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YWCA’s Barb Macpherson says it is time for change
Barb Macpherson will hand over the reins at the YWCA after 12 years at the helm. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Ned Powers Saskatoon Express fter nearly 12 years as executive director of YWCA Saskatoon, Barb Macpherson is satisfied that the community is being well-served by the organization’s essential child care, health and wellness, housing and em-
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ployment programs. “If you look back on the history of the YWCA in Saskatoon, it was started with four cots in a cottage as a place where young women could find shelter. The YWCA was built as a response to community needs at the time,” said Macpherson. “The YWCA has never lost sight of the
value of listening to the community needs and each Y in Canada has developed accordingly. Our programs have constantly evolved.” Macpherson is retiring from her position on March 31, proclaiming it is time for a change — for both her and the YWCA.
“It has been an honour to be associated with such an amazing organization and I believe in the work of the YWCA even more today than when I took the position in 2004. It is a good time for new ideas, new eyes and someone with different skill sets.” Macpherson was recruited somewhat reluctantly at the very last moment in October, 2004. She worked in the charitable sector in volunteer services with the Saskatoon Health Region, the Canadian Diabetes Association and the Saskatchewan branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. “My father was a church minister, and I saw people coming and staying at our home. I learned from watching the actions of my parents and I’ve grown to believe you’re meant to work with certain purposes. “When Anne Campbell left the office, Marcia Clark, then the president of YWCA Saskatoon, asked me to apply. On the last day of competition, she called again. I was fulfilled by other positions but the Y was close to my heart. Anne was a visionary, a warm, people person. She was a builder of the Saskatoon Community Service Village. I was more of an administrator, someone with different skills.” The biggest challenge on the first day was moving from an office with six people to a building with 60-plus full-time and part-time employees. She quickly found out there was a dedicated staff, working under a system which was under-funded, and the challenge, even today, is building financial sustainability. There have been many measuring sticks during Macpherson’s tenure. One of them is the annual YWCA Women of Distinction dinner, which was launched in 1981. In the last five years, the number of award nominees has increased from 20 or 30 to 55; the number of attendees has risen from 500 to more than 800, once hitting 1,000; and the net proceeds have grown from $40,000 to more than $100,000 per dinner. Macpherson likes the concept of the dinner. “The nominees don’t have to be women of power and influence. They come with different gifts. Some aren’t well-known beyond their sphere, but they make important contributions. These women are our neighbours.” (Continued on page 6)
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Curling brings friends together, including Rodger and me
Rodger Schmidt and I go If everything went according to back to the early part of the plan, I am there helping cover 1970s. Rodger moved here the event for Curling Canada. from Duff, Saskatchewan (popBefore leaving Saskatoon in ulation 30 now and around 100 the late 1970s, Rodger would then), to go to university, play go on to play in the 1978 Brier softball and curl. For anyone with Rick Folk. that age, you might add “among “I’d still be curling with other things” to the list. Rick Folk wherever he is,” They were good times and Rodger said with a laugh. so were the memories that came “There was no reason I left flooding back last week when other than the fact I had to get Rodger visited Saskatoon. on with life at some point in Editor I remember the home time.” Rodger and a bunch of guys rented in Rodger went to Lethbridge for a year the Nutana area becoming known as the and then to Germany. Dirty Hilton — without any stars. It was a “When I went to Europe it was with no popular spot. Even actor Kim Coates was a intention of curling. It just sort of hapregular visitor at the Hilton in those days. pened.” We had a golf tournament every spring at He skipped German teams twice at the Waskesiu called the Dirty Hilton, although worlds, including a loss to Russ Howard I think somebody threw the word “classic” in the 1987 final. That must have been on the end of it. It wasn’t a true clasquite the shouting match. During that time, sic. Put it this way: we used my parents’ Rodger also won a European championmotorhome one year to transport beer to ship. Not bad for farm boy from Duff who the tournament. Everyone had a nickname: had played front end during his time in Schmitty, Hermi, Pudge, Shaky, Evil Roy Canada. He could sure pound a broom, and and Socks come to mind. still makes fun of my sweeping skills, or Rodger’s old truck was called the Hug- lack thereof. ger and I am not sure where he found the After going to those two worlds, he purple gas for it. If he was running for the left the game again. But the game never provincial NDP in the upcoming election, left him. He dabbled in coaching as a somebody in the Sask. Party would be dig- hobby. That turned into a curling acadging around for that little nugget. emy in Lucerne, Switzerland, and an Rodger lived at our house for a spell ice-making business. He has coached a and we curled on the same team for two lot. For the past 22 years, he has become years way back around 1974. Seeing ‘have slider will travel.’ Rodger is no Rodger visiting with my parents, John and international space station, but he gets Pat, last week was a thrill for all four of us. around the world. I am sure they hadn’t seen Rodger in 40 Rodger has coached at 21 world champiyears, yet in some ways, it was like time onships — including this one in Swift Curhad stood still. rent — and 35 European championships. He Rodger coaches the Russian women’s has coached at four Olympics. He coached curling team and was preparing them in the Russian men in 2014 in Sochi and then Saskatoon for the world championships took over the women’s program. Their eyes that are now underway in Swift Current. are on the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.
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Rodger Schmidt and my father, John Hutchinson Rodger said the Olympics have given curling a big boost globally. Dollars have been spent on programs like nobody’s business. There are nine people in the Russian entourage in Swift Current. Five are curlers and four are members of a support staff. “The Olympics brought the money and the credibility and made it the sport it is. The Russian system is run very professionally. That’s why the entourage, because sports is highly regarded.” You get the feeling Vladimir Putin is checking the Internet regularly to see how his teams are doing, as well as the latest on Donald Trump. Rodger said coaching curling, like coaching any sport, is a results-based job. What have you done for me lately? The team has won bronze medals at the past two worlds, so expectations are growing. “We are expected to win the gold now,” he said matter-of-factly. “How do you explain when you don’t?” (Please put a worn-out old Siberia joke here.) It was great that the team stopped in Saskatoon for its final preparations for the worlds. For a whole bunch of us, it was great seeing an old friend and reliving some of the good old days. I will never forget the looks on my parents’ faces when they saw Rodger again.
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Election 2016: The Liberals and Greens weigh in
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n the third instalment of our election series, we chat with the leaders of the Liberal and Green parties, to get their views on provincial election issues. Both parties, at press time, had candidates in all Saskatoon (and Saskatchewan) ridings. The Progressive Conservative Party has two candidates in Saskatoon — in University and Silverspring-Sutherland. These interviews have been condensed and edited. Darrin Lamoureux, Liberal Party of Saskatchewan LEADER Saskatchewan’s Liberal leader, Darrin Lamoureux, has been with the party for 30 years and was appointed leader in 2014. Born in Winnipeg, he grew up in Moose Jaw and Regina, where he lives today and works as a general contractor in construction. He and his wife Linda have two children, Jordan and Sommer. What are three main issues in this election? The main issue, obviously, is poverty reduction. We have a huge issue with poverty in Saskatchewan. One of the negatives of the temporary foreign (worker) program that Mr. (Brad) Wall was pushing during his time in government is the fact that it artificially kept our wages low. That was affirmed back in September 2015 when Saskatchewan had the distinction of having the lowest minimum wage in Canada. At $10.20 an hour, it’s hard to be able to pay rent, be able to buy groceries for yourself. With that being an issue, it’s something we as a party want to address. That’s the reason we’re talking about increasing the minimum wage to $11.75 July 1, 2016, and then raising it to $13 an hour July 1, 2017. There’s also the working tax credit that we want to provide for people who have income below the threshold of $27,000. We would refund the federal portion of that tax. The second one is jobs, and we have JW032102 James
to create good jobs . . . long-term jobs. We want to reinstate and enhance the film tax credit that the Sask. Party eliminated. There’s a way of having a strong film industry . . . and one of the ways of enhancing it, is we should really look at what Tourism Saskatchewan can provide as far as bang for the buck (through promotion.) We also want to encourage indigenous governments to open a power utility company, and look at using the sovereign land to install solar panels and windmills and allow that utility company to provide all of Saskatchewan with a clean, renewable energy source. Doing it through the First Nations governments would enhance the revenue stream for them, to be able to put the money back into their communities. Senior health care is going to be huge. People are not retiring at 65 and passing on at 72. They’re living until they’re 92, 95 years old. If we’re going to have this as an issue, and it’s a good issue to have – to have your parents around ‘til 95 to 100 – I want to make sure they’re not sitting at home, too tired to make themselves something to eat. We need to have private health care homes... and (they) have to have a subsidized component in their design. What we’re putting forward is we will give zero per cent mortgages to builders, as long as they provide 25 per cent of their unit build to low income seniors, so they can get the same care that’s afforded to people who can afford it. What issue do you see specific to Saskatoon? We have $2.1 billion being spent on an overpass in Regina that’s going to divert 15 per cent of the traffic around the city. That’s it. This $2.1 billion could have been better spent in all communities, including Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and Regina. Saskatoon has a huge infrastructure problem with potholes, with road conditions. This $2.1 billion could have been refunnelled into all these communities and dispersed evenly by population...
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instead of one community getting a bypass that’s really doing nothing. It’s an additional highway extension that is not required right now. There are demanding issues that need to be talked about and fixed. What are you doing that may increase your presence in the legislature? It was Justin Trudeau who did that for us... Trudeau’s federal government did that for us by a widespread approach to what liberalism is. It showed Saskatchewan citizens what it is to be Liberal again. We had a turnout from 35,000 voters in 2011 to 137,000 voters four years later, and that was entirely due to a promotional program that the federal government did. People know what it is to be Liberal now. We have felt that benefit going to the doors. There are a lot of ridings that are in play right now. There’s benefits to having a Liberal voice in the legislature, because we already have that connection to Ottawa. Just because the Wall government couldn’t do anything under the Harper administration, it doesn’t mean that Ottawa won’t listen.
Victor Lau, Saskatchewan Green Party LEADER Green Party leader Victor Lau lives in Regina. He and his wife, Heather, own a small business and have three children and three dogs. He was elected as leader of the Green Party in 2011. What are the three most important issues for you in this election? Looking at it from the budgetary perspective, the three main most expensive line items are health care, education and social programming. How do we move forward in redesigning Medicare to make sure everyone is protected, and make sure people have timely access? That’s something the Green Party wants to revisit. The Sask. Party made a promise in 2011 to define timely access, but they never did. They decided it was too complicated. But we think it’s actually worth revisiting; it was a good promise Our way of redesigning health care that is different from both the NDP and the Sask. Party... is that we want to use what we call participatory democracy.
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Draggins annual car show ready to roll
Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express aster is synonymous with a number of things, from religious services to bunnies to foil-wrapped chocolate eggs. In Saskatoon, another tradition makes Easter weekend special: the annual Draggins Rod and Custom Car Show. The show, about to mark its 56th anniversary, will be held March 25 and March 26 at Prairieland Park. Doors will open at 10 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. each day. Saskatoon’s Bruno Konecsni has been involved in the organization for almost 40 of those 56 shows. “I have been a member of the Draggins Rod and Custom Club since November of 1978,” said Konecsni. “During the first few years, I was primarily a worker at the show and started into the organizing activity by finding trophy sponsors for the show.” From there, Konecsni became and remains the primary promoter and spokesperson for the show – all in an effort to ensure Saskatoon knows not only about the Draggins annual show, but also how the club gives back to the community. This year, the Saskatchewan Abilities Council and Camp Easter Seal will once again be the benefactors of proceeds from the show. The charities will be selling 50/50 tickets, selling souvenirs, and raffling off a 1934 Ford Roadster replica pedal car. Konecsni doesn’t show or compete with his own vehicles at the Draggins show, citing a conflict of interest as an organizer given the $10,000 in trophies and cash awards handed out. Yet despite the thousands of other people’s souped-up hot rods that he’s seen come and go over the years, Konecsni says it’s impossible for him to pick a favourite. “I like way too many cars to have a favourite,” he said with a laugh. “However, I really enjoy well-restored classics, from
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a Model A Ford, a 1932 Chevrolet, a 1933 Duesenberg J — the list could go on for a while. My favourite car to show myself, at other events, is a mid-engine convertible I built using a Corvette power train in customizing a 1966 Corvair Corsa convertible.” The highlight this year for Konecsni is the overwhelming response organizers have received from owners of high-end, quality show cars that want to be a part of the Draggins show. “Since we don’t want to turn away anyone with a high quality car, we took our problem to Prairieland Park who really came through for us by providing us with some extra space in Hall A to display an additional 25 to 30 cars,” said Konecsni, citing an extensive variety of custom cars, hot rods, antiques, restorations, muscle cars, race cars, vintage motorcycles, custom trucks and a number of multi-vehicle car club displays. While he gears up to make new memories in 2016, Konecscni also reflects on one of his favourite shows from the past. “My favourite show memory is of George Barris, a famous car customizer for television and the movies,” he said. “He attended our show last year and near the end of it, he gathered the members of the Draggins Car Club together and thanked us for our hospitality, and commended us on the quality and professionalism demonstrated at our show. Later, I thanked his publicist and said that it was so nice of George to say what he did. His publicist said that George didn’t say those things to be nice, he genuinely meant every word.” Admission to the Draggins Rod and Custom Car Show is $15 for people 16 to 64 years of age, $5 for children 6 to 15 years of age, and $10 for those 65 years of age and over. Preschool-aged kids and visitors in wheelchairs enter free of charge.
Bruno Konecsni has been involved with the Draggins since 1978 (Photo Supplied)
A patch for broken hearts
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By Federica Giannelli niversity of Saskatchewan graduate student Mohammad Izadifar has developed a heart patch that in experimental animal research can re-grow damaged heart tissue, potentially revolutionizing heart disease treatment. “Mohammad’s research is a piece of pioneering work,” said mechanical engineering professor Daniel Chen, Izadifar’s supervisor. “Preliminary results using an animal model are promising. This novel heart patch has potential to benefit human patients around the world.” His findings have been published in three peer-reviewed articles in leading journals and presented at an international conference in Italy. Izadifar, a biomedical engineering PhD student, estimates that this method for regeneration of damaged heart tissue could be ready for human trials within a decade.
Following a heart attack, blocked vessels can no longer bring blood to the damaged area to “feed” the cells. It is not possible for new healthy tissue to regenerate on its own, Izadifar said. “The problem is that the heart cannot repair itself once damaged from a heart attack,” he said. “If the heart tissue dies, it is not coming back.” Other efforts to create heart patches have failed because they have not successfully integrated with heart tissue to supply the heart with new blood vessels and regrow new tissue. The design of Izadifar’s patch may solve these problems. His approach combines a biodegradable patch, which contains stem cells, with biocompatible nanoparticles programmed to send signals to blood vessels in the heart to guide their regrowth in the damaged area and ensure a continual supply of blood.
The nanoparticles instruct the stem cells, which can become any type of cell in the body, to become heart cells in the patch and part of the heart, slowly regenerating it. “With the help of this patch, a patient would be able to regenerate heart tissue from their own cells,” said Izadifar. “It would be a permanent treatment for heart attack.” With Izadifar’s patch, also called a “scaffold,” the stem cells are contained within a porous jelly-like structure that is created with a 3D printer. Once surgically stitched onto the heart’s damaged area, the patch slowly integrates with the organ. Because it is made of materials fully compatible with the body, it eventually dissolves. He has also developed several other innovations. Guided by his co-supervisor and neurosurgeon Michael Kelly, Izadifar has developed a new procedure to implant
the patch in rats. The result is a 70 per cent survival rate compared to the 50 per cent rate reported for similar surgeries. Once implanted, the patch is invisible to regular medical imaging, so Izadifar has also invented a special non-invasive imaging technique at the U of S Canadian Light Source synchrotron to monitor the healing process. Funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Izadifar now wants to study the patch’s long-term effects on rats, and eventually, to make a difference for human health. “Heart disease is everywhere,” he said. “My grandmother died because of it.” The World Health Organization estimates that heart diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, with about 100,000 casualties every year and more than $20 billion for services and treatments in Canada alone.
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larly in the case of Wilson, that we should all just lighten up about sexist comments that verge upon suggestions of domestic violence, and accept Now there’s a quote for same as blue collar humour; Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. or, we should not, but let’s just Perhaps it should be enshrined move on and talk about govertherein as an excellent exnance and ignore social media ample of how not to get your transgressions. own backside elected. No. Who is Clayton Wilson? The comments by Wilson Columnist Did he know in 2013 (only and Jeworski were not youththree years ago) that he would ful oopsies. Three years ago, run for office one day? If so, was he so Wilson was an adult, chronologicallyarrogant as to assume that either a) this speaking. The same goes for Jeworski, sort of “humour” is acceptable and/or b) it who suggested retroactive abortion for would never be discovered? And c), how our premier in August 2015. stupid is it to even consider a or b? Wilson’s comment is egregious. He Wilson, previously running in Saska- combines an act of violence, smacktoon, was one of four NDP candidates ing, with an act of courtesy, in opening caught for social media transgressions. the door, and attributes the two to the Joining him in the ranks of dismissed behaviour of a true gentleman. This sadly were Mark Jeworski (“Brad Wall’s shadows the cycle of domestic violence mother should have taken the abortion and subsequent acts of “making it up to pill,” who also likes the f and s words) in her.” Weyburn, Terry Bell in Regina and CamThe language is unfortunately consiseron Robock in Estevan. tent with the culture of making light of This was all the talk last week. A num- abuse, and as NDP Leader Cam Broten ber of pundits and various other online rightly said, he has zero tolerance for commentators have suggested, particusuch language. If Wilson meant it as a “A true gentleman holds the door for his woman, then smacks her ass.” — Clayton Wilson, 2013
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joke, which is likely, it was not funny. (He also called farmers stupid, four times. I don’t know any stupid farmers, much less four of them.) The other disturbing piece of this tweet is the reference to “his” woman. Women are still, in the minds of some men (and women, unfortunately) chattel. Language betrays attitude. This is hardly consistent with the NDP’s claims of gender diversity. It may have been a throwaway social media post in Wilson’s mind. What it indicates, however, is at minimum a level of unawareness, and potentially a moral indifference. That disqualifies a person from legislative service. Broten and his team were, unfortunately, surprised by these tweets. I wonder how hard it is for the campaign manager and leadership team to check 61 Twitter accounts. I don’t know, but it is only 61 folks. It had the sad effect of making the NDP look ridiculous and unprepared; but Broten did the right thing and toasted the candidacies of the offending parties. The Saskatchewan Party didn’t get away scot-free in a week of scandalous revelations. By mid-week, the public learned that a couple of Sask. Party candidates had drunk driving convictions,
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although they were some time ago. Then another one was disclosed; and then two more from the NDP. That would be five DUI convictions out of 61 MLAs . . . that we know of. Is this acceptable? I think “apologies” for drunk driving, as Sask. Party leader Brad Wall suggested, may not go far enough. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) is certainly upset about drunk drivers potentially serving in the legislature. Where do we draw the line on such transgressions? Is it up to voters, or should it be up to the leaders to cull (or not cull) the herd first? Perhaps less-serious experiences of youth should indeed be overlooked, but should drunk driving? You could kill someone, for heaven’s sake; but one can be reformed. It’s a tough call, and because those with DUI convictions remain on the slate, it is indeed up to voters to decide. The moral lines we draw as a society around acceptable behaviour apply to all of us, but those lines should be more sharply drawn around our public representatives. They stand for us. They legislate for us. We should expect that they stand on high ground, and meet at least our very basic legal and societal understandings of what is acceptable.
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Sebastien, right, has made great strides working with musical therapist Leanne Hoeft (Photo Supplied) therapy part of their lives. “Sebastien started music therapy with Leanne when he was four, when she was with autism services,” explained Chambers, a single mom, who credits her son with making her life an adventure. “We worked with her for a few years (when Sebastien was four), and then got back in to see her again last spring.” Through the use of songs and different musical instruments, Sebastien and Leanne work on building up the teen’s motor skills, and his ability to verbalize his wants and needs through song. “This is one of my son’s favourite things he does through the week,” said Chambers. “Through song, he can work on the words he is working on learning how to say. He will usually repeat it, repeat it, repeat it ’til he gets it right.” To be able to have fun and work at the same time is something Chambers cites as a real benefit of music therapy for Sebastien, especially when he’s overcoming fine motor issues like finger movements.
“We are learning some chords on the guitar to help retrain tick motions,” she said. “Music therapy also helps with those important sounds, to make his speech more clear and easy to understand.” Chambers further cites the improvement in Sebastien’s overall communication skills, as well as in practical life skills such as how to take turns, or transition through a schedule.” Hoeft, who has an honours degree in music therapy from the University of Windsor, as well as degrees in piano performance and psychology from the University of Saskatchewan, says the list of those who can benefit from music therapy is infinite. “Individuals with autism, Down syndrome, FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder), other developmental delays, dementia, those who have had brain injuries or strokes, trauma and abuse survivors, or individuals in long term, palliative, hospice care,” Hoeft listed as just a few examples. “Of course I would recommend it,” said Chambers, somewhat incredulous that she
was even asked. “Music therapy is a great way to work on that communication piece that many of our kids on the autism spectrum have issues with. We have come a long way. Music is a great tool to unlock our kids’ imaginations. I know my son’s quality of life has improved. “Music therapy is a full body experience,” she continued. “If you use music as a way to expand our kids’ horizons, there will be no way of stopping them. Leanne has had remarkable success with my son. I know Sebastien does not just consider her a therapist; she is also his friend. She is an amazing member of Sebastien’s support team — the person who takes his ideas of the day and helps him turn his life into a rock-star adventure. It can’t get much better than that.” Individuals interested in music therapy can check out the Music Therapists Association of Saskatchewan at http://www.mtas. wildapricot.org, or the Canadian Association for Music Therapy at http://www.musictherapy.ca.
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ecently someone told and what’s important to me. me they hoped that I’m thankful for the teensomeday I would run aged possession incident, for elected office, either mubecause it put the fear of jail nicipally or provincially. into me, making that my first Wait, don’t call your Realand last brush with the law. tor yet. Being a candidate is I can’t take back any of the not high up on my list of things social media cursing, literal or to do. figurative, though I once had Besides, if I did run, I’d a mentor chastise me for it, have to be honest and transwhich definitely increased my parent. I’d have to tell perfect restraint. Columnist strangers that in the past I have As for the social media been challenged by depression posts, I’d definitely go back and addictions, and that as a youth I was and review mine, and if I found someonce charged for possession of marijuana thing inappropriate, I’d remove it, in (but not convicted). I’d need to own the order that it not offend anyone in fufact I curse on social media, and often ture. However, given that the Internet use the platform to criticize governments is forever, if I was still confronted with and political parties (all of them), perhaps something I’d written, I’d do one of even the one I was running with. two things: 1) tell you I regret it, it was Oh, and I would not be surprised if wrongheaded and apologize unconditionI have tweeted or posted something(s) ally; or, 2) that I don’t regret it, and why. on Facebook that I regret and given the Thankfully I don’t have any criminal choice, would not post again. convictions or DUIs, only because I’m a Actually, now that I’ve told you all far-from-perfect someone, who, by luck that... it really wasn’t that hard to do. or fate, just didn’t get caught. I’m guessBecause I know I’d also tell you that ing you might be someone like that too. If thanks to fabulous health care providers not, you know someone who is, whether and support, the depression and addicthey admit it or not. tions are, blessedly, a tiny speck in my However, if I did have the misfortunate rearview mirror. I don’t regret they hapof being so incredibly stupid as to drink pened, though, because dealing with them and drive, and be charged and convicted taught me so many lessons I’m grateful for it, I’d disclose that too. for, and gave me insights into who I am, Why would I spill all this dirty laundry
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about myself? Because I’d want to do the opposite of hiding my past indiscretions — not because I’m some kind of hero, but because from a cold public relations and/or politically strategic perspective, it’s best to be in control of your own story. In fact, disclosure in political (and often corporate or institutional) arenas is primarily self-serving, as there’s a good chance doing so first will trump the information being used against you down the road. Plus, there’s the added bonus of not just the perception of transparency, but actually getting to be transparent and authentic. Voters, consumers – people – crave authenticity, and when they get it, they consume it ravenously. Let’s be clear: you’re really hiding your real or perceived past indiscretions from your political opposition. If you’re hiding something from 30 years ago, it’s not necessarily because you’re concerned about the electorate judging you – it’s more likely because you fear your opposition will use it to unfairly smear your character. Just because they can. In other words, you don’t have to change your past — politics has to change its future. If you have made mistakes — including convicted DUIs — in your past, but have since turned your life around, you
can do whatever you want with it. You should definitely run, and if the electorate sees you as a good representative, you will be elected to political office. The candidate’s problem begins and ends with the perception of hiding: that if it didn’t matter, one wouldn’t be hiding it. If it didn’t matter, it wouldn’t be something that requires disclosure to party brass upon nomination. If it requires internal party disclosure, and is then made public by someone else, the perception is that both party and candidate were hiding it. And we’re back at square one. Wouldn’t it be fantastic if Saskatchewan politics changed, for good? If a candidate, with all of his or her glorious, character-building flaws, could actually be themselves, without that fear of personal, often painful (because believe it or not, politicians are people too), attack? Sure, disclosure means opening up oneself to voters for further judgment, but you’d be amazed how forgiving people are when they sense you’re not lying to them. With apologies to the (many) nonLiberals amongst you, “sunny ways” may have seemed naive, but in the end, look how well it worked for Justin Trudeau. Was no one in Saskatchewan’s back rooms paying attention? Apparently not. That’s just one reason why, in part, I’m shocked by how ugly 2016 #skvotes has gotten, and how fast.
Support strengthens for Sask. Party in recent polls Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express
compared to 31 per cent for the NDP. At the time, the Liberal Party was polling at 14 per cent; but in the most recent poll, he Saskatchewan Party’s voter that percentage dropped to six per cent. support improved in the second The Green Party and the Progressive week of the election campaign, Conservatives each have two per cent rising to 61 per cent of decided voters, support. as compared to 29 per cent for the NDP, Lang McGilp of Insightrix said a Insightrix found in its latest poll. potential reason for the Sask. Party’s “Support for the Sask. Party has improved showing is that the party has steadily risen from an all-time low in been focusing on messaging about the November of last year, with continued economy, which a previous poll showed momentum since the official start of the as being top of mind for voters. election,” the Saskatoon polling firm said “This could account for some of the in a comment published with the polling return in support for the party,” he said. numbers. Insightrix uses an online poll- “However, the social media issues and ing system for which margins of error are firing of the NDP campaign manager not considered applicable. may have had an impact on the unde“In contrast, support for the NDP has cided and recent Liberal supporters, remained relatively steady over the past because the NDP support numbers have several polls.” really not changed over the past several In November, the Sask. Party was the months.” choice of 58 per cent of decided voters, Those between the ages of 18 and 23
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are less likely to indicate they will vote Sask. Party, and are somewhat more likely to support the Liberals. Still, half of this group plans to vote for the Sask. Party. The incumbent party continues to have significant support in rural constituencies, while the highest level of support for the NDP is in Regina, where the two major parties are in a statistical tie, said Insightrix. The Sask. Party has a strong lead in Saskatoon, however, at 56 per cent, up from 47 per cent in the November 2015 poll. The poll also showed that a party’s policies carry by far the most weight when people decide how to vote. Ninetysix per cent of poll respondents said policies and stances on issues had either some impact (24 per cent) or a great deal of impact (73 per cent.) Party leaders were also considered important, chosen
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t is only when you hear work to get to the spot where he a mother’s wail that you was found. He had plenty of time understand the impact of to change his mind, but he must suicide. have been so intent on killing The recent headlines of himself, maybe he simply didn’t young aboriginal people comcare: didn’t care about himself, mitting suicide in Northern his daughters, or his own mother. Manitoba are tragic. One I’ve heard my mother cry community has declared a before. Sometimes, they were state of emergency because so tears of sadness, as they were at many of the young are taking the time we lost my grandpartheir own lives. The cycle of ents. Sometimes, they were tears Columnist suicide also came out in the of joy, as they were when I got shooting death of four people married. However, I have never in Northern Saskatchewan. I’ve lived in heard the sound she made during Logan’s the northern parts of the country for most funeral. It wasn’t even a cry, but a wail of my life. I have witnessed the despera- that came from a shattered heart. tion and frustration of young people who To be honest, I was pissed off with are caught in the abyss, but really have Logan. I thought of suicide as a selfish little, if any, support. act with no consideration for anyone else. My own family is affected. My young- If only he heard our mother’s cry, or saw est brother, Logan, took his own life at the how his daughters refused to let go of his young age of 28. Logan was a big man, casket. If only he knew. standing six-foot-three and weighing 280 That was over 25 years ago. His daughpounds. About the only thing bigger than ters are grown, and two are married with him was his heart. He was a kind man, a their own children, Logan’s grandchilgentle giant as they say. He was married dren. Even though it has been more than with three beautiful daughters. From what a quarter century, I still see him here and I gather, Logan and his wife weren’t getthere. In my mind, I know he is gone, but ting along and were considering a divorce. my heart won’t accept it. He sat down and wrote a letter saying he Once, I was driving down 20th Street no longer had the will to move on. Some- West when I saw a big man on the sidewhere, he found a bottle of painkillers, walk. I swear he looked exactly like my walked into the bush and that was the last brother; he even had the same walk. I time he was seen alive. drove around the block to take a second There was no sign of him for days, then look. As the man walked by my car, he weeks, and finally months. I was hopeful smiled. It takes a lot to get tears out of maybe he simply walked away, but in my me, but I could feel them slowly flowing heart I knew there was something wrong. down my cheek. Then my stepfather remembered where he It wasn’t only for the loss of a good and Logan would go fishing. On a hunch, man, but for so many memories of us he decided to go and check. Sure enough, growing up. he found the body of my brother. The youth of the north are trying to Logan found a tall evergreen spruce tree say something. They’re trying to send a to sit by, and took the pills. When he was message. There’s so much pain in so many found, the empty bottle of painkillers was communities that needs to be addressed. there, along with his letter. It takes a lot of One loss is too much.
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Consultants needed to add expertise at city hall Question: I see the city is the best possible dollar value trigger-happy with the use for our taxpayers. They anaof consultants and spent anlyze these things on an ongoother $585,000 in this regard ing basis. As a matter of fact, in 2015 just on the Remai at committee the other day, Art Gallery, even at this late one of the councillors said if stage of construction. Is any you actually take that money of this expenditure related to and hired staff it would fund concerns over the numerous 200 more employees. That is sections of glass that are now not cost effective. replaced with plywood? Is this normal or is it a potenQuestion: In the Feb. tial problem of design/conAsk the Mayor 29 edition, you answered a struction down the road? question about communiMayor Atchison: Any cation allowances. Part of questions regarding the design and your answer was, “When it comes to construction should be addressed to the councillors, I can’t speak for them and Remai Modern Art Gallery team. I have how they feel about their communicanot been briefed on any issues there. If tions allowances. It has been discussed the Remai team has hired a consultant, at committee that communications that question should also go to them as allowances should be suspended on well. July 31 of an election year.” Are you saying that some of the councillors Question: How can the city justify will use their communications allowspending more than $18 million on ance during an election year? Who is consultants in 2015? on this committee? Why was this not Mayor Atchison: I don’t believe it is discussed three years ago when you all a question of “justifying” the figure. The gave yourselves this money? administration needed the expertise in Mayor Atchison: Again, I am not certain areas, so rather than hiring more going to speak for the councillors and full time staff, they hired outside experts. how they spend their communications The city is a complex corporation and allowances. It is best that each councillor does not have experts in every field on answers that question. I can only speak staff. In terms of the numbers, the city for the mayor’s office. We planned for spent $1.8 million on operating and the this some three years ago when our chief balance, $16.83 million, on capital proj- communications officer came on board. ects. The administration needs to be con- The contract expires on Aug. 31 this gratulated for being so open and transyear, well ahead of the writ period which parent. They went through the books and is the middle of September to election anything they thought was even remotely day. I didn’t feel it was appropriate to close to being consultation fees, they have a communications officer during included. I will give you one example. that time. A lot of cities have internal auditors as Saskatoon is a busy city and there is part of city hall itself. In Saskatoon, we a lot going on. Our communications ofuse outside auditors to do internal audit- ficer deals with media and companies not ing for us. The city saves money on that only from Saskatoon but across Canada because we don’t have to hire staff. and around the world. People need to You have to compare apples to apples realize the City of Saskatoon in the last in consultation costs. If you compare Re- 15 years has grown by more than 90,000 gina and Saskatoon and use their criteria, people. In the last 10 years, 50,000 jobs then Regina spent $1.75 million and Sas- have been created and approximately katoon spent $1.8 million. Different cit- 20 people every day of the week move ies use different criteria. A large portion to our community. There are a lot of of those charges was in engineering fees requests for different things from the for major projects. The city doesn’t have office, and we certainly need someone in all that expertise, so we hired out. Also, that particular area with the expertise and the city has a utility, Saskatoon Light knowledge to be able to look after that. and Power and the land development agency, Saskatoon Land. The consultants Did You Know? for those two entities were also included. The City of Saskatoon Recreation Other cities don’t have a utility or a land and Culture Department provides 11,000 development company. hours of year-round low-cost or no-cost P3s require specialized expertise in ar- neighbourhood-based sport, culture and eas of law, accounting, and what is called recreation programs to 12,000 regisa fairness advisor. These are required by trants. the federal government which helps fund (Have a question for Mayor Atchison? the projects through PPP Canada. Those Email it to editorial@saskatoonexpress. fees are included. com. Please put “mayor” in the subject We task our administration to give us line.)
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hich comes first – the if this plan proceeds we will be chicken or the egg? If spending an equivalent amount you solve that puzzle, over the coming decades? Is it then you can solve the next the snowball theory, that being riddle: Which comes first, necwhen Council comes back and essary infrastructure or the Bus says, “we have already spent Rapid Transit (BRT) service? $66 million and we can’t quit Whenever a sales pitch is now” when justifying squeezpresented telling me I am geting us for the balance needed to ting a top quality product for a complete the project? Whatever bargain basement price, my inhappened to that old adage ner voice says “yeah, right” and “honesty is the best policy?” Columnist my Spidey senses start tingling. Jarrett Walker, a purported My inner voice was screaming expert in the field of public and my body tingling when Alan Wallace, transportation, has already pointed to the the director of planning and development fact that although curbside lanes may be for Saskatoon, said the estimated cost of cheaper, they are also slower and less relithe proposed rapid transit plan is between able. In debate, the most lucid comment is $44.2 and $66.3 million. And a plus or attributed to Councillor Darren Hill when minus factor of $22.1 million was discon- he questioned whether the City was being certing, especially when you consider the short-sighted by opting for the cheaper city’s less than stellar record of bringing curbside option today with less economic projects in on time and on budget. benefit overall in the future. However, to fully implement the plan Walker also points out that higher bus over the upcoming years, the city will have ridership and total city coverage contradict to build another bridge connecting the east each other. That prompted transit manager side of the river to 33rd Street. How can Jim McDonald to add that the system’s this possibly happen with a budget capped long-term plan is to decrease service at $66.3 million? coverage and increase frequency, which The short answer is it can’t. The bridges in turn will supposedly increase ridership. and necessary railway underpasses and That prompted Councillor Randy Donauer roadway infrastructure are not included to express concern for walking distances to in this price. Those costs will be included BRT stops for riders, especially in light of in the $1.4 billion infrastructure spending our harsh winters (and especially for those planned over the next few decades. (Recitizens with mobility issues.) Walker minder to self: $1 billion is 1,000 million responded that weather is not generdollars, which is a hefty expenditure for ally used as a factor in establishing rapid any mid-sized city to bear, keeping in mind transit stops. It should be remembered that that this is only one budget line.) Walker is from Oregon where the weather So why play with numbers? Why not rarely dips below zero and snowfall is give a report saying how much the total infrequent. package will cost, inclusive of infrastrucMcDonald says transit will experiment ture, and say this is what we will spend this summer by running buses every five over the next three decades to build a minutes along Eighth Street but without good, reliable, affordable public transit using dedicated lanes. I am bewildered system, be it bus or train? Why try selling as to how this will work given that buses us a measly $66 million plan by comparwill experience the same traffic problems ing it to other cities like Winnipeg, London private vehicles currently do. Envision or Calgary, cities that spent in excess of bumper-to-bumper buses waiting to get $500 million for rapid public transit, when back into moving traffic when pulling
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away from a transit stop. Add to the fray cyclists leisurely pedalling down the middle of road. If the City wants to pilot this system, then use dedicated lanes and give the public a taste of how this BRT really works. (Then again, maybe this is all part of Wallace’s Eighth Street redesign project presented a while back.) Councillors Darren Hill and Pat Lorje are opposed to the proposed 33rd Street bridge. (Both have ward boundaries abutting 33rd Street.) Hill has called it the “over my dead body” bridge. Let’s anticipate a state funeral for Hill. Lorje is adamantly opposed to a 33rd Street bridge, but if there is to be a bridge it should be a walking/ cycling only. I’m scratching my head trying to figure out how this fits into the BRT plan. Councillor Troy Davies, whose ward also touches on 33rd Street, points out that the City has spent years trying to divert traffic away from this east-west roadway and the proposed bridge would defeat that effort. So many concerns, so few answers. What I don’t get is why Council promotes a sustainable, walkable, highdensity city core, phasing out a reliance on vehicular traffic city-wide in favour of public transportation, and at the same time spends hundreds of millions of dollars on
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Megan Fairbairn Saskatoon Express t begins with an idea, swirled around a cup of fragrant morning coffee. You tentatively sip it, taste it, squint your eyes and determine whether or not it is any better than yesterday’s. You are, of course, mapping out a future – your future, specifically. Mornings are reserved for spitting out bitter ideas, and for savouring the revolutionary ones. Those ones – the ones that are reminiscent of a sweetened daydream – are the type I fear. Dreaming and planning and hoping, but not doing, well, that is a recipe for a concoction far worse than bitterness. It is the recipe for regret. Entering adulthood, I already regret the things I will not do. Predictably, I will attend university, get a stable career, and live a long and faceless, nameless life; the same as billions of others – nothing pitiful, but nothing extraordinary, either. Society forces us to spend our time making money; not living, not experiencing, just working. If you like your job, you’re one of the lucky ones. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that there is likely something out there you would rather have written into your life’s script. This seems like a well-paved fast-track to numbness – numbness which we call happiness because very few of us have experienced something better. Some are quite content with nine-to-five or five-to-five, shift work, suburban futures. I wish I could be happy with content. There’s respectability to having a two-storey house, a spouse, and two kids on a nice, quiet street. This is a perfect future that many an individual has swirled around their morning coffee and sipped with a velvety smoothness. So, why then, did I spit it out? Why am I the one who will regret choosing this life?
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Unfortunately, there are no clear and undisputed answers to these questions, and searching for them only seems to make them more elusive. I look for them through city streets, in unseen constellations, in the other-worldly atmosphere that fills the space in the night sky. Finally, when dawn is breaking and I am leaving the city’s limits, I realize that trying to plan my future is pointless. I cannot possibly know what sort of a life will make me happiest in the time ahead; I only know what will fulfill me now, and that is having real life experiences outside of the guarded world I have lived in for 17 years. The future is made up of ambiguous possibilities, but only in the present can we pluck the best of them, in order to learn, grow, and find our true passions. Restlessness such as this plagues many who are in a time of transition from one milestone to the next, but somehow I know that the desire to dig my hands into the world around me is not a cute rebellious phase or a simple flair for the dramatic. It is real. It is physical. It is me. Above all else, it guarantees that – for the time being, at least – I will never be satisfied in an environment of rows upon rows of cookie-cutter houses with passiveaggressive rivalries brewing between their owners. I will not be satisfied with simply being comfortable. Content, which is a synonym for happy in my thesaurus, needs to instead be something more like exhilaration. That desire to leave security behind for something unknown makes me absolutely terrified of facing my own future and what I may or may not get to experience. But, regret is worse than apprehension, and if I choose only to be content in life, I will grow to be as bitter as my morning coffee.
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(Continued from page 3) e’re trying to involve patients, doctors, nurses, the whole health administration to work together as communities and citizens to say OK, here is internally how it’s set up; how do we move forward? Education, that’s a big one, because it’s not only K-12 but post-secondary. We’re talking about redesigning the whole thing, and making sure that not only is there a measure of sustainability put into education, in terms of talking about protecting the environment for future generations, but also how do we get our kids trained and educated for a globalized society? That’s not happening. There are bits and pieces happening, but nobody sat down with educators and talked about the frustrations and the problems. Again, if we can involve people in a participatory democracy process, I think we can redesign education. And lastly, our big number one piece is to downsize the cost of government and implement a guaranteed livable income. It’s very exciting. It sounds like Ontario is beginning a pilot project and I’ve heard more and more rumours that the federal budget that’s going to come down sometime late March will actually have funding dedicated for pilot projects across the country. If we were government, we would definitely bid on that. But more than just bidding on the pilot project we would like to, if I was premier, sit down with the prime minister and say, we’re ready. We think Saskatchewan is ready. Pilot it right across the province. Is there a specific issue pertaining to Saskatoon? My wife comes from Saskatoon, and we visit family there all the time. Saskatoon is a very dynamic city. Regina relies a lot on government jobs, whereas Saskatoon is very much more entrepreneurial, but (you) do have a very large university presence. The two things I see for Saskatoon are how do we tap into that entrepreneurial spirit, and really create an incubator there, and grow local businesses to really drive up the hiring in our economy? And secondly, we would be focusing on the university. Our big piece for the university would be the idea of free tuition. We’re the only party talking about it. Newfoundland has done it; Ontario has begun doing it for families under $50,000 gross income. I think it’s going to start sweeping across the country. We feel if we educate our kids from K-12 for free we should do it for postsecondary education.
What sets your party apart from the others? If you compare what the NDP and the Sask. Party are offering, it’s all about spending announcements; but what we’re saying, is it’s not all about spending. It’s about sitting down with citizens, and saying this is how much we have, you have a new government willing to work with you now. We prepared our budget that way, saying where can we find the cost savings? And then whittle down government as much as people are willing to do. A lot of our redesign areas, agriculture, highways, it’s about getting people involved — not just voting every four years — if they want. We won’t force anyone to do anything . . . but if you want to be involved, we certainly want to hear the voices of farmers, of business, of seniors. Help us redesign the programs you want. We have a platform, we have ideas we think are sound, but maybe we are missing something. It’s a different way of approaching the idea of government and opposition. We want to reach out to the opposition, if we were in government and say, sit on our committees. We want to have a real display of democracy and co-operation.
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NATCHITOCHES, Louisiusual variety of chain motels, ana – Let’s start off with saythere is also a treasure chest of ing that the name of this city is bed and breakfast accommodapronounced Nak-o-tish, a fact tions. With many registered bed not lost on its 18,000 residents and breakfasts, almost all located who say that their community is in attractively furnished charac‘’easier seen than said.’’ ter homes, the only difficulty for But when you finally get over visitors is the welcome dilemma the struggle with its inherent of selecting from the ample enunciation problems, Natchiabundance. toches takes on a true southern elIt’s the same with the restauegance and charm, which ensured rant choices. From fine dining Travel Hollywood had no trouble setting to pub food, the town hostelries the town as the backdrop for the provide any number of culinary 1980s hit movie Steel Magnolias. opportunities for tourists. Cajun and Creole After Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts et menus are popular, but this region of Louisial had finally jetted away from this northern ana tends to favour Texas and southern styles Louisiana community, which is the oldest of cooking, with grits, barbecues and the permanent settlement in the state, the city town’s specialty, spicy meat pies, on top of piggy-backed on the resulting free publicity the local eat parade. to extend and build on its movie moment of There are guided streetcar tours through fame. the historic district as well as boat rides Visitors arrived to explore the graceful ar- along the scenic Cane River Lake, a chitecture and enjoy its local hospitality and 50-kilometre-long waterway which stretches soon the town’s genteel ambiance captured through town to the fertile plantation fields a brand new audience, who memorized and beyond. rememorized various pronunciations of the Tours of nearby historic plantations are town’s name and went away to spread the also possible. Especially interesting along word on this easier seen than said location. the Cane River is the Melrose PlantaThe community delights in a long stand- tion. Located about 25 kilometres south of ing reputation of maintaining its original Natchitoches, Melrose was established in character. the late 1700s by Marie Coincoin, a freed Established by the French in 1714, slave who was given 70 acres of land by her Natchitoches has managed to hold on to French master and lover. From this beginits early European flavour which is still ning, Coincoin built a successful plantation, displayed in the architectural styles of many which by the time she died in 1816, had of its buildings. A 33-block area has been set increased in size to more than 1,000 acres. aside as a National Historic Landmark DisAnother taste of history comes in the trict and at the heart of it is Front Street, an shape of Fort St. Jean Baptiste, a recreation area of brick thoroughfares, elegant wrought of a 1734 French colonial fort. Built on a five iron balconies, restaurants and shops. acre site just south of town, the compound Over the years, local groups and proud ad includes the commandant’s house, chapel hoc bands of citizens have fought unwanted and some smaller buildings. Interpretive progress tooth and nail, fiercely defendguides in period costume offer guided tours ing the distinct characteristics, landmarks and explain the region’s history. and the unique quality of life Natchitoches Natchitoches also hosts a full roster of continues to offer. festivals throughout the year, including CreWhen an improvement committee called ole Heritage, Mardi Gras, Jazz and Zydeco for the removal of the original brick surface as well as its annual Folk Festival. Christmas from Front Street, a local women’s historiis an especially busy time around town as cal society blocked traffic and shooed the locals celebrate the community’s reputation asphalt companies out of town. Dubbed the as the City Of Lights. Blue Haired Mafia, the group brought a halt Phonetically challenged, maybe; but to any plans to change the protected street Nak-o-tish has a habit for leaving pleasand the community settled back into its ant memories and indelible images that go regular rhythm. beyond mere words. The laid-back scene has proved popular For more information on Natchitoches, with tourists who discovered that besides the visit www.natchitoches.net
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Contact y.jaspar@shaw.ca. $20 and include lunch. Ticket deadline Wed. April APRIL 1 ***** 13. Available at erindalealliance.ca, Eventbrite or Resurrection: music from the Ukrainian sacred Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International choral tradition, 7:30 p.m. at Knox United Church. Kennedy’s Parable. Bazaar and Bistro, located in the basement of More than 50 professional and amateur singers Grace-Westminster United Church, located at 505 from Canada and Ukraine will be featured. Tickets: APRIL 23 10th Street East. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. $30. They are available for online purchase at Third Avenue United Church hosts its annual ham ***** www.onstagedirect.com/axios, by email at info@ supper Saturday, April 23, at 5:30 p.m. Spirit of the West 616550 Toastmasters Club. resurrectionalliturgy.com or by calling 1-780-906- Tickets $15, available in advance or at the door. Come and have some fun and learn speaking and 1549. For more information, visit www.resurrecChildren 6-12- $7; 5 and under: free. Please call leadership skills. The club meets from 7 p.m. to tionalliturgy.com. 306-652-6812 for more information. 8:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great Western ***** Brewing Company. Follow the red fence on south Prairie River Artists annual Art Show & Sale. Albert side of building through the gate up the stairs into Community Centre. April 15 from 6:30 p.m. to the building. 9:30 p.m., April 16 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and MARCH 25, 26 April 17 from noon to 4:30 p.m. Wheelchair accesLAST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH sible. Free admission. For more information, call The Draggins Rod and Custom Show rolls into Dizziness and Balance Support Group will meet Prairieland Park on March 25 and 26. It’s the 56th 306-343-9721. from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at LifeMark Health Centre, year for the car club’s show. Doors will open at 3907 Eighth St. East. Anyone with a dizziness/ 10 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. each day. Admission vertigo/balance condition is welcome to attend. is $15 for people 16 to 64 years of age, $5 for There is no cost to attend. There will be an children 6 to 15 years of age, and $10 for those educational topic presented and an opportunity 65 years of age and over. Preschool-aged kids and EVERY MONDAY to learn from each other. For more info, call Rae Want a chance to develop and practice your visitors in wheelchairs enter free of charge. Ann at 306-652-5151 or email raeann.erickson@ French & English communication & leadership lifemark.ca. skills in a welcoming, non-judgmental environMARCH 25 – APRIL 3 ment? Visit Inspiration bilingue Toastmasters Club Wide Open Children’s Theatre presents Munsch THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH from 12:05 to 12:55 p.m. Meetings are at Le More For YOU! at the Refinery, 610 Dufferin Ave. Rendez-vous francophone - 308 Fourth Ave. North, Schizophrenia Society of Saskatoon Family SupThe show features some of the puppetry troupe’s port Group will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the second floor. For more information, visit http:// favourite tales, appropriate for all ages. Tickets W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue inspirationbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org/ available at wideopen.ca or text/call 306-6839460. EVERY THURSDAY Prairie Sky Farmer’s Market is open every MARCH 26 Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is located at The Saskatoon Council on Aging and Caregiver St. Paul’s United Church in Sutherland (454 Egbert Information and Support presents: Caregiver FoAve.) New vendors may phone or text Kathy at rum 2016. Venue: Emmanuel Baptist Church (1636 306-222-2740. Acadia Drive, back entrance). 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ***** Tickets: $20 (includes lunch). SCOOTERS - A drop-in indoor playgroup for children ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivAPRIL 3 ers. Thursdays from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at The Friends of the Forestry Farm House, annual Emmanuel Baptist Church. $40/family/year, or a general meeting, 12:30 p.m. at the Superintensuggested drop-in fee of $2/child or $5/family. For dent’s Residence, Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park more information, email scooters@ebap.ca, visit & Zoo. Complimentary lunch at 12:30, followed by www.emmanuelbaptist.ca/scooters, or check out
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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. ***** Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW). Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s United Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also has a general meeting on the third Sunday of every month, with the exception of July and August. For more information, contact Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the church at 306-343-7101. ***** T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For more information go to www. tops.org or call Debbie at 306-668-4494. Meetings are at Resurrection Lutheran Church (310 Lenore Drive). New member orientation every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ***** Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly brunch, movie nights, and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information email: allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone (306) 978-0813. (Continued on page 19)
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St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th St. West) has 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 306-3844644 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.
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. FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email leftbehind@sasktel.net. ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail. com.
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 FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY Coachman bar at Market Mall. Call 306-668-0015 MONTH for more information. Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beFIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH loved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other reasons. The no-obligation support group The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, provides an opportunity meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons with 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322. dementia, family, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and information. SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Renters of Saskatoon and area meet. 2 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre. to 3:30 p.m. St Thomas Wesley United 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 306382-5107. FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month except when JW030710 James there is a holiday. If so, meetings are on the
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: 306-657-6100, or email renters@ classiclaw.ca.
The association looks after the Log Cabin at the Exhibition. New members needed. For more information, contact Lloyd at 306-382-4915 or Laura at 306-373-1861.
***** Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Newcomers’ club The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH female residents in the Saskatoon area, as well The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group as those who have recently undergone a sigmeets every month except July and August at 7:30 nificant change in lifestyle (such as relationship p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across status, retirement, or becoming a new parent). from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more infor- A new resident is defined as one who has not mation call Murray Hill at 306-242-5893 or email resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for murraydhill@me.com. more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email to saskatoonnewcomersclub@ Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 gmail.com. clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel Saskatoon Mood Disorder while forging new friendships with club members Support Group from around the world. For more information, visit The Saskatoon mood disorder support group www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend a meeting for people with bi-polar, depression and other contact Lynne Stade at 306-933-4835 or lstade@ related mental health problem meets at the Zion shaw.ca. Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY information call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at OF THE MONTH 306-491-9398. Resporados support group for people with breathing difficulties taking place at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair Card Games United Church (33rd Street West). Cosmo Senior Centre (614 11th Street East): 1:30 on Monday (Kaiser), Wednesday (Whist) and Friday EVERY TUESDAY, SATURDAY (Kaiser and crib). 1 p.m. on Tuesday (Bridge) and AND SUNDAY Thursday (Bridge). Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, Reunion purge or restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a non-profit 12-step group that meets Aden Bowman Collegiate — Class of 1975. June on Tuesdays at noon, Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and 10, 11, 12. Email adenbowman1975@shaw.ca for Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information including more details. locations visit www.oa.org.
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Country Farms Marketplace at Confederation Mall, at 306-244-0587. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Indoor marketplace located EVERY THIRD SATURDAY across from Urban Planet. The Marketplace features home cooked lunch, desserts, pies, Saskatoon Oldtimers Association’s monthly preserves and other amazing food as well as hand meeting. Parkville Manor (625 25th Street East), crafted items and home based business vendors. Reception at the main door 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Marr Residence Winter programs: A Victorian sewing circle will be held March 20 and April 17 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each date. We invite you to bring your historical sewing project to spend the afternoon sewing, planning and sharing information about historical costuming in Saskatoon. Space, basic sewing equipment (straight stitch machines and pressing equipment) are provided. Marr Residence volunteers will also be on hand to provide guided tours and information about the history of the house, which is located at 326 11th Street East.
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