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Volume 17, Issue 18, Week of May 7, 2018
Top 100 x 2 City restaurateurs receive national recognition
Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express here was no sign of a restaurant critic. Just like in the movies, someone must have slipped in, checked it out, and slipped away incognito . . . at least twice. Because last month, not one but both Saskatoon eateries owned by Christie Peters and Kyle Michael appeared on Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list: The Hollows and Primal. “I had no idea,” said Peters in a recent interview. “I know they have many judges across Canada voting. I knew the list was coming out, but I didn’t think enough people knew about us nationally that we’d be able to be recognized on the list. “But last year, I called it my year of ‘yes.’ I did everything and anything that came across my desk. I did a lot of travelling, a lot of collaboration dinners, I did a lot of TV things. I met so many chefs and networked so much, I think we spread out and got to be a little more well-known. That could have had something to do with it.” The partners in cooking and life opened The Hollows in 2011 and Primal three years ago. “They say the first two years are the hardest, then they say the first five years are the hardest, and we’re past that so I think we’re going to be OK,” Peters said with a laugh. She travelled and learned how to cook in Vancouver, San Francisco, Amsterdam and Spain, always knowing she wanted to return
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Christie Peters (pictured) and Kyle Michael own The Hollows and Primal. (Photo by Joanne Paulson) to her home town, and open a restaurant here. “All my cooking colleagues in Vancouver thought I was crazy . . . they don’t know what goes on in Saskatoon. It’s the land of opportunity in Saskatoon.” She met Michael in Vancouver. “We became best friends and years later ended up getting together. I convinced him to move here with me. I told him it’s the land of opportunity; we can open a restaurant without investors, we can buy a house, we can do all these things you can’t do in the bigger cities. “He fell in love with it right away.” Still, it took a while to get some traction. They looked for a building for a year, including the Golden Dragon site; but at first, they didn’t consider it because it was
so big. They wanted something they could run on their own. “After not much luck finding anything, we talked to the family that owns this building and when we walked in it was kind of like a time capsule from the ’60s,” said Peters. “It had everything we needed to start a restaurant — it already had tables and chairs and cutlery and plates and glassware and kitchen equipment. It was basically a turnkey operation. We thought it was a cool thing and a cool space, a space unlike anything they have in bigger cities nowadays. All the spaces like this have been redone.” But the home of The Hollows has essentially not changed since the days of the Golden Dragon. It remains vintage, in an up and coming neighbourhood that people
once warned Peters away from. Having cooked at some fine dining spots in Vancouver’s Gastown, near needle exchanges and homeless shelters, “such a colourful neighbourhood,” she was undaunted. “This area kind of reminded me of Gastown, and I thought it would regenerate. Because it is right by the river, right by downtown, close to Broadway; but a lot of people thought we were crazy and this was a bad location. But we thought it was great. Everything just kind of took off from there. “When people from out of town come to visit, this is the building that blows them away. This space is crazy, so vintage, everything from the wood panelling to the Chinese Tiki Bar to the old lanterns.” (Continued on page 13)
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hy did I bother? Why didn’t I buy Sandy flowers or a Home Sense gift card for her birthday? Why did I create a monster and purchase a Siamese fighting fish? It’s a beautiful blue fish, matching Sandy’s eyes nicely. We put gravel, a plant and a couple of snails into a vase and away we went. The fish, whom I named Filet, didn’t look happy. I wouldn’t be happy either if I was living in a fish bowl. Editor Sandy, who hates the name Filet, said maybe we should get him a bigger bowl. How about an aquarium? We bought a nine-gallon tank. We put in more gravel, more plants, and a beautiful piece of driftwood so Filet could have comfy new digs. After a couple of weeks we wanted to put more fish into the tank. Could we do that? Depending on what you read online or who you believe, the answer is yes or no. A fish person told us a few guppies aren’t a bad way to go. We went with three. They are colourful, said to be able to co-exist and the Siamese fighting fish will likely leave them alone. We also added a fish that cleans the bottom of the tank. We also transferred the snails to the aquarium. Life was good. We woke up one morning a couple of days later and one of the guppies had his tail fin pretty much chewed off. We blamed the Siamese fighting fish, so we put him back into the bowl. He needed a time out. We were back at square one, except we had coughed up $250 for the aquarium and accessories. What we had to show for it was a wounded guppy, two relatively healthy ones, a tiny snail and another that was growing at an incredible rate. One day Sandy texted me. She said the snail had one of the fish. Sure enough, the sickly fish was in the firm grip of the massive snail. I had never seen anything like that before. This snail was fast, as snails go, and the fish was weak, but my gawd it was a horrible thing to see. I forgot to mention the bottom feeder fish had also passed away. And there were baby snails climbing on the glass like nobody’s business. It was the aquarium from hell. It was like an old Hitchcock movie. Unwisely, I decided to add two replacement guppies and a new bottom feeder to the tank. Meanwhile, in the bowl next door, the Siamese fighting fish seemed to be doing OK. He appeared to be smirking at me. When the new bottom feeder and another one of the guppies died, I was at wit’s end. I took a sample of the aquarium’s water into a pet store to be checked. The water passed all the tests. It was fine. Buoyed by the news, I added four cute little tetras and another bottom feeder to the tank. I was thinking of doing the bottom-feeding work myself though. Disaster soon struck. The fish started getting white spots on them. Over the course of a couple of days, everything died except one guppy. We were told the fish had ichthyophthirius multifiliis or ich for short. Apparently it’s stress related and contagious. It’s a wonder I don’t have it.
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The Professional Bull Riders’ (PBR) Monster Energy Canadian Finals will return to Saskatoon for the ninth consecutive year. Kindersley cowboy Dakota Buttar (pictured) will be one of the stars of the sport who will be competing on Nov. 23-24 at SaskTel Centre. Tickets are available at the SaskTel Centre box office, online at PBRCanada.com, at Ticketmaster.ca. or by calling 1-800-970-7328. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson) We added aquarium salt and turned up the heat to combat the disease. When we had an aquarium years ago, I found it relaxing. I could be watching TV or reading a book, but the action in the tank always made the room feel more peaceful. It’s not peaceful now; it’s stressful. For two months, I was planning funerals virtually every day. By my count, we have put 13 fish into the tank and two are still living. One of these is the bottom feeder that we haven’t seen in days. Meanwhile, the Siamese fighting fish seems to be as happy as a clam in his bowl. ***** Jada Yuan was in Saskatoon last week. Saskatoon was the only Canadian city selected in the New York Times’ list of 52 places to visit in 2018. Good choice, NY Times. Yuan was selected from 13,000 applicants to tour the world and share her experiences with Times readers. While Saskatoon isn’t dressed up for summer yet, Yuan did see more than 14,000 people mostly wearing green at the final regularseason game for the Saskatchewan Rush. She tweeted about the experience. “Gooaall! Just saw @SaskRushLAX beat @NLLRoughnecks (Calgary) in an indoor box lacrosse nail biter. The fans to the Wolf of Wall Street chest thump when their team scores. Scorsese strikes again!” It is interesting how we are interested in knowing what other people think of us. I am sure Saskatoon passed with flying (green) colours.
Joni Mitchell recognized with naming of promenade
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askatoon will be naming a walkway along River Landing in recognition of the accomplishments of Joni Mitchell.Joni Mitchell Promenade will be located on the south side of Spadina Crescent East between Second and Third Avenues South. Mitchell lived in Saskatoon during her early childhood and her first professional shows of a decades-long career of international acclaim began here. “So many of Ms. Mitchell’s powerful songs that have influenced the world are rooted in the places and lives of our community,” Mayor Charlie Clark said in a news release. “She wrote honestly and prophetically. She was ahead of her time in writing about recon-
ciling relations with each other and the land we live on.” Clark and city staff have been working with a small group of community members in developing a plan for honouring Mitchell. They have had Mitchell’s input and approval throughout this process. Even though she is unable to travel at this time for the public unveiling ceremony of the promenade, they will be keeping her up to date with videos and photos of the celebration. There will be a public unveiling ceremony of the Joni Mitchell Promenade June 10 and a plaque on Broadway Avenue acknowledging the Louis Riel Coffee House where she used to play.
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Play a round of golf and contribute to MS research
Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express ois Miller was in Grade 3 when a mascot for multiple sclerosis education visited her school. The person wearing the costume made quite an impression on her. “He came to our classroom and he talked to us about what happens with MS. I remember thinking it was a horrible disease; people can’t feel things and they can’t walk.” Approximately 40 years later, in June 2016, Miller was diagnosed with MS. “I am one of those type-A personalities out there doing my hustle and my 60, 70 hours of work a week. All of a sudden I couldn’t walk. It was astonishing to me because I am one of those people who used to walk very fast and was going about my business, wearing my power suit, doing my thing. “As it would be for any person, it’s just shattering. You don’t know who you are anymore, who your identity is, what’s happening. “I had plans. I wanted to climb some mountains. I had some big physical activities I had on my to-do list. And suddenly I couldn’t walk.” Miller, who is a partner at Trace Associates, is the honorary chair of Golfun, a fundraiser for the Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Center at Saskatoon City Hospital. The 12-hole event will be held May 17 at the Greenbryre Golf & Country Club. When asked to be the honorary chair, Miller told committee members she doesn’t golf. “I know some people say that, but I tried to impress upon them that you don’t want me golfing.” She confessed in an interview that she has tried the game. “I went to Riverside with the golf pro there five or six years ago and I took a summer’s worth of lessons. I’m sure today he is saying, ‘Oh my God, you won’t believe this woman who came and tried to take lessons.’ I can’t figure out the mechanics,” she said with a laugh. Miller is passionate about the need for MS research. It takes funding though.
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“I still have these dreams,” she said. “I still want to do things like mountain climbing and my big thing now is walking Hadrian’s Wall (in northern England). I want to do that walk, but I can’t do it by myself anymore; I need help. “And the only way that is going to change for me and for those of us with MS is to do the research; to do the hard work that is often not glamorous. We are fortunate here in Saskatoon to have the Cameco MS Research Clinic where they are doing incredible things. And they need help keeping the lights turned on in order for the scientists to work. “That is really my reason for participating, so I can provide a voice for folks who maybe don’t know about MS and the absolute critical importance of doing this research.” Miller said researchers understand more about the disease than they did 40 years ago, but they haven’t been able to put a stop to it. “My hope is we are going to figure this out. It’s like a cancer, right? How do we solve the big diseases of today? Eighty years ago we didn’t live long enough to figure these things out. We do live long enough today.” MS researchers will be on the Greenbryre course to provide snippets of information about the disease. “They always have a lot of fun with that,” Miller said. “It will be interesting to see what folks learn on the day of the golf event.” Miller said she has her ups and downs. The past couple of weeks have been difficult, she said. “The pain has been a little more; I lose my footing sometimes and that part can be hard. So how do you keep going? You keep going because of family and friends, because of people who support you, colleagues, having a great work place and I still have wonderful things in my life. “You just know you have to pace yourself. I have to figure out I can’t go as quickly as I used to and I can still have a great life.” Climbing a mountain is on hold, but walking Hadrian’s Wall is there to be had,
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Maybe people should have to get a pit licence
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y husband and I awaksee a thick, stationary haze. ened simultaneously “Grassfire,” said Ken. “It must in the wee hours of be.” We closed all the windows. Sunday, about one in the mornCough. Man, did it stink. ing, wondering what the heck In the morning, I yanked out was going on. my computer to find a head’s up It smelled like the house was from the local authorities saying full of smoke. there was a “controlled burn” on Was the house on fire? No. Canadian Forces Detachment At least, judging by the noticeDundurn. Some controlled burn, able lack of screaming alarms, I thought, considering it caused no, it was not. an air quality warning on the Columnist OK, house is fine. Take a Environment Canada website and deep breath. Oops, bad idea. nearly choked me to death (I love Cough cough. Hack. melodrama) in the middle of the night. Turns On to further investigation. out the burn wasn’t so well-controlled after Were the neighbours using the fire pit all, eh? Especially since CFD Dundurn had along with a commercial fan to blow all their to call in the city’s fire fighting pros. smoke directly into our home? No. No lights, The next day, city council voted by a no chat, no signs of outdoor life. slim margin to contain our fire pit burning We opened the door, crawled through the hours from 2 to 11 p.m. I was kind of on the hallway and peered out the window, only to fence on this issue. Less so, now. Indeed, I’m
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starting to think you should have to get a pit licence. If the military training exercise that went out of control wasn’t apparently manageable by CFD Dundurn’s fire response unit, what hope do we have with our neighbours’ fires? Folks without their own fire fighting squads? Our neighbours are pretty good folks, but not all neighbours are. The kind of smoke I enjoyed on Saturday-Sunday night was crazy thick and nauseating, and aroused sympathy for those who just can’t handle wood (or grass) smoke for reasons of migraine, asthma and other physical miseries. ***** Meanwhile, in economy land, what the heck is going on out there? It always comes down to the labour situation for me, and we saw some hefty pink slips for potash workers and librarians last week. The Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) verified in its 2018 first quarter report that our job market isn’t exactly on fire: the region lost 300 jobs in Q1, on top of a similar decline in Q4 2017. Yet our population grew 2.8 per cent in 2017 (along with another estimated 0.5 per cent in Q1 2018) making us the fastestgrowing metropolitan area in Canada last year. If there aren’t enough jobs, why are TA050714 Tammy
they coming here? Residential construction is down (rightly so, I suppose, since we’ve been overbuilt for at least two years) and existing home sales dropped 10 per cent in the first quarter. It says to me that we’re not back in action yet, although there are a few bright spots. SREDA gave the economy a B minus, noting that non-residential building intentions are up considerably over the same quarter of 2017; and that the airport has been very busy, with a traffic increase of 2.8 per cent. While housing sales are still limp, there are far fewer listings on the resale market, which may be a sign of coming improvement. As of the last week of April (thank you, Norm Fisher) there were 1,801 active listings, down 11 per cent from 2,029 a year ago. Saskatchewan farmland prices rose just over 10 per cent, the most in the country; and Cameco pulled off a profit in the first quarter, showing rather strong contract prices that kind of surprised me. And the oil price is finally showing some stability at a reasonable level (about $68 US per barrel last I looked.) Even so, it seems to me we’re still waiting for that pop. It’s been a long time coming, and I sure hope we feel it this year or early next. I must say, an expanded pipeline and some on-time railcars would really help.
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Cirque du Soleil’s ice show ‘truly sensational’
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he creative juices are always flowing within the Cirque du Soleil entertainment empire. Saskatoon audiences will get to see one of the newest show-stoppers, Cirque du Soleil Crystal, the first one done on ice and a show so new that its official launch took place in Canada just before Christmas 2017. Single performances are scheduled May 16 and 17 and double bills on May 18, 19 and 20 at SaskTel Centre. Crystal features all of the traditional circus and acrobatic styles that the entertainment company has used since its launch in Montreal in 1984. The ice surface provides the entertainers with a whole new playground. To work in the cast, skaters have learned to do the acrobatics, most of the acrobats have learned to skate and the result is a fusion of two magical worlds. The show’s creative director is Stefan Milijevic. Its current show People directors are Shana Carroll and Sebastien Soldevila. But the name that sticks out on the credits is Kurt Browning, a four-time world figure skating champion, who was hired as the senior designer. He and Benjamin Agosto, an American noted in ice dancing, were the major consultants on the project. Crystal is the leading character in the storyline. She skates into a world of self-discovery, a world of her own imagination and she uses her experiences to become a confident, liberated and empowered woman. Having the personal opportunity to see the show in Penticton, B.C., on April 22, the memories of the spectacle linger strongly. The show is truly sensational, superior to anything you have ever seen on ice before because of its human element, its dependence upon the stunning technology in lights and special effects and the splendid use of music. All is accomplished without dialogue or narration. It is the kind of stuff that couldn’t have been done technically, even 10 years ago.
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a violinist, a guitarist and a horn player — playing on the castle platforms or right out on the ice. In the prerecorded music realm, there are reproductions of Sia’s Chandelier, Nina Simone’s Sinner Man, Beyonce’s Halo and U2’s A Beautiful Day. The performance surface, which is about half of the regular arena ice surface, is whitewashed so it’s tailor-made to the visual creations, which come from the mass of projection equipment high in the rafters and from the floodlights and spotlights along the surface. Eighteen trucks will bring about 75,000 pounds of equipment to the building. There will be some more fun, usually starting 15 minutes before the performance, where the artists will do warm-up sessions on the ice and the company’s clown may even engage some of the customers in snowball fights. Crystal is the 43rd production mounted by Cirque du Soleil, which now takes events into 40 countries. Even though Montreal was the founding site, Las Vegas is their busiest performance centre, where Cirque operates seven shows a week reaching 9,000 people a night. There is a variety of ticket prices, ranging from $32 to $150. They are available at Ticketmaster.ca.
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Dancing Sky’s season finale a world premiere
Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express aniel Macdonald is a busy man. The local playwright and director is involved with two theatre productions this month — including a world premiere of one of his plays. Macdonald’s brand-new play Blow Wind was commissioned by Dancing Sky Theatre in Meacham, Sask., as part of its 20th anniversary season. The show touches on themes of mental health, aging, change and family and rounds out the theatre’s anniversary celebrations. It runs May 11 to 27. “I’d never written anything for Dancing Sky, and I’d always wanted to — so this became an opportunity to do that,” Macdonald said. Blow Wind centres on the character Kathleen, the matriarch of a farm family and a mother of four, who starts to show signs of dementia. She’s faced with the decision of who will take over the family farm. “It’s a really interesting premise in the sense that it’s really relatable, in particular, to the family farm,” said Macdonald. “Even though the family farms (aren’t) nearly as numerous as they once were, they’re still a very big part of our culture here in Saskatchewan.” Macdonald said music is always a “big component” of Dancing Sky shows, and that’s no exception with Blow Wind. Saskatoon musician Eileen Laverty, who is making her theatrical debut, has composed six original songs for the show as well as some instrumental pieces. “So while it’s not really a musical, it’s a play with music that’s embedded in the show where the actors sing at times and move in and out of that genre,” Macdonald said. “The music is beautiful. Eileen has written some amazing songs,” he added. Blow Wind shares some dates with Macdonald’s other play, Radiant Boy, a 2018 Persephone Young Company production that runs from May 15 to 19 at the BackStage Stage at the Remai Arts Centre. Directed by Macdonald, the AS050706 Aaron
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show is a musical adaption of his original play of the same name. It features more than 40 songs composed by Deanna Stockdale Winder, a Grade 12 student at Marion M. Graham Collegiate, and combines hip-hop, spoken word, opera and traditional musical styles. The Persephone School of Theatre’s Young Company is a conservatory program for performers ages 14 to 19. The participants study under professional mentors during a fivemonth period. The learning experience includes the development, rehearsal and performance of a full-scale production. Billed as a musical for grownups, Radiant Boy centres on an expressive six-year-old boy named Geoffrey who wears a pink tutu to his first day of school. He is bullied and beaten as a result, which changes his life. “The story is actually a fairly adult kind of children’s story. Children are the main characters, but it’s definitely adult-oriented — or at least teen-oriented,” said Macdonald, who previously taught high school. Eventually Geoffrey “gets swallowed up by the school system in a way that his creativity and his imagination kind of get squashed out of him a little bit,” Macdonald added. “And so, from then, it’s his own battle to come back to his original creative self and kind of save the world in his own special way. So the story of Radiant Boy is actually about the idea of creativity and being different and society’s own level of tolerance for people who are different, who want to express themselves differently, who aren’t afraid to show other sides of themselves.” As with Blow Wind, music is an integral part of Radiant Boy. Stockdale Winder did “an amazing job” with the music, Macdonald said. A band will be playing during the show, which also features 17 performers. May has certainly been a busy month for Macdonald, who has been travelling to Meacham to check out the progress of Blow Wind while also attending rehearsals with the Persephone Young Company. “You got to keep busy,” he said. “In the artsCarol you’ve got to CT050703
Daniel Macdonald is involved with two theatre productions this month, including a world premiere of one of his plays — Blow Wind — at Dancing Sky Theatre. (Photo Supplied) make the work for yourself, in a way, so you just keep going. And, if you’re really passionate about it and you enjoy what you’re doing, you’ll find ways to make it happen.” Macdonald predicts audiences will enjoy both of his plays “immensely,” although he recognizes that stylistically “they are very different shows.” “Radiant Boy is this crazy, funny, dark, hip-hop, operatic kind of thing... and then Blow Wind is really an interesting study of people and humanity and what we do with the people we love when they start to falter, when they start to have dementia and things like that. And Blow Wind is also very, very funny, so it will be fun to watch.” Tickets to Blow Wind range from $30 to $56.50 and can be purchased by calling 306-653-5191 or by going online to ontheboards.ca. Tickets to Radiant Boy are $16 and are available by calling 306-384-7727 or by going online to persephonetheatre.org.
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Celebrate the arrival of spring at Vesna Festival Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express pring has (finally) sprung in Saskatoon, and it’s time to celebrate. One way to do that is to take in the 44th annual Vesna Festival, one of Canada’s largest Ukrainian festivals celebrating the arrival of spring. “Vesna means spring in Ukrainian,” explained festival chair Audrey Smycniuk. “This year it’s (been) a long winter, so we are so ready to celebrate spring,” she said. Vesna Festival is a wonderful event for people of all ages, Smycniuk said, noting organizers are trying to put together an evening where attendees can create memories with their family members and friends. “It doesn’t really matter what age you are. If you’re seven or 107, you’re going to have a good time,” she said. Vesna Festival will be held on May 12 at Prairieland Park, with doors opening at 5 p.m. and pre-show entertainment beginning at 5:20 p.m. The show will start at 6 p.m., with a dance to follow at 9 p.m. People can expect a lot of entertainment, including choirs, bands and dancers, throughout the evening. “There’s moments where you can sit back and watch and enjoy the entertainment, and then, minutes later, you can get up yourself and tear it up on the dance floor,” said Smycniuk.
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“It’s a place where you reconnect with old friends, where you meet new friends. Sometimes I feel like it’s like going to a great big Ukrainian wedding without anyone getting married. It’s just a really great, fun party,” she added. Vesna Festival also features a children’s area, vendors and food, including traditional Ukrainian dishes and desserts. “The cheesecakes are always to die for. That’s one of my favourite things is to save some room at the end of night and have dessert at Café Kyiv,” said Smycniuk. For more information about Vesna Festival, or to purchase tickets, go online to vesnafestival.com. ***** There are a number of spring activities taking place in Saskatoon. Here are a few to consider during the next week: • Cinergie, Saskatchewan’s 13th annual francophone film festival, runs May 8 to 13. While the film festival isn’t spring-themed, it does tend to coincide with spring’s arrival in Saskatoon each year. This year’s event features five days of short and feature films in French from the Prairies, Canada and around the world. The fun will take place at the Roxy Theatre, located at 320 20th St. West. For more information, go online to cinergiesk.ca. • Children’s entertainer Sylvia Chave is presenting Sylvia’s A-May-Zing Fling on May 10 at 10:30 a.m. and at 1 p.m. at
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The colourful Vesna Festival will be held May 12 at Prairieland Park. (Vesna Festival Website) The Refinery, located at 609 Dufferin Ave. Chave plans to “blow the winter cobwebs” out of people’s hair with her fun-filled spring-themed concerts. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door, while children under two get in for free. Tickets can be purchased online at ontheboards.ca or by calling 306-653-5191. • Etsy SK’s third annual spring market is scheduled for May 12 at Station 20 West, located at 1120 20th St. West. Etsy is a global online marketplace where people can buy and sell unique items with a focus on handmade, vintage and craft items. Team Etsy SK features Saskatch-
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Peters leaves defence to carry the ball for Valks Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express evyn Peters isn’t fazed by the quick changes that can come in women’s football. A year ago, Peters joined the Saskatoon Valkyries for her first full season of women’s tackle football, starting out on the defensive side of the game at linebacker. She became a regular at that position until the team’s final game of the 2017 campaign, which was a Western Women’s Canadian Football League consolation final against the Edmonton Storm. The Valkyries coaches inserted Peters at running back. Against the Storm, she carried the ball 15 times for 218 yards and scored two touchdowns in a 44-20 Saskatoon victory. “I had two practices with the running backs and basically I was just starting to learn plays,” said Peters. “They just threw me in, and it stuck. It was good. “It made me realize that was the position I was meant to play. It was just really awesome.” Peters played at running back for that final game against the Storm to allow the Valkyries coaches to get a look at the future. The future became now for the 19-year-old at the start of her second season with the team. Former running back star Julene (Friesen) Hillis won’t be playing with the Valkyries this season. She finished last season battling a number of injuries. Power tailback Samantha Matheson has elected to take this season off to heal a number of nagging injuries suffered during the past two seasons. Hillis and Matheson had carried the bulk of the workload for the Valkyries at running back for a number of seasons. Now, the Valkyries will be turning
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to Peters, sophomore Sarah Wright and Matheson’s two younger sisters — Kendal and Makenna — to carry the load. Valkyries’ second-year head coach Pat Barry was looking for a way optimize all of Peters’ athletic talents. The sideline boss thought a move to running back could allow Peters to have a bigger impact on the game. “In football, you want to try and put the ball in the hands of some of your best athletes,” said Barry. “Devyn is a good athlete. “We want to try and get her as many touches as we can. She showed me on special teams that she runs the field great. She tackled people. “She is a great competitor. We wanted to get her to try some of those things on offence.” Barry said Peters has picked up the sport quickly, and football seems to suit her. “She is a really explosive athlete, and she wants to learn,” said Barry. “She obviously has fun doing sports. Every day she seems to take a step forward, so that is what is exciting about Devyn.” During her days at Walter Murray Collegiate, Peters played soccer and basketball and did a bit of wrestling. She said her only experience with football came from substituting in for one flag game, where she didn’t play well. Still, Peters had a brother who had a huge interest in football, and she yearned to try a physical contact sport. The opportunity to join the Valkyries came through high school friend Cori Thorstad. Thorstad’s older sister, Reed, has been a Valkyries quarterback, and the two Thorstads introduced Peters to the team. “It was really empowering,” said Peters. “All the girls were awesome.
Devyn Peters and the Saskatoon Valkyries will play their home opener on May 12. (Photo by Darren Steinke)
Everybody was super kind. “It was just really welcoming, and it was really nice to be a woman being able to play a full-on tackle and physical sport.” Peters said it didn’t take her long to become comfortable with football. “I was definitely nervous, but you get into it really quickly,” said Peters. “I felt like I had been missing out on it my entire life, and I just loved it.” Starting out playing defence, Peters enjoyed getting a good tackle or a sack during games. She started to love another aspect once she started playing offence. “I love tackling, but there is nothing
like getting a touchdown,” said Peters. “That is an awesome feeling.” Peters can see herself being in the sport for the long time. “Football is an amazing sport,” said Peters. “Just the community of it and just being able to hit, that is pretty awesome.” The Valkyries open their home schedule on May 12, when they host the defending WWCFL champion Regina Riot at 7 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. (You can see more of Darren Steinke’s work in his online blog stankssermon. blogspot.ca.)
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story about two hockey dads from Greg Raymer, an assistant hockey coach at Xavier: “Which one is your son?” “Why?” “I want to tell him how rubbish he is.” “You can’t say that, he’s only a kid. How would you like that if I said that to your son?” “You’ve done that all game.” “Why, who’s your son?” “The referee.” ***** • Randy Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press, on the success of the Jets: “They are everywhere in the media now. Reporters from all over North America are here filing columns and stories. Winnipeg is the lead item on TV coverage. This must be what it feels like to be a Leafs fan. You know, except for the winning part.” • Turner, who is known for making jokes about himself and all things Winnipeg was inundated with nasty comments: “Take one shot at the Leafs base and ‘you’re insecure’ and ‘Winnipeg sucks.’ So really who is insecure? I get it, though. If I was a Leafs fan, I’d have1,967 reasons to be humourless too.” • TC Chong, on White House lawyer Ty Cobb resigning: “What now, back to playing baseball?” • From Janice Hough: “Did the Raptors not rest players enough during the NBA regular season, or have they just caught Maple Leafs playoff disease?” • Torben Rolfsen, on the Blue Jays and Indians spending nearly 12 hours at the ballpark for their makeup doubleheader: “By the time they finished, there were more mosquitos than millennials.” • How poorly did the Florida Panthers treat Gerard Gallant? He was fired after a game in Carolina, had to take his belongings off the bus and then wait on the sidewalk for a cab to take him to the airport. That’s about as classy as Derek Jeter. • Boston Bruins anthem singer Rene Rancourt reminds @jockcartier of Britney Spears: “They both sound much better when the mute button is on.” • From Chong: The Kentucky Derby goes this weekend: “Has anyone ever thought of asking Camilla to pick the winner?”
• Factoid: “Since 1987, only five first overall picks in the NHL Draft have won the Stanley Cup — Mike Modano, Patrick Kane, Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andrea Fleury and Vincent Lecavalier. That strikes me as not being very many. • From Hough: “In a police report of Johnny Manziel’s 2016 arrest, Dallas cops said Manziel’s exgirlfriend ‘felt like she was going to die or get beaten really bad.’ And Johnny will still probably have a job offer before Colin Kaepernick.” • A question from Sportsnet: “Which team do you consider to be Canada’s team, if any?” I want to say there isn’t one, but Canada’s team is — sadly — the Toronto Blue Jays. • From Rolfsen: “Brad Marchand = Hickey Night In Canada.” • Chong, on Donald Trump’s dream to be immortalized alongside the other famous presidents on Mount Rushmore: “He may have to settle for being a minor character in Disneyland’s It’s a Small World.” • From Hough: “Can we retire basketball phrase two-possession game? I know we’re bad at math, but do we really need a reminder that many of us can’t count past three?” • The top five selling jerseys in the NHL this season: 1. Auston Matthews; 2. Sidney Crosby; 3. Connor McDavid; 4. Marc-Andre Fleury; 5. Hendrik Lundquist.” No. 5 seems odd. • Rolfsen, on the Tennessee Titans offensive line using a catfish to funnel beers at Preds-Jets Game 2: “Who says there are no role models left in sports?” • From Edmonton sports reporter Rob Tychkowski: “The Oilers slide to 10th in the draft. The dynasty is over.” • Hough, on Rudy Guiliani saying Donald Trump doesn’t have time to prepare for a Mueller interview: “Leaving aside the idea of briefing sessions on the golf course, how much time does it take to prepare to tell the truth?” • From Jack Todd, formerly of the Montreal Gazette: “Right now, ‘We the North’ ranks as the dumbest slogan in sports. In our eternal quest to help our dear friends in Toronto, we suggest an alternative for the Raptors: “We the Drake.”
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(Continued from page 1) ut the approach to food is pretty new. “Our motto is high quality, seasonal and sustainable. As long as it fits into those categories, the world is kind of our oyster. We don’t limit ourselves. “I always wanted to be able to not have to put myself into a box, to be able to explore and do whatever I wanted with this restaurant.” So, it’s very local, very focused on low-waste. Often, the most sustainable and high quality ingredients come from local sources, said Peters, but they had trouble finding heirloom vegetables in Saskatoon. Therefore, they hired a gardener — a trained horticulturist who started growing permaculture garden plots throughout the city to supply the two restaurants with vegetables. “We also do whole animal butchery. Our meat doesn’t come pre-packaged. We get the whole animal and we use very last bit.” That includes six whole pigs, a whole elk, eight whole lamb and a whole cow (in quarters). They use every part. The menu will feature rotating cuts of meat from the animal, so you won’t always have the steak; you might have the tongue or brisket. And while they buy coffee, of course, from overseas, it’s roasted locally, right down the street. “We keep it pretty local because we like to support the local economy and the less the ingredient has to travel, the more sustainable it is and the higher quality,” said Peters. The menu at The Hollows is constantly changing, but a possible dish might be pork with crabapples. Cabbage is turned into house-made sauerkraut and kimchi, which will be served with local mustard and pork. There are local potatoes and other root vegetables, and a signature beet salad — beets from their garden roasted, pickled and canned, served with a basil oil. There’s also a balsamic vinegar made from concord grapes grown around the neighbourhood. Primal, the second restaurant, is built around the chefs’ passion for pasta. “It’s like Italian food with a Saskatchewan focus,” said Peters. “We thought it would make a lot of sense to have a really grain-forward restaurant, since we are in the breadbasket of the world. We have pasta made with heritage local grains. By Boots and Jim Struthers
“That also lends itself really well to the whole animal butchery, because we have the little braised bits we can put into the pasta . . . and with the cellaring of all the vegetables we can can our own tomatoes, we can can all the sauces, we can use our preserves over at Primal as well. It’s a really nice way to stretch everything. We also have a basement garden at Primal, as well.” Further to the sustainability focus, they compost 100 per cent of their waste from both restaurants, from paper towels to vegetable trim to plate scrapings. Once broken down, the compost is used in their garden plots. That keeps the garbage down significantly. “We only get our dumpster picked up once a month, and that dumpster is for both our restaurants and it’s never even full. We just never really create much garbage. So it’s very sustainable.” Asked what’s next for Peters and Michael, Peters says they’re still working on team building and getting the two restos running seven days a week; but she’d love to open a third location. She also operates a small general store above The Hollows, selling preserves, sustainable sponges, beeswax candles and hand soap made from the leftover animal fat. The Hollows at 334 Ave. C South is open Wednesday through Sunday, 5:30 until 10 p.m., and brunch Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Primal at 423 20th Street West (20th and Ave. D) is open for lunch Wednesday through Friday from 11:30 until 1:30 and dinner from 5 until 10 p.m. Since there’s no budget for advertising, making the top 100 list has been good for Peters and Michael. They’ve seen many new guests at both restaurants, local and from out of town. A lot of people follow the list and make it a goal to eat at as many of them as possible, she noted. The only other local one to make the list is Sticks and Stones. “The goal is to stay on the list next year and rise in the ranks,” said Peters. “That would be nice. We’re going to work hard. “I really need to thank Kyle for letting me have the spotlight. I’ve always wanted to be out in the public eye; eventually I’d like to have my own cooking show, maybe. I’d love to be the new age Martha Stewart from the Prairies. He’s been really understanding.”
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’m dating myself, but back elected to public office do in the day when we started not contribute to EI and thus a family, paid maternity are ineligible to claim EI for leave was about 16 weeks. loss of job, extended illness, Most young mothers tried to long-term disability or parental save that leave until after the leave. birth of their child, but it was When a candidate runs for not a sufficient amount of time. elected office and asks to serve At three months, babies are the public, they do so at the still waking during the night, will of the people. An elected usually for feeding, and parents person’s tenure is for a specific of yesteryear will attest to the term and if the electors decide Columnist late-night hours walking the to turf that individual at the floor with a sick baby and facend of the term, the unsuccessing the next day in a stupor due to lack of ful candidate does not get to claim EI for sleep. the loss of the job. Every candidate enterNor did it benefit employers who had ing the political arena is aware of this. to contend with sleep-deprived employParental leave has not been a burning ees, who understandably may not have issue in past years because the majority been at the top of their game. And it espe- of people elected to office were largely cially did not benefit newborn babies who past their childbearing years. Today it’s a needed the full attention of a parent. different story. As our elected politicians Thankfully, maternity leave has get younger and/or parents start families evolved. The government extended it to later in life, it is a problem that needs to a maximum of one year, which seems be addressed. reasonable, and renamed it parental leave Many councillors had or do have so either the mother or father could claim outside employment into which they paid the leave or split that time. We have also EI and can claim parental leave through rightly recognized that adoptive parents this government program. But under the have the same parental concerns that Cities Act, a councillor cannot miss more biological parents have, and they too are than three consecutive meetings without eligible for paid leave. the approval of council. Extending an However, it was not the employer that absence past three weeks is not something directly paid for the leave; it was paid our council can arbitrarily change as it through Employment Insurance (EI), to is governed by provincial legislation, alwhich both employers and employees though they could (and should) lobby the contributed. It did not replace your full government for a change to the act. They salary, but a portion of your income, in can pass a motion allowing a councilthe same fashion that EI pays a claimant lor to be absent for additional meetings, if a contributor finds himself or herself but should an extended absence result in jobless. Of course, if you did not contrib- unpaid leave? ute to EI you were not covered under the There was brief chatter about creating program. a pool of money to accommodate a counThe dilemma that will face city council cil member taking a leave, and I presume when considering granting paid parental that means the pool would be provided leave to elected officials is that people through the tax base. Perhaps rather than
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West of Mabou is a group which borrowed the name of a Nova Scotia town and has since produced a rich repertoire of Scottish and Cape Breton fiddle and pipe tunes. Scott Benson and Roberta Wallace play fiddles, Alex Rasmussen the pipes and whistles, Justin Easton the guitar and Jared Dormer the drums. The Local Band opens. 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. North. Tickets $20 for SJS members, $25 for non-members. ***** Children’s Entertainer, Sylvia Chave, is all set to blow the winter cobwebs out of your hair at her A-May-Zing Fling concert! Join her at 10:30 a.m. and 1p.m. at The Refinery, cause’ it just ain’t spring without that Orange Zing! Tickets in advance are $8 and $10 at the door (under 2 free). To buy tickets, visit www.ontheboards.ca or call 306-653-5191.
MAY 11 Jessica Robinson, a Saskatoon singer-songwriter, built a strong following for her Eva Cassidy tribute concert a year ago and she’s returning again. Cassidy, who died in 1996, was considered one of the best vocal interpreters of jazz, blues, folk, gospel, country and pop. 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $23 and $28.
MAY 12 Pianist Florian Hoefner, a pro on the New York scene and now based in St. John’s Newfoundland, is returning to Saskatoon with the support of Subtone, a Euro-Canadian quintet. A rare phenomenon , the group has been playing with an unchanged lineup since their formation in Germany in 2005. They play imaginative originals, from big band sounds to the essential chamber music approach. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $25 and $34. ***** The Saskatoon Philharmonc Orchestra is staging its annual spring concert where the lineup will recognize the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth with selections from West Side Story, perform Make Our Garden Grow by Claude Debussy and the Ballet from Petite Suite from Miss Saigon. They will also play works by Wagner, Brahms and Vaughan Williams. 7:30 p.m. St. Joseph High School Theatre, 115 Nelson Road. Tickets $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and children under eight are admitted free. ***** Capture Love in Song — Eclipse Chorus and its rocking band presents their 15th annual spring show at 7:30 p.m. at Broadway Theatre. Enjoy an upbeat mix of pop, rock, gospel and the Great American Song Book with this spirited, thoughtful and fun-filled stroll down the memory lane of love. Tickets are $25, available from Broadway Box Office or Eclipse members.
MAY 13 Le Choeur des plaines, Saskatoon’s Francophone community choir, directed by Michael Harris, invites you to its Spring Concert at 2:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church (902 33rd St. West). Our special guests will be professional musicians from the U of S on marimba, vibraphone and drums. Also, Michael Harris will perform a solo. Tickets available at McNally Robinson, from choir members, or at the door. $15 Adult and $5 Student. For more information call Jean at 306-343-9460.
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 6:30 p.m. ***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welLa Leche League Canada - Saskatoon Daytime Meeting come. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Emmanuel Anglican Church go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com. (609 Dufferin Avenue.) March 22 and April 19. For more FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY information or to get breastfeeding help, contact a leader MONTH by phone (306-655-4805) or email lllcsaskatoon@gmail. Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to com or www.facebook.com/LLLCSaskatoon.SENIORS people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved comCLUB panion animal due to old age, sickness or other reasons. St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th St. West). The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the The club is campaigning for new members that are 55+. W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Ave. North, Saskatoon. For Memberships are $10 per year with many discounts included. Regular events are bingos, card playing & social- more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322. izing from 1-4 pm every Wednesday, bowling on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, contact Ed at 306SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH 382-7657 or 306-716-0204 or Sylvia at 306-382-4390 or Renters of Saskatoon and area meeting. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 306-717-8773. St Thomas Wesley United Church, Lower Hall (808 20th St. AC050714 Aaron SECOND SATURDAY EVERY MONTH West). ROSA supports renters and shares information to Memory Writers — September to June, 10 a.m. to noon at the Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue. Share the events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly atmo“YOU’LL LOVE IT, GO SEE IT!” sphere. For more information, call Hilda at 306-382-2446.
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work towards better, affordable, and safe rental housing for all. Child-minding available. Ring doorbell for elevator access. For further information contact: 306-657-6100, or email renters@classiclaw.ca.
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH The Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon Funeral Home. For more information, call Murray Hill at 306-2425893 or email murraydhill@me.com.
SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy economical travel while forging new friendships with club members from around the world. For more information, visit www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend a meeting contact Bev at 306-291-4411 or bevy-49@hotmail.com.
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Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s to 70s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly brunch, movie nights and more. Meet new friends. No membership dues. For more information email: allaboutus@ Volunteer Opportunity shaw.ca or phone 306-249-0254. Prairie Hospice Society has volunteer opportunities for ***** individuals interested in supporting palliative clients in their Seven Seas Toastmasters, an energetic and dynamic club, homes. Volunteers provide free, non-medical Hospice Withinvites you to join us from noon to 1 p.m. in the LDAS out Walls service including companionship, outings, other Building. (2221 Hanselman Court.) For more information, activities of interest, or respite care. Candidates will attend visit http://3296.toastmastersclubs.org/ training sessions scheduled for June 1, 2, 8, 9. Preference ***** given to volunteers who have availability during the day on The FASD Network of Saskatchewan offers monthly support weekdays. Contact: 306-249-5554 or email admin.assist@ meetings for individuals living with FASD and caregivers prairiehospice.org. For more information: www.prairiehoson Wednesdays at the Network office (510 Cynthia St). The pice.org/about-us/volunteers. free-of-charge support meetings are an informative and MAY 12 engaging space for people to connect with each other for Mother’s Day Tea, Come ‘n’ Go, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Holy ongoing support. For information and times, visit www. Cross Lutheran Church (1405 31st St. West) Celebrate Be- saskfasdnetwork.ca/events ing A Mom”, beverage and dessert $5. Door Prizes, grand- ***** children bring your grandmother, husbands bring your wife, Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing and socialize daughters, sons bring your mother. in French each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by MAY 14 Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel Fraser. All who YXE Connects from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the White Buffalo wish to sustain or practice their French are welcome. For Lodge and Centre Church. This is a one-stop shop for memmore information, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at bers of the community to access services in one place, in 306-343-9460. one day. Among the services will housing and health care. A ***** free lunch will be provided. Saskatoon Community Contact for the Widowed (SCCW). MAY 17 Coffee at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at St. Martin’s United Seniors Neighbourhood Hub Clubs - Mayfair Hub Club. Free Church (2617 Clarence Avenue). The group also has a general meeting on the third Sunday of every month, with the programs and refreshments | Ask a “Pharmacist” station/ exception of July and August. For more information, contact FIM exercises | Blood pressure checks Mildred at 306-242-3905 or the church at 306-343-7101. Open to independent seniors living city wide. Mayfair ***** United Church 902 33rd St. West. 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Free T.O.P.S (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). New members are to attend. May 17 Program: When Life Gives You Lemons/ Lemon Recipe Exchange. Visit www.scoa.ca or phone 306- welcome. A supportive, friendly group that meets weekly focusing on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss. For 652-2255 for more information.
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