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Saskatoon Ex pours on the patriotism Ned Powers Saskatoon Express askatoon Exhibition organizers are being patriotic and practical in choosing the artists who will perform at their grandstand shows in August.

In celebrating Canada 150, all of the headliners will be Canadian. The dynamic Johnny Reid, back for the second time in four years, is the opening night attraction on Aug. 8. Rising star Alessia Cara is booked for Aug. 9. The Strumbellas arrive on Aug. 10. Canadian Music Hall of Fame stars Blue Rodeo appear on Aug. 11. Big Sugar provides the traditional classic rock package on Aug. 12.

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“We always have a wish list,” said Susan Kuzma, manager of special events, “and some really good buying opportunities came our way this year.”

The practical value in hiring Canadian talent is that the Ex can avoid paying the high exchange rates in dealing with American artists.

“When we talked to Johnny Reid’s people back in November, they told us that Johnny wanted to concentrate on festivals this summer. Johnny gave us a great show when he was at the Ex in 2014 and the reaction to his signing just lit up our telephone lines. The grandstand acts do reflect the demographics coming to the park on

any given night,” said Kuzma.

Although Reid was born in Scotland, he moved to Canada with his family in 1988 when he was 13, and they settled in Brampton, Ont. He won Juno awards for country music in 2010, 2011 and 2013 and as an adult contemporary singer in 2014.

Star power on a Tuesday is also essential if the Ex wants to reach better than 200,000 in six-day attendance. Last year’s total was 210,055. The all-time record was 221,154 in 2012.

Kuzma’s second catch was Cara, who won a Juno as a breakthrough artist in 2016. Her single, Here, reached No. 5 in the United States and appeared on TV’s

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“She’s the up-and-coming star, highly rated on all the Billboard charts, she’s coming to Saskatchewan for the first time and when the chance came in December, we jumped at it.”

Kuzma said Blue Rodeo is always on The Exhibition’s short list “and I think they are among the acts that like to get out and sing in the outdoors and in front of a grandstand like ours. We have a special atmosphere with our setting. With 6,000 seats in the grandstand and lots of space on the tarmac, not many exhibitions in Canada have this kind of venue anymore.”

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I found myself wonderThe Mercury used to have ing that when, doing some a moderating effect, said the research last week, I stumbled councillor: “If you said someon a helpful article in The thing really significant online, Washington Post. There, just the press would have picked it under the paper’s flag, was this up and checked it out.” Note: incredible, alliterative statethat’s a politician, no less, credment (capitalized). It is, appariting the press for the mainteColumnist ently, the first-ever tagline or nance of sanity and accuracy. motto adopted by the venerA handful of journalists able American newspaper. are trying to keep an eye on Guelph city This slogan, should you wonder, does council, appearing at news conferences, predate the news-loathing U.S. president. and plucking a few stories out of the daily The Post decided to create a tagline about grind. The good people of Guelph are at a year before it was launched in February. least getting some real news, although apAccording to a story in the Post itself, its parently crime is off the table; no one has owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, heard the time or the money to sit in court all day. it in a speech given by — wait for it — Meanwhile, in a recent Pew Research the legendary journalist Bob Woodward. poll, fully 86 per cent of people said they That’s the same Bob Woodward who, could get their news online, no problem, if along with Carl Bernstein, took down their daily paper croaked. another American president.

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Donald Trump era. According to Houpt, In the decision he wrote, “Democracy “The New York Times and The Washdies in the dark.” So Woodward was close, ington Post, especially, have benefited and obviously, he remembered that stunfrom a so-called Trump Bump as readers, ning, poignant long-ago comment, among prompted by a chaotic presidency and the millions of court decisions, reports, concern over the explosion of fake news, papers and other documents he has perused. rushed to buy new subscriptions . . . “ If anyone knows how important the press is You probably thought I’d never get to democracy, that would be Woodward. around to Saskatoon. But here I am, with Democracy dies in darkness. Guelph, a local example: the excellent primer on Ontario may have learned that the hard way, the Remai Modern produced by Phil Tank and still, down the road, might. In a brilliant in the StarPhoenix. Our Elaine Hnatyshyn piece of work by Simon Houpt of the Globe has done similar work. And I ask, where and Mail, we learn that Guelph journalists would someone learn about the issues with are trying to keep their community informed our gallery, and how their tax dollars are after the daily paper, The Mercury, died. being spent? Sure, one could look up and Since then, according to Guelph coun- sift through all the facts and figures on art cillor Mike Salisbury, social media has be- galleries in three provinces, then figure out come “an indispensable source of news,” what they mean. But do people have time? but it has also “sickened” city politics.

Do they know where to find the resources?

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Theatre on the Fringe returns to Broadway Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express ne of Saskatoon’s most popular summer events is back for another year, and it’s expected to attract tens of thousands of visitors to the city’s Broadway area.

The annual PotashCorp Fringe Theatre Festival – which has also been dubbed Saskatoon’s largest street festival – runs Aug. 3 to 12. This year’s 10-day event will feature dozens of theatre performances at seven venues on and around Broadway Avenue, as well as more than 150 vendors – including craft, international market and food vendors – located outdoors on the festival site.

“We have a great offering this year,” said Colin Grant with 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc., which produces the Fringe.

“We have 34 different shows happening in the 10 days of our festival. . . Each of them gets seven individual shows, so that means we have 238 individual theatre shows happening in 10 days in the Broadway area, which is an insane amount of theatre.”

The theatre artists hail from various locations across Canada, including Saskatchewan, and international locales such as the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. There will also be a mix of Fringe veterans and newcomers taking to the stage.

“I think it’s important to us to make sure that we have theatre from all different levels and all different places, so our entry process is first-come, first-served,”

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“We send out theatre applications in September, so people apply, and we have a certain set number that we take provincially, nationally and internationally.”

Based on 2016 attendance numbers, this year’s Fringe Festival is expected to draw about 12,000 theatre patrons, with show tickets priced at $15. However, the annual event has much to offer people who won’t be attending a paid theatre show; about 75,000 outdoor attendees are expected to check out the various vendors and music and circle busking performances in the Broadway area, which are free for the public to attend.

The circle buskers will perform at two of the intersections on Broadway Avenue, which will be closed to vehicle traffic during specific times.

Preview Night and Spoof Night will also be back again this year. Preview Night, slated for Aug. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre, will offer twominute previews of all 34 shows. Tickets are $12 each or two for $20. During Spoof Night, scheduled for Aug. 9 at 11 p.m. at Kinsmen Hall/Cosmo Hall, performers will satirize and parody each other’s shows. Tickets are $15.

An interesting addition to the Fringe this year is a free show that will be held at 8 p.m. on Aug. 3, on an outdoor stage at 11th Street and Dufferin Avenue, in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary. The production, which is entitled The Dream Catchers, is a Canada 150 Signature project that is funded by the

Organizers of the PotashCorp Fringe Theatre Festival are making every effort to ensure the event is fun for the whole family. federal government and produced by Confederation Centre of the Arts. It is a musical that features new original material from artists such as Emm Gryner, Kinnie Starr, Paper Lions, Fred Penner and more, and combines hip hop, spoken word and folk with contemporary and

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(Continued from page 1) he Strumbellas are considered alternative country and indie rock. They were Juno winners in 2016 and the single Young and Wild is their 2017 hit.

Big Sugar was a star Canadian band in blues and reggae from 1991 until 2004, taking some time off and coming back in 2010 better than ever.

Action in front of the grandstand on Aug. 13, the closing night of the Ex, will again feature the Crash ‘n Bash Demolition Derby, unique because it is rarely staged on an asphalt surface and consistently attracts a full house. In between heats, Longshot plays the kind of music that has customers up and dancing.

All of the grandstand shows are free with the general admission ticket. New this year will be the option of buying grandstand front row boxes, with a shared box for 15 available for $495, and a full box for 30 available for $990. Those purchases include the gate admission ticket and free parking.

The Exhibition has already attracted outside media attention because it will feature a ride in the North American Midway Entertainment lineup that not even the Calgary Stampede had this year.

The Zipper, a ride which contains 12 free-flipping cars attached to the long, oblong centre frame, didn’t appear in Calgary because the one owned by the prime contractors has been retired from service. Saskatoon, however, has the luxury of using sub-contracted units from West Coast Amusements and they just happened to have a quality unit.

Chances are strong that the Fire Ball will not be in operation during the Ex. A malfunction of a Fire Ball ride at the Ohio State Fair on July 26 resulted in the death of one of the riders. Scooter Korek, vice-president of client relations for North American Midway, said that while “our company was not the provider of the ride at the Ohio State Fair, we will take precautionary safety steps and will keep our Fire Ball units closed until further notice from the manufacturer.”

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The fun can turn you upside down at the Ex. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

lineup for adult riders. Mach 3 is back and will require eight tickets. Most other adult rides will require five or six tickets. The best Superpass bargain still on sale, until Aug 4, is one for $39.99.

One of the most spectacular catches this year will be Circus Hotel, an inventive piece of work from Montreal’s Dominic Lacasse, mixing theatrics with cirque-type stunts. It is Lacasse’s first booking in Saskatoon and an exclusive signing on the Prairie circuit. There are two 40-minute performances a day at 5 and 8:30 p.m. in Hall C, which can accommodate 900 customers.

The Ex is also flashing back to a traditional thrill show with The Nerveless Nocks, who will work three times a day at 3, 6:30 and 8 p.m., outdoors east of the Log Cabin.

The performers will entertain on the sway pole and the tower of chairs, shift into high gear on motorcycles inside the globe and then perform with two riders and two motorcycles at a time in The Globe of Death.

The Flying Fools, an act created by Yves Milord, will leap off different levels — three metres, six metres, nine metres and 25 metres — into a metal-encased pool.

They will be on North Concession Row at 4:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. each day.

There are entertainment packages that never wear out their welcome. They include the President’s Choice SuperDogs in Hall E at 4, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., and

Tyzner, the master hypnotist, in Hall C at 3:30, 7:15 and 9:30 p.m.

There will be a Canadian Citizenship ceremony on Aug. 10 at 12:30, a welcoming party for 30 new Canadians. And on that same Canada 150 day, spudnuts, one of the most popular eating treats, will be sold for a bargain of $1.50 each.

Before the gates open at the grounds, Tuesday’s schedule begins at 10 a.m. with the downtown parade.

The route remains the same as last year: From 24th Street and Spadina Crescent East, it moves west to Fourth Avenue, south to 20th Street, east to Spadina Crescent East and back north to 24th Street. There are about 100 entries.

General admission price is $16, with youth from 11 to 15 admitted for $12 and children 10 and under free if accompanied by an adult. They will be charged $9 if they are on their own. Preferred parking is $10 a day.

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Children 12 and under ride buses free on Wednesday and 60-plus seniors ride free on Thursday. Motorists are asked to find alternate routes, instead of all collecting at Lorne and Ruth. Traffic lights will be erected at Lorne and Ruth by September but not in time for this year’s fair.

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enny Shields once told Kenny, it was resiliency. me, “I’ve never pretendAfter joining his first band, ed to be anything else but Witness Incorporated, Kenny what you see on stage.” suffered serious injuries in a 1969 A pre-eminent Canadian rock car accident and doctors told him and roll singer and front man, he’d never regain the energy to somewhat in the style of Rod perform again. It took until 1975, Stewart and Mick Jagger, he sang but he did. his favourites, always surrounded Streetheart began to take by the familiar and trusty bandshape in 1977 and they were hot mates in Streetheart. on the Prairies. They never quite His audiences loved his songs broke the American market but like Action, Hollywood, Look in did tour with Styx, Blue OysPeople Your Eyes, What Kind of Love ter Cult and AC/DC. By 1984, Is This, One More Time, Snow in Kenny’s words, “the band White and many more. Canadian diehards crashed and burned. We lost track of where will say Kenny sang Under My Thumb bet- our feet should have been.” ter than Jagger, the song’s original recording But because Kenny and his partners artist. missed the music, they took stock, especially Kenny died at St. Boniface Hospital of money-handling, and came back to sustain on July 21 at the age of 69, after cardiac themselves. surgery. Gone is a man who was a genuine In June, 2000, Kenny was running in an Prairie boy from Nokomis, someone who open field outside of Winnipeg. just wanted to sing and was very grateful and “My heart was working three times hardappreciative of how audiences reacted to his er than normal and it really felt like my heart performances. He was, above all, open and was going to explode,” he said. “Nobody candid. knew where I was.” Gradually his heartbeat I first met Kenny in 1975. His was a stabilized. He walked away slowly, called story filled with ups and downs, near-misses a taxi and went to emergency. He dodged a and challenges, the kind of stuff that might bullet again. win favour from a Hollywood screenwriter.

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We talked for the last time in June. He was worried that dementia was sneaking up on him, but he was confident he’d still remember the lyrics. He wanted to be well so he could come to the Delta Bessborough Gardens for a Sunday night date in August.

But by early July, on stage in Sherwood Park, he got confused, couldn’t remember the words and that was the end of a performing career.

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Regrettably, the onset of dementia and the recurring heart problem caught up with him almost simultaneously.

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Theatre venues: This year’s locations are the Broadway Theatre, Grace Westminster Church (upper and lower), Kinsmen Hall/Cosmo Hall, The Refinery, Victoria School gymnasium and (Continued from page 3) Victoria School upstairs auditorium. that “a really natural extension of that” Street festival hours: Road closures is the street festival. In past years, oron Broadway Avenue will be in effect ganizers have “definitely made a swing from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on weekdays towards trying to make sure the festival and from noon to 10:30 p.m. on weekis lots of fun for families,” he added. ends and holidays.

This year there will be four different Travel: Why not ride the bus or take KidsFringe shows. your bike? You can ride the bus for free “I think that allowing everyone from with a Fringe button. You can also park all areas and all ages coming to explore your bicycle at the bike valet in front of this art is something that really brings it Victoria School. to life,” said Grant.

Website: PotashCorpFringe.ca When asked how he would describe Social media: #yxefringe the PotashCorp Fringe Theatre Festival, TA073114 Tammy Grant used the term “celebratory.”

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University of Saskatchewan students Jack Fotheringham (left) and Mitch Cassidy pose for a photo in the Broadway area, where their play will debut during the Fringe Festival this week.

(Photo by Shannon Boklaschuk.)

Fringe play gives you Saskatoon’s true history. Or not Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express f you’re interested in the history of our city, you may want to check out a new show about Saskatoon that’s set to debut at the upcoming PotashCorp Fringe Theatre Festival.

Just don’t expect much historical accuracy from the 70-minute production.

Lake: The Founding of Saskatoon(?), which was written

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and Jack Fotheringham, depicts the city’s founding from the perspective of a somewhat unreliable character named Blind Barry Riversdale. The playwrights say the all-ages comedy “thrives on a wacky sense of humour, unapologetic historical inaccuracy and a few jokes at the expense of modern-day Saskatoon.”

“We based it very loosely on the history of Saskatoon.

Our goal was to do no research, so we just had to take things we already knew about Saskatoon’s history. There’s about five or six actual historicalAS073114 facts; only about half of Aaron

the characters are real people,” said Cassidy.

“So one of the things we knew about Saskatoon is originally a couple of temperance colonies . . . were set up on opposite sides of the river – Saskatoon and Nutana being the main ones; Riversdale joined later – and John Lake was the founder of Saskatoon. In our version of events, John Lake is sort of the black sheep of the Temperance Society.”

In the show, the John Lake character gets drunk and is kicked out of the temperance colony. He then decides to start his own dysfunctional temperance colony on the opposite side of the river, and conflict ensues.

“That’s what holds together the jokes,” said Cassidy, a civil engineering student at the U of S. The idea for Lake: The Founding of Saskatoon(?) was born last summer as Cassidy and Fotheringham chatted over pints at The Woods Alehouse. The friends, who have known each other since their high school days at St. Joseph and who have previously played folk and jazz music together, had been talking about collaborating on some sort of artistic project for a while.

“We did a lot of that kind of thing in high school with yearly drama productions,” said Fotheringham, who is majoring in political studies at the U of S. “We’ve kind of been missing that.”

Cassidy describes the show from Profoundly Unqualified Productions as a “true amateur effort,” noting the playwrights, actors, stage manager and director are all volunteers and undergraduate students at the U of S. The list of cast and crew includes students studying engineering, agriculture, computer science, business, English and political studies – but no one is majoring in drama.

Fotheringham said writing the play was cathartic for him and Cassidy, giving them an opportunity to write down some their gripes about the city. But, ultimately, the show is a tribute to a city they love.

“And one of the things we love about it is everyone from Saskatoon has a pretty good sense of humour about living here,” Cassidy added.

Lake: The Founding of Saskatoon(?) will run on Aug. 4 at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 5 at 3:50 p.m., Aug. 6 at 5:35 p.m., Aug. 7 at 9:25 p.m., Aug. 8 at 9:15 p.m., Aug. 10 at 5:35 p.m. and Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Victoria School Gym.

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Sextet intertwines love, sex and relationships

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express ix members of the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre have joined forces to create a new show they describe as “a comic collection of titillating tales following the ways and wandering of human hearts.”

The group formed Write in the Kisser Productions to present Sextet: Six Short Plays about Love, Sex and Relationships at this year’s PotashCorp Fringe Theatre Festival, which runs from Aug. 3 to 12.

Playwright and Fringe Festival veteran Donald B. Campbell said the short plays in Sextet aren’t random; rather, they are all connected through the themes of love, sex and relationships.

“As we’ve revised the scripts through a workshopping process over many months, we’ve found ways to make the plays kind of echo each other more and tie them together more,” he said.

“There’s four actors – two women and two men. They play different characters in the different plays. As we’ve been watching in recent rehearsals running through the whole show – as opposed to just working on the plays individually – it really covers what we were hoping for, which is a wide range of things about relationships.”

Campbell said the plays delve into various stages such as a new relationship, a long-time marriage and a relationship where someone has done something to cause guilt. The plays are considered comedies, but also include “some thoughtful moments,” he added.

“I think there are going to be many places in the plays that people can relate to, because we’ve touched on so many different aspects of love, sex and relationships.”

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playwrights include Betty Ternier Daniels, Todd Devonshire, Wendy Lockman, Rod Macpherson and Janice Salkeld. The show is directed by Gordon Portman, the former dramaturge for the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre.

The actors – ‘Eben Doherty, Nadia Mori, Jonathon Pickrell and Katelyn Polischuk – are recent University of Saskatchewan Drama Department graduates who were Portman’s students. The cast members were also part of two workshops to develop the plays for Sextet, with Portman coming up with the theme and title for the show, said Campbell.

Campbell said the process of developing the show has been exciting, and the collective is happy with the final result.

“As a playwright, it’s always exciting to see your words come to life on stage. But when you see the concept that we had for the show on a bigger picture, and see that that’s working, it’s even more exciting.”

Sextet is categorized as traditional theatre, and is being presented by people with previous theatre experience, noted Campbell. While the Fringe is often associated with wild, wacky or experimental theatre, there is no audience involvement in Sextet and “it’s not some bizarre thing that you can’t relate to,” he added.

“Anyone who has any experience with love, sex and relationships will find at least one – and probably several – things they can relate to in the show.”

Sextet is intended for mature audiences only and comes with a language and sexual content warning. It runs at Kinsmen Hall/ Cosmo Hall (located at 614 11th St. East) on Aug. 4 (7:30 p.m.), Aug. 5 (3:50 p.m.), Aug. 6 (9:15 p.m.), Aug. 7 (9:15 p.m.), Aug. 9 (7:30 p.m.), Aug. 10 (5:35 p.m.) and Aug. 12 (5:35 p.m.)

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Canadian rights and freedoms should be joined by responsibilities

here is a legal theory of Canada overturned his that says, “better that 99 conviction and released him guilty men go free then saying that his interrogation one innocent man be conby Canadian officials while victed.” he was held in the American As lofty as that theory is, detention “offend(ed) the most our imperfect judicial system basic Canadian standards (of) convicts a small percentage treatment of detained youth of innocent people. When the suspects.” They did not say he innocence comes to light, as a was innocent of the crimes for country we attempt to compenwhich he was convicted, but sate the wrongfully convicted that his rights under the CaColumnist individual. nadian Charter of Rights and The best example would be Freedoms were violated as a David Milgaard. He was convicted of mur- result of the Canadian officials’ involveder at age 17 and sentenced to life in pris- ment in his interrogation. on. After 23 years of incarceration, where To me, the difference in these cases he was subjected to horrendous abuse, the is that Milgaard was charged under the Supreme Court of Canada exonerated him. Canadian Criminal Code, convicted by a He was found innocent and later awarded Canadian court and sentenced to a Cana$10 million dollars in compensation — the dian prison and later proved innocent of highest award in Canadian history. the charge. This wrong-doing was solely a Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who made-in-Canada injustice. was convicted in the United States for Khadr was apprehended by the Ameriacts of terrorism, has now been awarded can military while he was working with $10.5 million by the Canadian government the Taliban in Afghanistan, after a firefight for his 10 years of detention at America’s in which American military members were Guantanamo Bay. After eventually being killed and/or injured. Eventually he was convicted, Canada arranged to repatriate charged by the Americans with war crimes, Khadr to serve his sentence in Canada. convicted in an American court and senSubsequently, the Supreme Court tenced to an American prison.

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Initially, when his Canadian citizenship was established, Canada was notified of his detention and eventually allowed access to him. It is unclear what he was questioned about by the Canadians as the information was based on a he said/ she said style report. (I can only presume that the Canadian officials were looking for information regarding other terrorists residing in Canada.) And for that reason, Canadians taxpayers will pay him $10.5 million.

I am not condoning what the Americans do or did at Guantanamo and certainly that conduct would not be tolerated in Canada due to our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Human Rights Code. But it is important to note that when a Canadian leaves this country and enters another, that person is subject to the laws of that country and its consequent penalties. Visiting Canadians are not sheltered or protected from another country’s laws because those laws do not meet our legal standards.

Years back, when a young American was charged and convicted of minor vandalism and theft, a Singapore court sentenced him to four months in jail, a hefty fine and six strokes with a cane.

The American government acknowledged Singapore’s right to punish the young man, but stated the punishment was excessive for a teenager and pleaded for leniency and clemency, to no avail.

Recently North Korea returned the young American to the United States in a catatonic state and he died shortly thereafter. His crime was trying to remove a poster while visiting there. In Canada that activity wouldn’t raise an eyebrow. Again, the Americans pleaded and negotiated for his return but North Korea’s laws (or lawlessness) prevailed.

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barbaric and tragic, but it points to the fact that even a powerful government like the United States can’t save its citizens from violations of law in another nation, even if those violations seem trivial.

If the reports of what happens at Guantanamo are even half true, I have no doubt that Khadr suffered while in this American detention facility and for that I am truly sorry. But Khadr put himself at risk when he went to Afghanistan to work with a terrorist group that was at war with the United States. Khadr was armed and on the wrong side of a firefight. He may have been 16 years of age, but he was not a “tender age” innocent kid. There was no way the Americans were going to release him into Canadian custody.

Nor would they be interested in his Canadian Charter rights. Since Canada is part of NATO, the allied group fighting global terrorism, why wouldn’t they question him about terrorism in Canada? Given all of this, why are we compensating him?

Prime Minister Trudeau stated that the government agreed to the out-of-court settlement of $10.5 million because it could have cost up to $40 million to defend it.

Considering the Milgaard settlement, I have a hard time accepting that. Our courts are usually not that generous.

How will this affect other Canadians caught in another country and hoping to be repatriated to Canada? If Canada overturns convictions for criminal activity, especially terrorism, in another country, will those countries continue to agree to repatriation of our citizens in the future?

This might be important considering news reports of naïve young Canadians being recruited by terrorist groups through the internet.

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he most feared words animal that flies. It would be in any First Nations nice to be an eagle, but I would community are “Indian settle for a hummingbird. medicine.” This can mean two Indian medicine can also things — good or bad. mean someone having comThere are those who believe plete power and control over some people can shift change another human. I know of two themselves. I once heard a story cases where two people were of a man who used to run evcharged for murder. One case erywhere he went. In Cree, his was in Canada and the other name is Opimbachow, which in the United States. Both men means “the one who runs.” said they were being conColumnist One day, Opimbachow detrolled by a medicine man who cided to race against a horse to commanded they murder two a point across a lake which was four miles people they didn’t even know. Both men wide. The only stipulation was the man said they tried to deny the power of the on the horse would have to run on a road medicine man, but the power was too great which ran beside the lake and Opimbaand they went out and killed the people. chow would run across the frozen lake.

The American man said he was a Of course the entire community came “skin walker,” basically a walking piece out to watch a man race a horse. “Get set, of flesh being controlled. Of course the ready and go” was all people heard when prosecutors in both cases came at them the race started. The man on the horse took like they would prosecute a psychotic off quickly on the gravel road while Opim- and both men were convicted. However, bachow took his time. When he was ready, I believe there is some element of truth in Opimbachow set off on the ice-covered both cases. I’ve witnessed this so-called lake. The people who were watching the power and it’s all suggestive. Tell a perrace said all you could see of Opimbachow son something long enough and at some was his small stature slowly disappearing. point they will believe it.

When the horse with the rider reached I believe in Indian medicine, but just across the lake to the point where everythe herbal kind. Indian medicine to me one was supposed to meet, Opimbachow means berries, herbs and roots. There was already there. is medicine all around us; you probably The story of the race became a legend walked on some today at some point. in the community. Indeed, people across To use this medicine, a person has to the land heard about the race. One man know what he or she is doing, because wasn’t convinced. He thought there must a mixture of different plants could also have been a snowmobile or something be fatal. For years I’ve been gathering waiting for Opimbachow to take him information from elders who taught me across the lake. He decided to follow the to recognize what is medicine. I’ve seen tracks of Opimbachow across the lake. miracles the medical community would When the man reached the half-way point never understand. Or they might just be on the lake, he noticed the tracks he was frightened. following changed from a man’s footprints This is one of the best times of year to to the tracks of a wolf. pick medicine from the Earth. It could be The man decided to find other people a simple thing like taking a walk along the so they could witness the change of tracks river valley to pick Saskatoon berries and on the snow. It was believed Opimbachow munch away. Yes, Saskatoons are Indian shift-changed himself from a man into a medicine because they’re filled with nutriwolf using Indian medicine. Opimbachow ents. The City of Saskatoon, I believe, was was given the power to change himself named after a powerful medicine. into any animal he wanted.

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ou may have heard PreCatherine McKenna certainly mier Brad Wall mention, fuelled that optimism when she on occasion, that he is toured BD3 in May of 2016. against the federal Liberal govern“There are some amazing ment imposing a carbon tax on resources and amazing techthe provinces. The basic premise nology out here,” McKenna of Wall’s argument is that if a told reporters after her tour. carbon tax is implemented in Sas“We have some problem solvkatchewan, you should probably ers here. . . When you have head for your bunker because the carbon capture and storage, world will end immediately. that’s certainly an innovative Can we just start with one fact? made-in-Canada solution, and Columnist Novel, I know. a real opportunity for Canada As tough as it may be to swalto export.” low, my beloved Saskatchewan friends, That sounded promising, but it the reality is you’re already paying a carbon wasn’t. The Trudeau government’s carbon tax. Every man, woman and child in this tax bombshell dropped a few months later, province has so far paid over $1,400 each and heads have been exploding ever since. on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), My favorite explosion might be the reor the $1.5-billion (and climbing) retrofit of cent letter to the editor penned by SaskatchSaskPower’s Boundary Dam 3 (BD3). ewan’s Environment Minister Scott Moe This is why the Saskatchewan governin response to a Global Warming Policy ment was cautiously optimistic that the Foundation (GWPF) report slamming CCS. federal government would recognize the On the same day as the media was covbillion-dollar BD3 as a valid effort to battle ering the GWPF report, Moe wrote, “IEA carbon emissions — because if it didn’t, (International Energy Association) chief and we are forced to administer a carbon tax economist Laszlo Varro said in a commenanyway, what would have been the point of tary that BD3 and a similar project in Texas spending a billion and a half dollars? ‘have demonstrated that there is a solution Federal Minister of the Environment to one of the most complex energy and

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The problem is that in his letter, Moe fails to provide the real reason why the IEA – a lobby group with a political agenda just like the GWPF, albeit a different one – was frantically promoting BD3 and a “similar project in Texas” that day.

See, just as the GWPF’s anti-CCS report was released to the public, the pro-CCS industry dove into a public relations tailspin to counter other really, really bad news: American coal giant Southern Company announced that it was suspending carbon capture at its $7.5-billion power plant in Kemper, Mississippi.

In fact, the quote Moe pulled was from a commentary called We Can’t Let Kemper Slow the Progress of Carbon Capture and Storage, in the opening paragraph of which Varro writes, “Unfortunately, the Kemper experience may have created a legacy with damaging implications for the future of CCS and so-called “clean coal” technology.”

While Minister Moe conveniently forgot to mention Kemper’s shutdown, pretty much every other CCS player in North America has weighed in since it did.

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Doreen Kerby For the Saskatoon Express atoche is the perfect getaway from the city. It’s just an hour north of Saskatoon and it’s free.

Recently, my cousin was visiting from Victoria and wanted to see Batoche.

Unfortunately, we got there at 5 p.m., just as the Parks Canada staff were streaming toward their cars.

They told us the buildings were locked, but we were welcome to tour the grounds as the park gates would not be locked until 10 p.m.

It was a wonderful evening and the park looked beautiful. So we walked to the church, the rectory, the cemetery and to the South Saskatchewan River.

It was a journey back in time to 1885 when Gabriel Dumont and Louis Riel led a resistance against the federal government. The story is well told in an awardwinning, audio-visual presentation at the Interpretive Centre.

Batoche became a National Historic Site in 1923 and is commemorated for the Metis community that lived there and their river lot system of farming. These lots were two miles long and narrow, about 96 acres and each lot had access to the river for transportation.

The Metis go back to the first European fur traders who travelled the interior of Canada. When the Scottish and French Canadian traders married First Nations women, their offspring became known as Metis. Drawing upon the skills and traditions of both backgrounds, they became a unique and thriving culture.

Our walk was memorable for its beauty and quietness, where the only sounds we heard were the songs of the birds.

No wonder the 1,200 Metis settlers were reluctant to give up the wonderful life they enjoyed. But the bison were nearly extinct, the fur trade was failing, and the government wanted the land divided into sections.

The Metis tried to talk to government officials about their concerns, but to no avail. When all avenues failed, they brought Riel back from exile in Montana and armed themselves to protect their land.

The Canadian government saw this as a revolt, so troops were dispatched and, on April 24, 1885, Major-General Frederick Middleton’s men and Gabriel Dumont’s Metis along with members of the Cree and Dakota First Nations, clashed at Tourond’s Coulee. This victory gave the Metis false

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hope to save Batoche.

Early in the battle, St. Antoine de Padoue Church was taken by the North West Field Force (NWFF) and used as a hospital for wounded soldiers.

When the fighting resumed, the Metis quickly ran out of ammunition and were no match for the NWFF. Replicas of the Metis rifle pits are on display and one of the original pits is well marked.

The cemetery is the final resting place for the Metis who fell in battle. A cemetery map is posted in the small building near the fence. The grave of Gabriel Dumont is located near the river, marked by an attractive stone monument.

One soldier is buried near the Caron House because he did not have any family in Canada. The Carons looked after his grave for all the years they occupied the house. The bodies of soldiers killed in action were sent to their families for burial.

Be sure to visit the East Village of Batoche. The foundations of several stores, a pool hall, and blacksmith shop are there. It was located on the Carlton Trail, the main road between Upper Fort Garry (near Winnipeg) and Edmonton.

After their defeat, the lives of the Metis changed forever. Their homes were burned and their livestock and possessions were taken. They were imprisoned or forced into exile.

Riel was tried for treason and hanged, and Dumont fled to the United States.

Some families never got legal title to their land and some that did moved elsewhere.

Those who chose to stay struggled to rebuild their homes and farms.

New to me was a structure built to provide an excellent view of the area, as well as historic value with images of early settlers and successful businessmen like Xavier Letendre. He was known as Monsieur Batoche for whom the village was named.

He started a ferry service, built a general store and blacksmith shop, owned a large herd of cattle, and the finest house west of Winnipeg.

Be captivated by the dramatic story of Batoche. When you leave, enjoy the St. Laurent Ferry Ride across the South Saskatchewan River. It really adds to the day’s pleasure.

I’d like to thank our excellent guide, Ron Jobin, for showing us around and answering our questions.

(Doreen Kerby is a Saskatoon freelance writer.)

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Music for the Gut returns for its seventh annual benefit concerts for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada with two unique Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan: This year’s main variety shows at Cornerstone Church at 7 pm. Featuring stage productions are Richard III and Twelfth Night, Jordie Hughton and over 50 friends including Jared performed in repertory in the tent on the riverbank. For Tehse, Paige Summach, Silas Friesen, Sam Stinn and detailed times and dates, visit www.shakespearesask.

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Friesen, Gerard Weber, Tone Down For What barbershop AUGUST 3-12 quartet, Cara Wilson, Sophie McBean and Andrew Linsley PotashCorp Fringe Theatre and Street Festival. Road (on the 26th). Advance tickets at McNally Robinson and closures are from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on weekdays Saskatoon Academy of Music. Discounted combo ticket and noon to 10:30 p.m. on weekends and the holiday for both nights available. For more information, visit Monday. The Fringe is a 10-day community celebration in www.MusicfortheGut.com for call 306-384-4502. the heart of the Broadway District of Saskatoon. This year AUGUST 26-27 there will be 238 independent theatre shows and more Whitecap Dakota Days at the Whitecap Sports Grounds. than 200 Street Festival vendors including over 30 food Events include PAPCCA chuckwagon races, PAPACCA vendors. All tickets for shows are $15. Street entertainchariot races, a co-ed slo-pitch tournament (7-3 ratio) ment and outdoor shows are free to the general public. with a top prize of $2,500. There will be a beer garden, For more information, visit potashcorpfringe.ca. entertainment and free camping. For information on AUGUST 8-13 the slo-pitch tournament, contact Chelsey Sinclair at The Saskatoon Ex returns with exciting rides, all-Canadi- 306-716-4856 or Sheila Chrusch at 306-222-0223. For an grandstand stars in celebration of our 150th birthday information on the chuckwagon and chariot competition, and all the food and fun you’ve come to expect. General contact Melvin Littelcrow at 306-291-8106. admission price is $16, with youth from 11 to 15 admitAUGUST 27 ted for $12 and children 10 and under free if accompaPalliative Care Services Walk of Memories. The walk is nied by an adult. They will be charged $9 if they are on their own. Preferred parking is $10 a day. Entrances open to remember loved ones. Gathering time is 1:30 p.m. at Kiwanis Memorial Park at the site of the skating rink. The at 12 noon. walk begins at 2 p.m. and there will be refreshments at AUGUST 19 3 p.m. at the Edwards Family Centre (333 Fourth Ave. MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people North) where the walk ends. There is no cost to particiwho score among the top two per cent of the general pate. For more information, call 306-655-4346. population on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ testing session is being held in Saskatoon at 2 p.m. The MARR RESIDENCE The residence, located at 326 11th Street, is open Suncost is $90, or $70 for students. If you are interested day afternoons in July and August from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in attending, please call Tim at 306-242-7408 or e-

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• Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea said he is not concerned about his team’s defence. Probably because he hasn’t seen it yet.

• The Freeze scandal at Ole Miss has Rebels fans worried about star pivot Shea Patterson choosing to throw passes for another team. Or as QBs call it, the ole option play.

• Knicks owner James Dolan said they parted ways with Phil Jackson because the team wants to go “in a different direction.” Translation: up instead of down.

• Aaron Judge chipped a tooth celebrating the Yankees walk-off win over the Rays. Team celebrations at home plate are dangerous — that’s the molar of the story.

• Cycling’s Tour de France was won

by Chris Froome. For North Americans wondering how to pronounce Froome, remember what it rhymes with. Whom?

• American swimmer Katie Ledecky was beaten in the 200-metre freestyle at the world championships — her first loss in 13 international finals. So much for life in the fast lane.

• Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic announced he is taking the rest of the season off. “Way ahead of you,” said the Philadelphia Phillies.

• Anthony Scaramucci told CNN of a “brotherly” relationship with White House chief of staff Reince Priebus — “like Cain and Abel.” Remind me how that story ended.

• Todd Frazier hit into a triple play in his first at-bat in Yankee Stadium. Good news for fans is he scored a run. Good news for Commissioner Rob Manfred, it sped up the game.

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Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express fter only five years on the summer event scene in Saskatoon, RibFest attendance has almost doubled to 21,000.

“We were one of the first organizations in Western Canada to launch RibFest,” said Boris Kishchuk, chair of the Saskatoon Nutana Rotary RibFest Committee. “RibFests have been operating in Ontario for a number of years, also organized by Rotary Clubs in that province.”

Held annually at Diefenbaker Park on the August long weekend (Aug. 4 to 7, 2017), five of Saskatoon’s favourite “ribbers” will be back to feed the finger-licking masses: Smoke and Bones from Vancouver, B.C.; Prairie Smoke and Spice from Regina, Saskatchewan; Boss Hoggs from London, Ontario; Gator BBQ from Port Dover, Ontario and Misty Mountain from Hinton, B.C. “There is a People’s Choice Award where customers can vote by cellphone for their favorite ribber,” continued Kishchuk. “There is also an award for the best ribs that is determined by a panel of judges.”

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In addition to the main event – the ribs – a number of other food vendors will be onsite this year selling everything from ice cream and shaved ice to hamburgers, pies, beef jerky and, of course, beer in the gardens. Also new this year will be freshly cooked corn on the cob, baked nuts and giant onions.

Hungry for deals? A small market will be selling books, gifts and even barbecues.

There is no admission charge to attend RibFest but donations to support important Rotary projects are encouraged. Donations are used to support important Nutana Rotary community projects such as scholarships for Oskayak High School students, support for Prairie Hospice and literacy development through READ Saskatoon.

“RibFest is a special summer event that is presented as a family event,” explained Kishchuk. “There is an area of free children’s entertainment; there will be free musical entertainment featuring a number of well-known city bands, and most importantly, delicious food is available for all members of the family.”

Local athlete to compete in World Dwarf Games

By John Lynch e may be small in stature but he has the determination and enthusiasm to tackle challenges and meet new friends through friendly competition.

Saskatoon resident Jared Der, 22, is 4 foot 6 and will be one of three Saskatchewan born athletes participating in the World Dwarf Games Aug. 4 to 12 in Guelph, Ontario.

According to the Games website, “the Games welcome short statured athletes from all over the world . . . to participate in the Seventh World Dwarf Games.

Dwarfism is defined as a person diagnosed with a disproportionate dysplasia and those individuals shorter than 4 feet 10 inches (147.3 cm) or shorter.”

“My best sport is soccer and I play in an adult league in Saskatoon,” Der said.

“I want to really work hard to succeed and the adult league definitely helps me.

It keeps me active, fit and makes me sure I’m on my game.”

As a member of Team Canada, Der competed in volleyball, basketball, floor hockey and badminton at the 2013 event which was held at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Other events include archery, bocci, curling, powerlifting, swimming and marksmanship drawing 400 competitors from across the globe.

His parents Jean and Dale have helped him become active in sports.

“They always encouraged me to take part in anything I wanted,” he said.

“They have really helped me.”

Der will also compete in track and field at these upcoming Games in Guelph.

“I won bronze in volleyball and silver in floor hockey as a member of Team

Jared Der Canada last time,” Der said. “I felt a lot of pride competing for my country and met people from places like the United States, Great Britain, Spain, Australia, Brazil and all across Canada. It was amazing.”

Der found out about the dwarf games through a television program called “Little People Big World.”

“There were two parents who were dwarf who had a dwarf child,” Der said.

“In one episode, the show talked about the World Dwarf Games in Belfast. I thought it would be pretty cool to compete against people my own size. That is how I connected with this.”

Der also encourages other people with disabilities to get involved too.

“As long as you have the willpower and passion nothing should stop you,” he said. “It worked for me and it can work for you.”

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