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et’s hope Jacob Stebner est opening ever for a Saskatchisn’t going places in the ewan filmmaker. movie industry. Let’s hope In 2016, a major film, with a his promising future is here in Hollywood producer and director Saskatoon. and the whole shebang, came a A fork was stuck in the indusfew hundred thousand dollars try in 2012 when the provincial short of being made here. In the government did away with the end we couldn’t compete with $8-million-per-year film tax provinces and U.S. states offercredit. It was a devastating blow. ing incentives.

It seemed mean-spirited.

Jacob is about as passionate No one could blame Jacob about the film business as you Editor if he pulls up stakes and heads will ever see. I will never know to B.C., where a big whack of how he wrote a script in a week, Saskatchewan talent has landed in the past though. five years.

Jacob and some talented young SaskaAn estimated 35 per cent of those in the toon people pulled off making a feature film industry left Saskatchewan between 2012 last summer. The film, The Tipping Point, and 2016, taking a bad taste in their mouths will premiere at the Broadway Theatre on with them. Of the 65 per cent who stayed, Dec. 29. approximately 41 per cent are still in the Jacob’s company made the movie on a business, according to a 2016 CBC story. shoestring budget. While he asked that the Our loss has been a gain for other provnumber not be included, let it be said The inces in Canada. For example, Manitoba just Blair Witch Project’s $60,000 blows away posted its best year in a decade, with $139 the amount of money Jacob had. Blair Witch million on 56 productions. The main reason earned $250 million, not that Jacob has a is the tax credit. number like that dancing in his eyes.

Our provincial government’s website The trailer is an example of the quality talks about a variety of incentives and tax of the shooting and the acting in this city. It credits available for Saskatchewan busilooks like a “real” movie. nesses and for new ones. Replacement I had the good fortune to meet Jacob programs in our province don’t cut it for the last summer. For the past 18 months, I have film industry. been involved in a movie project with Ryan Local filmmaker Tom Simes shot his Grainger, a Saskatonian with a film backmovie, Because of Gracia, in Louisiana in ground. If we pull this off, we aren’t going to 2015 for $1 million. It would have cost $6 have a big budget and, like Jacob, we want million to make in Alberta, he said. During to make the movie 100 per cent local. Unlike an interview earlier this year, the possibilJacob, we are getting too old to move away ity of shooting it here didn’t come up in the — at least I am. conversation.

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ment, you don’t have to spend millions to make a movie. And those people are in our midst. ***** The local movie and television scene lost a great one with the death of Bob Crowe on Dec. 15. Crowe, who died suddenly in Vancouver at the age of 62, was a co-owner of Angel Entertainment and Bamboo Shoots.

His belief in the movie and television industries in our province never wavered. ***** Our Joanne Paulson’s book, Adam’s Witness, has made it to No. 1 on the Saskatoon local fiction bestsellers list at McNally Robinson.

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P.A. Herald employees going down righteous path

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erry Christmas, Prince It’s hardly news that newsAlbert. papers are having a rough go Your local journalists of it. Digital newspapering and other newspaper people have and its advertising has not, and given you the precious, hopenever will, take up the revenue fully long-term gift of democracy slack from print advertising. at enormous risk to their own People expect everything for pocketbooks. free, including curated, diligent, After learning that the Moose objective reporting. Thank you Jaw Times-Herald was going very much, The Internet and big down, I seriously thought the scary monster machines Google P.A. paper was not far behind. and Facebook.

Columnist Roger Holmes of Star News PubIt’s ridiculously hard to lishing, who purchased the two compete with free, or the scary papers along with several others from Trans- monsters, above. And Facebook is not going continental in 2016, shut Moose Jaw down to give you local news, even as it sucks up and is now divesting Star News of all its all the advertising dollars. But somehow, Saskatchewan papers. He thought he could journalism must survive. I honestly believe make it work. So sad that he was wrong. civilization is at stake.

But the P.A. Daily Herald people are goLook at all the closures and amalgamaing down a terrifying but righteous path, led tions of late, just in Canada. You’ll recall that by publisher Donna Pheil. This is not minor Postmedia and Torstar did a massive swapnews. It made it into the Huffington Post and and-close of papers in Ontario. They traded the Globe and Mail; that’s how rare employ- 37 community and four commuter papers, ee-led media buyouts are. then shut down the ones that competed with Pheil admitted to the terrified thing in other publications. Postmedia also melded various interviews. the Sun newsrooms with the big dailies in “If we’re not scared and terrified going Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver into it, there’s something wrong. There’s no in 2015, again reducing reader choice and overconfidence, that’s for sure, but we know journalistic voice. That being said, did the we can do it,” she said. company have any other option?

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Several smaller papers around the country, including in Saskatchewan, have closed over the last few years, as well. The local folks who were served by all those papers are now stuck with, yes, news on the Net — which is partly fine, if you’re consuming regional, national and international news, and know which websites are giving you the non-fake stuff.

But what happens to the local news? City or town councils, crime, policing, education, you name it? Nothing. That’s the problem.

There are tiny voices popping up here and there, suggesting that the P.A. Herald model just might be the direction all of this is going: newspapers returning to their roots.

Local roots. Very, very local. This appears to be happening in Guelph, Ont., in the wake of the Mercury’s closing. Blog and news sites popped up quickly after the Mercury died, operated by long-standing journalists who refused to give up their posts.

It’s a different platform, but hearkens back to the early days. Many, if not most, papers started with one or two people reporting or at least proffering opinions on manuallyproduced sheets, handing them out more or less on street corners. It was a tough go then, and it will be a tougher go now. How are those journalists paying for their sites? Yikes.

But I’m here to tell you that nobody knows how to run a newspaper better than

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There was a time, years ago, when I was a tiny cog in a slightly larger wheel trying to drive a buyout. We were beaten before we began, but it was one of the most exciting, exhilarating things I have ever experienced.

To that extent, I envy the Heraldians. They actually made it happen. I profoundly hope it works for them.

Today, I’m honoured to work for this locally-managed paper, with a focus on local information and folks. We are newspaper people. Born, bred, dyed in the wool.

Can papers really go back in time, modelwise, to tackle an uncertain and challenging future? I hope so, because it’s a future in which we will need news and opinion and discussion and awareness more than ever.

Maybe it will work. That’s all I want for Christmas.

Apart from peace, joy and love for all humankind, of course. But I keep asking for that, every year, and Santy never brings it.

Maybe I’ll have more luck with wishing every community on Earth at least one thriving, locally-owned newspaper.

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(Continued from page 1) materials from the Second World War, were originally built for the Eaton’s store in Winnipeg in 1946. They appeared in downtown Winnipeg’s Portage Avenue store and complemented the annual Santa Claus parade.

Today, as in the past, the Plaster-ofParis figurines continue to move and dance thanks to the power provided from surplus air force navigational motors.

“I like to tie in the fact that the machinery that’s making this happen has been repurposed from kind of a violent, war-like application, into one that we’re celebrating the birth of Christ and Christmas and things like that,” said Wall. “So swords into plowshares, if you will.”

In 1976, the Christmas displays were divided up and sold to stores in Saskatoon, Regina and Thunder Bay. A year later, the Saskatoon Eaton’s store acquired all of the displays, which began to appear each year on the second floor of the Midtown Plaza until 1984. They were donated to the WDM in Saskatoon in 1987.

In the first year, WDM staff and volunteers spent 3,000 hours mending and painting the display and repairing the mechanical and electrical wiring, according to the museum. Volunteers have continued to maintain the exhibit as the years have gone by, taking on tasks such as repairing the figurines’ clothing, knitting new scarves and refurbishing paper surfaces and lettering.

The display celebrates Christmas, but making it come to life actually happens months in advance. Behind the scenes at the WDM, the display goes up before Halloween each year and opens to the public after Halloween is over, said Wall.

“I guess Christmas actually starts on November first or second here at the museum and continues on until Jan. 7 or 8 — Ukrainian Christmas, we wrap things up,” he said.

Wall said a combination of museum staff and volunteers look after the display, with volunteers coming to the WDM daily at this time of year to ensure everything is running and is in good working order. Maintenance is required from time to time, since the figures have been in motion at the museum for about 500 hours every holiday season for the past 30 years.

In addition to families, school children often tour the exhibit with their teachers and classmates. Wall said the kids’ reactions to the moving figures of yesteryear can be mixed, comparing their responses to those elicited by the funhouse display in another part of the museum.

“We talk about the 50-50 rule with that,” he said, chuckling.

“Fifty per cent of the kids go in and come out laughing, and the other 50 per cent aren’t as amused. They’re kind of terrified.”

Wall said the Eaton’s Once Upon a Christmas exhibit is more popular than the funhouse with the youngsters — most kids enjoy it — but there are still those little ones who “get a bit freaked out by the animatronics and papier-mâché figures and stuff like that.”

Still, touring the display has become a well-established annual tradition for many kids and adults in Saskatoon.

Wall said multiple generations of family members make the trek to the museum each year to check it out.

“We have parents of parents of parents that are bringing their kids, so it’s a generational thing. That’s a unique thing about this whole museum.”

Wall said the exhibit is a good fit for the WDM because “it’s a rich part of our heritage.”

“People get a chance to travel back in time and experience what people would have experienced had they gone to the department stores back in the day,” he said.

The exhibit will be open through Jan. 7, 2018.

Jason B. Wall, manager of WDM Saskatoon, says a team of volunteers keeps the display up and running. (Photos by Shannon Boklaschuk)

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Yes, Virginia, a movie can be made in Saskatoon

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express ho, at the age of 21 — or any age, really — writes, directs and pulls together an entire feature length movie in 13 months?

Jacob Stebner. Don’t ever tell him something can’t be done.

That movie, The Tipping Point by Royal Bull Films, has its premiere on Friday, Dec. 29 at the Broadway Theatre at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and available at the theatre website and at the theatre, but Stebner says they’re selling fast.

In a sense, and somewhat ironically, it was the elimination of Saskatchewan’s film tax credit that gave rise to the film.

Stebner was texting away one day with his friend Ben Thomas, an actor studying at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal.

They met at the Persephone Young Company when Will Brooks of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan was leading the group, and remained good friends.

The texts were saying “it was such a shame the film industry had gone from Saskatchewan and you have to go to Toronto, Vancouver or even Montreal if you want to stay in Canada,” said Stebner in an interview last week. “We were joking around and I said, ‘I’ve been doing some writing lately.’”

That moved along into a conversation about how great it would be to make a movie. “We chuckled,” remembered Stebner. But then he said, “No, Ben, I’m serious. If you’re serious, we can do this.”

Stebner wrote the screenplay in a week,

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about 24 hours total writing time.

“I was still in school at University of Saskatchewan in education,” he said; he still is. “Needless to say I had to get some notes from some friends in some classes.

In that week I was entirely consumed.

Once I had the idea in my head, I couldn’t stop. It ended up being a 107-page script, my first draft.

“Most of the main pieces of the story have stayed the same from the first draft, which is kind of cool. I get to tell the story I wanted to tell from the beginning.”

The story is about a guy similar to Stebner and his friends — a millennial who went to university because that’s what everyone told him he should be doing, and looks for a job because that’s what everyone tells him to do.

“He finds out not everything goes according to plan,” said Stebner. “He’s kind of in this funk. His buddy calls and tells him we’re going to this party, and he meets a girl, and it goes from there in a series of events that follow and help him find out what he wants to do with his life, what direction he wants to go in.

“There’s a little bit of Jack in everyone, a little uncertainty and unease about what the future holds.”

Script done, Stebner had to find the cast, which includes Thomas, Paige Francoeur, Geordie Cowan, Mara Teare and many others, as well as a crew. He landed director of photography Spencer Zimmerman and Dawson Heistad who studied film at Capilano University.

“They’re the reason it looks so good. I will take some of the credit for some of the

Jacob Stebner’s movie will premiere Dec. 29 at the Broadway Theatre.

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“This doesn’t look like a home movie,” he added. “This doesn’t even look like a Saskatchewan movie. This looks like a movie that was made in Saskatchewan.

“The four people that are leading the pack for the actors are all pursuing it as a profession, so they took this as seriously as

they could. They did an incredible job . . .

It’s a passion of theirs,” said Stebner.

And how did you pay for all of this, the reporter asks?

“Ben and I decided we were going to fund it ourselves from the beginning,” he said. “Then we realized how much it was going to cost us.

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(Continued from page 6) uddenly, my dad texted me one day. He said, ‘I found someone who wants to fund some of your movie.’ I said, ‘Really? Who is it? Who is this angel investor?’ And he said, ‘It’s your mother and I. We’re proud of what you’re doing . . . we trust you. We will fund your movie.’

“As a 21-year-old last year when I was trying to do all this, getting that kind of support and encouragement from your parents (Ward and Annette Stebner) . . . that was one hell of a commitment (for them to say) we’re going to support something and we may never make anything back. They are the executive producers on this.”

Annette Stebner wasn’t just a producer.

She was also the caterer. Much of the film was shot in the Stebner home and yard.

“She worked day in and day out making food for five people or 50 people on set. She always had a crock pot going,” said Stebner. “I had all these people in my house for 10 days. And by my house I mean my parents’ house. Nine a.m. until three or four a.m. every day.”

They also filmed around the city, at the fountain in the park along the Meewasin Trail, at City Perks coffee shop, and other locations, which gives the movie a true Saskatoon feel, he said. The final cut is about one hour and 15 minutes, technically a feature length film, with music by local band Bombargo essentially creating the

soundtrack.

“It’s funny when I look back through pictures from the shooting days, I look so tired and stressed out. But at the time, I was having the time of my life. What opportunity do you get to hang out for 16 hours a day with your friends and make a movie?” Stebner asked.

“And we had to be so professional.

We had rented equipment, thousands and thousands of dollars of lenses.”

Crucial to Stebner is that people understand the importance of supporting the province’s film industry.

“The whole film was filmed in Saskatchewan, edited in Saskatchewan, with only Saskatchewan people and Saskatchewan music. I can’t say Saskatchewan

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“People have to see that Saskatchewan is making movies. That we have people here that want to make movies, that are passionate about it. When people see there still is a film industry in Saskatchewan, maybe we can have some of it back.

Otherwise, Ben and Paige and Spencer and Geordie and maybe myself, we’re going to have to go somewhere else.

“I would love to stay in Saskatoon or Saskatchewan at the very least, because I love it here. But I also love movies.”

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Music follows us through the stages of life

f the celebrities and muof rock and roll — Elvis. sicians we lost this year, There again, I learned even two of my favourites Elvis had indigenous blood. I — Fats Domino and Malcolm used to wonder why Elvis never Young — are on the list. really promoted his aboriginal I grew up listening to country background. Unlike Johnny and western music, mostly beCash, who recorded the nowcause all we had living up north famous Native American album, was a small transistor radio.

Elvis didn’t have a full album of Because we were isolated, his heritage. the batteries on the radio were About the only thing I recall mostly saved for news and about Elvis was when he played weather reports. But every now a “half-breed” in his movie Stay Columnist and then, especially when my Away Joe. dad was away, my mother would This was an incredible time leave the radio on so we could listen to the for music and the more I listened, the more music.

I wanted to be a singer or at least a guitar I was just a boy and didn’t speak a word player. One of my favourites was Fats of English, but when it came down to mu- Domino, who passed away on Oct. 24. sic, it was a whole different story.

On my reserve there was a giant hill Since I couldn’t understand the lyrics, where all of us kids would go sliding. The I would listen to the music. Back then, hill was called Blueberry Hill. And, yes, Johnny Cash dominated the air waves and this is where I found my thrills. About 10 when one of the Man in Black’s songs was years ago, as a double-lane highway was played, my mom and I would dance. being constructed, old Blueberry Hill was I remember my mother telling me flattened. I miss that hill almost as much as Johnny Cash was “one of us.” I didn’t know I miss Fats Domino. what she meant, but my first thought was Sadly, we also lost Malcolm Young this Johnny Cash was also a trapper. Years later year. He passed away on Nov. 18 from I would learn she meant Johnny Cash had complications of dementia. I was shocked to indigenous blood. hear this as my own father is going through When we moved off the trapline, I was dementia. It’s really hard to talk to him today introduced to different genres of music. I because I never know who I’m talking with; still like country, but by then rock and roll but Malcolm Young gave me the inspiration was full blown on the radio. to learn more about the illness.

This was back in late 1960s and early As I got into my teens, my taste in music 1970s and there was one man who only was changing. My favourite year in music needed one name. That would be the king has to be 1976. At the time, I was mostly

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listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival. Malcolm Young. But the influence of music I like the idea that CCR has Cree in the of these legends can still be heard in today’s band’s name, but there were also other great music.

TA122514KNCREE@gmail.com Tammy albums that came out that year.

Mostly notably was the Eagle’s Hotel California. There was also Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life. But nothing could get in the way of AC/DC’s High Voltage.

I remember thinking, after hearing the band, “This is it.” I loved the raw and loud band, and that connection has stayed with me to this day.

AC/DC was a far cry from the first album I ever bought. In 1972, I was living in a small town where we had no record store.

The only thing we had was a small Sears PLUS EVERYTHING IN THE STORE counter at the post office.

- ON SALE 2 WEEKS ONLY I had enough money to order an album, but I didn’t know which one. One day, I was watching television and a commercial came on for The Best of K-Tel. Back then, anything and everything could be ordered through Sears. I went to the Sears counter to order the K-Tel album Every day I would go to the post office WE NEED ROOM! to see if it had arrived. After a while, I think the worker was getting tired of me because as soon as I walked through the door she would say, “not today, Ken.” Finally, after almost two weeks, I walked into the post office and the Sears worker had a big smile on her face. I don’t think my feet even touched the ground as I ran home to pull out my record player and I danced like never before.

9 When I listen to what the kids are listening to today, the music wouldn’t ride back seat to the likes of Fats Domino and

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cial government not to show up. I considered bringing the framed clipping, but didn’t.

Premiers don’t have to get up when you enter a room. They don’t have to be funny, they don’t have to be nice and they sure as hell don’t have to be apologetic. Premier Wall saw me enter the room, jumped from his chair, said several nice things about Points West and profusely apologized for beating on me and my socialist buddies. He relaxed when I told him it was the best publicity we ever received and we owed him big time for the free exposure.

The premier had a good laugh. That convinced me, beyond doubt, to hang on to my framed clipping. This guy was going to be around for a while. He called the meeting to order right on time and went on that afternoon to further impress. He forcefully put aside praise and plaudits and dug hard for what he was doing wrong and what he needed to improve. He worked every minute, iPad in hand, firing notes to staff and colleagues

about issues discussed, action needed, advice given. In the days that followed, I marvelled that much of the advice was acted upon.

That is class in any league. It is also the way Premier Wall performed from start to finish, displaying the quality of character and commitment that will propel him into history books and untold future accomplishment.

Admittedly or not, Saskatchewan is often the gold standard for public service in a world that sometimes makes you wonder. A small and exclusive group exists — the names Scott, Gardiner, Diefenbaker, Douglas, Romanow, Hnatyshyn and Goodale come to mind — who have distinguished themselves in stunning records of serious, sustained and successful public service. There are, quite simply, none better, nowhere, no how.

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he first time a youngster Attila the Hun did not modernamed Brad Wall came ate the view of the Sask. Party onto my radar, and I critic. onto his, we were publicly Being one of those who beating one another like Ralph believe all publicity is good Wolf and Sam Sheepdog in an publicity, I have always old Bugs Bunny cartoon. been grateful to Mr. Wall The newspaper headline for launching my consulting howled: “Government too career with such a flourish of cozy with consultant, opposifront-page news coverage. tion says.”

The headline and story are a Mr. Wall was the opposimatter of considerable pride Columnist tion. I was the consultant, or at and, framed, have hung on least one of them. my office wall for the last 17 Wall was an up-and-coming MLA, the years.

Sask. Party’s Crown Corporation critic Fast-forward the Crown corporation and he had his political incisors firmly critic to the Hon. Brad Wall, premier of planted in the hindquarters of my colSaskatchewan, several years later. An leagues and me at Points West Consult- invitation arrived from the indomitable ing. Because Garry Aldridge, the Points Shirley Ryan, on behalf of the premier, West president, had been chief of staff to take part in a kitchen cabinet — an to former Premier Roy Romanow, there off-the-record, no-holds-barred session were some grounds for Wall’s theory. in which we were, as Shirley loved, The fact that in an earlier incarnato tell the premier what he was doing tion as editor of the StarPhoenix I was wrong. It would have been rude for the accused of being slightly to the right of consultant “too cozy” with the provin-

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re you hoping to celharmonies. Some people comebrate the end of 2017 pare our harmonies to those in style? of The Andrew Sisters, for The talented women of the example,” she added. local folk trio Rosie & the The trio is offering an Riveters are putting their own evening of glitz and glamour, unique spin on New Year’s so it’s fitting that attendees Eve this year — complete with are encouraged to join in their signature 1940s flair. the fun and dress up. It’s the The group’s upcoming perfect opportunity to wear concert event — aptly titled your grandmother’s pearls or A Very Vintage New Year’s to take out that vintage dress YXEMusic Eve — will be held at the that’s sitting at the back of Broadway Theatre on Dec. your closet. Need additional 31. Farideh Olsen, Alexis Normand and motivation to go vintage? There will be Allyson Reigh are known for their three- a vintage-inspired photo booth on site, part harmonies and acoustic instrumen- with accessories provided by Better Off tation, and they’ve billed this concert as Duds, and prizes for the best dressed. having “some sass, class and a whole lot Some talented female friends will of laughs.” also join Rosie & the Riveters for the Audience members can expect to show. Megan Nash, whose song Deer hear some of the trio’s new holiday Head was nominated for a 2016 Western songs, such as Baking with Rosie, as Canadian Music Award, will perform, well as songs that will be featured on along with the northern Saskatchewan their upcoming record, which is set to be sister duo Jay & Jo and longtime storyreleased in spring 2018. teller Bonnie Logan.

“It will be a really wonderful, uplift“Our band started out of a desire for ing evening with a very obvious vintage women to come together and collaborate tone to it,” Normand said in a recent and do something positive, and our New interview.

Year’s Eve show is kind of an extension “We’re pretty funny. We perform of that mission,” said Normand. original music — so songs we’ve written “So that’s why we’ve invited a bunch ourselves — but our songs are inspired of other women on stage with us.”

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The northern Saskatchewan sister duo Jay & Jo will also be part of the New Year’s Eve show at the Broadway. (Photo Supplied) is inspired by feminist icon Rosie the Riveter. The vintage folk trio released their debut album, Good Clean Fun!, in 2015, and have since been nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award and a Canadian Folk Music Award. They also received a Saskatchewan Arts Award in 2016.

The women first began with singing gospel covers, but quickly found their way to their current sound.

“The very first time we tried singing in harmonies and did vocal arrangements, it sort of had this natural 1940s sound. We didn’t really try to get that sound; it just sort of happened,” said Normand.

While the band is known for being fun and sassy, it also has a serious side. The group supports and empowers women by investing 20 per cent of merchandise profits in micro-financing initiatives through Kiva.org. So far they have given more than $7,000 to more than 145 projects around the world.

Normand said the group’s new record will be “decidedly more feminist” in nature, with songs that talk about the gender pay gap and support survivors of sexual assault, for example.

“It’s interesting. I think in the times we live in today, it would be hard for us not to talk about those kind of issues,” she said.

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• Prairieland Park is presenting NYE House Party 2017 on Dec. 31, featuring the classic rock sounds of the 1970s-inspired band Men Without Shame, as well as party tunes from DJ Anchor. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 on the day of the show. For more information, visit saskatoonnewyears.com.

• Finn’s Irish Pub, located at 924 Spadina Cres. East, is hosting Cocktails & Dreams – An Oral Fuentes New Year’s Eve Caribbean Celebration, giving reggae fans an opportunity to welcome 2018 with the well-known local band. Tickets to the Dec. 31 event are $10 in advance and $15 at the door, and a complimentary champagne toast is included.

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Premier shouts “squirrel!” to distract from party’s woes

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since he gets set to say goodbye to provincial politics in a few short weeks.

The matter will go to an interprovincial trade arbitration panel that will render a binding decision, and Saskatchewan faces a maximum $5-million fine if it is found to have violated the agreement. But Wall will be long gone by the time the panel releases its decision.

Perhaps it should not have had to come to this. But Saskatchewan business leaders — the ones perhaps most affected by this war of words — certainly hope it does not AS122514 Aaron continue.

“Trade between our provinces has always happened and will always happen,” said Steve McLellan, CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, when we chatted last. “Whether it’s beer, highway construction services or manufactured products, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba have been good neighbours and great partners.

“We need to sit down at a table more often and discuss issues of importance and iron them out at that table and not use the media,” he continued. “Prairie people are more alike than we are different, so we can, and in fact must, ensure each other’s success.”

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n April 2017, in a speech NDP, and that has played not just to Washington lawmakers, to the Sask. Party’s base, but to Premier Brad Wall warned the fear of Alberta’s economic that when it came to navigating woes — whether or not they’re trade agreements, all “cavalier Notley’s fault aside — crossand reckless protectionist-infused ing the border should an NDP rhetoric” must be avoided. government ever return to power One wonders now what advice in Saskatchewan. that Brad Wall would give to Wall does have legitimate today’s Brad Wall, the latter of grievances with Notley. Her rewhom has blown up the simcent musings about designating mering feud with his next-door 20 per cent of all Alberta governColumnist neighbour to the west by lobbing ment contracts as off-limits to a new protectionist-infused non-Alberta based companies policy, wrapped in a whole bunch of rheto- have raised hackles, as has the ongoing disric, banning vehicles with Alberta licence pute over the constitutionality of her governplates from most Saskatchewan highways’ ment’s tax system on small breweries, which roadwork and construction projects. a recent trade panel ruling — now undergo“Saskatchewan contractors tell us that ing appeal — said is in violation of Canada`s vehicles with Saskatchewan plates are not Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT). welcome on Government of Alberta job But for Wall, this could be a more specific sites,” David Marit, Saskatchewan’s minister distraction, made evident in part by the fact for highways and infrastructure who is also that the Saskatchewan government’s news responsible for the SaskBuilds project, said release made specific reference to Marit’s in a Dec. 6 news release. “Saskatchewan role with SaskBuilds — a Treasury Board operators feel forced to register their vehicles Crown corporation established in late 2012 in Alberta if they want to do business there. and tasked with the responsibility for leading Today’s announcement just levels the play- a review, dubbed Priority Saskatchewan, of ing field.” procurement options.

The release went on to warn that SasIn March 2015, after two years of conkatchewan government staff “will enforce sultation with Saskatchewan stakeholders, the contract provision through job site moni- Priority Saskatchewan released an “action toring,” but doesn’t detail what will actuplan” that would “ensure there is an open, ally happen should the licence-plate police fair and transparent bidding environment for stumble upon an Alberta offender. And since Saskatchewan businesses, and that taxpayers proclaiming its new rule, the Saskatchereceive best value” across all government wan government has not provided a lick of ministries and Crown corporations, accordevidence to support its claim of mistreatment ing to the government news release at the on Alberta job sites. In fact, its rationale has time. now changed a number of times.

Priority Saskatchewan was supposed to While Wall and Alberta Premier Rachel be a protectionist solution — minus the proNotley have gleefully grasped yet another tectionism, of course — to a mounting politiopportunity to take cheap, even immature cal problem that was facing the Sask. Party: political shots at each other in the public the perception of a proliferation of governarena, Saskatchewan business leaders and ment contracts being awarded to out-ofbusiness group advocates are caught in the province companies. It’s not clear, however, middle, scratching their heads at this latest if anything has changed for Saskatchewan blast of rhetoric. suppliers and tradespeople, nor if Priority Anyone with even a cursory knowledge Saskatchewan is living up to its mandate in a of Saskatchewan economics understands timely manner. that its small businesses and corporations Wall also desperately needs a distraction need Alberta — its consumers, its contracts for other, broader issues. Embroiled in a and yes, even its government — to survive. land scandal involving an RCMP investigaWall’s fight with a province that Saskatche- tion into the Saskatchewan government’s wan needs far more than the other way beleaguered Global Transportation Hub, and around seems inexplicable: counterintuitive an increasingly dirty Sask. Party leadership at best, and downright economically and race that is spiralling out of the grip of party politically dangerous at worst. brass, the premier’s licence-plate grenade Sometimes, though, the most obvious could simply be the equivalent of shouting explanation is the most likely — it’s just a “Squirrel!” to both media and residents alike. distraction. The Sask. Party government has Either way, it is a decent distraction, and struggled to demonize the NDP Opposition, it’s one that Wall can safely gamble on as a with attacks playing too much like bullying way to reinforce his legacy as a champion instead of politics. So the easiest and most of Saskatchewan’s interests — and one he ENCH.2017adsforSP_7.pdf 7 2017-11-22 2:33 PM obvious targetJames has been Notley’s Alberta won’t have to see through to resolution, JW122501

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is the season to be to believe this inanimate toy will jolly, especially if report good and naughty behavyou are not the pariour to Santa more so than their ents of young tots, solid in their parents will. belief in Santa and all the exOur granddaughters, aged five pectations that come with that and two and a half, have an elf jolly old soul. Yes, the yuletide they call Anna. On a pre-Christis cheery and bright when you mas visit to our granddaughters are the exalted grandparents in Calgary, each morning started rather than the exhausted with the girls bouncing on the parents. bed shouting get up, get up we Although I have heard the have to go find Anna.

Columnist controversy about the Elf on Anna hides in the most inThe Shelf, I gotta say I love nocuous places. She hangs from that little creature. The Christmas Elf is a the light fixture, peeks over doorways, sits little stuffed toy that hides around the house on the mantle, snuggles in a hung stocking watching over the kids for naughty and nice — it is mind-boggling just trying dream up behaviour. Each night, the elf returns to the new places to hide Anna. And it is so easy North Pole to report to Santa on who was to stop misbehaviour by simply saying, “I naughty or nice that day, and then returns hope Anna didn’t see (or hear) that.” One to the house the next morning to resume elf night I listened to the five-year-old talking duties. to the elf at the day’s end saying “Anna, tell Some parents dismiss it as an offensive Santa I’m sorry I was mean to my sister this psychological “big brother is watching” morning but that I was really, really good game, and others see it as a fun pre-Christ- for all the rest of the day.” mas activity. Frankly, it just saves parents Where was this elf when I really needed from saying, “if you don’t behave I’m it years back while raising raucous, hypedgoing to tell Santa.” The elf gets to be the up kids during the Christmas season? snitch instead Carol of the parents, and kids tend After breakfast, it is a race for the advent CT122502

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calendars. I had forgotten how painfully long it took for youngsters to search for the right number on those calendars, all for the sake of a tiny treat, and then to count off the days remaining until Christmas. (And we wonder why they are hyped up.)

After the kids were tucked in, it was entertaining watching our son opening a box that said, “some assembly required,” and grumbling that you needed an engineering degree to put the toy together, while our daughter-in-law laid out the 85 pieces that would eventually become a mini kitchen.

It was enjoyable sipping the eggnog knowing the stress of creating holiday magic for your kids was over, and that the new magicians were performing the same old magic.

But Christmas is not all about toys and treats or greed.

Have you heard of community library boxes? They are boxes located in some areas where residents can drop off books they want to dispose of and select from books others have left behind. Our five-year-old granddaughter went to one of these boxes and picked out a book that was very religious in nature, but apparently quite colourful.

She refused to give it up, saying it was her Christmas gift for Grandma. My heart

melted firstly because she thought of me without parental prompting, and secondly that she didn’t feel she needed money or a trip to the store to find a gift. That gesture, coupled with her handmade card and framed artwork, has already made my Christmas. It is true that it’s the thought that counts.

The next day, when the gingerbread house kits came out, we decided we had had enough comfort and joy and left the sticky mess of house construction to the kids and their parents.

We lament that we won’t see them Christmas morning, although FaceTime will take some of the sting out of their absence.

The residual warmth of this visit, coupled with family here, will make for a happy Hanukkah and joyous yuletide.

And let us remember Christmas is not just about Santa Claus. For Christians worldwide, it is a celebration of the birth of the saviour.

During this holy holiday and beyond, may your faith always sustain and comfort you.

On that note, I wish each of you a Merry Christmas. I hope your heart will be warmed by the kindness and thoughtfulness of others.

My sincere good wishes to one and all for a healthy and happy 2018. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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St. Volodymyr Villa maintains ties to its past Ned Powers Lewchuk is still there. A Saskatoon Express one-time teacher and adminisohn Lewchuk was one of trator in the Greater Saskatoon the youngest on a SaskaCatholic Schools system, he toon Ukrainian commuretired after 34 years of sernity co-ordinating committee vice. He was hired as general formed in May 1984 to study manager of St. Volodymyr the future housing needs of an in 1994, served one term of aging population. seven and a half years, twice Just about the time other retired, was twice called back Saskatoon organizations were and he’s definitely the mover facing similar issues, the and the shaker of a vibrant Saskatoon Ukrainian commucommunity.

People nity was witnessing the need There were two 30th anto find accommodation for niversary celebrations in 2017. seniors, who no longer could or wanted to A party on July 23 was intended for the stay in their homes. community residents. Another on Sept. 23 After a series of preliminary meetings brought together many of the past direcand consultations with its churches, St. tors. Among them were Mary Patrick, a Volodymyr Villa was constructed and of- committee original and the villa’s secficially opened in October 1987. On open- retary from 1987 to 2000. She, Andrew ing day, Peter and Betty Pitchko were the Dziadyk and Sophie Feschuk were all on first to move in. Thirty-three suites were the first committee and they are current soon occupied and, within six months, all residents at the villa. of the suites were in use.

“John Chyzowski was the chair in Today, 30 years later, the corpora1994 when he came to me and asked if tion retains the villa as its main living I’d become the general manager,” said component, with 100 suites, and has five Lewchuk. other units, with a capacity of 246, all in “John always talked about the decia Nutana suburban centre of 6.16 acres on sion to build the villa being nothing short Louise Street. Each of the units has its own of an act of courage and determination commons place, but the villa is the hub by volunteers, who gave of their time because of the large dining room, chapel, and knowledge without compensation. library and largest commons room.

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pioneers needed to continue living their senior years in dignity. In our plans, there’s always been a sense of privacy and yet various amenities to provide an opportunity to socialize.

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She’s in the Terrace suites for those who need assisted living and thankfully, we have that for her now.”

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e n i S h e S n i n o u r S Albert Nyirfa calls home.

We are having a New Year’s party and we are sharing a few of our favourite appetizers and wine pairings that we are serving.

Our first favourite dish is a delicious baked brie topped with brandy caramelized pecans. This particular appetizer is a hit for any party and it takes minutes to prepare.

It also pairs lovely with a chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc.

Albert was born and raised in Wakaw Saskatchewan, growing up on the farm he spent a lot of time outdoors. Albert attended high school near Wakaw, later taking classes in accounting and taxation and working for Revenue Canada.

After retiring from farming in 1980, Albert spent his time during the winter on the slopes, teaching all 6 of his children to ski from a very young age.

He spent his summers working as the Wakaw Lake Regional Park Superintendent. Albert loves to travel, ski, socialize and spend time with the ones he loves. Albert is still as active as ever and spends a lot of time on the dance floor at Preston Park 2! Join us for our Open House this month on Dec 27th, we will be serving specialty coffees and treats. Live entertainment on Dec 28th at 2pm.

Pecan Baked Brie Ingredients:

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1/4 cup of crushed pecans 1/4 cup of brown sugar 1 tablespoon of brandy 1 medium or large round of double cream brie

Mix pecans, brown sugar and brandy in a bowl. Heat oven to 500°F and place brie on baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Heat for 5 minutes and then spread pecans, brown sugar and brandy mixture evenly over brie.

Heat for 4 minutes or until mixture starts to melt.

Serve with crackers or bread!

We can’t take credit for the second recipe, because it was shared with us from a friend. This big hit is our amazing jelly meatballs. They aren’t just great for serving at a New Year’s party, they make the perfect appetizer for baby showers or football parties. When pairing meatballs with wine, it is often more important to consider the sauce or seasoning you are using. This sweet and savoury sauce pairs perfectly with a light-bodied red wine, specifically Gamay or Pinot Noir.

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(Continued from pqge 14) Basil Filevich, Rev. Ted Krawchuk, Steve Harasymuk, Stephanie Wowk, Steve Woytowich, Victor Nowoselski, Dr. Stephen Worobetz, Gerald Muzyka, Bonace Korchinski, John Hawryluk, Ted Rybchinski and Dr. Metro Hrabok.

Three Ukrainian Catholic parishes — Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Georges and St. Mary’s — were major players and fundraising arms in the beginning.

A somewhat magical coincidence happened with the St. Volodymyr launch.

Since 1988 was the 1,000th anniversary of Christianity being adopted in Ukraine, Bishop Filevich chose the name as a millennium project for the Eparchy. Dr. Leo Mol, a noted German sculptor, agreed to build the statue which is a centrepiece

near the entrance.

Organizers were always conscious of the special amenities. At the start, there was a commercial kitchen which provided one meal a day, a large recreation lounge, a confectionery, two bowling lanes and a Jacuzzi room. A chapel was built in 2000.

A steady stream of life-lease units followed.

The success was staggering because, today, there are 1,400 names on the waiting list for units.

Trudy Erixon, who started teaching near the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border and later settled in Clavet, is the president of the tenants’ association executive. She’s been at the villa five years.

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“It means a lot to realize that if someone needs assisted living, there is a place for them here,” Erixon added.

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t was a strange sort St. Nicholas regularly on of year when so many Dec. 5 accompanied by a things we have taken for Korean-American kid (in granted were turned topsyblack face) as Black Pieter. turvy with the toddler-inYou haven’t really lived chief of the United States at until you’ve experienced a the top of everybody’s perSwiss men’s choir singing sonal distress file. This file, Go Tell It on the Mountain of course, includes the inwith German inflection. credible #MeToo movement Who would have known which is leaving so many of how much the Swiss like us gasping in astonishment Southern American gospel Columnist at its scope and awfulness — music? but not before time.

It definitely wasn’t my Another popular meme of 2017 was imagination in a Catholic church on the the hue and cry of cultural misapproCosta Del Sol when I spotted Santa on priation. In Canada, this usually foa swing in a huge complicated nativcuses on lack of respect for aboriginal ity scene. And, of course, I will never culture. Heads have rolled in publish- forget encountering a Christmas tree in ing, talking heads have proliferated in the lobby of a hotel in Cairo — a tree the media, fashion icons cannot include covered in snow made from punched native head dress in their lines and out sanitary napkins. sport teams with native names are now Isn’t this as it should be? That we verboten. should be free to poach Christmas Notwithstanding this newfound traditions from other cultures and relisensitivity, I spent six wonderful years gions and create new ones? I joke with working with the Blood Tribe (Black- my half-Muslim/half-Christian hair foot) in Southern Alberta. I continue to dresser that he’s eligible for the two for reiterate that I learned far more from one! The spirit of the season is about them than I ever brought to the table in sharing and harmony and inclusivity. terms of expertise.

I’m all for making new traditions, even Yet, as the noise of cultural misapif it just means trying to avoid receivpropriation continues unabated, I often ing the plastic poo in the annual family reflect that the shoe could easily be gift exchange. found on the other foot.

Thanks to my time with the First I was never invited to a celebraNations and also from the cobbled tion that didn’t include Big Mother streets of Europe, I felt no guilt whatIndian Tacos, a delicacy that merges soever when I boycotted the turkey last all the flavours of Mexico with fried year in favor of BBQ ribs. I feel totally bannock. I remember a day when I non-guilty when I make a very Alsawatched a student create pemmican tian version of mulled wine, thanks to with a big stone and a sirloin tip beef the coaching of a French colleague I roast — nary a piece of bison in sight, worked with. although a buffalo paddock was nearby I am just as certain that all of you in Waterton National Park. celebrate mash-up Christmas traditions When I attended the funeral of my that have become uniquely yours over friend, Geraldine Soop, I was astound- the years. Whether you sing the Mesed to see the lectern decorated with siah, go ice-fishing, or imbibe eggnog large pictures of both Jesus and Elvis (aka elf-snot), it really doesn’t matter — two of her heroes. whether Christmas is on a beach or in a But it is CHRISTMAS, it seems to sleigh or at the local homeless shelter. me, that is the ultimate cultural mash What is important is for all of us up. This was never more obvious than to care about each other and celebrate during the years we lived in Europe. the season with goodwill and in peace.

The borders are pretty amorphous and We need to be grateful for each other’s traditions are freely borrowed. I suptraditions, and friendship and generospose that right now it would be consid- ity and appreciate that we live in this ered wrong for Frank to have played wonderful country we call Canada.

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Get Walking!

he New Year is almost upon us and the pollsters at Ipsos report that approximately one in three Canadians will make a resolution to improve their personal fitness and nutrition in 2018.

For many people, this can be a daunting proposition. There is no shortage of information and advice available, much of it conflicting. Do you sign up for community fitness classes or sport leagues? Pay for a personal trainer to put you through your paces? Purchase a gym membership and go it on your own?

There are so many options!

The thing is, if you are an absolute beginner to exercise, it is in your best interest to start slowly and find something that you can do consistently. Because really, consistency is what matters most in any exercise program. And realistically, it’s easiest to be consistent with something that requires no equipment or training, can be done anywhere and costs nothing.

So, what is the number one exercise that I recommend for someone looking to get moving for the first time in years (or maybe ever)? WALKING! As a trainer, you’d think that I would encourage everyone to get to the gym, stat. But that’s not necessarily the case.

Many people – young and old alike - are leading very sedentary lives and they would do well to start small and initiate their fitness journey with a simple daily 20-30 minute walk.

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ous benefits: • It helps your heart. Walking gets the blood pumping without putting undue strain on your cardiovascular system and reduces the likelihood of heart attack, angina, bypass surgery, and angioplasty.

• It keeps high blood pressure in check, reducing the risk of stroke.

• It cuts the risk of dying from cancer, according to some studies.

• It will improve your mood, especially if you take it outdoors.

• And some surprising benefits: • It can tame your sweet tooth, curbing cravings for sugary snacks.

• It eases arthritis-induced joint pain by lubricating them and strengthening supporting muscles. It might even help prevent arthritis from forming in the first place.

• It boosts immune function, resulting in fewer sick days, shorter duration of colds and flus and milder symptoms.

• In fact, researchers at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. did a study of 334,000 people found that it only takes 20 minutes a day to cut the risk of premature death by one-third.

• If you’re looking to start on the road to better fitness, as a newbie or even as an avid gym rat, do your health a favour and get walking!

“Walking is man’s best medicine.” – Hippocrates Content provided by Shelley Turk, Certified Functional Aging Specialist

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n the 1960s, researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe studied the potential link between stressful life events and illness. After examining the medical records of thousands of patients, Holmes and Rahe discovered that there was a strong correlation between the two, ultimately developing the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale.

Holmes and Rahe found that the death of a spouse, divorce and imprisonment were among the most stressful life events. But a person need not be widowed, recently divorced or newly imprisoned to be dealing stress sparked by a major life change. In fact, Holmes and Rahe found that marriage and retirement, two things many people would consider positive changes, were among the 10 most stressful life events.

Change can be both exciting and frightening. Men and women facing major life changes like moving, switching careers or retiring can take the following tips to heart to make such transitions go as smoothly as possible.

• Embrace the positive. Change has its advantages and disadvantages, but once men and women have decided to make changes, they should shift their focus toward the positive aspects of changing instead of worrying about the potential negatives. For example, if moving, focus on the adventure of living somewhere new and the opportunities to explore new places and make new friends.

• Accept your decision. Many people spend ample time mulling the pros and cons of major decisions before ultimately deciding to make major changes. People who

decide to change careers may have spent years trying to decide if such a change was the right move. Once they have come to a decision and started the process of changing, whether it’s giving a boss two weeks’ notice or putting a house on the market, men and women should accept their decision and rest easier knowing they exercised their due diligence before making a final decision.

• Commit to your decision. Fully committing to change can increase your chances of making a successful transition. If moving to a new place, look for opportunities to connect with neighbors and other members of your new community. Parents can be active in parent organizations at their children’s schools, while professionals can make a concerted effort to connect with coworkers in an effort to build strong relationships that can help their transition go smoothly.

• Maintain existing relationships. Professionals who are moving on to new companies and adults moving to new communities don’t have to give up their relationships with current coworkers, neighbors and friends.

Maintain contact with valued friends, neighbors and coworkers through channels such as social media, email or even the telephone.

These people have likely been valuable resources and friends for years, and there’s no reason you cannot continue to look to them for support and provide a source of support for them should they make a major change in the years ahead.

Change is rarely easy, but men and women can take several steps to make transitions go smoothly.

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JANUARY 20 The 96th Highlanders Pipes and Drums present a Robbie Burns Night at the Gordie Howe Sports Centre (1525 Avenue P South) Tickets $50 each for adults. Cocktails at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. Entertainment to follow. Call 306-374-6026 banjo and dobro. With a 1916 album, On The Water, in hand, to reserve a table or email robbieburnsnight@gmail.com they are visiting Saskatchewan. 8 p.m. The Bassment.

Tickets - $18 and $23.

Bring in the New Year with England. 8 p.m. at the German Cultural Centre. Special guests will be the voices of Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley. For more information and tickets, call the German Cultural Centre at 306-244-6869.

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Angel Art Creations, Tuesdays, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13 and 20, Kaitlyn Raitz, vocals and cello, and Ben Plotnick, vocals 2018 — 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. $95. and fiddle, form Oliver The Crow and are from Nashville.

Location: Saskatoon Council on Aging (2020 College Drive They’ve played countless festivals, serving up a mix of folk, – SCOA boardroom). Create your own special angels filled bluegrass, Appalachian and string band music. 9 p.m. The with hope and love. Your angels will be created using mixed Bassment. Tickets - $18 and $23. media: fabric, embellishments, re-purposed materials, and acrylic on canvas. For supply list and to register: Phone JANUARY 6 the Saskatoon Council on Aging 306-652-2255 or email Gerard Weber, a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan admin@scoa.ca. Visit the website: scoa.ca and once a Canadian music festival winner as a saxophonDECEMBER 30 ****** ist, leads his sextet into the music made famous by jazz and Vesti and The Vexations feature Vesti Hanson and Cam Karousels Dance Club: Learn to Dance: Waltz, Two Step, McConnell, who surround themselves with some of Saska- fusion guitarist Pat Metheny. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets etc. and choreographed ballroom (round) dancing. Albert - $20 and $25. toon’s best musicians for an evening of rhythm and blues Community Centre (610 Clarence Ave. South), Second Floor. and soul favourites. They’ll reach into the songbooks of Beginning Fridays, Jan. 5, 12, 19 and onward to Apr. 27. 7 Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and Marvin Gaye. 8 p.m. p.m. to 8:15 p.m. For more information, call 306-290-5486 The Bassment. Tickets - $20 and $25. or 306-664-2775.

Track and Field volunteer training. Volunteers are needed ***** for track and field events this winter at the Saskatoon Field EVERY THURSDAY Christop Campestrini leads the orchestra, Patricia Nessy House. By attending a two-hour session you will become a Prairie Sky Farmers’ Market is open every Thursday from and Adam Fisher are the featured vocalists and Salute valuable member of the volunteer officiating team. Clinics 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church to Vienna is a high-energy evening of Strauss waltzes, will be held Jan 12, 13, 26, 27 and March 2. Enquire and in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone polkas, arias and duets. Most of the singers and dancers register with the Sask Athletics Office by email admin@ or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ are from Europe, most of the orchestra players are from the saskathletics.ca. hotmail.com.

Saskatoon Symphony. 7:30 p.m. TCU Place. Tickets – From ***** $91.50 to $57.50 plus service charges.

NOW UNTIL FEB. 28 The Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets at 7 Compete in the Geocaching Winter Games. Check out the DECEMBER 31 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Room 13, 610 Clarence tasks that you will have to complete on geocaching.com: Ave. South). LearnAaron dances from many countries. The first For all of the New Year’s Eves since The Bassment opened AS122501 the event is GC7E12X. in 2009, Don Griffith has led his three units, The CrawDECEMBER 28 daddios, Zyde-Gogo and Dr. Don and The Black Mambas through New Years in New Orleans. Annual sellouts attest Christmas Bird Count for Kids. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pike Lake to the show’s popularity. Tickets include party favours, Provincial Park Visitor Centre champagne and some New Orleans food treats at midnight. Everyone welcome for this free event. Count Birds, connect 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $65 and $75. with Young Naturalists, contribute to Citizen Science and have fun learning about birds and nature.

JANUARY 2 – 3 Guitarist Kenny Marco played with bands like Motherlode, Dr. Music and Blood, Sweat and Tears in the emerging days of Canadian rock ‘n roll bands. He’s promising some funk-jazz, some Latin and some Ray Charles favourites in a date with the Saskatoon Jazz Society. Songstress Theresa Sokyrka will contribute some originals. 9 p.m.

The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets $23 for SJS members, $28 for non-members.

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The Sound of Music is the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about a nun who leaves the convent to become governess of a large family in Austria in pre-war days. It’s a musical which never loses its appeal. A touring company brings the musical to Saskatoon, complete with professional performers and stunning music. 7:30 p.m. TCU Place. Tickets - $From $115 to $45, plus service charges.

Friends of the Saskatoon Library book sale on the lower level at the Frances Morrison Central Library. Proceeds donated to non-budgetary library projects. Jan: 13: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 14: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

JANUARY 13

MENSA is an international, non-profit society for people who score among the top two per cent of the general population Saskatchewan-born fiddler Laura Ellestad moved to Norway on a standardized IQ test. A supervised IQ testing session in 2008 because she was so fascinated with Norwegian is being held in Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 folk music. There she met Magnus Wiik, a virtuoso on guitar, for students. If you are interested in attending this ses-

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Presented by the University of Saskatchewan Ukrainian Students’ Association, the documentary was produced by Armistice Films and won four awards in the best documentary category, one award of merit and the people’s choice award at the Bay Street Film Festival.

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documentary directed by Saskatoon native Ryan Boyko, about the Canadian internment of Ukrainians and other Europeans, has its local premiere at the Roxy Theatre on Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m.

That Never Happened: Canada’s First National Internment Operations recounts the internment of thousands of people between 1914 and 1920. According to research prepared decades later, the internees were targeted not for any deeds done, but “because of who they were and where they came from,” says the news release announcing the premiere.

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By RJ Currie f I start with a joke about an English word that has all the vowels in correct order, would you think it’s facetious?

• The Washington Capitals edged the Stars 4-3 — their 11th win in 13 games. It’s nice to see the Caps getting an early-season start on their late-season collapse.

• Rafael dos Anjos won a unanimous five-round decision over Robbie Lawler in UFC action in Winnipeg. That’s right: he fought the Lawler, and the Lawler lost.

• Anyone else see Denver defensive lineman Shelby Harris doing a sideline shimmy in the Thursday Night game? All I can tell you is orange isn’t slimming.

• How about the wife of LA Charger Adrian Phillips getting escorted from the medical tent by Chiefs security. That’s a rivalry game for you — action is in tents.

• USA Today reports LaVar Ball is still convinced his son Lonzo is better than Steph Curry. If there was a concussion tent in basketball, they’d never let LaVar out of it.

• A new Pinterest trend has young women weaving beads into their eyebrows to resemble Christmas trees. Is that what’s meant by fir-rowed brows?

• Reuters reports Finnish police have criticized a unnamed deputy minister “for hiding in a car boot in a government crisis.” Let me guess: Donald Trunk?

• Nick Foles threw four touchdown passes with no interceptions in his first start replacing Carson Wentz. Keep that up over Christmas, and they’ll start calling him St. Nick.

• Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville benched winger Richard Panik for being a “dead end” in the offensive zone “when he does get around it.” Talk about a Panik attack.

• Gotta love how Fox Sports listed the 5-8 Bengals as “still in the hunt.” More like one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.

• Is it true NY Ranger Jimmy Vesey took a skate to the face and played most of a game with two teeth embedded in his lower lip?

Or is there no tooth to the rumour?

• The Leafs wore throwback jerseys to mark 100 years in the NHL. This inspired Cleveland Browns fans to ask, “Can we keep the regular jerseys and throw back the team?”

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ith Rachel Homan winning the Olympic curling berth, it’s great that Regina’s Michelle Englot will get to play as Team Canada at the Scotties. The Homan-Englot final at last year’s Scotties was about as good as a curling game gets.

• Janice Hough’s best named college bowls of 2017: “1. Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl; 2. Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl.”

• What is a pure skater?

• Five reasons for the failing Ottawa Senators from Marc Dumont of theathletic.com: 1. Terrible owner; 2. Bad arena placement; 3. Government town; 4. Biggest star might be traded; 5. Have we talked about the owner?”

• Hough, on American 100-metre world champion Justin Gatlin reportedly being investigated for doping: “It’s enough to make you long for the purity of pro wrestling.”

• ESPN’s Mike Greenberg, on Kobe Bryant: “He had as much talent as just about any player ever, but his legacy is his ferocity and competitiveness. That’s why the older legends respect him so much. He’s the last of them.”

• Here is a stat from Fox Sports that seems

unbelievable: “Of all the pro sports teams in all the leagues to have finished a season, only one has failed to make the playoffs this century: the Bills.”

• A Vancouver weather report from Torben Rolfsen: “The snow has turned to chubby rain.”

• From Montreal Gazette columnist Jack Todd: “For those of you who like lotteries, the Habs are now fifth from the bottom.”

• Hough, on Carlos Santana leaving the Indians for the Phillies for a three-year, $60-million contract: “Plus he gets Octobers off.”

• With talk of an XFL-like league forming, it’s time for people to dust off their He Hate Me jerseys.

• It’s not surprising that the B.C. Lions are Team Airmiles/Airkilometres in the CFL. The Leos will fly more than 38,000 kilometres in 2018. At the bottom of the flight scale are the Roughriders with just under 25,000 kilometres.

• Hough, on Sarah and Todd Palin considering not bailing their son out of jail in time for Christmas: “And you think your family holidays are awkward.”

• From the Las Vegas Golden Knights Twitter account after Shea Theodore scored with 2.3 seconds left in the game to beat Tampa Bay: “Our Theodore is way better than the chipmunk Theodore.”

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