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Dian Walsh was reunited last month with a gift she received 76 years ago. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

n amazing discovery Walsh, “and a doll whose memon a shopping trip in ory I still treasured even though November is giving we’d been apart for almost 70 Dian Walsh, a retired Saskatoon years.” nurse, a Christmas gift she will Immediately upon seeing never forget. Bubbles on that Thursday, Walsh Walsh was at Market Mall on went home and told her husa Thursday afternoon when she band, Pat, who said they should walked into a display of dolls go back and buy it immediately. assembled by Penn’s Antiques. They did so on Friday. One doll caught her eye “The funny part of the story and today, Walsh is 99 per cent was that I had some groceries to sure that Bubbles is the doll buy at Safeway, so I asked Pat People her uncle, Ralph Brouillette, to stand outside the store in the gave her when she was living in hallway and hold Bubbles while North Battleford. I went shopping. The idea didn’t appeal to ENCH.2016starphoenixadTOPRESS.pdf 2 2016-11-09 2:36 PM “It was my personal favourite” said him much at the time, but he’s grown to

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enjoy Bubbles as much as I have.” Walsh’s parents, Mel and Hazel Harris, lived in North Battleford until she was 10 years old and then the family moved to Saskatoon. Her father was a chartered accountant. Bubbles was once a member of a family of dolls produced with remarkable American traits. The first Bubbles dolls were produced in 1925 by a company called Effanbee, a name chosen by founders Fleischaker and Baum, who were toy specialists. The doll was designed by Bernard Lipfert, who also created dolls which resembled and sold under the trademarks of Shirley Temple and Canada’s Dionne Quintuplets. The very first Bubbles dolls

were designed to be a premium gift for families which subscribed to the Junior Home magazine. But the popularity of the dolls grew and grew. The Bubbles brand sold into the late 1930s. When they were first introduced, they were in a height range of 13 to 14 inches. They became larger with each new production year. Walsh’s doll measures about 27 inches. All of the qualities advertised in the 1920s match the doll Walsh again owns. The non-breakable dolls have dimples in the cheeks, eyelids that open and close, even teeth in the mouth and rosy colours on the face, arms and legs. (Continued on page 5)

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andy and I got our first the dead sparrow on the tree? Christmas tree in 1978. Sandy was given an ornaIt was an exciting time ment of a camera. The ornafor newlyweds. I don’t rememment is in focus. ber where we got that tree, We purchase an ornament but it was likely the Mayfair each year to represent someHardware. We wanted to be thing going on in our lives. I like the cool people. keep looking for one with a We bought a couple of typo. strings of lights and a couple From the department of the of boxes of ornaments. When weird, we have an ornament of those were in place, we finthe A&W Root Bear. My dad Editor ished our masterpiece with tingave it to the boys. I have long sel. I am sure we have photos feared he took it off a tree at an of the tree in one of those boxes of prints A&W restaurant and stuffed it in his coat. that have never made it into an album. It’s the thought that counts, right? Christmas took on a different meanOur favourite ornaments are crafts the ing as each of our sons was born. Year boys made in primary grades. At the top after year, ornaments that represented of the tree every year, where an angel or our lives replaced those generic coloured star might sit, is a snowflake Brandon balls. There’s a “baby’s first Christmas” made. We call it a pretzel because it is ornament for each of our sons. There are more pretzel than snowflake. But we love ornaments for our two dogs — Chipper it. and Dodger. Ryan made a tinsel Christmas tree that Chipper died in 2012, so it is wonder- has held its shape and Jay made a bell ful to see a likeness of his face on the tree. using an egg carton. We like to keep them Not long after Chipper died, I did a story front and centre. Those boys are 29, 27 on a pet support group in Saskatoon. and 23 now. I attended a meeting and listened to the This year we had a special addition to stories people told about their departed our tree. My mother and father had ornapets. I found myself participating. The ments hidden away that once adorned my tears shared were for our losses and the paternal grandmother’s tree. My grandgratitude for having such loving compan- mother died in 1958, so you can imagine ions in our lives. how old and precious these are. It became a tradition that one of Each of my sons and my brother’s Sandy’s aunts would send us a Christmas daughters will get one of the ornaments in ornament every year. She lives in Arizona memory of their great-grandmother. and we haven’t visited her in years — too At this time of year, Sandy and I remany years. Some of our best vacations member a more recent death in our family. were spent in Arizona with Sandy’s uncle Our brother-in-law, Mel Diamond, died and aunt. Her uncle died a couple of tragically in Bangalore, India, on Dec. months ago and her aunt now needs care, 13, 2008. We miss him terribly and think but those decorations will remind us of of him dearly. The ornament on our tree those trips and great times. represents the passion he had for life, and We have ornaments representing our the magnitude of our loss. special interests. Sandy loves nature. An It is a wonderful time of the year to owl was placed on our tree a couple of reflect, to love and to dream of what lies weeks ago. One of her birds looks almost ahead. too much like the real thing, as in who put Merry Christmas.

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Saskatoonmade movie returns to big screen Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express nthony J. Towstego used the word crisis a lot during a 30-minute conversation. It is the title of his first full-length film. It describes the feeling of shooting a 97-minute movie in 11 days, and it defines the state of the motion picture industry in Saskatchewan. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Crisis — the movie — Towstego will show the film Dec. 28 at the Broadway Theatre. It will be a treat for those too young to remember its 1996 premiere, and for those wanting to take a trip back in time. Those were exciting times for Towstego and his company, Thomega Entertainment. Crisis premiered at the Pacific Theatre in Saskatoon and in a little city called Los Angeles. The StarPhoenix sent a reporter to L.A. to capture the moment. Towstego has the front page framed. Towstego laughs when asked how many times he has seen Crisis. It turns out it’s 10. He cautions people not to take it seriously. It is not Gone with the Wind, he said. “Enjoy it for its brilliance in terms of the passion behind it. And realize this was the first of a lot of major movies that got made in Saskatoon. And it was a springboard to a lot of careers. “If you are a continuity person, you will probably pick out a few errors here and there. And you know what, everybody was cutting their teeth in this movie and it shows a little bit, but in a good way. Nobody could ever remake a movie like this because of the passion behind it. You see it in the performance; you see it in the SS121901 James

Tony Towstego and Lizzy Watkins strike a pose in advance of Crisis’ Dec. 28 showing at the Broadway Theatre. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) quality. There are things we could have done better. “In 11 days we shot a full 97 minute feature film — long days, 14-hour days, six-day weeks, and we achieved it. There is a lot of action and drama in that 97 minutes that you don’t even see in a lot of Hollywood movies. So we’re proud of it. It’s not a profound movie. It’s a movie designed to entertain and thrill and nothing more.” Towstego had a budget of $1 million for the movie. It came in a few dollars under. He said at the first casting call 600 people showed up. “When you see the movie, you are going to see a lot of terrorists carrying guns. A lot of them came from our own fire depart-

ment,” he said with a laugh. Towstego said he knew he would one day produce a movie. “I wrote it on a napkin in the ’80s that I would produce a million dollar movie in Saskatoon. And I even put that number on it. I hit a lot of roadblocks, particularly in the banking community — a lot of skepticism — and in the investment community as well. They thought I was a dreamer and I wasn’t. I had a goal and I was going to achieve it. Through the help and support of a lot of people, I was able to do that.” He said making the movie was a crisis, given it had so many moving parts. Shooting in 11 days was taxing beyond belief. He said there were days with more than 70

setups. Investing in a movie was not necessarily a sound financial decision. “There was a tremendous amount of risk. My father was risk averse and he was horrified when he saw the risk I was taking on many, many levels. I didn’t make money on Crisis and that was expected on the first film you make. I didn’t lose a lot of money. “Luckily I had a company that could sustain it, but that’s a whole other story. There are other circumstances that affected that, and again it was the short-sightedness of people around me because little did people realize that 20 years later Crisis would still be appearing on televisions all over the world in as many as 14 languages.” (Continued on page 7)

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12 gifts of Christmas to boost seasonal spirit

ooking back at 2016, I mas, Caswell. must say it was a tough Saskatoon apparently one. And I absolutely boasts the best business cliplan to whine about the grim mate, tax-wise, in the country events of this year; but the holi— at least among the biggest day season is not the time for cities in each province. We my internal Grinch to come out. need that advantage in this awActually, calling someone ful economy, since we’re still who isn’t crazy about Christin the middle of nowhere from mas a Grinch doesn’t make a an access to tidewater standlot of sense, right? After finding point, and really don’t have a redemption in Whoville, the huge population from which Columnist Grinch proves to be a Very Nice to draw skilled labour. Thanks Guy with a Very Expandable to the C.D. Howe Institute for Heart. He, not unlike me, just needed a making our advantage clear. little push in the Christmas-loving direcNot only do we have low business tion. But I digress. taxes, we also have very strong conIn a really lousy time for the economy, nections to our community. The Confergeopolitical weirdness and human sufence Board of Canada said recently that fering in many parts of the globe, I will Saskatoon tops another 10-city list for instead focus on the bright side — at least, healthy lifestyle and life satisfaction. It’s for Saskatoon. Your 12 gifts of the season: that latter point that put us at the top of the Ding dong, the transit work-to-rule is list. We are a municipally patriotic bunch, dead. Thank goodness. After four dread- and rightly so. ful years of fighting and lockouts, not to This may be premature, and I sure hope mention frozen citizens waiting for buses, not. But so far, our new city council the city and the transit union finally came seems to be a pretty good group — apart to terms last week. The new contract didn’t from surprising us with really big new exactly get a ringing endorsement from indirect taxes, especially on the water use union members, who at only about 56 per front. Other than that surprise, they appear cent endorsed the city’s offer of a 10 per to be working hard, admitting when they cent retroactive pay increase (for employees don’t understand something, and evaluatwith at least four years of service.) The city ing things like safe injection sites. Plus, won on the pension side. Maybe things will they cut the Remai Modern Art Gallery finally settle down, and we can get on with budget for 2017. Good move. (Will it resurrecting our city’s transit system. EVER open?) Not only do we have a new transit Oil prices are up. I hate thanking OPEC contract, we also have a shiny new for anything — they are in large part transit facility, an enormous $154 million responsible for the plunge in price that is building on Valley Road. This will soon plaguing our economy — but at least the get those awful, stinking bus barns out big oil group has given us a six-month proof Caswell Hill, and hopefully open up duction cut agreement. As I write this, oil that land to something more conducive to is at about $53 US per barrel (West Texas neighbourhood peace. (I know whereof Intermediate) and companies like Husky I speak; I lived a block away from those Energy (love them or hate them) are planbarns for eight years. UGH.) Merry Christ- ning new investments in Saskatchewan.

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Husky has announced $1 billion in new heavy oil extraction plants over the next few years. If you hate oil, that’s a problem. If you hate our lousy economy, that’s great news. A year since Syrian refugees began coming into Canada in large numbers, including into Saskatoon, many reports are showing that they are, overall, reasonably happy and settling in. Let me just say that even the cold weather over the last two weeks, which has to be tough to adjust to, can’t even come close to the hell that has unfolded in their home country. Welcome. We are seeing a fairly major and serious development of our technology sector. I don’t think most Saskatonians realize how big the sector is, or how big a deal that is to our largely resource-reliant economy. There are great stories there, and it’s great for our city. In a tough environment for mainstream media, the Express celebrated its fifth birthday this year. It’s amazing, and I am so grateful to be part of it. This city is full of incredible people, and you’ll find stories about them everywhere — including, and perhaps especially, in this newspaper. I can’t possibly

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list them all. You’ll just have to keep reading, and look for them in previous editions on the website. But we should be thankful for their determination and charity and work ethic and kindness and countless other wonderful attributes. (See gift No. 4. That’s what makes us such a connected community.) Donations are pouring in to all the many Christmas causes in Saskatoon. It doesn’t matter if we’re breaking records; it’s a tough economy. Folks are doing their best. CBC’s Comfort and Joy campaign benefitting food banks, for example, is at $61K as I write this, which will be matched by PotashCorp. Last year the campaign raised about $48K (for a total of about $96K). Saskatchewanians rock. This is not much of a gift, but it is my little offering to you at this time of year: a safe and merry Christmas, or happy Hanukkah, or whatever the occasion you celebrate — or don’t celebrate, for that matter, if this season is thrust upon you. May there be peace and prosperity in 2017. May there be love in your life, and a light in your eyes. May whatever next year brings you be wonderful.

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Bubbles lands at Penn’s Antiques

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(Continued from page 1) y uncle was a bachelor in North Battleford and I have no idea how he found Bubbles for me,” Walsh said with a laugh. “All I know is that when I was two years old, I wasn’t any bigger than the doll I was trying to hold.” The doll fell out of her possession when she was a teenager. Her mother was collecting items in the home which she could donate to a sale at Knox United Church. “I came home from school and was a little upset to know that my doll had disappeared. I went down to the church, knowing they had a supply room, and I was hoping to recover the doll, but never did.” Walsh graduated from St. Paul’s School of Nursing in 1959, and married Pat a year later at St. Joseph’s Church in Saskatoon. She was a nurse until 1994. Pat spent most of his working life in education. When he retired in 1990, he was assistant principal at Holy Cross High School. They have four children — John, Joanne, Sharon and Robert. There seems to be some mystery as to what happened to Bubbles between Walsh’s teenage years and the present. It is partially guesswork, but it is very likely Bubbles was acquired at the Knox sale by Elaine Penn, a collector in her own right and who, with her husband Bill, launched Penn’s Antiques in 1948. “My mother was a collector, very active in the community, especially with the

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YWCA, and she and Muriel Clancy were founders of the Saskatoon Doll Club, producing an annual show,” said Scott, one of Penn’s sons. Clancy was head of the children’s department at the Saskatoon Public Library and founded what is now known as Pooh Corner. She was an advocate of Young Canada Book Week and was the second winner of CFQC’s Citizen of the Year Award. Another son, Steve, said, “mother had half the upstairs at the store filled with dolls and she had another room filled at the house. She died July 7, 2015, and Dad a year later. It took us some time to gather the collections and get them ready for dispersal this year.” Market Mall holds an antiques show twice a year and Penn’s has managed a booth there for 18 years. “My mom always called the dolls her babies,” said Steve, who admits there is considerable joy, and sometimes some sadness, when dealing with the dispersal of dolls. “Just about the same time that Mrs. Walsh came to the booth, we had another woman come to the booth. She looked around and then came up to the front. She showed us one which she said was her first doll, another that was her sister’s first doll and another which was her own second doll. She was happy but she was in tears.” There are often touching times in the antique business, all of which make Scott, Steve, John, Don and Todd and their two sisters, Connie and Cathy, pleased to learn the stories and share in some happy memories.

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he environment, global greater development of the warming and climate fossil fuel industries in the change are now our U.S., Trump has also indicated political sacred cows. he would explore trade agreeAny reasoned suspicion of ments with the Middle East and data on these topics put forth Russia. It should be noted that by the powers that be would Russia is not a signatory to the label you as a “climate skeptic.” Paris Agreement and that after But in reality, any questioning its invasion of Ukraine and of information will have you confiscation of the Crimea terlabelled as a “climate denier,” ritory, it controls the Black Sea which implies wilful ignorance. oil fields. Most reasonable people acTrump has also stated that Columnist knowledge that humankind has the North American Free Trade imposed a negative impact on the planet Agreement (NAFTA) will be eliminated or and that as a global community we have dramatically altered to favour of the U.S., a responsibility to future generations to which will have an impact on Canada belessen the impact our lifestyles create. The cause the U.S. has been our largest trading question is, what do we do about it. partner. Well, we are trying to reduce waste, Canada produces about 1.95 per cent of explore alternative sources of clean energy GHGs and the U.S. is responsible for about and/or develop technology to reduce 17.89 per cent. There is no big, beautiful greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Glob- wall that can be constructed to keep U.S. ally, our willingness is evidenced by the GHGs from polluting our atmosphere. Paris Agreement on climate developed If we add in China’s 20.09 per cent of last year which was signed by two of the emissions, Russia’s 7.53 per cent, along world’s largest polluters — China and the with India’s 4.10 per cent, we have four United States. countries that produce roughly 50 per cent But things have changed. The president- of the world’s GHGs. There is a reasonable elect of the United States, Donald Trump, likelihood that if the U.S. bails on the Paris earlier stated his opinion that climate Agreement, so will China and India; and change is a hoax perpetrated by China and Russia will then not be convinced to sign that as president he would pull out of the on. Paris Agreement. His appointments and Our prime minister has decided that he nominees to his cabinet, many of whom will be the grand master of the parade on have backgrounds in fossil fuel industries, global warming by proceeding with a carlead us to believe he will fulfil that misbon tax on our resource industries despite sion. the potential for collapse of the agreement. Aside from Aaron moving forward with Our industries will struggle to survive in AS121907

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this changing market and our economy will suffer job losses and a reduction in revenues that support our valued social programs. At the end of the day, it won’t do diddly squat to reduce global warming nor will the global titans follow Trudeau’s lead. Face it, folks: compare Canada’s 35 million people with the U.S. population of 324 million, China’s population of 1.4 billion, India’s 1.3 billion souls and Russia’s 143 million people and ask yourself, what great influence does our prime minister have on those nations and their economies? At the recent First Ministers’ conference, Premier Brad Wall assumed the role of David fighting Goliath. Wall was asking the federal government to do due diligence before proceeding with the tax. He wanted time to watch what the U.S. (and others) will do, and asked for economic impact studies on the provinces, especially the western resource-based provinces which seem to be most affected. He also expressed interest in working with the federal government to develop technology to reduce emissions. It also appears that not all provinces will be taxed the same. Quebec and Ontario will use a cap and trade program, which is less punitive. Rough estimates suggest that by 2020, when we are paying $30 per tonne in carbon tax, these eastern provinces will be capped at $19 per tonne because of their programs. Late in the day at the conference, British Columbia’s Premier Christy Clark surfaced for a media scrum and stated her Express_SPLIDBL_Christmas_2016.pdf 1 11/22/2016 province was joining Wall in opposition

to the carbon tax proposal because the tax was “unfair” to Western Canada. Shortly after, she cut her side deal with the federal government and was back on stream. All things are not equal here. According to reports, the federal government said it will collect the tax and give it all back to the provinces, who in turn can use it as they please, including subsidizing the resource industries. How does that fit into NAFTA? Why submit the tax to Ottawa in the first place? Why not just collect the tax and keep it in province? How will it affect the federal equalization formula? It sounds suspiciously like a pitch from a snake salesman. And of course, we must remember the federal government’s failed commitment to provide financial aid to the provinces in support of last year’s mass immigration settlement program. I am having a déjà vu moment and can’t help remember the introduction of the National Energy Program, or the loss of the Crow’s Nest Pass Agreement on freight rates, or the late Pierre Trudeau’s infamous comment “why should I sell your wheat.” (Perhaps the apple doesn’t fall from the tree.) Are we returning to the divisive East vs. West mentality of yesteryear? I hope not. Given the information that seeped out of the conference, Wall’s lone wolf protest should not label him as a “climate denier,” but rather a practical premier protecting his province’s future and looking for alternative means to deal with carbon emissions, along with a fair deal for Saskatchewan. We should thank him and applaud him for his work. 10:01:05 PM ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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(Continued from page 3) e said he isn’t collecting royalties. Towstego hopes millennials will come out and watch Crisis. He points to Lizzy Watkins, a 31-year-old woman he is mentoring, as an example. “She never saw it and neither did any of her friends. I talked to Lizzy and realized that there is a whole audience in Saskatoon that never had the opportunity to see it on the big screen.” He said they will see it differently than those did when it was made. He recalls screening it four years ago. “The funniest thing I have noticed is we made the movie with more a serious tone, an action adventure. We threw a little comedy into it, but never really thought of it with comedic elements. What we realized is the audience reacted to its more comedic elements that we didn’t predict. So we are seeing it plays differently than it originally did. It has a little bit of a Tarantino feel to it and a little bit of comedy.” Towstego hasn’t let his protégé see it, saving it for the big screen. “I can’t wait to see it. I’m really, really excited,” Watkins said. “It’s going to be fun to see a movie made in Saskatoon.” Towstego’s next two movies — Without Malice and Murder Scene — had a combined budget of $4 million. He was starting to move with some of Hollywood’s names. “You see the quality advance from Crisis quite a bit and that’s where experience comes in. They are much bigger productions with much bigger stars: Jennifer Beals, Cory Haim, Craig Sheffer and Timothy Bottoms, an Academy Award-nominated actor. It shows in the quality.” The past five years have not been good for the film industry in the province. A movie got away on Towstego just this past summer. “I had a movie financed this past August with a prolific L.A. producer who had produced a movie called Cinderella Story and Adventures in Babysitting. Cinderella Story was a $100-million blockbuster. I had worked for 25 years plus to build that relationship. “She totally wanted to bring a movie here this summer with me. Creative Saskatchewan was 100 per cent on board supporting me. We were ready to bring a $4-million US movie here.” He said Creative Saskatchewan had exhausted its budget, leaving him less than a million dollars away from completing the deal. “$600,000,” he said. Towstego said that is one example of the “monumental impact” the 2012 cancellation of the labour tax credit has had on the Saskatchewan film industry. “We were almost over $100 million in total production volume in the mid-2000s. You had an industry that went from 2,000 people being employed down to a few. . . . We were in a place in 2005 where it was booming and Aaron were able to be competitive AS121901

with the rest of Canada because many other jurisdictions have labour tax programs. With the cancellation of the program, it took us out of the competitiveness. Manitoba increased its tax credit, and we’ve seen Alberta and B.C. boom.” Towstego chose to stay in Saskatoon. “I love Saskatoon. My great-grandparents settled here, my grandparents and my own parents. I choose to stay here because I love the city and all my dots and lines connect. There is still work, but it is very limited. “As a producer in this province, you have to be very resourceful, and definitely my career has been negatively impacted. We are grateful we have Creative Saskatchewan as an agency that is trying to help us the best it can. They have a limited budget and resources that we once had access to. “Movies are something I am passionate about doing and have driven my career. It has been painful to not be continuing that. I should be on the 10th or 11th or 12th movie right now.” He is happy to be bringing Crisis home for the screening at the Broadway. “Hopefully it will give you a state change. That’s what motion pictures are all about — leaving the theatre feeling a little bit happier and glad you spent 97 minutes of your life being entertained.” He said people can watch for a documentary on the making of Crisis. It’s being called the 11 Day Movie Miracle. Towstego says he has six hours of footage with which to work. It will be released in 2017. Tickets for the Dec. 28 showing are available at broadwaytheatre.ca. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the film at 7 p.m. We have two pairs of tickets to give away. Email editorial@saskatoonexpress.com to enter. Please put Crisis in the subject line.

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have this vision of downhow to curb panhandling for town Saskatoon. years, it’s because we have. It It’s a vision of a place where was spring 2015 when Saskaresidents can move about freely, toon’s Street Activity Steerunencumbered by the possibility ing Committee (SASC), comof being approached by folks prised primarily of the executive who exist in a much, much directors of various business lower tax bracket. improvement districts, asked city I see the happy, shiny faces council to direct administration of those who have descended to review the city’s panhanupon Second Avenue from the dling bylaw, under the guise of depths of Stonebridge, Wiladdressing what they said was Columnist lowgrove or Montgomery, an increase in aggressive and rolling from store to store, intimidating panhandling. each ensconced safely in Bumper Bubbles At that time, Sarah Marchildon, then-ex(sometimes called Soccer Bubbles), out of ecutive director of the Broadway Business arms-length reach of anyone or anything Improvement District, told CBC Saskatoon resembling poverty or addiction. that customers were complaining to retailers OK, sometimes in my vision it’s just “that they’re not enjoying their experience boring old sumo suits. Bumper Bubbles feel on the street. … That’s why we jump in as unattainable, but you can get sumo suits economic development groups for these pretty much anywhere. areas, because we need to make the shopReally, I’m being cheeky calling this my ping experience good for people when they vision, because technically, I stole it from come.” Saskatoon’s City Hall, which appears to Really? Who are these delicate flowers be ready to stop at nothing to achieve their “not enjoying” themselves because they utopian notion of a downtown cleansed of had to walk by someone, or God forbid, be undesirable characters, whether they be approached by someone, asking for money? panhandlers or bicycle riders. And in what world is anyone entitled to If it feels like we’ve been talking about enjoy their experience on the street at the

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stuck in the throes of an addiction, or unsure of where their next meal is coming from, like a bylaw and like the threat of a ticket. Do I seriously have to point out that these people are begging for spare change? So our solution is to impose upon them a financial penalty? I’m not saying that being approached by a stranger asking for money wouldn’t be intimidating, but admittedly in the 38 years I’ve lived in this city, it’s never happened to me. I’ve walked by panhandlers, but have never been accosted by one. In fact, I don’t know anyone who’s been harassed to that extent. But here’s the thing. Even if it did happen to me, or to my friend, or to you, we don’t have the right not to be irritated or uncomfortable in a public space. Nor, I’m sorry to say, do we have the right to an “enjoyable” shopping experience. Not outside the retail space, anyway. Oh, and as much fun as it might be, wrapping Saskatoon shoppers in Bumper Bubbles isn’t practical. However, if this latest bylaw overkill doesn’t stop the whining about panhandling, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them suggest it in city administration’s next report.

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“The original six are still there,” she said. “There was one spot that traded out for three years. Our baby in the group has been there 27 years.” One of the founding members, Lyta Galenzoski, died from cancer in 2015. “So we had a year of memorial last year for her — just the seven of us.” The group added an eighth person this year. She is a friend who knows the other people in the group. “And she is a fabulous baker,” Jutras said. The current members of the group are Haver, Jutras, Mary Orr, Marlene Mallard, Sue Balliant, Brenda Mann, Colette Bischoff and Kathy Boechler. She said her group has inspired others. One is a long-distance group, with Jutras’ son, John, starting one in Australia. He was the benefactor of a lot of great baking when he was growing up. Jutras said the exchange evolved as children left home. “We don’t do an actual exchange anymore. What we do now is bring appetizers and goodies and we bring a recipe and a

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Rosie & the Riveters throw vintage New Year’s Eve party

By Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express osie the Riveter, you may recall, is the iconic woman flexing her bicep in the poster demonstrating the female contribution to the American Second World War effort. Coming up on New Year’s Eve is another display of female strength, in the form of an all-woman concert and vintage party at the Broadway Theatre. Unsurprisingly, the all-ages event is anchored by Rosie & the Riveters, the Saskatoon band that takes its name from the wartime icon. Allyson Reigh, who joins founder Farideh Olsen, Alexis Normand and Melissa Nygren in the band, said the idea emerged from a simple desire to play for a Saskatoon audience. “We had been talking about what we wanted to do in Saskatoon next,” said Reigh in an interview. “We hadn’t had a show in Saskatoon since our CD release in October 2015. That was at the Broadway Theatre, and we sold out. “We really wanted to perform in our hometown and we thought New Year’s is a great time. Sometimes it feels like there’s a pressure to do something fun and exciting on New Year’s, and in my experience New Year’s has never been the best night ever, or the best party ever.” Their agent suggested the possibility of a New Year’s Eve show at the Broadway, and the band thought, “that’s great. We just threw ourselves into it,” said Reigh. “We wanted to create something that was really unique and really fun for people. It’s going to be the event of the season. It’s a dress-up event . . . and it’s a great opportunity to wear the vintage items you may be saving for special occasions. This is it.” The evening will also feature a vintageinspired photoAaron booth with props provided AS121912

by Better Off Duds and photography by Jocelyn de Moissac of Demophotography. com. “She takes such beautiful lifestyle and wedding photos around Saskatoon. We thought what a perfect pairing, if she was part of this event. “When we say photo booth . . . we want it to be sort of a real throw back to when people actually sat for portraits for photos at New Year’s. It’s a very classy vintage inspired photo booth on a beautiful backdrop.” For anyone needing help with vintage hairstyles, the band will have a how-to video on its Facebook page at Facebook. com/rosieandtherivetersband. Joining Rosie & the Riveters onstage are Megan Nash, Eliza Mary Doyle and Belle Plaine; Karen Gwillim handles sound and Tanqueray Strange is on lights; and publicity is provided by Susan Busse. “So it’s really all women who are taking this on, full steam ahead.” In conjuring the concept, Reigh said the band thought about the musicians and technical people they wanted to work with. “And then we thought, this is great! Why not promote this?” said Reigh. “There really isn’t anything else like this going on. The entertainment and the music industry is so male-dominated. Every single person that’s on this team is fantastic at what they do, so it’s a really great showcase. “It’s open to all ages, and everyone who wants to come. Men and women are all invited. It’s really for everybody.” Catering to the family, there will be a New Year’s Eve countdown before 11 p.m., so people can feel free to go to a New Year’s Eve party “or feel free to go home to bed,” said Reigh with a laugh. Band going full steam The night before the interview, Reigh was up late writing music for Rosie & the Riveters, so it sounds like a new album

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Rosie & the Riveters are, left to right, Alexis Normand, Farideh Olsen, Allyson Reigh and Melissa Nygren. (Photo by Martine Sansoucy.) might be on the horizon. “We just finished a very, very big last few months with touring and showcasing all over Canada and the United States. It was pretty exhausting. So now we’re home for the holidays. We take off for a tour in midJanuary. We start with the Winterruption Festival in Regina, and then we go west. “While we’re home we want to get a head start. We do have some things in the works. We’re writing now for a couple of things . . . but that’s all I can say. We’re anticipating a new album, but when I say soon, that’s pretty relative. … Within the next year we’ll likely have something.” Meanwhile, as the band members continue with solo careers as well, Rosie & the Riveters “is really becoming . . . a force to be reckoned with and going full steam,” said Reigh. “It’s been exciting. I’ve performed more with Rosie & the Riveters this year than as a solo artist. “It’s the message, right? I think it’s a really great time to talk about feminism and women’s issues. And it’s not just women talking about them — it’s everybody talking about them. There’s a renewed sense of

collective consciousness. We speak about women in ways we don’t speak about men. “That’s something we’d like to shine a light on as a band. It’s so easy to open up a newspaper and see the way that women are criticized for the silliest things. Just think about the last couple of months, politically. “The way that we speak about women really needs to change — and the way we treat women as well. We want to be part of that conversation and just promote positivity. We like to come together and show people that women can and do work well together, and that we can be funny and talented and charming and hardworking and run a business. That’s what we’re doing together. “We’re building something bigger than ourselves, and I think people are really latching on to that idea. What we do is fun and exciting; we put on a show.” A Very Vintage New Year’s Eve with Rosie & the Riveters goes Saturday, Dec. 31, 8 to 11 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets $45 at the Broadway Theatre or online at https://broadwaytheatre.ca/ events?p=event&event=3793.

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DECEMBER 22 Saskatoon’s own Karnnel Sawitzky is back for a Christmas visit and will join some fiddling friends for a holiday special. He’s a wizard on the fiddle, recording artist, teacher and composer and has toured all over North America. 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets - $17 for SJS members, $22 for non-members.

DECEMBER 23 Nigel Bruce, a Saskatoon original who grew up around Bud’s on Broadway, returns to sing, play harp and guitar, and lead the SK Blues Attack in an evening of Chicago blues. 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $17 and $22.

DECEMBER 26 Ellen Froese, Kasia Thorlakson and Jaxon Lalonde form In With The Old, a Saskatoon group with a passion and respect for bluegrass and old-time music. Among their recent credits was an American debut at Merlefest in North Carolina. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $17 and $22.

DECEMBER 31 The Refinery presents its second annual New Years’ Eve Party featuring Styles Montreux, Hot Club Saskatoon and special guest Shelley Ewing. The ensembles consist of Ross Nykiforuk, Tim Campbell, Skip Kutz and Kyle Krysa. The evening includes dancing, a cash bar and a midnight supper. Tickets are $34.30 and are available at Picatic. www. picatic.com/event14791471502110. For more information, call Susan at 306-933-4668 or email smpattison@sasktel. net. ***** Rosie & the Riveters (including Alexis Normand) all ages New Year’s Eve concert at the Broadway Theatre, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.) They’ll also be joined on stage by Belle Plaine, Megan Nash, and Eliza Mary Doyle. Tickets are $45 and seats are assigned. People can buy them now at the Broadway Theatre or online at the theatre’s website.

NOON FESTIVAL OF CAROLS Dec. 5 to Dec. 8 and Dec. 12 to Dec. 15 at noon at TCU Place. Admission is free. Hear seasonal music from Saskatoon school choirs. Those attending are invited to bring their own lunch. On Dec. 12, lunch will be available to purchase.

EVENTS TRACK AND FIELD TRAINING Volunteers are needed for track and field events this winter at the Saskatoon Field House. By attending a two-hour training session you will become a valuable member of the volunteer officiating team. Clinics will be held Jan. 13, Jan. 14, Jan. 27 and Jan. 28. Register by email: ken.mckechney@sasktel.net.

DECEMBER 31 Bring in the New Year with Big Stuff, a “retro-soul” music experience like no other. This event will be held on New Year’s Eve at the Cosmopolitan Senior’s Centre (614 11th St. JW121910 James East) from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Included are a dance and light

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lunch. Tickets are $50, available at Brainsport or the Broad- ***** way Café or call 306-291-3875 for free ticket delivery. This Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm. 13, 610 Clarence event is in support of Creative Kids. Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries. First night is free. 306-374-0005; www.sifc.awardspace.com ***** Pop In & Play (until Dec. 8) 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH Erindale Alliance Church (310 Perehudoff Cres). Bring your The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café little ones, 5 years & under, with you downstairs for a great movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a relaxed time of fun & connecting! Monthly theme, learning centres, social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partsnack & occasional speaker. For more info, go to erindalealners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get liance.ca together with refreshments, entertainment and informaEVERY WEDNESDAY tion. First Saturday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly support Sherbrooke Community Centre. meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivers FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St). Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7 p.m. at PresThe free-of-charge support meetings are an informative ton Park 1 (114 Armistice Way). Meetings are held on the and engaging space for people to connect with each other first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. If for ongoing support. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For information, so, meetings are on the second Monday. There are no meetvisit www.saskfasdnetwork.ca/events ings in January, July and August. ***** **** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize University Non-Academic Retirees Association meets for in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne coffee at 10:30 a.m. at Smitty’s in Market Mall. All former française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by support staff who have retired from the U of S are invited Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who to attend. wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH 306-343-9460. 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. Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW). Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, United Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also email leftbehind@sasktel.net. has a general meeting on the third Sunday of every ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness month, with the exception of July and August. For more information, contact Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair church at 306-343-7101. accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental ***** T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For 242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com. more information go to www.tops.org or call Debbie at FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH 306-668-4494. Meetings are at Resurrection Lutheran Bridge City Needlearts Guild meets at Mayfair United Church Church, 310 Lenore Drive. New member orientation every at 7:30 p.m. for our monthly meetings. We also have a Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. stitching day at Sobey’s Stonebridge the first Saturday ***** of each month. Come join us and have fun stitching with Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s fellow stitchers. For further information, contact Glenda at and 60s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly 306-343-1882. brunch, movie nights and more. Meet new friends. No ***** membership dues. For more information email: allabouThe FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly support tus10@hotmail.com or phone 306-978-0813. meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivers ***** on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St). St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th St. West) The free-of-charge support meetings are an informative has bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. The club is and engaging space for people to connect with each other campaigning for new members who are 55+. Memberships for ongoing support. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For information, are $5 per year with discounts included. For more info, call visit www.saskfasdnetwork.ca/events. 306-384-4644 or 306-716-0204. ***** EVERY THURSDAY Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Prairie Sky Farmer’s Market is open every Thursday from Babies’, children’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone hotmail.com. is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail. com. ***** Nutana Legion Bingo. Doors open at 5:30, bingo starts at 6:30. Everyone welcome. Other upcoming events: music —Heavenly Hash (Sept. 24) and The Fuss (Oct. 1). Also: Pancake breakfast & flee market on Oct. 2 (breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m.; flee market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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SECOND SATURDAY EVERY MONTH Memory Writers — September to June, 10 a.m. to noon at the Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue. Share the events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. For more information, call Neva Bayliss at 306-343-0256 or Hilda Epp at 306-382-2446.

EVERY TUESDAY Love to Sing? The Saskatoon Choral Society welcomes new members. No auditions. We meet each Tuesday at 7p.m. at Grace Westminster Church, beginning Sept. 6. ***** Magic City Chorus (women’s 4 part a cappella harmony) rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at St. Paul’s United Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at 7 p.m. New members welcome! Check out magiccitychorus.ca for more information. Contact y.jaspar@shaw.ca. ***** Off-Broadway Farmers’ Market & International Bazaar and Bistro, located in the basement of Grace-Westminster United Church, located at 505 10th Street East. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. ***** Spirit of the West 616550 Toastmasters Club. Come and have some fun and learn speaking and leadership skills. The club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company. Follow the red fence on south side of building through the gate up the stairs into the building.

FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Renters of Saskatoon and area meet. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. St Thomas Wesley United Church, Lower Hall (808 20th St. West). ROSA supports renters and shares information to work towards better, affordable, and safe rental housing for all. Child-minding available. Ring doorbell for elevator access. For further information contact: 306-657-6100, or email renters@classiclaw.ca.

TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Country Farms Marketplace at Confederation Mall, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Indoor marketplace located across from Urban Planet. The Marketplace features home cooked lunch, desserts, pies, preserves and other amazing food as well as hand crafted items and home based business vendors. ***** 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.

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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 FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH Home. For more information, call Murray Hill at 306-242The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café 5893 or email murraydhill@me.com. movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partSECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH ners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club together with refreshments, entertainment and information. is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre. 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY economical travel while forging new friendships with club The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends in Saskatoon has a members from around the world. For more information, visit support circle using integrative healing based on the teach- www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend a meeting contact ing of Bruno Groening open to all without charge. Contact Bev at 306-291-4411 or bevy-49@hotmail.com.

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circle.saskatoon@gmail.com, 306-664-3331. ***** La Leche League Canada - Saskatoon Daytime Meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Emmanuel Anglican Church (609 Dufferin Avenue.) Dec. 21, Jan. 18, Feb. 22, March 22 and April 19. For more information or to get breastfeeding help, contact a leader by phone (306-655-4805) or email lllcsaskatoon@gmail.com or www.facebook.com/ LLLCSaskatoon.

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to know how our voting system works. She apparently does not realize that voting has become extremely difcult ever since the 2008 introduction of tough voter ID requirements, which demand an ID with a street address. You can have a pocketful of valid ID — and most Canadians have some — but none that has the essential street address. And worse, if your address happens to be a box number, rural route or general delivery, as is the case with Saskatchewan’s rural population, First Nations included, that won’t be acceptable either. In these cases you have to nd “something else” to vote with, but that is easier said than done. Thus Mr. Poilievre’s famous “39 options” for voter ID, which Ms. Hnatyshyn promotes, on closer examination often disappears into thin air, not providing the required street address or not being available to the voter. That is why in the 2011 election, over 120,000 Canadians relied on vouching or used the voter information card as their secondary ID. Those who couldn’t nd anyone to vouch for them could not vote, and their numbers are legion. This was documented in a post-2008 election survey in which nearly ve per cent of 13.7 million voters said “they didn’t vote because they lacked proper documentation.” Vouching and the voter information card, both to be abolished in the act, are not luxuries required by lazy voters who don’t care enough to have ID, but a necessity for the hundreds of thousands who cannot otherwise vote. The real solution would, of course, be returning to our world-class door-to-door voter enumeration, which had none of the voter ID problems currently plaguing us. Marjaleena Repo

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