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Kings of the Hill Brothers work to create new winter playground

Anthony and Nathan Thoen have been snowboarding since they were youngsters in Prince Albert (Photo by Curtis Matwishyn)

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ptimist Hill at Diefenbaker Park is all about children.

That, quite simply, is what motivated Anthony Thoen and his brother, Nathan, to lend their time and names to the project.

“The bottom line is this project is about getting kids to go play outside,” Anthony Thoen said. “Today there are so many distractions, whether it be smart phones or the Internet, so it is easy when it is minus 20 outside for kids just to sit inside and play on the computer. It’s important for kids to get outside and to play with one another and enjoy the outdoors. That is what this campaign is all about.”

Thoen is speaking from both the heart and from experience.

When he was a little gaffer in Prince Albert, he spent hours upon hours at Little

Red River Park, just north of the city.

Thoen, who turned 26 last month, said he learned life lessons on that tiny hill.

“At Little Red, the older snowboarders were helping the young snowboarders, showing them the way. That kind of interaction will build soft skills for kids that will take them a long way in life. It’s not math and it’s not English, it’s learning how to take turns, learning how to share the hill, learning how to encourage each other, things like that. I think this hill is going to be a beacon for that kind of encouragement. It is going to pull the community tighter together.”

In most ways, everything he has done in life is linked to his time on a board.

“It played a big role in what I do. The first job I had was teaching snowboard lessons at the hill (at age 12). I was teaching snowboard lessons to younger kids and kids my age.”

His next job was working in a snow-

board shop in Prince Albert. Now there’s a surprise. Along the way he kept teaching and started competing. He used to race on Saskatchewan hills against Regina’s Mark McMorris, now one of the top boarders in the world.

Thoen shot two full-length snowboard videos featuring Saskatchewan riders and riders across Western Canada. Those led to his current job at an advertising agency.

“My love for snowboarding has just evolved. Through that, I got experience in design and videography and graphic design. It really stemmed out of snowboarding — making snowboard videos to putting together creative projects with friends.

It all stemmed from this small snowboard hill north of Prince Albert where I spent my evenings and weekends, probably four or five nights a week during the winters.

“A lot of the friendships I made there I have carried with me and they are still some of my best friends today. I have

tonnes of great memories growing up there.”

He would like to help create those memories and friendships for Saskatoon children. He and Nathan got on board, not long after Nathan received an email pertaining to a market research survey.

The survey asked whether he would use a tube hill/snowboard hill if Saskatoon had one. The research was being done at the University of Saskatchewan on behalf of the Optimist Club.

Nathan emailed back and said he and Anthony would be all in should the project proceed and if members of the Optimist Club wanted their help.

“This is something me and my brother had been talking about for years, prior to hearing about the Optimist Hill campaign,” Thoen said. “We talked about how much Saskatoon really needs a snowboard hill.”

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Curling against Sammy was memorable

ne of the reasons I community for the Saskatoon started to curl was StarPhoenix. It ain’t necessarily because I got to watch a pretty face, but it’s a face. the Richardsons at the height Beep has been out of the of their greatness. I was renewspaper game for several ally young, but remember years now, taking life easier the thrill of watching them and spending a good chunk of in a provincial final. When I his time at his cottage. close my eyes, I can rememA couple of weeks ago, I ber where I was sitting, their heard Beep is now the mayor sweaters and the sound of of Mistusinne Village on Lake their brooms sweeping in Diefenbaker. He’s Your Worperfect harmony. ship. That does not have a ring Editor In the 1970s, I had the to it. Neither does Mayor Beep honour of twice playing against Sam for that matter.

Richardson, who was in his early 40s I can think of no circumstance under and skipping a team at that time. One of which I would consider voting for Beep. those games was at a bonspiel in Melfort I would vote for Donald Trump or Sarah and the other was at an event in Calgary. Palin or even Jim Pankiw before I would I will always remember the thrill of the vote for him. game in Melfort when I was skipping a Of course, we jest. Beep, or should I team and got to stand in the house with say Mayor Beep, is one of the good ones. him.

It was a pleasure working closely with “We’re playing Sam Richardson. him for more than 20 years at the SP. I OMG, it’s Sam Richardson.” No one miss the laughs he, Jens Nielsen, Dick used OMG back then, but you get the Marjan, Murray Hill and I had. point. ***** To spend three hours chatting and We love to highlight the work nontrading shots with one of your heroes profits are doing in our community. These was, as people much younger than me people and organizations are our unsung say, epic. And the man was everything I heroes. They do incredible work, yet thought he would be. Heroes sometimes don’t ask for much in return — a smile disappoint, but not Sam Richardson. and a thank you are always appreciated.

Sam Richardson died a couple of week I had the pleasure of meeting Mary ago at age 82. I will always cherish those Castillo a month or so ago. Mary is the hours I spent on a sheet of ice with him. local representative of a non-profit called He was that memorable. the Credit Counselling Society. The orga***** nization has been in existence since 1996, Many Saskatonians know Craig but only found its way to Saskatoon Peterson. Most of those know him as about 15 months ago.

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Expansion means more happy faces and high-fives

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he joyful expressions on the faces of Sharlene Duquette, Randine Graf, Denise Young and Brent Rempel really tell the story of the inner workings and the happy environment which exist at Cosmopolitan Industries Inc. in Saskatoon.

Cosmo provides vocational work, non-vocational activities and a support system for adults with intellectual disabilities. The goal is for all participants to achieve maximum potential by allowing them to control and direct their own lives, make decisions, take responsibility for their actions and learn through success and failure.

The site on Alberta Avenue is jumping with the presence of 377 program participants and 160 staff People members.

“We fondly remember the founders from 45 years ago who were resilient, persistent and dedicated,” said Duquette, a long-time employee who became executive director in April 2015. “We don’t want to lose sight of why we run a great program.”

“Parents tell me what they think are the vital to the heart of our programs,” said Graf, the project manager. “They take pride in their children, their sense of belonging in the community, the ways they can join the purposeful activities and build the socialization and the relationships. They are impressed with the long-term support. They also appreciate a legacy of the ability to be creative.”

Young, the program director, says the success is due to a “welcoming environment in which we face their challenges, find ways to support each one, and I get the impression from the participants they are very proud to be included in the Cosmo family.”

Rempel, who joined the board in 2009 and is currently its president, says he likes Cosmo’s “multi-faceted approach, which mixes some business flair to the social enterprise, and I really get to share in the compassion displayed by the participants. It is my way of giving back. I have never regretted the moment that Howard Stensrud tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to join the board of directors.”

The company has been in existence under the Cosmo banner since 1972, when its founders recognized Saskatoon’s Cosmopolitan Club and the financial support it gave to delivering what was once the Smith-Roles building. By 1983, the need for an adjoining building, then occupied by GWG on 34th Street, was realized and the grand opening took place in July of that year.

From the small beginnings came ever-changing programs and vocational activities. There was a time when there were more than 400 participants.

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Brent Rempel is chair of the Cosmo board, while Sharlene Duquette is the organization’s executive director (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Changes have occurred.

Cosmo started to make an impact on recycling in 1976, and soon had 210 bins at 100 sites in Saskatoon where newspapers were collected. The newspapers were shredded and converted into apple cartons and egg cartons by a company in Swift Current. Cardboard was returned to North American mills.

By 2011, Cosmo lost its place as a dominant player and the recycling bins were eliminated by the City of Saskatoon.

By 2012, Loraas Disposal Services was awarded a city contract for curbside recycling for single homes. Cosmo, which had lost out in the bidding process for single homes, won a contract to provide recycling for multi-units. Today, it services 34,000 units on 900 properties.

Cosmo Golf Canada was born in 1985, a move suggested by sporting goods entrepreneur Al Anderson. First it was an assembly line for shafts, heads, grips and other parts of the golf clubs. Later, the Saskatoon enterprise began designing some of its own parts. There was a time in 2003 when Cosmo golf produced 250,000 clubs a year. Once Asian nations began supplying the finished golf products to American companies, Cosmo Golf was no longer in an economic position to compete.

From the time each morning that 22 busloads of participants arrive on the Cosmo scene, the place is a beehive of activity. There is still the recycling production line. But there is a variety of positons, including mail management, cleaning plant pots, packaging lights and painting gas meters.

Most of the work is done within the Cosmo complex, but there can be as many as 77 workers outside the building each day to assist in busing tables, shredding paper, doing janitorial work or restocking the shelves in stores.

Cosmo took a big step just two weeks ago when it entered a partnership with the Saskatchewan government to hire up to 14 participants for work in two satellite stations — one at Market Mall and one on Arlington Avenue. The

two locations will serve as sites for community programs and expanded opportunities for training in business, work and employment situations and adapting to a variety of other skills.

By opening up the new positions, Cosmo lifted a freeze on admissions, something which dated back to April 2014, because there were issues with crowding, congestion and safety within the main building.

The Saskatchewan government provided $386,329, to help with Cosmo’s expansion and diversification.

“We want to see the satellites become successful,” said Rempel, “so we can accept more participants into our programs. The need to supply employment for the participants will never go away.”

“Our participants are thrilled and excited each day they come to work,” Duquette added. “One of them once asked me why they couldn’t come here six days a week.”

Young says Cosmo works closely with high schools, providing some work experiences “so they get to feel comfortable in a workplace, and we usually start admitting new participants when they reach the age of 22.”

There is no limit on how long participants can stay. There is a focus on programming for individuals who are elderly or experiencing early dementia. Attendance for seniors can be on a full-time, part-time or drop-in basis. A partnership has been formed with the nearby St. Michael’s elementary school, allowing seniors to visit the school and enjoy speakers and presentations.

“It’s not hard to enjoy life in this organization” said Graf, noting the building is constantly being renovated to accommodate the changing needs of its participants.

“When you step inside these doors in the morning, it is all about the smiles and chuckles and you can’t help but feel better immediately,” said Graf.

Young added: “Where else can you get hundreds of highfives in a day?”

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Size of the hill will be increased

(Continued from page 1) e and Nathan have improvised to do their boarding after moving here. They would move snow around to set up their own freestyle features. Hills, parks, it didn’t matter. They snowboarded down hand rails. Two of those hand rails have been removed.

The project at Diefenbaker Park has a budget of $5.5 million. So far about $650,000 has been raised.

“We anticipate a large number of corporations and individuals to financially support the project to make it a reality,” Thoen said. “It’s a big sum of money, but there have been a tonne of great projects that have already happened in the city, so we are hopeful and anticipate a lot of different organizations to come on board and make it a reality. That’s as much as I can say at this point.”

Thoen said the first step will be making the hill taller and longer. He said a more mellow incline will give people a longer ride.

He said dirt could start moving this spring.

“Optimist Hill will be a multi-use recreation facility with snowboarding and tubing and a chalet on there and lifts and a

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snow cat and you name it.”

Mayor Don Atchison is impressed with what the Optimist Club is doing to enhance life in Saskatoon.

“This is another prime example of community involvement, and how our city is so special. They aren’t just waiting for someone else to do it,” Atchison said. “That is why we have to get behind projects like this and say thank you to our volunteers and to our service clubs — regardless of which one it is — for all the fantastic work they do in Saskatoon.

“I believe if we are a true winter city, this is a real game changer.”

Thoen agrees.

“I think this is such a great facility when it comes around. There is going to be a place for all these winter activities to flourish and be a hub of activities through the winter. With the (Traffic) bridge going down, you could see how many people came out even in really cold weather in Saskatoon if there are things going on and activities are in place.

“I think we are overdue for Saskatoon to have a place like this.”

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Hotel firm announces action at Parcel Y Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express t was a Quebec City hotel firm that finally announced action on Parcel Y in Saskatoon.

Groupe Germain is a family-run company that owns and operates “no-frillschic” Alt Hotels and Le Germain Hotels in Canada. In a Jan. 27 news release, Groupe Germain said it would add an Alt Hotel “to the dynamic River Landing area of Saskatoon” in 2018.

Groupe Germain is the fourth partner in the group building a hotel and condo development on a piece of prime Saskatoon river-front land.

The company joins the Nasser family’s Victory Majors Investments Corp. of Saskatoon, Greystone Managed Investments Inc. and Triovest in building a 15-storey hotel and spa. Triovest will be the leasing and development manager for the project.

Construction is expected to begin this year on the parkade for the hotel and the condo tower.

Mayor Don Atchison said River Landing is “all coming together” and that the announcement was great news for the citizens of Saskatoon.

He pointed out that it’s a major project that doesn’t happen quickly. Parcel Y has had two previous development firms back out, including Ellen Remai and Michael Lobsinger’s Placid Developments.

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“I can hardly wait for us to get through the procedural things and get shovels in the ground,” he said on CBC. The hotel will be built northeast of the corner of Spadina Cres. East and Second Avenue, near the roundabout. It will have 155 guest rooms, all of them with views of the river, as well as 4,000 square feet of meeting space, a fitness centre and space for a restaurant.

The condo building also planned for the site will be built closer to the river, although its height and size are yet to be determined. Two other buildings will provide office and commercial space.

Groupe Germain is expanding in Western Canada. Co-president Jean-Yves Germain said the new Alt Hotel is the company’s third in Western Canada. A hotel opened in Winnipeg in 2015, and another will open in Calgary in 2017.

Greystone’s Ted Welter, managing director, real estate and mortgages, said his firm is excited to see the development become a reality.

“It’s a tremendous step forward in what we believe is one of the more important land developments in Saskatchewan,” he said in a release. “Based on pre-leasing interest and momentum, particularly in office space, we look forward to the execution of the future phases of this development over the coming months.”

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majority of counselling is free.

“Our goal is to make our services available to everyone who needs them,” she said. “Most of the work that I do is free of charge and would include support with money management, education on how to build credit, giving advice on how to deal with creditors, helping clients to plan ahead to stay out of debt and helping clients to eat down their debts.

“Many times people just need an outside perspective on how to change their spending habits, and I am here to bounce ideas off of. Some people are overwhelmed and don’t know where to begin with tackling their financial issues. I can help them develop a game plan.”

She said the job is “hugely” satisfying.

“People come in here and they are stressed out, they are sweating, sometimes they are crying, they are shaking... it is overwhelming for them and it takes a lot of guts to come into an office like this.”

On the other side, she has also seen people cry when they discover their situaMary Castillo is a credit counsellor for the Credit Counselling Society tion isn’t insurmountable.

(Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) “They are so grateful to have answers, and they can know everything is going to be OK. It is like being in an ocean and the water is way above your head and all of a sudden you find a spot where you can come out and you can breathe again. It’s really amazing.”

Cam Hutchinson to resolve situations quickly and with as She said success stories are rewarding.

Saskatoon Express little stress as possible, according to its “I get choked up because you see the f there is something better than a dream website — nomoredebts.org. change in people and how much they can job, Mary Castillo might have it.

Castillo feels blessed to have a job that change themselves. Everything is fixable.

Castillo is a credit counsellor for a combines her background in the financial Sometimes it is a little harder work than non-profit agency that helps people deal industry with her love for helping people. with other things. It is really amazing to with debt when it is beyond their means.

“When I went to school years ago, see how they can come out of it.”

Credit Counselling Society has had an this was my dream. This is what I wanted Castillo says many of her current office in Saskatoon for slightly more than with my career,” she said. clients are people who lost jobs in the a year and has won a Consumer Choice Castillo was born and raised in Saska- oil industry. She said she can help them award. toon, left for 10 years and is happy to be develop a plan.

The service, which was founded in home. There is no place she would rather “No. 1 is how do they protect them1996, helps people resolve their debt and be, she said. selves? When you lose your job, you have money management problems. CounselWhen it comes to the service, Castillo no money coming in. It is really hard to SS020101 James JW020102 lors work withJames clients and their creditors points out, appointments and the vast know what to pay first, what to do next,

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how to make it through — so giving them guidelines on how to survive.”

Examples of that would be deferring mortgage payments and using resources available for necessities such as food.

“And then helping them deal with their creditors. What can they say to their creditors when they are out of a job? How can they handle things a little bit differently, so they are not completely stressed out?

“That’s the thing I like most about it, because when people are there and they are in that hopeless state just to give them a little bit of hope and give them something to grab onto. It’s a pretty amazing feeling to do that.”

The non-profit is funded through donations. The largest donors are creditors that have been paid back. She said it is in their best interest to keep the service functioning. There are minimal administrative fees from clients when the service is working as a mediator.

“And that’s only for doing paperwork or transactions,” Castillo said.

She said clients can eventually obtain such things as mortgages and car loans.

“We can always write a letter of reference for you and you can still get a car loan, but the biggest key for us is, ‘Does it fit into your spending plan?’ If you’re in a program with us, your (interest) rate may not be as good as you would get if your credit score was super high, but it’s not off the table.”

Castillo said she lives by the company’s mission statement: We Help, We Educate and We Give Hope.

“The influence of these words played a major role in the reason I wanted to work for this organization and now allows me to fulfil my dreams and purpose in life.”

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Winter is making me Grumpy

ometime in the middle It came to light a couple of of January I start to weeks ago that these things feel very SAD. are still Really Not Working.

Actually, I don’t think There was a long period of I have seasonal affective bringing them on-stream; now disorder, specifically. I just we learn that the solar panels think winter is poopy. I want are covered with snow in the to wear sandals, go to the winter, which obviously conlake, have a glass of very strains the power issue, and cold, very dry white wine on that the little coin flaps freeze the deck. I want to wear one shut. Good grief. layer of clothing. I want to But they don’t work even Columnist open the windows. Is this too when it’s warm and sunny. much to ask?

Since September, I’ve lost at We can Winterrupt or WinterShine least $30 inserting coins into the slots. or Winterwhoopdeedoo until the cows The money, much too often, just doesn’t come home, but it’s still winter, and even register. I’m also always in a hurry, and in a nice, warm year, it’s . . . still winter. don’t always have tons of change . . . but When it gets too warm, like it did that’s not the point. The point is that the last week, the streets run with water and coin acceptance system is busted. slosh with slush. My previously shiny I can hear the city say, just call the white car is now covered in muck, and I help number. Sure. They’re going to can barely see out the windows. All I can believe me when I say I just put a toonie hear is dripping . . . hope it’s outside. in the slot? They may also tell me to use It makes me grumpy, and occasionally my credit card. What if I don’t want to sneezy and sleepy. Bashful, not so much. use my credit card for this purpose?

There are a few other things grumpI want my money back. ing me out.

No. 3. Netflix. Generally, I like No. 1. Denis Coderre. The Montreal Netflix. We just got it recently, and are mayor seems to think that just because enjoying a few of the shows that we his region has oil refining, he can slam can’t get elsewhere. (Have you watched the door on a pipeline taking western oil Longmire? Those characters are so real, to Eastern Canada. It might leak, he of- they’re showing up in my dreams. Not fers as reasoning. sure if that’s good or bad, but it’s a great It makes me really wonder where he show.) was when oil tankers exploded the town But actually finding the Netflix show of Lac-Megantic. Did he conveniently you want is a pain in the neck. It’s not forget that this entire community was very searchable, and it’s wasting my utterly devastated by unpipelined oil, just precious watching time. If I am missing two and a half years ago? something, someone, please tell me. My Reasonably, our premier and Calteeth can’t take too much more grindgary’s mayor jumped all over him. Who ing. is Coderre to make decisions about Having gotten that off my chest . . . I Canadian energy projects, they asked? must say I have noticed that the sun rises Better yet, it looks like Prime Minister earlier, sets later, and some days, even Justin Trudeau, barely off the plane from shines brightly. Reading this over, I feel Davos, Switzerland, made it a big prior- like Alan Sherman singing his novelty ity to have a little meeting with Coderre. song, Camp Granada. What a whiner.

At least cooler economic heads are In a few weeks, I’ll be singing (with getting into the conversation, and he’s apologies to Sherman): backed off somewhat.

Wait a minute, it stopped snowing; But I’m still grumpy at him. He’s Buds are bursting, lawns are mowing! dopey.

We are sipping icy lager, No. 2. Parking Stations. I’m having Dearest reader kindly disregard this fits about this. letter.

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Italian menu appeals to Alla Famiglia at Little Grouse Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express magine yourself at a table somewhere in Italy, with family and friends, passing pasta and meat dishes, talking and laughing.

Later this month, you won’t have to come up with the airfare to enjoy the experience.

A new restaurant, brought to you by the team behind Ayden, will recreate the “alla famiglia” (all in the family) feel of Italian dining.

Little Grouse on the Prairie, slated to open at the end of February, is a venture of Dale MacKay, the founder of Ayden, Christopher Cho, Nathan Guggenheimer, Erick Strong and Jesse Zuber. The latter two are moving over to Little Grouse, with Zuber as head chef.

“I have a vision in the summertime of the doors being flung wide open, being able to hear what’s going on in the restaurant . . . creating a sense of excitement,” said Zuber in a recent interview. With an intimate 36 seats, he thinks it’s quite achievable to generate that excitement, as people wait for tables.

Zuber, who has been working with MacKay for nine years, has training in northern Italian cuisine, and also has a wide understanding of the country’s foods and cookery.

“Italian cuisine is very regional,” said Zuber. “Wars have been fought over who created this loaf of bread. Honouring the regionality of a dish is very important.

“Italian cuisine is always firmly rooted in the traditional preparation of a dish, and the Italians fear change. They don’t like to change anything. If you alter one ingredient, it’s a no go,” he said.

“So if you change AS020115 Aaronanything, it has to be termed modern Italian.”

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Zuber’s view of modern Italian, interpreted for the Saskatoon market, is creating “a more approachable version” of some traditional Italian dishes. Some classic pairings in Italian cuisine aren’t entirely applicable to the North American palate, he said.

“Traditional Italian dinners, when you order a piece of meat, it’s just a piece of meat. Then you have to order all the sides.

“So, we’re still going to make a composed dish, but it won’t be quite as composed as Ayden. It will be a middle ground between classic Italian . . . and full French composition plates.”

The food will be simple in its presentation but traditional in its flavours.

“We’ll be borrowing from all across Italy,” said Zuber.

“Mediterranean flavours lend themselves better to the summer months, and northern dishes, being closer to the mountains, lend themselves to winter menus. We’re not going to get stuck focusing on one particular region. We’re going to definitely span all of Italy, mix and match and borrow where it applies.”

The Alla Famiglia style of dining is more about sharing dishes around the table and building communication at the table, instead of the usual one plate per patron.

The name of the restaurant does not obviously betray its Italian flavour. Cho explains that Little Grouse alludes to our provincial bird, while the similarity to the TV show Little House on the Prairie “gives you that feeling of comfort and family.

That’s the kind of feeling we want to give people when they walk into the restaurant, and when they eat our food as well.”

Cho said there have always been plans by the Ayden group to open other restaurants in the city.

Erick Strong and Jesse Zuber will be moving from Ayden to Little Grouse on the Prairie (Photo by Joanne Paulson) “Italian is something we’ve been talking about for four or five years. It’s a concept we’ve wanted to bring into Saskatoon, or anywhere when we first conceptualized it.

We feel the city is ready for good pasta.”

He notes that there’s a strong pasta menu at Ayden, which will be further developed at Little Grouse.

An example of a pasta dish is capelacci dei brigante with oxtail ragout, with “top hat” shaped pasta, braised oxtail, parsley and parmigiano reggiano (parmesan cheese.)

“The cool thing about the pasta is it’s all made in house, as well, and there are some pastas on the menu that would have to be rolled out . . . as you order. As you order it, Jesse will actually roll out the pasta, so you know it’s spot-on fresh,” said Cho. One of the entrees is Duck Bollito Misto, a roasted breast of duck, braised thighs, and a confit gizzard with smoked broth.

The décor, created by Cece Designs of Calgary (which also did Ayden), will have an antique vibe, with stained rustic mirrors,

wainscoting, a lot of white, floral patterns, birchwood and banquettes, with an open concept kitchen. There will also be a large communal table and seating at the open kitchen, so patrons can interact with the chefs, said Cho. On the liquor menu are barrel-aged cocktails — a new and coming thing; two beers on tap; 10 red and 10 white Italian wines, as well as prosecco, champagne and aperitifs.

The barrel-aged cocktails are rather a new thing, and require some planning.

“You age a cocktail in an oak barrel, and it cuts out the harsh edge of cocktails but adds a lot of flavours like vanilla, caramel, oak and a touch of smoke as well,” said Cho. “It’s unique. We have to age it for about five weeks. There will be six barrels on the menu.”

Little Grouse opens at the end of February at 167 Third Ave. South. Phone 306-979-0100. The website is still under development at littlegrouse.com. The 36-seat restaurant will open 5.30 p.m. until “late” and for brunch Sundays.

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I am told the only thing stopping You can’t park your car on the street autonomous vehicles right now is legisla- in September and pick it up in May. tion. One major auto manufacturer tells Enforcement is complaint-driven, meanme their entire fleet of vehicles will soon ing you have to report it because bylaw be semi-autonomous. I said, “What does inspectors are not out looking for parked semi-autonomous mean?” And he said, vehicles. Once you report it, inspectors “The vehicle will have sensors to detect will check out the vehicle, mark the tires other vehicles on all sides and be able and if it is still there over a certain period to avoid collisions.” Pretty much all the of time it will be ticketed. things you and I do today will be done by Question: You were replaced as computers and GPS systems. chair of the Board of Police CommisKPMG did a study in the United sioners. Do you feel a citizen should be Kingdom that was released in March of permitted to chair the board or should last year. According to the report, in the that be in the mayor’s domain?

U.K. alone, autonomous vehicles would Mayor Atchison: We follow the have a positive economic impact of 51 democratic process. That’s what the billion pounds sterling through the year board decided. I respect the board and I 2030. There will be 25,000 jobs in auto- respect the decision. I will still be an acmotive manufacturing created in the U.K. tive member of the board. The Saskatoon A total of 320,000 additional jobs will Police Service and the safety and security be impacted in a positive way, 25,000 of all of our citizens remain a top priority serious accidents will be prevented and for me.

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Ink House opens on Circle Drive Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express Saskatoon business is taking on brand-name stores in the ink and toner business.

Gaurav Patel opened the Ink House last month on Circle Drive East. The store carries ink, toner cartridges, paper and other suppliers for printers.

Patel said he did a lot of research before opening the business. He has a computer engineering degree from India and added a computer networking degree to it when he moved to Toronto in 2009.

He moved to Saskatoon in 2011, worked here for two years, returned to India for 18 months and came back to Saskatoon last July. When Patel returned, he wanted to open a business in his field.

“We found ink and toner is too expensive in Saskatoon and not only Saskatoon, but in Canada,” he said.

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Sask. people fairly positive on economy

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express askatchewan folks have a dimmer view of their economy than they did a year ago, but that view remains — perhaps remarkably — more positive than negative, a new survey shows.

Cam Cooper, principal at Praxis Analytics, revealed the third annual Saskatchewan Outlook results at a recent Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce lunch at the Hilton Garden Inn. The survey was conducted in December 2015, and involved 633 interviews in 10 regions of the province.

The survey allows participants to respond to questions by choosing one of five levels of agreement. Level one is strongly disagree,

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Patel said he found suppliers with good quality and good prices, and can pass these savings on to customers. He said the Ink House can beat competitors’ prices by 50 to 60 per cent.

“They have a big profit margin in the product, and we are not keeping that much margin,” he said of well-known companies in the business. “If you buy a brand new printer, you will get the printer for $100.

And if you buy toner for that printer, it will cost you $150. They are trying to sell the printer at a very low margin, but after a certain period, you need supplies for that printer. So you go out and buy that ink and Gaurav Patel opened the Ink House in December (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) toner and they make good money on that.”

Patel says his business stands behind or we can replace it with the same toner.” a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to the products it sells.

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and five is strongly agree. Therefore, the dividing line between negative and positive sentiment is three.

In 2015, survey respondents gave the economy an average mark of 3.27, slightly to the upside, despite crashing oil prices and low prices for other commodities.

However, that rating is down from 3.65 in 2014 and 3.77 in 2013. Newcomers to the province were more positive, at 3.57, than people who have lived here for more than four years, who came in at 3.24.

By far the biggest reason for the downgrade was resource management and declining commodity prices, chosen by 51 per cent of respondents.

Just over 48 per cent said we are worse

off than we were four years ago. However, 41 per cent believe the economy will be better four years from now, and 38.4 per cent think it will be about the same.

The survey also compares people’s views of the provincial economy with their perceptions of their own personal situations.

Interestingly, said Cooper, respondents saw their own situations as the same as in 2014, with a rating of 3.32 on the one-to-five scale, better than their general view of the economy.

That’s positive for entrepreneurship, said Cooper. However, if that personal rating starts to head downward, “we may see some of that caution returning, which we don’t want to see.” Aaron AS020118

For now, however, the provincial and personal views running neck-and-neck is a good sign.

“This has to be a good story,” said Cooper. “Despite what’s going on (in the economy), there is some buoyancy.”

The survey also shows the Sask. Party leading the way on the political front, with an election coming up April 4.

The Sask. Party, when the party and leader are combined in the question, is the choice of 63 per cent of respondents, down from 66 per cent in 2014.

The NDP stand at 24 per cent, down from 26 per cent. The Green Party is up a bit, to three per cent from one, and the Liberals have picked up to nine per cent from six.

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ike most Canadians, “what can we do to ensure this I was shocked to hear doesn’t happen again?” about the shootings at Prayers are being sent for La Loche. It’s been a few years the victims and their families, since I have been to the combut prayers are also being sent munity, but what I remember for the person charged and his most are the people. family. I can’t even imagWhen I was there, many of ine what his family is going the people still lived a tradithrough. tional lifestyle of hunting, fishThe Dene are a resilient ing and trapping. Even though and strong nation. It may seem most lived in what could be impossible to understand now, Columnist considered poverty, many had but a day will come when the the wealth of language and Northern Lights will once cultural understanding. A person didn’t again dance. They will dance like the tea have to speak the language, which is dances of the Dene nation. predominantly Dene, to understand the With support from all over Canada, laughter, song and dance. and indeed the world, the community La Loche is one of the most isolated will heal. The deep-rooted issues of communities in Saskatchewan. The only poverty, unemployment and abuse must road ends there; there is no beyond. With be addressed at a macro level. It can’t the feeling of no place else to go except be a blanket or Band-Aid approach, but the false getaway from substance and the joining of all levels of government, drug abuse, it took an act of violence to include First Nations, to tackle the issues ignite a wake-up call. affecting many northern communities.

Sure, there will be those that try to lay I consider myself a Northerner. I was blame. These people point their fingers born and raised in the North and I curfrom the comfort of a safe home. Of rently live up North. There’s something course, there are many who have been magical about being part of a lifestyle caught in the cycle of abuse and never that has endured for centuries. What hapwent on a mass killing spree. There are pened in La Loche happened all over the many who suffered pain beyond descrip- North. It touched every family in Northtion when they were young, and then ern Saskatchewan. There is a huge sense went on to carve out good lives for them- of an extended family; only those who selves and their families. have experienced it will understand.

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almost didn’t write about La were forthcoming, because it’s Loche this week, because by easy to armchair-quarterback now you’ve read, watched complicated issues. and heard so much about it. But, What if we all just stopped? maybe the fact we turn away What if we asked ourselves, when things become too much and each other, if La Loche can is part of the problem. ever be a safe and viable comI was horrified as the news munity again? from La Loche broke (first, I feel ashamed even writon Twitter, as it often does). ing that. Then I wonder if that I really didn’t grasp it at first. same shame is driving us to pin Gun violence in La Loche isn’t La Loche down, over and over, Columnist exactly rare. American-style hysterically promising that we school shootings don’t happen can do better, if they’ll just give here, I told myself. I skimmed the inforus one more chance? mation and assumed that there was some To be clear, I’m looking at La Loche misunderstanding. from the perspective that it’s a municipalThere wasn’t. That deadly mix of ity, not a reserve. It’s the province’s redepression, rage and despair drove yet sponsibility to provide the remote northern another teenaged boy to incomprehensible town with the services it requires to be violence. Yet, knowing La Loche, we knew livable. This differs from the majority of immediately that the causation was going communities in northern Saskatchewan, to be far more complex. which are on reserves and therefore serA fog of suicides, addictions, mentalviced by the federal government. There are health issues, poverty and pain has infilplenty of faults in that system as well, but trated La Loche for decades, unrelenting I’m focusing on this issue today. and, for most, unescapable. As noted in Nomadic by nature, the Dené came to the aftermath of the horror, what happened settle in La Loche when fur trading posts was predictable. Which is terrifying. were established in the late 1700s. When What was also predictable was the those posts were abandoned by the likes of response. Politicians trundled into town, Hudson’s Bay Company in the 1800s, resiwith something like guilt and a touch of dents of La Loche were left unemployed political-opportunity written on their faces. and broke. And so the cycle began.

“We’ve tried to fix La Loche,” they sighed, In 1949, Tommy Douglas’s provincial “but not hard enough.” government decreed that government jobs They promised to do better. Resources like teaching and nursing would be filled and counselling and money — by the fol- by white people transplanted into the lowing morning the streets of La Loche community, until La Loche’s aboriginal were running thick with platitudes. people were “properly trained.” Except Also predictably, the public and the the training never came. So, Douglas pundits retaliated — decrying politicians cobbled together some welfare profor daring to suggest they’d try and do gramming to pay La Loche residents an something, disparaging their incompeallowance, resulting in a community with tence for not doing enough in the past, no real industry, economy or local trades, and for not doing enough in the future. and almost totally dependent on govern“Fix La Loche” was the simplistic chorus, ment services. accompanied by pounding on desks and In 1970, three reserves were established keyboards. Of course, no concrete ideas around La Loche and presented to the Por-

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You could not find a story about the La Loche shootings that did not point out that residents’ Dene culture has been lost. That culture was integral to living in a town six hours away from the nearest drive-thru, grocery store or Sears. Hunting, trapping and fishing were not only vital to eating and staying warm, they were cherished traditions and vocations which held families together, and which occupied otherwise idle minds and hands. There are no grocery stores in La Loche. No Walmarts. Not even a general store.

What are we really trying to accomplish by sending resources to assist people to live in a town without jobs? Without access to basic amenities? Are we doing that to help them? Or because it’s easier than admitting we need to do something else — something that might require more effort?

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Yet here we sit, insisting that we must try harder, implying that we haven’t tried hard enough. What is that other than a convenient way to absolve ourselves, and the provincial government, of what’s happened to La Loche? Is La Loche in the situation it is today because no amount of trying will fix what was broken from the beginning?

Why is it so wrong to acknowledge that the province can’t service this town properly — that it sort of worked when the town’s residents’ culture supported their remote location, but that’s changed, so now other things need to change, too? Changes that are more complex and perhaps not as politically acceptable as throwing money at the problem, but changes that are what’s best for the community?

Like any good social armchair quarterback, I don’t have the answers. In no way am I suggesting that we should abandon the people who call La Loche home, or undertake some kind of patriarchal resettlement project.

All I’m saying is that when the smoke and the platitudes clear, I believe it’s time to get real about what may be the heart, at least in part, of the problem: that no government can fix a broken La Loche, because it has never been whole.

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Stephens, who has performed on Sesame Street, SeeMore’s Playhouse, and Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter, says there’s something special about puppetry that distinguishes it from powerhouse trends like Imax 3D, CGI and Pixar.

“What will always set puppetry apart in this digital age is its tactile existence,” Stephens said. “Puppets you can touch, feel, hold and know that they occupy the same space as the artist or audience.

(Computer-generated characters) occupy a computer screen and a keyboard. While those worlds are no less imaginative, there is a separation that is palpable.”

Like so many kids who grew up with shows like the Muppets, Stephens was fascinated with Henson’s magical creations. That drove him to begin making his own puppets as a schoolkid. Today, Stephens still designs and constructs his own puppets, and writes the scripts for his shows.

“All of my characters are original and unique,” said Stephens, who holds a master’s degree from the University of Connecticut’s Puppet Arts program, and received the Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant in 2008. “Some shows have up to 12 different characters. It’s difficult to choose a favourite. I find myself doodling and sketching characters all the time. I’m sure that after my 20-year career, there are still volumes of puppets just waiting to be created!”

“Run, run, run as fast as you can,” says the star of The Adventures of the Gingerbread Man, the original show Stephens will be performing in Saskatoon from Feb. 6 to Feb. 15 at the Refinery. The 45-minute show is described as “highly original in its story telling” and a “wacky, fun-filled puppet show that includes live banjo music, singing and audience participation.”

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“The Adventures of the Gingerbread Man is one of my favourite shows,” said Stephens. “It is certainly not a faithful adaption of the original story, but that’s part of what I love about it. It’s irreverent, fast-paced and full of wacky characters, which are basically the three main elements to any of my shows.

“There are so many aspects to being a puppeteer that I find enjoyable,” said Stephens. “I love the process of creating a new show or a new character. Making things has always appealed to me. The performance aspects as well as the visual art aspects of this form have always been thrilling for me, too. Seeing an audience light up and hearing their laughter during a show is a real treat that I wouldn’t trade for anything.”

The Refinery is located at 610 Dufferin Avenue. For tickets, show times and more information, visit www.wideopen.ca.

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Three businesses expanding, adding 23 jobs, investing $26.25 million

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express nd now, for some good economic news.

Three Saskatoon companies are in the process of expanding their facilities by a combined 49,000 square feet, adding 23 full-time jobs and investing $26.25 million in land and new buildings.

The businesses are the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre, Gemini Freight Systems Inc. and Howatt Enterprises Ltd. They are also the three companies that applied for incentives through the City of Saskatoon Business Development Incentives Policy, which is managed by the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA), in 2015.

SREDA president and CEO Alex Fallon said only one company in 2013 and one in 2014 applied for the incentives, so having three qualify for the incentives last year was positive.

The program has been in place since the early 1990s, and over the last 12 years has contributed to 1,835 jobs and $229.3 million in investment.

“It’s just good to see local companies invest in the future,” said Fallon in an interview. “We may be in a little bit of a slowdown in the economy at the moment, but companies are positive enough that they’re investing for the future, which is a good sign.”

SREDA is increasing its marketing of the policy and making sure companies are aware of it, said Fallon.

“In some cases, we’re talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars over five years. Those savings can be used to hire employees in jobs you might not otherwise be able to afford. It’s an easy application, for the sake of filling out a few forms.”

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The policy offers exemptions or reductions on city taxes or fees, waives utility deposits and down payments on land, and offers exemptions or reductions of prepaid servicing levies.

“All companies need to be thinking about the various incentives out there,” said Fallon.

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wash their equipment as well as our own operations. But we tend to consume all the available hours with our own livestock trailers. We’re expanding to get ourselves back to a position where we can offer retail services in the area and in the community.”

Livestock trailer cleaning takes a lot of time, noted Balzer. Today, due to biosecurity, many trailers must be washed and then thoroughly dried in a dry bay, inspected by a third party veterinarian, and then approved for loading.

“We’re expanding the footprint by over 50 per cent, streamlining a few things. We’re moving to a building that’s pre-cast concrete instead of steel-clad and steel structure. Longevity is there on the asset now.”

The new building is located directly adjacent to the existing wash bay on a lot the company has owned and operated from for 15 years. Balzer had been waiting to build the expanded wash facility for eight years, but had to wait until he was able to acquire the adjacent property to the west. It had been held by the city, in case it was needed for the south bridge construction project.

The building and the land will come in at $3.5 million, plus at least five jobs will be created due to the extra bay and expanded hours.

“Our goal is 10 or more, but the whole economy and industry is in a delicate situation right now. Everyone is retracting a bit due to oil prices and so forth. But our prediction is within the first 12 months we’ll have increased by five or six.”

Howatt Enterprises and the Food Centre could not be reached for comment by deadline.

Howatt does a lot of work in the mining industry, and the Food Centre expansion is a significant move for the Saskatoon economy, said Fallon. The centre has outgrown its current location at the University of Saskatchewan.

“They are creating a food park which will be great for developing a food cluster in Saskatoon,” said Fallon. “This is good innovation, commercialization, R&D around food. It’s going to be fantastic.”

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• Clippers star Blake Griffin broke a hand punching his team’s equipment manager at a Toronto restaurant. Apparently it all started with coffee, a doughnut and Griffin being told not to dunk.

• If suspended Flames blue-liner Dennis Wideman had been George Washington, he’d have sworn the cherry tree got in his way.

• Steve Young told ESPN the biggest off-season task for Vikings’ kicker Blair Walsh will be forgetting his last field goal try. Call it the Blair Miss Project.

• Flames defenceman Dennis Wideman said his cross-check knockdown of an unsuspecting ref wasn’t intentional.

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• Caitlyn Jenner is writing a memoir about her transgender journey from male to female. It will come with a set of autographed his-and-hers towels.

• Kings centre DeMarcus Cousins was added as a reserve for the NBA All-Star game. With the nickname Boogie, watch for him on the pick and roll.

• No one suspects Arizona pivot Carson Palmer of throwing the Panthers game.

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• Canadian Milos Raonic beat Stan Wawrinka for the first time ever, knocking the No. 4 seed out of the Australian Open.

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Children gather around Elly Thorn during lunch at the Global Gathering Place Douaa Al Hweichem, a new arrival in Saskatoon, is almost ready for a skate on the Cameco Meewasin rink (Photos courtesy of Tara Yolan Productions)

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• Reuters reports a German robber rigged a condom machine to explode. This puts a new spin on blowing up safes.

• The Lakers announced plans for a sculpture of Shaquille O’Neal outside Staples Center. If Kobe Bryant is ever honoured in bronze, Shaq’s statue will have its back turned to Kobe’s.

• Lord of the Rings star Ian McKellan says the L.A. film industry disregards gay actors. In response, several Hollywood producers said “Ignore him.”

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FEBRUARY 2 Coig is an al-star assembly of East Coast musicians, with Chrissy Crowley and Rachel Davis on violins, Jason Roach on piano and Darren McMullen playing a variety of instruments. The band’s debut album, Five, won the East Coast award for roots-traditional group recording in 2015. Show time is 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

FEBRUARY 5 Catherine McLellan, a singer from Prince Edward Island, made a strong debut in 2004 and has since conquered international markets. Her CD, The Raven’s Sun, won the 2015 Juno award for best roots and traditional album. Show time is 9 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Avenue North. Tickets - $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members.

FEBRUARY 6 The University of Saskatchewan Jazz Ensemble, led

by Dean McNeill, makes its annual appearance. One of the happy traditions of the ensemble is a series of CDS, produced over the years, and this unit will play some selections from Bumper Crop VI: Continuance, released last June. Concert time is 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $10 for SJS members, $15 for non-members. ***** Scottish Celebration: Saskatoon Concert Band, 7:30 p.m., Lighthouse Victory Church (2802 Rusholme Road).

Tickets: $20 Adults, $10 Seniors and Students, Under 8 free. Available from members, and at the door. Tickets can also be purchased online: ontheboards.ca. For more information, call 306-242-3916 or visit www.saskatoonconcertband.ca

FEBRUARY 7 Classical variety Night: Introducing the Midwinter Mantinee edition in our fifth season. Featuring local musicians performing music they love. All ages are welcome to attend. This event is hosted by the Galliard Foundation and will be held at Grosvenor Park United Church at 2:30 p.m. Admission is by donation. For more information, visit galliard.alyssasmusic.ca or email galliard.foundation@gmail.com.

FEBRUARY 14 Ovide Pilon’s Ed Sullivan Show at the German Cultural Centre. The show features the music of Roy Orbison, CCR, Johnny Cash, The Ventures, Jerry Lee Lewis, Herman’s Hermits and the Dave Clark 5. Tickets are available at McNally Robinson (306-955-3599) and the German Cultural Centre (306-244-6869). Tickets are $22 for those over 55 and $25 for you younger ones. Doors open at 6:30, with the show starting at 7:30. Meals are available for purchase.

EVENTS FEBRUARY 6 The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westminster United Church are hosting a film event at 3 p.m. at the church.

JR Dingwall will lead a discussion of three films by National Film Board animator Torill Kove. My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts and Me and My Moulton were nominated for Academy Awards, while The Danish Poet won a coveted Oscar. ***** Churches for Environmental Action is sponsoring a workshop on Recovering From Our Addiction to Stuff from 12:30-4 p.m. at St. Martins United Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The workshop will examine how Stuff Clutters Our Common Home and will feature the video: The Story of Stuff, along with a Recycling Display by the City of Saskatoon.

FEBRUARY 9 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, Third Avenue United Church, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tickets $7 — available in advance or at the door — children 10 and under $5.

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FEBRUARY 11 Association of Federal Retirees. Bring a new friend for lunch (someone who is eligible for membership in the association) and your name will go in for a draw for a prize. The cost to attend this luncheon for both members and guests will be $5. Noon at Smiley’s Buffet on Circle Drive. RSVP to Loretta at (306) 374-5450 or Leslie at (306) 373-5812.

FEBRUARY 14 Saskatoon School of Horticulture’s 4th annual Cherry Valentine Evening. The Cherry Valentine Evening is a fundraiser that will help develop the grounds at 1021 Saskatchewan Crescent West as well as enhance the funding for the Ruthanne Hanbidge Scholarship. It is a cherry-themed evening featuring a four-course meal, cash bar and entertainment by pianist and entertainer Maurice Drouin. Cocktails at 6:30, dinner at 7 p.m. Tick-

ets are $75. For more information, visit www.saskhort. com or call 306-931-4769.

FEBRUARY 16-18 Under the Big Top Dance Camp for children ages six and up. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Join the Saskatchewan Express Saskatoon for this dance camp that will allow performers to experience all genres of dance: jazz, hip hop, musical theatre, pom, and acro. All levels of experience welcome. Register online at www.saskatchewanexpress.com on the Saskatoon Studio page. For more info, contact 306-477-5553 or saskexpressinfo@gmail.com

Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. If so, meetings are on the second Monday. **** University Non-Academic Retirees Association meets for coffee at 10:30 a.m. at Smitty’s in Market Mall. All former support staff who have retired from the U of S are invited to attend.

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The Yorkton Film Festival and the Saskatoon Public ***** Library are hosting a film event at 7 p.m. at the Frances FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Morrison Theatre. The evening will include the screening Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. of two films, Four Strong Winds and Trenches, followed at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue by a presentation by Eric Story. The event, made possible North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or through a grant from the Government of Canada, is free friend with a mental illness and you need understanding and open to the public. support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@ gmail.com.

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LAST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH Dizziness and Balance Support Group will meet from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at LifeMark Health Centre, 3907 Eighth St. East. Anyone with a dizziness/vertigo/balance condition is welcome to attend. There is no cost to attend. There will be an educational topic presented and an opportunity to learn from each other. For more info, call Rae Ann at 306-652-5151 or email raeann.erickson@lifemark.ca.

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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Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships Schizophrenia Society of Saskatoon Family Support with club members from around the world. For more Group will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the W.A. information, visit www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North. The group is attended entirely by family members and friends a meeting contact Lynne Stade at 306-933-4835 or of people living with schizophrenia and related disorders. lstade@shaw.ca.

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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) 9780813.

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

EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club holds dances at All Saints Anglican Church, 1801 Lorne Avenue, from October until April. We dance to old time music from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with beginner instruction during the first hour. Beginners are welcome. For further information call 306- 382-5107.

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Saskatoon company designs jackets for Denver cheerleaders

Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Views of the World

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C Chong, on St. Louis Rams at MIT: “Afterwards he will take the owner Stan Kroenke asking India- short trip south to Foxboro to draw Xs napolis Colts owner Jim Irsay if and Os showing their offensive linemen he can recommend a moving company: how to block a Denver pass rusher.”

“Irsay says he knows of one in Balti• Rolfsen, on the AHL’s Charlotte more, but they only work at night.”

Checkers hosting the Chicago Wolves in • From Torben Rolfsen: “If Dennis an empty building during the East Coast Wideman is going to watch the NHL All- blizzard: “Or as the Carolina Hurricanes Star Game, he better buy one of those call it: business as usual.”

A Seattle Seahawks cheerleader is wearing a jacket made in Saskatoon new 4K TVs so he can tell which team is • Hough, on the Dallas Cowboys (Facebook Photo) which.” saying they will not resign Greg Hardy: Cam Hutchinson •@randyturner15: “CNN spent 24 “Apparently Hardy was frequently late can get rain jackets made within a couple Saskatoon Express hours covering a weather event featurfor meetings and wasn’t in peak physical of days, but if you could we’d really aphen the Denver Broncos cheer- preciate it.’ We pulled a few strings and ing heavy snowfall, travel bans and road condition because he partied too much. leaders start dancing on the closures. Or as we call it in Winnipeg: So domestic violence is OK, as long as are working with our staff to get them sidelines during the Super Bowl, done.”

January.” you show up on time and in shape?” there is a chance they will be wearing • Janice Hough, on Donald Trump • Has Phil Simms finally outlived his He said the usual turn-around time is clothing made in Saskatoon. skipping Thursday’s GOP debate on uselessness as a colour commentator for about three weeks.

The team ordered 32 water-proof jackFox: “So this man thinks he can stand up CBS? Sadly, so has rules analyst Mike Peacock pointed out the year MEE did ets from Saskatoon’s MEE Sports late last jackets for the Seattle Seahawks cheerto America’s enemies, and he can’t even Carey, who I really liked as a referee. week. Accounts manager Brent Peacock stand up to Megyn Kelly?” leaders, the team won the Super Bowl.

• Chong, on Johnny Manziel being said it has been be all hands on deck to get •@heerjeet: “I will say this for Ted “We are interested to see if we will be spotted at a Dallas bar watching football, the jackets ready for shipment on Feb 1.

Cruz, he’s done a fantastic job destroy- drinking and dancing: “What could posanother good-luck charm. They’re not Having National Football League ing the stereotype that Canadians are favoured, but you never know what can sibly go wrong if the ends up with the cheerleaders wearing MEE Sports clothing happen.” nice.”

Cowboys?” is not new.

• In those one-rock draws at the end He said what distinguishes MEE jack• From Rolfsen: “This week on The “We have been working with several of some curling games, why don’t teams X-Files: Mulder and Scully investigate ets is a process called sublimation. There NFL cheerleading teams in the past,” pick the leads to throw the stone? Seems UFOs known as Carson Palmer passes. are very few people in North America Peacock said. to me they have been drawing the fourusing it, he said.

• TSN is having a bad year. First He said the president of MEE, Harvey foot for the entire game.

Peacock said the process starts with the Canadian junior hockey team gets Viteychuk, has attended NFL cheerlead- a piece of white material. Then, MEE • Bill Littlejohn, on Panthers coach knocked out in the quarter-finals, and ing conferences that are held when the Ron Rivera saying he plans to coach his then Rachel Homan and Val Sweeting custom dyes the design of the jacket. The season is over. The meetings include custom dying includes logos and graphics. team during the Super Bowl weeks like got knocked out in provincial finals. fashion shows which have included the Mike Ditka did with the 1985 Bears: From there, the jacket is sewn together to • And how does Rogers feel with no MEE line.

“Does that mean he doesn’t plan on talk- Canadian-based team likely to make the create the finished product.

“We have been out there showing our ing to his defensive coordinator?”

“Most jackets that are out there, if the NHL playoffs? product and they’ve been wearing them. A jacket is like blue and red or whatever, you • Chong, on Canadian-born Ravens • How many of your 175 cable chanlot of the teams that are out there see other cut up a piece of blue, you cut up a piece lineman John Urschel spending the off- nels do you watch? One study said the teams that are wearing our product and of red, then you stitch them together. Here, season working on getting his math PhD average number is 17.

AS020106 Aaron say, ‘Wow we like that product; we have we actually custom dye it so it is a very to get ahold of these guys and order them unique jacket.” ourselves.’”

He said the company, which was started Peacock said the order from Denver in a Saskatoon basement in 1987, ships was the result of Viteychuk making a all over Canada, the U.S., Europe and jacket for each of the teams, and handAustralia. ing them out at a conference. The Denver “A lot of it has been word of mouth, cheerleading director remembered the with cheerleading especially,” Peacock jacket and called MEE after seeing the said. forecast in San Francisco — where the And now MEE clothing could be worn Super Bowl is being held — calls for rain again on the sidelines at the Super Bowl.

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“We’re this little company in SaskaDarci Ash “So they needed a rain jacket. When toon that is shipping all over the world.

House of Creative Elegance Steph Faure she called me, she even said, ‘We’re from If it is raining when the game is on and Colorado, we don’t have rain jackets,’” they are wearing our jackets, 114 milPeacock said with a laugh. “She said, ‘You lion people are watching our stuff. That’s 821 Broadway Avenue 306-668-4295 Enigmasalonstudio.com know what, I don’t really expect you guys pretty cool.”

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