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Vimy Ridge Ned Powers’ father fought in famous battle

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Allan Powers, right, poses with Sgt. Conly, at a studio in Folkestone, England, which produced postcards DC040325 Darlene for servicemen to send back to Canada. (Photo Supplied)

n the wee hours of Easter Monday on April 9, 1917, Allan Powers was double-checking his equipment, ready to face the battle of a lifetime at Vimy Ridge in northern France.

The equipment check was People important, said Powers on a tape recording he made in 1975, because in an early mission during the First World War at Ypres, Belgium, his Canadian battalion went to the front without gas masks and with very few steel helmets. It was their first experience with gas as a German weapon.

At Vimy Ridge, Powers was 23 years old, and by the time the 5:30 a.m. assault on Vimy Ridge began, he was carrying 50 to 60 pounds of equipment, including a helmet, a gas mask, an overcoat, an Enfeld rifle and bayonet, ammunition, hand grenades and two days of food rations.

Powers never admitted how much he slept the night before but on the tape, he said “the call for breakfast was at 3 a.m. and our bonus was an extra dash of rum in our ration.”

Powers was one of 100,000 Canadians assembled in four divisions which went out to fight the Germans in a fateful four days at Vimy Ridge. The Canadian losses were heavy – 7,104 injured and 3,598 killed in action.

Powers was in the Second Battalion of the First Division which led the assault (Continued on page 5)

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sentation. It seemed impromptu ichael Krawchuk has on their part. It was very interestalways had an interest in ing to be at Vimy Ridge where history. soldiers had fought and here were When he was a boy, the books modern-day soldiers.” he borrowed from a library tended He said he was impressed with to be about military history. the cemeteries.

He would often write his own “The headstones are in pristine mini-books based on what he was shape and there are flowers and reading. gardens and they are all very upAs he grew up, his interest in kept. So even though soldiers had how wars and battles shaped the died – at that time 90 years ago – world never waned. The Battle of Editor it looked like a fresh cemetery.

Vimy Ridge was one that reso“The other thing that struck nated with the Saskatoon lawyer.

His interest became a 400-page book titled me was the age of the soldiers. I don’t mean The Battle of Vimy Ridge: Wall of Fire. The just the young ones, although I remember one grave where the soldier was 16 years old. battle was a defining moment in Canadian But by the same token, there were others who military history. were 40, so it made it sink in that it was all We are pleased that Michael agreed to Canadians involved, not just a segment of a provide us with a piece for the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge. It is stunning to think certain age group.

“It wasn’t those who were 25. It was the war photos on these pages were taken those 16 to 40 – all in the trenches doing the between April 9 and April 12, 1917.

The Battle of Vimy Ridge: Wall of Fire took Michael seven years to research, write and get published. It started as a hobby, but grew and grew as he dug deeper into the history of the battle. He eventually took a one-year sabbatical from his job to work on the book.

He used war diaries which included accounts of what happened day by day. He used published memoirs, letters and biographies from soldiers. They shared stories of life in the trenches and their feelings of being under attack with death all around them.

“It wasn’t a decisive battle,” Michael Krawchuk wrote The Michael said. “It was victory, yes, Battle of Vimy Ridge: Wall of but the trenches remained and the Fire. (Photos Supplied) war carried on for another year same thing. It is terrible to hear and a half. It did influence the way of young 16-year-olds dying in battle, battles were fought, which had a but I anticipated that. What I didn’t anticipate positive impact on winning the war. were the older fellows. It was like, ‘Wow, “It was the first battle of Canadians there was this broad swath of population all fighting together which then helped to develop the Canadians as a fighting force on involved.’”

Michael said the second visit helped bring the Western Front. … Canadians were seen his book to life. He was standing where the as premier troops on the Western Front, so battles like Vimy or Passchendaele or the last battle was fought. He could see the restored trenches and tunnels. He was at the spot 100 days of the war, Canadians played big where one raid included in his book had taken roles. place nine decades earlier.

“Being successful, there was a bit of a “It is really pretty amazing to be able to recognition of Canadians as Canadians, not focus on one moment and realize it was right just part of the British Empire, but as their there.” own entity and nation.

Michael is currently researching and writ“It was successful but it was also terrible. ing another book. This time the focus is on Conditions were terrible and the casualties the Battle of Hill 70. That is where Canadian were very high. It was a victory, but one troops engaged five divisions of the German out of three Canadian soldiers was killed or Sixth Army. wounded. That’s very high. It’s one thing to “It’s a subsequent battle that in some ways laud it as a victory, but it’s also shows . . . the draws me more because there has been very cost was high.”

A total of 3,598 Canadians were killed at little written about it.”

He is rightfully happy with the way The Vimy Ridge, with another 7,000 wounded.

Michael has been to France to visit Vimy Battle of Vimy Ridge: Wall of Fire turned out.

“I’m really glad that I was able to write Ridge three times.

He said the first time was early in his writ- something and someone was willing to pubing and he didn’t yet know as much about the lish it and people are willing to read it. I feel I battle and its location as he later would. The have been able to contribute a little bit to our second time he was further into the book and country’s memory. I do feel rather honoured to be able to do that.” could identify with where he was. The third time was after the book was written and it (The Battle of Vimy Ridge: Wall of Fire brought a sense of closure to him.

“The first time, what was interesting about is available at bookstores and libraries. For more information and to purchase the book, it, was we happened upon a group of Canadian soldiers who were going there for a pre- visit michaelkrawchuk.com.)

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Vimy Ridge: the most famous battle in Canadian history

By Michael Krawchuk for the Saskatoon Express his month marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Fought between April 9 and April 12, 1917, during the First World War, it is the most famous battle in Canadian history.

Although many have heard of it, the reasons for the battle’s significance are not well known.

In 1917, the First World War was locked in trench stalemate and had been for years.

There was immense pressure on the Allies to push the Germans out of France and Belgium. Attack after attack, across barren and shattered No Man’s Land, against fortified trenches protected by barbed wire, defended by men armed with rapid-fire machine guns and powerful artillery, ended in bloody failure.

The earth attackers trod upon was full of rotting corpses from past attacks, many unmoved since they died. Despite the blood-

not just for Canadians, but for all combatants on the Western Front.

Nevertheless, it was not a decisive battle. The war continued for another year and a half. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was also costly. Out of approximately 30,000 assault troops, 10,602 became casualties, 3,598 of which were killed.

The Battle of Vimy Ridge did, however, make an impact on the war. Important to Canadian success was the use of new battlefield tactics. Born of the hard lessons of the war to date, these new infantry and artillery tactics met with striking success at Vimy.

At their heart, the tactics involved close co-operation between the artillery and infantry, using artillery firepower to help the infantry forward. Once engaged, thoroughly trained soldiers, knowledgeable about their mission and how to use their infantry weapons to most effect, defeated resistance encountered. Vimy Ridge, impregnable to past Allied attacks, was largely captured within a day. Improved on as the war continued, the methods used at Vimy Ridge were important stepping stones to success for the Allies in the First World War. The battlefield tactics were not exclusive to the Canadian soldiers waiting prior to moving into the line. Canadians. They drew on British and French (NAC – PA1038) experience and developshed, the trench lines barely moved. ments. Indeed, the Battle of Vimy Ridge The Canadian Corps’ victory at Vimy was not an exclusively Canadian affair.

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British Army. British artillery supported the attack, British airmen flew above and some British infantry fought with the Canadians. Perhaps most important, the commander of the Canadian troops was British; Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng.

Nevertheless, the Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first time in the war that all four Canadian divisions fought together in the Canadian Corps. It was a success, and in every subsequent battle the Canadians fought together. Soon after Vimy, the Canadian Corps Bringing artillery ammunition forward to the guns. received a Canadian com(NAC – PA1229) mander; Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie. A division commander at the war with its own seat at the peace table.

Vimy, Currie was one of the best generals The Canadian Corps’ success in the First of the war and probably the best Canadian World War, which took off at Vimy, helped Canada become a nation of its own, not religeneral of all time.

The Canadians Corps, although fighting ant on the British Empire.

There are layers of significance to the within the British Army, became a de facto national army for Canada. Staying together Battle of Vimy Ridge. At the time, it had immediate impact on how subsequent and drawing on their mutual experiences, the Canadian Corps developed into an elite First World War battles were conducted. It formed the bedrock for making the Canafighting force. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first in an unbroken line of success- dian Corps into the premiere military force es which culminated in the Canadians’ key which materially assisted the Allies win role in the last, war-winning battles in 1918. the war. In the long term, the battle aided Canada’s emergence on the world stage.

That Canadians performed well in the (Michael Krawchuk is the author of The First World War was a source of national Battle of Vimy Ridge: Wall of Fire, pubpride and resulted in foreign recognition. lished in 2009 by Detselig Enterprises from Success helped Canadian leaders assert Calgary. The book is available in Saskatoon themselves with leaders from other, more at Indigo, McNally Robinson and Coles. established countries. Entering the war on Michael Krawchuk resides in Saskatoon.) the direction of the British, Canada ended

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his white powder idiocy ing to scare a certain slice of the has me wondering why, citizenry, or perhaps all of us, or precisely, someone would is trying to disrupt the emergency do something so lame. services. And that he/she/they Last week, I was heading don’t escalate. downtown for an appointment and But then there was the bomb, found that Fourth Avenue was imoutside the provincial court passable. There were police cars, building. This was very serious, a big bus, hazardous materials and while it didn’t hurt anyone, it vehicles and the various attending most certainly could have. It actupublic service officials. I turned, ally forced the police to respond Columnist and went to my appointment. to media saying it was not a form Half an hour later, they were of international terrorism. all still there. I didn’t know for sure what was But it is, actually, terrorism. So is the white going on, but I bet myself it was another non- powder, even if it’s not actually anthrax or noxious white powder delivery; and so it was. some other awful thing. It’s quite dreadful and The next day, it happened again. And the intimidating that this should happen in our next. Now, since January, these little packages city. have appeared at Buena Vista School, Airline We can’t afford this, emotionally or finanHotels (the event I bumped into), a River cially. The city feels down to me, even angry, Landing office building, a lawyer’s office and after the downturn (although that’s looking up the UPS store downtown. And, the Saskatoon a bit) and the provincial budget; we’re holding Cancer Centre on campus. A school, and the our collective breath to see just how much Cancer Centre. Offices are bad enough, but more money we’ll have to cough up after the when you disrupt and threaten schoolchildren province slashed our Crown corporation grantsand cancer patients, you are definitely a jerk. in-lieu, library budget and whatever else.

(Luckily, Cancer Centre operations apparently Funny powders make folks jumpy, and the continued normally.) delivery thereof doesn’t feel like Saskatoon to This all began in November, with a wider me. Maybe that’s the point. Bombs are within event at multiple locations, and a person, one a whole different category of jumpy.

This powder game is not likely an attempt Alexa Emerson previously known as Amanda to disrupt city coffers, but it is disrupting, just Totchek, was accused in those incidents. the same. Five white powder calls between So, why would someone do this sort of March 16 and March 28 ate up $75,650 in thing? Having no idea, I’m going to speculate that there’s a fairly specific axe to grind, fire department resources. Another powder slowly being honed in a very mixed-up mind. incident followed those released numbers, not She, or he, since Emerson may or may not be to mention the explosion. involved in the most recent events (copycat?)

The department said each incident was and is innocent until proven guilty, is certainly attended by seven or eight vehicles, and cranky about something. between 23 and 26 staff members. The NoNo connection between these offices and vember multiple-drop incident ate up another institutions is obvious, but I’d bet the guilty $53,000. You could buy five new SUVs for party has made one. Did it start with a perall that. ceived, or even real, slight from an employer I’d like to politely request the person/peoor institution? Why extend that to a cancer ple behind this really stupid campaign to stop patient or caregivers, and scaring the bejesus it (not to mention the bomb). This is dangerout of some innocent schoolkids? ous, ridiculous and expensive.

I’ve been hoping this person is ‘only’ try**** DC040342 Darlene

How about that Gordon Barnhart, eh?

The former lieutenant-governor of this province is renowned for his calm demeanour and his considerable diplomatic skills.

Now the president of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA: can they not shorten these names??), Barnhart came out swinging against the province’s slashing of municipal funding.

I was aghast when the province suggested that municipalities ‘dig deep’ to cover the budget cuts. How dare they? If a municipality, such as Saskatoon, actually has some reserves, it’s because that municipality has had the sense to save some money — unlike the provincial government. Savings come in handy on rainy days, which is something the Saskatchewan Party apparently does not understand.

Anyway, Barnhart was also horrified, and pointed out that cities need to keep something in reserve for emergencies — not unlike the average household.

He also said there is no longer a respectful partnership between the levels of government, and added that “hometowns are handcuffed by limited revenue sources and the inability to run an operating deficit. And now, they are being forced to do the province’s dirty work.”

Go get ‘em, Mr. Barnhart. ***** Finally, may I point out that city council’s potential backtracking on providing $3 million to Merlis Belsher place is yet another indication that our budget cycle is messed up?

City council needs to know how much money it has to play with before it makes spending decisions. Period. It’s not fair on anyone to backtrack on municipal promises after the budget comes down. We, as citizens, all have to cough up more in property taxes and fees — and then readjust our household expenses again? No way. Same thing goes for organizational commitments.

Big blame lands on the province for this problem, but it goes to show that you just can’t rely on funding from the bigger boys in the revenue sandbox.

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Vimy Ridge (Continued from page 1) from the most southerly position along the nine-mile front. All of the divisions advanced behind a barrage of 900 artillery pieces unloading almost 200,000 shells.

The Germans seemed to be caught by surprise.

The Canadians moved through No Man’s Land, staying low and sometimes crawling in the mud, challenged even further by fog and fresh-falling snow. The battle plan dictated that artillery would conquer and the infantrymen would occupy. Within four days, Vimy was completely in Canada’s control.

It has always been unimaginable – and still is today – to three sons of Allan Powers, Ken and Gerry in Regina and me in Saskatoon, how soldiers could inhumanely exist in mud-filled trenches, then jump out at the command of officers to attack German defenders located in their trenches not much more than 1,000 yards away.

“On that Easter morning, the artillery just shelled everything that was in front of us. Talk about fireworks!” was Dad’s recollection of the attack. His reference to fireworks may have been a little understated.

Others who were quoted in the Victory at Vimy book by Ted Barris, a onetime Saskatonian, called it “more like a tremendous earthquake, like the roars of a mighty furnace, the sound of a thousand unmuffled motors, and a light of innumerable flickering tongues from as far as the eye could see.”

The stunning victory by the Canadians came in relatively short order. In a newspaper dispatch, the New York Times reported that “the triumph would be in Canada’s history one of the great days, a day of glory to furnish inspiration to her sons for generations.”

On his tape, Dad said, “We lost a lot of men, but we didn’t encounter as much JW040311 fighting as weJames thought we would. I don’t

think the Germans were as alert as they should have been. As we went through, we took a lot of prisoners.

“At the top of the ridge, we had the cavalry with us and the Germans were running in all directions. Once we reached our objective, I was told to take three men and go back to the trenches where we had a munition’s dump. A German plane spotted us. We dug a deeper trench, used sandbags and put up planks to cover our six-by-fourfoot space. The German plane came back, threw everything at us but didn’t hit us. It was a close call.”

Dad, who was born in Port Hope, Ont., went across the Atlantic Ocean in 1916 and was shipped from England to Le Havre, France. Even after Vimy Ridge, he was in action often, serving at The Somme, Courcelette, Hill 70 and finally at Passchendaele.

In one battle, Dad said, “I fired my gun so often, the barrel of the gun was so hot, I burned my hand when I touched it.”

He talked about a time when another Canadian nearby had a premonition about dying.

“The soldier had to decide whether he’d be shot in the trenches as a coward or in the battlefield as a hero. He was shot as a hero.”

On the nearness of death, he said, “I no sooner had walked away one time from an area than six men in my platoon were bombed by German planes and they were all killed. We were told to go back and bury the dead. All we could find were arms and legs and we buried them.”

Dad was gassed at Passchendaele in November, 1917, was shipped to a field hospital in December where he recovered and he returned to Canada in May, 1919.

His brother, Clarence, enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1916, barely 19 years old, and was serving in the Central Ontario regiment of the 75th Battalion.

Dad didn’t see Clarence after they went

German prisoners being marched away after the battle. (NAC – PA1145) into Europe. Clarence suffered shrapnel wounds in his arm and shoulder and was gassed while fighting in March, 1917 in No Man’s Land, the area between the Canadian trenches and the German font line.

He died in hospital on March 13, 1917.

His body is buried at the Barlin Communal Cemetery in France.

Dad moved to Western Canada in 1922,

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Blades GM optimistic about 2017-18 season Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express olin Priestner believes the Saskatoon Blades are on the cusp of doing some great things, but admits he is disappointed the team missed the playoffs for a fourth straight year.

The Blades finished the 2016-17 campaign with a 28-35-7-2 record to sit five points back of the Calgary Hitmen (30-328-2) for the final playoff berth in the WHL’s Eastern Conference.

“It is going to really burn a hole in us all waiting for September to get here,” said Priestner, the team’s general manager. “I am really excited though, because I just think we have so much optimism and positivity amongst the club and in our fan base right now about what we are building.

“It is exciting, and I can’t wait to get started. In the same breath, it is a long way away. We have some work to do in terms of the draft and a little bit of work to do on our roster before we get there.”

The Blades graduated over-age players Jesse Shynkaruk, Markson Bechtold and Bryton Sayers, but they currently have a logjam of potential 20-year-olds for the upcoming campaign.

Saskatoon has six players entering their over-age campaigns. They will be battling for three spots. Potential 20-year-old returnees include goaltenders Logan Flodell and

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Flodell was named a second team WHL Eastern Conference all-star after a stellar campaign, in which he posted a 22-20-4 record, a 2.81 goals against average, a .912 save percentage and three shutouts. He was acquired in a trade with the Seattle Thunderbirds shortly before the regular season began.

“He had an unbelievable year,” said Priestner. “He was the MVP of our team, and it would be hard to think of him not being back.”

Fiala is a physical stay-at-home defenceman, and one of two potential returnees the Blades could have on the back end. The other is Czech product Libor Hajek, who signed an NHL entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Up front, Shmyr topped the Blades in scoring with 35 goals and 31 assists in 66 appearances. McCarty, who missed about 35 games due to a leg injury, netted 21 goals and 16 assists in 45 contests. Hebig, who was second in team scoring with 26 goals and 43 assists in 59 games in 201516, missed the 2016-17 campaign with an upper body injury.

“It sounds like he (Hebig) is going to be medically cleared to go starting for next year’s camp,” said Priestner. “He has come

had 31 goals and 25 assists in his over-age season, and his production will have to be replaced along with the production of the potential over-agers that get moved before next season.

“It is definitely the biggest issue we have going forward,” said Priestner. “We really want to address it this summer.”

Priestner is open to trading one or both of the second-round selections the Blades have in the upcoming WHL Bantam Draft, which is set for May 4 in Calgary. Saskatoon holds the fifth and 10th overall picks in the first round, but Priestner plans to use those selections.

“This isn’t the deepest draft in the world, but there is what we feel are 10 really good high-end players,” said Priestner. “I would say right now (first-round picks) five and 10 are as close to untouchable as you can get.”

On the coaching front, Priestner expects Blades general manager Colin Priestner the entire staff will be back including head has some difficult decisions to make. coach Dean Brockman and assists Ryan (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Keller, Bryce Thoma and Jerome Engele.

Priestner praised the job that group did this a long way in his recovery.

“We are going to have a lot of big deci- past season.

“We didn’t have those wild swings of sions to make. We are going to have to be really open-minded about the six guys and emotion that some teams can get caught up in,” said Priestner. “Those guys are defiwhich three stay.”

Priestner said he wants to make a move nitely coming back.”

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Culture comes from within, no matter where you’re from

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ave you seen the televiand pride. This will stay with sion commercial about the youth as they grow into a woman who checked adulthood and become contribher ancestry on one of those uting members of society. websites where a person’s life The first year at our powcan be traced back hundreds of wow, we had eight local years? dancers. The following year The woman is surprised we had 25 local dancers, and to learn she is “36 per cent last year we had 32. This year Native American.” In the next I wouldn’t be surprised if we frame of the commercial, she is have more than 50 dancers. shown with Navajo and Hopi This is something the chilColumnist pottery in the background. dren will grow up with. This I found the ad amusing is something they can tell their because I know people like that. In fact, own children, how they used to attend I know people who say they have 10 per our powwow on our own territory. This is cent First Nations blood, and the next something I never had. This is something thing you know, you’ll see them walking most people never had while growing up around with moccasins and beaded head- on our rez. bands that look like they came right out of Back to the ancestry ad, then, I supthe 1960’s hippie days. pose 36 per cent Native American is a If you thought being a Canadian is significant amount of aboriginal ancestry. sometimes living with an identity crisis, Well, at least it’s enough to start making you should try being a member of one of pottery. the country’s First Nations. I find loss of Good for this woman who now has an identity is very real in the younger First identity she can relate to. But I’ve always Nations generation. believed it doesn’t take a German to speak This is no fault of theirs because I be- German. If a person’s heart is pure and the lieve we, the older generation, should take desire real, I believe a person can learn responsibility and reach out to them and another nation’s language and culture. teach our language, our songs, our stories In fact, I know people who have absoand all the proud traditions of our culture. lutely no aboriginal lineage who have adMany aboriginal youth have adopted opted the culture and learned the language subcultures that are not their own. Some of the First Nations. I can even say I know have gone to rap music as an escape from white people who are more First Nations the stark realities they sometimes face. than some First Nations people.

Many haven’t heard the beautiful music I know white people who wear moccatheir own people have created. sins and I also know First Nations people On my reserve, there is now an annual who wear cowboy boots. In the end, it powwow. This year will be the fourth. It doesn’t matter what’s on the outside; it’s is surprising, despite the fact that culwhat’s on the inside that matters. tural traditions are very strong, there are I wanted to check out my own ancestry people on my reserve who have never on those web pages but because of the been to a powwow or heard the songs of spelling of my last name I know they’ll our nations. Nor have they witnessed the come back and try to say I am of Polish or dances that go back to the first sound of Ukrainian ancestry. the sacred drum beat.

The proper way of saying my last The powwow held on my rez is a name is “no sky” (as opposed to yes sky). traditional powwow. What that means is However, someone pulled a Vanna White there is no competition. People dance for and inserted a vowel into my last name. the love of dancing and the music. More Now I have a name that sounds like it importantly, they dance because they are came from Eastern Europe. Maybe that’s part of something incredible — something why I feel like pulling over every time that has evolved and continues to evolve. I pass through Vegreville and taking a The music, dance and culture of this photo of myself with that giant Easter egg. continent’s founders comprise a living entity. This entity envelops people with love KNCREE@gmail.com

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Budget battles show lack of leadership

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f Premier Brad Wall had Part of the easy sell will be colluded with Prime City Hall’s futile engagement Minister Justin Trudeau to in pugilism through the courts. deliver their respective budgets The provincial government’s simultaneously, then Wall drew easy answer to this problem is the short straw. to cut the revenue sharing and Although the national media reinstate the grants. Although was reporting on the federal the grants might have some budget, the local media was national or historical sigfixated on Wall’s budget. And nificance, the revenue sharing when Wall said earlier that doesn’t. everything was on the table, he Criticism is levelled at the Columnist followed through and left no provincial government for not stone unturned. establishing a rainy-day fund to offset When governments at all levels hit wonky financial times. Should that critihard times, they have three choices – cut cism not apply to the city as well? Yes, the spending, increase debt or increase taxes, city has dedicated reserves, but they are or a combination of the three. Saskatche- for specified purposes. And the city should wan got the full meal deal. Why is anyone remember that before the Sask. Party was surprised? Even though the provincial elected, municipalities got zilch from budget is hard to stomach, equally so is the provincial governments.

Our city now has unfettered revenue response by some critics. sharing based on Provincial Sales Tax While Wall was launching doom-and(PST) revenue.

And they freely spent it, gloom warning missiles of a hard-times and more, knowing it was a fluctuating budget, Mayor Charlie Clark was spending dollar amount. his time examining the decorator’s palette If you think I agree with the provincial for paint and carpet colours for his new budget, let it be it known that I don’t. Aloffice, instead of examining the budget for potential spending cuts, given the likelithough consumer taxes are an easy target hood that a harsh provincial budget was in and an increase in the PST was expected, the offing. taking away all the exemptions, for the Meanwhile, council was busy debatmost part, hurt young families and seniors. ing their “entitlements” for spending Remember, PST also applies to our under “their” communications allowance, utility bills, which is a necessary consumseemingly lacking any understanding that able. Then again, the city is hard pressed it is not “their” money, it’s the taxpayers’ to criticize that since it continuously raises money. And council continued spending water rates and then uses some of that with nary a thought of what was coming revenue to support its budget. down the pike.

Should STC have been eliminated?

When the fundraising committee for No. In a province with a vast geographical the university’s Rutherford Rink came up mass, with pockets of sparse population short of its goal, our council blithely acspread throughout, people in need will be commodated their request for $3 million. more isolated that ever. Would it have been When the new art gallery demands more feasible to have STC reduce service and capital and/or operating funds, how can it bump up the fares a bit to offset losses? be denied?

Aren’t we all concerned about the When business steps forward and environment and climate change and demands a shift in property tax from com- encouraging the use of public transpormercial to residential, why not accommo- tation instead of private vehicles? And date them? Does it matter that businesses cutting funding to daycares for children get to write off their property tax against with disabilities is unconscionable. A total their income while residential property decimation of libraries’ funding might be taxpayers pay with after-tax dollars? Or described as draconian. Speaking only for that many residential properties got hit myself, it would have been easier to accept hard on reassessment too? a modest increase in income tax rather Besides, wasn’t this Clark’s signature then live with a blitz on the vulnerable and election platform promise not to agree our venerable institutions. to this shift in taxes? The only thing that It is perplexing that we have a federal has changed so dramatically that it would government that is increasing our debt support a reconsideration of his position by billions of dollars, and no one seems is that the civic election is over. And, of to care. We have a civic government that course, give the infill developers a break is growing our debt, and no one seems to and throw in more incentives and tax holi- care. days to businesses to “grow the city.”

But if this provincial government grows Regarding all other spending plans, it the debt, the NDP opposition jumps on the is full steam ahead. Just increase property bandwagon and turns back the clock more taxes and cut services and blame it all on than a quarter of a century (yawn) to the provincial government. It is an easy sell.

(Continued on page 9)

ELAINE HNATYSHYN

SASKATOONEXPRESS - April 3-9, 2017 - Page 9

Two things the Sask. Party government could have sliced

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rying to filter through intruders to protect their propthe long list of funding erty, but meanwhile the governcuts and reductions in ment will buy them a guard the provincial budget is like dog and/or hand them a cheque drinking from a fire hose. when they fail to safeguard their But what about what was property against a coyote. not sliced or diced?

Bottom line: since 2011, at I’d like to offer up a few least $3.6 million of taxpaysuggestions on what this govers’ money has been handed out ernment could have, or dare I by the Saskatchewan governsay should have, axed to save ment for things like dead chickColumnist money. ens and Great Pyrenees puppies.

For example, we could stop We could also get rid of the paying for dead chickens. lobbyist.

It’s called the Saskatchewan Agricul“Brad Wall to meet with (two) Trump tural Stabilization Fund (SASF), and it cabinet members when he heads to operates outside of government agencies Washington” was the headline last week already in place to, you know, stabilize on CTV.ca. agriculture, like the Saskatchewan Crop I would hope so, and Saskatchewan’s Insurance Corporation (SCIC).

U.S. lobbyist had better have arranged (All other business owners out there those meetings, and be paying for the cofwith incomes stabilized by the provincial fee and doughnuts in the boardroom. government, raise your hands.)

Since late 2009, the Saskatchewan Under the SASF Wildlife Damage government has paid an American lobbyprogram, farmers receive compensation ist $4 million, and continues to pay him a (100 per cent on claims over $150) via quarterly $100,000 US retainer.

Saskatchewan Crop Insurance for crop Don’t get me wrong, lobbyists aren’t and feed damage caused by wild animals, bad – unless they’re bad lobbyists. The including ducks, geese, sandhill cranes, latter is typically subjective. white-tailed and mule deer, antelope, elk, What I do know for sure is that bison, moose, bear, wild boar, beavers and Saskatchewan taxpayers are paying this lobbyist $100,000 US per quarter on a blackbirds. seemingly indefinite basis, which is twice What blows my mind, however, is as much as Google Inc. pays the same lobthe “predation compensation” program, byist ($50,000 US per quarter), and over which issues “100 per cent compensation three times as much as Comcast Corporafor the death of livestock or poultry due tion, the largest broadcasting and cable to predation and up to 80 per cent of the animal’s value to cover veterinary costs of TV company on the planet, pays them.

In fact, according to United States an injured animal.” government’s 2016 lobbying disclosure Between 2011 and 2016, the Saskatchreports, the province of Saskatchewan is ewan government paid out $3.6 million this lobby firm’s highest-paying customer, to farmers who lost animals to predators (in addition to the $5.4 million paid by the and the firm’s active clients include any number of multi-billion dollar, multi-nafeds). I understand that coyotes and other tional corporations from across the globe. sharp-toothed carnivores can be a major Anyway, these are just a couple of pain in the ass for farmers (never mind examples, and I realize cutting them that of the sheep into which they’ve sunk their teeth), but seriously, where is the line wouldn’t pay for the provincial deficit, or even make a dent in it, really. That said, between stabilizing, and outright payneither will the janitor cuts, or scrapping rolling an industry?

STC, or the cost of cutting the dignity SASF also writes cheques to farmers right out of Social Services’ clients’ for predator-prevention measures, includfunerals. ing “compensation for guard dogs.”

The point of this exercise is to highReally? light two things that weren’t cut from There’s some serious irony in the fact the Saskatchewan budget, and who that that 93 per cent of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) impacts, or more importantly, who it does not. voted to demand the right to shoot human

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mock budget and how they would have dealt with our current financial woes.

(Continued from page 8) Lest you think I am stumping for the the old days of Grant Devine, all the while Sask. Party, dumping on the NDP and patting themselves on the back for saving jumping on the city, rest assured my the province from bankruptcy. And we disgust and disappointment for the lack quickly forget how they closed hospitals, of foresight and leadership abilities of all let the provincial roadways fall in ruin, and three entities is shared equally. harshly cut spending for one and all.

Folks, the boom is over, welcome to the Before I take at face value one iota of bust. criticism from the NDP, I want to see their ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

Page 8 - SASKATOONEXPRESS - April 3-9, 2017

Budget battles show lack of leadership

I

f Premier Brad Wall had Part of the easy sell will be colluded with Prime City Hall’s futile engagement Minister Justin Trudeau to in pugilism through the courts. deliver their respective budgets The provincial government’s simultaneously, then Wall drew easy answer to this problem is the short straw. to cut the revenue sharing and Although the national media reinstate the grants. Although was reporting on the federal the grants might have some budget, the local media was national or historical sigfixated on Wall’s budget. And nificance, the revenue sharing when Wall said earlier that doesn’t. everything was on the table, he Criticism is levelled at the Columnist followed through and left no provincial government for not stone unturned. establishing a rainy-day fund to offset When governments at all levels hit wonky financial times. Should that critihard times, they have three choices – cut cism not apply to the city as well? Yes, the spending, increase debt or increase taxes, city has dedicated reserves, but they are or a combination of the three. Saskatche- for specified purposes. And the city should wan got the full meal deal. Why is anyone remember that before the Sask. Party was surprised? Even though the provincial elected, municipalities got zilch from budget is hard to stomach, equally so is the provincial governments.

Our city now has unfettered revenue response by some critics. sharing based on Provincial Sales Tax While Wall was launching doom-and(PST) revenue.

And they freely spent it, gloom warning missiles of a hard-times and more, knowing it was a fluctuating budget, Mayor Charlie Clark was spending dollar amount. his time examining the decorator’s palette If you think I agree with the provincial for paint and carpet colours for his new budget, let it be it known that I don’t. Aloffice, instead of examining the budget for potential spending cuts, given the likelithough consumer taxes are an easy target hood that a harsh provincial budget was in and an increase in the PST was expected, the offing. taking away all the exemptions, for the Meanwhile, council was busy debatmost part, hurt young families and seniors. ing their “entitlements” for spending Remember, PST also applies to our under “their” communications allowance, utility bills, which is a necessary consumseemingly lacking any understanding that able. Then again, the city is hard pressed it is not “their” money, it’s the taxpayers’ to criticize that since it continuously raises money. And council continued spending water rates and then uses some of that with nary a thought of what was coming revenue to support its budget. down the pike.

Should STC have been eliminated?

When the fundraising committee for No. In a province with a vast geographical the university’s Rutherford Rink came up mass, with pockets of sparse population short of its goal, our council blithely acspread throughout, people in need will be commodated their request for $3 million. more isolated that ever. Would it have been When the new art gallery demands more feasible to have STC reduce service and capital and/or operating funds, how can it bump up the fares a bit to offset losses? be denied?

Aren’t we all concerned about the When business steps forward and environment and climate change and demands a shift in property tax from com- encouraging the use of public transpormercial to residential, why not accommo- tation instead of private vehicles? And date them? Does it matter that businesses cutting funding to daycares for children get to write off their property tax against with disabilities is unconscionable. A total their income while residential property decimation of libraries’ funding might be taxpayers pay with after-tax dollars? Or described as draconian. Speaking only for that many residential properties got hit myself, it would have been easier to accept hard on reassessment too? a modest increase in income tax rather Besides, wasn’t this Clark’s signature then live with a blitz on the vulnerable and election platform promise not to agree our venerable institutions. to this shift in taxes? The only thing that It is perplexing that we have a federal has changed so dramatically that it would government that is increasing our debt support a reconsideration of his position by billions of dollars, and no one seems is that the civic election is over. And, of to care. We have a civic government that course, give the infill developers a break is growing our debt, and no one seems to and throw in more incentives and tax holi- care. days to businesses to “grow the city.”

But if this provincial government grows Regarding all other spending plans, it the debt, the NDP opposition jumps on the is full steam ahead. Just increase property bandwagon and turns back the clock more taxes and cut services and blame it all on than a quarter of a century (yawn) to the provincial government. It is an easy sell.

(Continued on page 9)

ELAINE HNATYSHYN

SASKATOONEXPRESS - April 3-9, 2017 - Page 9

Two things the Sask. Party government could have sliced

T

rying to filter through intruders to protect their propthe long list of funding erty, but meanwhile the governcuts and reductions in ment will buy them a guard the provincial budget is like dog and/or hand them a cheque drinking from a fire hose. when they fail to safeguard their But what about what was property against a coyote. not sliced or diced?

Bottom line: since 2011, at I’d like to offer up a few least $3.6 million of taxpaysuggestions on what this govers’ money has been handed out ernment could have, or dare I by the Saskatchewan governsay should have, axed to save ment for things like dead chickColumnist money. ens and Great Pyrenees puppies.

For example, we could stop We could also get rid of the paying for dead chickens. lobbyist.

It’s called the Saskatchewan Agricul“Brad Wall to meet with (two) Trump tural Stabilization Fund (SASF), and it cabinet members when he heads to operates outside of government agencies Washington” was the headline last week already in place to, you know, stabilize on CTV.ca. agriculture, like the Saskatchewan Crop I would hope so, and Saskatchewan’s Insurance Corporation (SCIC).

U.S. lobbyist had better have arranged (All other business owners out there those meetings, and be paying for the cofwith incomes stabilized by the provincial fee and doughnuts in the boardroom. government, raise your hands.)

Since late 2009, the Saskatchewan Under the SASF Wildlife Damage government has paid an American lobbyprogram, farmers receive compensation ist $4 million, and continues to pay him a (100 per cent on claims over $150) via quarterly $100,000 US retainer.

Saskatchewan Crop Insurance for crop Don’t get me wrong, lobbyists aren’t and feed damage caused by wild animals, bad – unless they’re bad lobbyists. The including ducks, geese, sandhill cranes, latter is typically subjective. white-tailed and mule deer, antelope, elk, What I do know for sure is that bison, moose, bear, wild boar, beavers and Saskatchewan taxpayers are paying this lobbyist $100,000 US per quarter on a blackbirds. seemingly indefinite basis, which is twice What blows my mind, however, is as much as Google Inc. pays the same lobthe “predation compensation” program, byist ($50,000 US per quarter), and over which issues “100 per cent compensation three times as much as Comcast Corporafor the death of livestock or poultry due tion, the largest broadcasting and cable to predation and up to 80 per cent of the animal’s value to cover veterinary costs of TV company on the planet, pays them.

In fact, according to United States an injured animal.” government’s 2016 lobbying disclosure Between 2011 and 2016, the Saskatchreports, the province of Saskatchewan is ewan government paid out $3.6 million this lobby firm’s highest-paying customer, to farmers who lost animals to predators (in addition to the $5.4 million paid by the and the firm’s active clients include any number of multi-billion dollar, multi-nafeds). I understand that coyotes and other tional corporations from across the globe. sharp-toothed carnivores can be a major Anyway, these are just a couple of pain in the ass for farmers (never mind examples, and I realize cutting them that of the sheep into which they’ve sunk their teeth), but seriously, where is the line wouldn’t pay for the provincial deficit, or even make a dent in it, really. That said, between stabilizing, and outright payneither will the janitor cuts, or scrapping rolling an industry?

STC, or the cost of cutting the dignity SASF also writes cheques to farmers right out of Social Services’ clients’ for predator-prevention measures, includfunerals. ing “compensation for guard dogs.”

The point of this exercise is to highReally? light two things that weren’t cut from There’s some serious irony in the fact the Saskatchewan budget, and who that that 93 per cent of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) impacts, or more importantly, who it does not. voted to demand the right to shoot human

TAMMY ROBERT

Hnatyshyn

mock budget and how they would have dealt with our current financial woes.

(Continued from page 8) Lest you think I am stumping for the the old days of Grant Devine, all the while Sask. Party, dumping on the NDP and patting themselves on the back for saving jumping on the city, rest assured my the province from bankruptcy. And we disgust and disappointment for the lack quickly forget how they closed hospitals, of foresight and leadership abilities of all let the provincial roadways fall in ruin, and three entities is shared equally. harshly cut spending for one and all.

Folks, the boom is over, welcome to the Before I take at face value one iota of bust. criticism from the NDP, I want to see their ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

SASKATOONEXPRESS - April 3-9, 2017 - Page 10

SHE Modelling fashion show to benefit city’s sober house Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express ary Obrodovich didn’t have to look far to select Alexander’s House as the recipient of funds from her agency’s Total Woman Trade & Fashion Show.

One of Obrodovich’s SHE models has a brother – Alex Reisinger – who died from an opiate overdose. Alexander’s House, the city’s only sober living home, was opened last year through the generosity of Alex’s parents, Al and Laurel Reisinger. They named it in honour of their son, who was 23 when he died in 2014.

The Reisingers built the home, but it operates as a non-profit.

“My business is all about young people, so it is upsetting when I hear of a young person losing their life,” Obrodovich said. “When you know the family, it is a bit closer to me. I am happy I have chosen this particular non-profit.”

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“Often the person in recovery has never had a chance to practise some of the skills for daily living due to the issues that the disease has affected over the years.”

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SHE’s Total Woman Trade & Fashion Show will be held April 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn (Garden Ballroom).

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Views of the World Put me down for June 4 in the impeachment pool

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anice Hough, on Uber halting selfdriving car tests in Phoenix following a crash involving one of its SUVs: “Uber’s cars are still probably safer than those driven by snowbirds.”

• Torben Rolfsen, on the NHL deciding to play two exhibition games in China: “Gary Bettman finally found a place that won’t boo him.”

• From U.S. columnist, author Rick Reilly: “Thank you President Trump for saving coal jobs. Next, can you please save telegram operators and bowling alley pinsetters?”

• Hough, on McDonald’s saying it will start making its Quarter-Pounders with fresh beef: “Is this a change in which the meat is fresh or that it’s beef?”

• Rolfsen, on the Phoenix Suns starting the youngest lineup in NBA history: “They didn’t win, but afterwards coach Earl Watson took them out for pizza and ice cream.”

• From Winnipeg Free Press writer Randy Turner: “All you idiots who criticize the Jets, conveniently forget how they almost always peak just before the playoffs.”

• From Hough: “Interesting how the

pre-seasons for the NBA and MLB are ending about the same time.”

• From Rolfsen: “Final Four: it’s the Pacific Northwest against the Carolinas.

Legal weed versus gender-specific restrooms.”

• Montreal columnist Jack Todd on the likelihood of Toronto making the NHL playoffs: “The Leafs are going to ruin spring.”

• Todd was asked if he would like a Leafs-Habs series: “No. I’d have to see in the press box, AKA the Leafs cheering section.”

• Hough, on Ivanka Trump getting a White House desk and top-level security clearance: “I wonder if Donald will invite Tiffany to the Easter egg hunt.”

• A tweet from snowboarder Mark McMorris on Friday: “Past week has been the hardest week of my life. Sorry for the silence. I almost died and now I’m trying to get better. Stories are coming.”

• Rolfsen, on Mark Davis saying the Raiders could play in Oakland through 2019: “Why? Is he getting stand-in work filming more Dumb and Dumber sequels in Oakland?”

• Dave Dickenson, coach of the

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Russ Howard.

• In NHL news, a faulty generator forced the Columbus Blue Jackets plane to turn back to Raleigh. Meanwhile in Winnipeg, even Patrick Laine can’t turn the Jets around.

• Gregg Popovich said he plans to use up Manu Ginobili “like a bar of soap” until the day the storied guard leaves the Spurs. Well, at least it will be a clean break.

• A Miami Open tennis match had an unusual spectator: an iguana perched atop the scoreboard. It seems Philadelphia isn’t the only place with cold-blooded sports fans.

• Some Swedish skaters rescued wild pigs from a frozen lake by sliding them to safety like curling stones. When Americans heard about it, they said “See? Curling is boaring.”

• Media speculation has been rampant that the Seahawks plan to trade Richard Sherman. That’s right, it’s been a scoop fest.

• RIP Chuck Barris. It may surprise younger readers to know there was a time when Gong Show didn’t refer to the N.Y. Knicks.

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• How hard did the FBI look for Tom Brady’s missing jersey? By accident they found Jimmy Hoffa’s body, Amelia Earhart’s plane and George Washington’s false teeth.

• Supermodel Bo Krsmanovic, 25, told Maxim Magazine her modelling career took off a few years ago. Based on her nude cover shot, that’s not all that’s taken off.

• The NFL plans to relax its celebration rules after touchdowns. “Touchdowns?” asked the L.A. Rams.

• Iceland is having a baby boom nine months after its historic Euro Cup win over England. It took a while, but finally a soccer game with a big scoring summary.

• Madeira Island unveiled a bronze cast of Cristiano Ronaldo’s head so hideous, the ridicule has gone viral. It’s such a disappointing bust, the Cleveland Browns have drafted it.

• A town of 60 people in Pennsylvania is up for sale for $US 1.5 million.

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Calgary Stampeders, was asked for his opinion on the new football stadium in Regina: “No comment on that. We’re working on our own project in Calgary.”

What a Dickenson.

• Hough, on the Classics Concert series this summer featuring the Eagles, Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, and Earth Wind & Fire: “Based on the target audience demographic, can we assume all tickets will include a senior-citizen discount?”

• Rolfsen, on Arkansas trying to pass a law allowing guns at football games: “Ridiculous, but maybe the only thing that could break Alabama’s stranglehold on the SEC.” • I wonder how many people have impeachment pools.

• Hockey analyst and Leafs fan Craig Simpson came up with a new one last week: “A gratuitous bounce.”

• Play-by-play guy Jim Hughson likes

the Leafs as well. Most players bring the puck up the ice, but William Nylander “flies.”

• I am ready to concede Auston Matthews is the rookie of the year in the NHL. • Unfortunately this is a sign of the times. The Argonauts released Ricky Foley via a text message from the assistant general manager. As Foley said on Twitter, “Way to keep it classy Argos.”

• From Hough: “Has it occurred to anyone in the Trump administration that Mexico builds tunnels a lot faster than we could build a wall?”

• One in four Americans believes the sun revolves around the Earth. This explains 25 per cent of Donald Trump’s support.

• Vancouver police are searching for a male who walked into a restaurant and urinated into a wine glass. Personally, I’ve always preferred Pinot.

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Go2Girls join Go2Guys in renovations and design Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express askatoon’s Go2Guys corporate family now has Go2Girls.

While Go2Girls officially launched late last fall, it had been in the works for a few years now, said Kari Hollingsworth, a longtime interior design artist and now Go2Girls’ general manager.

Go2Girls provides services ranging from residential and commercial cleaning services, to staging and styling homes for sale and interior renovation projects.

“It is really an organic evolution of the services the Go2Guys have been providing Saskatoon for over seven years. We recognized a growing need for interior services, especially styling and staging for Saskatoon realtors — and they are loving it.”

Saskatoon entrepreneur Shane Regush started Go2Guys because he recognized a need for attention to detail and customer service within the trades and renovation business.

“He had been working with his dad managing his two housing companies, where his job was to pick out any slight deficiency in the interior or exterior points of the build,” said Hollingsworth. “After years of managing, he went on to start his own company, using his skills and attention to detail in every project he

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She says Regush’s experience was a perfect fit with her interiors experience, making it easier for a client with a large project to hire one company they trust.

“Shane and I have been close friends for years and have been talking about ways we could work together and complement each other’s skills. Now was the perfect time,” said Hollingsworth. “Because of our close connection we are a very family-oriented business, and have several staff members who are also part of our individual families.”

Hollingsworth said the Go2 brand as a home grown, family-owned business is one of the reasons the company takes great pride in customer service and attention to detail big or small, whether on a cleaning project, or a whole home interior or exterior renovation.

She often collaborates with her mother, also an artist and designer, on international projects both in the Bahamas and the United States.

“Mixing a client’s personal style with key design elements is a must. I always say that if you walk into a space and immediately know I decorated it, I have not done my job. The end result is always about my clients, I just pull it all together.

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“We know kids and adults of all ages will be amazed by the Komodo dragons,” Tim Sinclair-Smith, manager of park and zoo, said in a news release. “Having these unique animals in Saskatoon provides a great opportunity for us to talk about threatened species around the world, including those in our own backyard.”

The Komodo dragons are currently on loan from the Calgary Zoo and will be featured at here for the 2017 season. The exhibit was made possible through the Saskatoon Zoo Foundation.

“The Saskatoon Zoo Foundation is thrilled to embrace the opportunity to be part of the Komodo Island exhibit,” Dawn Woroniuk, executive director of Saskatoon Zoo Foundation said in the release. “Working with the zoo and many local sponsors, we were able to create a world-class exhibit in a short amount of time. We hope this exhibit will help bring awareness to the Saskatoon Zoo Foundation as we continue to work tirelessly to build for the future of this facility.”

From September to April, the zoo is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from May to August, daily hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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Head & Shoulders good for more than dandruff Dear Reena, Do you have any suggestions for how to remove blood spots from a pillowcase?

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Dancer Lina Kazan, singer Celedonio Garrido and pianistguitarist Daniel Regnier came together to form Flamenco Borealis, which will stage Corazon Loco. They have a deep commitment to artistic work and are striving to go beyond the flamenco tradition through innovation and fusion with other genres. 9 p.m. The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North.

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Le Boeuf twin brothers, Pascal on piano and Remy on saxophone, from Santa Cruz, Ca., mix the solid swing of jazz tradition with hip-hop, indie rock and classic modernism. They are celebrating the release of a new album, imaginist. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $23 and $28.

Church (2802 Rusholme Road). Music students from ages six to 26 perform show tunes in costume. Monday and Wednesday sessions are at 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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***** Easter tea & bake sale from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at St. George’s Cathedral auditorium (210 Avenue M South).

Featured are Easter breads, sausage, pysanky, ethnic april 7 food, raffles, door prizes and much more. It’s $3 for adults Army Navy & Air Force veterans club unit #38 three-table Easter meat draw. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 359 First Ave. North. and $2 for those six to 12 years old to attend.

Members are invited to bring friends for shuffleboard, april 9 pool, darts, cards. After the draws, there will be dancing to The Saskatoon Branch, Saskatchewan Genealogical the tunes of Forever Young.

Society (SBSGS) is hosting an introductory class on genealogy research. The presenter will look how to start april 7-9 your research, where to go locally and online, DNA testing Bridge City Artists exhibition of recent paintings: April 7 and answer questions. This is a fundraising and education from 7 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., April 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 9 from noon until 4 p.m. Albert Community Cen- event open to the public. Seating is limited to 40 spots. tre basement entrance. For more information, visit http:// 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Alice Turner Library (110 Nelson Road). Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. For bridgecityartists.weebly.com/. more information, contact Tammy Vallee at 306-260-3404 or tammy.vallee@shaw.ca. *****

***** Guitar master Pavlo in concert at 8 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre. Tickets are $38, plus service charge. Reserved Glassart 17, the annual show of the Saskatoon Glassworkseating. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Broadway Theatre or by calling 306-652-6556 or online at ers Guild. It is a chance to view the work of guild members. Guild members will also conduct demonstrations. www.broadwaytheatre.ca.

There will be a silent auction of some pieces. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April 7 and April 8, and april 9 Kids of Note and The Notations will present Canada Rocks, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 9. The show will be held at the Galleria at 15 Innovation Boulevard at Innovation a tribute to Canadians who shone n rock, pop and folk Place. Follow the signs from Preston Avenue. Admission realms. Both choirs are filled with children, youth and is free. For more information, visit www.saskatoonglassyoung adults, with and without disabilities, who love to sing. 2 p.m. Grosvenor Park United Church. Tickets - $10 workersguild.org. and free for those under six.

***** Amnesty International’s 40th anniversary in Saskatoon reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Delta Bessborough Hotel, Battleford Room. Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada will speak at 2:30 p.m.

RSVP by March 29 by contacting Lydia Mutyaba at LMutyaba@amnesty.ca or by calling 416-363-9933 #338 or 1-800-266-3789.

april 12

april 12

Juno award-winning Canadian folk singer and songwriter James Keelaghan returns to The Bassment for a s third time. He’s known for his baritone voice, driving guitar rhythms and a keen sense of scene and narrative. 8 p.m.

The Bassment. Tickets - $25 and $35.

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Canadian Club of Saskatoon invites you to hear Dr. William Waiser, professor at the U of S and author, speak about april 8 the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge at the La Troupe du Jour presents the francophone representa***** tion of Baobab at 11 a.m. at the Remai Arts Centre. Tickets Sheraton Cavalier Hotel. Registration is at 11:30 a.m.

With a 25-year career as a country music vocalist, Lisa There will be a hot noon buffet costing $20 for members are $7 and are available at the Persephone Theatre box Brokop has eight records and eight Juno nominations. Her and $25 for non-members. Call Laura at 306-931-6790 office and by calling 306-384-7727. special project honours the music of Patsy Cline, including for reservations. the hits like Crazy, Sweet Dreams and Walkin’ After Mid***** night. 7:30 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $35 and $45. april 19 Easter ham supper, St. Martin’s United Church (2617 National Association of Federal Retirees Members Supper Clarence Ave. South). Sittings at 4:30, 5:15, 6 and 6:30. ***** and Annual General Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at SmiWheelchair accessible & meals on wheels. Adults: $15, Classical Variety Night: This is the final concert of the children (5-10) $6, under 5 free. For tickets call the church ley’s Buffet and Event Centre (702 Circle Drive East.) Cost Galliard Foundation’s sixth season. It will feature talented is $10 each for members and $20 for their guests. Eligible office at 306-343-7101 or Kathy at 306-343-0082. local musicians performing music they love. The event for membership are all federal retirees and employees and will be held at the Grosvenor Park United Church, starting their partners including surviving partners. Membership is ***** at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation. Come enjoy some available to departmental workers, Armed Forces, RCMP. Flea market and craft sale, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at great music. For more information, visit galliard.alyssasPlease confirm your attendance by April 7 by calling either Western Development Museum (2610 Lorne Avenue) music.ca or email galliard.foundation@gmail.com.

Something for everyone. Free admission, 50/50 draw, free 306-374-5450 or 306-373-5812. For more details visit parking. Sponsored by Pioneer Threshermen’s Club of the our website at federalretirees.ca and click on Saskatoon ***** WDM. For more information, email dkmcknight@shaw.ca Branch.

The Bridge City Brass Band under the direction of Ian Krips will be performing at Grace Westminster United Church at 2:30 p.m. The band will be performing a diverse program of music. Special guests are the Saskatoon Brass Band Youth Band under the direction of Aaron Bueckert.

Admission is by donation.

Free lecture on a “Path to Health” 7 p.m. at Station 20 West (1120, 20th St. West) by Dr. Flörchinger, M.D. from Germany. Learn a simple meditative practice for self-help used in free-to-access community circles in over 100 countries. For more info, call 306-664-3331, email circle. saskatoon@gmail.com or see http://northamerica.brunogroening.org.

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Artists’ Workshop: Annual Show and Sale. Grace Westminster Church (505 10th Street East)y. April 21 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., April 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and April 23 from noon to 4 p.m. Presented by Virginia Beaubier, Margaret Bremner, Bobbi Clackson-Walker, Jean Dudley, Kathryn Green, Lorraine Khachatourians, Val Miles, Paige Mortensen, Valerie Munch, Sharron Schoenfeld, and Marilyn Weiss. For further information, visit https://artistsworkshop.ca.

april 22

Join Saskatoon’s March for Science from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Earth Day at Victoria Park to show your solidarity for science. Dress in science-themed costumes!

Bring your fave animal stuffies! Stay for the all-ages EcoFair!www.facebook.com/marchforscience/events or www.marchforscience.com/rsvp.

may 7

The Saskatoon SPCA auxiliary is hosting its open house at the SPCA animal shelter on Clarence Avenue South from noon until 4 p.m. Come join the fun, which includes a silent auction, bake sale, raffle and tables of treasures.

Donations of baking can be dropped off May 7 before noon at the shelter. For more information, please contact Bev at 306-384-6078.

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