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Volume 17, Issue 4, Week of January 29, 2018

Heritage Festival

Relive our city’s past in the present Welsh-Patagonians leaving Liverpool for Canada aboard the Allan steamship “Numidian,” 1902. Historic photos are a big part of the Festival of Saskatoon Heritage. (Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan Photo R-B4588) Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express he Heritage Festival of Saskatoon has something for everybody. Literally.

“The thing I like best about it is it’s a festival that celebrates Saskatoon and area heritage and it’s relevant to everyone,” event co-ordinator Raeanne Van Beek said.

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“That’s everything from the natural heritage of our province to civic to personal cultural heritage. Even if you don’t have a particular interest or realize there is something you really want to dig into, it’s still available for people to come and have a good time and see what is out there.”

Nadine Charabin has been involved in the festival from almost its beginning 30 years ago. She is a former member of the board, and also the manager of reference services for the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan.

Charabin said each year the provincial archives prepare a presentation to fit the festival’s theme.

The theme this year is “From Many Peoples Strength, Celebrating Diversity.”

“We are going to do a power-point presentation that will show photographs of people from very diverse backgrounds.

From us, it’s from a historical perspective, so we’re bringing older photos from different groups that made up the province in the early days.”

Charabin said the influx of immigrants to Saskatoon has been good for the festival.

“It is a great opportunity for newcomers to learn about the heritage of where they’ve come. My experience has been the newcomers are the most excited to be here in a lot of cases. You can see that everything is interesting to them; everything is new.

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Clarence Downey Oval is a place of beauty. Let’s hope it remains that way when changes are made to the area.

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Kudos to parking attendants at SaskTel Centre

andy and I paid more ers on their jacket or sweater attention than usual to indicating three things. A green the parking situation at sticker meant the person was the SaskTel Centre when we available, red meant taken and attended the Rush home game amber meant maybe. To be part of about 10 days ago. I don’t of the cool crowd, I slapped remember getting into the parka red tag on my coat. Mine ing lot ever being as easy and should have been gray for old. stress free as it was that night. ***** We parked in the east lot First, the Saskatchewan across the street from the arena.

Rush Hulk was told he couldn’t When we entered the gate, an wear his outfit at the Calgary attendant put up his hand to Roughnecks game on the weekEditor stop us. Then, a couple of guys end. Roughneck officials didn’t sprinted about 100 metres down the lot to want our Hulk mingling with their fans start a new row. We were the first car of a and possibility getting into a scrap. convoy behind these Usain Bolts.

Kelvin Ooms, aka The Rush Hulk, We parked, thanked the attendant organized four buses of Rush fans to make closest to us and went in and enjoyed the the trek to Calgary for the Jan. 27 game. game.

And this is the thanks he gets, for filling A big thank you to all the people out in more than two sections of Calgary’s aging the parking lots, in every type of weather, arena? for making the game-day experience that “We don’t believe it’s proper safety much better. You are among the many or security to have any official mascot or unsung heroes in our city. It’s too bad we unofficial mascot of the visiting team in a too often take you for granted. home venue,” Mike Moore, vice-president ***** of the Roughnecks, told the Calgary HerAt that night’s Rush game there was a ald. “It causes potential security issues and game called Traffic Lights Dating. That safety issues.” meant those at the game could put stickWhat a load of poo.

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By the end of the week, Calgary had backed down a tad and Ooms was told he could wear his Hulk outfit as long as he was a good boy and stayed in his seat. I hope he didn’t have to pee. ***** I get a kick out of some writing or broadcasting mistakes, unless I am the person making them. And I do on many occasions and many more would make it onto these pages without the editing of Joanne Paulson.

Anyway, I was listening to the radio one morning and the announcer said, in essence, that a nurse spoke out because she was concerned with the health care provided to her grandfather on social media. My first thought was I wouldn’t want social media providing my health care either. I may be old fashioned, but I would prefer nurses and doctors. ***** I forgot how beautiful it is at Clarence Downey Oval. The speedskating track is set in an area where about three-quarters of it is surrounded by mature spruce trees.

It has a peaceful feel to it.

It will be interesting to see how it plays out when the city’s track and field community begins sharing the space.

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Van Beek agreed.

“They are not just interacting with the exhibitors, but they end up interacting with each other as well, which I also think is a significant part of the festival.”

The festival includes a long list of activities. In addition to the heritage and culture exhibits, there are cultural performances, pioneer demonstrations, heritage film screenings, an archives pavilion, immigration sector, and a family area, where children can get touchy-feely with cool things.

There will be two presentations featur-

ing Jeff O’Brien. He is the rock star of archivists and presenters in this city.

“He tends to support us year after year and he’s a draw,” Van Beek said. “People love listening to him.”

O’Brien will make presentations about Saskatoon’s involvement in the two world wars.

Charabin said those attending will meet exhibitors with passion.

“People representing organizations are super friendly, super keen and super interested in what they are involved in and excited to share it in whatever form it takes.

That form is come and learn about this, come and put your hands on something we

do or come and join us.”

Van Beek said the festival typically draws between 2,300 and 3,000 people in its five-hour showing.

“People love coming to the museum,” she said. “There is so much to see in the building, plus all these exhibitors and stories and activities and entertainment.

“There’s just so much opportunity for people to bring their families so there is something for everyone as a result of that.

You can always find something to entertain everyone in the family.”

The festival will be held Feb. 4 from noon to 5 p.m.

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From left to right, Jim McClements, Morley Bruce and Chris Veeman exemplify the spirit of the Saskatoon Lions Speed Skating Club. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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he Saskatoon Lions Speed Veeman, a lawyer, and GeofSkating Club has become frey Meinert, an engineer, at the a producer of Canadian planning table.

Olympians and the maker of “The club rooms, the dressthe best natural ice surface in ing rooms and the canteen have Canada. Yet, it still maintains been there virtually since the a sense of homegrown pride 1971 Games,” said Veeman, with a current membership of “and we were aware that the between 130 and 140 skaters. demolition of the grandstand The club and its Clarence would start in March this year.

Downey Oval have been located It has been a great home for us. behind a baseball grandstand, We will go into the next October surrounded mostly by trees, as needing to use trailers for our People a key ingredient of the Gordie skaters for one year.

Howe Sports Complex. The oval “But by the following season, was developed in the months leading up to we will have a new clubhouse, with adthe 1971 Canada Winter Games which were equate spaces for both sports. We will retain awarded to Saskatoon. That home of speed- the short icy approach to the oval. The big skating, with a building, lights and oval, gains will be for spectators. We will have was introduced at a cost of about $70,000. more stands right at ice level and there will But life at the oval is about to change, be a glassed-in spectator area on the second partly because of the efforts of the Friends floor of the clubhouse. The value of spectaof the Bowl Foundation which is trying to tor space may allow us to bid on more create Canada’s most advanced sports com- national championship events. We see great plex. For most of two years, the organizaopportunities ahead for the club.” tion has imagined the park space being used Meinert has been keeping a keen eye for speed skating in the winter and track and on the performance area because both the field in the summer. Included in the master speedskaters and the track runners will plan was the demolition of the baseball perform on a 400-metre raceway, but not a grandstand, under which the skaters’ club totally exact overlay. rooms existed.

“There won’t be a full overlay because Both initiatives came with challenges the dimensions for track and field will be for the speedskating club, which had Chris wider. Basically, our oval will stay as is.

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The one place of consistency for all athletes will be the straightaway down the stretch to the finish line,” said Meinert.

“Our adjustments will be easier than those for track and field. We will have more consistency in the depth of the ice. In the past, because of an uneven grass field, there have been times when we needed 18 inches of ice. Now it will only take three or four inches before the ice is ready for the Zamboni.

“Since there will be a prepared base during the summer, it will also give us an earlier start on our season. All the while, working on a track for two different sports will be like a learning process for both organizations.”

Morley Bruce, a club member since 1972, and Jim McClements, a member since moving to Saskatoon in 1974, have the fondest of memories of the oval.

McClements was at the 1971 Winter Games, where he remembers “the great ice, record-breaking performances and no trees at the time.” He was also in Saskatoon because his wife, Vicki, was originally from Saskatoon and she was on the mission staff for Alberta’s team.

McClements became a Saskatoon coach in 1974 and later achieved international success as a referee. This is the first winter that he hasn’t been an official.

Eventually trees gave the skaters protec-

tion against changing wind patterns. Now there are 215 trees about to be eliminated, but Friends of the Bowl say there will be 290 more planted in various areas of the complex.

Bruce recalled how his son, Allan, “came home from school and he was all excited about attending a speed skating clinic. We got involved, no matter how cold it was.”

Bruce also became a referee, worked internationally and his last assignment was at the 2012 Canada Winter Games in Halifax.

“The ice has always been good. Even when cracks turned up, Craig Mackay would come out with his welding torch and smooth it out. Of all my outdoor assignments, I think Edmonton was the closest oval to ever matching our quality of ice,” said Bruce.

Good, fast ice also promotes champions.

Saskatoon’s Olympians were Mackay (1948 and 1952), Johnny Sands (1956 and 1960), Peggy Robb (1960), Bob Hodges (1968 and 1972), Gordon Goplen (1988) and Catriona LeMay Doan (1992, 1994 and 1998).

LeMay Doan won gold in Nagano, Japan, in 1998.

“Catriona had speed, stamina and a never-say-die spirit,” said Bruce.

McClements said “when the clap skates came to prominence, Catriona went to the top three among women. She was all attitude.”

Similarly, Saskatoon produced a strong array of starters, referees and timers.

“Even after the Olympic Oval opened in Calgary, they would invite many from Saskatoon to officiate at their meets,” said McClements. He noted that at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he was a track steward and assistant referee, Rene Marleau and Fraser Hodgson were assistant referees, Steve Pidsosny an announcer, Bernie Goplen a timer and Henrietta Goplen a place judge.

There are 11 with Saskatoon backgrounds in the Canadian Speed Skating Hall of Fame — Downey, Mackay, Sands, Hodges, Marleau, Ken West, Wally Boshuck, Eugene Hearn, Harold Augustine, Henrietta Goplen and LeMay Doan.

“You ask about special memories,” said McClements, “and all I can remember is the faces of people, those who skated and those who came to support their children, who threw themselves into the volunteer pool and made the club what it continues to be today.

“We’ve always had a welcoming environment. We had learn-to-skate programs, which still exist. Morley took charge of the Special Olympic skaters and it made it work with total integration. He went to the Special O skaters with the Canadian team in Austria one year.”

The Saskatoon club has much to celebrate from 75 years on March 24 at the Friends of The Bowl dining room in the Howe complex.

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Appointment exciting for Molloy and his family

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express t’s well-understood that Tom Molloy’s achievements have been important to Canadian history. Some, such as John Ralston Saul, have declared them among the most important.

“No one can prejudge history,” Saul, historian and husband to former Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson, once said. “However, I have the sense that two of the most important accomplishments over the last quarter century — and perhaps longer — have been the creation of Nunavut and the completion of the Nisga’a treaty.”

Those ground-breaking initiatives were certainly on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mind when he appointed Molloy Saskatchewan’s next lieutenant-governor.

“Mr. Molloy is an outstanding negotiator who has played a central role in numerous agreements and treaty settlements with Indigenous Peoples,” said Trudeau’s announcement release. “His contributions are felt from coast to coast to coast, and have helped reshape this country. He is an excellent choice as Saskatchewan’s next LieutenantGovernor, and I know that he will represent the people of this province well.”

Molloy, a long-time Saskatoon lawyer who has done a great deal of work in B.C., was asked to take on the role the Friday night before the announcement. He met the request with assent, and then some wonderment.

“I was quite excited and felt really enthused,” said Molloy in an interview. “And then after the call, I started wondering about what I had gotten myself into. It was both excitement and trepidation — just the responsibility I’ll be undertaking, and the important role it is, and not wanting to make errors.”

He has taken on many responsible roles in the past.

Trudeau described Molloy as “a respected negotiator, lawyer, strategic advisor on Indigenous issues, and author.”

Molloy led the team that negotiated the first modernday treaty in British Columbia, the famed Nisga’a Final Agreement. In addition, he was chief negotiator for the Government of Canada with the Inuit of Nunavut in the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, which led to the creation of the Territory of Nunavut in 1999.

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knowledge as I enter this, and then it turned out well, so that gave me confidence,” said Molloy, who also served as chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan from 2001 to 2007.

Modern-day treaties, said Molloy, are part of building a better, more inclusive Canada. They are also very different from the early treaties signed with Indigenous peoples.

“Treaty making began in I think it was 1603 and has evolved over time. It’s difficult to compare and comment on what were then called peace and friendship treaties and then coming to the land settlements in Western Canada and modern-day treaty making . . . a different history and a different time and different laws and actually even a different constitution.”

He also recalled the challenges that came at the very beginning of his career, after graduating from the College of Law at the U of S. “One of the first challenges (was) when I graduated from law and got a job in a law office, never having been in one. You learn a lot about the theory of law but you don’t learn the practice of law, so that was a big step forward.”

At the time of the interview, Molloy had only known about his new position for five days; so it was a bit early to ask about his vision for the lieutenant-governor’s role.

“That’s certainly something we will be doing in the next while. I learned Friday night. I was asked Friday night if I would accept.

“As a result of that, we’re working on those things, looking at what kind of opportunities exist and perhaps choosing two or three of them to focus on.

“It’s a five-year term, so there is some time upfront that we can spend time identifying and spend the rest of the mandate working on.”

Molloy has received many awards, including the City of Saskatoon Certificate of Distinguished Community Service, Rotary Golden Wheels Award for Excellence, Saskatoon B’nai Brith “We’re Proud of You Award” and the Head of the Public Service Award for Excellence in Service Delivery.

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Tom Molloy will be Saskatchewan’s next lieutenant-governor. (Photo Supplied)

The swearing-in date for Molloy has not yet been determined, but should take place in about two months.

He succeeds the Honourable Vaughn Solomon Schofield, who took on the lieutenant-governor’s role in 2012.

“I should also add in addition to myself being excited my family is as well,” said Molloy.

“I have four daughters and 11 grandchildren, so obviously the older grandchildren who would be 12 and up are quite excited and interested in learning about the office.”

Lieutenant-governors are the representatives of the queen in their provinces, and are appointed by the Governor General of Canada, in this case Julie Payette, on the recommendation of the prime minister.

Once sworn in, Molloy will be referred to as Your Honour and wear the chancellor’s chain.

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n or about Jan. 19, work sites. Good idea; too bad Alberta Premier Rachel they tried that in the first place.

Notley, who has been What is up with this oddly rather exercised about some of fractious relationship with our Saskatchewan’s policies of late, neighbours? decided to weigh in on the SasEnter agriculture and agrikatchewan Party leadership race food, to make me feel better. (which, by the time you read Last week, the Saskatchewan this, will be finally over.)

Food Industry Development Notley has been getting Centre Inc. (henceforth Food scrappier of late. We could mull Centre) opened its spanking new over the reasons for this, but we Agri-Food Innovation Centre Columnist don’t really care.

(AFIC) in the industrial park off Anyway, she suggested at 11th Street West. a visit to the Minhas Micro Brewery in By way of background, the Food Centre Calgary that the new Saskatchewan leader on the University of Saskatchewan campus should start learning a few things from her has been helping food processors and agrigovernment. businesses develop new foods and ingre“One province is adding tens of thoudients for 15 years. They’ve done work sands of new jobs; one province is losing for more than 275 companies, developing jobs. I would suggest that they should look and pilot processing something like 750 at the data and start drawing some different products. conclusions.”

Some genius decided it was time to Jab. Swipe. Swing. grow this excellent resource, in light of the Counter jab from outgoing Premier Brad remarkable advances and rapid changes in Wall: don’t listen to a leader who imposed the food industry. And here is where the a carbon tax on her oil-dependent provGovernment of Canada stepped up on the ince, which also has a $10-billion deficit. (I innovation front, and the diversification admit I was quite enjoying this little sniping front. I mean, if we just keep shipping raw match.) crops all over the place, we’re not going to Wait! They might both be right. Sadly, get top dollar for our fantastic food. You Notley makes an excellent point. Alberta’s can’t just eat a canola seed or chew a wheat economy is really starting to fire, and ours, kernel, although you can pop a pea in your actually, is not. That being said, if I had my mouth, I suppose. Even so, the little green hands on a provincial budget, I’d rather not beggars need to be cleaned and packaged be in that kind of a hole. and all that stuff.

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So, under Growing Forward 2, a federal-provincial program, the government provided nine million bucks, plus another $4.3 million from Western Economic Diversification. About $2.5 million came via the Food Centre’s own capital replacement fund and industry. The Saskatchewan Pulse Growers contributed $750,000 and SaskCanola $550,000.

This is, actually, how things are supposed to work. Vision. Working together.

Building on the good things we already have. A focus on innovation and diversification.

Plus, this pulse thing, which is turning into a serious Prairie focus, is getting big.

Pulses are healthy and provide relatively cheap protein, if you compare them to meats. You can feed them, too, to meatproducing animals and make them healthier, too. I’m betting pulses will be front and centre at AFIC. Indeed, the Food Centre’s partnership with James Cameron, Hollywood movie producer turned organic pea plant owner, pretty much guarantees it.

AFIC promises new equipment, better technologies and services to industry. Ultimately, the products developed there should increase our food exports, open markets for farmers and widen our economy.

Despite agreeing with the premier to the west on some of her points, I was also rather annoyed with her, and am delighted to throw a little “nyah nyah” her way. Granted, Alberta is doing some interesting things to spur innovation, largely in oil but also in other industry areas. I’m glad something is happening here, too.

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We had our own teepee that stood out * The old prison, located near San Fran- because it was so big. The other teepees, cisco, was inhabited by so-called “radiwhich were regular size, appeared small. cals” or Indians of All Tribes. From what During the evenings and late into the I remember, they demanded equal rights night our teepee would be full of people, for North America’s indigenous populasome of whom had travelled hundreds of tion. At first I wondered why they did it miles to listen to speakers. because I, being young, thought things Most of the speakers were elders and were going along pretty well. their messages were fairly simple. HowevAs I grew into my later teens, I started er, there would always be one who spoke to see things were not as they appeared to like Martin Luther King Jr., and his mesbe. I looked around my own family and sage was always to break away from the saw we were not a family anymore. clutches of government. “Blaze your own I had escaped countless foster and path” is something that stuck with me. group homes; my brothers and sisters That was 40 years ago. Today, I can were placed all over the world. My still picture the people that spoke; I can mother and father fell into the cycle of still hear and feel their words. After all alcohol abuse and my home community these years, I carry the message to be kind was filled with violence. to people, speak the truth and be proud of I was drawn to AIM because they saw whom you are. a future where North American Indians Crazy Horse was the war chief of the would be free of the many constraints that Sioux Nation. He led the charge to defeat governed our daily lives.

General George Custer and his seventh The older members of the organizacavalry in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. tion taught the younger ones to be proud.

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Persephone Theatre’s latest show ‘an edge-of-your-seat thriller’

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hip Chuipka describes written on it is stuck to the meat Butcher as one of the hook hanging around his neck. best plays he’s ever read.

Chuipka plays the characThe veteran actor is part of the ter Josef Dzibrilovo – a war Persephone Theatre cast that criminal also known as “the will bring Nicolas Billon’s acButcher” – who doesn’t speak a claimed show to life, starting word of English. Josef operthis week. ated a concentration camp in “What a fantastic play. It’s the Balkan country of Lavinia one of the best plays I’ve ever and, fittingly, speaks a language read,” said Chuipka, who was called Lavinian – something born in northern Ontario but that was actually invented by studied performance, directing two linguists from the UniverYXE Theatre and design at the University of sity of Toronto for the show.

Saskatchewan.

“The first time I did the play, Chuipka is well acquainted with it took me about five months to learn it,” Butcher, since it’s his second time doing said Chuipka, adding that speaking the the play. He previously starred in the show made-up language was scary at first. in 2015 in Montreal. What was exciting “Often people would say, ‘You could about the Montreal run, he said, is that just say anything. We wouldn’t know.’ And about one-third of the audience came back I’d go, ‘Well, I think if these people took to see the show a second time – “because the trouble to design a language, I should you see the play from a completely differ- at least take a kick at it, you know?” ent angle the second time you see it.

Chuipka describes the first half of the “It’s got an ending you can never guess. play as a “suspense comedy.” He said the It’s full of surprises. I love it.” suspense builds in the second half.

Butcher is a thriller with plot twists “It’s like a series of really beautiful and turns that explores themes of revenge mousetraps going off one after the other. and justice. The action starts when an old Every time the audience thinks they know man in a military uniform and a Santa hat something, they find something new out is dumped at a police station. The man and it changes their whole perspective on doesn’t speak English, and a lawyer’s the characters.”

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warning with the play, noting that it comes with mature themes and scenes of extreme violence. While the show isn’t appropriate for kids, as in a Greek tragedy most of the violence happens off stage, said Chuipka.

“But even so, it’s very intense material,” he said. “The second part of the play is really an edge-of-your-seat thriller.”

In addition to Chuipka, Butcher stars Joshua Beaudry (Inspector Lamb), Jaron Francis (Hamilton Barnes), Kristina Hughes (Elena) and Nicole Cramatte (Young Girl). Persephone Theatre’s artistic director, Del Surjik, directs, while the rest of the creative team includes Stephen Wade (set and lighting designer), Darren Miller (sound designer), Theresa Germaine (costume designer), Angela Kemp (as-

sistant director), Laura Kennedy (stage manager) and Melanie Rogowski (assistant stage manager).

Chuipka said he’s blessed to work with amazing actors on the production.

“They’re excellent – their timing, their sense of comedy, their ability to build suspense from moment to moment. I’m very, very lucky to be in this cast – all directed by, of course, Del Surjik, who’s a fantastic director. I’d definitely turn anything else down to come and work in a play that Del was directing.”

Butcher runs from Jan. 31 to Feb. 14 at the Remai Arts Centre. Tickets are $26 to $46 and are available by calling the Persephone Theatre box office at 306-384-7727 or by going online to persephonetheatre.org.

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Planning the Perfect Wedding How couples can benefit from hiring local wedding vendors

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ocal vendors are often a go-to choice when couples are planning their wedding ceremonies and receptions. As the “shop local” movement grows in popularity, weddings present a prime opportunity to embrace this movement.

Couples may have different ideas regarding where to tie the knot, but local vendors can be hired regardless of geography. Brides magazine says the biggest factor influencing wedding location is the size of the guest list and the number of people who wouldn’t be able to attend if the wedding was in a particular locale.

Hometowns might be the traditional choice regarding wedding location, but the XO Group says one in four couples now host destination weddings.

Once couples choose a town or city to host their weddings, they can begin exploring the benefits of working with locallybased vendors.

cal vendors. For example, local photographers familiar with a particular venue will know all of the best places to get shots, and some vendors may have pre-existing relationships with venue representatives that could ensure wedding day operations go smoothly.

Proximity Local vendors can meet with brides and grooms more readily throughout the planning process, making things less stressful for the happy couple. This also makes it easier to drop off deposits, attend meetings, make fitting appointments, or attend styling sessions.

Savings Couples who travel for their weddings and employ local vendors will not have to pack as much. Using local vendors eliminates the need to bring along bulky dresses, decorative items, flowers, and much more. Plus, couples needn’t pay to transport and house vendors brought along from back home.

Local vendors have intimate knowledge of the areas they serve, and that can make for a more personalized, eco-friendly wedding. ment often find that shopping local is beneficial. Local vendors are more likely to source their materials from other local businesses, reducing their carbon footprints along the way. For example, local caterers may rely on local farmers for their foods, affording couples the chance to host ecofriendly or even farm-to-table weddings.

Familiarity Local vendors will be familiar with the area and possibly even the location where the wedding will be held. That can help Environment couples avoid having to give directions, Individuals who take great strides to Customization discuss venue protocols, and handle other conserve resources by reducing their energy Working with local vendors often tasks that must be worked out with non-lo- consumption and protecting the environtranslates into getting more personalized

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Going local when choosing wedding vendors is an increasingly popular choice among couples about to tie the knot.

Local vendors are often a go-to choice when couples are planning their wedding ceremonies and receptions. As the “shop local” movement grows in popularity, weddings present a prime opportunity to embrace this movement.

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Soul Paper lives up to its name.

This store is full of soul, beautiful paper, books and unlimited oddities that you would never find elsewhere.

Susan and Alex Pozsonyi, the owners, are two of the most charming people. They 2002 Arlington Ave exude warmth and creativity, palpably evigman@nutanacurlingclub.ca www.nutanacurlingclub.ca dent in their picture postcard store. Paper is a fine art or science to them, right down to the store’s gorgeous light fixture made of paper.

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Wax seals are also available, custom designed and an example is a couple who had two wax seals done, one with the initials separate for the wedding invitation and one with their initials intertwined for sealing the thank you cards and for use throughout their lifetime together.

Hand turned pens made by a local pensmith are available as well. Couples often purchase a pen as a gift to each other to use to sign the registry and to use that pen as a keepsake throughout their marriage.

Couples can also design custom Guest Books for their wedding. Susan and Alex are hands on with couples to help them move through their stationary needs.

Soul Paper is in partnership with Envelopements, Minted, Carlson Craft and linked to The Knott, Wedding Wire and Sask Ever-After.

Soul Paper will also be at Local Love, a showcase of unique and local wedding vendors on March 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lucky Bastard Distillery (814 47th Street, Saskatoon).

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Planning the Perfect Wedding

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olleen Shalley is busy wedding planner. One she planned in 2017 was her own.

“People can relate to me a little bit more if they know I have been through the process,” she said, adding her wedding was great. “It was everything I wanted it to be. It was very eloquent, very classy.”

She said she and her husband, Matthew Boyko, share a passion for basketball so a small touch of that theme was inserted into their wedding.

“For our little table numbers, we had little basketball holders that held the table number. The table numbers themselves were NBA jerseys.”

For the record, he’s a Raptors supporter and she’s a LeBron James fan.

Colleen encourages people to add personal touches to their weddings. At one wedding she planned, guests received mini hockey sticks and at another, fish hooks.

Colleen has become a one-stop shop for wedding planning.

She bought out a North Battleford store last fall, brought the inventory to Saskatoon and can now rent what people need for their special day.

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your co-ordinating, your setup, takedown, the rentals, the photography and DJ services. So that is a lot under one roof.”

She is trying to spread the word about the rental side of her business. She doesn’t have a store front yet, but is working on an online catalogue of her inventory.

Colleen said she can keep her prices reasonable because she doesn’t have the overhead some companies do. She likes working with non-profits and charities so she can give them a good deal on décor for their events.

“It’s the same with brides. I like to be reasonable with my pricing. I am not there to take your money; I’m there to help you. And somehow making a living off it,” she said with a laugh.

She said she is busy.

“I am quite booked for this summer, but there are some openings left.

(Continued on page 13) Event planner Colleen Shalley, owner of Infinity Management, became a bride herself in 2017.

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Planning the Perfect Wedding (Continued from page 12) If I already have an event booked I never tell my clients that I am not free because some of the time, we can make it work.”

She said she has done two or three events in a weekend and pulled them off seamlessly. She said an average of 250 hours goes into planning each wedding.

“For somebody who is a wedding planner like me, it’s very much prioritizing and strategizing with each event and knowing what I have to do each day for each client. There are some things you can do right away and there are some things you can leave until a few months before the wedding. It seems to balance out just fine.”

She said she loves the actual wedding days.

“It is very rewarding to see somebody walk into a room and have their mouth drop. It’s that icing on top of the cake.”

She said she hasn’t come across bridezillas and crazy mothers-inlaw.

“I’ve never really seen that. I believe a good planner takes care of that to avoid those situations.”

In addition to wedding planning, Colleen also does event planning.

Among those on her list for this year are the Princess Shop Gala, the Habitat for Humanity Gala and the Festival of Trees.

For more information, visit Infinitymanagement.ca.

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drafted in the 1950s for the completion of the East Wing of the college, signalling to the wider church that the college was there to stay. It was a time when the need for a theological presence on the prairies was being debated. Today, St. Andrew’s College is recognized by the United Church as the primary centre for theological education and ordination in the Prairie region.

Conveniently located on College Drive, St. Andrew’s College Chapel offers seating for 100 people. Pews arranged in a unique diamond shape lend an intimate air to the ceremony, while a traditional stained glass chapel window overlooks the room.

“All denominations are welcome to have their wedding in the St. Andrew’s Chapel by a licensed clergyperson,” said Castro. “We have a beautiful stone chapel where couples can celebrate their marriage in a unique and beautiful setting.

“We also have a banquet hall where couples can celebrate their reception after their ceremony,” she continued. “Or, wedding ceremonies both religious and civil can also be celebrated in the Fire Place Lounge.”

The historic charm of the St. Andrew’s College main lounge makes it the perfect location for a special celebration, including a warm and inviting fireplace and a grand piano that at beautiful and cozy St. Andrew’s College complements the ambience of your planned Chapel. festivities. St. Andrew’s also provides limited “St. Andrew’s is a United Church College parking spaces for wedding parties at reasonand it’s been located at the entrance of the uni- able rental rates. versity campus since 1922,” explained Castro, “We invite people to come for a tour of our who is the property manager at St. Andrew’s venues,” said Castro. “They can contact me by College. “The construction of the chapel was phone or email to book an appointment at their completed in 1962, and the chapel has hosted convenience.” many weddings since then.”

For more information, please contact Designed by architect David Brown and Carolina Castro at 306-966-8969 or by email completed in 1922, additional plans were at carolina.castro@usask.ca.

Historic chapel a beautiful backdrop for a wedding

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t’s nearly impossible to drive through the University of Saskatchewan grounds on a spring, summer or fall Saturday — even the odd winter one for those so inclined — without seeing a beautiful wedding party taking advantage of the campus’s spectacular Collegiate Gothic stone architecture and gorgeous green landscaping as a backdrop for photos of their special day.

Carolina Castro wants betrothed couples to know an entire wedding event can be held

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$275 (+GST) with a $200 Refundable Damage Deposit Weddings celebrated in the St. Andrew’s Chapel are celebrated as worship in the Christian tradition. St. Andrew’s College does not have a resident clergyperson but welcomes clergy of many denominations who are licensed by the Province of Saskatchewan to officiate.

The Fireplace Lounge $250 (+GST) full day $150 (+GST) half day/evening With a $200 Refundable Damage Deposit

Both religious and civil wedding ceremonies are celebrated in the Fireplace Lounge at St. Andrew’s College. Clergy or commissioners who officiate must be licensed by the Province of Saskatchewan.

For wedding receptions, the Lounge can accommodate 20 to 100 guests, with a capacity for a seated banquet of 100.

Catering is not available, but outside caterers are welcome.

We make every effort to book only one wedding per day, to provide you the maximum flexibility in preparations, decorating and timing for your guests.

BOOKINGS To view our facilities or make your booking please call 306-966-8969 or email carolina.castro@usask.ca It is wise to book as early as possible. Prices subject to change without notice.

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Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express etty Arthur believes a family’s history should be passed from generation to generation. It’s good for people to know their roots.

In 1987, she joined a group through a seniors’ class offered at the University of Saskatchewan. In its early days, approximately 40 seniors would get together to read and discuss their stories.

Participants came from all walks of life. Some didn’t have much education and others had done doctoral work. They shared a love for the written word and the desire to document family stories.

Arthur is the only person who has been in the Memory Writers’ group since the beginning. She credits Kathlyn Szalasznyj, the instructor of the university class, for getting the club going.

“I thought it would be good to write for my grandchildren and children,” she said when asked why she joined the club.

“It was my mother’s story I was writing at the time.”

Arthur has also written a book on her ancestors, dating back to the 19th century.

The group, which meets twice a month, has 11 members now.

“They write very well so I am glad to be part of it,” Arthur said. “It brings

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Arthur had a number of stories published in a book the group compiled in the early 1990s, entitled For All Seasons, One of her stories is called 200 Pickled Tomato Worms.

“‘Two hundred pickled tomato worms,’ I read on the long list of insects I was to collect and prepare for the 1949 biology courses at the University of Toronto. Their large size makes them ideal for dissecting.”

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A Child’s Faith Methods of treating arthritic knees will touch your heart

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steoarthritis of the joints can affect people of all ages, but is one of the leading causes of disability in the aged population in the United (Continued from page 13) States. A study published in the Caspian he story is detailed and well written, Journal of Internal Medicine found incibut isn’t for the faint of heart. Put it dence of knee OA is rising by increasing this way: Arthur was able to collect the average age of the general population. worms and they donated their little bodies to Age, weight, trauma, and repetitive science. movements are common risk factors for Another of her stories is called A Child’s the condition.

Faith.

According to Dr. Scott Paris of Arthur writes of her daughter Grace, then Central Jersey Spine and Wellness, more a toddler, coming into the house carrying a than 27 million people in the country plant. Grace had found it in the garbage outsuffer from knee arthritis. An estimated side a house down the street. The plant clearly 37 percent of Canadians aged 20 or older looked dead. who had been diagnosed with arthritis Grace convinced her mother to let her keep reported osteoarthritis, with 29 percent it. The deal was that Grace had to look after it. occurring in the knees, states Statistics Two weeks after potting it, little buds apCanada. Knee arthritis occurs when there peared on the plant. Soon they opened and is a degeneration of articular cartilage turned into a rose colour. Each day Grace that covers and protects the patella (knee watered it and counted the buds. Soon she was cap) at the knee joint, offers the online counting blossoms. resource Arthritis-Health. Since this “By the time my mother arrived for Christ- cartilage has no nerve endings, some mas, this beautiful rose-coloured azalea had people can experience arthritis but feel more than 100 flowers,” Arthur wrote. “Grace no pain. However, pain may occur when was a very proud little girl as she showed her doing specific activities that cause impact grandmother her gorgeous Christmas azalea between bones, like jumping, walking up that had come back to life through her tender stairs or certain sports. care.”

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• Non-drug treatments: Examples of non-drug treatments include exercise, stretching and range-of-movement strategies. Weight loss can alleviate excess strain placed on the hips and knees and reduce pain. Braces, sleeves and orthotics may help reduce pain and joint stiffness when directed properly through a specialist.

• Medications: Many medications are geared around reducing inflammation and pain and include over-the-counter pain relievers and NSAIDs, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and naproxen sodium.

Topical NSAIDs may be tried, and these can reduce the risk of gastrointestinal side effects from oral medications.

OARSI also found that the antidepressant duloxetine may help with chronic knee pain.

• Injections: The Arthritis Foundation says that some doctors can inject corticosteroid compounds directly into affected joints. Use of hyaluronic acid injections can supplement the natural substance that gives joint fluid its lubrication and viscosity. These injections may help relieve pain and improve mobility.

• Surgery: In cases when the aforementioned treatments are unsuccessful, doctors may suggest surgery. The Arthritis Foundation says joint lavage and arthroscopic debridement, which involve flushing the joint with a sterile saline solution and the surgical removal of tissue fragments from the joint, are controversial but may help some people achieve short-term relief. Partial knee replacement may be another option that offers a similar improvement in function, but fewer complications than a total knee replacement.

Osteoarthritis in the knee can be painful and restrictive. Working with a qualified doctor, individuals can develop a treatment plan that works for their specific conditions.

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Three weeks into the New Year, when the trials and tribulations of everyday life creep back in after the excitement of a new beginning, motivation has worn off. Mid/late January is cold and dark, people want to hibernate indoors and eat comfort food, not drag themselves to the gym, plan and prepare healthy meals that include things like vegetables. This is mac and cheese weather!

Reading another motivational book or posting motivational memes on Facebook won’t do much to improve one’s chances of success in this scenario. The truth is, motivation is fleeting. It is subject to external forces such as the people around us, the immediate situation and our own changing emotions.

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That is why you can’t count on motivation to see you through. Motivation is a good start but this is where you need the discipline to carry on.

Discipline isn’t fun. It doesn’t feel good like motivation does. It’s doing repeatedly what needs doing to get the job done, even when you don’t feel like it. It’s intentional and repeated, every day.

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As Aristotle so famously said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” It’s the consistency that creates the results.

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• Figure out your why. It needs to be important to you. How bad do you want it? You WILL have to make sacrifices at some point. Is your WHY worth it?

• Get rid of your excuses. You can make excuses, or you can get results. You can’t do both.

• Create routines. Don’t leave anything to chance. Figure out obstacles that might arise and find at least two solutions to get around them.

• Invest in it, literally. People put higher priorities on things that cost them money because they have some “skin in the game”. Make a bet with someone, commit to giving money to an organization you can’t stand, pre-pay for a photo shoot…or better still, hire a trainer that can figure out the details and keep you accountable!

• Start. You don’t have to have an elaborate plan in place. Just start and figure it out as you go. If you want to turn your brain off completely, there’s always that trainer option. Show up and do what he/ she tells you to do.

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How important is your had a plan: If ever there real relationship with your was anything seriously real doctor? How vital is a wrong with me, I would specialist who knows your head straight for the Mayo name? I was reminded of this Clinic. I’d never been to the when my meds quit workMayo, I didn’t know how the ing, and I was living in a new Mayo operated or what it cost. place.

I just knew if I was really sick: Getting to see the specialMeet me at the Mayo. ist in my new town — even For my first 58 years it on an urgent basis — is wasn’t an issue. A head cold days, maybe weeks away. I was my most serious ailhad sworn not to be a longment. In Year 59, everything Columnist distance pain to the Rajputs. changed.

I’m really trying not to I showed up for my annual bother them every time something goes checkup March 17, 2012. What convinced me to make an appointment was wrong.

Paul reminds me that’s an idiotic a lousy golf game. Nothing new in that.

I’m a klutz — not an athletic bone in my expectation for someone with a progresbody, and my plus-100 golf score consis- sive disease. He also reminds me that at tently reflected that. This was different. the end of every checkup, Alex — who On the sixth hole of Moon Lake Golf won’t let me call him Dr. Rajput — says if I get into trouble, just call. and Country Club, my right arm quit I was in trouble. working; it refused to swing.

I composed a quick email and I Dr. Tom Gabruch, who’s looked after pressed the computer’s “send” butme for the last 30 years with skill, patience and humour, took no more than 60 ton early on a Sunday evening, about seconds to deliver the diagnosis: Parkin- the time your family is sitting down to son’s disease. You’re kidding me, right? dinner. I thought if Alex saw my note anytime tomorrow or the next day, and if True to my plan, a few weeks later he was able to send a quick reply or fire partner Paul Lavoie and I were welcomed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, off a quick new prescription to the drug store, I wouldn’t need to bother him in Minnesota. The Mayo’s Parkinson’s expert is Dr. Eric Ahlskog. He has writ- person.

Turned out I didn’t have to wait that ten books and lectured around the world long. I had barely pushed my chair away on Parkinson’s.

Ahlskog — call me Eric – introduced from the computer when the phone rang. himself, welcomed us and asked where On a Sunday. At supper time.

Alex was not a bit interested in me we are from. apologizing for bothering him.

“Saskatoon,” I said.

You may have figured out this column Dr. Eric looked shocked. “What the is about encouraging you to contribute hell are you doing here?” to the RUH Foundation, which is rais“Well, you’re the expert and this is ing $100,000 in support of the Rajputs the Mayo,” I said.

“True,” he said, “but the best Parkin- and the RUH Movement Disorder team.

RUH invited me to chair this campaign son’s people in North America are in Saskatoon . . . the Rajputs, at University and, because it’s a deal like you’ve never seen before, I couldn’t resist.

Hospital.”

For every dollar you and I donate, It turned out Dr. Eric gave excellent advice. Every year since, I show up for a generous mystery donor is matching your contribution — essentially doumy annual checkup at the RUH Movement Disorders Program and every year bling the size and impact of your gift.

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I benefit from the advice of doctors — It gets better. You don’t have to do specialists — who know me as not just a file number, but the bad golfer and parky anything except get your chequebook or credit card out. (Simply mail a cheque patient I really am.

There is nothing as reassuring as be- to RUH Foundation or donate online at ing welcomed into the examination room ruhf.org; press donate now; select Peterson Thrifty No Show Dinner). of Dr. Alex and Dr. Ali Rajput as they Welcome to the Non-Event Fundraisaggressively and unrelentingly work to ing Event — you don’t have to eat one defeat Parkinson’s. more rubber chicken or attend one more That the Rajputs, and their RUH dinner. This revolutionary approach to colleagues, have superior medical and fundraising allows you to stay home scientific expertise on Parkinson’s and and support the cause while watching movement disorders is a foregone conhockey. clusion. That they have invested their How many times, at the end of a week lives’ work in research which may one packed with multiple fundraisers, have day identify the cause of Parkinson’s and discover a cure is clear in initiatives you asked: “Why don’t they just ask for the money and not make me go to one such as the internationally-acclaimed more dinner?” Your wish has been anBrain Bank, which they created and swered: Contribute, don’t attend, you’re maintain. not invited.

It is a given that if hospitals are to That’s the joy of the Non-Event have the most modern and necessary equipment they must come the donation Fundraising Event. You support the fight against the evil Parkinson’s without route, facilitated by charitable foundations. Beak off all you want that the gov- leaving your house. Lean back and pat ernment should pay for this equipment. yourself on the back for doing your part With that attitude, you’ll be dead before — you don’t even have to put your dress or pants on. the new equipment arrives.

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hange. that they can artfully and skillIt’s a word that can drive fully navigate into his role with shivers down the spine minimal disruption and only of even the most seasoned manpositive outcomes. agement team.

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Change, particularly at the Party leadership candidates for organizational level, often perpetuating this notion, as they requires forms and flow charts, have no choice but to do so. contracts and consultants, and Their commitment to 100 per even then the outcome can still cent success in navigating this be chaos. leadership change must be unEntire institutes devote wavering, as the consequences Columnist themselves to studying change, of failure are too great. It is esand specifically, why humansential to the party’s survival. kind seems so programmed to resist it.

Every one of them must be commended With the election of its new leader for taking the flying leap into the unknown last weekend (and after this column was and vying for what could prove to be, at submitted, so alas, I won’t be able to write best, a thankless job or, at worst, a career about the results for another week), the killer. level of organizational change facing the The good news for the Sask. Party is Saskatchewan Party is dauntingly high. that one of the most difficult factors to The relatively young party only began overcome in the change process is inspirto cement its identity and find its stride ing people to desire change. A common on the provincial political landscape after theme that emerged from the race is that of electing Brad Wall as its leader. He went whether status quo should be maintained. on to not only lead the party, but embody Does the current party culture and ideit. ology truly serve its membership satisfacThe notion of a Saskatchewan Party torily and attract potential voters?

— or even Saskatchewan — without Wall If so, who is best suited to toe the party at its helm is unfathomable, despite the line? Alternatively, is some shift at the top insistence of his wannabe replacements (Continued on page 19)

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Wanuskewin Winter Festival, Wanuskewin Heritage Park. This family event offers both indoor and outdoor programming focused on Indigenous games, activities and trapping skills.

MUSIC FEBRUARY 1 While Rome Burns is the working title for Paul Gitlitz and Wyndham Thiessen and they serve up a wide range of fiddle music, including traditions like Appalachian, Celtic, Quebecois, Metis and swing. Rugged Little Thing plays the opening set. 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Avenue North. Tickets $15 for SJS members, $20 for non-members.

FEBRUARY 2 Belle Plaine and Blake Berglund merge two distinctive styles: hers a jazzy 1940 swing approach and his the classic twang. Genuine style, strong harmonies and toe-tapping deliveries. 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $23 and $28.

FEBRUARY 3 Award-winning trumpet player Dean McNeill will lead his Prairie Fire Septet through creative jazz renditions. The repertoire will include compositions and arrangements by McNeill and Jeff Presslaff and selections from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $23 and $28.

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. ***** In a featured role with the Saskatoon Concert Band, hornist Arlene Shiplett will be a principal on two selections, Rondo for Horn from Concerto No. 1, Opus 11, by Richard Strauss and I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables. The band is staging some old reliables, including First Suite in E Flat by Holst, Chorale and Alleluia by Howard Hanson, Liberty Bell March by Sousa and Overture to Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser. 7:30 p.m. Victory Church at 2802 Rusholme Road. Tickets $20 for adults, $10 for seniors and children.

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.

(Continued from page 18) necessary to guide the party back to the centrist coalition position that launched it in the first place?

In order for the Sask. Party to survive this leadership change, the rest of the organization must be motivated to embrace it, meaning not just the new premier’s cabinet or even caucus, but every single member. That’s no easy feat for a new leader who will likely have been the first choice of only a minority (potentially less than one-third) of the membership.

Constituency presidents, for example, must be called upon to commit to the direction of the new leader, to speak with one voice and model behaviours for their individual associations. You can be certain that once the results of the leadership vote are known, and even for a good five minutes afterwards (sarcasm), the public face of the Sask. Party will be that of unity. Behind the scenes, the new leader will need to support and deal with individuals, particularly Sask.

Party MLAs and members of executive council, who are disappointed or even disgruntled.

The uncertainty surrounding the

***** 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.

EVENTS CROKICURL – UNTIL FEB. 25 Broadway Avenue and 12th Street. Crokicurl combines two classic Canadian hobbies, crokinole and curling, into a new outdoor sport.

NOW UNTIL FEB. 28 Compete in the Geocaching Winter Games. Check out the tasks that you will have to complete on geocaching.com: the event is GC7E12X.

FEBRUARY 5 Volunteer Fair – Get Connected: Find a Volunteer, Be a Volunteer. Looking for a volunteer opportunity in 2018? 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saskatoon Field House. For more information, contact the Saskatoon Council on Aging at 306-6522255, visit scoa.ca.

FEBRUARY 6 Steak Night at the Sutherland Bar in aid of Cheshire Homes of Saskatoon. Drinks at 5 p.m. and supper at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20. Call Sue at 306-2813933 or Lorraine at 306-3746191. Cheshire Homes provides accessible comfortable home with 24/7 attendant care for adults with physical disabilities.

FEBRUARY 7-17 Greystone Theatre presents The Beaux Stratagen. 8 p.m. nightly. For tickets call 306-966-5188 (box office) or visit artsandscience.usask.ca/drama

FEBRUARY 13 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Third Avenue United Church. Tickets $7 in advance or at door. $5 for age 10 & under. Call 306-652-6812 for more info.

choice of Saskatchewan’s new premier runs deeper than just the question of who is going to win.

There is the question of where Sask.

Party members would go, or what they would actually do, if the new leader fails to reunite a party that has badly fractured itself with this leadership race: is there any possibility at all of the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties re-emerging as separate entities in the province?

Can the Saskatchewan NDP reorganize in any fashion conducive to winning over centrist voters, abandoned by what could be the Sask. Party’s official and decisive move to the right?

There’s uncertainty around the next election call, with rumours abounding of a potential call as early as spring of 2018, in order for the new premier to capitalize on the Saskatchewan NDP’s still-disorganized and weak infrastructure and secure him or herself a full four-year term.

In fact, today the only thing certain about the political future of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Party is uncertainty, coupled with the fact that things will likely stay that way for a while.

The Endless Love Valentine Gala. The event is in support of the Children’s Home in India and all funds raised will be directed toward a building project that will increase the resident capacity from the current 22 children to as many as 75. For more information, call 306-290-4426.

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German Cultural Centre presents Winter Family Carnival. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. One Day Family Pass is $20 (max four people) and Two Day Family Pass is $30 (max four people) Additional family member is $5. Passes at the door are $25 for family of four and $7 for additional family members. One free pony ride per person. There will be bouncy castles, kids snow art, carnival food and indoor and uutdoor activities.

Call 306-244-6869 Ext 203 for tickets.

ONGOING EVERY WEDNESDAY Seven Seas Toastmasters, an energetic and dynamic club, invites you to join us from noon to 1 p.m. in the LDAS Building. (2221 Hanselman Court.) For more information, visit http://3296.toastmastersclubs.org/ ***** The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly support meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivers on Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St).

The free-of-charge support meetings are an informative and engaging space for people to connect with each other for ongoing support. For information and times, visit www. saskfasdnetwork.ca/events ***** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For more information, call Rachel at 306-3436641 or Jean at 306-343-9460. ***** Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW).

Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s United Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also has a general meeting on the third Sunday of every month, with the exception of July and August. For more information, contact Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the church at 306-343-7101. ***** T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For more information go to www.tops.org or call Debbie at 306-668-4494. Meetings are at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 310 Lenore Drive. New member orientation every Wednesday at 6:30Aaron p.m.

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends:

Views of the World

Comparing the price of gas and grass

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uy Lafleur, on his dealings with Red Fisher, the legendary Montreal Gazette columnist who died last week: “You know, my first year with the Canadiens, Red Fisher didn’t talk to me.

The second year, Red talked to me a couple of times. The third year, on the first day of camp, I’m the first guy Red wants to talk to.

I said to myself: ‘Guy Lafleur, you’re gonna be a superstar in the NHL.’” • From Torben Rolfsen: “Because the Russian anthem can’t be played for OAR winners at the Olympics, they will use Boney M’s Rasputin.”

• Vin Scully, on pitching to Vladimir Guerrero, who was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame last week: “You’re talking about throwing a lamb chop by a wolf.”

• From Jack Todd of the Montreal Gazette: “I don’t have a problem with Vlad choosing an Angels cap. He won division titles there and an MVP award. I’m sure it

was a tough call for him.”

• TC Chong, on a valet attendant giving a $300,000 Ferrari to the wrong customer at a St. Petersburg, Florida parking lot: “The happy recipient has been inundated by ‘hotties’ on Facebook, while the actual owner is still trying to explain to his wife why he came home driving a 1998 Volvo sedan.”

• Drew Doughty, when asked if Matthew Tkachuk is the most hated player in the NHL: “I’m pretty sure he might be. I have lots of friends on other teams, and they don’t love him either.”

• From Janice Hough: “At his first press conference in San Francisco, Evan Longoria was asked about playing at AT&T Park vs Tropicana Field in Tampa. ‘Outdoors, with fans.’”

• Rolfsen, on MLS set to announce an expansion team in Miami, under one condition: “The ownership group doesn’t include Derek Jeter.”

• From Chong: “I hope somebody told former Eagles QB Donovan McNabb that the Super Bowl cannot end in a tie.”

• Remember the days when we compared gas prices around Canada? Now it’s grass. In 2017, Saskatchewan’s price per gram was $7.10, while the rest of the country was at $7.48.

• Hough, on Kansas basketball freshman Billy Preston signing with a European team: “Preston hasn’t actually played for the Jayhawks. He was suspended last fall after a single-car accident. Is Billy the first none and done?”

• Four Saskatoon Hilltops players have signed to play in the CIS next season. Two are going to Regina, one to UBC, and one is staying here. It’s a shame we can’t keep all these guys here.

• From Randy Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press: “The Oilers hired Paul Coffey to play, right?”

• From Rolfsen: “There are reports that Carson Wentz was the most popular football jersey of 2017. That will soon be surpassed

by He Hate Me.” • The Carolina Hurricanes have a deal for you. In February, fans can see all nine home games for $97. Sadly, you get what you pay for.

• From Hough: “The top three beers in the US are now Bud Light, Coors Light and Miller Lite. The only things getting less light are Americans.”

• From the you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up file: A dozen camels were disqualified from a camel beauty contest in Saudi Arabia because their owners used Botox to make them more handsome? “And you make fun of us for wearing lipstick,” a pig didn’t say.

• Another from Turner: “The Bombers signing Darian Durant will only be considered a success if it somehow manages to make the lives of Riders fans miserable.”

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By RJ Currie n TSN’s Jay and Dan show, Saskatoon was called Canada’s most underrated city. It was said between clips of Leafs centre Auston Matthews combing his hair and tying his shoes.

• Ontario native Matthew Hayley set a one-day go-karting world record by circling a track 4,102 times for a total of 772 km.

The distance is impressive, but circles are pointless.

• Injured Sharks forward Joe Thornton has apparently been told to keep weight off– his knee. I’m thinking he could drop 10 pounds just by shaving the beard.

• Happy anniversary Serena Williams,

who won last year’s Australian Open while pregnant. Might be the first tennis pro to win a major in singles while playing doubles.

• The Lightning have the best record in the NHL. There’s so much hockey excitement in Tampa Bay, they just sold their 12th season ticket.

• Danica Patrick confirmed she is dating Packers QB Aaron Rogers. Maybe she can get tips on putting together a winning drive.

• Vince McMahon said the XFL will not employ football players with a criminal record. “Neither do we,” said the NFL. “Well, except for talented players.”

• Senators defenceman Mark Borowiecki claims Blues forward Kyle Brodziak bit his

finger. And what; he has the gum marks to prove it?

• For my birthday I asked my wife to buy me a microwave treadmill. That way I get a complete workout in just two minutes.

• Bill Macatee asked co-host Martina Navratilova if it’s mentally tough to play someone you have a “lopsided losing record against.” How on earth would Navratilova know?

• There will be a unified Korean women’s hockey team at the Olympics. Insiders say South Korea might score on deflections, while North Korea might have scores of defections.

• Porn star Stormy JW012903 JamesDaniels reportedly

spanked Donald Trump with a Forbes magazine. Imagine what she might have done with The American Journal of Proctology.

• The Sandgren-Chung Aussie Open match was about to start when an evacuation alarm had spectators heading for the exits.

“Good idea!” said the Cleveland Browns.

• Actor Matthew McConaughey’s brother reportedly named his children after two American beers. For the kids’ sake, let’s hope he isn’t a fan of Schlitz.

RJ’s Groaner of the Week Word is the Philadelphia Eagles fan arrested for punching a police horse has entered a plea. Not gelding.

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