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Volume 17, Issue 3, Week of January 22, 2018

Born Resilient Saskatoon author shares stories of survival

Allan Kehler is a best-selling author and professional speaker. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson) Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express ackie was born resilient. Telling her story to Allan Kehler made him cry. It was the only time he cried in front of a person he was counselling. Jackie, a teenager living in a small community, walked into a classroom where Kehler was doing one-on-one chats with students who had just heard his presentation. Jackie was nervous and fidgety at first. Her arms were scarred. When she and Kehler made eye contact she immediately looked back down to her feet. “Scars are a sign of survival,” Kehler told her. “You are clearly a fighter, Jackie, and you have my utmost respect.” Jackie said no one in the community understands her. She is the girl to avoid. Don’t let your children hang out with Jackie. They, too, will become scarred. As she opened up, Jackie shared with Kehler her stories of abuse. She felt hopeless and had attempted suicide twice. Jackie

told Kehler she had recently started using IV drugs. Then she said the thing that made Kehler cry. “People in this community only see the needle. Nobody sees my pain.” Kehler has seen a lot of pain and suffering. He has experienced it as well. Jackie’s story inspired him to write and compile a book of survivors’ stories. There are 17 in Born Resilient. “This one I found really hard to write,” said Kehler, who has written two other books and is a busy keynote speaker. “What’s more sacred than someone’s story?” “The book makes you cry; it makes you laugh and makes you appreciate what you have. It’s real. I know all these people personally and I did not know the magnitude of their struggles.” He said he initially hoped the book would inspire and enlighten readers. “I don’t know if that is what happened because it is pretty raw. I think it is more about perspective and propels people into

action. I hope (readers) realize everyone has a story and that we are so quick to judge without knowing what they’re going through.” There have been a number of twists and turns on Kehler’s own road. An elder and a professor played key roles in his recovery. “One of my keynotes is removing the mask. I always had to smile. I was always the happy kid and inside was this very different story. On the outside, president of the school, athlete of the year, captain of sports teams, national scholarship winner, but I didn’t know how to talk about my pain. I spent the majority of my life trying to inflict pain upon self without an understanding of why. “I found soothing through alcohol, through gambling. I was hammered with so many labels from various professionals. At one point, I was given a month to live if I didn’t change what I was doing — from my life of destruction with addictions and not taking care of self. “It was one of those proverbial forks in

the road where I had to think about do I want to fight. One of the turning points for me was later on when an elder said, ‘You are not the only one who has been sexually abused, you are not the only one who has gone through addiction, you are not the only one who has struggled with mental health and if you want something different, go get it because this world owes you nothing.’” The bluntness angered Kehler, although he would take the message to heart. He said the power of thought led to action. “I thought there has to be something more. I started to use my voice in times of need. I connected with people. “What saved my life or a big part of it was being around people who understood me. You get into those rooms and you hear similarities and realize I am not alone in this. Shame dictated my life. It was the dominant theme and I’ve learned the more I talk about my challenges or problems, the freer I become. (Continued on page 13)

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ryan Cox has had a broken neck, two heart attacks and cancer. Isn’t he hilarious? Cox, a 60-something, is making a comeback as a stand-up comedian. He’s not getting older, he’s getting funnier. Cox’s first big gig in Saskatoon in many more than 10 years will be Jan. 26 at the Ramada Hotel. He will likely poke fun at himself, his age and, yes, his health. “You can have a little giggle about cancer,” Cox said during a laugh-filled Editor 15-minute interview. “It’s like if you are an indigenous person, you can tell indigenous jokes. If you are a cancer survivor, you can tell cancer jokes, but nobody else can.” Cox is a funny man, but he hasn’t been dealt a good hand when it comes to his health. In addition to the other serious maladies, he was recently diagnosed with leukemia. “It’s like Mother Nature has it out for me,” he said. “I’m handling it; don’t you worry.” Cox says the business has changed since he last performed, but he will keep up with the times. Back in the day, he toured Canada, worked the room at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles and once opened for Tom Jones. “You have to watch what you say now. The parameters of comedy have changed a bit. It tends to make you more creative in your writing. “It’s tending to be more clever, double entendre humour. Sure, it gets a bit raunchy from time to time, but it’s not way the used to be. It’s more of an art form now.” Cox, who many will remember for his long career in Saskatoon radio, said in his

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Bryan Cox will be performing as part of the Laugh Shop tour on Jan. 26 at the Ramada Hotel. (Express File Photo) younger days he walked the “dirty edge a bit.” “It was OK; I was making a living. Now I have matured, not only physically. I’ve matured way too fast physically, so I think my physical maturity is beating my comedic maturity,” he said, laughing. He said he is planning to do cleverer word play than he used to do. He said Trump and the likes of Kevin Spacey are easy targets if the audience is up for it. “I throw things in, but you have to test an audience to see how far you can go with that. Some of them just don’t read (current events). Some of them aren’t as up on topical things.” He said in some ways he feels like he is starting over. “I’m a beginner again, yet I have a little bit more experience on stage, but the actually doing the comedy is the same as when I first started, so it’s like riding a bike, but I’m still wobbly.” Cox says it is natural that he will poke fun at his age. “It’s like a writer. What do you write about? You write about what you know. With comedy, you do comedy about what you know.” Cox will open the show at the Ramada with a 30-minute routine. “I think one of the reasons they are putting me up first is that I am so old they

don’t know if I’ll make it until the end of the night. That’s probably why,” he said with another laugh. He is happy to be back and isn’t planning to go away anytime soon. “People say, ‘Well you know you can retire, you can go for coffee and do that.’ No, I’d rather be on stage making people laugh. That to me is a gift that was given to me and now I am just going to go out and do that.” It’s not always easy. He remembers nights when he fell flat. “It’s death, oh God. You can’t imagine a worse thing to happen to you; to get up and open your mouth and no one reacts. You have to move onto the next thing even though you are crying and it’s ripping your heart out inside.” He said one of things that irritates comedians is being asked to tell a joke. “I get that all the time. People say, ‘so what do you do for a living?’ I say I’m a comedian and they say, ‘Well, tell me a joke.’ And I say, ‘Well, pay me.’ “You don’t go up to somebody and go, ‘Oh what do you do for a living?’ ‘I’m an accountant.’ ‘Do my books.’” Break a leg, Bryan. Not literally, though. (Tickets for the Jan. 26 show, which will feature Ben Proulx, can be purchased by calling 306-665-6500.)

Saskatoon has new police chief

roy Cooper, a 30-year veteran of the Prince Albert Police Service, will be moving down Highway 11 to take the reins of the Saskatoon service. Cooper was named Saskatoon’s chief of police last week. Cooper, who is 52, climbed the ranks in Prince Albert, starting as a constable and advancing to corporal, to sergeant, to inspector and then to chief in 2012. “He is the candidate who will continue to motivate and engage our highly qualified Police Service while he concurrently engages with groups and residents throughout our city,” Darlene Brander, chair of the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners,

said in a news release. “We found the community leader we wanted.” The search for a new Saskatoon police was a seven-month process. Clive Weighill announced last June that he would be leaving the force after 11 years in the top job. “He was a mentor of mine,” Cooper said at the news conference announcing his hiring. “We were chiefs together and deputy chiefs together and I’m certain I’ll also reach out to Clive for his advice.” Cooper will be sworn in as Saskatoon police chief on Feb. 28. He was given a five-year contract. (Chief Cooper will be featured in an upcoming edition of the Express.)

Troy Cooper will be sworn in as Saskatoon’s new chief of police on Feb. 28. (Saskatoon Police Service Photo)

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go out it is guaranteed that he will be waiting for me at home completely drunk. He never does that when I’m with him. I really don’t know what to do but something has to change or he’ll chase me away. I’ve tried talking to him and he says it is because he loves me so much. Is this as good as it gets? Tonya

Dear Tonya, You set out to be in a relationship not a babysitting job. Tom has some work to do. I would suggest the two of you go to counselling. He likely needs to go to Alcoholics Anonymous. Both of you need outside interests and hobbies. This is not the way love should be expressed. This is a codependency that is masking

other issues. You can not be held hostage by the fact that he will be drunk if you are not there. That actually is a form of control on his part. I would talk to him letting him know that your relationship needs intervention and a tuneup and you would like him to join you in counselling. If he will not go I urge you to go on your own. .

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Woman fights cancer with sparkle in her soul

aving twice fallen in love with Europe’s beauty and culture on previous trips, Cynthia Sotnikow decided in 2014 to revisit Italy and make it an extended seven-month stay. But in January, 2015, the Saskatoon woman’s life changed. She was facing health issues. Because Italy is damp in the winter and the buildings were cold, Sotnikow was told that the symptoms seemed to be bronchitis or pneumonia. She was People troubled by a persistent cough, laboured breathing and difficulty sleeping. “I was living there, walking outdoors often, I thought I was super fit and believed I could face anything. Becoming ill in a foreign country is a whole different experience. I have no regrets about the decision to stay longer to find a solution in Italy rather than coming home sooner. When I did return to Canada, I was equipped with many test results and they provided the solid base for the ultimate action. “The bottom line is that when I called my doctor in Saskatoon from Italy, he immediately told me to be in his office by Monday morning,” said Sotnikow.

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She was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and that was the signal for a series of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. “I had always looked for the silver linings in all things, I had reached all the goals I had set for myself. And then from a job loss in Saskatoon, to living in Italy, to a diagnosis of cancer, my life turned into something full of surprises. I always had confidence in my beliefs and my way of handling all of life’s adventures. Then, I was suddenly feeling lost.” Already well-qualified as creative and a blogger, Sotnikow started to hear from friends that she should write a book. She

set December, 2017 as the deadline. The book, Sparkle On! One Woman’s Creative Way of Reclaiming Her Wellness and Living Life, is now on the market. The bonus is a high recommendation from Dr. Brian Alman, a wellness doctor in California, founder of TruSage.com and author of seven books, including the bestselling book, Your Inner Voice. In Alman’s foreword to the book, he wrote “Cynthia’s contributions to the worlds of wellness and healing with her new book are exciting, empowering and inspiring. This is the best book I’ve read from a person who shifted from victim to victory. The greatest thing that Cynthia

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Not 30 below? Now that’s what I call Winterruption

ight now, as I write this, it is minus 7. Seven! Not 30, with a windchill

and said she couldn’t see; the sun was in her eyes, and her windshield could have been of 42. cleaner. Yes. That low in the Is it my advancing age, or sky sun, along with exhaust does winter get harder to take and inability to wash vehicles, every year? Neither, probably, is my second-least favourite or maybe both. Mostly, I’m part of this time of year. Few whining because it has been an things, I might add, get your awful winter. It started, as you attention like a car accident. may recall, at the very beginWhich is why you’re getting a ning of November. We’re more snippety column. Columnist than two and a half months into That being said, you can tell winter, and it’s only mid-Janwe’re past the winter solstice; uary. Although, by the time you read this, it’s not pitch black dark horrible at five in we’ll be a little further along. the blasted afternoon any more. It gives Every early evening, I go for a walk — me hope. Spring may indeed come again. because it’s good for me, mostly. I wear a Every year at this time, I have my doubts. T-shirt, turtleneck and big honking sweater I can’t remember what it feels like to be under my parka. Long johns under warm warm. pants. Two scarves. Two pairs of socks Minus 7 certainly cheered me up someunder my boots. Gloves. I’m so sick of what. Forecast as of now is for two, three carrying an extra 20 pounds of clothes on and four above, with a zero on the horimy back, I could scream. I have, actually. zon. By next week we might be back in Adding insult to injury, or perhaps the the freeze, but I’ll take this for now. With other way around, I was rear-ended at an all due respect to the “winter city” push intersection last week. I was not moving; going on around here (and good for you, if the light was red. I was going south. The you’re partaking), these temps really are a young woman behind me decided to get a winterruption. jump on things. She apologized profusely You’d think, after more decades that

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that it’s really cold here in the winter. I’ll bet the rRemai mModern ddidn’t mmention that. ****** In entertainment news, did you know that a Freddie Mercury movie is in production? I’ll be going to see that one. Maybe even in a theatre. I am, to this moment, a crazy Queen fan. The day after Freddie Mercury died of complications of AIDS (and I’m sure I’ve bored you with this before) on Nov. 24, 1991, I drank at least a bottle of wine and worked a jigsaw puzzle, soaking the little pieces with my tears. I really was devastated. I really thought, and think, he was a genius, with that unbelievable four octave voice, eclectic musicality and crazy, intense stage presence. They’re calling the film Bohemian Rhapsody, which I like. There have been issues on the set; the first director got fired, and it took them a while to definitely cast Mercury, with Rami Malek of Mr. Robot taking the role. Members of Queen are among the producers. I just wonder what took them so long; even so, it doesn’t come out until Christmas. Not sure I can wait until then. And it better. Not. Suck.

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The amazing race U of S runner was star struck when facing Olympic champion

Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express ieran Johnston will never forget his surreal experience at the Knights of Columbus Saskatchewan Indoor

Games. It came three years ago when Humboldt product Brianne Theisen-Eaton and husband Ashton Eaton participated in the event. Johnston doesn’t get star struck often around the track and field community due to the fact he has been around the sport all his life — his father Todd is a long-time standout coach in the sport. Kieran knew TheisenEaton from his travels in the track scene. When Theisen-Eaton came to Saskatoon with her husband in 2015, Johnston admitted he was a fan of Ashton Eaton, a two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon, and was star struck. That feeling took on a whole new dimension when the games started. “I got to be in a hurdle race with Ashton,” said Johnston, who was 19 at the time. “He was like a full second ahead. “It was kind of cool — he was in the lane beside me — just to see how fluid and powerful he was, to just to see that up close. “On TV you see everybody running. They look fast, but then when you are actually beside the guy you see how fast he actually is, it is pretty crazy.” Johnston gets a bit of a chuckle when he reflects on that race. “It was nerve-wracking, because it was the invitational hurdles,” said Johnston. “I had a couple of (University of Saskatchewan) Huskie buddies of mine who were in the race as well. Then, it was all like the proAS012211 guys. It wasAaron almost like there were two

races happening. “There were all these top tier guys trying to get under eight seconds, and then all of us around the mid-eight mark.” Now 22, Johnston is set to return to this year’s K of C Indoor Games, which run Jan. 25 to 27 at the Saskatoon Field House. The 53rd edition of this event, known for its elementary school relays, is expected to attract about 3,000 athletes and about 35 to 42 invitational athletes. The invitational athletes will compete in various track and field disciplines. Johnston, who will run in a hurdles race and possibly a longer sprint distance, is making a comeback in track after stepping away from sport. Upon graduating from Evan Hardy Collegiate, Johnston joined the Huskies football team as a redshirt in September 2013. He saw action in 2014 and became a member of the Huskies track and field team as well. Following that campaign, Johnston ventured in a totally different direction, taking a couple of years off from school before returning to track. “I got into some musical theatre stuff for a bit,” said Johnston. “I just kind of missed it (track and field). “I lost some weight and started coming back and training hard. I started getting fast again and kind of like rediscovered my love for the sport.” When he played football, Johnston, Kieran Johnston will be competing at the K of C Games from Jan. 25 to 27. who stands 6-foot-1, weighed around 200 (Photo by Darren Steinke) pounds. Upon rejoining the Huskies track team before the start of the current season, he had gotten his weight down to 185 reuniting with the U of S squad. With the C Indoor Games goes towards the training pounds. Huskies, Johnston is competing in the for that discipline. Johnston trained for a year before heptathlon, and his appearance in the K of (Continued on page 7)

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ost of my heroes are stand the bottom-out position I my family and friends. was in when I tell you I started Some members of my to inject between my toes and family, along with many of my eventually right into my jugular friends, have struggled through vein. obstacles that would have I finally realized alcohol and brought down other people. drugs weren’t my problems; I was directed towards adthey were solutions to a bigger dictions at a very young age and problem, and that was me. I remained caught in a vicious The turning point was when cycle of extreme alcohol and I started believing. I started to drug abuse. believe what I can do, I started My introduction to the world to believe in myself and I started Columnist of substance abuse started to believe in a higher power; my before I turned 10 years old. My Creator who has shared my path world was filled with adults who did noth- and watched closely as I have fallen but ing all day and night except drink alcohol. gotten back up again. I recall wondering why so many people Along with family and friends, my other liked beer. One day, while everyone else heroes are mostly writers and athletes. was passed out, I took a six pack of beer Time and time again these two groups came and went into the bush to try it out for through for me, even though they didn’t myself. know it. I drank not even three bottles when I Clara Hughes is one athlete (now an austarted to get sick. In fact, I got so sick I thor) who has inspired me to look at mental swore I would never steal again, but said illness with clear eyes and sound mind. nothing about me not drinking again. That Bell Media, along with Hughes, started the was almost 50 years ago and my addictions Let’s Talk campaign in September 2010, still run through my thoughts and somedesigned to end the stigma around mental times my actions. illness. I don’t know one addict that wants to In Hughes’ case, it was depression that be there. Actually, every addict I know stalked her for most of her life. She is a was trying hard on a daily basis to try and world-class athlete, the only person in hisfind their way out of the world of extreme tory to win multiple medals in both summer addictions. and winter Olympics. Some will, just as some will find their Her name is engraved into Canada’s way into prisons, hospitals and eventually Walk of Fame; she was inducted into a graveyard. But, it doesn’t have to be that Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and is an Ofway. When I finally accepted I was an addict, ficer of the Order of Canada. She is also an it was my family and friends who stood by Honorary Witness for the Truth and Reconme, encouraging me every step of the way. ciliation Commission, which examined the They made arrangements for me to enter Indian residential school experience. rehab centres, starting me on a journey She is known all over the world and yet towards recovery. It was at these centres she felt alone. In 2014, she started Clara’s where I met people who were professionals Big Ride, where she went on a 110-day in the field of addictions. bicycle tour across Canada. She went on I found the more I educated myself, the to visit every province and territory raising easier my battle became. The single most awareness about mental illness. important step was to start talking about Bell’s Let’s Talk Day is Jan. 31. This is my addictions. I don’t mean just admitwhere the telecom company will donate ting I have a problem, but laying down the five cents for every call, text, tweet or any ground work of why I have this problem. social media used through Bell to Clara’s My addictions weren’t just having a few campaign. brewskies or rolling a big fatty with my This is something I will support because friends on a weekend. My addictions were I believe in the cause and I believe people needle marks running up and down both can change with guidance and inspiration. I arms to a point where my veins collapsed. support this because Clara Hughes is one of When that happened, I turned to other my heroes. areas of my body to inject. You’ll underKNCREE@gmail.com

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(Continued on page 6) n the heptathlon, men’s competitors take part in seven track events including the 60-metre dash, 60-metre hurdles, 1,000-metre race, long jump, shot put, high jump and pole vault. During his years in track, Johnston usually focused on running events, so he is finding the field events an adjustment. “It is a lot different,” said Johnston. “I am used to being a hurdler. Hurdles are about being quick and getting back on the ground quick. “The thing I am finding with all the field events like long jump and high jump and pole vault is there are certain points where you have to wait and you have to be patient. I am not so good at the patient.” Johnston would like to medal at the U Sports national championships, which will be held March 8 to 10 in Windsor, Ont. He said he is getting better in field events. “You got to learn to be patient,” said Johnston. “You have to learn to get into new body positions. I’ve had like a year of practice now. It is getting a lot better.” While the K of C Indoor Games will contain a number of strong local athletes like Johnston, Dale Yellowlees, who is the invitational co-ordinator, believes the invitational field is a solid one. “I feel really good about it,” said Yellowlees. “I think we’ve got a number of special stories.” Yellowlees said the women’s 50- and 60-metre races will likely be the highlight. Those races are slated to feature Barbara

Pierre, who is the 2016 world indoor champion; Crystal Emmanuel, who holds the Canadian record in the 200-metre sprint; Tawanna Meadows, who won the 60-metre sprint at the last two K of C meets; and Flings Owusu-Agyapong, who was Ghana’s flag bearer at the 2016 Summer Olympics. “Those four really give us a spectacular women’s 50 metres and 60 metres,” said Yellowlees. “We have some other very good people as well, but those four would really be the headliners.” Other notables attending the K of C Indoor Games include sprinters Ramon Gittens, who has represented Barbados in every world outdoor championship since 2009, and Desmond Lawrence, who flirted with an NFL career for a short time in 2015 with the Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals. Yellowlees said Andrew Riley, who is from Jamaica, will be one to watch in the 60-metre hurdles and Brycen Spratling and Dontavius Wright, who are both from the United States, should show well in the men’s 300-metre sprint. Both Spratling and Wright just missed beating Cliff Wiley’s meet record in the 300-metre sprint set back in 1980. Benjamin Ayesu-Attah, who is the 2017 Canadian champion in the 400-metre sprint, is also expected to take part in that same distance. (You can see more of Darren Steinke’s work in his online blog stankssermon. blogspot.ca.)

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askatoon has spent much of January in the deep freeze, with the extreme cold making it difficult to enjoy many outdoor activities. So why not head indoors and check out the city’s art scene? Here’s a look at what’s on at some of the galleries this week.

at Remai Modern. The workshop runs from Jan. 27 to Feb. 25, and everyone is welcome. Speaking of Field Guide, there’s still time to check it out – the show will remain open until Feb. 25. One of the most talked-about components of the exhibition is the debut of Remai Modern’s Picasso collection. SCC GALLERY The Faces of Picasso project The work of acclaimed ceshowcases Remai Modern’s PiColumnist ramic artist Anita Rocamora will casso linocut prints – described be on display at the Saskatchas the most comprehensive ewan Craft Council’s Broadway Avenue collection in the world – and was curated gallery, starting Jan. 27. The exhibition, by internationally renowned artist Ryan entitled Material Grace, will showcase the Gander. artist’s reflections on the nature of decay It’s not only an opportunity to see the and renewal. much-anticipated Picasso pieces; it’s also Rocamora, who is based in Meacham, an opportunity to check out Gander’s work. Sask., draws inspiration from the skeletons Picasso’s linocuts adorn the walls, while the of plants and animals, using clay, metal and centre of the room features Gander’s instalother materials in her sculptures. lation entitled Fieldwork (2015). Remai The exhibition runs until March 17, with Modern describes the Gander installation a reception scheduled for Feb. 2, from 7 in this way: “Through a window, viewers p.m. to 9 p.m., and an artist talk set for Feb. are presented with a rotating display of 3 at 2 p.m. idiosyncratic objects connected to the artist. For more information, visit saskcraftThis personal inventory blends biography, council.org. memory and action, with Gander’s distinctive sense of humour.” REMAI MODERN For more information, visit remaimodIt’s been a big month for Remai Modern. ern.org. The new museum of modern art has been attracting international attention, with PAVED ARTS Saskatoon included as the only Canadian Are you a fan of the long-running televidestination in a New York Times feature sion series Law & Order? If so, you may listing the word’s top 52 places to visit in want to head down to PAVED Arts. 2018. Saskatoon was selected because of This month, an exhibition from Liz Remai Modern and what it has to offer. Knox called Law and Order opened at The article lauded the museum’s the gallery on 20th Street West. Knox, 8,000-piece collection and “world-class who studied studio art at the University modernist architecture,” calling Remai of Guelph and completed her graduate Modern “a centrepiece of Saskatoon’s rede- studies at Emily Carr University, is presentveloping riverfront.” ing a three-channel installation of video “Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and works that draws upon three seasons of the other heavyweight 20th-century artists now original Law & Order television show from have a home in the Canadian province of 1991, 2000 and 2010. Saskatchewan, thanks to the Remai Modern PAVED Arts describes Knox’s work as Art Gallery of Saskatchewan,” stated the using “conceptual strategies, examining New York Times feature. systems of interpretation with an emphasis In other notable honours, the architecon irony. Language is the most common ture and design magazine Azure recently thread in her work, and a common starting listed Remai Modern among the top 10 best point is found in text. buildings of 2017. “The works in Law and Order expand on Now, fresh off its sold-out LUGO party Knox’s previous investigations of popular – the first since the closure of the Mendel culture and the nuances of communication Art Gallery – Remai Modern is continuwithin it. Law and Order intends to hold a ing to offer some interesting options this mirror up to the popular television dramas month. Here’s an example: Swiss-based that seem to hold a mirror to the everyday artist Thomas Hirschhorn, who was part of news.” the Remai Modern’s inaugural exhibition, The exhibition runs until Feb. 24. For Field Guide, has produced what is being de- more information, visit pavedarts.ca. scribed as “an immersive critical workshop”

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Anita Rocamora’s work is on display at the Saskatchewan Craft Council’s Broadway Avenue gallery. (Photo Supplied)

AKA If you’re at PAVED Arts, be sure to go next door to the gallery’s neighbour, AKA (also known as arc). Running at AKA until Feb. 24 is Amy Malbeuf’s exhibition The Length of Grief: the daughters of Métis Mothers, which was inspired by two Métis women’s responses to grief. Indigenous feminism and indigenous concepts of time are explored as they relate to what AKA describes as “the strength and resilience of Indigenous women.” Also on display at AKA in January and February is She is Spitting a Mouthful of Stars, a billboard project by Gregory Scofield. Scofield, an award-winning Métis poet, wrote a poem of the same name, which will be featured on AKA’s billboard space. Scofield’s aunt was murdered in 1998, and She is Spitting a Mouthful of Stars is the artist’s personal response to the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. For more information, visit akaartistrun. com. FRANCES MORRISON CENTRAL LIBRARY How great is it that you can view interesting art, for free, while checking out reading material, for free, at the downtown Frances Morrison Central Library? On a recent visit to the library to snag a few novels, I wandered up to the second-

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floor art gallery, which showcases the work of emerging and established artists – particularly those working in Saskatoon. On display was Matek Lewczuk’s exhibition Totaled, which will be on view until Feb. 1. Lewczuk’s intriguing and attentiongrabbing collage pieces have a beautiful and apocalyptic quality, offering comments on modern society and criticizing how the repeating images in our day-to-day lives are often accepted as facts and truth. As the summary posted on the gallery wall stated, “A totalitarian order must continuously reinvent itself while remaining the same. Should it be identified it would be forced to bring its entire and immense power forward to prevent its destruction. All orders are susceptible, including political candidates, snack food packaging and reboot cycles of popular film franchises. Movements by these Goliaths must be made in the background, lest the unified acceptance of the latest Star Wars movie as a ‘pretty good time’ be challenged, the chunky Kit-kat exposed for missing the point, or feigned support for proportionate representation revealed as a political marketing tool.” Those are some pretty deep and thoughtprovoking statements – especially on a quick trip to pick up a few light reads. For more information, visit saskatoonlibrary.ca/thegallery.

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Playwright draws inspiration from her own life for Peach

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express riters are often encouraged to “write what you know” — and that has worked for Danielle

Roy. The actor, playwright, director and producer drew inspiration from a past four-year relationship for her show Peach, which is the latest offering from Live Five Independent Theatre. “It’s inspired by a true story from my own life, from when I was 17 to 21,” said Roy, a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s drama program who is based out of Martensville. “It’s kind of a love story, but the other character in the play is represented through a mannequin with a television set for a head — kind of humorous,” she said. “But it touches on some pretty serious topics. It talks about the discovery of sex, and it’s kind of a coming-of-age story and what that experience was for me.” In addition to writing the one-woman show, Roy is also directing it. It is being produced by the Saskatchewan-based theatre company Gumshoe Productions, with Roy serving as the founder of the Gumshoe Productions drama program in Martensville. Roy said “the interesting and fun thing” about writing Peach was going through the old journals she’s kept since she was about seven years old. “I’ve been able to go back and kind of go through those old journals and use them,” said Roy, noting the journals have allowed her to see “word for word” what she was feeling and thinking at the time, rather than trying to recall her past experiences as a now 32-year-old woman. Although Roy had originally written Peach with the intention of performing it,

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Our leaders must learn to work together

s Premier Brad Wall levels of government — fedgets ready to show eral, provincial and municihimself out the door, pal — have been strained at he’s been making the rounds, best and downright hostile at saying goodbye to leaders of worst. Wouldn’t it be nice to other levels of government get back to a place where the who have presided alongside sentiments between the feds, Wall at one time or another. province and municipalities “Thx @charlieclarkyxe & are gratitude and co-operation council for the opportunity to instead of resentment and work together. And thx former acrimony? Mayor @AtchisonDon & prev I’m not so naive as to Columnist #yxe councils as well. Great believe that all has been peace to collaborate on projects like and harmony between our city Circle Dr. South, Shaw Centre, Remai halls and capital cities until recently. Gallery, @PattisonKids, new schools & Feuds have run rampant in the past, parNorth Commuter/Traffic Bridges.” ticularly between provincial and federal “I appreciated the chance to meet governments, where political stripe is a and talk about our City, our Province, factor and tends to drive the conflict as our families and lessons learned from much as it adds to it. leadership and public life. Thank you for From farmers protesting in Ottawa to your service @PremierBradWall,” was former Premier Lorne Calvert threatenthe response of Mayor Charlie Clark, ing to sue the Stephen Harper governwho is, or at least was not that long ago, ment for reneging on its equalization a card-carrying member of the Saskatch- promise, every few years something ewan NDP. comes along to stoke the fire and away What struck me about the exchange we go. Today, it’s the Trudeau governwas the genuine pleasantness of it, which ment’s carbon tax imposition that has filled a void that has existed for some Saskatchewan’s relationship with the time now. Relationships among all three Canadian government in tatters.

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(Actually I have a story about this and how petty it can get. I was producing provincial talk radio in fall, 2007, when Lorne Calvert called a provincial general election for November. Of course, that was big news and an interview with Calvert should have been the top story right at the beginning of our show. Instead, I got a call from Stephen Harper’s people asking if we wanted to have Harper on in that spot. This was super-duper weird, because getting Harper to do an interview, even with the most conservativefriendly media, was next to impossible. When I asked Harper’s person why we were being graced with the prime minister’s presence, his response, coupled with a sly giggle, was “oh, just to chat.” In fact, the sole purpose of Harper’s sudden interest in doing a live interview was to undermine Calvert and steal that little chunk of limelight, effectively shunting the story of Calvert’s Saskatchewan general election call to second place in the hierarchy of our show, which was extremely popular in this province back then.) Clark and Wall’s Twitter exchange was more poignant, however, given the state of affairs between their two governments in the last 10 months after the Wall government pulled the plug on millions of dollars of municipal funding by cancelling grants-in-lieu payments. Tensions immediately exploded, with Clark musing about potential legal action at one point. Things have calmed down since, but there’s never been a clear indicator that the relationship has been completely restored. At the least the trust between the two groups is likely gone, or at least severely damaged. It didn’t occur to me how much that sucked until reading those tweets. Wanting to work collaboratively with other levels of government — free of threats

and negativity — is how a healthy government is supposed to function. Political leaders have a responsibility to raise the public tone, not coarsen it. They should, at the least, uphold adult decorum and good manners in public service and government. Statespeople, if you will, as opposed to politicians. Part of the problem, a big part, in Saskatchewan right now goes back to the political stripe I mentioned above. Once upon a time, all three levels of government were aligned nicely, and flush with cash to boot, which made for perfectly pleasant relations. Former Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison didn’t publicize his political affiliation, but was largely considered both a social and fiscal conservative, which jibed well with Premier Brad Wall’s own conservative leanings, and obviously also with Stephen Harper’s Conservative federal government. Today, we have an NDP-affiliated mayor working with a conservative provincial government (a theme which is unlikely to change with the new premier), both of which are working with a Liberal federal government. It’s a hot mess of ego and ideology that the taxpayer is left to clean up in the end. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. Graciousness and basic consideration for others’ opinions and beliefs can go a long way as our government’s manoeuvre through the next few years of conflict. Our leaders are perfectly capable of governing with those traits in mind, but they have to want to do it. We haven’t seen much evidence lately that they do, and 2018 is shaping up to be one of the most politically uncertain in Saskatchewan history. Here’s hoping that a better working relationship is one positive change that rolls out of the chaos.

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A: First, find a time and place when you’re both comfortable and relaxed. When they’re young you should keep it simple. Tell them the person has died and won’t be coming back. Don’t say Grandma has gone to sleep because that could confuse them. The child may think death is reversible, so be patient.

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fter the last federal Dopey garnered 18 per cent election there were and the balance of 13 per cent promises made for is split among the rest of the election reform. candidates. The candidate It seemed that our existing with the least number of votes voting system of “first past the is dropped off the ballot, so post,” which means whoever goodbye, Bashful. receives the majority of the On the second-choice balvote, even if it’s less than 50 lot, Doc drops to 30 per cent per cent, wins the election. of the vote, Grumpy holds The first-past-the-post syson to 30 per cent, and Dopey tem, it seems, only works in a now has 28 per cent of the Columnist two-person contest — unless vote and the balance of 12 per you are running for president cent of the vote is split among of the United States, where you can lose the remaining candidates. Again, the the popular vote and still be elected. candidate with the least number of votes In provincial and federal elections is dropped from the ballot, so goodbye, there are always at least three parties Sneezy. fielding candidates — the Liberals, On the third ballot, Doc drops to 24 Conservatives and New Democrats. But per cent, Grumpy holds on to 25 per more likely than not, other parties will cent, but Dopey picks up another 23 nominate candidates, or independent per cent, comes up the middle and has candidates will join the race. crossed the 50-plus-one finish line makAs the list of parties/candidates ing him the successful candidate. grows, it rarely happens that the winner The whole thing reminds me of the will pass the 50-per-cent mark and that at-large system we used to have in civic the party forming government actually elections where a ballot could consist of has the support of 50 per cent of those 25 names for council and voters had to who bothered to vote. put an “X” next to 10 of them. In many instances, fewer than 50 per Voters rejected that system, saying cent of the popular vote will be suffiit was too difficult to research all the cient to form a majority government. candidates and make an informed deciBecause of that, we were told we sion and that it gave high-profile candineeded election reform. There was talk dates an advantage. Some voters either about introducing proportional represelected too many candidates, which sentation, although I have no idea what spoiled their ballot, or voted for fewer, that is or how it would work. I assume thereby weighting the ballot in favour of it means if a party got 40 per cent of the their preferred candidates. popular vote, the party would hold 40 And thus, the ward system was born. per cent of the seats in government. However, it was still a first-past-the-post Then ranked ballots were being debat- vote count and since each ward usually ed. As I understand it, on a ranked ballot had more than two candidates running you mark your first-choice candidate, for office, often the successful candidate then second, third, fourth etc. Being had less than 50 per cent of the vote. unsure of what this type of ballot might When all is said and done on the look like, I cruised the Saskatchewan ranked ballot, the frontrunners, Doc and Party website and found such a ballot, as Grumpy, had 70 per cent support bethis political party will be using a ranked tween them and rather than have a runballot in selecting its next leader. As best off vote between these two, the initial as I can figure out, this is how I think it third-place candidate, Dopey, who had works. far less support in the first two rounds, Let’s say there are seven candidates won the day. running in an election for the same ofDoes anyone walk away happy with fice. For the sake of brevity, we’ll call a third-choice winner? Obviously the them Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, 18 per cent that voted for Dopey on the Dopey, Bashful and Sneezy. first round will. Then again, maybe this One voter declares Doc as first is how we will elect middle-of-the-road, choice, Grumpy as second, and Dopey moderate politicians. as third, and so on. Another voter selects In baseball it is three strikes and Grumpy as first choice, Happy as second you’re out. Will this rule apply in a genand Dopey as third. When the first ballot eral election if parties are led by thirdis counted, Doc has 35 per cent of the choice candidates? Perhaps first past the vote, Grumpy has 34 per cent of the vote post isn’t as bad a system as we think. and they are clearly the frontrunners. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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Long list of things to do at WinterShines festival Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express hat goes with winter? Everything from soup to sculpture. The organizers of Nutrien (formerly PotashCorp) WinterShines Saskatoon knew that nine years ago, well before the present push to make Saskatoon “a winter city.” Now, the Jan. 27 to Feb. 4 festival fits right into that concept, as well. WinterShines is presented by On Purpose Events, owned and operated by Kim Ali and Shad Ali, who took on the festival nine years ago. And its purpose? “We want the residents of Saskatoon to not stay indoors,” said events coordinator Kari Osborne in an interview. “We’re celebrating the winter instead of dreading it, to make Saskatoon a winter city.” There are so many events and displays going on over the nine days, it’s difficult to describe or list them all; but there is definitely soup. Winter city or no winter city, we still need to warm up. The soup cook-off happens indoors at the Farmers’ Market on Sunday, Jan. 28 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Jan. 31 at the same time. The first is “wide open” to anyone who wants to try their hand at making soup; the second is the #YXE Chefs Soup Cook-Off. Tickets are $15 because you do get to eat the soup. On the free side, the ice sculptures are

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always a big draw, said Osborne. “The ice sculptures are very popular, done by Peter Fogarty of Fire and Ice. People definitely come out to see those,” she said. One can also actually see live ice sculpting; check the nutrienwintershines. ca/events/ page for times and dates, for this and all the many events. Most of the activities are focused around the Farmers’ Market, Sonnenschein Way and the environs. The Meewasin Skating Rink is another venue, and a crafts session is planned at the Remai Modern. “We have a lot of education about outdoor sports and activities and the history behind them,” added Osborne. “We like to include Canadian history and heritage, to get people appreciating winter. “We also have our winter camp program, which takes place during the week from 9 am. to 3 p.m. Elementary school kids come out for activities and a hot lunch,” she said. “We have in total about 500 students, Grades 5 to 8.” The snow park, set up with all kinds of games, is another good place to take the kids. “It’s a $2 admission and we set up a lot of stuff in the snow park across from Sonnenschein Way.” Pony rides, sleigh rides, and many events presented by various Saskatoon organizations too numerous to list are

Going on a horse ride is always a hit at WinterShines. (Express File Photo) also on the winter menu for people of all ages. Hang around for the bonfire all weekend nights from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Osborne said she thinks the new push to enjoying winter is starting to take hold. “There’s a strategy in place right now with the city and other organizations — the Broadway Theatre is doing Winterruption, (for example). We’re trying to promote Saskatoon as a winter city, and that’s been underway for a couple of years now. It’s picking up speed. “I can already see it now — people spending more time outdoors, people investing in winter sporting equipment.

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“There’s no reason for people to be sedentary all winter long. As long as you have the knowledge and the skills, you can get out every weekend.” With so many events planned, how is the organizing going? “Frantically,” said Osborne. “We’re a very small group, so it’s challenging. But it’s our full time job; we’ve been at it for a couple of months. “We also do the fireworks festival and the Saskatchewan Marathon so we’re used to large calibre events.” Large, indeed. Osborne hopes 8,000 to 10,000 people will take in WinterShines this year.

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(Continued from page 1) y definition of healing is the more you can get the darkness out, the more room you make for light.” Kehler began his first go-round as a speaker when he sought help for his gambling addiction. He was hooked on online poker. “I was living in Edmonton and Googled problem gambling assistance or whatever, and there was one organization that came up. So I drove right there, asked for the director and I said, ‘Let me be a face to this … let me go and generate awareness.’ “They actually had a couple of other speakers. I shadowed one and then I started to speak at schools, jails, treatment centres and I got 75 bucks for each one. I was over the moon that I would get paid for something that I had such a passion towards. I probably did 70 presentations in various venues.” He openly talks about his addictions. “The first time I drank I became connected with something that finally made me feel free from shame and this is something I talk about a lot. It is not 99 per cent of people struggling with addiction that are in pain. It’s 100 per cent. We simply lack the tools to manage the pain. Gambling was just an escape from reality, as was alcohol. You mix that with the prescription pills and the lifestyle I was leading and it was a recipe for disaster.” Much like the elder, a professor at the University of Alberta had a profound effect on Kehler. “In 10 minutes the man changed my entire life. The reason I use the story is because it speaks to the fact we are always in a position to assist others.” Kehler was sitting in a class with 300 students. Professor Ian McNeil approached him after his lecture one day. “He said, ‘Come to my office, Al, let’s talk.’ I thought, ‘Why is he approaching me out of 300 students.’ That day I decided to take a risk and I went to his office on the third floor. His office door was wide open

so I walked in and he said have a seat. “What he did when I sat in that chair is he said, ‘How are you doing today, Allan?’ It changes when you add the person’s name. And add the word ‘today.’ He was leaning forward, he was engaged, there was compassion and that was one of the first times in my life I took off the mask and said, ‘OK’ and I talked for 10 minutes and he listened. “Then he put me at the fork in the road. He asked what I was going to do about it. And then he introduced me to resources. That fork in the road for me was, ‘if I don’t start asking for what I need, I will not make this academic journey.’ “I had to choose what I wanted to do and that’s a great approach. We have two basic needs: one is see me and one is hear me. What he did is he said, ‘I see you,’ and he gave me that invitation to be heard. That is the foundation of one of my keynotes.” Kehler dropped out of university but is grateful for McNeil and college dean Tom Hinch for what they did. They were an important part of his recovery. “I realized I was running from self and this has to stop. The problem is not outside of self. I avoided mirrors for 13 years. We avoid mirrors because mirrors show us who we have become. It’s been a long journey to be comfortable with self.” Kehler hasn’t had a drink in eight years, is married and has four children. He’s in a good place, he says. “To stand in front of people and say life is good is pretty amazing for me. I have a picture when I end my keynote of my family and it’s so mindboggling for me because just over eight years ago I was still in my addiction, living on my own in Edmonton. I didn’t have friends. There were a lot of dark nights.” Never would he have thought he would have a wife, four healthy children, two dogs and a cat. When he moved to Saskatoon, he started working at Calder Centre as an addictions counsellor and teaching at various colleges. He wanted to keep sharing his story so he

created a speaking business — Out From The Shadows Consulting. It wasn’t easy to get started, but he is busy now. “I remember at one point I mailed 65 written letters to all different companies and I heard back from zero. But I was so committed and passionate and it slowly started to take off so I do a lot of work on reserves, I have done hundreds of schools, colleges, government, corporate, keynotes and safety events.” Kehler is pleased that Clint Malarchuk, a former NHL goalie who is an advocate for mental health, wrote the foreword in Born Resilient. “Who’s more resilient that Clint Malarchuk? I have been fortunate to get to know him because I speak all over the country and we have different events together around mental health. He is a great soul. He’s an optimist and believes he was spared (from a suicide attempt) so he could do what he does now.” Malarchuk has a bullet lodged in his head as a reminder of a dark time in signing Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. at McNally Robinhis life. son. Six of those who shared their stories in TA012204 Kehler willTammy be doing a reading and book the book are expected to accompany him.

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(Continued from page 3) lump on her left lung looked like the size of an orange, and its size was gradually reducing. After radiation came her healing process, “a new normal” in her assessment, but ultimately she returned to a life she loved. She has even returned to visit friends in Europe. It obviously helped that Sotnikow was “a happy-go-lucky, ever-smiling individual who considered myself just a big kid at times.” She coveted “a pure belief in the things that make me smile and give me strength, including humour, a creative imagination and sparkles. “I notice sparkles everywhere . . . when sunlight shines on snowflakes on very cold days . . . on spider webs . . . in water drops. Sparkles make me smile and fill my heart with joy. I chose Sparkle as my word and live by the theme of ‘leave a little sparkle wherever you go.’ Sparkles create warmth, healing, energy, strength and power. Use visualization, guided imagery and creativity. ” Sotnikow grew up in Saskatoon, attended W.P. Bate elementary school and then Bedford Road and Marion Graham collegiates. Her father, Ed, was a long-

time employee at Intercontinental Packers; her mother, Pauline, worked at Canadian Tire for 35 years. When Sotnikow entered the work force, she was employed in the transportation field for 11 years and in the mining industry for nine years. Between trips to Europe, she worked as a personal assistant to a family and still does. “I kept my parents informed while protecting them from seeing me in my worst days of treatment. My folks were great and they were available for whatever I needed. It was my choice to always be open and honest about my health issues. I thank my mom and dad for their patience and understanding.” The challenge of writing the book was appealing. The availability of all the blogs was a key factor because each one was dated. The blogs blended into her own unique approach as a storyteller. She met Jennifer Sparks, who offered self-publishing advice and it was another perfect fit. The book is available through Amazon and is now at Indigo and McNally Robinson where there will soon be a reading. And given her experience as a survivor, she is willing to sit down with groups about creative life strategies. She can be reached at cynthia@sparkleon.ca.

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Go wild for wildlife, and call that number Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express 306-242-7177. That’s the telephone number to use if you come across an injured or orphaned bird or animal. When the hotline was launched in 2006, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan (WRSOS) received 160 calls annually. Volunteers were able to use their coffee breaks and lunch hours to return them. Over the years, the number of calls has grown to approximately 3,000 annually. That’s a shade more than eight per day. The volume of calls peaks from April/ May through July. That’s when birds and critters are being born and raised. To keep the line open, WRSOS is holding its biggest annual fundraiser, Gone Wild for Wildlife, Jan. 27 at the German Cultural Centre. Among the uses for the money is hiring a full-time student and a part timer to pick up calls during the busiest times of year. Event organizer and society volunteer Sheri Hodgson says there will be presentations and displays. She said there are do’s and don’ts in the world of wildlife rehabilitation. Hodgson, who has been a member of the society since 2008, said one mistake people make is bringing in baby birds too quickly. She talked about one that was picked up near the school in Rosthern last summer and taken to the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon. It eventually made its way back to Hodgson, who lives in Rosthern. “The first night I went out was a failure,” she said of trying to reunite the bird

with its parents. “I was on the wrong side of the school, so all the robins ignored it. The next morning, I went out at 5 o’clock and tried the opposite side of the school and immediately a pair came and picked right up where they left off and started feeding it again. “That is where it belongs. It’s not in a cage in somebody’s house which is not legal to begin with. It is difficult for us to teach a bird to be a bird. . . . We do the best we can, but ideally the best is to be with their kind.” At the show, people, like the wellmeaning person in Rosthern, will get an insight into the behaviour of wildlife. “They will see a young bird on the ground and will assume that it’s injured when it’s actually just a teenager,” Hodgson said. “They will spend a period of time on the ground before they learn how to fly. That can be up to two weeks, or maybe a week-and-a-half before they learn to fly properly.” The bird is vulnerable to pets and prey, but will usually make it with nature taking its course. Hodgson said by far the majority of calls are about birds and often one return call can handle the problem. “We can usually, in one call, get the situation assessed. If somebody has removed it from the wild and it’s been a period of time usually we will ask them to put it back out and keep an eye out and see if the parents come back.” She said the biggest reason for the increase in the number of calls over the years has been the society’s exposure in the province. “I think it’s more that people know we are there now because we do quite a few events. We are out there more often so

This Bohemian Waxwing was found injured and unable to fly in Prince Albert. He was transported to permitted rehabilitator Jan Shadick at Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation in Saskatoon with the help of two WRSOS volunteers that shared part of the trip. (Photo Supplied) people realize there is another avenue. We find when we do events a lot of people, say, ‘I raised this and I raised that and I brought that home.’ “These people are out there and have been out there for years. Now, more people know there is an avenue instead of trying to do it themselves. “They will bring (a bird or animal) into somebody who is legally qualified to do it. A lot of people don’t realize that there are regulations that say, ‘No you can’t bring a hawk home’ or that kind of thing.” Hodgson said the hotline is the 911 for wildlife. “That’s our role. We concentrate mostly on the phone line and transportation to qualified care. I believe there are about 18

licensed rehabilitators in the province so we do a lot of transporting for them. “ There are approximately 70 volunteers province-wide and 20 veterinary clinics that support the work of WRSOS, she said. The Gone Wild for Wildlife event will take place on Jan. 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be live animals to meet and presentations, including a reptile show by Wrangler Elisa. Tickets are $5 or $20 for a family. They are available at the door. Remember: 306-242-7177. It is monitored between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. daily. For more information, visit www. wrsos.org.

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vow was made after Then, we were suddenly the last storm. We’d deeper into the depth of this not again experience new alternate world. After another winter stranded on our some cellphone dueling with bucolic hillside with a grain the dealership sales manager scoop as our best line of snow — his site versus mine — we defence. agreed on a trade-in price for So recently, I found myself my little workmanlike but visiting a car dealership after trusty hatchback. my husband had spotted a poNext, it was onward and tential “new to us” vehicle. upward to the finance officer, a The minute I hit the tarmac congenial young man inhabitColumnist at the dealership, I instantly ing an office dominated by a understood that I was now in gigantic printer, the presence of some altered universe of unfamiliarity. which would soon become apparent. Never much interested in cars, my first Our finance point man, whose career response after surveying the Day-Glo price path had improbably begun as a sous chef/ stickers on the windshields was, “Do cars car salesman, wasn’t particularly interested really cost this much money?” All this, in me or us because we couldn’t advance while simultaneously realizing that these his personal penetration point. vehicles cost more than our first house. Things were beginning to sound The only criteria that I had determined weirdly phallic to me by now, but when for this potential purchase was that the queried it was explained that it was his job car would have four-wheel drive for the to convince buyers to agree to using the snow, and that it would fit into the budget. dealership or in-house banking option. His Beyond that, nothing. The vehicle my target was 65 per cent penetration. Here I husband found checked off both boxes — thought I was doing everyone a favour by along with some extra features. offering real money. Talk about the cashSoon, we were out for a test drive acless society. companied by Eli of the Eyebrows who Cash or not, the printer began spewing had been sent along to ensure we weren’t out voluminous amounts of paper in this car thieves. We weren’t but don’t say there space-age style office — every piece of was no temptation. which I got to sign with an exclusive Cross

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pen which had been expressly purchased for this precise purpose. Oh, and the cheque, of course. Talk about the paperless society. The final task before official fob turnover was an on-demand meeting with the travelling insurance agent. That “mobile insurance agent” was an actual job that truly existed was beyond my ken. Not only are these people real, they actually jockey for exclusive contracts at multiple car dealerships. Our agent said there were 17 people in her “non-office” doing the same work. Our very efficient sub-contractor was a whiz with her laptop, card reader and personal portable printer and sucked up my Visa card in record time. I have to admit that this whole transaction felt somewhat awkward since she was attired in yoga pants and a t-shirt which definitively showed off her inner arm tattoo reading, in big italic letters, “Truth is Power.” Still, I managed to adjust to this perhaps lessthan-professional dress, wondering if it was just casual Friday on steroids. Following the free Friday hamburgers which were surprisingly good and hot off the barbecue in the car lot, Eli of the Eyebrows escorted me to the new vehicle for a few primal lessons which included how to open the door — and, yes, how to start it. He rapidly put me through the paces, the

memories of which have, mainly, already evaporated. I drove home safely and sans incident although my husband (as he normally does) was white knuckling it in the passenger seat. He may be enlightened but he’s still male when it comes to who drives. I’m still on a huge learning curve, literally learning all the bells and whistles and lights and computer chips that live in the newish car. Lights are forever flashing on, and I swear the car talks to me. When I needed to charge my cellphone, I plugged it into the USB port on the dash. As I did this, the interior was suddenly filled with Gnarls Barkley belting out Crazy. It was crazy as this was the only piece of music that I’ve ever downloaded and the only personal song that I have available on my cellphone. Must be a poltergeist. Whether Crazy is an omen for my future relationship with this vehicle remains fuzzy. Yet, I am starting to like this car despite all its beeps, flashes, glowing screens and multiple buttons to push. The trunk door is my definition of magic when it opens and closes itself without inducing a rotator cuff injury. But, for now, I’ve just gotta figure out how to turn off the in-seat heating. Believe me, I am not lying when I say my bottom is baking.

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Jeffery Straker is a Saskatchewan-born performer who, during the fall of 2017, toured in Europe and is now back crossing through Canadian venues. A collection of Straker sings was commissioned for a ballet in Regina in November. He’s written the score for a new Regina Globe musical, US, which starts rehearsals in Regina soon. CBC music has added songs from Straker’s album to its Canadian Songwriter stream. 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $20 and $25.

Is that a polar bear on an ice floe just upstream from the Circle Drive Bridge? We are a “winter city” after all. “The fact that it is disconnected from the shore ice and just sitting stationary in the middle of the current is quite remarkable,” photographer Cliff Speer said. Thank you for submitting it.

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Australian Daniel Champagne is a singer-songwriter and one-of-a-kind guitar specialist who is making his third visit to Saskatoon. He began writing songs at 12 and trained as a classical guitarist and found his own niche. He promises a night of poignant lyrics and beautiful melodies. 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. South. Tickets $18 for SJS members, $23 for non-members.

JANUARY 25 The Dirty Catfish Brass Band, with nine players from Winnipeg, invokes the sounds of a New Orleans street band but supplies a little bit more of a modern touch to some old classics. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $23 and $28.

JANUARY 27 The A/B Trio, which combines talent from Edmonton and Toronto, consists of Dan Davis on saxophone, Thom Bennett on drums and Josh McHan on bass. For good measure, they added former Saskatonian Mark Dejong to the lineup. They serve up different interpretations of classic jazz as well as modern originals. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets - $23 and $28. ***** Saskatoon Philharmonic Orchestra. Winter concert, featuring Berlin Janzen. 7:30 p.m. at Castle Theatre at Aden Bowman Collegiate. Tickets: Adults $15, seniors and students $10. Available from orchestra members, at McNally Robinson and at the door. ***** Oral Fuentes show and CD release at the Capitol Music Club.

JANUARY 30 After a successful tour through Saskatchewan in October and November, Laila Biali , the singer-pianist, is back to introduce her new self-titled album, which contains Go To Love, a single and video released this week, and her version of Coldplay’s Yellow. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $20 and $25.

FEBRUARY 3 Saskatoon Concert Band. Warhorses, featuring Arlene Shiplett. 7:30 p.m. Victory Church of Saskatoon. Tickets $20 adults, students $10. Available at McNally Robinson, from band members and at the door or online at ontheboards.ca.

FEBRUARY 4 Canadian Chamber Choir, 7:30 p.m. at Knox United Church. Songs of the Land – The Canadian Chamber Choir in concert with Kamala Youth Choir and Saskatoon Children’s Choir. Tickets: $25; available at McNally Robinson Booksellers and at the door. ***** Galliard Foundation’s yearly afternoon Classical Variety Night concert at 2:30 p.m. This concert feature many local musicians performing their favourites music. We welcome all ages and admission is Pay What You Can at Grosvenor Park United Church.

FEBRUARY 10 Canadian Chamber Choir, 7:30 p.m. at TCU Place. A Call for Peace – The Armed Man, featuring the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Chamber Choir and Greystone Singers. Tickets: Reserved seating $15-$85 at TCUtickets.ca.

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JANUARY 27 Gone Wild for Wildlife. German Cultural Centre from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is a fundraiser for the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan. There will be live animals to meet, fun and informative talks, including a reptile show by Wrangler Elisa. Tickets $5/person or $20/ family, available at the door. For more information, visit www.wrsos.org.

SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY SASKATOON KETO CLUB for people following or considering a LCHF/Keto lifestyle for Body Building/Weight Management/Reversing: Auto Immune Illnesses ,Diabetes, Cancer or any other reason are invited to join our meetings to learn, share ideas, support or get support. There is no cost to attend. For more info, call Carol at 306-2802160 or email cadithompson@hotmail.com.

of their extra weight. There are various chapters in Saskatoon and surrounding area. We can help you start a TOPS chapter in your work place or in the area that you live in. To find out more, visit tops.org or telephone Bev at 306-242-7180.

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Prairie Sky Farmers’ Market is open every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ FEBRUARY 3 hotmail.com. SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH Wanuskewin Winter Festival, Wanuskewin Heritage ***** Park. This family event offers both indoor and outdoor Community Senior’s Games Group meets at St. Martin’s The Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets at 7 programming focused on Indigenous games, activities and United Church – corner of Clarence Avenue and Wilson p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Room 13, 610 Clarence trapping skills. Crescent – on the second Tuesday of the month at 1:30 Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries. The first PM from September to May. Enjoy fellowship of others night is free. The group is also available for performances. FEBRUARY 5 while playing Scrabble, Cribbage or other games. For For more information, call 306-374-0005 or visit www. Volunteer Fair – Get Connected: Find a Volunteer, Be a more information call Maureen at 306-373-0087 or Elaine sifc.awardspace.com. Volunteer. Looking for a volunteer opportunity in 2018? 8 at 306-374-3269. a.m. to 11 a.m. Saskatoon Field House. For more informaEVERY WEDNESDAY tion, contact the Saskatoon Council on Aging at 306-652- FRIDAYS Seven Seas Toastmasters, an energetic and dynamic club, 2255, visit scoa.ca. Karousels Dance Club, choreographed ballroom. Learn to invites you to join us from noon to 1 p.m. in the LDAS waltz and two-step. 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Albert Community Building. (2221 Hanselman Court.) For more information, Centre (Second floor). For more information, call 306-290- visit http://3296.toastmastersclubs.org/ 5486 or 306-664-2775. ***** The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly supMARR RESIDENCE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH port meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivWinter Programs: sewing circles and open house Jan. Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for in28, Feb. 25, March 25 and April 29. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each dividuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at ers on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St). The free-of-charge support meetings are an informative time. The house will be open for visits and our Victorian W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. sewers will be delighted to discuss their projects or have to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, and engaging space for people to connect with each other for ongoing support. For information and times, visit www. you join them. The Marr Residence is located at 326 11th email leftbehind@sasktel.net. saskfasdnetwork.ca/events St. East. ***** ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Angel Art Creations Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialIllness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13 and 20, 2018 — 1 p.m. to ize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North 4 p.m. $95. Location: Saskatoon Council on Aging (2020 canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend College Drive – SCOA boardroom). Create your own directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel with a mental illness and you need understanding support, special angels filled with hope and love. Your angels will Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are contact Carol at 306-249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, be created using mixed media: fabric, embellishments, welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-343Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com. re-purposed materials, and acrylic on canvas. For supply 6641 or Jean at 306-343-9460. list and to register: Phone the Saskatoon Council on Aging AL-ANON MEETINGS ***** 306-652-2255 or email admin@scoa.ca. Visit the website: Weekly group meetings open to anyone who has been af- Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW). scoa.ca fected by someone else’s drinking. For more information, Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s United Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also call 306-655-3838. Karousels Dance Club has a general meeting on the third Sunday of every Learn to Dance: Waltz, Two Step, etc. and choreographed FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH month, with the exception of July and August. For more ballroom (round) dancing. Albert Community Centre (610 Bridge City Needlearts Guild meets at Mayfair United information, contact Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the Clarence Ave. South), Second Floor. Beginning Fridays, Church at 7:30 p.m. for our monthly meetings. We also church at 306-343-7101. Jan. 5, 12, 19 and onward to Apr. 27. 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. have a stitching day at Sobey’s Stonebridge the first Sat***** For more information, call 306-290-5486 or 306-664urday of each month. Come join us and have fun stitching T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are 2775. with fellow stitchers. For further information, contact welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly Glenda at 306-343-1882. focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For LAST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH more information go to www.tops.org or call Debbie at Dizziness and Balance Support Group will meet from 7 FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH: p.m. to 8 p.m. at LifeMark Health Centre, 3907 Eighth St. The Classic Dance Club hosts ballroom and Latin dancing 306-668-4494. Meetings are at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 310 Lenore Drive. New member orientation every East. Anyone with a dizziness/vertigo/balance condition is at the Royal Canadian Legion (606 Spadina Cres. West). Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. welcome to attend. There is no cost to attend. There will An informal lesson starts at 7:30 and dancing from 8:30 ***** be an educational topic presented and an opportunity to to midnight. Snacks provided. Join us for a fun evening learn from each other. For more info, call Rae Ann at 306- on the best dance floor in town. For more info, visit www. Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, 652-5151 or email raeann.erickson@lifemark.ca. classicdanceclub.ca monthly brunch, movie nights and more. Meet new ***** TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) friends. No membership dues. For more information email: The Compassionate Friends is a non-profit self-help beallaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone 306-978-0813. reavement organization offering friendship, understanding This is a support group those wanting to shed some

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

LAST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH

Epilepsy Saskatoon Support Group meets the last Broadway Avenue and 12th Street. Crokicurl combines Saturday of every month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the two classic Canadian hobbies, crokinole and curling, into a W.A. Edwards Centre at 333, Fourth Ave. North. Family, new outdoor sport. children, caregivers and friends are all welcome! This is a NOW UNTIL FEB. 28 safe, friendly place to share, discuss ideas, answer quesCompete in the Geocaching Winter Games. Check out the tions, and support one another. You can follow Epilepsy tasks that you will have to complete on geocaching.com: Saskatoon on Facebook. the event is GC7E12X.

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If so, meetings are on the second Monday. There are no meetings in January, July and August.

FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH

Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7 p.m. at PresNew Dog Hope Rescue’s book, DVD and CD sale at Market ton Park 1 (114 Armistice Way). Meetings are held on the Mall. Jan. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Jan. 27 for 9:30 a.m. first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday.

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Curling goes Hollywood

Views of the World Trump and his stormy relationship

osh I hope the CFL moves its season forward a couple of weeks. Professional leagues are for the fans, and there are few things worse By RJ Currie in Canadian sports — besides the Toronto media — he top 5 TV and film star curling names: 5. Red Buttons; 4. Mr. than sitting outside gathering hemorrhoids in late T; 3. Emma Stone; 2. Gene Hackman; 1. Quick Draw McGraw. November. Starting earlier, around June 1, would • Drake opened a new Toronto restaurant called Pick 6ix. also partly remove the biggest obstacle the CFL I’m guessing there’s no humble pie on the menu. faces: the NFL. For example, approximately 900,000 • Kaitlyn Lawes going to the Olympics in mixed doubles curling Canadians tune in to the NFL’s late Sunday afternoon means Jennifer Jones needs a substitute third for the Scotties. Just a games. Going head-to-head with the NFL three or hunch: it won’t be Cathy Overton-Clapham. four weeks fewer can only benefit the CFL and its • A Philadelphia Eagles fan faces charges for punching a police frigid fans. horse and rider. It follows a recent attack in Boston of a mounted of• Torben Rolfsen, on Kid Rock performing at the ficer, but that was a horse of a different collar. NHL All-Star Game: “He said he’s really looking for• An update on the unnamed Patriot who ran into Tom Brady’s ward to headlining the halftime show.” throwing hand during practice. He’s been placed in witness protection. • More NHL news from Rolfsen: “The expansion • A new study claims many prior Winter Olympics locations will committee is looking at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.” soon be too warm to host again. The first indicator? Life guards and Janice Hough, on the Eagles playing a show at floatation devices around the skating venues. San Francisco’s AT&T Park on Thursday Sept. 20 at • It felt like every ad on a recent curling telecast was about Home 5 p.m.: “Are the band and its fans so old that concerts Hardware’s Major Bathroom Event. I’m over 60: most days feature a need to be Early-Bird Specials?” major bathroom event. • TC Chong, on a drunken NFL Eagles fan being • One of the word forms of titan in the dictionary is titanic. As in arrested for punching a police horse: “He pleaded he Tennessee’s Titanic sailed into to the New England Patriots’ iceberg. was auditioning for a Blazing Saddles sequel.” • Ex-WWE star Christy Hemme just gave birth to quadruplets. • I heard a talking head say the Toronto Maple Things got a little tense during delivery when she broke a chair over Leafs are the toughest team to coach in major sports. her obstetrician’s head. Was he kidding? Members of the media in Toronto • A snowstorm prompted the AHL Charlotte Checkers to play a are a bunch of butt-kissing, homer softies. home contest with no fans in attendance. The arena was so empty, it • From Hough: “If Trump had Stormy Daniels felt like a Florida Panthers game. spank him with a Forbes magazine, I don’t even • The biggest surprise in the Jacksonville-Pittsburgh playoff game? want to imagine what she had him do with a copy of Despite it being at Heinz Field, it was the Steelers playing ketchup. Time.” • From the cricket wire: “England had Ashes honours in sight with • Stormy Daniels said Trump once made her two overs remaining, before throwing away another century.” Yeah; watch three hours of Shark Week with him. Maybe I’ve got no clue what that means either. he is a man of taste after all. • Oklahoma B-baller Trae Young’s scoring ability has drawn • Stephen Colbert, on Trump’s stormy relationcomparisons to Steph Curry. Against Kansas State the phenom in red ship: “If Trump likes being spanked with a magazine, shoes had 12 turnovers. So Ronald McDonald? he’s going to love it when a judge throws the book at him.” RJ’s Groaner of the Week • If you think Trump’s relationship with Stormy SportsCentre showed an errant basketball grazing the head of a has made for good comedy, wait until the Pee Pee high-school ref and taking his toupee with it. The poor guy. He had Tape is released. the rug pulled Carol out from over him? • Chong, on the two Korea Olympic teams marchCT012207

ing together under one flag at the opening ceremonies at the Olympics: “So it’s no longer a dog-eat-dog world between those two nations?” • From Rolfsen: “Tom Brady had the most chatter over a hand injury since Luke Skywalker.” • An Eric Lindros story from Jack Todd of the Montreal Gazette: “When Eric Desjardins was with the Habs, #88 pounded his head into the ice after a hit. Lyle Odelein skated over to the Big E: “Why’d you do that? Now I have to fight you for him and I don’t even like that guy!” • Sometimes sports broadcasters get a bit too excited, like the guy who called DeMar DeRosen an “elite superstar.” • From Hough: “The odds of Trump weighing 239 pounds are about the same as Pablo Sandoval never topping 239 pounds when he was with the SF Giants.” • From Randy Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press: “I used to have a lot of noble life goals, but now all I want is the same scale that says Donald Trump weighs 239 pounds.” • I wonder if Sean Payton put a bounty on Marcus Williams. • Todd, announcing the lines for the Habs before a recent game: “1. Struggling Star-Prospect-Journeyman; 2. Journeyman-Struggling Star-Prospect; 3. Journeyman-Veteran-Waiver Pickup; 4. ProspectJourneyman-Prospect.” • From Chong: “Time Magazine shows Trump on its cover this week in a hole with his hair on fire. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to show his pants on fire?” • There was wild brawl in a 1968 game between the Canadiens and Bruins. Two of the unlikely combatants were Bobby Orr and Yvan Cournoyer. It was so bad that goalies Rogie Vachon and Ed Johnston left their nets to join in. In the aftermath, the two were fined $50 for their indiscretion. • From Hough: “What’s with all this controversy over Trump paying $130,000 to a porn star? At least one independent contractor who worked under Trump got paid.”

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