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Wanuskewin’s upcoming expansion is “fantastic” and “magnificent,” says Ernie Walker. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

Ernie Walker a driving force behind Wanuskewin Ned Powers Saskatoon Express or 37 years, Ernie Walker has been a pivotal figure in the founding, preservation and development of Wanuskewin Heritage Park, certainly among the most unique in the Canadian parks system. And what became a Prairie archaeologist’s vision is about to be turned into a $40-million dream expansion which will elevate Wanuskewin to a world stage, a step which Walker describes as fantastic and magnificent. A fundraising team, co-chaired by Felix Thomas and Wayne Brownlee, is already hard at work, seeking to collect $10 million for site improvements, $15 million for cultural spaces and $15 million for visitor

experiences. About two-thirds of the target has already been raised. Park officials would like to expand the park to around 1,000 acres from its current 300 acres, make room for a herd of 50 bison, revitalize the interpretive centre and establish an RV and camping facility. Hopefully, the project would be completed within three years. At the heart of it all is the pursuit of a world heritage designation through the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which would make Wanuskewin the first UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site in Saskatchewan. Walker’s own story began with extreme curiosity and voracious reading as a child, then continued through an education system where he earned three degrees at the

University of Saskatchewan and another at the University of Texas. He has been a professor of archaeology at the University of Saskatchewan, led his students to hundreds of excavation sites, served as a forensic scientist on call 365 days of the year to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and is a happy partner in 23 years of marriage to his wife, Bobbi. “As a boy, I grew up in the King George area of Saskatoon,” said Walker. “I was near the banks of the South Saskatchewan River and I led a kind of Huck Finn existence. I collected arrowheads and bones down by the riverbank. I liked watching the fish. I liked things which were science-related. Maybe I did all these things because I was shy.” He laughs about going to the Saturday

movies at the Roxy Theatre, watching the western movies about cowboys and Indians and admitting, “I was probably the only one in the theatre cheering for the Indians.” While attending Bedford Road Collegiate, he remembers having Walter Mudge as a great biology teacher who influenced him greatly. He walked to the university daily from his west side home. One time he was in search of a cultural document called Napao, edited by Zenon Pohorecky, and that became another early influence. He contemplated different options, but his Saskatchewan training, coupled with his Texas adventure, pointed him to archeology. He has taught at the U of S since 1984. (Continued on page 6)

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Why Donald Trump is the way he is

rian Kendall knew of weeks ago. He thought I Darian Durant and would be interested in seeing Chris Jones couldn’t Donald Trump’s chart. From make it work. what I see on CNN every Brian, a Saskatoon asnight, the chart pretty much trologist, said it wasn’t in the nails Trump’s personality. planets for the two of them to Rather than provide details in co-exist. this space, I would encourage “Durant is a Cancer, so you to head over to Page 5 to he’s very emotional and Jones give it a read. is a Leo — ‘hear me roar; “There is a way to predict I’m doing it my way.’ I knew if people will like you more, Editor it wasn’t going to last, not at have more energy or have all.” more luck at certain times A trade sent Durant to Planet Aloudepending on where the planets are, but ette. it still boils down to the second you were Brian said astrology is big in sports. born and the location of all 12 planets — “Sports astrologists are huge. You’d not just the sun.” be surprised at how many teams count on Brian doesn’t know the exact minute their astrologists.” when Trump graced the world with his He said the perfect lineman would presence, but he could easily find the have Mercury in Aries. U.S. president’s day, month and year of “They are going to be the rams – birth. those are your front-line guys. You can “I knew he was a Gemini in the sun do anybody’s blueprint and tell what they sign. What that is, is the sun is your outare going to be good at in life.” ward personalities or how other people Or not. see you. In an astrology chart, there are “Don’t send junior off to college if his 12 planets, so each planet controls a cerMercury is in Pisces. He doesn’t want tain aspect of your personality — your to think, but he’s going to be a friendly energy or your thinking, your optimism, person.” who your friends are.” Brian and I had coffee a couple of Brian said Trump is 70 per cent years ago, when he gave me a quick Gemini and 30 per cent Cancer. This Astrology 101 lesson. I now know that means he likes to talk and is a fun person ball I see in the sky at night is the moon. to be around. I am not sure about the fun That’s not a reflection on Brian’s teach- thing, but let’s carry on. ing, but more my learning ability. Brian said a characteristic of Geminis Brian got in touch with me a couple is a twin effect. On one hand, Trump

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can say from one side of his mouth that he respects women and from the other where he likes to grab them. Trump’s Mercury is controlled by Cancer and Cancer is an emotional sign, Brian said. “So, his thought process is controlled by emotions. His Mars is in Leo, the proud lion: ‘So nobody is telling me what to do.’ “When you look at his chart, boy oh boy, does it ever describe him.” Brian said he didn’t write the information on Trump. It was taken from a website when Trump’s info was typed in. “I didn’t make it up. It is there. Understanding it is what people don’t get.” Because astrology is based on 12 planets and their exact positions when a person is born, everyone is different, said Brian. “Even twins. If one is born and the other one (comes along) two minutes later, the planets have moved slightly enough that there will be differences. There is strong evidence that people born at the exact same time, no matter where they were born or in what country, live very identical lives.” Here’s something I found cool. You can type your own birthday into a site called Astrolabe and get a sense of why you are like you are. “Understanding astrology is not just saying Donald Trump is a Gemini. That’s just one part of it. All planets have an influence. It is kind of a blueprint of each person.”

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Cutline: Cynthia Dyck, executive director of On The Boards, has started a new project that links theatre groups with rehearsal space in empty storefronts. (Photo by Shannon Boklaschuk)

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Cynthia Dyck takes theatre to the storefronts Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express barrier often faced by independent theatre companies is a lack of suitable rehearsal space – but a local staging company is working to change that. Cynthia Dyck, executive director of On The Boards, came up with the idea to use vacant, unused storefronts for performing groups in need of warm, safe spaces to rehearse their plays. So far, The Open Storefront Project has been a hit; the indie artists and the business owners are mutually benefitting from the initiative, and the public has a new way to engage in the performing AS021308 Aaron arts in Saskatoon.

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sive for ad hoc companies. As a result, local theatre artists have been forced to rehearse in less-than-ideal locations. “People were using garages and sometimes they were heated, sometimes they weren’t,” Dyck said. With suitable rehearsal space often the first thing the artists were forced to cross off their wish lists, Dyck decided to help meet “the ongoing need.” As Dyck thought about the issue, she came to the realization that “really all we need is a big, empty space.” After seeing a few ‘for lease’ signs in storefronts, it hit her: “That would work. That would work very well.” Dyck then talked to local businesspeo-

ple, who expressed support for the idea. For example, when Brainsport owner Brian Michasiw wanted to sublease his storefront at 704 Broadway Ave. last fall, he provided the empty space to performing artists for the creation of theatre. That meant the space was not sitting dark and empty; rather, the otherwise unused space started drawing attention from the public and made the street — and the business district — more lively. Dyck said the initiative is a great way for businesspeople to support the arts. “It really, really helps us out, but it’s not money out of their pocket. It’s just sharing a resource,” she said. (Continued on page 7)

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Two flights home, one flight to heaven pounds of fuel; then they’ll re-evaluate. The plane churns. Fuel burns. We wait, wondering. Cleared for takeoff, the captain finally says. (I hear s the day wore on, the Nazareth in my nostalgic mind clear blue skies became growling Joni Mitchell’s song, shrouded in cloud, an “Look out the left, the captain icy mist hanging just below the said/the lights down there, overcast skies. that’s where we’ll land.” Non It was not supposed to be sequitur, though. We’re still on Columnist a threat. Snow flurries. A few the ground.) ice pellets. All the flights were An hour later, perhaps 70 coming in on time. We’d get out. I prom- minutes, we’re wheels up. The plane shudised him. ders a bit; it’s slightly turbulent, and the The big displays at the airport said, captain warned us it would be. Weather not on time. On time. The finest two words so good, all the way to Winnipeg, he says. of English ever applied to a flight, or so I No problem, though. thought. We’re in the air. Twenty minutes later, Snow was falling gently. The security something odd happens. The plane banks; line was long. The detector chose me, for I’m so relieved we’re finally underway, I the fourth time in a year, for a full patthink little of it. down. I succumbed, quietly, to having my The captain comes back on the interarms, legs, backside checked for — what? com. Some of you may have noticed that Hidden armaments? I was wearing next we’ve turned around, he tells us. We are on to nothing by the time my coat, sweater, our way back to Saskatoon. We have a red boots, watch and jewellery were removed. caution light that came on in the cockpit, Underwear. Slacks. A slim-fitting turtleand we can’t ignore it. Nothing to worry neck. Socks. That was it. about though. But it’s telling us that icing Whatever. I get it. It’s a random thing. might be a problem. We have to go back. We board the plane; it’s nearly full. Unfortunately, we are carrying too much We’re still on time. fuel to land. It will take at least half an The clock ticks along. Finally, the hour before we burn off enough fuel to atcaptain says, we’ll be pushing off in a few tempt it. At least. We’ll be circling the city minutes for de-icing. There’s ice up there. until we’re light enough to go down. No big deal, I think; happens all the time. Up there’s a heaven, Half an hour later, we’re finally getting down there’s a town sprayed with revolting greenish slime; now Blackness everywhere any we’re on our way. little lights shine We head out to the runway, slowly, Two hours after boarding we’re back slowly. It’s icy, too, and covered in a light, on the ground, waiting to see if there’s a fresh blanket of snow. There’s the captain malfunctioning red light or if, indeed, the again. Apologizing. They have to clear the plane was ready to ice up, up there. runway, and our plane is too heavy to take A woman comes down the ramp, and off under the present conditions. It will onto the plane. She takes the microphone JW022002 James take at least 10 minutes to burn off 150 and says, this flight is now officially Turn this crazy bird around Should not have got on this flight tonight – Joni Mitchell, This Flight Tonight

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cancelled. I can feel my face going white. I can feel him tensing. Are there any other flights tonight? No. And there’s a lineup of 90 people needing to rebook, needing to get home, needing to get to important meetings. Like us. The help line is overwhelmed. People aren’t getting through. They wait for help from the people on the ground. We give up. We could be here for hours, and not be able to rebook. We find a restaurant. I hit the Internet while he orders us food. We haven’t eaten in hours and hours. There are no morning flights available. But I can rebook for the next night. Same time, same aircraft, same airline. Same weather? But will we be in time? The next morning, I turn on the radio.

CBC News is reporting a small aircraft, a Cessna, flying from Winkler, Manitoba went down near Brunkild. A tragic crash; two men were killed. Witnesses report being pelted with ice pellets in a high wind. May or may not have been an icing problem. Transport Canada is still investigating. The day is excruciating. The waiting. Ten hours feels like days. We are finally heading to the airport, again. This time, the wheels go up, and we are actually early coming into Winnipeg. And we are on time to say goodbye. In loving memory of my dear spark of a mother-in-law, who loved music, fun, people and parties, and most of all, her family, so much. Goodbye, Margaret. Fly and be free.

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Astrology paints remarkable picture of new president Provided by Brian Kendall, Saskatoon Astrologist

when your dignity or pride is threatened, you tend to become sarcastic, arrogant and domineering. Try not to take any challenge Donald or resistance that you meet as a personal Trump affront. You are very stubborn about your right to live your life according to your June 14, 1946 own principles. Unknown time of birth Jupiter is in 17 Degrees Libra. New York, You are generally good at balancing NY opinions and judging issues, but you tend to be indecisive when it comes to making up your own mind. You are objective and quite concerned with fair play and justice. Sun is in 22 Degrees But, when it comes to yourself, you are so Gemini. aware that whatever you do might upset You have a quick, bright and agile the apple cart that you often choose to mind, but an extremely short attention compromise rather than do anything that span. You love the external, kaleidoscopic might make you lonely or vulnerable. aspects of life, but you tend to avoid (and Relationships are very important to you. even fear) deep, close emotional involve- You learn about yourself and grow through ments. As such, you seem to enjoy travel observing yourself interacting with othand sightseeing and generally being “on ers. Your aesthetic tastes are refined, but the go.” You get quite listless when things expansive and expensive. around you become static and dull, but your excitement returns whenever you are Saturn is in 23 Degrees stimulated by a new idea. Chatty, inquisiCancer. tive and quite playful, you enjoy practical The most important issue for you is jokes and games in general. Your moods emotional security. You have a deep and change quickly and often — you are very gnawing fear that those on whom you restless and constantly in motion. You are depend for emotional support will prove known for your versatility and adaptabil- to be unreliable in the long run. When ity. Your vivaciousness enlivens any social you are unloved and insecure, you distrust gathering. others and tend to feel isolated and lonely. Very cool, detached and objective, you can Moon is in 21 Degrees be counted on — in situations that are inSagittarius. herently stressful or full of tension — not An idealist, you prefer the grand, the to lose your self-control. That is a great beautiful, the good and the noble. You and welcome gift at such times. get very disappointed when your high expectations of life are not met. Very curiUranus is in 17 Degrees ous by nature, you enjoy travelling and Gemini. learning about other peoples and cultures. You, and your peer group as well, are Try to avoid your tendency to ignore attracted to new, unusual and revolutionthe small but important details of living. ary thoughts, ideas and lifestyles. You You are independent and free, and you prefer abstract, idealistic solutions to want others to be that way, too. Optimispractical, immediately-useful answers. tic, buoyant and cheerful, others like to You delight in communications, the mass have you around. You have an incessant media, electronics, computers and all sorts desire to learn as much as possible about of gadgetry. metaphysics, religion, philosophy and any other broad, deep subject. Your life tends Neptune is in 05 Degrees to be punctuated by bursts of energy and Libra. frenetic activity. You, and your entire generation, idealize all of the various experimental Mercury is in 08 Degrees approaches to relationships — including Cancer. living together, the formation of comYour emotions tend to rule your thought munes and collectives and the whole processes. You have difficulty seeing life concept of “open” marriages. There is a objectively. You have an excellent memory, stress on weakened commitments on an especially about things to which you have emotional and contractual level, but there formed an emotional bond. You prefer ideas are heightened expectations of the level and thoughts that are known and familiar, of commitment and mutual support on the and therefore tend to dislike fads or radical spiritual and metaphysical level. ideas. The beliefs and traditions of your family and culture are very important to Pluto is in 10 Degrees you. Your thinking becomes quite unclear Leo. when you are emotionally shaken — try For your entire generation, this is a time not to make major decisions when you are when the relationship of the individual to upset. Let things calm down first. society as a whole is being thoroughly reexamined. Major attempts will be made to find a balance between the need to be selfVenus is in 25 Degrees sufficient and the need to honour debts of Cancer. social commitment. You like to be very close to other people and you need emotional support N. Node is in 20 Degrees yourself. When you feel unloved and Gemini. insecure, you can be very jealous and posYou will consciously seek out many difsessive. You are not interested in casual ferent contacts with others throughout your or superficial relationships — only deep emotional involvements interest you. Your life. Many of these will be of very short duration, not necessarily because you’re faithful devotion is one of your greatest fickle, but just because you always seem to gifts, but be careful not to become too be more excited by the prospect of meeting dependent on others. someone new rather than prolonging your present relationships. At any rate, you will Mars is in 26 Degrees learn something new from almost everyone Leo. you come across — intellectual stimulation You are a very proud person. Strong, bold, courageous and self-possessed, you is what you crave from others. You will be well known to neighbours and relatives, love to be the one to initiate significant actions. When people expect a lot of you, partly due to your curiosity about what you respond positively and will work hard they’re doing — you delight in keeping up in order to maintain their respect. But to date about the latest news (and gossip).

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(Continued from page 1) alker’s natural curiosity about Prairie lands and riverbanks led him to a friendship with Mike Vitkowski, “a rancher on whose land I had excavated as far back as 1977. He was a bit of a character. When I was in Texas, Mike called and wanted me to help sell his property. He’d had offers from people who were interested in building condos north of Saskatoon. Mike wanted to find a buyer who would protect the land. I addressed city council, Wes Bolstad of the Meewasin Valley Authority was supportive and we were able to make an arrangement where the city and the province bought the land which is now the home of Wanuskewin.” Walker said the building process at Wanuskewin was truly “an epic Saskatoon story.” Once the park was designated as a heritage park in 1983, “the people of Saskatoon built it,” he said. “It was never a federal or provincial government project. A lot of

good friends led the financial drive.” He and Hilliard McNab, a First Nations senator and an elder from the Gordon Reserve near Punnichy, carried the message to First Nations friends. “There was a day in 1984 and we had just come out of a sweat lodge in the valley to approach many of Saskatchewan’s leading elders. I remember it like it was yesterday. One elder came up to me and told me that Wanuskewin was bigger than all of us, bigger than anyone there that day could get their heads around. He spoke with a sense of spirituality and he said Wanuskewin was supposed to happen. I never forgot the message.” Then, in 1987, Queen Elizabeth visited and declared it a national historic site. The building opened in 1992 at a cost of $14 to $15 million and Walker admits, “perhaps it was too small at the beginning.” He said that Cliff Wright, then the mayor of Saskatoon, “understood what we were talking about. I’d be doing six tours of

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t could only happen to a dignity, religion and social First Nations man with order. The increasing substance long hair. abuse was enough for the old For as long as I can rememchief to gather as many people ber, my hair has been long, that wanted to leave to pitch a sometimes past the small tent in the Rockies, where they of my back. To be honest, I could learn all about the Cree wasn’t seeking that “Indian natural laws. look.” I was in my teens in the I first went there in 1976 and mid-1970s, so I was shooting continued until the early ‘80s. It for that “rock star look.” was one of my favourite places However, as I got older, to be. Maybe it was because I and I started to take notice was young and impressionable, Columnist of my culture and saw how but everything that was said and proud the men who wore done at the camp remains with braids were, I started to braid my hair. me to this day. As I travelled to the camp It started out with a long ponytail in the I would have to go through Banff and back and eventually I started to have my Jasper. On hot summer days I would hang hair braided. That wasn’t enough for me out in either of the resort towns before I because I started researching the styles moved on. It seemed like every time I sat of braided hair from old photographs of on one of the downtown benches a tourist First Nations men from way back into the would stop and take a picture of me. It 1800s. could only happen to a First Nations man Eventually, I started to look like a “real with long hair. Indian.” This was when people started It was mostly Japanese or European to look at me differently. Even though tourists who would ask if they could take I was still in my late teens, I was often a picture of me with my long braids. I approached by someone who asked if didn’t mind, and often posed for them. there was something I could do about the Then I started to think about the stories weather. It could only happen to a First they were going home with. “Here I am Nations man with long hair. with a genuine Indian and he didn’t even I don’t know what it is with some try to kill me.” I started to think of myself people. They seem to think First Nations as a tourist attraction like the bears that people have a direct line to the weather roamed along the highway. Then I started gods. Just because I am 100 per cent Cree to see myself like an object, and that was with long hair, I’ve been asked to do probably how the tourists saw me. So something about the rain, heat wave or I started to charge them for the photoanything that has to do with the weather. graphs. I made myself spending and gas I do have an old Indian secret, and that’s money and then I moved on to Smallboy’s the weather channel. This is how First Camp. Nations people know what’s going on Michael Linklater, one of my favouwith the weather: we keep an eye on the rite Saskatoon dudes, started a campaign weather channel. If, however, there’s called Boys with Braids. After seeing his someone willing to pay, I can do the rain own son being bullied, like he was when dance with the best of them. he was a boy, he started the drive to instill As I journeyed my way through learn- pride in boys who had braids. This is ing more about my Cree heritage, I’d probably one of the best ideas I’ve heard travel to the Rocky Mountains to a place in a long time, because I know how hard it called Smallboy’s Camp. This was a sais for a boy with braids. That boy, one day, cred place established by Robert Smallboy will grow to be a proud man. and about 140 others from the Hobbema It could only happen to a First Nations reserve in the late 1960s. Chief Smallboy man with long hair. was saddened by the great loss of pride, KNCREE@gmail.com

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(Continued from page 10) remember when she was smaller, and she would be sitting there on my lap watching hockey and playoffs were on,” said Greg. “She was like, ‘is there a Stanley Cup for me?’ type thing. “I am like, ‘you are not going to be able to play boys’ hockey when you get older, so no.’ That always sort of ticked her off. She wanted to find out at a young age what’s the highest thing she could do.” From there spawned Willow’s dream of playing in the Olympics for Canada, and she is still pursuing that goal. She joined the Stars as an underage 14-year-old player and quickly became a cornerstone on the back end of an extremely talented team. As a rookie in 2014-15, Willow quarterbacked the power play and piled up six goals and 13 assists in 28 regular-season games. In her first year, she helped the Stars win their first Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League title, their first Western regional banner and make their first appearance at the Esso Cup national championship tournament. The Stars came away with a bronze medal. The team also won the prestigious Mac’s Tournament in Calgary for a second time. As a sophomore last season, Willow collected three goals and 12 assists in 15 regular-season games. She helped the Stars win a second straight SFMAAAHL title, the Western regional banner and a return to the Esso Cup. The Stars finished fourth overall. On an individual level in her second campaign, Willow was named the league’s top defender and a first team all-star. So far this season, Willow has six goals and seven assists in 19 regularseason games with the Stars and helped the club to a second place finish at the Mac’s. She has greatly enjoyed her time with the team. “I loved it right from the start,” said Willow, who played boys’ hockey until she joined the bantam ranks. “It is a great group of girls. It is probably one of the tightest teams I have ever been a part of. “We are always making each other better. It is just a great dynamic.” She also loves to rush the puck and is thankful her father allows her to be creative. “In younger hockey, my dad didn’t say, ‘hey, you have to dump the puck in,’” said Willow. “He wanted me to make a play or something. From then, I have been just trying to make a play. If I don’t see something, I skate with it.” Greg said the relationship between coach and player with Willow has grown in a positive way over the years. The veteran bench boss said he is not an easy person to be coached by, because he has high expectations and holds players accountable. He admits he admires how good his daughter is in private moments.

“I guess we just sort of get used to her playing a certain way,” said Greg. “She is pretty consistent. “When she does something, usually it is not until I watch the video I am like ‘holy cow.’ It is probably a negative for her, because she doesn’t hear from me, ‘Wow, that was good,’ on the bench. “I will say it to someone else, but usually not her. She hears the other part.” Thanks to her hard work and special talent on the ice, other doors in the sport have opened for Willow. Last July, she attended a women’s highperformance camp hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation in Finland. Last August, she took part in Hockey Canada’s under-18 women’s team selection camp. From that camp, Willow was selected to play for Canada in a threegame series against the United States later on that month, but she was left off the roster for the under-18 worlds in the Czech Republic. Despite being cut from the final under-18 roster, Willow was excited to go through that process along with current Stars teammate and one of her best friends, Mackenna Parker. “I don’t even have words to describe it,” said Willow. “Mackenna and I being able to experience that together was just amazing. It was an amazing opportunity, let alone having one of your best friends by your side the whole time is just great.” Greg loved seeing how driven Willow remained after that cut. “It was the first time she hadn’t made anything,” said Greg. “She really took it well after the initial blow, that’s for sure.” Having just turned 17, Willow could play another year in the midget AAA ranks, but she is set to graduate from Clavet Composite High School in June and has agreed to join the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks women’s hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the fall. “Ever since I visited the campus and talked with coaches, I just knew that is where I wanted to go. I went to a hockey tournament there when I was younger, and I just saw the rink and the campus, and I just knew that is where I wanted to be. “It is just everything about the school and the program is just great. That is all that I wanted to do was just find a school that could offer me a great education and help me get better on the ice, and that is what it is.” With the help of her father and drawing inspiration from her brother, Willow said she strives to be the best she can be. She hopes that will be enough to allow her to play for Canada in the Olympics one day. “Hopefully with good outcomes, I can play for a bit longer,” said Willow. “My goal is to be in the Olympics, but who knows. “If it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. That is the dream.”

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What’s in a name? Turns out there is a lot

was standing in the failing to keep my birth name grocery store examining when I married. I have come a tin of yellow no-name to have a great regard for the soup. Could I trust it? Would lawmakers in Quebec and it work for what I wanted? their insistence that women I turned the can over in my keep their own names. Funhand and put it back on the nily, I even felt a degree of shelf, admitting to myself distress when my nephews that I was a lot more commarried and their wives fortable with a brand name assumed their husbands’ that I knew. Perhaps, too, names. It just felt so retro, so there was a subconscious in1970s to me. Columnist kling of another struggle I’ve After the grand search for been having lately with the my husband’s real name, I idea of “identity” and what it personally became seriously involved in researchmeans. ing my own family roots. There were Ever since I married, the identity some gaping holes in my paternal hisissue has been latent and lingering. Not tory and it became evident in the great one person in our small nuclear family cousin round-up that no one knew any uses a name that is genetically linked to more than I did. It wasn’t so much that us. Frank was legally adopted by a new there were secrets and deceit. It was stepfather at the age of 10. I, following more that by tacit consent among his the conventions of the time, took my nine children, that my paternal grandfahusband’s name when I married. Our ther had not been spoken about. daughters then received their father’s My paternal grandfather was born adopted surname. and raised in the market garden world Frank’s mother had already been of Kent in England, and came to Canada widowed when he was born, so that around 1912 or 1913. It appears that he meant he had no big emotional connec- may have been joining some cousins tions to his own father. But, he always who had gone to Winnipeg. When the felt angst about using an adoptive name Great War broke out, my grandfather of which he had not been permitted any enlisted with the Winnipeg Rifles as part input. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force The journey to the family identity (CEF). He named his father in England crisis began in earnest after a trip to as his next of kin and stated his occupaNormandy and the windswept sands tion as “farmer” although he happened of Juno Beach. Afterwards, a visit to to be living in the St. James Hotel at the Commonwealth War Graves Comthe time. The top left hand corner of the mission website raised some critical front page of his attestation is clearly questions and led to the conclusion that marked “DESERTER.” the name on Frank’s birth certificate was Remorse must have set in during the not that of his biological father, unless following months. About a year later my his mother had experienced an excepgrandfather is found in Saskatoon retionally long gestation period. enlisting in the Saskatchewan battalion Thus began a quest to discover who of the CEF. He cannily changes just Frank’s biological father was. There was enough of his new attestation so that it a minuscule amount of information to will not be connected to the first. Deserwork with – an almost centenarian-aged tion is, after all, a treasonable offence. aunt provided two clues – that the first He changes his next of kin to his sister, name was likely “John” and that the and where she lives to “Kansas.” Most last name ended in “chuk.” As this was importantly, he added two letters to his Edmonton with its strong Eastern Eulast name which subsequently altered ropean roots, it meant that the task was the identity of his nine children and the akin to seeking the proverbial needle in many grandchildren he did not live to a haystack. see, including me. Still, we persevered, seeking out anySo, consider this change strike three one who could help. It was truly a secret in the name sweepstakes. My birth name deeply buried. Finally, a friend who is as much a lie as Frank’s is. The larger had been perusing the paper version of question is whether I would want the Henderson’s Directories at the Public original as everything I have been able Library during his lunch hours turned to uncover about my grandfather points over the first viable clue. to a truth that he was difficult and deFrom there, the route to revelation manding, with a life that ignobly ended was relatively straightforward. As a in the Saskatchewan Hospital in North Ukrainian name, it was quite uncomBattleford at the age of 50. mon and led to two separate but linked Is it important to have a name that is family lines in Alberta, both originating meaningful to you? Perhaps, more than in Bukovina. you believe. By the time you have as But as a project to discover a posmany rings on your trunk as Frank and I do, you have a pretty firm idea of who sible meaningful surname, the whole endeavour was a total bust. Frank’s bio- and what you are. Yet, when I asked Frank whether logical father, like so many of Ukrainian what he now knew about his past had background, had been deeply ambivachanged him in any way, he strongly lent about his name and anglicized it affirmed that it had definitely altered when he joined the Edmonton Police his own self-concept and caused him to Force in the 1950s. His other children query his own long held story of himwere registered with the new and imself. Likewise, my own discovery of the proved neutral version. If Frank’s adoptive name was strike truth of my name was a shock that kind of recurs like an infrequently repeating one in the family name game, then the dream. Then, I stop, hesitate, and wonrevealed biological name had to be der, “Who am I?” strike two. 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Toronto concertmaster joins SSO in Brahms violin concerto

Ned Powers Saskatoon Express iolinist Jonathan Crow will make his first appearance with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 25 at TCU Place and music director Eric Paetkau believes Brahms’ only violin concerto is “a natural fit” for the talented Canadian. “I’ve known Jonathan’s playing for a number of his years; playing for the Montreal and Toronto symphony orchestras,” said Paetkau, “and many of us know him as one of the youngest, if not the youngest, Canadian concertmaster to be hired by a major orchestra. I’ve always wanted to work with him.” Crow was the concertmaster in Montreal from 2002 to 2006 and joined the Toronto orchestra in 2011. He has also been a soloist with many orchestras, a teacher and a founding member of the New Orford String Quartet, which is dedicated to promotion of Canadian string quartet music. “Jonathan can play anything. He’s what I call a musician’s musician. He has a sense of depth and quality to his playing. He gets down into the details. He and the Brahms concerto represent a wonderful pairing. It is a romantic concerto, one of those great German work horse performances.” Also on the program will be the orchestra’s performance of Symphony No. 5 by Jean Sibelius and Valse Tres Lent by Massenet. What the concert produces is another step in displaying “the extraordinary Canadian talent that the rest of the world is learning about and a chance for us, as Canadians, to celebrate.” Paetkau came to the Saskatoon position in March, 2015, after being a soloist, a member of touring orchestras and playing considerably in eastern Canada and in Germany. “I have been able to play within a broad network of orchestras and a lot of musicians are my good friends,” said Paetkau. He believes there is more of an open network between Canadian orchestras today and a lot of simple communication skills contribute to that openness. “The days are gone where we might have to travel to Toronto or Montreal and make judgments on artists in an audition process. Through social media, we now know who’s playing in each section of other orchestras, who’s on their staff lists, who’s on their board of directors and what their goals are. The advantages of modern communications bode well for all of us and in the sharing of talent. “Canada’s talent pool is growing, the conservatories have more people enrolling, the talent is gaining more recognition and more of the artists are being elevated intoDan high profile positions. We DS022001

Jonathan Crow all win when that happens.” Paetkau said the emergence of talent rubs off on his own players and his audiences. “I have been very pleased since coming to Saskatoon. The relationships with the orchestra players keep revolving. We continue to grow, we find new directions to pursue and we learn to take more risks.” From learning about the past history of the Saskatoon orchestra, he said “it’s been far too long since Saskatoon audiences have heard the Brahms concerto. By getting Jonathan in the picture, we wanted to make it a special performance. I like rediscovering works that haven’t been played here for a while. We also like to add the work of new Canadian composers, whose music is now growing from narrow streams into more widelyaccepted streams.” Paetkau sees Saskatoon audiences as “ones which like a certain amount of adventure in their music quality. We can program all-Canadian content, or give a new twist to old favorites, and the audience seems to enjoy going along for the ride. “The audience can see and feel that we, in the orchestra, are engaged and that feeling bounces back and forth between us and them. Saskatoon is a very welcoming place.” Still to come in the Saskatoon season is a Ukrainian Oratorio, which includes Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, on March 25; a tribute to the prolific composer John Williams and some Star Wars favourites on April 22; and O Canada, a sharing in Canada’s 150th birthday party, on May 13.

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FEBRUARY 21-22 Canada’s renowned 20-year-old pianist Jan Lisiecki is making a special stop in Saskatoon for a program which offers Bach, Schubert and a lot more. His latest album, Schumann’s works for piano and orchestra, was released in January 2016, and he appeared with the Saskatoon Symphony during its last series. This time, the performance is in a more intimate setting. 7:30 p.m. each night. Convocation Hall. Tickets are $100 and $80.

FEBRUARY 24 Once the lead singer for the Brothers Landreth, Joey Landreth is stepping out as a single artist and is launching with the release of the Whiskey CD. He’s a Prairie boy, virtually born with a guitar in his hand. 9 p.m. The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets - $26.50.

FEBRUARY 25 Canadian violin superstar Jonathan Crow has been chosen to play Brahms’ Concerto for Violin in D Major as a presentation of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra’s master series. The orchestra, under the direction of Eric Paetkau, will also play Massenet’s Valse Tres Lent and Sibelius’ Symphony no. 5 in E Flat Major. 7:30 p.m. TCU Place. Tickets – From $70 to $25. Connor Newton, a Saskatonian, has been studying jazz saxophone at the University of Toronto for the last three years and comes home to play with fellow Saskatoon products, Silas Friesen on trumpet, Fintan Quinn on piano, Emmet Fortosky on bass and Kyle Krysa on drums. Newton has written original music for this band. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $18 for SJS members, $23 for non-members.

FEBRUARY 26 Martin Sexton of Saranac Lake, N.Y. began singing on the streets of Boston, graduated to concert halls like Fillmore and Carnegie, and is now touring in support of his ninth studio album, Mixtape of the Open Road. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $35.50.

MARCH 1 Alt-country troubadour Kevin Roy of Winnipeg and Saskatoon’s Alexis Normand team up in a performance. For Normand, the concert celebrates her nomination for best female singer at Quebec’s Gala des prix Triille Or 17 and the launch of a new self-titled album. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $20 and $5.

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MARCH 3 Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers, 12th Annual Fundraising Dinner to support the work of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. The dinner will be held at the Western Development Museum. Reception at 5 p.m., the program at 6:15 p.m. and dinner at 6:30. Tickets $50. Tickets available at McNally Robinson Booksellers or call Maureen at 306-373-0087.

MARCH 4 Contra Dance. Stephen Methot, from Calgary, will be calling a contra dance at St. Joseph’s Hall (Broadway and Eighth Street) at 7:30 p.m. Music will be supplied by Saskatoon’s While Rome Burns. All dances will be taught, and beginning dancers are welcome. Come with or without a partner. Admission is $10 at the door. For more information, phone Chris at 306-653-5092.

MARCH 15 RUH Foundation’s Greek Gourmet Feast, 5:30 p.m. at Manos Restaurant & Lounge (200 - 1820 Eighth Street East. Website: https://ruhf.org/ . Presented by Manos, RUH Foundation’s Greek Gourmet Feast sponsored by PotashCorp stimulates your senses all in support of The GREATE.R. Campaign for emergency, critical care and trauma priorities at Royal University Hospital. Call or email Trina at 306-655-0628 or for more information.

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SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY SASKATOON KETO CLUB for people following or considering a LCHF/Keto lifestyle for Body Building/ Weight Management/Reversing: Auto Immune Illnesses, Diabetes, Cancer or any other reason are invited to join our meetings to learn, share ideas, support or get support. There is no cost to attend. For more info, call Carol at 306-280-2160 or email cadithompson@hotmail.com.

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support meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivers 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 ***** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306343-6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460. ***** Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW). Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s United Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also has a general meeting on the third Sunday of every month, with the exception of July and August. For more information, contact Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the church at 306-343-7101. ***** T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For more information go to www.tops.org or call Debbie at 306-668-4494. Meetings are at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 310 Lenore Drive. New member orientation every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ***** Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly brunch, movie nights and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information email: allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone 306-9780813. ***** St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th St. West) has bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. The club is campaigning for new members who are 55+. Memberships are $5 per year with discounts included. For more info, call 306-384-4644 or 306-716-0204. ***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com. ***** Nutana Legion Bingo. Doors open at 5:30, bingo starts at 6:30. Everyone welcome. Other upcoming events: music —Heavenly Hash (Sept. 24) and The Fuss (Oct. 1). Also: Pancake breakfast & flee market on Oct. 2 (breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m.; flee market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, MARCH 18 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more Amati Quartet and Samuel Deason (piano) 2 p.m. and information, email leftbehind@sasktel.net. 7:30 p.m. at Knox United Church. Haydn String Quartet ***** Op. 20, No.4, Schubert ’Trout’ Quintet, and Brahms Piano FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Quartet in G minor. $35 adult / $30 senior / $15 student. Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.amatiquartet.usask.ca. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue Tickets sold at Persephone Theatre -- 306-384-7727. North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@ FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH gmail.com. FEBRUARY 24 The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH All-You-Can-Eat Varenyky (Perogy) Supper from 5 p.m. Café movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a Bridge City Needlearts Guild meets at Mayfair United to 7 p.m. at the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, Church at 7:30 p.m. for our monthly meetings. We also Hall (919 – 20th Street West). Prices are: Adults - $12, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a have a stitching day at Sobey’s Stonebridge the first Children 5 to 9 years - $6 and children 4 and under are two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment Saturday of each month. Come join us and have fun free. Entry includes a dessert and a beverage. Meat and and information. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Comstitching with fellow stitchers. For further information, cabbage rolls are extra. While quantities last. munity Centre. contact Glenda at 306-343-1882. FEBRUARY 25 TABLE TENNIS **** Enactus University of Saskatchewan invites you to the The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly The Saskatoon Table Tennis Club plays on Monday and Aboriginal Youth Idea Challenge Annual Gala 2017. support meetings for individuals living with FASD and Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30, Friday evening The gala begins at 5 p.m. at the Dakota Dunes Cacaregivers on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 from 7 to 9 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12. The sino. Join student, community, business, and academic Cynthia St). The free-of-charge support meetings are an location is the Zion Lutheran Church, 323 4th Ave. S. leaders in celebrating Aboriginal entrepreneurship and a informative and engaging space for people to connect Entrance through the side door off the parking lot on the night of live business pitches from participants of the Ab- with each other for ongoing support. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For North side of the building and down to the gym. Drop in original Youth Idea Challenge presented by Affinity Credit information, visit www.saskfasdnetwork.ca/events. and have a look, no charge for the first visit. For more Union. Tickets and/or corporate tables can be purchased information, call 306-242-7580 or 306-975-0835. EVERY THURSDAY online at www.picatic.com/ayic2017. For more informaPrairie Sky Farmer’s Market is open every Thursday from EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY tion, visit www.enactussask.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends in Saskatoon has ***** in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone a support circle using integrative healing based on the MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ teaching of Bruno Groening open to all without charge. who score among the top two per cent of the general hotmail.com. population on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ ***** testing session is being held in Saskatoon Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets Thursdays at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 for students. If you are at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm. 13, 610 interested in attending this session, please call Tim at Clarence Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries. 306-242-7408 or e-mail trf674@campus.usask.ca. First night is free. 306-374-0005; www.sifc.awardspace. FEBRUARY 26 com Mid Winter Craft and Art Show with more than 45 ***** vendors, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., German Cultural Centre. Free Pop In & Play (until Dec. 8) 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at admission. For more information, call 306-244-6869 Erindale Alliance Church (310 Perehudoff Cres). Bring Ext 203. your little ones, 5 years & under, with you downstairs for a great time of fun & connecting! Monthly theme, learnFEBRUARY 28 ing centres, snack & occasional speaker. For more info, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, Third Avenue United go to erindalealliance.ca Church. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tickets $7 - available in advance EVERY WEDNESDAY or at the door. Children 10 and under: $5. Please call The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly 306-652-6812 for more information.

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.

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: 306657-6100, or email renters@classiclaw.ca.

TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Country Farms Marketplace at Confederation Mall, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Indoor marketplace located across from Urban Planet. The Marketplace features home cooked lunch, desserts, pies, preserves and other amazing food as well as hand crafted items and home based business vendors. ***** Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

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(Continued from page 15) 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 contact Bev at 306-291-4411 or bevy-49@ hotmail.com. ***** La Leche League Canada - Saskatoon Evening Meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Holy Covenant Evangelical Orthodox Church( 1426 Alexandra Avenue). Jan. 11 and Feb. 8. For more information or to get breastfeeding help, contact a leader by phone at 306-655-4805 or email lllcsaskatoon@gmail.com or go to www.facebook. com/LLLCSaskatoon.

FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Resporados support group for people with breathing difficulties taking place at 1:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church (33rd Street West). ***** Depression Support Group from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the CMHA building (1301 Avenue P North). This is open to anyone struggling with depression and family members wanting to support them. For more info, call Marilyn at 306-270-9181 or email mle2003_2@yahoo.com.

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306-931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587.

EVERY THIRD SATURDAY Saskatoon Oldtimers’ Association’s monthly meeting. Parkville Manor (625 25th Street East), Reception at the main door between 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The association looks after the Log Cabin at the Exhibition. New members needed. For more information, contact Lloyd at 306-382-4915 or Laura at 306-373-1861.

COSMO SENIOR CENTRE Daily activities for seniors during the week, beginning in September and running through May. Monday - Yoga: 8:45 a.m; Kaiser and Whist: 1:30 p.m.; Tuesday - Exercises: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.; Bridge: 1 p.m.; Wednesday - Yoga 10 a.m.; Whist:1:30 p.m. Thursday - Exercises: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.; Bridge: 1 p.m. (partners); Friday - Yoga: 930; Cribbage and Kaiser: 1:30 p.m. Light refreshments provided. Drop-in fee for cards is $2 The fee for the exercise classes and yoga are $4-$5. New members welcome. Annual membership is $5. For more information, call 306-343-6710.

Newcomers’ club The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a new parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If interested, please reply by email to saskatoonnewcomersclub@gmail.com.

problem meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.

CARD GAMES Card GamesCosmo Senior Centre (614 11th Street East): 1:30 on Monday (Kaiser), Wednesday (Whist) and Friday (Kaiser and crib). 1 p.m. on Tuesday (Bridge) and Thursday (Bridge).

EVERY MONDAY Want a chance to develop and practice your French & English communication & leadership skills in a welcoming, non-judgmental environment? Visit Inspiration bilingue Toastmasters Club from 12:05 to 12:55 p.m. Meetings are at Le Rendez-vous francophone - 308 Fourth Ave. North, second floor. For more information, visit http://inspirationbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org/ ***** Modern square dance beginner class, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. All Saints Anglican Church Hall (1801 Lorne Ave.) Friends, fun and fantastic exercise for your body and your brain! For more information, contact Eldon 306253-4453 or Carol 306-978-0970. ***** Acadia Drive Grief Support Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at Acadia McKague’s Funeral Centre at 915 Acadia Drive. This is a drop- in support group for people who have lost their spouse or other close family member. Come and meet with others who understand what it is like to lose your spouse or someone very close to you.

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Dizziness and Balance Support Group will meet from 7 EVERY TUESDAY, SATURDAY p.m. to 8 p.m. at LifeMark Health Centre, 3907 Eighth St. AND SUNDAY East. Anyone with a dizziness/vertigo/balance condition Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do is welcome to attend. There is no cost to attend. There you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge or will be an educational topic presented and an opporturestrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a non- Saskatoon Mood Disorder nity to learn from each other. For more info, call Rae Ann Support Group profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon, at 306-652-5151 or email raeann.erickson@lifemark.ca. Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more The Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people ***** information including locations visit www.oa.org. with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health The Compassionate Friends is a non-profit self-help DC022002 Darlene

bereavement organization offering friendship, understanding and hope to parents that have experienced the death of a child at any age. TCF Saskatoon meets the last Tuesday of every month (except December) from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30p.m. at the Edwards Family Centre (333 Fourth Ave. North).

SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club at All Saints Anglican Church( 1801 Lorne Avenue) from October until April. We dance to old time music from 7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. with beginner instruction during the first hour. Beginners are welcome. For further information call, 306- 382-5107.

LAST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH Epilepsy Saskatoon Support Group meets the last Saturday of every month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre at 333, Fourth Ave. North. Family, children, caregivers and friends are all welcome! This is a safe, friendly place to share, discuss ideas, answer questions, and support one another. You can follow Epilepsy Saskatoon on Facebook.

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Schizophrenia Society of Saskatoon Family Support Group will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North. The group is attended entirely by family members and friends of people living with schizophrenia and related disorders. For more information contact, email: ssswellness4u@ gmail.com or call 306-374-2224.

FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7 p.m. at Preston Park 1 (114 Armistice Way). Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. If so, meetings are on the second Monday. There are no meetings in January, July and August. **** University Non-Academic Retirees Association meets for coffee at 10:30 a.m. at Smitty’s in Market Mall. All former support staff who have retired from the U of S are invited to attend.

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