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Rush DJ gets fans thumping their chests

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express hen the Saskatchewan Rush scores, fans by the thousands stand, hum and thump their chests. It’s quite the sight. The song is called The Hum, but Trystan Meyers added some The Wolf of Wall Street video to it to create an experience that Rush fans love and opponents despise. Who is this Trystan Meyers person? To people in Saskatoon and in numerous places in North America, he is better known as DJ Anchor. He selects the mix of music that adds so much to the experience of Rush games. When he was hired to work Rush games, he was asked to come up with a “goal” song. Boy, did he come up with a doozy. “I kind of fused two things together. I took the song that had the humming in it and around the same time that song came out, the movie The Wolf of Wall Street came out.” To get the word out, the video of Leonardo DiCaprio and Matthew McConaughey thumping their chests in a scene in the movie was shown on the scoreboard at the SaskTel Centre. With a little help from the Crush dance team, the thump became a sensation. It is a wonderful sight when people from five to 75 thump their chests in unison. “We were trying to get that visual up there as soon as we could when the team scored and it kind of caught on. After two games, it caught on like wildfire and now I feel like fans are proud and excited when we score . . . the whole place is humming TA030602 Tammy

DJ Anchor’s music raises the energy level at Saskatchewan Rush games. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) and bumping their chests and I think it is very intimating to the visiting team.” He’s right. Visiting teams don’t win in Saskatoon. Meyers went through an interview process to get the Rush job. He has since been signed to a three-year contract extension that will take him through the 2019 season. “I feel like I am a player, so to speak, who has a multi-year deal,” he said with a laugh. “That was pretty neat.” Before he became a full-time DJ, Mey-

ers earned a kinesiology degree from the University of Regina. He played junior hockey, baseball and has done triathlons. He still runs road races now and again. He said there was a scarcity of jobs in kinesiology, especially in places where he wanted to live. He had grown up in a small town — Wawota — and wanted to live and work in a bigger centre. He decided to follow his passion and went to Edmonton to take a two-year course in broadcasting. He started his radio career in Regina

and moved to Saskatoon to help get Wired 96.3 off the ground. During his eight years at Wired, he made a name for himself, and outside opportunities were popping up with regularity. Now he has a growing company, Armed With Harmony. Business is booming. “A lot of bigger, higher-end corporate gigs started coming my way and that helped me put my foot on the gas with the business I own and run now. (Continued pn page 4)

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isiting Niagara Falls Sadly, for four teenage boys, was on my bucket list. they lost the final. No offence I envisioned touring to the other team, but we were wine country with Sandy, stayquite taken by the Bodoghs. ing at a bed and breakfast and Marilyn laughed when I told relaxing for a couple of days. her the story. I never imagined my visit to “Maybe it was because we the falls would be with fellow wore those kilts,” said Bodogh, newspaper guy Dave Komosky. who would later become a twoThe two of us put out a paper time world curling champion for nine consecutive days at the and a volunteer during the ScotScotties Tournament of Hearts ties in her hometown. Editor in St. Catharines, Ontario. She recalled a number of Some volunteers at the event things about Saskatoon, includsaid we couldn’t come all this way and not ing the mountain that was built for skiing see the falls. Dave is from Winnipeg and events. I’m from Saskatoon, as many of you know. Mostly she remembers losing the final Anyway, it was raining on the morning at the Granite Curling Club. we travelled to the falls. The rain created a “We were devastated. It took me a long heavy fog, so we more heard the falls than time to get over that one.” saw them. Despite the poor visibility, I She had no way of knowing she had figure I can scratch the falls off my bucket broken the hearts of four pimply-faced list. I took winning the Brier off my list a teenagers. Now she does. few years ago, when Kevin Martin picked “I’m sorry you couldn’t have escorted Dave Nedohin instead of me as his third. the right team out in 1971,” she said with Yes, I applied for the job. a laugh. We saw the falls on the American side ***** of the border more clearly, but theirs are We tried to write as many human-interlike a dripping faucet compared with ours. est stories in our curling newspaper as time We jokingly asked our driver, Teo Frans, and space allowed. Dave stumbled upon if he thought Donald Trump would send in one and handed it off to me to write. It his troops and take our falls. After all, the reminded me of the kind of stories we like Trumpster likes things that are bigly. to share in the Express. “He’s more likely to take the casino,” I got to meet Quebec third Lauren Mann Teo said with a laugh. at the Scotties in Moose Jaw in 2015, so it ***** was nice to see her again in St. Catharines. It was also pretty cool seeing Brock’s When we said our hellos early in the week, Monument during the trip to the falls. I didn’t know she had lost her younger It’s named after Major General Sir Isaac brother, Adam Prashaw, since we last chatBrock, one of our heroes from the War of ted. 1812. Brock was killed in action. Despite Adam was just 22 when he had an how history is taught in the United States, epileptic seizure in a hot tub and drowned. we won that war. (Note: In the version of Lauren said her brother had a big heart. this column that ran in the Heart Chart Barely a year after her brother’s death, newspaper, I referred to Brock as a Mayor his big heart is beating in St. Catharines. General. Sheesh. It reminded me of the Prashaw was an organ donor, with four time I called a plaque a plague.) of his organs harvested and gifted to others. ***** His loss gave four people a chance for betIt was February, 1971 when I almost ter lives. met Marilyn Bodogh. One of those recipients is John DickI was the third on Aden Bowman’s curl- hout of St. Catharines. With his own heart ing team. It was going to be our pleasure deteriorating, he received Prashaw’s. The to escort the winning team at the Canada families met last summer and spent time Winter Games to the medal podium. together in St. Catharines during the ScotBodogh, whose Ontario team was ties. skipped by her sister Christine, sailed John, who is 54 years old, said he will through the round-robin without a loss. live the rest of his life in honour of Adam.

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HomeStyles returns with new, unique displays Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express t’s the largest home show in Saskatchewan, and if that’s not enough to entice the renovator lurking inside you, be assured that there will be unique and new displays this year. Not to mention Peppa Pig, if you want or need to bring the kids. “There are a lot of booths we’re excited about this year, that are unique and we haven’t seen before,” said Chris Guérette, CEO of the Saskatoon and Region Home Builders’ Association, presenter of the show. “We have a booth that’s two storeys; I don’t think we’ve had that before. We have a tiny home, and we have a devel-

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said Guérette. “One of the door prizes we’re giving away on Family Day (Sunday) is a package of four tickets to the (Peppa Pig) show in Regina, which is in April. She’s going to be around meeting and greeting from 11 to 2 on Sunday.” The Habitat for Humanity Upcycle Challenge is back again, after launching last year. The challenge features local artists who “upcycle” items and restore them to usefulness. The items can be used in the home and provide do-ityourself ideas. HomeStyles is the largest home show in the province, said Guérette. About 15,000 people attended last year. “It’s only once a year,” she said, while musing whether twice a year

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DJ Anchor’s company does 2,000 events a year

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onstruction will begin this summer on a $50-million office tower in downtown Saskatoon. (Continued from page 1) The development, a project of Canwest Comalways had two DJs working with mercial & Land Developments (Canwest), is envisioned me, for me, however you really as a centre for international trade. want to describe it, and when “We’re going to build premium space in downtown Wired closed down, it afforded me Saskatoon to serve companies and organizations that the opportunity to grow the company focus on international markets,” Canwest president and have a lot more staff. John Williams said in a news release. “There are a lot “Now I have between 25 and 30 of advantages to putting like-minded business people staff and we do about 2,000 events a together under one roof.” year as far as weddings, nightclubs, The building will meet the requirements of the pubs, lounges, sports events, school World Trade Centers Association, a global network dedances, bar mitzvahs, you name it.” voted to stimulating international trade and investment His company provides a number opportunities. of entertainment services. DJs are World Trade Center Saskatoon will be the seventh the cornerstone, but the company in Canada. Others are located in Edmonton, Halifax, does lights, sound, photo booths and Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg. There are DJ Anchor has worked a number of the WE Day events in Saskatoon. audio-visual as well. 325 World Trade Centers in nearly 100 countries. (Photo Supplied) “I have been able to provide an The association was established in 1969 and is dedihonest, quality, consistent job that of years ago, it was every day, every “I grew up in the era where hip cated to stimulating trade and investment opportunities people have attached to and respect- weekend all the time.” hop was definitely predominant so I for international business, commercial property develed. I keep everything professional. He said he learned long ago to have a soft spot for that. I was born opers and economic development agencies, according People have been able to count on tailor the music to the demographic. in the ’80s, so I grew up in the ’90s to the release. me when they need services and that He gives Rush fans what they want. which is why my playlist might lean “We have ambitious plans for downtown Saskatoon goes a long way to being continually “It’s definitely a rock and roll, a bit more ’90s. and we see opportunity here,” Williams said. “This is a hired.” more bad-boy type of music. If you “I am 34 and definitely see myself project our city needs.” He has done several WE days, look at the demographic attending, in some of the core fans that would Former Saskatoon mayor Don Atchison is now workhe worked at the Junos in Regina, it’s probably males for the most part be there which is a lot of the promiing as a senior business development consultant for Canhe has a recurring segment on the between 18 and 35. That would prob- nent rock and roll. But I try to play west, a sister company of North Prairie Developments. CTV Morning Show and has worked ably be the core, yet it is very family something for everybody — at least “This is going to be a place where companies at clubs across Canada and in Las friendly and female friendly as far as a couple of country tunes, some hip- launch themselves into the international marketplace, Vegas. attendance goes. hop music, electronic dance music. I or strengthen their positions if they are already there,” He has been there and done that, “I think a big core of the music I play something for the kids as well.” Atchison said in the release. “During my time as mayor, and is now quite happy to ply his play is classic rock. When we have He said he loves the reaction to his I was struck by just how much international trade we do trade in Saskatoon, where he and the ball, the music is very loud and is music and seeing thousands of people here across so many sectors. his wife, Ashley, have put down high energy and when they have the thumping their chests. “What we need is a one-stop shop, whether it’s our roots. They have three daughters — ball the music is quieter and lower “To see the response and how own companies selling to the world, or the world comMcKinley, Mya and Mayson. energy. That is part of the psychology many people enjoy the music is defi- ing here. In every sense of the word, it will be all about “I am a little more selective now to give the home team the advannitely rewarding. Playing the right serving Saskatchewan.” that I have a family. I’m still out tage.” song at the right time is a part of it. Site selection and building design are expected to doing events 100 per cent, but I will He said he might have a slight bias To see so many people enjoying the be complete this spring. The building is expected to be AS030621 AaronUp until a couple to music from the 1990s. take some holidays. music is definitely awesome.” ready for tenants in 2019.

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Fallon, Baird see better times ahead for city’s economy

hen Alex Falpro-Saskatoon song, prelon was studying pared and performed by SUM economics and Theatre, and it had the crowd business, he was obliged to going — including Mayor write a paper in the form of Charlie Clark, who wore an an economic forecast. ear-to-ear grin and appeared He was hoping for a B to be taping the performance grade, or possibly a C, admiton his cellphone. A standing ting that he was not exactly ovation ensued. Want to feel an A student. He was surproud of Saskatoon? Check prised and disappointed when it out at https://m.youtube. the paper was marked with com/watch?feature=youtu. Columnist a D. be&v=n4PCTgAOOU0. His professor took him Poor John Baird had to folaside to explain the mark. He told Fallon low that act, but he did so with aplomb. (more or less), “never forget that when He started off by claiming that someone we look at an economic forecast, the at Tim Hortons approached him that people’s confidence is one of, if not the, morning and asked him if he knew he most important factor.” looked just like John Baird? Before he Now the CEO at the Saskatoon Recould clarify, the person said, “that must gional Economic Development Authority pi** you off.” (SREDA), Fallon is always aware that Good opening. confidence is the key to economic sucBetter yet, though, he had positive cess. things to say about our economy. Baird He told this story to more than 300 today is a special advisor to the busipeople gathered for the lunch at SREness law firm Bennett Jones, and having DA’s recent economic forum at TCU been foreign affairs minister, he’s up on Place, baring his grades to a roomful trade and international challenges and all of local businesspeople. Poor guy, he’s those things that affect our export-reliant always on: in the grocery store, for exprovince. ample, people don’t ask him about, say, He noted the economic turbulence, work or his family anymore. It’s always, rise of nationalism, opposition to global“how’s the economy doing?” ization and other issues we are facing; Well, keeping in mind that confithen added that Canada, with its strong dence is king, Fallon’s view is — largely banking system, rule of law and other shared by former federal cabinet minister stabilizing factors make us very lucky John Baird, but we’ll get to that later — to live here. As foreign affairs minister, not bad. he said, he was “always startled by how He compares today to the period golden our brand was.” between 1987 and 2002, when his father He said we’ve had challenges here, was forced to move to England for work. but the future is looking brighter: oil, Then came the 2004-2014 period, when in his view, has bottomed out. Pipelines all sectors were firing and we adopted have been approved. Uranium has been the moniker Saskaboom. Even the 2008- under severe pressure, but there are 2009 financial crisis didn’t slow us down 60 reactors under construction. Food a heck of a lot. security will be an enormous issue in But, Fallon noted, booms don’t last the future, and Saskatchewan is “sitting forever. That doesn’t mean we’re dying pretty” on that file. on the vine around here. The two biggest challenges we face The Saskatoon region is responsible are coal-fired electricity and an impendfor $17.4 billion in GDP — a number ing carbon tax imposed by the federal he describes as ‘huge’ — and is home government, which is “tremendously to more or less 300,000 souls. Average committed” to taking real action on weekly earnings, according to Statisthe climate, he said. This will have a tics Canada, broke $1,000 in December significant effect on the Saskatchewan ($1,010, to be exact) for the first time, economy, particularly as the U.S. goes in and there are more people living and a completely different direction. working in the region than ever before. There is also the real risk of a “further Our unemployment rate, at 7.6 per thickening of the border,” added Baird. cent, is not fabulous, and low resource What was fascinating, too, was how prices continue to plague us. But the five supportive Baird was of Prime Minister major banks are predicting provincial Justin Trudeau. Our relationship with GDP growth to improve to between 1.5 the U.S. comes down to the relationship and two per cent. between the American president and the The trouble with forecasts, Fallon told Canadian PM, said he; and you could the room, is that we put a lot of belief in not find two people more different than them. “It’s a headline, and we all feed off Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau. of that.” But Trudeau is taking on this chalHe noted that the Conference Board lenge well, said Baird. He retooled his of Canada predicted two per cent growth cabinet, engaged with senior White in 2012, and we blew that out of the wa- House staff, and took on an excellent ambassador. He has signalled that Canter with five per cent growth. Similarly in 2014, the prediction was 3.2 per cent, ada is open to renegotiating the NAFTA agreement. His meeting with Trump in while the actual was 4.5 per cent. “There’s no reason to think these GDP Washington went very well. “His visit was a good day for Canaforecasts can’t be improved upon,” said da,” Baird, formerly of the Conservative Fallon. government, told the room. And how will we achieve this? EcoIt’s not often that you hear that kind of nomic diversity, said Fallon. He knows, support across the political divide. Baird, he knows; we hear it all the time, but of course, is no longer in government, but it’s true. When you mix science and still — it was interesting to hear his positechnology, construction, retail/wholetive views on how Trudeau is handling the sale, energy, agriculture, mining, and crazy Trump administration. manufacturing, the Saskatoon region It was a very interesting forum, all “SCREAMMs” diversity. So, says Fallon, stay confident. There in all. I appreciated that Fallon did not are more opportunities than challenges. whitewash the economic issues we face: SREDA has, after all, given the economy Then came a pretty fabulous disrupa C. But at least it’s not a D (like his tion. Following Fallon’s presentation, long-ago paper). There were indeed a guy with a guitar hit the stage, singrumblings of better times to come, and ing about how “Saskatoon is still in a fairly decent mood in the room; and bloom.” Then other people began to maybe, by 2018, we’ll be back in the wade through the crowd, singing and telling stories. It was a truly rousing black. Fingers crossed.

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nce upon a time, in third Stanley Cup. Garth Boesch a six-team National came out of Milestone and Hockey League, the the Regina Caps to bolster the Toronto Maple Leafs were far defence, and two Saskatoon and away the fan favourites on products, Harry Watson and Vic the Prairies. Lynn, were great new catches. In a time frame from 1941-42 The Leafs beat the Montreal until 1966-67, the Maple Leafs Canadiens. won the Stanley Cup 10 times. 1947-48: The Leafs beat They haven’t won one since. Detroit in the final again, taking Maybe they won and were four straight games. They acso popular because they could quired Max Bentley of Chicago always find the right players in a stunning trade that sent five People at the right time. Maybe it was players the other way. Bentley because they were masters at was an immediate star. With the trading, often in multiple-player arrangeMetz brothers, Boesch, Lynn and Watson ments to find the one significant star. already there, it was a Saskatchewan sixMaybe they were consciously aware of pack, quite notable in days when teams only marketing. They had the exclusive radio dressed one goalie, four defencemen and rights for Hockey Night in Canada and nine forwards in a game. when television came along, they were, for 1948-49: There were six on the roster a number of the years, the exclusive rights again as the Leafs beat Detroit in another holders to the Saturday night game. To a final which only went four games. Boesch, smaller degree, they also had the market Lynn, Bentley, Watson and Don Metz were cornered with Maple Leaf jerseys in the still there. Nick Metz had retired, soon to Eaton’s catalogue. coach the Saskatoon Quakers. The new The bottom line was that the Maple Saskatonian on the Leafs’ team was Bobby Leafs leaned on some Saskatchewan stars. Dawes. It was the fifth Stanley Cup win for Of their 10 cup-winning teams, not one had coach Hap Day. fewer than two Saskatchewan products and 1950-51: Joe Primeau became the new two had as many as six. coach on the team which beat Montreal In chronological order, this is how Sas- in the final. Bentley and Watson were still katchewan helped the Maple Leafs. there. New Saskatchewan flavours were 1941-42: There were brothers, Nick and Fern Flaman, who came via Dysart and Don Metz, from Wilcox in the lineup. So Regina, and Al Rollins, who came from was Lorne Carr, born in Stoughton, and Vanguard but played minor pro in Calgary. acquired in a trade with what were then 1961-62: It was the first Cup in Punch known as the Brooklyn Americans. The Imlach’s reign as coach. The new SasLeafs were down 3-0 to the Detroit Red katchewan cast, which beat the Montreal Wings in the final series. The Leafs benched Canadiens, included Prince Albert’s Johnny their star goal scorer, Gordon Drillon, inBower in goal, Lanigan-born Bobby Baun serted Don Metz in his place and they won on defence and Sceptre’s Bert Olmstead four straight. (a former Montreal Canadien) and former 1944-45: The Metz brothers and Carr Regina Pat Eddie Litzenberger up front. were still there. Mel Hill from Saskatoon 1962-63: Another Stanley cup for came over from the renamed New York Bower, Baun and Litzenberger, again at the Americans and helped to beat Detroit again. expense of Detroit. 1946-47: The Metz brothers won their 1963-64: Same stalwarts, Bower, Baun JW030605 James

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Prince Albert’s Johnny Bower was a star for the Maple Leafs in the 1960s. (Wiki Photo) and Litzenberger, were now joined by Gerry Ehman, a Saskatoon product, and again Detroit suffered the loss. 1966-67: The Leafs were getting a little older, but with Bower and Baun in the lineup, they still had enough to dispose of Montreal in the final, with Bower getting one more shutout. There were other teams in the league, including Chicago, Boston and the New York Rangers, but the irony of the Toronto successes was that in 10 finals, they beat Detroit six times and Montreal four. While the Regina Pats were a farm team of the Canadiens, their flow to the NHL club wasn’t terribly productive except in two cases. Regina graduate Bob Turner, a defenceman, played in that stretch from 1956 to 1960 when the Canadiens won five straight Stanley Cups. Another Pat graduate, Terry Harper, played in four Stanley Cup winners in Montreal. A Saskatchewan presence in the NHL was especially notable from 1941-43 until 1953-54 when players with Delisle, Moose Jaw and Saskatoon backgrounds won the scoring championship nine times in 11 years. The Delisle dandies were Doug Bentley, who won in 1942-43, and his brother, Max, who won in 1945-46 and again in 1946-47. Elmer Lach, who grew up in AS030617 Aaron

Nokomis and went to Montreal from Moose Jaw, won the scoring crown in 1944-45 and 1947-48. And then Saskatoon’s Gordie Howe won four straight, 1949-50 through 1953-54, to complete that 11-year cycle. He later won another in 1956-57. In personal reflection, I was lucky enough to meet everyone I’ve written about in this piece. I’ve seen everyone, except Carr and Flaman, in a live sports arena. Some I met while covering the Regina Pats early in the 1950s, and some during the days of the old Western Hockey League in Saskatoon. Some when the Canadiens, Maple Leafs or Red Wings came to Saskatchewan for pre-season games. Some, like the Bentleys, Bower, Lynn and Howe, I’ve interviewed more than a handful of times. By pure luck, I met Imlach and had supper with him in 1958 when he flew into Saskatoon and drove to Waskesiu to sign Bower. Imlach came back in the fall of 1963 for a pre-season game, offered many players for interviews and politely asked if I’d interview a rookie as a confidencebuilder for the young man. That rookie was Ron Ellis. I met Primeau twice before he became coach of the Maple Leafs, once at a hockey clinic in Saskatoon. As a player in the 1930s, he was known as Gentleman Joe and he turned out to be all of that and more.

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Blast back to the ’80s with symphony orchestra Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express he recent deaths of music legends such as Prince and George Michael have had many people revisiting these artists’ bodies of work, and the memories that go with them. On March 11, the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is giving you the opportunity to do just that with their presentation of Careless Whisper – the SSO Does the ’80s, 7:30 p.m. at TCU Place. “This concert was actually programmed in the fall of 2015, months before we ever had any idea that the show would be an unofficial tribute to David Bowie, Prince and George Michael,” said SSO executive director Mark Turner. “There are some special things planned for the concert as tributes, and of course their music plays a big part in the show.” The SSO will be teaming up with Jeans ’n Classics, a popular Canadian classic rock group and one of this country’s leading tribute bands. The evening opens with the iconic ’80s British pop band Tears for Fears’ Head Over Heels, then continues through a program of the greatest hits from the likes of The Bangles, George Michael, Prince, Heart, Bananarama, The B-52s, Cindy Lauper and many more. “The SSO shows with the Jeans ’n Classics crew is always the most fun concert of the year, not just because the music is fun, but the Jeans ’n Classics artists are all so passionate about what they do, and they bring such great arrangements of these pieces for the orchestra to play,” said Turner. “This concert is like a mix-tape of ’80s hits, but thankfully you don’t have to

record them off the radio this time around. “Our guest conductor for this concert is Melanie Leonard,” he continued. “She is one of the rising stars of Canada’s classical music scene, and the SSO musicians have been wanting to work with her for a few years now. She is excited too, as this is all the music she grew up with.” Careless Whisper is a presentation from this season’s Pops Series — shows featuring the SSO performing your favourite classics to modern pop and rock tunes and best-loved music from stage and screen, often alongside star guest conductors and performers. Next up in the SSO’s 2017 Pop Series is The Music of Star Wars on April 22, also at TCU Place. “Pops concerts are a lot of fun for the SSO — not just for the audiences, but also for the musicians,” explained Turner. “Orchestral musicians aren’t classical music snobs . . . their musical tastes are as eclectic and varied as the orchestra itself. The music is fun, the guests are fun.” In addition to an evening of great fun and great memories of big hair, neon, shoulder pads and fanny packs, those in the audience at Careless Whisper will be treated to one other experience. “We are going to make a sneak-peek announcement about next season from the stage next weekend,” said Turner. “We’re also grateful to the support of PotashCorp — their investment in the community’s arts and cultural landscape has been monumental, not only to the SSO but to the entire arts community — so it’s always fun to have them on stage with us to start the show.” For more information or to buy tickets: saskatoonsymphony.org.

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he population in Saskatoon is projected to reach 380,650 by 2035, according to the City’s Planning and Development Division. During the same period, the Saskatoon Census Metropolitan Area is projected to grow to 448,985 people. Saskatoon’s growth will result in the need to build the equivalent of six new neighbourhoods and 24,000 dwelling units by 2025. Saskatoon’s current development capacity in existing, developing, and planned new neighbourhoods will be able to accommodate this projected growth. “It is an exciting time for Saskatoon,” Lesley Anderson, director of planning and development, said in a news release. “Some of our recently adopted longrange plans, such as the Growth Plan to Half a Million, will be integral in setting AS030604 Aaron

our city up for the future. 122,000 persons) of the population in“Change is inevitable, but this change crease projected over the next 20 years. will be managed. Saskatoon will be able • New neighbourhoods are typically to accommodate this growth and remain designed to house 10,000 people. The DC030607 Darlene a city where citizens continue to enjoy a high quality of life.” Based on the annual growth rate of two per cent, the 20-year projected population growth indicates Saskatoon will see a large increase in the number of people over age 65 and an even larger increase of those over the age of 80. This spike is due to the aging baby boom generation. The seniors’ population will increase from its current 12.8 per cent to make up 14.1 per cent of the total population by 2035. Other highlights in the report are as follows: • Net migration is forecast to account for 69 per cent to 74 per cent (62,000 to

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here’s no doubt changes katoon schools received about are coming to the way half a billion dollars combined, education is delivered in or just under 50 per cent of all capital funds invested in educaSaskatchewan. tion in Saskatchewan over The status quo isn’t sustainthe last decade. However, just able. Funding for K-12 educabecause you spent a lot of tion in Saskatchewan has gone money, doesn’t mean you spent up 170 per cent since 2008, it wisely. while enrolment has only gone Saskatoon public schools up seven per cent. placed 13th out of 28 school The Sask. Party often slams divisions in receipt of capital the Saskatchewan NDP, espeColumnist funding in 2016, and Regina cially in question period, for placed fifth. Did Regina public closing 52 rural hospitals in the schools require almost three times more 1990s and 17 rural schools in 2007. In 2007, the province’s population was capital investment than Saskatoon’s did? I don’t know. dropping, as was K-12 enrolment, particuWhat I do know is that this governlarly in rural schools. In fact, one of the rural schools that closed had an attendance ment cannot keep pointing to the fact it’s spent a ton of money as evidence that evof only 11 students. erything is fine, because how they spent Property taxes were also an issue. each dollar is far more important than how Saskatchewan ratepayers were funding education to upwards of 60 per cent. The many dollars they spent. It’s like me going to Superstore and 2004 Boughen Commission Report revealed that the Saskatchewan government spending $1,000 on junk food, Joe Fresh relied more on property taxes to fund edu- clothing and a new set of casserole dishes. cation than any other province in Canada. Then, when my kids whine that they’re Farmers with large swaths of agricultural hungry, I point at the bill and tell them land were particularly and unfairly bearing there’s no way, because I just spent a yuuuuuuge pile of cash at the grocery the burden. store. So changes in rural Saskatchewan Since 2011, total enrolment in Saswere necessary in 2007, but also effeckatchewan’s publicly-funded schools has tively kicked off the end of the NDP’s relationship with rural Saskatchewan. This only gone up five per cent, but spending has increased by 40 per cent. despite the fact that even Premier Brad The vast majority of funding increases Wall has said the NDP had no choice. have gone into rural school divisions that Wall admitted to the Regina LeaderPost in a 2016 year-end interview that the have seen either a low increase in enrolRomanow government was forced to deal ment, or a decrease in enrolment, since with a significant deficit from the Devine 2011. So with spending all over the map, if government. Many of the decision-makers changes are coming, where will they be? in government today worked for the The province could target urban teachDevine government. Once elected, the Sask. Party went on ers’ salaries. Of the approximately $1.25 billion to make significant changes to the way property tax levels were determined, and in operations funding the Saskatchewan by whom — namely the government, in- government distributed to school divisions stead of elected school board trustees, and in 2016, about $400 million, or one-third, rural Saskatchewan farmers got the break went to Saskatoon and Regina Public and Catholic School Divisions. they deserved. According to their 2015-16 financial And here we are today. According to a decade’s worth of pub- statements (available on their respective websites), three-quarters of that money, lic accounts, school operational funding has consistently increased since 2007. The or $300 million, went to pay teachers’ teachers’ pension and benefits account for salaries. The STF bargains directly with the approximately 15 per cent of the overall provincial government on teachers’ salabudget. Libraries and literacy are the ries, pension benefits, school hours and cheapest spend, peaking five years ago. Early childhood education and child care holidays — the collective bargaining agreement. funding has more than doubled. Each school division has a local teachA massive injection of capital funders’ association, or local implementation ing in 2009 (a year which saw spending skyrocket across all ministries) drove that negotiation committee (LINC), which bartotal to almost a billion dollars since 2006- gains with the school division on things 07, but otherwise has been rather stagnant, like noon hour supervision, parental leave, professional development and notably until it skyrocketed again in fiscal year prep time. Some rural schools have 35 to 2015-16, an election year. What’s important to note, however, is 50 Grade 9-12 students in total. If the Saskatchewan government the capital funding total does not inamalgamates school divisions into fewer, clude the cost of the nine new joint-use P3 schools, which we are renting-to-own bigger regions, it will kill LINC agreements. If the government then forced over a mysterious number of decades. Mysterious, because the Sask. Party won’t urban school teachers to reduce their 20 per cent prep time, equalizing it at 10 per tell us how much we’re paying for these schools, for how long, and at what interest cent across the province, it would save $30 million. rate. But that’s a different column. 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Textile project recognizes all living beings Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express he latest Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC) exhibition recognizes the significance of all living beings and illustrates their interconnection in the environment. All Beings Confluence, an interactive community textile project, involves dozens of sheer fabric panels that are hung closely together to fill gallery spaces. Each panel depicts a living being, big or small — from butterflies, birds and bees to humans, animals and trees. The close placement of the long fabric panels demonstrates the beings’ ecosystem interdependence, as no single being can be viewed without seeing the others around it. The project began in 201 0 and was originally inspired by the music of composer, singer, social activist and environmentalist Carolyn McDade. All Beings Confluence emerged through the collaborative efforts of four Prairie women — three from Saskatchewan and one from Manitoba — who heard McDade at a singing circle. The show has since grown over the years, travelling throughout North America and reaching more than 12,000 people so far. “It started with 75 panels for the first installation, and now we have over 300,” said Martha Cole, a textile artist who lives in the village of Disley, Sask. “It’s a community-based project, so anybody who wishes to make a panel can

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Martha Cole is a textile artist who lives in the village of Disley. (Photo Supplied) make one — and I’m there to help them do that.” Cole oversees the project and stores the panels; as a result, she calls herself “the companion to the beings.” She said the project has no particular plan and no budget attached to it, so “it just grows organically, depending on the energy that comes into it from community.” (Continued on page 11)

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(Continued from page 10) ole said the show goes “wherever people ask for it.” For example, in addition to the exhibition at the SCC Gallery, All Beings Confluence will also be on display at the Saskatoon Unitarian Centre. “It’s all based on donations that come from people — individuals, or from the organizations that put on the show,” she said. Cole said that McDade, the musician that inspired the show, has been an activist since the 1970s and “firmly believes that we should all be using our creative skills to effect change in the world.” All Beings Confluence combines art and environmentalism, celebrating all kinds of life forms through unique artwork that is created by people with varying levels of experience. “There are pieces in there that are done by professional artists; there are pieces in there with somebody who’s never picked up a brush before,” said Cole. “They have some response to any living form. It could be a flower, it could be a bug, it could be a wasp — there’s a giant wasp in this show — and it’s a whole bunch of things.” The artists come to workshops where Cole helps them make art using sheer fabric panels and translucent paint. The panels are then hung to fill a particular space. The show is continually changing, since the placement of the panels varies from exhibition to exhibition and the number of panels included in a show is dependent on the size of the exhibition space. “You never, ever see a single being by itself. That’s the core concept of this,” said Cole. “Then we, as another human being, get to walk amongst them and actually have a body experience of

being one amongst many.” Cole added that as humans we tend to “live in bubbles,” and All Beings Confluence can provide people with a new experience. “We mostly live in artificial environments — and we have to, to live in Saskatchewan. That’s the reality of where we live. So this just gives us a different experience, and (the panels are) soft and they’re beautiful and they move in the breeze, and all of that is quite wonderful. It always looks wonderful, and every time is completely different, because it’s a different space and they go together differently. You know, there’s no plan for it; it grows.” Cole said because there are 300 panels, it’s possible for her to organize more than one show at a time. When asked how people tend to respond to All Beings Confluence, which has travelled across Canada and the U.S., Cole said it is “immediately accessible” to viewers. “They love it; you just see people wandering with smiles. It’s a positive experience. It’s a sense of exploration. Kids love it. Sometimes I’ve been in situations where people have been pounding drums and people have been dancing through them. It just depends on the day. It depends on who’s there. It depends on your frame of mind.” All Beings Confluence will be on display at the SCC Gallery, located at 813 Broadway Ave., until April 1. It will also be on display concurrently at the Saskatoon Unitarian Centre, located at 213 Second St. East, from March 19 to April 22 (Earth Day). As well, a panel-making workshop will be held for four consecutive days – March 29 to April 1 – at the Saskatoon Unitarian Centre.

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ood things come in threes — $3 million that is. Merlis Belsher Place, the University of Saskatchewan two-rink multiuse complex, received $3 million from the city last week after a long debate. Just days later, the federal government contributed $3 million for specialized display and art handling systems at the Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan. The funds will be used for the vault artwork storage systems; to equip the large feature galleries on the third floor with, for example, special lighting for sensitive artworks; and generally to allow the museum to protect its collection as well as the temporary handling of big international touring shows. Ralph Goodale, minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, was on hand to make the funding announcement. “We are grateful for this significant support from the Government of Canada, enabling Remai Modern to function ac-

cording to its potential,” said Gregory Burke, Remai Modern executive director and CEO, in a news release. “Large gallery spaces with specialized display and art handling features are necessary for us to present international touring exhibitions, while equipment such as the vault systems will allow the museum to protect its art collection and attract significant art loans.” In 2013, the federal government, through the Building Canada Fund, contributed more than $13 million to the museum. The recent $3-million contribution came through the $168.2-million Canada Cultural Spaces Fund. Remai Modern is expected to open to the public this year, although a firm date has not yet been set. Meanwhile, council voted narrowly — six to five — to approve the funding for Merlis Belsher Place, requested in January by the Home Ice Campaign, which is fundraising for the new facility. The city had previously provided $1 million to the

project following a submission from the U of S. The twin-pad facility was named for Belsher after the philanthropist donated $12.25 million to the arena. The entire project will cost $41 million to build, and requires go-ahead approval from the university’s board of governors. The facility will include a 3,500 seat rink for U of S Huskies games as well as a second rink to be used by community groups, providing an additional 1,500 hours of ice time per year to the Saskatoon Minor Hockey Association. Ice time is at a premium in Saskatoon. Some city councillors saw the U of S facility as a good way to alleviate the shortfall, while others were concerned about making large spending decisions ahead of the provincial government’s upcoming budget. A new independent city-owned rink has been estimated by some to cost over $8 million. No such facility is presently under construction.

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Mackenna Parker collected career highs in goals with 24, and points with 44 this season with the Saskatoon Stars. (Photo by Darren Steinke)

Parker joins elite company in stellar season with Stars

Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express here was a time when Mackenna Parker was intimidated to step on the ice with the Saskatoon Stars. Way back in the fall of 2014, the Clavet product joined the local female midget AAA hockey team as an underage 14-year-old player. The Stars roster that season was loaded and included forwards Sophie Shirley and Nara Elia, who were both turning heads with their stellar play before moving on to suit up for Canada’s under-18 women’s team. While any initial fears of belonging were high, Parker soon found a high comfort level.Aaron AS030611

“Once I got to know them, it was amazing, and I had never felt such a great atmosphere in the dressing room with the girls,” said Parker. “As soon as I played for the Stars is when I realized that OK, I can take myself further.” During that rookie season, Parker went on to pile up 11 goals and 19 points in 28 regular-season games. Her goal total matched then 17-year-old veteran Courtney Cormack for the third highest on the team. Parker’s points total equalled best friend and offensive defender Willow Slobodzian for fourth on the club. Fast forward to the end of the current regular season and Parker’s status has

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grown immensely. She helped the Stars win Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League titles and appear in the Esso Cup national championship tournament in both 2015 and 2016. As a third-year 16-year-old veteran, Parker had a dream season from a personal standpoint. In 28 regular-season games, she collected career highs in goals with 24, and points with 44. Her point total was the highest for a Stars player since current Canadian national team member Emily Clark piled up 60 points in her final season in midget in 2011-12. Parker’s goal total was also the most for a Stars player since Clark and Kennedy Harris each had 26 goals in Clark’s final season with the team. “I couldn’t have done it without my teammates too,” said Parker. “It is not just me that puts the work in. “It is amazing to hear that my hard work is paying off.” In the summer of 2016, Parker enjoyed her first experiences on the international stage. She attended a women’s high performance camp hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation in Finland. Last August, Parker took part in DS030601 Dan

Hockey Canada’s under-18 women’s team selection camp. From that camp, she was selected to play for Canada in a three-game series against the United States later on that month along with Slobodzian. Stars head coach Greg Slobodzian believes Parker has the ability to wear Canada’s national team colours in the future. “If she (Parker) sticks to how she plays and keeps working the way she is working, she is going to be doing what Emily Clark is doing, and that is playing for the national team. I have no doubt in my mind,” said Slobodzian. “She is so hard on her stick, disciplined. She is just doing all the little things right.” The bench boss said Parker has a lot of strengths in her game. Besides the obvious offensive abilities, Slobodzian loves the attention Parker pays to the defensive side of the game. She puts a lot of effort towards getting back to her own zone to backcheck. “She is one of the strongest athletes I have ever worked with, super dedicated and has just real natural athletic abilities,” said Slobodzian. “She shoots the puck better than I do. “She is a humble player. I always talk about being an honest hockey player and an honest person and that’s Mackenna.” Parker enjoyed her international experience last summer. “It was an honour to be part of the team too,” said Parker. “I want to get myself there again hopefully, and just try my best to do that again. “It was an honour, especially, to play with Willow (Slobodzian) too, who I grew up with. I was way more confident once I started playing with the Stars again.” Thanks to Parker’s efforts, the Stars posted a 25-2-1 mark for a team record 76 points in the standings. In the SFMAAAHL, teams earn three points in the standings for regulation wins and two points for extra time wins, and all of the Stars’ victories this season came in regulation. Saskatoon’s former record of 74 points was set in Parker’s rookie season in 2014-15 with 24 regulation wins, one extra time win. All eight teams in the SFMAAAHL make playoffs and the Stars swept a best-of-five first round series 3-0 with the Weyburn Southern Range Gold Wings. Parker had three goals and four assists in the sweep of the Gold Wings. The Stars face the Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats (11-10-7) in a best-of-five semifinal series. The Stars defeated the Wildcats in last year’s bestof-five league championship series 3-1. Parker has hopes of making a third straight trip to nationals. “It is super exciting,” said Parker. “Our goal is to make it to Esso (Cup), and we just have to keep working on that and push through in the playoffs.” (You can see more of Darren Steinke’s work in his online blog stankssermon. blogspot.ca.)

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MARCH 9

Joel Fafard, now of Madeira Park, B.C., and Michael Jerome Brown of Montreal team up for some unique interpretations of American roots and blues music. Both are award-winning performers. For Fafard, always a little bit of the Prairies in him. 8 p.m. at The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets $22 for SJS members, $27 for non-members.

MARCH 10 The Slocan Ramblers have become leading performers in the Canadian roots music scene, delivering energetic live shows and impeccable musicianship. Their album, Coffee Creek, led to a traditional album of the year nomination at the 2016 Canadian Folk Music Awards. 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $23 and $28.

MARCH 11 Canadian jazz pianist David Braid is a regular visitor to Saskatoon and each time, he brings a different style of show. This time he is accompanied by Oene van Geel , a violist who has been influenced by jazz, chamber music and Indian music. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $25 and $35.

MARCH 11

MARCH 31, APRIL 1 Watermarks art show & sale: New art work in different mediums by 17 artists. At Luther Riverside Terrace (915 Saskatchewan Crescent West). March 31 from 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. and April 1 from 10 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. For more information, go to http:/watermarks art show weebly.com or email watermarksartshow@gmail.com. Purchase by cash or cheque only. Free admission.

ONGOING

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 306-3824915 or Laura at 306-373-1861.

The Amati Quartet with Samuel Deason on piano perform at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at Knox United Church. Haydn String Quartet Op. 20, No.4, Schubert ’Trout’ Quintet, and Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor. $35 adult / $30 senior / $15 student. For more information, visit www.amatiquartet.usask. ca. Tickets sold at Persephone Theatre, 306-384-7727.

EVENTS MARCH 10

Bust a Gut for a Cure in support of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada with comedians Dion Arnold and Keith Robot. The Saskatoon comedy night goes Friday at 9 p.m.; doors open at 8 p.m. at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club, downstairs in the Park Town Hotel, 924 Spadina Cres. East. Must be 19+ to attend. Tickets $25 on the website, crohnsandcolitiscanada.akaraisin.com.

MARCH 1-15 Vigilante by Jonathan Christenson, a Catalyst Theatre Production, brings back the tale of the Black Donnellys in a new rock musical. Presented by Persephone Theatre; adult tickets $25 plus charges. Evening showtime is 8 p.m., some matinees available. Tickets at persephonetheatre.org.

MARCH 18 The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westminster United Church are hosting an intergenerational film event at 2:00 at the church. This event will include films for kids about diversity in Canada. Everyone, including children, parents, grandparents and the community, is invited to join the discussion and activities. An event funded by Canadian Heritage to celebrate Canada 150. ***** MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who score among the top two per cent of the general population on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ testing session is being held in Saskatoon at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 for students. If you are interested in attending this session, please call Tim at 306-242-7408 or e-mail trf674@campus.usask.ca.

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.

MARCH 17

THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH 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. **** COSMO SENIOR CENTRE University Non-Academic Retirees Association meets for Daily activities for seniors during the week, beginning in September and running through May. Monday - Yoga: 8:45 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 a.m; Kaiser and Whist: 1:30 p.m.; Tuesday - Exercises: to attend. 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 SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY and 10:30 a.m.; Bridge: 1 p.m. (partners); Friday - Yoga: SASKATOON KETO CLUB for people following or con930; Cribbage and Kaiser: 1:30 p.m. Light refreshments sidering a LCHF/Keto lifestyle for Body Building/Weight provided. Drop-in fee for cards is $2 The fee for the Management/Reversing: Auto Immune Illnesses ,Diabetes, exercise classes and yoga are $4-$5. New members Cancer or any other reason are invited to join our meetwelcome. Annual membership is $5. For more information, ings to learn, share ideas, support or get support. There is call 306-343-6710. no cost to attend. For more info, call Carol at 306-280-

Careless Whisper: The SSO Does the 80s in an upbeat, big hair kind of way. It’s the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra’s Jeans ‘n Classics show, taking you back in musical time to a decade where everybody knew your name, Rose bored you with stories of St. Olaf, and a Carebear stare would fix it all! The SSO will get down with the music of Prince, Eu- NEWCOMERS’ CLUB rythmics, and the Go-Gos. 7:30 p.m. at TCU Place, tickets The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female $15 to $70 at saskatoonsynmphony.org. residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle MARCH 16-17 (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a Children’s entertainer Sylvia Chave warms everyone up with her brand of fun at the Marshmallow Treat concerts, new parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for Thurs. March 16 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and Fri. March more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner 17 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Refinery. Tickets are outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned $7 in advance & $9 at the Door. 306-653-5191 or www. activities. If interested, please reply by email to saskaontheboards.ca toonnewcomersclub@gmail.com.

MARCH 18

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.

Saskatoon Mood Disorder Support Group The Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health 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.

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 306-253-4453 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.

LAST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH Dizziness and Balance Support Group will meet from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at LifeMark Health Centre, 3907 Eighth St. East. Anyone with a dizziness/vertigo/balance condition is welcome to attend. There is no cost to attend. There will be an educational topic presented and an opportunity to learn from each other. For more info, call Rae Ann at 306652-5151 or email raeann.erickson@lifemark.ca. ***** The Compassionate Friends is a non-profit self-help 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

PTSD Saskatchewan steak night. $20. More information can Epilepsy Saskatoon Support Group meets the last be obtained by emailing fundraisingptsdsk@yahoo.com, call- Saturday of every month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the ing 306 281-6087 or visiting www.ptsdsaskatchewan.ca. W.A. Edwards Centre at 333, Fourth Ave. North. Family,

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***** 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 306-3436641 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 306-978-0813. ***** 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. *****

Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email leftbehind@sasktel.net. ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com. The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a relaxed FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partBridge City Needlearts Guild meets at Mayfair United ners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get Church at 7:30 p.m. for our monthly meetings. We also together with refreshments, entertainment and information. have a stitching day at Sobey’s Stonebridge the first Sat3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre. urday of each month. Come join us and have fun stitching with fellow stitchers. For further information, contact TABLE TENNIS Glenda at 306-343-1882. The Saskatoon Table Tennis Club plays on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30, Friday evening EVERY THURSDAY from 7 to 9 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12. The Prairie Sky Farmers’ Market is open every Thursday from location is the Zion Lutheran Church, 323 4th Ave. S. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church Entrance through the side door off the parking lot on the in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone North side of the building and down to the gym. Drop in or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ and have a look, no charge for the first visit. For more hotmail.com. information, call 306-242-7580 or 306-975-0835. ***** Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets Thursdays at EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm. 13, 610 Clarence The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends in Saskatoon has Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries. First night a support circle using integrative healing based on the is free. 306-374-0005; www.sifc.awardspace.com teaching of Bruno Groening open to all without charge. ***** Contact circle.saskatoon@gmail.com, 306-664-3331. Pop In & Play (until Dec. 8) 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at ***** Erindale Alliance Church (310 Perehudoff Cres). Bring La Leche League Canada - Saskatoon Daytime Meeting your little ones, 5 years & under, with you downstairs for from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Emmanuel Anglican a great time of fun & connecting! Monthly theme, learning Church (609 Dufferin Avenue.) Dec. 21, Jan. 18, Feb. centres, snack & occasional speaker. For more info, go to 22, March 22 and April 19. For more information or to erindalealliance.ca get breastfeeding help, contact a leader by phone (306655-4805) or email lllcsaskatoon@gmail.com or www. EVERY WEDNESDAY facebook.com/LLLCSaskatoon. The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly support meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregiv- SECOND SATURDAY EVERY MONTH ers on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St). Memory Writers — September to June, 10 a.m. to noon The free-of-charge support meetings are an informative at the Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue. Share the and engaging space for people to connect with each other events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly for ongoing support. For information and times, visit www. atmosphere. For more information, call Neva Bayliss at 306-343-0256 or Hilda Epp at 306-382-2446. saskfasdnetwork.ca/events

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By RJ Currie t was hard for Manitobans to cheer Michelle Englot, longtime archrival from Saskatchewan, suddenly skipping Toba at the Scotties. Call it sweeping with the enemy. • L.A. acquired goalie Ben Bishop from Tampa to back up perennial workhorse Jonathan Quick. Chess enthusiasts immediately dubbed the move Bishop to Kings’ knight 2. • Blue Jays backup catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia has the longest surname in team history at 14 letters. Now that’s a highcharacter player. • Washington acquired highly coveted defenceman Kevin Shatternkirk before the NHL trade deadline. It’s nice to see the Capitals adding some depth for their playoff collapse. • Supermodel Kate Upton said Tigers’ ace and fiancé, Justin Verlander, forgoes sex the nights before and after he plays. So when he’s pitching games, he’s not pitching woo? • Canadian Marielle Thompson clinched the overall women’s world ski cross title. She’s gone downhill faster of late than Kyle Shanahan’s coaching reputation. • Cavaliers forward Kyrie Irving reportedly thinks the world is two-dimensional. Don’t laugh: a lot of people are on his side. • Chicago has reportedly not had snow in January and February for the first time in 146 years. Sounds like Mother Nature’s yin to the Cubs winning the World Series yang. • Metro News reports Waterloo student Sara Greenbergh has left university to perform in Cavalia, a world-famous circus. It’s like being drafted by the Knicks. • I’m not saying Saskatchewan fans don’t trust out-of-province skip Adam Casey, but with Casey throwing last, they’re calling the team the Mudville Four. • Billboard Magazine described Moonlight’s Best Picture Oscar as Hollywood reacting against President Trump’s policies. Think of it as a blacklash. • On Sunday, Michelle Englot’s Manitoba curling foursome won the trophy for Canada’s best women’s team. No wait! PricewaterhouseCoopers said it was team Rachel Homan. RJ’s Groaner of the Week The Canadian Mint chose a First Nation artist’s design for the flipside of a special five-cent coin. That reminds me: a new poll of music turnoffs was topped by Nickelback.

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hree belated Scotties Tournament of Hearts observations: 3. Amy Nixon could have picked a better time to announce her retirement than after the bronze-medal game. It upstaged her teammates and their accomplishments during the past year. In fact she hadn’t even told them she was quitting; 2. Your best chance of beating Rachel Homan is to make her throw an out-turn draw; 1. Michelle Englot is one heckuva skip and reader of ice. • TC Chong, on a Tom Brady movie being in the works: “No word on who will play the role of Brady, but rumour has it that the short list of actors to portray Roger Goddell is down to Pee Wee Herman and Bozo.” • Janice Hough, on Nordstrom reporting betterthan-expected quarterly profits: “Hmm, SNL, the New York Times . . . Trump is helping make some companies great again.” • Janice’s comment reminds me of a tweet depicting three of the most memorable things said by presidents: 1. Ask not what you country can do for you; 2. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall; 3. My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by Nordstrom. • Bill Littlejohn, on MLB considering introducing stickier baseballs: “You see, Gaylord Perry really was ahead of his time.” • From Chong: “When the King of Saudi Arabia goes on vacation, he travels with 500 tons of luggage. My significant other tries to pack the same amount into a carry-on bag for a weekend trip.” • Thank you to Mayor Charlie Clark and the five councillors — Troy Davies, Randy Donauer, Bev Dubois, Sarina Gersher and Zach Jeffries — who voted in favour of giving the Home Ice Campaign $3 million for the ice facility at the U of S. I’m not sure what Cynthia Block, Hilary Gough, Darren Hill, Ann Iwanchuk and Mairin Loewen were thinking. • From Hough: “Donald Trump gave a decent

speech and suddenly he’s presidential. Right, like Sacramento Kings beat Warriors and suddenly they’re a good NBA team.” • Don’t you love the TSN hockey guys? One night they were discussing whether they would trade Auston Matthews for Connor McDavid. Only in Toronto. • Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole are going to rejoin TSN in the fall after their run in Los Angeles succumbed to low ratings. Sorry, I can only take them in small doses. Then again, I am old. • Hough, on Kevin Durant spraining his MCL: “Fortunately, this being the NBA, at least he’ll probably be back with Warriors for the second month of the playoffs.” • Do the Roughriders have a quarterback yet? • Chong, on British skipper David Carlin crashing his boat because he used his iPad for navigational purposes: “The stupid guy forgot to turn off Airplane Mode.” • I’m told one of the nicest people you will meet in curling is Marc Kennedy, the third on Kevin Koe’s rink. There are many others who only smile for the cameras. • A curling team to watch in Saskatchewan next year? Ashley Howard will join forces with Carly Howard, Kim Schneider and Ashley Williamson. Russ Howard will be their coach. • Steve Laycock, the skip of the province’s best men’s team, is looking for a new second after Colton Flasch left the team to skip his own squad. • Hough, on the NCAA suspending five Richmond baseball players, allegedly for taking part in a fantasy football league: “Good to see the NCAA focusing on the real important stuff.” • My friend RJ Currie thinks Brad Gushue is going to win the Brier. I’m picking Mike McEwen. • Chong, on Starbucks announcing it will open stores in Italy: “It will try to infiltrate the home of Espresso and Cappuccino. Is this like Panda Express expanding to China and Taiwan?”

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