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Wanuskewin renewal campaign Thundering Ahead “It is time to bring our 6,000 years of history into the future.” –

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ith those words, a $40-million campaign to renew Wanuskewin Heritage Park was kicked off last week.

Chief Felix Thomas of the Saskatoon Tribal Council and Wayne Brownlee, executive vice-president and CFO of PotashCorp, joined Wanuskewin board chair Candace Wasacase-Lafferty to announce the campaign, which is called Thundering Ahead.

“Never before have we had such a pre-eminent group of community leaders supporting a philanthropic project in Saskatchewan,” Brownlee, co-chair of the campaign with Chief Thomas, said in a news release. “It is demonstrative of the great value of this project and the significance of protecting the legacy of Wanuskewin Heritage Park.”

Brownlee told the group of dignitaries that two-thirds of the funding is in place.

The campaign consists of a $25-million cash fundraising goal and $15 million to acquire land to expand park boundaries, necessary for consideration as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site.

The renewal is multi-faceted and involves reintroducing exhibit gallerChief Felix Thomas of the Saskatoon Tribal Council is co-chair of the fundraising campaign ies and improving educational offerat Wanuskewin (Photo by Cam Hutchinson) ings, expanding the current facility to accommodate larger conferences and bio-diversity of Opimihaw Valley, and “The bison brought us to this valley ing back the bison represents healing for meeting groups, renovating the interpre- expanding the land base to be home to a and sustained us physically, spiritually our communities. It will be a significant tive centre, preserving the ecology and small herd of Plains bison. and economically,” said Thomas. “Bring- homecoming.”

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Dear Lianne, I lost my dear wife to cancer this past August. She was sick for a better part of six years. I cared for her till the end. We talked about how she wanted me to look for someone else once she was gone. I’m 72 years old and am lonely. A neighbour lady from down the street has been so kind. She brings me some pie and soups now and again. She herself is widowed. I enjoy her company and l

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would like to take her out. My next door neighbours have noticed Alice dropping over and have said to me that I need time to heal and this is too soon. I knew for years that I was losing my wife. I suffered terribly while I was trying to accept that. I don’t want to be alone and Alice is a good lady. Is it really too soon for me to get on with my life? This lady brings joy to my empty heart.

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or a few days last week, ah Svandrilik of St. Michael, I couldn’t stop singing Markus Matias of Mayfair, HisBuild Me Up Buttercup. sy Subaday of W.P. Bate and I should say I mouthed the Koba Tran of Bishop Klein. words just like I did in choirs Congratulations to all of back at Haultain School in the you.

1960s. Have you ever noticed Thank you to the Kiwanis how many people say they Club of Riversdale for inviting were asked not to sing? Who me to attend and for the great the heck was singing those work its members do in the Christmas carols then? community. The speech compeThe reason for me silently tition, done through its Builders Editor singing Build Me Up ButterClub, is just one example. cup was because of the great Join me now. Here are the rendition JP Samson did at the 24th annual words: Red Holder Memorial Speech Competi“Why do you build me up (build me up) tion and Banquet. buttercup, baby JP was one of eight elementary school Just to let me down (let me down) and students who gave speeches at the event. mess me around Let me tell you, we have some talented And then worst of all (worst of all) you young people in our midst.

never call, baby I was fortunate enough to join Terry When you say you will (say you will) but Ross and Don Hazelwanter on the judging I love you still panel. It was my second time having that I need you (I need you) more than anyone, honour. It’s a wonderful event, with great darlin’ food and conversation. But ultimately, You know that I have from the start the event is about the students who have So build me up (build me up) buttercup, earned the right to represent their schools. don’t break my heart” I am impressed with anyone who can ***** get up and speak in front of a crowd. It is The Express is happy to be on board something I am really uncomfortable do- as one of the sponsors of the Houghton ing and avoid at all costs.

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Students delivered speeches on a wide In a way, it is coming full circle. I atrange of topics, including the evils of tended the first breakfast way back when smoking, food waste, social media and in 2001. It was a proud moment, given that Indigenous rights. That one was particuthen-StarPhoenix publisher Lyle Sinkelarly moving, because Kelson Wuttunee- wicz and other SP staffers were instrumenCheckosis of St. Frances School spoke tal in founding the fundraising event for from the heart and from the experiences of the University of Saskatchewan football his relatives. program.

But it was JP, a student at Father VaThe breakfast has come a long way in chon, who ultimately stole the show. He the 16 years since its inception, generatwon the speech competition, but also en- ing more than $100,000 annually for tertained the crowd while judges convened football scholarships. Approximately in the staff room at W.P. Bate School.

2,000 people attend the event each year – After the awards were presented, JP that’s a lot of bacon and eggs for the staff performed Build Me Up Buttercup to at Prairieland to prepare. And the bacon bring the evening to a close. He brought is always crisp. the house down in a rousing sing-along.

The speaker at this year’s event, which The other students competing in the will be held May 4 at Prairieland, will be event were Samia Masood of Westmount, Henry Burris. For more details, please see Shannen Carlos of Bishop Roborecki, Sar- Page 13.

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Grits for Grieving Guys A recipe for community support Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express his is how you develop a recipe for nourishing, nurturing, and needed community support.

Take two second-year medical students with a passion for helping others.

Add some funding from the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA). Mix with help from a church and funeral home, then stir in the expertise of a psychologist and a social worker.

The result was Grits for Grieving Guys, a five-week group program for widowers that combined cookery with grief and bereavement support and counselling.

It was the brainchild of Jacqueline Carverhill and Thea Hedemann, the medical students at the University of Saskatchewan who applied for SMA funding through its Fostering Leadership through Innovative Projects, or FLIP, program.

The SMA chooses one or two medical student applicants to fund and support every year, explained Carverhill. They were the recipients in 2016.

“The idea for Grieving Guys came about because we were looking for a way to give back to our community as medical students,” said Carverhill in an interview. “The community offers a lot to us throughout our training, both in terms of patients we see throughout the community and also with our standardized patients and our simulated clinic.

The clinic is, mainly, a place where a lot of retired members of the community “essentially volunteer their time to come in and be patients for us, so we can practice our clinical skills before we go into the hospitals and clinics in real life

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situations,” said Carverhill.

“We’re just very fortunate to have that and we were looking for a way to give back. We combined our interests. We both love to cook, so we combined our interest in cooking with our interests in medicine, which includes geriatrics. I’m actually interested in being a palliative care physician.”

Carverhill and Hedemann decided to focus on men with the Grits for Grieving Guys program for a couple of reasons.

“We know that (with) seniors, that social isolation and loneliness lead to worse health outcomes, both general health and mental health. We chose to target widowers, because we felt that was an area where service was needed. It was a potentially vulnerable population.

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Jacqueline Carverhill “In terms of cooking, although things have possibly changed in that generation, a lot of the time the wives could have done the cooking, although not always.

It was something we saw a need for.”

Carverhill and Hedemann then had to reach out and find the widowers for the program.

“We actually received a tremendous amount of support from Eleanor Edwards from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. She did a lot of the recruiting for us. We reached out to everyone and anyone including physicians, but she reached out to many of the men who ended up joining us.”

They capped the program at six members, but ended up with five after one TA021337 man became Tammy ill.

“We wanted a smaller group. Although it’s a cooking class, it’s also a support group,” said Carverhill. “It was a fiveweek program, so we met every Saturday for three to four hours. Zion Lutheran Church donated their kitchen space to us.”

The group would cook a different meal together every week.

“We would have times in between where we would sit down and chat. And at the end, we would all sit down and eat a meal together. Those times when we sat down were the times when we would discuss grief and bereavement, and the men’s experiences. Because Thea and I aren’t experts in grief and bereavement, we brought in a few people to help facilitate our sessions.”

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In February 2013, Toronto here may be one thing made history by affirming itself Donald Trump and I as the first sanctuary city in agree on. (I know, I Canada. City council passed a didn’t think it would happen motion that also required traineither.) The issue around sancing city staff and managers on tuary cities in the United States the policy. Indeed, at the time, is yuuuge. city hall estimated that Toronto If you go to the Washington was home to 200,000 non-status Post or the New York Times, residents, so the policy was no their explanations of what a small thing. sanctuary city is – or county, Returning to the policing part or state – are detailed, illusColumnist of the discussion, then, the policy trated by complex graphics in Toronto is “don’t ask,” accordand absolutely fascinating. The ing to several stories on the subject. Howevsanctuaries themselves, POTUS and the er, if police are told the person is “illegally” mainstream media are all over this.

Indeed, there are 36 American cities in- in the country, they do have an obligation to cluding Chicago, New York City and San report that to Immigration Canada.

Now, the issue of local sanctuary has Francisco, five states (California, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut) emerged in Saskatoon, Regina and other Caand 633 counties that declare themselves nadian cities. A group of people are forming an alliance to press for Saskatoon to become as sanctuaries, to varying degrees. a sanctuary city, to ensure that public serThis means two notable things. One, these cities allow undocumented migrants vices are available for all without threat.

It’s fairly easy to do, and the tax cost to access city services, and don’t blow the whistle on them should their identification, would likely be minor, policy training aside.

Riding a bus, taking out a book at the library, or lack thereof, not be up to snuff. or even attending school (and I’m unclear Two, and possibly more importantly, on the jurisdictional boundaries around sanctuary jurisdictions have policies that limit co-operation between local police and that) would not break the bank; let’s face it, Saskatoon is not exactly the first place ilfederal authorities — notably, in the U.S., the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, legal immigrants would land, so newcomers and immigration. It’s in policing where the wouldn’t be swamping the buses (actually, that would be good) or the library. rubber hits the road.

The most crucial part of a sanctuary Here is a relatively brief and watereddown example from the Post. A city/county policy would again, in the main, land in the lap of the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS). police officer pulls someone over, for a As if they don’t have enough going on, with reason unrelated to immigration, such as driving drunk. Under U.S. law, fingerprints the rest of us.

I asked SPS spokesperson Alyson Edare taken and sent to the FBI, which passes wards what the police were thinking about them along to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). If the inmate is an this idea. Her first thought was that it was illegal immigrant, ICE asks the county jail early days, and some thought and research to detain him so a deportation warrant can would have to go into it. A part of that would be discussing the matter with Toronto, proceed. potentially, to see what policies and training However, keeping someone in jail without a warrant violates the person’s rights the city had in place, and what best practices under the fourth amendment. Here’s where might look like.

“It wouldn’t change a lot for us if it came sanctuary policies kick in. to be. If we’re responding to an emergency If the jurisdiction has such a policy and call, we’re not demanding immigration says no to detainment, the criminal case is completed and the person is released. (Some papers,” said Edwards. “It’s not like in the States where they’re actively looking for that sanctuary counties will detain the prisoner kind of thing. if he/she is a gang member, on a terrorist “Public safety would be the first thing. list, or a similar issue.) Counties and cities without sanctuary policies will usually hold We want people to feel safe, that they can the inmate while ICE works on the deporta- call us without any fear of the effects or after-effects of that.” tion order.

And the SPS is already engaged in the The mayors of sanctuary cities are now loudly defying Trump’s attempted immigra- sanctuary conversation.

“We’re open to having those discussions tion ban. Trump, naturally, is fighting back by saying he will stall funding to those cities. and being part of that process as it’s being discussed.”

Meanwhile, a Seattle federal judge (a real It’s not like we’re on a perpetual migrant one, not a “so-called” one, as Trump suggested) blocked the travel ban, which is now manhunt in Saskatoon as it is, and besides, immigration is a federal concern, not a mubeing appealed by the federal government. nicipal one. It appears that declaring SaskaAs of press time, that’s where we’re at. toon a sanctuary city wouldn’t change much Enter Canada, where the discussion around sanctuary cities has hit the headlines from a policing, taxation or city practice standpoint — except to make us even more in the wake of what’s going on in Trumpwelcoming. I’m all for that. land.

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Blood products are needed by hundreds of Canadian hospitals for patient care, including for patients waiting for stem cell transplants. Currently, more than 800 patients in Canada are waiting for an unrelated stem cell donor to help save their lives.

New donors are critical to meeting Canada’s future blood needs. Canadian Blood Services is closing in on its goal this year of 100,000 new donors, but another 28,000 are still needed before the end of March.

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festivals and events they can attend — things like the Jazz Festival, Taste of Saskatchewan. Our summers are jammed with festivals and events.”

He said during the interview another major event would be announced soon.

It turned out to be a world three-on-three basketball competition to be played downtown during Taste of Saskatchewan.

It is here for at least three years.

Fernets said Tourism Saskatoon, unlike many similar agencies, has been an advocate for change. Sometimes it is working quietly in the background.

“Whether it’s the new provincial combative commission, food trucks, craft liquor, we have been involved in that, working with government on legislation through the tourism side.”

He credits Tourism Saskatoon president and CEO Todd Brandt for his leadership and vision.

“Todd, thank goodness, let me go on that stuff. We need these things to happen and we need this advocacy.”

Fernets said the city has to keep its eyes on growth.

“Cities that don’t recognize growth fall behind.”

He said a big part of the city’s future will go hand-in-hand with a downtown Randy Fernets retired last week after 14 years with Tourism Saskatoon (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) sports/entertainment facility.

“That is one of the things I will continue to push for. SaskTel Centre can only serve so many people. If you are in the lineups to get there or the lineups to use the washrooms or to get food, you understand why we were so concerned about Cam Hutchinson scene,” said Fernets, who retired this on an annual basis. what is going to happen with that facility.

Saskatoon Express month after 14 years as the director of “Remember way back when we had “It’s going to take time, but I think t’s easy selling Saskatoon. industry development and sports tourism Pion-Era and the Exhibition? We want to it needs to be downtown and I think the Randy Fernets says those represent- with the organization. create Saskatoon as a destination because study will show that, like every study ing Tourism Saskatoon can look “We say we have the friendliest people aren’t coming here to stay in hotel others have done. They need to move it people in the eye when making a pitch to people and we do have a different atmo- rooms and to look at TVs in hotel rooms. downtown to help rejuvenate the downbring conventions and events to our city. sphere. We are a little more laid back They’re looking for things to do. town. If they want to see the offices “When our convention team is out and we have the assets.”

“To attract conventions, international get rented and if they want to see more there, we try to sell the quality of life, But we knew that. and national, we have to have things to activity and more people downtown, the what you can do in Saskatoon – MeeThe city has come a long way over do. We have fixed attractions that give downtown sports facility fits that bill.” wasin, the university, the craft liquor the years, with new events popping up us a base, but we also have to have those (Continued on page 7)

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I was only a boy, maybe six years “I don’t know,” I replied, telling her old, but I can clearly remember being I thought he was there all along. She wrapped and secured to the sleigh as we undid the dog team and tied them up made our way through the bush. I was separately close to the tent. We then so secured inside the sleigh it felt like I unpacked all the supplies on the sleigh was tied up. It was dark, with only the which my dad and I had loaded up at the light of the moon guiding us. I was laid main cabin. flat on my back on the sleigh; all I could My mom commented she was misssee were the spruce trees to my sides ing some of the stuff she was hoping we and the stars above. would bring.

I could feel the warmth of the blan“How am I supposed to cook without kets wrapped around me. It almost felt the proper pots and pans?” were the like being cuddled in a loving mother’s comments that stuck out. Then she said arms. The dogs with their steady speed she might go out and look for my dad, kept me from falling asleep. but it was now completely dark. She The northern lights were out in their decided she would wait until morning. full brilliance. They appeared to be From the sounds of the stove, I could dancing in the sky. I could see the stars hear she was making our morning fire which appeared so close I could almost and getting ready for breakfast. Then I reach up and touch one. heard the covered front entrance of the Every now and then I could see one tent being opened. It was my dad. shoot across the sky. So magnificent Both his arms were full of the stuff were the stars that they appeared to be that fell off the sleigh, including my little peepholes from heaven. mom’s pots and pans. He said his only Our destination was a tent my dad prayers were I didn’t run into a pack had set up miles away from the main of wolves. It was then that I realized cabin on our trap line. The white canvas the terrifying situation I could have tent would be where we would camp, as found myself in. my dad checked the traps along the line.

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(Continued from page 3) arverhill’s father, Dr. Phil Carverhill, a clinical psychologist specializing in grief and bereavement, came in for a few sessions; and Paul Benson, a former social worker in palliative care, also came in for a session.

“It was truly a community effort for this program,” said Carverhill.

They cooked up chili, along with biscuits following the recipe of one of the men’s wives. They made coq au biere, or chicken in beer, and a whole roast chicken with mashed potatoes, vegetables “and the works” for the final week.

“We were really happy to see how it went over. The men seemed to love the group. Often, we’d actually go an hour overtime, because we were chatting so much.”

The men got a few things out of the program, Carverhill hopes. Some of them had people over and made dinner for their guests; they gained more confidence in the kitchen, and more cookery ideas. It also gave them tactics for healthy eating, like making a big pot of chili and freezing it in portions for a busy work week.

“They really took differing amounts from the support group aspect of it, too. We had some great conversations

throughout the weeks. We talked about how grief and bereavement is an individual process, and that not everyone grieves the same way.

“It’s highly publicized that people grieve in stages; that’s not accurate at all. Grief is a very individual process . . . you can’t apply an overly prescriptive model to grief.

“It was a good environment for them to reflect and express themselves in a safe environment with men who also experienced the same life-changing moment that they had.”

There are also indications that some of the participants may stay in touch with one another; one man suggested everyone get together for coffee in six months, to see how everyone is doing.

Asked if the program might continue, Carverhill said it was possible.

“We certainly set it up in a way that we’re able to run it again,” she said.

“We’d be happy to see this program run again. It doesn’t require a lot of funding, but it does require a little bit of money to pay for the groceries – and Zion has offered that we can use their space again.

“Certainly almost all the pieces are in place for it to run again. That would be nice to see.”

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hy is anyone shocked only so many times that story about the provincial can be told.) government’s loomThen the Sask. Party will ing budget deficit? point to hospital closures and And if the concern is about social cutbacks imposed by an increasing deficit/debt, why the NDP, the waste attributed isn’t anyone concerned about to Spudco and whatever other the ballooning federal debt? At sins come to mind, along with least the province’s financial the declining population and woe is because of declining decaying infrastructure of that revenues, whereas the growera. None of this history will ing federal debt is because of benefit today’s residents of this increased spending. province. All the rhetoric is just Columnist Be it good times or bad, we about cheesy and unproductive are a commodity-based province, and the politics by all parties. commodity market is a volatile one. The In fairness to the NDP, it did take over brightest and best investors in this unpre- government at the worst possible time. dictable market can only watch the global The province was flat broke, people were economy and take their best guess as to the fleeing for Alberta and beyond and our outcome. prospects seemed bleak. The NDP had to It is not a market for the faint of heart. make the hard decisions for the long-term From the government’s perspective, the benefit of the province, but in recovery snowball started with the decline in potash failed to muster enthusiasm with the prices, then oil and it just kept rolling. You population or entice new businesses to the would have to have been living on Gilprovince. Then along came a spanking new ligan’s Island over the last couple of years party led by a dynamic leader in the form if you didn’t see this coming. of Brad Wall.

Our government had no control over the Wall had the good fortune of leading a market conditions and could only hope and new government at the beginning of the pray that the market picked up for the sake boom. The market was hot and money, of its projected budget numbers. But when industry and people were overwhelming commodity prices are down, revenues are this province. The Sask. Party, to its imdown. The warning bells were pealing dur- mense popularity, rebuilt crumbling major ing last year’s budget and now, metaphori- and secondary roadways, threw money cally speaking, we know for whom the at health care/workers (albeit without dirge bells toll. improving anything), increased the eduNo doubt the opposition will take us cational spots for student doctors/nurses back 35 years to 1982 and the beginning and other careers, and sweetened the pot of Grant Devine’s Progressive Conserva- by offering a tax-credit system to keep our tive government, and how its government brightest and best at home. saved us from ourselves when the NDP Wall also did what previous governwere elected in 1991, only to have Brad ments wouldn’t do; he started revenue Wall and the Saskatchewan Party squander sharing with the municipalities, which all their hard work after his government kick-started growth in the cities. I’d say was elected in 2007. (Oh, hum. There are the best thing the Sask. Party did was offer

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optimism to a changing demographic that was ripe for change. The worst thing this party did was to encourage and facilitate debt by the municipalities.

Well, we have come full circle and the province has again fallen on hard times.

Much like the NDP did in 1991, hard decisions must be made and we will see if Wall has the mettle to govern in austere times.

The NDP are alleging mismanagement and dishonesty by Wall, but haven’t specifically pointed to what was mismanaged or how he is dishonest, although the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) program might grow legs. But the NDP are not offering solutions to the problem.

What is of greater concern is what the city will do now with an anticipated cut in revenue sharing from the province. My best guess will be a lot of sabre rattling and then a huge hit to the property tax bill.

Council will claim it’s not its fault, and blame the province.

However, the city knew this day of reckoning was coming, buried its head in the sand and continued (and continues) to spend. Before, and since this council formed, we have heard about the wish lists DC021319 Darlene

adding up into the hundreds of millions of dollars in spending.

Council looks to the federal government and its deficit spending and sees a green light, and neglects to use its peripheral vision to the caution warning by the province. I don’t think it has sunk in yet with this council that they may need to play the role the NDP did in 1991 and that the Sask. Party may necessarily do this year.

Then again, council claims it has relatively little debt for a city this size and a triple-A credit rating, so it might be business as usual. Besides, it can always increase water rates again and divert profit from utilities to the general revenue coffers. It is all just a house of cards.

So, let’s change things up a bit. Instead of the opposition, public sector groups and other organizations critiquing the government’s plan when it is fully disclosed, I invite those opposed to tell the public how they will solve our financial difficulties if given the chance. Will it be tax and/or PST increases), cutbacks or more debt? Then the public can decide who should lead through these perilous financial times. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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(HC) basically endorsed the So I don’t really go to behaviour of out-of-control games anymore, because my hockey parents. choice is sitting there quiThis topic is no stranger to etly and letting someone verthis space. I’ve more or less bally berate my son, or risk quit going to my 12-year-old becoming just like them.

Columnist son’s minor hockey games, My point in all this is because I don’t want to be that the SHA’s support with some hockey parents. This doesn’t of the suspension of two referees apply to the parents watching the game who shut down the Jan. 26 bantam (that respectfully, or the parents who exuwould be players who average in age of berantly cheer on and encourage their 14 or 15 years old) game between the children’s on-ice successes – and misses. visiting Prince Albert Hurricanes and I’ve quit going to minor hockey the home team in Hague, because the games because of the parents who act players’ parents were acting like a bunch like absolute barbarians. They scream of rabid baboons, clinging to the rink instructions at their kid at the top of their boards and flinging their crap at each lungs: “SKAAAAATE!!” other as well as the refs, who no longer If your kid is 12 years old and hasn’t felt safe. figured out that he or she has to skate (Parents deny everything, incidenwhile playing hockey, you should prob- tally. Must be those pesky alternative ably ask yourself if soccer isn’t a better facts.) option.

It would seem the referees’ fears for If they’re not screaming at their kid, their personal safety were validated who is usually pretending not to know when the RCMP arrived on the scene their own parents, Mom or Dad are and provided the referees a police escort splitting our eardrums with all sorts of to their vehicles. guidance on where to pass the puck, or Yet inexplicably, the Saskatchewan who to cover, or another personal favou- Valley Hockey League opted to suspend rite of mine, “SHOOOOT!!” Again, if the refs, supposedly because the refs they don’t know this already, consider didn’t follow proper protocol before baseball. shutting down the game.

I could probably suck it up, but I’ve Are you kidding me? Does anyone renoticed as the kids get older, the parally expect refs, already in short supply, ents have started turning their sights to set aside their concerns for their peron the other team’s players. As one of sonal safety and attempt to herd a mob the top-scoring players in his league, of pitchfork-carrying, mouth-breathing my son is often on the receiving end of parents out of the rink, so their precious this crap. “CHERRY-PICKER! COVER darlings can finish their widdle hockey THE CHERRY-PICKER!” screamed one game? woman, every time my son, who plays The madness doesn’t stop there, forward, was within three metres of the though. Hockey Canada president net.

Tom Renney also weighed in, telling The Every bone in my body was achCanadian Press he supported the suspening to walk over and punch her right in sion of the referees, because he “trusts the mouth. Yeah, I said it. Right in the the league’s process.” mouth. Or at the very least, verbally While the League was responsible for excoriate her for being so stupid. the suspensions, the SHA and HC are “Cherry-picking” in hockey refers to responsible for the integrity of the game, a player who hovers in the neutral zone, and they should have completely supbehind the other team’s defence, while ported the referees, no question. Whatthe rest of his or her team defends their ever happened to the “zero-tolerance” own net from an offensive blitz. It’s policy? considered both selfish and lazy. My son These are stunning levels of incompeplays offence, so he hovers around the tence from the people who are supposed opposite team’s net when the play is in to be in charge of this game in Sasthat zone. In other words, he is doing his katchewan and Canada. You’re kidding job. yourself if you think this type of parental So maybe I’m still not over it. behaviour is just Letterkenny-style small Here’s the thing, though. If I had town rowdiness. Hockey parents in approached that woman and gave her a Saskatchewan are out of control – and if piece of my mind, and someone turned you have a problem with that statement, AS021314 Aaron their phone and started recording, what you’re probably part of the problem.

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“It can be challenging, but there are a lot of models who have different strengths and weaknesses. Some like the fashion shows, some don’t. Some like photo shoots, some don’t. So it seems like we have a really good array of work opportunities that keep most of them busy.

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When she speaks of the corporate world, she worked in sales and the financial industry. Remember when she thought she was going to be a financial planner?

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“The reason I went with the name Infinity Management was I love so many things and can never decide what I wanted my business to be. I needed something that never limits what we can do, so we could keep adding and bringing on these different aspects.”

She said it is important to be community minded. She did two charitable shows this month and is on the board of directors for the Festival of Trees. She recently did shows for the Saskatchewan branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada and for the people affected by the fires in Fort McMurray.

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A love of the land: Downtown gallery features local landscape artists Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express askatchewan may not have the Rockies or ocean views, but the province’s landscape is still interesting and beautiful.

That’s the sentiment viewers may come away with after visiting the current exhibition on display at The Gallery/art placement inc. The commercial fine art gallery, located in the city’s downtown, is featuring the work of three well-known landscape painters from Saskatoon: Clint Hunker, Lorna Russell and Reta Cowley (19102004). Although the artists’ styles vary, as do the colours and the seasons seen in their work, there are also commonalities — including a sense of respect and admiration for the Prairie environment.

“One of the unifying aspects is working from the land that all three artists have engaged, in different sites in and around Saskatoon and area,” said gallery manager Linda Stark, who noted the artists’ work fits well together in the same exhibition.

“We’ve represented each of these artists for a number of decades, and it was just a natural fit to look at the Saskatchewan landscape and consider these three artists and their sensibilities and interests in documenting the landscapes over many years,” she added.

Stark said each artist has shown dedication to specific parts of Saskatchewan, with Cowley favouring sites north of Saskatoon, Hunker and Russell travelling to Wakaw and Hunker preferring scenes of the Aberdeen area, “where he can see changes in the farmland.”

“Our focus at the gallery is on local and regional art, and landscape plays a large part in that. And many of our out-of-town clients from away know that there’s something very special in terms of the Saskatchewan landscape,” said Stark.

“Lorna has often made the note that, well, it may not be as dramatic or the diversity of views that you’d have in the Rockies, but you just have to look harder.

And it’s a really important point that there is great variety and great beauty to encounter; it’s just a question of patience and looking.”

In addition to their subject matter, there are other links between the three artists.

All have been educators and have strong ties to Saskatchewan and to the province’s

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The works of artists Clint Hunker and Lorna Russell are on display at The Gallery/art placement inc. (Photo Supplied)

Clint Hunker’s Summer Clouds Scatter art history. For example, Cowley taught at Bedford Road Collegiate and also instructed Dorothy Knowles — one of the country’s top landscape painters — at the Emma Lake Summer School in 1948.

“So there’s that great connection in history,” said Stark.

Cowley, who was born in Moose Jaw, is known as one of Canada’s top watercolourists. She studied art under a number of influential teachers herself, including Augustus Kenderdine at Emma Lake in the 1930s, Walter Phillips at the Banff School of Fine Arts in the 1940s and Eli Bornstein at the University of Saskatchewan in the 1950s.

“We’re very happy to include an early canvas as well as panels that she’s done,” Stark said of the exhibition.

Like Cowley, Russell also has had a long artistic career, spanning more than six decades. Russell’s study of Prairie landscapes began as a child when she accompanied her father, a University of Saskatchewan plant pathologist and botanist, on research trips. Robert Hurley, a well-known Saskatchewan watercolourist, often accompanied them as lab technician, which provided Russell with an opportunity to view his landscape painting.

Russell, who was born in Saskatoon in 1933, studied art at the University of Saskatchewan in the 1950s before obtaining a teaching certificate. She worked as an art teacher, an art consultant and an art

Lorna Russell’s The Beginning of Spruce River instructor — with Hunker as one of her students.

“I started painting with Lorna Russell when I was 16, so it’s been 45 years,” said Hunker, who, alongside Russell, was in attendance at the gallery’s exhibition reception on Feb. 4. When asked about his work, Hunker noted first and foremost that much of it is done on site, out in nature — a process also used by Cowley and Russell.

“There’s a long line of us who have worked, and preferred to work, outdoors — including Dorothy Knowles,” Hunker said.

“The stimulus and the emotion has to sort of come right out of the landscape at that moment, which means that you can go back to the same place and you can paint it over and over and over again,” he added.

Hunker, who was born in 1954 in Regina, has been painting the Saskatchewan landscape since he was a teenager. Since 1987, he has worked as a sessional lecturer

at the University of Saskatchewan.

When asked about the Saskatchewan landscape, and how to dispel the stereotype that it’s flat and boring, Hunker noted that some “people say that it’s subtle.”

“But there is a quality of light here that you don’t get anywhere else. It’s almost a bleached-out kind of light,” he said.

“If you look at the work of, say, the Group of Seven — well, them in particular — there’s lots of dramatic contrasts and lots of sort of angular shapes in their paintings, and we don’t have a lot of that naturally built into the landscape. So you find your areas, but you’re dealing with openness and infinity.”

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Dogs’ Breakfast lands Burris as guest speaker Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express here were smiles all around when the University of Saskatchewan football foundation announced its guest speaker for this year’s Houghton Boston Dogs’ Breakfast.

When May 4 rolls around, it will be a tossup whether the biggest smile belongs to guest speaker Henry Burris or the Huskie recruits and their families. It’s hard to bet against Burris. It always has been.

Burris recently retired from the Canadian Football League, but not before engineering one of the greatest upsets in Grey Cup history. The 41-year-old quarterback led the two-touchdown underdog Ottawa Redblacks to an improbable 39-33 overtime victory over the Calgary Stampeders. It was a game for the ages and aging.

TSN’s Glen Suitor, who will be the master of ceremonies at the breakfast again this year, said organizers got a good one, saying Burris is one of the “nicest, most genuine people you are ever going to meet.”

“What I am really excited about and I hope everybody is when they get to meet Henry Burris, is his message, ‘when someone tells you you can’t do something, go ahead and prove them wrong.’”

Burris made a career of doing that.

He won three Grey Cups and won the league’s most outstanding player award twice, both after his 35th birthday. He passed for more than 63,000 yards and ran for more than 5,600.

Mike Gartner, chair of the foundation, said landing Burris was a coup.

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“The process every year is we try to find somebody that has really done something for football and can really connect with the fans,” Gartner said. “After the Grey Cup this year in Ottawa when Henry won, I felt it was his last game and I thought he would be a hot commodity to bring here to Saskatchewan for the Dogs’ Breakfast.”

Quarterbacks have been popular speakers over the years at the breakfast.

Ron Lancaster, Warren Moon, Russ Jackson, Damon Allen, Matt Dunigan and Kerry Joseph are among the previous speakers.

Gartner said the breakfast is important to the football program.

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Goalie hopes to prolong college career Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express he best money goalie in the history of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies women’s hockey team doesn’t want to think about the end.

In the fall of 2012, Cassidy Hendricks arrived on the U of S campus and quickly became the Huskies’ starting netminder. The North Vancouver, B.C., product has been the model of consistency, posting a career goals-against average of just over 2.00 and a save percentage around .920.

As a sophomore in 2014, she backstopped the Huskies to their only Canada West championship and then a bronze medal at nationals.

Now in her fifth and final season of eligibility, Hendricks surpassed a couple of significant milestones. She recorded her 55th career victory to move alone into third place in career Canada West Conference wins.

Hendricks also became the Canada West leader for all-time minutes played.

She piled up 6,893 minutes and five seconds tending goal for the Huskies entering the final weekend of regular season play.

Her minutes played total just surpassed the 6,857 minutes and 32 seconds put up by Crystal Patterson, who played for the U of Lethbridge Pronghorns from 2010-2015.

With the Huskies beginning post-season play on Feb. 17, Hendricks wants to delay hanging up the skates for as long as she can.

“With it being the last time, I want to go as far as I can to extend my hockey,” said Hendricks. “I won’t be playing anything meaningful after this, so I am just really hoping the team can get it together and just come as one.

“We always do better in the playoffs for the most part. We fight hard.”

Hendricks joined the Huskies after playing for the Vancouver Fusion midget AAA girls’ team. Originally, she hoped to gain admission into the

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Hendricks said it took some time to get used to how intense the academic studies were in university.

“It took me a couple of years to figure out how to get good marks,” said Hendricks. “I always put hockey before schooling, which is probably bad and I wouldn’t recommend it. That is just the way it lined up.”

She adjusted a lot quicker on the ice.

During her rookie campaign in 2012-13, Hendricks played in 25 of the Huskies 28 regular-season games, posting a 1013 record, a 2.31 goals-against average, a .920 save percentage and three shutouts.

While her numbers as a rookie were stellar, Hendricks said her game took a big jump upwards as a sophomore, when the Huskies brought in a big blue-chip goalie recruit in Karen Lefsrud.

“I remember going into it with a different mindset,” said Hendricks. “I was just thinking I want to get better. I don’t care if we win with Karen (Lefsrud) or we win with me.

“I just want to do well and like make the team win and focus on what I can do. It just ended up being a really good thing.”

Lefsrud was named to the Canada West all-rookie team. She left the U of S after that one season to pursue rowing with the national team program.

Hendricks appeared in 18 games posting an 11-4-3 record, a 1.77 goalsagainst average, a .924 save percentage and three shutouts. She was named a second team Canada West all-star and carried the load as the starting goalie through the post-season.

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Cassidy Hendricks has been the U of S Huskies’ goaltender for five seasons (Photo by Darren Steinke) goals against average, a .957 save percentage and two shutouts in six games.

She said winning the Canada West title is one of her fondest hockey memories and remembers being in the zone during that post-season run.

“I always compared it to being almost robotic where I wasn’t thinking too much,” said Hendricks. “I just wanted to focus on one shot at a time and keep it simple. You’ve been stopping these shots all year, so what is the difference now.”

Huskies first-year head coach Robin Ulrich, who was an assistant coach for most of Hendrick’s U of S career, said her netminder has always been on her game.

“Cass is probably going to be the hardest person for us to replace in the coming year with our recruiting class just simply because she has been steady since day one,” said Ulrich. “Goaltending hasn’t been a question mark for our program for five years.

“She is calm, she is consistent, (and) she gives us a good game every time she

is out there. Even her games that are a little bit off are still very strong for her.

She is just solid back there.

“It is always nice to have a goalie that is calm, because I think it keeps everybody else calm as well. She is one of those very quietly determined people as well. We know that she is a fierce competitor.”

Hendricks said she is trying not to think about the reality that her hockey career is nearing an end.

She appreciated the fact she was able to move into third place in career Canada West wins and sits first among career minutes played. It gives her a couple of cool things to reflect on from her final campaign.

“I didn’t really focus on them,” said Hendricks. “It was just kind of a thing that just happened. It is always nice to have like a little cherry on top of your career like that.”

(You can see more of Darren Steinke’s work in his online blog stankssermon. blogspot.ca.)

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idding is now open for the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts. With the 2018 Brier set for Regina, we’re unlikely to get that, but how about the Scotties?

It’s been more than 25 years since it was played in Saskatoon.

• The Scotties begins Feb. 18 in St. Catharines. Captain Obvious’ playoff teams are Rachel Homan, Chelsea Carey, Shannon Kleibrink and Krista McCarville.

• Torben Rolfsen, on Brad Marchand saying without Claude Julien he definitely wouldn’t be the player he is today: “‘That’s true,’ said opponents on injury rehab.”

• Janice Hough, on the Cleveland Browns reducing prices on 40 per cent of their season tickets: “It’s a good start.

But how long until the team starts paying people to show up?”

• From TC Chong: “Tom Brady took the air out of the entire state of Georgia.”

• Bill Littlejohn, on Brady’s missing game jersey from the Super Bowl: “Given this person already took Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ring, has anyone thought of checking Vladimir Putin?”

• Trivia: It’s been said that Brady’s jersey could be worth as much as $500,000 as a collectible.

• From Rolfsen: “A weak Canadian roster for the World Baseball Classic includes reliever Eric Gagne, who retired from the sport in 2008. I’m half-expecting them to add Ferguson Jenkins.”

• I’m thinking the World Classic is baseball’s equivalent of the Spengler Cup. • From Hough: “Let’s get to the real outrage: Donald Trump’s Twitter tantrums are keeping people from fully enjoying George and Amal Clooney’s pregnancy.”

• Chong, on some NFL veterans offering their brains for research: “Is there a

‘Buy One Get One Free’ deal available in the Bay Area for both Jed York and Kyle Shanahan?”

• Rolfsen, on L.A. needing 2024 Olympic votes from Middle East, Asian and African countries: “I wonder if they’d like to switch to an electoral college.”

• From Hough: “In the fourth quarter Brady and the Patriots went through Atlanta faster than anyone not named Sherman.”

• From Littlejohn: “Can we call the latest Knicks drama Oakley’s Believe It or Not?” • A sober Johnny Manziel would be a good CFL quarterback. Then again, a sober Johnny Manziel would be a good NFL quarterback.

• As much as I like Justin Dunk’s reporting, I’m going to say his sources led him astray on his story about the Riders working out Manziel. I just can’t see Chris Jones fibbing about it.

• From Hough: “Former Knicks star Charles Oakley, 53, was arrested and charged with assault after screaming abuse at owner James Dolan and fighting with security guards. Long-suffering fans have to be thinking, ‘He put up a better fight than the team usually does.’”

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FEBRUARY 14 The free-of-charge support meetings are an informative The Saskatoon Jazz Society celebrates Valentine’s Day in and engaging space for people to connect with each other a different style, with winemaster Cesar Baeza introducing for ongoing support. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For information, Vieja Feo wines, promising four wine tastings and four ap- visit www.saskfasdnetwork.ca/events. petizer tastings, all accompanied by Neil Currie who sings EVERY THURSDAY and plays the standards. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets Prairie Sky Farmer’s Market is open every Thursday from $40 and $50, which must be purchased by Feb. 23.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church FEBRUARY 18 in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone Three Canadians, saxophonist Petr Cancura, trumpeter or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ Rebecca Hennessy and bassist Michael Herring joined hotmail.com.

American drummer Richie Barshay iin 2014 to form Way ***** North, a world beat jazz band which covers many genres. Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets Thursdays at Barshay has played with Herbie Hancock and Chick 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm. 13, 610 Clarence Corea. Their credits include a debut album in 2015, Kings Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries. First night Country, and a trip in January 2016, to Danilo Perez’s is free. 306-374-0005; www.sifc.awardspace.com Panama Jazz Festival. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets ***** $23 and $28.

Pop In & Play (until Dec. 8) 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Erindale Alliance Church (310 Perehudoff Cres). Bring FEBRUARY 21-22 your little ones, 5 years & under, with you downstairs for Canada’s renowned 20-year-old pianist Jan Lisiecki is a great time of fun & connecting! Monthly theme, learning making a special stop in Saskatoon for a program which centres, snack & occasional speaker. For more info, go to offers Bach, Schubert and a lot more. His latest album, erindalealliance.ca Schumann’s works for piano and orchestra, was released in January 2016, and he appeared with the Saskatoon EVERY WEDNESDAY Symphony during its last series. This time, the perforThe FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly supmance is in a more intimate setting. 7:30 p.m. each night. port meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivConvocation Hall. Tickets are $100 and $80. ers on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St).

The free-of-charge support meetings are an informative and engaging space for people to connect with each other for ongoing support. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For information, visit www.saskfasdnetwork.ca/events FEBRUARY 18 ***** Saskatoon Nutana Lions Flea Market. Prairieland Park Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialHall D. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: Adults $5, Children 12 ize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École & under $1. For information, call 306-291-3964. canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is FEBRUARY 24 directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel All-You-Can-Eat Varenyky (Perogy) Supper from 5 p.m.

Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are to 7 p.m. at the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343Hall (919 – 20th Street West). Prices are: Adults - $12, 6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460.

Children 5 to 9 years - $6 and children 4 and under are ***** free. Entry includes a dessert and a beverage. Meat and Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW). cabbage rolls are extra. While quantities last.

Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s United Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also FEBRUARY 25 has a general meeting on the third Sunday of every Enactus University of Saskatchewan invites you to the Abmonth, with the exception of July and August. For more original Youth Idea Challenge Annual Gala 2017. The gala information, contact Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the begins at 5 p.m. at the Dakota Dunes Casino. Join stuchurch at 306-343-7101. dent, community, business, and academic leaders in ***** celebrating Aboriginal entrepreneurship and a night of T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are live business pitches from participants of the Aboriginal welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly Youth Idea Challenge presented by Affinity Credit Union. focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For Tickets and/or corporate tables can be purchased online ​ more information go to www.tops.org or call Debbie at at www.picatic.com/ayic2017. For more information, visit 306-668-4494. Meetings are at Resurrection Lutheran www.enactussask.com.

Church, 310 Lenore Drive. New member orientation every ***** Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people ***** who score among the top two per cent of the general Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their population on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ test50s and 60s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, ing session is being held in Saskatoon monthly brunch, movie nights and more. Meet new at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 for students. If you are friends. No membership dues. For more information email: interested in attending this session, please call Tim at allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone 306-978-0813.

306-242-7408 or e-mail trf674@campus.usask.ca. ***** St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th St. West) has bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. The club is campaigning for new members who are 55+. MemberSECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY ships are $5 per year with discounts included. For more info, call 306-384-4644 or 306-716-0204.

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Babies’, children’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, Cancer or any other reason are invited to join our meetings to learn, share ideas, support or get support. There is purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, no cost to attend. For more info, call Carol at 306-280454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone 2160 or email cadithompson@hotmail.com. is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.

Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for incom. dividuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at ***** W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. Nutana Legion Bingo. Doors open at 5:30, bingo starts at to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, 6:30. Everyone welcome. Other upcoming events: music email leftbehind@sasktel.net.

—Heavenly Hash (Sept. 24) and The Fuss (Oct. 1). Also: ***** Pancake breakfast & flee market on Oct. 2 (breakfast from FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental 9 to 11 a.m.; flee market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer with a mental illness and you need understanding support, Café movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com. two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH and information. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke ComBridge City Needlearts Guild meets at Mayfair United munity Centre.

Church at 7:30 p.m. for our monthly meetings. We also have a stitching day at Sobey’s Stonebridge the first Sat- TABLE TENNIS urday of each month. Come join us and have fun stitching The Saskatoon Table Tennis Club plays on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30, Friday evening with fellow stitchers. For further information, contact from 7 to 9 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12. The Glenda at 306-343-1882. location is the Zion Lutheran Church, 323 4th Ave. S. ****

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Entrance through the side door off the parking lot on the North side of the building and down to the gym. Drop in and have a look, no charge for the first visit. For more information, call 306-242-7580 or 306-975-0835.

EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends in Saskatoon has a support circle using integrative healing based on the teaching of Bruno Groening open to all without charge.

Contact circle.saskatoon@gmail.com, 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 (306655-4805) or email lllcsaskatoon@gmail.com or www. facebook.com/LLLCSaskatoon.

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

SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. For more information, visit www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend a meeting JW021315 James or bevy-49@hotmail.com. contact Bev at 306-291-4411

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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. ***** Truth Research Circle of Friends at 7 p.m.If you are concerned about the trouble in our world, researching its roots, feeling grief and confusion, and wondering what to do with what you’re learning, you are welcome to join our circle. Call Patti at 306-229-1978 for more information and the location.

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.

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issan brought Titan good and had a new logo. to the market a few Fast forward to October years ago in an at2016 with the official release tempt to learn about truck dates well past. Information buyers and to figure out if is now plentiful. Nissan has they could build a good truck. entered the Titan XD in the Nissan built a good truck, Canadian Truck King Chalbut Nissan didn’t develop the lenge, of which I am one of Titan as fast as they should the judges. have to keep sales buoyant.

The Titan XD entered was After the initial introduca four-door with a mid-length tion, Titan seemed to fall box. King Cab and twoAutozone off the screen. There was no door models, as well as two advertising and it seemed like other box lengths are available you had to know someone who knew (depending on cab configuration). In someone who could order the truck for addition, all versions of the Titan XD are you. powered by the new 5.0-litre Cummins That has changed. Titan is back. diesel (310 hp and 555 ft.lb. of torque) Entered in the 2016 Texas Auto Writers and a seven-speed automatic from “Truck of the Year” contest, the Titan Aisin. You can choose between rearXD which is totally different from the wheel drive and part time four-wheel regular Titan, won and that was before drive (which is what Nissan calls a 4X4 you and I could drive one, although you system). could buy one if you really pushed your As far as equipment goes, this was a dealer hard to take a deposit. top-of-the-line truck. I couldn’t think of My first glance at the Titan XD came anything else that could be added. It has at the Toronto Auto Show in Novema killer sound system, comfortable seats, ber 2014 when Nissan rolled it out as a including a useable back seat that folds non-driveable prototype with a Cummins so you have some warm cargo space.

Diesel between the frame rails.

Nissan’s bed rail/floor tie-down system The corporate line at the time was that (including provisions for a goose neck Nissan was going to stick with building ball) acts like a logistical tracking sys“half-ton” pickups. Interestingly enough, tem so that tie downs can always be put no information was given about the en- in the right place. gine (although there were two Cummins In the Canadian Truck King Chalengineers on hand) and darn little on the lenge, the idea is to use the truck as if it rest of the Titan XD except that it looked had to go to work, not just look pretty.

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The Nissan Titan performed well in the Canadian Truck King Challenge (Photo Supplied)

Our first driving loop was with the truck empty so that we could assess ride quality, braking and handling. In total, there are about 30 parameters that need to be evaluated. Titan XD was near the top in all categories. In short, we liked the truck.

Next on the list was a payload test.

Load to 80 per cent of rated capacity of the lightest duty truck in the competition (the Titan XD) and drive the same test loop. The Titan XD fared well enough, but being the lightest truck meant that it handled its cargo well, but the others handled it easier. This was going to be the story of the afternoon. Trailer towing was the same. The Titan XD did a marvellous job, with just a bit of trailer “push and sway” on rougher sections of our test route.

Our off-road and articulation testing

was one place where capacities didn’t matter. Here I rated the Titan XD as high as any of the others. The 4x4 system and the Aisin 7-speed and the Cummins worked together to make sure I never had to stop (unless I wanted to).

In this type of test, tires are as important as the power train and, again, Nissan made a choice that works well with rest of the power train.

Titan XD has a bit of an identity crisis. Nissan calls it a “Heavy Half-Ton” and gave it a towing capacity of a bit more than 12,000 lbs. Between that and the cargo capacity of 2,000 lbs, it puts the truck just into the range of being a three-quarter ton.

This meant we had to evaluate the XD against other three-quarter ton trucks. Needless to say the truck that could, did.

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They were fun, but Lights flash on the cars low tech. while they are charging and Now ANKI Overdrive remain on when fully charged. offers the latest in high-tech The track is thin, flexible and racing with robotic cars connects together with builtthat give the driver wireless in magnets, so the track snaps remote control, automated into place almost automatically. driving and full throttle fun.

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Getting started is simple: Load the Each car is much more than just a race Anki Overdrive app on your smartphone. car. Tractor beams let you tag onto

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Each car has different weapons and each weapon has a different range. I liked racing with the “Shock” car and using the magnetic beam to slow cars whether they were in front of or behind me. You earn more special features as you win races and can purchase additional cars for $49.

To race against someone else, touch “join a friend.” The cars communicate via Bluetooth to your phone, while Wi-Fi is used to connect to a friend. It took us a minute before we realized my son and I were on different Wi-Fi networks.

Once we joined the same network, the system started right up. One player starts a match and selects a car. Then the second player can select a car. Now the magic happens. At the start of a new track layout or if you have exited the race, the cars learn the track layout automatically.

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ON MOST REMAINING 2016 MURANO MODELS

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THE ALL-NEW 2017 NISSAN TITAN ®

10,000

$

GET UP TO

~

STANDARD RATE FINANCE CASH ON 2017 TITAN CREW CAB PLATINUM

WHEN FINANCING AT STANDARD RATES WITH NCF

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GET STANDARD RATE FINANCE CASH ON REMAINING 2016s

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WHEN FINANCING AT STANDARD RATES WITH NCF

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2016 NISSAN MICRA®

2016 NISSAN VERSA NOTE®

3,500

4,500

$

UP TO

ON 2016 MICRA SV AT/SR

$

SL ▲ model shown

UP TO

ON 2016 VERSA NOTE SR/SL

VISIT CHOOSENISSAN.CA OR YOUR LOCAL RETAILER • OFFER

ENDS FEBRUARY 28TH

OAKWOOD NISSAN

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

DL#911470

AMVIC Licensed. Offers available from February 1 – 28, 2017. **$2,200 No Charge All-Wheel Drive upgrade is available on new 2017 Rogue (excluding S FWD and SV special edition FWD) models purchased or financed with NCF at standard rates and delivered February 1 – 28, 2017. Offer consists of a discount that can only be used at the time of initial purchase/finance and applied towards: (i) the purchase of an All-Wheel Drive system from an authorized Nissan dealer; and/or (ii) the purchase price of the vehicle. ~Standard rate finance cash of $3,500/$4,500/$10,000 applicable on approved credit, when financing ad new 2016 Micra SR AT or SV AT/2016 Versa Note SR or SL/2017 Titan Crew Cab Platinum (AA00/AA50) through Nissan Canada Finance Inc. (“NCF”) at standard rates. Incentives will be deducted from negotiated selling price before taxes. Incentives cannot be combined with lease rates, subvented lease/finance rates or with any other offers. ^$4,000 Cash Credit is applicable on the cash purchase or finance through NCF at standard rate of a 2016 Murano (excluding S FWD) model which will be deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. Rebate is not combinable with lease offers. Payments cannot be made on a weekly basis, for advertising purposes only. *Representative monthly lease offer based on a new 2017 Rogue S AWD. 1.99% lease APR for 60 months equals monthly payments of $282 with $1,500 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 $18,624.�Models shown $38,019/$45,919/$18,714/$21,474/$59,021 Selling price for a new 2017 Rogue SL (PL00)/2016 Murano Platinum (AA10)/2016 Micra SR AT/2016 Versa Note SL/2017 Titan PRO-4X (AA00). All Pricing includes Freight and PDE charges ($1,795/$1,795/$1,600/$1,600/$1,795) air-conditioning levy ($100), applicable fees, manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable. 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 participating Nissan retailer for complete details. Certain conditions apply. ©2017 Nissan Canada Inc.