbers vote NDP. party leadership is potentially pushing But, in that environment of uncertainty, their firm had accumulated from 27.1: This one is a stunner. the brand a little farther to the right than even the most hardened strategist won’t Columnist Dec. 3 to Dec. 5, surveying A whopping 27 per cent of it might want. The question is, will these turn down any scrap of insight.

1,312 Saskatchewan residents.

Saskatchewan voters aged 18 to Millennials move left, since there likely I’m not certain if these numbers will get 34 would vote — drum roll, please — Lib- won’t be a Liberal party to vote for?

(Between Dec. 3 and Dec. 5, Pantheon any media attention, but the methodology eral. Seriously! The provincial Liberals, 42.6: The percentage of those 18 to 34 Research and KCGI Inc. conducted a is sound, so I’m going to share them. who haven’t had a seat in this province for who are undecided. survey of 1,312 Saskatchewan residents We are four months out from Saskatch- more than a decade, would take 27 per cent What’s the takeaway from all this? using IVR technology. The survey has an ewan’s provincial election, which was of the vote in the 18 to 34 demographic.

For me, it suggests that if the provincial approximate margin-of-error of +/– 2.72 moved to April 4 after it came to light that Of course it’s likely that this is very much election was held tomorrow, the fiercest per cent, 19 times out of 20.) both Saskatchewan and the federal governments had legislated their individual elections to overlap in October 2015. Federal needs trumped provincial, and here we are.

With that, here are some of the numbers I pulled out of this report: 47.1: The percentage of all voters, including undecided, who would vote Sask.

Party. That is almost exactly status quo, with the most recent numbers I saw from Mainstreet Research in an Oct. 6 poll.

17.9: The percentage of all voters who would vote NDP. This is, um, alarming (especially if you’re a NDP supporter).

These are the lowest numbers I’ve ever seen for the provincial NDP. 24.2: A combined percentage of voters who declared themselves undecided or preferred not to say. I can only assume, for this poll anyway, that this is where the NDP support has migrated.

34: The percentage of Regina voters who would vote Sask. Party.

26.1: The percentage of Regina voters who would vote NDP. 7.9: Based on those last two numbers, the gap in Regina between the Sask. Party and the NDP is minuscule in the grand scheme of things. Especially when...

28.6: … is the percentage of Regina voters who were either undecided (18.1) or preferred not to say. With 12 seats up for grabs in Regina, and three currently Favourites of 2015: Young musicians walk toward the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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The Fireside Singers will perform Dec. 19 and Dec. 20 at TCU Place (Photos by Stephen Nicholson)

Fireside Singers a Christmas tradition

Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express he Fireside Singers have been heralding the Christmas season in Saskatoon with their beautiful voices and repertoire of both classic and contemporary carols for more than 40 years. More than 100 people of all ages will grace the stage at TCU Place on Dec. 19 and Dec. 20, against a backdrop of beautiful scenery, showcasing their spectacular talents, both vocal and instrumental.

“The Christmas Memories Show is produced at TCU place where the opportunity for great visuals and great sound is the best in Saskatoon,” said Bonnie Nicholson, Saskatoon Fireside Singers’ orchestral director and pianist. “One hundred voices and a stunning orchestra are featured — all who come out will leave feeling joyful. The skillfullycrafted program by Marilyn Whitehead includes music for everyone to enjoy.”

New in 2015 is the return to the Fireside Christmas stage of Dr. Thomas Yu, a former Saskatoon resident who today is one of the most recognized amateur pianists in the world. He has appeared as a guest soloist in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, BBC Hodinott Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Hall, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Hakuju Hall in Tokyo, as well as Roy Thomson Hall and the National Arts Centre in Canada.

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“He performed with Fireside many years ago, but not in the TCU venue,” said Nicholson, who was once Yu’s piano teacher. “In addition to a solo piece in the first half titled Peace on Earth, Thomas will be featured in performance with the choir, and also with a few soloists and smaller groups. Although his primary work is as a periodontist in Calgary, Thomas is respectful of his Saskatoon roots and, as a former teacher, I am always so thrilled to hear him perform. He can make such beautiful sounds at the piano — the whole audience seems to quietly hold their breath when he plays.”

Nicholson relishes her role as the Fireside Singers’ orchestral director, which she says allows her to enjoy taking in the talents of the best of the best.

“Percussionists Darrell Bueckert and Brent Blazeiko, bass player Doug Gilmour, cellist Terence Sturge, flautist Randi Nelson, violinist William Boan and keyboardist/arranger Martin Janovsky are a true source of inspiration for me every year,” she said. “There is nothing they cannot do or play. The atmosphere of warmth and camaraderie in the pit orchestra is an embodiment of the Christmas spirit.”

Fireside Singers’ guest artists are world-class players. Individuals such as Kerry DuWors, Allen Harrington and the multi-talented Guy Few fit into the show

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The Fireside Singers have been performing in Saskatoon for more than 40 years seamlessly during the final few rehearsals, elevating the performance with their effortless brilliance, adding a special magic with their sense of musical line.

“Each year, we include a small musical tribute to former Fireside accompanist Sheila Shinkewski,” said Nicholson. “One of her favourite pieces is integrated into the show — Little Litanies of Jesus by Grovlez — as a tribute to her invaluable work with Fireside for many years.

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“This job means the world to me because of the Fireside family,” she continued. “The choir members include grandmothers, dads, moms and their children. It is not unusual to hear babies cooing in the background at rehearsal. It is a celebration of life through music.”

(The Fireside Singers Christmas Memories performances will be held Dec. 19 and Dec. 20 at 7:30 at TCU Place. Tickets are available at tcutickets.ca.)

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Saskatoon teacher shortlisted for ‘Nobel Prize’ for teaching

elinda Daniels, a teacher at Mount Royal Collegiate, has been shortlisted for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2016 at globalteacherprize.org.

Now in its second year, and widely referred to as the Nobel Prize for teaching, the $1 million US award is the largest prize of its kind.

Daniels teaches Indigenous Studies and Cree and believes in the strong connection between language and identity, seeking to create pride and self-esteem in her Cree students by teaching their history, traditional knowledge of the land and proficiency in their language and texts.

When covering social injustice suffered by aboriginal people, she creates links to the issues that her immigrant students have encountered due to colonialism and racism in their countries of origin.

She has established a successful summer camp that has been running for 11 years, the Nehiyawak summer language workshop. She has also been featured on local television in Saskatchewan and created How to speak Cree TV segments.

Involved in developing a high school curriculum for Core Cree with the Ministry of Education for Saskatchewan, she initiated and led a bilingual Cree elementary program. She lectures at Canadian universities and has shared her insights from educating Indigenous students in several publications. At every stage, Daniels has taken care to integrate language learning with an Indigenous world view.

The Global Teacher Prize was set up to recognize one exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession, as well as to shine a spotlight on the important role teachers play in society. By unearthing thousands of stories of heroes that have transformed young people’s lives, the prize hopes to bring to life the exceptional work of millions of teachers all over the world.

The top 50 have been shortlisted from 8,000 nominations and applications from 148 countries. The top 50 shortlist has representatives from 29 countries and by highlighting their stories the Varkey Foundation hopes that the public will be able to join in passionate debates about the

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• Smaller crowds: As the holiday season winds down, many shoppers have already completed their shopping.

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SASKATOONEXPRESS - December 14-20, 2015 - Page 12 benefits of medicinal cannabis with Marc, the head tattoo artist and the ‘Pic-Man’ himself.

“At that time Marc started with an authorized grower, and then applied, and was approved by Health Canada, to grow his own,” explained Grand’Maison.

After spending $30,000, Marc began with his first crop, kicking off the couple’s hydroponic journey. Hydroponics is the process of growing plants without soil. Instead, oxygen-infused, nutrientrich water is cycled through different growth mediums such as Rockwool, which is made by melting a combination of rock and sand and then spinning the mixture to make fibres, or clay pebbles.

“We love the simplicity of hydroponics and the fact that you are in control of what goes into your food from seed to table,” continued Tracey. “We decided this should be our business as it’s where Tracey and Marc Grand’Maison recently opened Herb-Man Hydroponics our hearts lie — a clean, natural way to (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) be healthy in all aspects.

“As Marc’s body is getting older, we were looking for a way to keep up a business without the physical demand on him.

We decided to downsize our staff to just the two of us, move Marc’s tattoo studio upstairs, and renovate the main floor to retail space. Knowing that the licenced Tammy Robert and anyone who knows us medical marijuana-growing community is Saskatoon Express knows that,” said Tracey as large as it is, it was a no brainer that a or Canadians with a Grand’Maison from her Saskatoon store was needed, and now we licence to do so, it’s home just outside Saskatoon, are going to fill that need.” been legal to smoke where she’s busy whipping Bringing in the accessories for using medical marijuana for more up holiday antipasto and medicinal cannabis was another thing that than a decade. Yet, despite gingerbread, flanked by her came naturally to the Grand’Maisons, Health Canada legislation in pint-sized granddaughter as does providing a place for patients to place, navigating the laws, perched on a footstool. learn and discuss their options. rules and regulations for many users has “Marc suffers from constant pain due “The licensed community is huge and been a headache. to unsuccessful back surgeries, fibromy- there are many users who do not have Tracey and Marc Grand’Maison are algia and arthritis,” she continued. “In anywhere to go to ask questions or get no strangers to following the rules. Since 2006, Marc got off all of the narcotics new information,” said Grand’Maison.

1997, their business, Pic-Man Tattoo, has that the doctors were handing out like “You can’t turn a blind eye and think been successfully serving Saskatoon skin candy — the OxyContin, the Dilaudid — these people don’t exist. under another set of extensive health reg- and I wanted my husband back. This is “On June 11, 2015, the Supreme Court ulations. Now, the Grand’Maisons have when our quest for the medicinal mariruled that medicinal cannabis was legal taken on a new challenge with the recent juana licence began.” for usage in all forms. This meant that opening of their new venture, Herb-Man Two years, two doctors and two pain there was now room to teach people how Hydroponics. management specialists later, a doctor at to create consumables on their own and “Expanding and moving into this Regina’s Wascana Rehabilitation Cenhelp them get the equipment necessary to industry was a natural move for us, tre finally sat down and discussed the do so — they were no longer criminals

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for making tea.”

Herb-man Hydroponics’ licensed customers range in age from 16 to 75, many of whom come in looking for better ways than smoking to consume their prescription.

“We were overjoyed that we could teach them that, at very little cost, they could make what they needed on their own,” said Grand’Maison. “There are all sorts of ways, including capsules, baking butter or oil, tincture and other extracts.

We speak freely here with licensed clients. I think it must be refreshing to be able to speak openly and exchange notes on different struggles without the fear of being ostracized.”

Grand’Maison points out that HerbMan goes out of its way to distinguish itself from other, recently controversial businesses and business owners who she feels might “prey” on medicinal users.

She says she and Marc are there to help people be independent and not have to rely on outside sources for what they can create and make with their prescription.

The store isn’t just about medical marijuana. For those who feel Saskatchewan’s four-month growing season is too short, Herb-Man has options for you.

“We offer a wide array of systems to allow you to have fresh vegetables and herbs all year round,” said Grand’Maison. “You might want a countertop herb garden, or a kitchen-island salsa garden. Fresh tea, mixed romaine, jalapeno, pesto basil, chilies . . . you select your seeds and make your very own arrangement. You are limited only by your imagination.

“Being raised in small-town Saskatche-wan, and Marc in small-town northern Quebec, we have learned all our lives that if you give back to your community, you will always prosper,” said Tracey. “This has been something we’ve done our entire lives. It feels good. We’re excited every day to come to the store — how can this be a bad thing?”

Herb-Man Hydroponics is located at 226 Third Ave. South. The store can be reached by calling 306-384-7887.

Horses need dental checkups, too

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By Lynne Gunville verybody knows the importance of regular dental checkups when it comes to human health, so it should come as no surprise that the same goes for horses.

Dr. James Carmalt, a professor of equine surgery and a specialist in equine dentistry in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) at the University of Saskatchewan, recommends equine oral health checks every six months to a year.

“You may not have to do anything, but it’s important to look — a regular check can pick things up early,” said Carmalt, one of only 10 board-certified equine veterinary dental specialists in North America.

For a complete oral exam, he sedates his patient so he can use a full-mouth speculum. This tool opens up the horse’s mouth completely and allows Carmalt to examine and feel every single tooth.

He also uses a mirror and dental picks to check the chewing surfaces.

Carmalt asks the owner: Has the horse had any nasal discharge? Have you seen this horse dropping feed? Does the horse appear tender when you bridle it

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or have you had problems on the saddle?

The horse’s age is significant. By the age of four or five, horses’ teeth have reached their maximum length, but they continue to grow until the animals essentially run out of tooth in their late 20s or early 30s.

While rasping or floating down the taller teeth is the usual remedy, there’s only a certain amount of tooth to work with. Tooth loss is common in older horses, which often leads to more problems.

Diastemata or abnormal spaces between cheek teeth is also common, particularly in older horses. Because these spaces fill up with feed, they can lead to gum disease. Veterinarians can alleviate gum recession by flushing out the feed and by using drugs to treat infection and promote gum healing.

The oral exam is also a chance for the veterinarian to determine whether floating is needed to smooth out the sharp points that can form on the horse’s cheek teeth that can injure the soft tissue of the mouth.

While an average oral exam takes about 10 minutes, floating or rasping usually takes about three minutes with

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power tools. Carmalt compares floating to the cleaning process that humans undergo during their regular dental checkups.

Performance animals, particularly because of the way they’re managed, may end up having more dental problems.

“If you feed them long-stemmed fibre or hay or you keep them extensively out on the grass, you’ll have fewer problems than if you have them in a barn,” says Carmalt, explaining that chewing grass or hay tends to knock off sharp edges that often require floating.

Carmalt emphasizes the importance of consulting veterinarians who have training in anatomy and physiology as

well as access to the sedative drugs necessary to perform a full mouth oral exam with all of the required equipment.

“Sometimes I’ll look in a horse’s mouth and find out that things are great,” said Carmalt. “That’s not wasted money and time. That’s an investment. And if I do find something that needs to be fixed now, it’s going to be a heck of a lot cheaper and more successful if I deal with it now and not in five years.”

(A longer version of this article appears in the Canadian Horse Journal (www.horsejournals.com). Used with permission.)

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Business Briefs

Hillberg & Berk opens in Midtown Plaza

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achel Mielke, the Regina jeweller who has gained fame by appearing on Dragon’s Den and making a brooch for Queen Elizabeth, recently opened a Hillberg & Berk store in Saskatoon.

The white-and-sparkle store on the second floor of Midtown Plaza carries H&B’s entire line, and is among the company’s five retail locations.

H&B has also recently expanded across Western Canada and Ontario through other retailers.

Mielke is well-known for attracting an offer from then-Dragon Brett Wilson in 2008. Creating a brooch for the queen also brought the company attention, particularly because she has worn the piece more than once, which is rare.

Mielke pressed on with her jewelry vision through the recession, and today is expanding her line and locations at a rapid pace.

Debra Morgan wins Achievement Award Debra Morgan was presented with the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) 2015 Achievement Award in early December.

Morgan, who holds a PhD in nursing, is known for her work in rural dementia health care. She leads a research group that has been ongoing for nearly 20 years.

SHRF says her work “has fundamentally changed health service delivery in Saskatchewan for older adults with dementia and their family caregivers through the

establishment of the innovative, telehealthsupported Rural and Remote Memory Clinic.”

Morgan is a professor and chair in rural health delivery at the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, and adjunct scientist at the Saskatchewan Health Quality Council. She has won many awards and received many accolades for her work, including the 2011 Canadian Institute of Health Research Betty Havens Award for outstanding contribution to knowledge translation in aging.

Dr. Franco Vizeacoumar, Dr. Corey Tomczak, Dr. Chantal Kawalilak and Dr. Tayyab Shah also won grant and fellowship awards. For further information, visit the foundations’ website at shrf.ca.

Darcy Bear wins Lifetime Achievement Award The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business has chosen Whitecap Dakota Chief Darcy Bear as the recipient of 2016 Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award.

Bear will be presented with the award in February. The council cited Bear’s business acumen and community leadership as reasons for his selection.

Bear is well-known for his economic development work with the Whitecap Nation just south of Saskatoon. In the 25 years he has been working with the community, it has developed a casino, an award-winning golf course, and a significantly grown employment.

“Chief Darcy Bear is a national leader and has made Whitecap Dakota First Nation a model of community-driven

Hillberg & Berk has opened in Midtown Plaza (Photo by Joanne Paulson)

business development,” CCAB President J.P. Gladu said in a news release. “He is a leader who is respected by government, Canadian and Aboriginal businesses, and his own community.”

and in industry, and has experience in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia, the United States and Central Asia.

IMII is a relatively new organization, founded in 2012 to bring together industry, government, post-secondary education and research to further education, training, and research and development in the mining industry.

“As our board began the recruitment process early in 2015,” said board chair Dwight Percy in a release, “we focused our attention on attracting a candidate with a very strong career path in the mining sector, at a national and international level, as well as a solid background with mining industry associations. Al brings that to IMII and we look forward to the results he will deliver.”

Shpyth new CEO for IMII Al Shpyth will become the new executive director of the International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII) on Jan. 1, 2016.

He replaces Engin Ozberk, who is retiring.

Shpyth is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, York University (master’s degree in environmental studies), and the Vermont Law School (master’s in environmental policy and law.) He has worked extensively in mining, both in government

Cam Hutchinson & Friends:

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he way curlers can now manipulate rocks with their sweeping, why don’t they just carry them down to the other end of the ice and place them where they want? Something has to be done to bring the skill of throwing the rock back.

What I see now is ridiculous.

• From Torben Rolfsen: “The Canucks’ Brandon Prust was fined $5,000 for spearing the Bruins’ Brad Marchand, and called it ‘the best money I ever spent.’ If only the same thing could be said by Vancouver season-ticket holders.”

• Janice Hough, on Browns coach Mike Pettine saying, “I imagine repercussions would be harsh” if QB Johnny Manziel has another off-field transgression: “It’s all part of the NFL and Cleveland’s 12 strikes and you’re out policy.”

• @randyturner15, during the Jets’ win

over the Blue Jackets: “MTS Centre crew is now installing splatter guard behind the Columbus bench to protect fans in case John Tortorella’s head explodes.”

• There should be an Oiler rule in the NHL that says a team is eligible to get the No. 1 pick in the draft for no more than 10 consecutive years.

• From Rolfsen: “I would like to see a teddy bear toss during a line brawl.”

• From Hough: “Before last weekend’s games, there was a three-way tie atop NFC East at 5-7. Call me old-fashioned, but it would be nice for NFL division winners at least to have records that make them bowl eligible.”

• @slavamalamud: “If you don’t want Jaromir Jagr to play until he is 68, you don’t care about hockey and are a sad individual.”

• One of my favourite NHL penalties is

when Jagr gets called for skating too slow.

• From Rolfsen: “The Portland Timbers won the MLS Cup after Columbus Crew’s goalkeeper was briefly possessed by the spirit of Steve Smith.”

• Give Mike Babcock credit. He has the Leafs playing far beyond their talent level.

• From Hough: “There’s something that doesn’t quite make sense in the U.S.A. when we have Americans who for ‘safety’ reasons want to register Muslims but not register guns.”

• Last week marked the 35th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder. Since then, guns have killed 1.1 million Americans.

• @bigheadsports: “Make up your mind middle America: Johnny Manziel or Donald Trump? You only get one.”

• Chris Jones didn’t negotiate a good contract with the Riders. Apparently he left

mayor of Regina and premier of Saskatchewan on the table.

• Rolfsen, on Wally Buono being back as head coach of the B.C. Lions: “He’s racking up as many farewell tours as The Who.” • From Hough: “Former Trojan football coach Steve Sarkisian, who insisted publicly that he didn’t think he had a drinking problem and didn’t need rehab, is now going to sue USC for $30 million for wrongful termination because they didn’t accommodate his ‘disability.’ And we wonder why so many people hate lawyers.”

• Why would Paul LaPolice leave his cushy TV gig to be offensive co-ordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers? Does Rod Smith have photos?

• From Rolfsen: “Donald Trump is so unpopular with Canadians, not even Steven Stamkos will ‘like’ his tweets.”

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MUSIC DECEMBER 17 Free noon hour concert series. Thursdays at Third Avenue. Free; bring a bagged lunch.

Coffee and tea provided. Call Third Avenue United Church for more info: 306-652-6812.

DECEMBER 18 Karrnnel Sawitsky brings his friends from Toronto for a night of fiddle music at the Saskatoon Jazz Club. A recording artist, producer and composer, Karrnnel has toured extensively with his family band as well as The Fretless. Show time is 9 p.m.

The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. North.

Tickets - $17 for SJS members, $22 for non-members. ***** Zodiac Tapestry Handbells presents Christmas Sparkle at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Westminster United Church (505 - 10th St. East). Special Guests: The Parkland Brass.

Admission at the door is $15 adults/seniors, $5 children under 12.

DECEMBER 19 Vesti Hansen and her partner, Cam McConnell, have been singing their special music for 25 years and they will belt out the great rhythm and bues music with the help of a four-piece rhythm section, two back-up singers and a three-piece horn section. Show time is 8 p.m. The Bassment.

Tickets - $17 for SJS members, $22 for non-members. ***** Station Singers presents Sing We Now of Christmas, directed by Ben Pauls, accompanied by Sharryl Riekman and featuring Prairie Virtuosi, 7:30 p.m. at Station Arts Centre, Rosthern. Tickets available at the Station Arts Centre (306) 232-5332 or from choir members. Prices: adults $20, students $10, children 12 and under $5.

7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460.

EVERY FRIDAY A Chance To Dance! Kids Have Left Home!

Learn To Dance! Waltz, Two Step, Fox Trot, Rumba, etc. Friday nights at 7 p.m. Class starting Jan. 8 to Apr. 8 Albert Community Centre, 610 Clarence Ave. S. (south door, elevator to second floor). Choreographed Ballroom Dancing. Karousels Dance Club.

Contact Ruby at 306-290-5486.

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, 306664-3331.

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 306-343-0256 or Hilda Epp at 306-382-2446.

St. West) have bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. The club is campaigning for new members who are 55+. Memberships are $5 per year with discounts included. For more info, call 306-384-4644 or 306-716-0204. ***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail. com.

FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAYS OF THE MONTH The Lions Club will be holding Texas Hold ‘em Tournaments. $60 buy-in gets $10,000 in chips, $40 goes to the cash prize pool.

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.

FIRST SATURDAY 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 refreshTHURSDAYS, FRIDAYS, ments, entertainment and information. First SATURDAYS Country Farms Marketplace at Confederation Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre.

Mall. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until December 19.

December 21- 24, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Indoor EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH Marketplace located across from Urban TUESDAY Planet The Marketplace features home The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club holds cooked lunches, desserts, farmers’ sausage, dances at All Saints Anglican Church, cabbage rolls, squares, pies, preserves and 1801 Lorne Avenue, from October until other amazing food as well as hand crafted April. The first dance is on Oct. 13. We items and home based business vendors dance to old time music from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with beginner instruction durEVERY TUESDAY JANUARY 8 ing the first hour. Beginners are welcome.

Gustin House presents Philip Chiu, pianist,at Magic City Chorus (women’s 4 part a For further information call 306- 382cappella harmony) rehearsals are held 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian 5107. on Tuesday evenings at St. Paul’s United Church (436 Spadina Crescent). Tickets: Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at 7 FIRST MONDAY $35 regular, $30 student: McNally Robinson, OF EVERY MONTH p.m. New members welcome! Check out Yamaha Piano, Gustin Committee, or at the magiccitychorus.ca for more information.

Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings door. The pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. will Contact y.jaspar@shaw.ca. at 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. be given by Philip Chiu. ***** Meetings are held on the first Monday of the JANUARY 9 Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & Intermonth except when there is a holiday. If so, Amati Quartet: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Knox national Bazaar and Bistro, located in the meetings are on the second Monday.

United Church. Guest artist: Heather Wilson basement of Grace-Westminster United **** – viola. Haydn - String Quartet in B minor, Church, located at 505 10th Street East. 11 University Non-Academic Retirees AsOp. 64, No. 2, Mozart - String Quintet in G sociation meets for coffee at 10:30 a.m. at a.m. - 6 p.m. minor, K.516, Glass - String Quartet No. 2, Smitty’s in Market Mall. All former support ***** ‘Company.’ www.amatiquartet.usask.ca. For Spirit of the West 616550 Toastmasters staff who have retired from the U of S are tickets, call 306-384-7727. invited to attend.

Club. Come and have some fun and learn speaking and leadership skills. The club FIRST TUESDAY meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the OF EVERY MONTH Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support Company. Follow the red fence on south side JANUARY 8-APRIL 8 group for individuals who have lost a loved of building through the gate up the stairs A Chance To Dance! Kids Have Left Home! one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards into the building.

Learn To Dance! Waltz, Two Step, Fox Trot, Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 Rumba, etc. Friday nights at 7:00 p.m. Class LAST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. starting Jan. 8 to Apr. 8 Albert Community For more information, email leftbehind@ Dizziness and Balance Support Group will Centre, 610 Clarence Ave. S. (south door, sasktel.net. meet from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at LifeMark elevator to second floor). Choreographed Health Centre, 3907 Eighth St. East. Anyone ***** Ballroom Dancing. Karousels Dance Club.

FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with a dizziness/vertigo/balance condition Contact Ruby at 306-290-5486. with Mental Illness meetings will run from is welcome to attend. There is no cost to 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards attend. There will be an educational topic JANUARY 11-APRIL 16 Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North presented and an opportunity to learn from MODERN SQUARE DANCE BEGINNER (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved each other.

For more info, call Rae Ann at CLASS - Begins Jan 11/16 and continues one or friend with a mental illness and you 306-652-5151 or email raeann.erickson@ to Apr/16 at All Saints Anglican Church Hall, need understanding support, contact Carol lifemark.ca.

There will be no meeting in 1801 Lorne Ave., Saskatoon. 8:00 - 10 PM. at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, December.

Info - Eldon (306) 253-4453. “Dance for the Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@ health of it”.

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Prairie Sky Farmer’s Market is open every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is located at St. Paul›s United Church in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone or text Kathy at 306-222-2740. ***** SCOOTERS - A drop-in indoor playgroup for children ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivers. Thursdays from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church. $40/family/ year, or a suggested drop-in fee of $2/child or $5/family. For more information, email scooters@ebap.ca, visit www.emmanuelbaptist.ca/scooters, or check out (www. facebook.com/scootersebc). ***** Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. 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

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Schizophrenia Society of Saskatoon Family Support Group will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North. The group is attended entirely by family members and friends of people living with schizophrenia and related disorders. For more information contact, email: ssswellness4u@gmail.com or call 306-374-2224

EVERY WEDNESDAY Depression Support Group runs on the first and third Wednesday of each month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 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 Marilyn at 306-270-9181 or email mle2003_2@yahoo.com. ***** Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Brunch, Movie Nites, and more.Meet new friends.

No membership dues. For more information email: allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone (306) 978-0813. ***** St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th

FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other reasons.

The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306343-5322.

SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Renters of Saskatoon and area meet. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. St Thomas Wesley United Church, Lower Hall (808 20th St. West).

ROSA supports renters and shares information to work towards better, affordable, and safe rental housing for all. Child-minding available. Ring doorbell for elevator access.

For further information contact: 306-6576100, or email renters@classiclaw.ca.

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

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THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information call Murray Hill at 306-242-5893 or email murraydhill@ me.com.

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

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The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email to saskatoonnewcomersclub@gmail.com. ***** Saskatoon Mood Disorder Support Group The Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health problem meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Al at 306716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.

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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Shelby Mustang

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Best of the best Stocking stuffers from our auto reviewers, Jim Kerr and Charles Renny

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hat if you could treat yourself to a new vehicle this Christmas, or surprise a loved one with his or her dream vehicle? What would it be?

A truck? A sports car? Maybe something for the whole family? It is difficult to pick just one that is everyone’s perfect vehicle, so here are some of our choices.

can actually go past a gas pump — even if I’m driving. And, top it off, I really like the design, the interior and the size of grin it can put on my face when I want to go out and play.

Jim: If there were no limitations, a Ferrari 488, Porsche 911 Turbo or a Maclaren P1 could be a nice find under the tree, but at a fraction of the price you could buy both a new Corvette Stingray and a Shelby Mustang GT350. The Corvette offers exotic car performance, styling to drool over and a comfortable ride, but my wish would be for the Shelby Mustang. There are some cars that history will remember and the Shelby GT350 will undoubtedly be one of them. With 525 horsepower from a flat-crank 5.2 litre, it is the sound as much as the acceleration that will cause your heart to race and blood pressure to spike. Everyone seems to have a Mustang memory and the Shelby GT350, especially the R model, is the ultimate Mustang. Make mine yellow!

Sport Utility Vehicles Jim: This is a huge category. From luxury Range Rovers to the compact Kia Sorento, there is something for everyone. My finalists include the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Volvo XC90 and the Porsche Macan S. All are extremely capable, but my winner would be the Subaru Outback.

It may not be as luxurious as the Volvo, as roomy as the Grand Cherokee or as sporty as the Macan S, but the Outback is simply fun to drive and provides excellent traction on all road surfaces. The stability control system lets you slide a little on gravel roads or snow, but never enough to get you in trouble, and it has room for all your camping gear and the family. Practical but fun makes the Outback my choice.

Charles: This is no time to be practical, even if it can be fun! My choice in this class is the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Part of the reason is that it has a wide range of options that do not affect its driveability. If your off-roading consists of driving up your driveway, then there is a Grand Cherokee for you. If you have a family and like luxury, there is a Jeep Grand Cherokee for you.

However, the one that I want under my Christmas tree is Trucks the V8, trail-rated, luxury-trimmed Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Jim: This category is the most difficult for me. There Also, the idea of having a champagne-filled picnic on a are so many configurations and all the trucks on the mountaintop can be a reality. market are very capable. The most popular configuration is a crew cab short box and that would be my choice, Sports Car but what model? The Ford F150 aluminum body gives Charles: When price is no limit, your imagination this truck the advantage of nimbleness and handling, and can run wild. Super cars and hyper cars are great to dream the Chevy Silverado has great seats and ride, while the about, but for the cost of a hyper car brake job, I can alGMC Canyon with its new diesel engine is so capable. most pay for a couple sports cars that do what I want. The The Toyota Tundra is all truck, but my choice is the RAM one I want under my tree will come as a surprise to those Laramie that know me. I want a Corvette. No, not the race car- like 1500 with the 3.0-litre ecodiesel V6 engine and air Z/06, but the Z51 Stingray convertible. I will even take suspension. Great styling inside and out, a great ride and the eight-speed paddle-shifted automatic because this is a a very quiet, strong and economical engine make this my comfortable, if not luxurious, V8 powered, drop top that pick.

2016 Grand Cherokee Charles: Jim stole my pick! The Ram 1500 ecodiesel may be a bit light in the towing department with a tow rating of 10,000 pounds, but the chances are I would never have to tow anything that heavy. At Canadian Truck King Challenge, we loaded the Ram to 50 per cent of its towing capacity and went for a drive. It was almost as if the trailer wasn’t there. For me, this Italian built 3.0-litre diesel is just about bulletproof and has enough power to keep anyone happy. I agree with Jim on the great ride, great styling and the air-ride suspension. My Ram would differ in that I would spend the cash for the Longhorn trim. One point I would add is that at Canadian Truck King Challenge, at 50 per cent load the Ram had the best fuel economy over the test loop by a large margin while the unloaded loop showed it to still be on top although it was much closer.

Family Cars Charles: When it comes to family cars, let me tell you my wife and I raised two boys without having a need to buy a van, truck or SUV. Family car it was. This is a huge market in Canada, ranging from compact to full-sized vehicles with pricing from entry level to luxury. Since this is a Christmas wish list, I’m going to pass on the Malibu and Impala (two I really like) in favour of the BMW 335i with x-drive. In our house, all-wheel drive (AWD) is a necessity as are winter tires.

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2016 Honda Civic Sedan

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t is hard to imagine that the Honda Civic has been around for 43 years and is now in its 10th generation of design. The all-new 2016 Civic retains the economy,

nimble feeling of the very first generation but this car has matured well and is the best Civic ever produced.

Assembled in Alliston, Ont., the Canadian assembly plant is the lead plant worldwide for all Civic production. Both sedan and coupe models are available and the Touring Sedan we put through the paces is an impressive vehicle.

There are seven trim levels for the Civic, starting with the Honda DX sedan with a new 2.0-litre 158 horsepower engine and six-speed manual transmission.

Base price is $15,990. Only the top two trim levels get the 1.5-litre turbocharged engine with 174 horsepower and we tested the top-of-the-line Touring sedan which comes with features you wouldn’t believe in a $26,990 car.

In safety features alone, the Civic Touring sedan includes collision mitigation braking system, forward collision warning, lane departure warning, road departure mitigation, adaptive cruise control, a lane-keeping assist system, ABS and stability assist and Honda’s Lanewatch blind-spot display camera, which is a feature I absolutely love. The centre dash display shows the passenger outside image when making a lane change and once you have tired it, you will want it on every vehicle.

Some of the other safety systems are more difficult to test in a safe manner, but I was able to try out the forward collision warning — it lights up a bright BRAKE message on the dash in case you were daydreaming. The collision mitigation braking will automatically apply the brakes to reduce the impact if you don’t react! The lane-keeping assist applies gentle pressure on the steering wheel to “guide” you in your lane.

The Touring sedan is also loaded with comfort features. Automatic dual zone climate control and heated seats front and rear keep you comfortable. A single button below the navigation/audio display brings up the full climate control display for manual adjustment. Press the button again and you are back to the audio or navigation screens.

I like the small dimming button on top of the display rather than having to go into the screen menu as you do on most other vehicles. The remote start warmed the vehicle on frosty mornings and proximity key entry with push button starting allows you to keep the key in your purse or pocket all the time.

Eight-way power driver’s seat and four-way power passenger front seat were comfortable, but my large body (95th percentile) didn’t fit the car. There was ample headroom, but I couldn’t adjust the seats back far enough to get really comfortable leg room. For most this isn’t a problem.

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The other system is found on Infiniti vehicles. That front-sensing collision system Infiniti uses can actually pick up the car that is in front of the one in front of you, thus doubling the time available to you to slow down or have the car prepare for an accident. This technology is a simple concept, but difficult to make work. Basically, distance sensing is a form of radar.

Engineers at Infiniti figured out that they could bounce a signal off the ground underneath the car in front at such an angle that it would pick up any problems with the car in front of the one in front. Sound simple doesn’t it? It’s not, but it does work well.

In everything, there is always an honourable mention. For me, that isn’t an individual item but the whole vehicle. In this case that would be any of the Subaru PZEV vehicles with AWD. Subaru is pretty much the only manufacturer that has a partially zero-emissions vehicle on the market (the PZEV means the pollutions emitted are so low that they are almost the same as an electric vehicle). In addition, the AWD system is one of the best on the market.

Technology Jim: There are so many amazing Charles: Technology seems to come technologies built into modern cars, from from two camps. Either it enhances driving hybrids to cars that can drive themselves. or it acts like a nanny, making you behave I love Honda’s LaneWatch™ that uses a when you don’t want to. Self-driving cars passenger-side mirror camera to show a are made up of many individual techniwide outside view on the dash display, and cal items that are available today. I am Ford’s park assist makes parallel parking a pretty sure I don’t want to be around when breeze even in the tightest spaces. Collithey are combined and render the driver sion avoidance systems are found on many to a footnote. Until that day, I have two vehicles, but my choice of technology is favourite technologies that I would actutied to my love of music. The new Lincoln ally pay for if they were options. First up MKZ sedan showcased at the Los Angeles is Honda’s LaneWatch ™ system which Auto Show features a superb Revel Suris basically a calibrated camera under the round Sound audio system that makes you right side mirror that lets you see the full feel like you are sitting centre stage and (Continued from pagr 15) n addition, I have to admit a bias since my first after-hours job in high school was doing tires and cleaning up at a BMW dealer. The three series provides plenty of room for baby seats in the rear, comfortable seats for those up front, styling that looks good on a race track or waiting in front of Persephone Theatre.

The four powertrain modes let you enjoy the performance that you feel like having at the moment. Fuel economy does vary with the mode chosen as does the size of grin on my face.

Jim: Another tough category with so many quality vehicles. Some of my favourites are the Hyundai Sonata, BMW’s 4-series Grand Coupe, the Ford Fusion and the Chevrolet Malibu, but my choices are narrowed down to two: The Mercedes Benz C-Class sedan and the Mazda 6. The Mazda is more economical and sporty, but the C-Class sedan is a great ride and loaded with features including 4Matic all-wheel drive. I am going to take the easy way out and call it a tie. Finding either one in the driveway would make me and my family happy.

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2016 Ram 1500 Laramie wthey are playing just for you. It sounds so good I could put the car in the living room just so I could enjoy the music all the time.

Finally, I couldn’t leave without an honourable mention. The Lexus RC350 AWD has sporty looks, a great driver’s cockpit and superb traction on the slipperiest of roads. It is truly fun vehicle to drive.

Those are the Christmas picks from

Saskatoon’s automotive journalists and car nuts. Your list may be quite different from ours, but that is what liking cars is all about -- getting different things to go under the tree.

(Charles Renny is the past president of the Automobile Journalist’s Association of Canada (AJAC). Jim Kerr is on the technology committee for the AJAC.)

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The new 1.5-litre engine is the first Honda turbocharged engine in a Civic. It may be small, but it is mighty. The car instantly accelerates, with no hesitation or lag, and if the pavement isn’t completely dry when

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Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Example: $25,000 purchase financed at 0% APR for 48/ 60/ 72/ 84 months, monthly payment is $520.84/ $416.67/ $347.22/ $297.62, cost of borrowing is $0 or APR of 0% and total to be repaid is $25,000. Down payment on purchase financing offers may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit Canada Limited. ^ Until January 4, 2016, lease a new [2016/2016/2015] Ford [Escape S FWD 2.5L/Escape S 4WD 2.5L/Focus SE with Automatic Transmission] for up to 60 months and get [0.99%/0.99%/1.99%] APR on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Lease [Escape S FWD 2.5L/Escape S 4WD 2.5L/Focus SE with Automatic Transmission] with a value of [$25,549/$28,549/$20,814] (after $2,000 down payment or equivalent trade in and including freight and air tax charges of [$1,790/$1,790/$1,665]) at [0.99%/0.99%/1.99%] APR for up to 60 months with an optional buyout of [$9,356.04/$10436.04/$7,297.62], monthly payment is [$250/$284/$214] (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of [$115/$131/$99]), total lease obligation is [$17,000/$19,040/$14,840], interest cost of leasing is [$807.04/$927.04/$1,323.62] or [0.99%/0.99%/1.99%] APR. Additional payments required for PPSA, registration, security deposit, NSF fees (where applicable), excess wear and tear, and late fees. 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