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Kent SmithWindsor: Never standing still

Kent Smith-Windsor, executive director of Saskatoon Chamber, is retiring after 21 years. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express ent Smith-Windsor admits that his family has some “trepidation” around his impending retirement from the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce, after 21 years in the executive director’s role. “They know I spend a fair bit of time on work,” said Smith-Windsor in an understatement, during an interview. It remains to be seen whether he can actually, well, retire. It’s still a few months away, once the chamber board finds a replacement and Smith-Windsor helps that person get oriented. “I’m not looking past the finish line, other than I know I need to run through it. After that I have a vague idea that after that, I’m going to do my best to give myself as close to a year of dead air as I can. “That’ll be hard on me. But it’s important, JW122603 James

in my view, to be able to get my head clear. I’ll likely be involved in things . . . I’m not sure. I’ll see how long I can hold out. “I’m excited about it, and they (his family) know it. So it’ll be OK.” As for the chamber, there’s no doubt he’ll be missed — he was everywhere. “Credit for the success of the chamber and our business community is largely due to the tireless commitment of Kent over many years,” said board chair Jason Yochim. “Rarely do you find an individual who is that dedicated and passionate for business. When I think of Kent, I think of a man who is respected locally and nationally for his integrity, business savvy, networking and unfathomable wisdom. “Kent understood how to efficiently manage his staff and get the most out of the chamber’s committees and directors. His presence at the board table and business functions will be missed for sure.”

Saskatoon changes during Smith-Windsor’s tenure Saskatoon has changed considerably, and perhaps even dramatically, since SmithWindsor began his 30-plus-year career at the helms of business organizations in Saskatoon. The city has nearly doubled in size, and there have been countless changes in policy, direction, and business-building initiatives. He started with the chamber during his university years. There was a group called the Pioneer Days Promotion Association, which was “an attempt to get Saskatoon doing something like Klondike Days in Edmonton,” and he was its manager. “Made lots of mistakes,” he said, looking back. “They were very forgiving, because a young rookie was starry-eyed and anxious. The interest and the skill were a gap. They gave me permission to try to get a little better each year.”

He moved on to work in retail and then commercial banking with the predecessor to Business Development Bank of Canada, during “a very difficult time when interest rates were very high and the economy was not strong, and you saw a full square in entrepreneurial courage.” That was followed by a 10-year term at The Partnership, the downtown business improvement district (now Downtown Saskatoon), where they were always asking the question of how to keep Saskatoon’s downtown — so distinctive from others — alive. “Animating the street level became the key priority, so (we) got involved in a bunch of the festivals . . . angle parking on Second Avenue . . . there were lots of things like that where the community gave us permission to try.” And it worked. “It’s not unusual for someone to come from elsewhere on a Tuesday night and see all the traffic downtown and ask, is there something going on? And we say ‘no, that’s kind of normal.’ And that’s not normal in 99 per cent of the cities in North America.” Upon arriving at the chamber, the first file on his desk was property tax reassessment: the business community was going to ask for a reduction, and that required some finesse. “The business community understood how to be an advocate rather than a fighter,” said Smith-Windsor. “A lot of entrepreneurs deal with the frustrations that are beyond their control with anger, and it’s legitimate, it’s real, it makes them human; but it doesn’t get you where you need to be. So how do you apply science to that, and persistence, and fair-minded advocacy that tries to find the mutual benefit around improving policy? “It was a significant growing up. I have to say yes, we brought effort, but the civic officials at the time including the elected ones were willing to listen to reason, because the traditional approach was just anger. And it wasn’t that the anger was wrong. It just didn’t get anywhere.” The chamber applied the same approach at the provincial government level on personal and corporate income taxes and property taxes, as well as potash and uranium royalties. “There was a time when a lot of our competitive advantage had been taxed away. If competitive advantage is taxed away, don’t be surprised if you don’t have any competitive advantages,” said Smith-Windsor. (Continued on page 13)

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Brian Towriss coached the U of S Huskies for 33 years. (Photo by Darren Steinke)

Towriss forced out as U of S football coach

hen it was announced Stoicheff, was scheduled to begin the University of its work last month. Saskatchewan had Soon after, Huskies athletic diformed a Huskie Athletics rector Basil Hughton announced advisory board of trustees, my his retirement. Last week, Towfirst thought was Brian Towriss riss stood in front of the media would no longer be the football to announce he was stepping coach. down after those 33 years as head I am confident in saying at coach. There is a pattern here. least one person on the 11-person I don’t get out of the office board wanted Towriss out. nearly enough for news conferWith a six-to-five split beences. I didn’t want to miss this tween members of the public and one because I had a feeling the Editor employees of the university on announcement was going to perthe board, I fear Huskie Athletics is now be- tain to Towriss’ future with a program. Was ing run by a citizen or a small group of them. he going to be fired? It is the first board of its type in Canada. I I had one question prepared: “What was find that interesting in itself. the role of the advisory board in making this Members of the board are David Dube, decision?” Diane Jones Konihowski, Tom Anselmi, Right off the hop, an emotional Towriss David Sutherland, Shelley Brown and announced he was stepping down. A month Ken Juba. U of S representatives are Patti earlier, Towriss told The StarPhoenix he McDougall, Greg Fowler, Debra Pozega Os- would be back in 2017 unless someone burn, Chad London and Peta Bonham-Smith. thought otherwise. U of S president Peter Stoicheff appointed Clearly, someone or a group of someones Dube as the first chair of the advisory board. thought otherwise. Dube is a businessperson, philanthropist, I changed my question. member of the U of S board of governors “Was the decision yours, Brian?” and long-time supporter of Huskie Athletics. He stumbled, but toed the company line. Dube has sunk a lot of money into the Neither Stoicheff nor London, the dean of football program. He is responsible for some the College of Kinesiology, were in attenof the special uniforms the team wears and dance to pay tribute to their departing coach. funds game-day promotions. They have be- That seemed odd. come spectacular events. I am sure Towriss I had a phone call when I returned to the loved being part of them. office, confirming what I suspected. A tweet Dube made it clear when the board of from an insider, since deleted, said people trustees was announced that change was long are being naïve if they believed Towriss was overdue at the U of S. leaving of his own volition. “Do you have the same cellphone as you Not to be lost and buried any deeper in had 20 years ago? I doubt it,” Dube said. this story is the impressive run Towriss had “I’m sure you don’t fly in a 100-year-old on the football field. More importantly was airplane, or a 100-year-old car. This was a his enrichment of the lives of so many stu100-year-old governance model.” dent athletes. It’s not fair to summarize those And you don’t play football for a 60-year- in three paragraphs. old coach who has been in the job for 33 Under Towriss, the Huskies won three years, apparently. Vanier Cups — all in the 1990s — and lost The advisory board, which reports to the final six times. The team won the Hardy

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Cup, emblematic of the Canada West championship, 11 times. Towriss holds the national record in wins by a football coach at 196 and has coached the most games in university football with 315. His winning percentage is up there with Wally Buono’s. Buono is winningest coach in Canadian Football League history. During his tenure, 154 Huskies have been named conference all-stars, 71 All-Canadians and 160 to a Huskie or national all-academic team. He has coached 47 players who went on to play in the CFL, according to statistics the U of S provided. Not bad for a big lug from Moose Jaw who toiled on the Huskies’ defensive line in the 1970s. Hughton said the search for a new coach will begin immediately. An interim coach will be named in the New Year. I suspect Hughton, who is retiring in June 2017, will play a role in naming the interim coach, but will be cut out of the process when it comes to hiring a permanent one. Will there be a need for an athletic director, or are there 11? I’m guessing Hughton didn’t want to be a puppet, and would never agree to fire his friend of 50-plus years. I’ve been told a board member has talked with one candidate. Scott Flory, currently a Huskie assistant coach, will be one of the contenders, although there will be a national competition for the job. It’s one of the most prestigious jobs in Canadian football thanks, in a big way, to Towriss and the classy organization he led. The new coach will have to have name recognition. That will be important to the person or group making the hire. The plan is to elevate the U of S to the status of perennial-champion Laval. The U of S and Laval battled it out in the early to mid-2000s, playing a couple of classic games. Since then, the Huskies have fallen on leaner times. Some will say it was time for a change, but that’s not the point here. On Dec. 19, 2016, it came with a price.

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eventy-three years running water, and no indoor seems like a long time bathrooms. There was no to wait before returning electricity. The key to heating to a community you had once was a stove and a well-stocked called home. woodpile. Maybe it was fate, maybe School was about a mileit was an opportunity, but on and-a-half walk for me and a weekend in June, I revisited two brothers, Ken and Gerry. Eaglesham, a community It was a log cabin, too, with in the Peace River country, one teacher and everyone in something like 470 kilometres the same room. There were northwest of Edmonton. From times when it was too cold to the time I was three (in 1933) go to school – like a JanuPeople until I was 13, I lived on a ary 1943 morning, when my homestead. mother wrote a letter to a niece My father, Allan Powers, had been a in Saskatchewan. The first line in the top First World War veteran, fighting for Can- right-hand corner noted it was 56 below ada at Vimy Ridge in 1916. After marry- Fahrenheit. ing Rita McDaid in 1929, they settled in Most of the community activities Eaglesham. There, my mother was going centred around the school and the Roman to rejoin three brothers, Ted, Joe and Leo, Catholic Church. Those were the days and a sister, May, all of whom came to when the church decreed that its faithful Canada from Ireland. My Uncle Joe becould only take communion if they hadn’t came the town’s first postmaster in 1929 eaten in the previous three hours. The and held the job until he died in 1962. church was also the scene of the ChristLocated on the front end of the quarter mas pageants and somehow, Santa Claus section were a large log cabin, a barn, always arrived. some sheds and space for a large garden. One Christmas, probably when I was At the far end of the property were four 10, I opened my present to find a Monacres of alfalfa, used to feed a horse and treal Canadiens hockey sweater. It seems probably two cows. In between, there that Santa’s elves in Eaton’s headquarters was nothing but trees. It was truly bush in Winnipeg either ran out of Toronto country. Maple Leaf sweaters, ran out of them Living conditions were much the same in my size or made a mistake. The next as other Prairie families endured during Christmas, my Maple Leaf sweater arthe Depression. There was a well but no rived.

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he “word of the year,” Then came the American as chosen by the Merrielection, and I recall thinking and am-Webster dictionary writing that this could not pospeople, seldom draws as much sibly happen. U.S. citizens would attention as it has at the end of see the light. Trump was a clown. this year — without doubt of He had orange hair. He ran the weirdest in living memory. beauty pageants and had a bad The word of the year is TV show. He was an idiot and surreal, and as pundits across a hypocrite, talking about ‘the the continent (and perhaps elites’ while being one himself. elsewhere) have agreed, it But I underestimated the Ameriis the perfect descriptor of a can view on elitism, which was Columnist Dali-esque mini-era, illustratnot attached to Trump but to the ed by Time’s melting portraits politicos. I also underestimated, of Donald Trump — so similar to Salvador among other things, their passion for celebby Arbor Memorial Dali’s melting clocks — and the bizarre rity. Americans have elected Ronald Reagan, vision, just last week, of a triumphant, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood crazed Turkish riot police officer after and even Sonny Bono, for heaven’s sake, in Arbor Memorial Inc. assassinating Russian ambassador Andrey various political roles. When I went to bed at AS122606 Aaron Karlov. 10 on American election night, the outcome For me, the year began with extreme was clear. I woke up the next morning thinkHappy New Year! trepidation. My father was very ill, and I ing, how can this be happening? And now Visit us when we reopen could not envision the outcome. This may we are beginning to learn that the deeply sound ridiculous in the context of impend- frightening Russian president, Vladimir January 3rd Ad size: 2.4” x 3.9”h, CLR ing family grief, but the year began to go Putin, had a hand in it all. Does surreal even Publication: Saskatoon Express - DEC. 26th rapidly downhill on Jan. 10, when I was cover this stuff? Contact: Erik Moloney truly devastated by the death of David As closely as possible, though, surreal Format: PDF 300dpi Bowie. He, to me, was far more than a describes this year. The word gained power Due: Oct. 14 pop icon and a celebrity. Showing up in from the fantastic, bizarre and dreamlike — my cultural life at just the right formaand usually disconcerting — art of the surRef.#: PRT-284-A-S-AD Ask the Experts (from Bishop Gr.) “The only revolution we have to tive time, he made me (and I think many realist movement, including Dali. Merriam, ©Arbor Memorial Inc., 2016 others) a more open-minded human being; for the record, defines surreal as “marked fear is [one] which is not according he was a huge part of the soundtrack of by the intense irrational reality of a dream; to knowledge, but to blindness and my growing up; he was a connection to also unbelievable, fantastic.” ignorance...” -Annie Hollis a wider world, as well as to my friends. I Had my father been here for the election damned well adored him. aftermath, I think he would have sold up, Then came the deaths of Janet Wright, packed up and moved up north somewhere Leonard Cohen, Glenn Frey, Prince. If — as far away from Trump as he could get. they are your heroes, my sympathies. I believe he would have been absolutely Geopolitically, things got worse. The horrified. He had seen this kind of crazed Syrian crisis advanced, and advanced, and leadership before. He couldn’t stomach it Europeans began to fear the influx of refu- then, and I don’t think he would have been gees. Britain rejected the European Union able to stomach it now. out of fear and protectionism, and voted But he did give up the fight, although I itself out of its group. Britain brexited. I often wondered if and when he ever would. Free Admission l Learn more www.usask.ca/diefenbaker JW122610 James couldn’t believe it, and I still can’t. He was a warrior, my father. He was a

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Final thoughts on 2016 • We had a civic election The StarPhoenix, for example, in Saskatoon. It is wonderful lost nine editorial positions to see so many new faces on this year, with one to come council, and female ones at early in the New Year. Les that. This council seems like MacPherson signed off on a it is going to work well as a column that had been running group. Is that a good thing for more than 30 years. There or do councils need rabbleis little doubt in my mind rousers? that there will be a provincial • Charlie Clark became our paper in 2017. new mayor. If you follow him • The Summer Olympics on Twitter, you will see he is were great television. Who will Editor popping up at events around ever forget swimmer Penny the city. That’s a good thing. Oleksiak’s smile after winning • It was a year when Premier Brad each of her medals? And the strange bond Wall got feisty, whether it was over between sprinters Usain Bolt and Andre carbon tax, A&W beef or two-for-one De Grasse was priceless. MRIs. Clearly, our premier isn’t go• Chris Jones didn’t live up to his press ing to let the feds bully us. While the clippings in his role as Mr. Everything of majority of us are dead set against a the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Unless carbon tax, the premier should clear the he signs Darian Durant or has another air on this whole Global Transportation quarterback up his sleeve, it is difficult to Hub mess. be optimistic about 2017. • The Saskatchewan Rush took the • The University of Saskatchewan city and province by storm. Who knew a women’s basketball team won the nayear ago that lacrosse would become such tional championship for the first time. The a big hit? Given more than 12,000 fans Hilltops won what seems like its 100th in attended the team’s pre-season game on a row. (Note to coach Tom Sargeant: We Dec. 16, it should be more of the same have a role for you in a screenplay we are as the team goes for its third consecutive working on. Seriously.) National Lacrosse League title. • Thanks to promoter Dennis Page, pro • It was a horrible year for journalboxing took off in the city. Page held two AS122622 Aaron ism in Saskatoon and across Canada. cards and both were well attended and a

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We should all hate the demise of journalism that media outlet and that 2016 was, by all accounts, not a very good year. journalist, or at the least, It was a year of viruses raises questions about their with strange names like Zika. credibility. It was a year of celebrity The demise of news media, deaths; a string of names of contrary to popular belief, is the departed that not only felt not at its own hand. Grossly unfair, but far too soon. oversimplified, digital killed Regardless of where you it. Facebook ads are a fracsit on the political spectrum, tion of the price of those in either provincially or internadaily print newspapers, which tionally, there were low mono one is reading anyway Columnist ments that might have made because they’re getting their you rethink your convictions. news online. Terrorism took lives in places like Nice, The same goes for radio — especially France, and Orlando, Florida, while talk radio — and television. Regarding police officers across the United States the latter, when costs need to be cut, were both gunned down themselves, nobody is going to cancel Ellen. No, and accused of gunning down others. they’re going to implement the cuts Britain left the EU, and gators attacked locally, which almost always means the at Disney. newsroom. Yet as we turn the page to the new Yes, there are journalists, and even chapter that is 2017, you’d be forgiven entire news outlets, that wear their if you don’t feel overly optimistic about biases on their sleeves. Largely, howthe so-called fresh start. ever, the under-resourcing of news Regardless of what happens next year, media only means that you are going to however, I know one thing for sure — get fewer facts and more spin. I mean, you’re going to have to work harder to when a politician tweets, do you think hear about it. Like never before, Sasyou’re necessarily getting just the facts? katchewan newsrooms will be kicking The facts, without spin or hyperbole? off the New Year with absolutely deciWithout newsrooms, and enough staff mated staffing levels. Sadly, there are in those newsrooms, to do the required plenty of pundits out there who would fact-checking, it’s going to be up to you have you believe that’s a good thing, to figure that out. which only means you should be more There will also be stories that just concerned. don’t get told. We’re seeing that happenThe new theme regarding media is ing already, with government officials simple: Shoot the Messenger. releasing a flurry of announcements on For example, it was extraordinary to the same day, knowing full well they watch Donald Trump do and say absowon’t all get covered. lutely ridiculous, sometimes disturbing “Like it or not — and we should all things on the U.S. presidential camhate it — the ability to distract and dispaign trail, and then seeing the backlash semble is now limited, largely, only by against the media for simply reporting the cynicism of the politician or comthose ridiculous, disturbing things. municator in question,” wrote Andrew “You’re fascinated with sex!” Rep. MacDougall, a columnist with the Newt Gingrich raged at Fox News Ottawa Citizen, and former director of Channel’s Megyn Kelly after she asked communications for Prime Minister Stehim a question about terrible, proven phen Harper, in an op-ed for articlemag. statements Republican candidate Trump com. “. . . the dire state of the news busimade about sex. ness and the explosion of social media In Saskatchewan, a former cabinet mean we must remain vigilant for what minister launched a lawsuit against both is surely to come.” a Regina newsroom and a journalist for If you can take one thing away from broadcasting a story about him that he my rambling in this year-end column, didn’t like. it’s this: in 2017, arm yourself with This former minister has virtually no information. Seek it out — varying opinchance of winning the lawsuit, but that ions, reports and yes, even facts. doesn’t matter, and he knows it. What But, who knows, 2017 could surprise matters to him is the perception of the us all. There is definitely merit to the lawsuit, and how in some people’s eyes argument that we have nowhere to go itDC122667 negatively affects the credibility of but up. Happy New Year! Darlene

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ell, another Christavoid the tale when he asked me if mas has come and I remembered the event. Rememgone, and with it our ber it? Hell, I needed therapy after memory banks should be filled it. to overflowing with stories that My story, pulled out from the will morph from “oh, God no” Christmas crypt, started on Dec. into “can you believe it?” in the 22 when I met an old friend for a yuletides of the future. holiday lunch. After lunch I was Just before Christmas I was planning on finishing last-minute relaxing with a high-test egg grocery shopping for a dinner party nog and enjoying a merry and we were hosting that night when bright moment as part of my reI was T-boned at an intersection, duced stress Christmas prelude. my car was towed away and I was Columnist Nat King Cole was croonstranded. To make matters worse, ing Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire and, my cellphone died and I had to hike it to inspired by Nat, I thought it would be a great a store to call a taxi. Just what I needed to idea to roast a few chestnuts. Not having an make my holiday merry and bright. open fire, the oven was the only option. Now I was running late and racing around After turning on the oven, I heard a poof, trying to get dinner in the oven before comopened the door, smelled gas, and quickly pany arrived when my husband commented turned the oven off before I created an open that he smelled gas. (I wasn’t sure he was fire on which to roast chestnuts. I backed talking about the stove so I temporarily put it away from the stove and tried hard to hold on out of my mind.) to the merry and bright moment I was having After dinner, we all thought we smelled and block out the memory of what I refer to as something burning. I checked the stove; it my previous “bad luck” Christmas. was off. The candles on the table looked I immediately called the appliance repair fine. Was it wood smoke seeping in from the service and a service man arrived at the crack neighbour’s fireplace chimney? When our of dawn the next day. Ironically, it was the guests were leaving, I glanced into the living same repairman who was involved with my room and my heart flip-flopped. bad luck Christmas and there was no way to A candle on the mantle had melted down,

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(Continued from page 3) here weren’t any organized sports, just summer sports days where everyone played softball or baseball and occasional pick-up hockey games on slough ice. My fascination with sports must have begun while listening to Foster Hewitt on Hockey Night in Canada radio broadcasts and sometimes getting to collect a Beehive Syrup hockey card. I was interested in sports and in writing. My mother was a writer, having contributed to the Grande Prairie HeraldTribune and the Free Press Prairie Farmer. Her brother, Christy, was a journalist in Vancouver. Knowing my interest and the fact I was assembling mimeographed sheets as school newspapers, Uncle Christy’s friend, Alf Cottrell at the Vancouver Sun, would send encouraging words. I had an aunt in New York who sent newspaper clippings and sports equipment. Again, I don’t know how my dad could afford it, but he subscribed to the Edmonton Journal for two years, allowing me to keep up with the scores and read how the sportswriters were describing games. I was about a year away from being dispatched to attend high school in Edmonton on June 13, 1943, when tragedy struck. Fire broke out in the upstairs of our house, taking the lives of Dorothy, a sister who was two years and three months old, and Lois, who was just less than a year old. My mother made a dash for the stairs but the upstairs was already fully engulfed. I ran into town to get help, not that there would be any help to stop the blaze, and Uncle Joe returned with his car. My mother’s sparkling eyes turned glassy; she was in shock, stunned and silent. Uncle Joe drove her to the Spirit River hospital where she died the next day. A week later, my dad, my brothers and

I were on our way to Regina, where we had relatives, to begin a new chapter in our lives. In somewhat of a daring move, my dad went to the Regina Leader-Post and talked them into giving me a tryout, first covering high school sports. I learned much from Dave Dryburgh and Tom Melville, two of the best sports writers and teachers anywhere in Canada. Later, after entering the work force on a full-time basis, I moved to Saskatoon to join The StarPhoenix in 1953 where I spent 51 years, either as a fulltime writer or a freelancer. Upon my brief return to Eaglesham, much had changed. The railway tracks were gone, the elevator was torn apart and the old school had been long gone. The Catholic Church was the only building left that closely resembled what I knew. Uncle Joe’s post office was gone, replaced by a more modern building. Instead of living in farmyards, more families had moved into the community. The population now numbers 119. The main reason for my visit, the cemetery, was still there and was being maintained decently. My mother and sisters were buried together. My three uncles are there. And in what reflects the poverty and long distances from health care years ago, there were many children buried there. The quarter section we once owned, ironically kitty-corner across from the cemetery, had new owners. On it was a stunning, beautiful crop of canola, a few trees in the middle, and now a land fully devoted to agriculture. The stunning fields of canola were dominant in the entire Peace River country. It’s hard to justify why it took so long for a return visit to Eaglesham, but it was like reloading the memory bank and definitely the 2016 travel highlight.

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For optimal fat burn, exercise longer at a low intensity. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one were true? Then instead of pushing it hard in the gym we could all simply go for a nice, long stroll to burn fat. Umm, usually if something sounds too good to be true that’s because it is too good to be true - the “fat burning zone” falls into

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ears ago, North Amerihe would be gone for days can Indians didn’t have at a time. One sunny day, he mirrors, so nobody walked across a field when he knew what they looked like. noticed something. He looked Sure, the water’s reflection at tracks he had never seen becould be used, but it gave a fore. It looked like a horse was distorted image. pulling something. He continThere was a small tribe who ued following the tracks, not roamed the Prairies, followrealizing he was following the ing the great herds of buffalo. trail of European settlers who They heard about visitors who were being pulled by a horse crossed the mighty oceans in team on a covered wagon. giant boats made of wood. From a distance he could Columnist Even though the small group see something flashing. He had never seen one of the visikept getting closer and closer, tors, they knew they were there because and the light was getting brighter from buffalo were disappearing. the sun. He finally reached the bright light The chief of the tribe had a son who and looked down. He didn’t know it was looked exactly like him. It was like they a broken mirror one of the settlers must were identical twins. have thrown away. He reached down to One day the chief suddenly became pick up the mirror and saw his reflection ill and passed away. It was now up to the for the first time. younger man to take over. He not only “Hello there, my father,” he said as he had to look after his wife, family and rela- looked at the mirror. tives, he also had to look after the entire He sat there all day talking to who tribe. he thought was the spirit of his father. He liked to hunt alone, and sometimes Finally, before the sun was setting, he told

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Saskatoon’s balance of trade in “rarefied atmosphere”

(Continued from page 1) here is often opposition to cutting business taxes, and as Smith-Windsor pointed out, there’s never a good time to cut a tax. “When things are going well, people say you don’t need to; when things are going badly, you say you can’t afford to. “So that says you stand still, which is very dangerous in an evolving world. The most dangerous thing is to stand still.” Too many highlights to mention Policy wins for business were highlights of Smith-Windsor’s career, but he says there are too many bright spots to list. There is one, big, general one, however. “I think Saskatoon is feeling more comfortable in its skin,” he said, “around recognizing that it must and more importantly can compete on a global stage. “It’s taken a while, I’ve got to say. It’s something you continue to have to blow on the embers a bit, from time to time. That’s the highlight. And the amazing entrepreneurs and the talent that’s brought to bear to make Saskatoon a better place.” One of the measurements he uses for success is that we have a positive balance of trade with nearly everyone, from South Korea to Japan to Australia; Germany is the only holdout, but even German companies like K+S and Bayer have invested billions in Saskatchewan. “That’s pretty rarefied atmosphere.” He also points to VIDO-Intervac (Vaccine and Infectious Disease OrganizationInternational Vaccine Centre) and the Canadian Light Source as being two of the top 10 national research initiatives, and notes that PotashCorp and Cameco Corp., through good cycles and bad, are the best at what they do in the world. Add to that International Road Dynamics, POS Bio-Sciences, SED Systems and Vecima Networks and others, and Saskatoon is “fortunate” to have a list like that. Many communities do not. “That means they need to be nurtured and protected to the best of our ability at the local level, because they’re competing against some formidable competitors.” Building the best business climate Early on at the chamber, the board asked him to work on a strategic plan, and they started to use the brand “building the best business climate in Canada.” “So we did. We’re there. Some of them are policy pieces, dull and boring wallpaper-drying kind of issues like property taxes and stuff like that, but

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Book explores the gritty stories behind foreign travel

Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express ohn Early didn’t plan for it to turn out this way. Born and raised in Saskatoon, and a long-time emcee and volunteer for the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, Early grew up playing guitar and writing songs; so he always thought his first album would come out before a book — until a passion for travel took hold and changed everything. “I’ve been fortunate to find random jobs to keep me travelling for the last decade, but I always find time to get home for Jazz Fest and to soak up some summer in Saskatoon,” he said. “My last few years have involved working for Free & Easy Traveler, leading adventure backpacking trips in Thailand and then managing their operations in Central America.” Early’s book, Tales of the Modern Nomad, just hit shelves in bookstores across Saskatoon. What began as a creative approach to journalling has evolved into an engaging travel tome, punctuated with photos, doodles and handwritten notes. “Backpacking and working abroad in foreign and Third World countries can easily spin off into those awkward, scary or ridiculous travel circumstances — the experiences you might never want to relive again,

but always end up being the best stories to retell,” he explained. “Those stories create the essence of my book, which is not your typical travel book.” While Modern Nomad does offer valuable insight and tips into the exotic locales that provide the backdrop to Early’s tales, it is not a Rick Steves-style glossy, politically correct narrative. “As a backpacker I want to hear the gritty and crazy stories that lay between the sunny postcard photos,” said Early. “So, I keep it real with pretty cheeky accounts that would normally only get shared around a hostel late at night between fellow backpackers.” He cites stories from the book like the awkward “…This Must Be A Monk Thing,” the scary “How to Get Robbed in Mexico,” and the humorous “Adventures With Japanese Toilets” as examples of his attempt to go deeper than traditional travel subjects like restaurants and museums. In essence, Early wrote the travel book that he always wanted to read while backpacking, but could never find: fun and engaging, but also raw and in-depth. “Travelling the world for a decade has been a pretty big adventure, but delving into the world of self-publishing the last few years has been an even bigger challenge and adventure,” said Early, who says he’ll con-

John Early’s Tales of the Modern Nomad is not your typical travel book. (Photo Supplied) tinue to document his travels in a journal, but if he writes another book it won’t be for a while. “I will be flying back to Nicaragua (this month) for some more work and hopefully making it up to Guatemala to help with a charity called Integral Heart Foundation, which I’ve partnered up with to give proceeds from each sale of the book. “If you’ve ever travelled and found

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t turns out a person named Russell Steinburg is responsible for Donald Trump being president of the United States. In February 2013, Trump was lambasting Barack Obama on Twitter over drones and waterboarding and whatever. Steinburg called Trump out, telling the orange-haired one if he didn’t like it to run for president and fix things. Trump’s reply: “Be careful!” • From Janice Hough: “There is still no word on performers at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Maybe Trump can get a chorus together to sing Putin on the Ritz.” • Torben Rolfsen, on Richard Sherman of the Seahawks threatening to end the career of a Seattle reporter: “Did he at least offer him a buyout package?” • From Bill Littlejohn: “Zsa Zsa Gabor has passed at 99. Wild celebrations broke out in Chinchilla communities around the world.” • The first NHL game was played on Dec. 19, 1917. The first star was Jaromir Jagr. • How poorly is Cam Newton treated ? “If Newton were to die on the field, refs would flag him for delay of game,” tweeted @fakesportcenter. • Hough, on Patriots coach Bill Belichick saying the video of Michael Floyd’s DUI arrest won’t affect his status with the team: “Well, yeah, by comparison, not like he shot anyone or anything.” • Littlejohn, on the NFL planning to vote on the Raiders’ relocation to Las Vegas in January, weeks before the Super Bowl: “Which begs the question, what if they had a Super Bowl championship parade and nobody came?”

• From Rolfsen: “Note to the Rogers Arena DJ: when the Canucks are down 1-0, don’t play Whitesnake’s Here I Go Again.” • Don’t you hate it when a broadcaster says something like “the Ducks have the second best power play in the league” and doesn’t tell you which team has the best? • Hough, on Trump’s plan to announce his new Secretary of Veterans Affairs soon: “Can I put money on a billionaire draftdodger with no health-care experience?” • From Rolfsen: “Draymond Green, DeMarcus Cousins and Grayson Allen: next Survivor contestants, or UFC?” • From @jockcartier: “Ahh, World Juniors. That special time of year when Canada kicks the (crap) out a bunch of countries that don’t really care about the tournament.” • A question from Rolfsen: “What was worse: Duke’s Grayson Allen tripping an Elon University player, or the fact Duke was playing Elon in the first place?” • Littlejohn, on the Chargers apologizing after a video surfaced in which a stadium security guard appears to be masturbating near the team’s cheerleaders: “I’m thinking he will be discharged.” • Sadly for the Chargers, the game didn’t have a happy ending. • Imagine how many points the Maple Leafs would have if games were 40 minutes. • Hough, on the Ravens’ Justin Tucker setting a record by making his 10th field goal of the season of 50 yards or longer: “But to be fair, shouldn’t some credit be given to the opportunities presented Tucker by Baltimore’s mediocre offence?” • The NHL is a better place when it includes John Tortorella.

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Francis recalls talking with her father and receiving some advice from him, and then eventually beginning to see her life in a more positive way. “I went, ‘Yeah, I’ve got this. I’ve got mental health challenges and disability, but I’m going to make the best of it,’ ” she said. “I’m going to choose to make the best of it, because I can’t choose to change it. I can’t get rid of it, so I’m going to make the best of it and try to find out some sort of positive trait in myself with these things.” For example, Francis points out that her anxiety brings her a lot of gifts, such as creativity and the ability to think through a variety of scenarios. She chuckles when she says that without having OCD she wouldn’t be organized enough to run a business. “I found a lot of really great things within those,” she said. “I mean, I still get frustrated, but who wouldn’t?”

Francis launched the clothing line in the early fall. Her T-shirts and tank tops are emblazoned with empowering slogans such as “I have mental health challenges but they don’t have me!” and “I have anxiety, so what?!” There are other phrases, too, such as “Ask me about my mental health!” and “It’s okay to not be okay!” “I spent a lot of my life just feeling crappy about myself — and then I realized I’m the only person that’s making myself feel crappy,” she said. “Once I realized that, I said, ‘OK. Well, how can I start making my life go the way I want it to go instead of nothing ever working out?’ When I grew up, my dad always told me that everything in my life was a choice. How I feel, how I act, how I react — everything is a choice. “Anxiety is certainly not a choice; I don’t mean that. But, I mean, breaking (it) down to

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Kent SmithWindsor Executive Director Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce Population will grow. Unemployment has a possibility of growing a bit. I am concerned about employment quality; I’m not concerned about employment. We have a very strong base of very rapidly-growing businesses that are completely under the radar for most. Their base is small. They will be growing, but they’ll have a hard time overtaking some of the things that will be a challenge in 2017. We will be one of the better performing economies in Canada, but we won’t be top of the class. I hope I’m wrong. But within the next three years, we should be back, top of game. In about three years, the Indian economy will be larger than Britain’s. It will have the same characteristics that we saw through the nineties and 2000s in China, if everything goes right (and this will drive the local and global economies.) (Regarding the geopolitical situation globally:) If the ice rink decides you will AS122610 Aaron leisure travel 2000 inc ...expect the world of us!

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vus, which should in turn spur investor confidence across the board. Despite this, after years of torrid economic growth and development, it’s unlikely that we’ll see a return to that level of growth in 2017. A flatter growth curve, however, actually provides some benefits as well. Qualified employees are more readily available, service levels improve, and inflated input costs are brought back to more traditional market rates. In fact, the torrid year-over-year growth posed challenges for many businesses, and this flattening has actually been a welcome change for some. We often hear that business is still positive, but the rate of return is not as high as what it was. What that means is that business is having to work a little harder at getting the work, but it can be found. Perhaps 2017 will be the start of our next positive economic run, which would certainly be welcomed by all. Randy Pshebylo Executive Director Riversdale Business Improvement District I remain very bullish on Saskatoon’s economy for 2017. It comes from the perspective of the level of investment and expanded interest in revitalizing the historic retail corridor of 20th Street West, and now on the Avenues. Saskatoon

has weathered economic storms before, but the city has never before had the momentum from a diversity of industries and a population closing in on 300,000. Local investment will continue to weave the patchwork of construction and renovations, while major projects underway and yet to begin bring continuity to the workforce. It’s one thing to create jobs; it is harder to maintain and expand the employment base. Ribbon cuttings and grand openings make the news, but adding 10 to 20 jobs to that same business doesn’t. Dealing with realities drives home the need to focus on the drier topics of policy and guidelines, and it also opens doors for long-term planning for sports facilities and the expansion of the arts. The shift to more urban living, near these amenities, has begun. Adapting to these new norms will challenge many, and provide a strong signal for others who want to move or invest here. That signal we send to attract people here needs well connected airlines, and roads built for more volumes of freight and goods we produce. Saskatoon is settling back into the predictable one to two per cent growth rates after some impressive years, and if Riversdale is any indication of economic growth, the city is positioned well to attract more jobs and investment in 2017. Brent Penner Executive Director Downtown Saskatoon With a new brand to effectively capture the realities of our already vibrant

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One of Saskatchewan’s great piano virtuosos and an international award winner, Thomas Yu, is coming back to Saskatoon, where he grew up, to help in a fund-raiser for the Saskatoon Jazz Society. 2 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $50 and $60.

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downtown, 2017 will continue to be a year of growth for Downtown Saskatoon, and we invite all to take part. We’re proud to have a colourful palette of success stories to boost us into a robust 2017. From an investment perspective, three large office buildings sold, shovels are in the ground for a new hotel, an important condo development sold out in a weekend, and we’re aware of other exciting news yet to be announced. The opening of the world class venue, Remai Modern Art Gallery, and the City of Saskatoon’s renewal of a signature street, 21st Street East, will serve as an invitation to our urban doorstep. We must ensure the strong business climate remains in our city and province to encourage investment and development in challenging times. We look to the new city council for leadership to ensure a growing downtown is an integral part of the whole city’s success. Cities around the world pay attention to the health of their downtown districts, because they know the vital role they play in building the brand of a city. Downtowns are powerful symbols for a city – they contain landmarks, distinctive features, historic places, and provide a unique sense of place; together, these denote the importance a downtown has to the fabric of a city.

hosting its annual general meeting and conference at Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon. This year’s theme is “Native Plants in a Working Landscape” and looks at the various roles and interactions native plants have in our modern landscapes. Our keynote speaker will be Colorado State University PhD candidate Andrea Borkenhagen, who will be talking about her cutting edge research in a presentation entitled “Lessons in establishing plant communities on constructed fens for oil sands mine reclamation”. More info can be found at http://www. npss.sk.ca/news-and-events/events/251

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WEEKLY ON 2017 PATHFINDER SV AWD

APR FOR 60 MONTHS

OR GET UP TO

6,800

TOTAL STANDARD RATE FINANCE INCENTIVES

INCLUDES $800 AFTER TAX LOYALTY/ CONQUEST INCENTIVE ON REMAINING 2016 PATHFINDER PLATINUM

Platinum model shown▲

THE ALL-NEW 2017 TITAN®

PLUS LEASE* FROM $617 MONTHLY WITH $1,750 DOWN THAT'S LIKE PAYING ONLY

155 0

WEEKLY

APR FOR 24 MONTHS ON 2017 TITAN CREW CAB S NOW GET $5,000 LEASE CASH WHEN LEASING WITH NCF

OR GET UP TO

15,000

TOTAL STANDARD RATE FINANCE INCENTIVES

INCLUDES $1,000 AFTER TAX LOYALTY/ CONQUEST INCENTIVE ON REMAINING 2016 TITAN XD DIESEL PLATINUM RESERVE

PRO-4X model shown▲

TO OUR LOYALTY PROGRAM. NOW ALL HONDA, TOYOTA, HYUNDAI, GET EXCLUSIVE ACCESS GET UP TO A $2,000 LOYALTY/CONQUEST CASH MAZDA AND NISSAN OWNERS WHEN FINANCING OR LEASING WITH NCF

VISIT CHOOSENISSAN.CA OR YOUR LOCAL RETAILER

OAKWOOD NISSAN

635 Brand Court, Saskatoon, SK • 306-664-3333 • www.oakwoodnissan.com

DL#911470

AMVIC Licensed. Offers available from December 1 – 31, 2016. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story © 2016 & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. ~Boxing Month Bonus applies to cash purchase only. Maximum $2,000 available on 2017 Altima. Payments cannot be made on a weekly basis, for advertising purposes only. *Representative monthly lease offer based on a new 2017 Rogue S AWD/2017 Pathfinder SV AWD/2017 Titan Crew Cab S. 1.99%/2.49%/0% lease APR for 60/60/24 months equals monthly payments of $312/$465/$617 with $995/$0/$1,750 down payment, and $0 security deposit. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $18,720/$30,660/$14,808. Lease Cash of $750/$0/$5,000 is included in the advertised offer. +Total Standard rate finance incentives of $5,600/$6,800/$9,000 applicable, on approved credit, when financing a new 2016 Rogue SL/2016 Pathfinder Platinum/2017 Titan S through Nissan Canada Finance Inc. (“NCF”) at standard rates. Total incentives consist of: (i) 5,000/$6,000/$5,000 NCF Standard Rate Finance Cash that will be deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes; and (ii) $600/$800/$1,000 Loyalty Conquest Cash that will be deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes. Incentives cannot be combined with lease rates, subvented lease/finance rates or with any other offers. **Loyalty/Conquest Cash (“Offer”) is available only to eligible customers who, in the 90 days preceding the date of lease/finance of an Eligible New Vehicle (defined below), have leased or financed a 2007 or newer Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Mazda or Hyundai brand vehicle (an “Existing Vehicle”) within past 90-days. Eligibility for the Offer will be determined by Nissan Canada Inc. (“NCI”) in its sole discretion. Proof of current ownership/lease/finance contract will be required. Offer is not transferrable or assignable, except to the current owner’s spouse or a co-owner/co-lease of the existing vehicle (either of whom must reside within the same household as the intended recipient of the offer). Individuals who purchased/leased a vehicle under a business name can qualify for the program provided that the new deal is not a fleet deal and that the individual can provide valid documentation that they are the registered primary owner of the business. If the eligible customer elects to lease or finance a new and previously unregistered model year 2016 Nissan brand vehicle (excluding NV, Fleet and daily rentals) (an “Eligible New Vehicle”) through Nissan Canada Finance Inc. (collectively “NCF”), then he/she will receive a specified amount of NCF Loyalty/Conquest Cash, as follows: (I) 2016 ALTIMA ($2,000); (II) 2016 MICRA/VERSA NOTE/SENTRA ($500); (III) 2016 JUKE/ROGUE ($600); (IV) 2016 PATHFINDER ($800); (V) 2016 TITAN XD ($1,000); (VI) 2017 TITAN HALF TON ($1,000); (VII) 2017 MICRA/VERSA NOTE/SENTRA ($500); (VIII) 2017 ALTIMA ($1,250); (IX) 2017 ROGUE/JUKE ($600); (X) 2017 PATHFINDER ($800). Loyalty/Conquest Dollars will be applied after taxes. Offer is combinable with other NCF incentives, but is not combinable with the Nissan Loyalty program. Offer valid on vehicles delivered between December 1-31, 2016. �Models shown $38,519/$50,399/$59,021 Selling price for a new 2017 Rogue SL(PR00)/2017 Pathfinder Platinum/2017 Titan PRO-4X. Offers include freight and PDE charges ($1,795/$1,795/$1,795) air-conditioning levy ($100), applicable fees, manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. See your dealer or visit Nissan.ca/Loyalty. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. Certain conditions apply. ©2016 Nissan Canada Inc.