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Humboldt Bus Crash

Stories of horrific night — and beyond — compiled in book

Barry Heath felt compelled to tell “the story of the Humboldt Broncos, the Saskatchewan spirit and the community support from all directions.”

(Photo by Cam Hutchinson)

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express r. Barry Heath woke up on a sunny Sedona, Arizona day to learn of a horrific bus crash the night before — April 6, 2018 — at a highway intersection back home in Saskatchewan.

The retired coroner said he found it incomprehensible. During his 24-year career the worst accident he attended had three deaths.

Now, he was reading and hearing of the deaths of so many with such promising lives, all affiliated with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. He followed the coverage as he and his wife Yvette made

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their way home. His primary source for information was CBC, but he found stories in newspapers such as the Denver Post.

The story was receiving international attention.

When he returned to Saskatoon, Heath felt drawn to go to Humboldt. He called it a pilgrimage. He went to the arena, the gathering point for those mourning the loss of 16 people and praying for those who were injured.

“I stayed much longer than I intended.

It was reverent. Centre ice was circled by bouquets, vases, posters, photographs, cards, banners, and hockey sticks.

“A woman and her daughter circled

around the perimeter. A member of the Broncos’ executive nodded towards her, saying that one of the dead is the woman’s son. A man stood to the side, head bowed. Two people sat in the stands, staring blankly at the ice. A sombre mood prevailed.”

He made a point of not going to the accident site.

“As a coroner, I could recall going past places later, and still remember being there the night of the death. I just didn’t want to go out to highways 35 and 335 and have that experience going through my head.”

Heath knew he had to tell “the story of the Humboldt Broncos, the Saskatchewan

“In Saskatchewan and beyond we are hugging our loved ones a little harder.

We are thinking of others who are in unbearable pain. We honour the memories of 16 lives who will not reach their potential, whose lives have pierced holes in hearts that will never heal. We are proud to be of this incredible place.”

— Joanne Paulson, Saskatoon Express spirit and community support from all directions whether we know the people affected or not. I tell it because we are all Saskatchewan proud.”

His book, Humble Beginnings of the (Continued on page 5)

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Dr. Michelle Gagnon says there are a number of signs that students are suffering from anxiety and depression. (Photo Supplied) So if there are changes in grades that is something to definitely be noticing.

“And the last big one I like to tell parents is sometimes kids and teens don’t know how to communicate to adults in their life. They struggle using the words that we as adults tend to use — like I am feeling anxious; I am feeling depressed.

“They don’t have that vocabulary or they haven’t developed that awareness of their emotions. For them, it often comes out as physical problems. If you are noticing your kid or teen having a lot more stomach aches than they used to; a lot more headaches than they used to, these can be signs that some of their anxiety and depression is taking a physical form and this is how they are communicating it to you and that can be a really big red flag.”

Gagnon said young people are experiencing anxiety at a higher rate than ever.

“The concerning issue, aside from the fact there is a high rate of anxiety and depressive disorders, is a lot of those kids and teens aren’t getting connected with the services, so they are not getting the help they need.

“There certainly are services available, so sometimes the best first step is to go to the family doctor and let them know there is a concern. That can be a good way to get your foot in the door.

“If you want to connect directly with mental health services, you can call the child and youth mental health services in your region and hopefully get connected through that.”

In Saskatoon, we are fortunate to have

a university. Gagnon said some services are offered through training programs.

That means students attending the university offer the service under the supervision of a professor.

“There is very clear evidence on how to treat anxiety in kids and teens. We know there are a lot of programs out there that will work. And if you get connected with the right person, you can try to get the strategies and the skills the child needs built early so it doesn’t become something they struggle with throughout their life.

“I think a real problem is not connecting people with services early enough can lead to the concern or issue becoming more severe than it needed to be because the access to the services didn’t quite happen quickly enough. That’s not to say we can necessarily cure anxiety and make it go away by getting someone treatment, but there is no need for that level of suffering and struggling to be going on. There are options out there and it’s important to try to get connected with them early.”

It’s imperative that adults in students’ lives look for the signs of anxiety and depression.

“A lot of the problem is that knowledge and awareness just isn’t there. We need to increase mental health literacy across Canada so we are not reaching the point where so many people are struggling, but rather, we’re intervening early, rather than trying to pick up the pieces once it’s too late.”

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others.

As a sufferer of anxiety and depression, I have a sense of what it must be like for young people feeling this way. Thirty years ago I found the help that started me on the road to improving my quality of life. It has been and always will be a bumpy ride. I had the benefit of being an adult, giving me a better understanding of what had its grip on my life.

This isn’t about me though. It’s about our children and grandchildren, and identifying signs of anxiety and depression that, left unattended, will come to rule their lives.

There is help out there, and the sooner it is accessed the better for these silent Editor sufferers. I know of intelligent, motivated young people who weren’t able to finish high school the traditional way because of anxiety. It’s heartbreaking.

Dr. Michelle Gagnon is an expert in the field. She is assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan and a registered doctoral psychologist with the Saskatchewan College of Psychologists. It was a pleasure chatting with her last week.

Gagnon said there are different stressors for different age groups, but signs of anxiety and depression tend to be similar among young people.

She has a list of things to watch for.

“Are there changes in sleeping patterns? Are they sleeping much less or much more than they used to? Are there changes in eating habits? Again, much less or much more than they used to be eating.

How is their social life going? Has there been a noticeable change in their social relationships?

“Are they maybe not having the same friendships they used to have or are they experiencing difficulty in those social relationships; becoming more withdrawn than they used to be? And then, how are things going at school in terms of their grades? If there are drops in grades, that’s a big red flag; kids who are suffering from depression and anxiety often have a lot of trouble concentrating because of what’s going on with the depression and anxiety.

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Towriss’ simple beginnings morphed into legacy with Huskies

Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express n retirement, Brian Towriss is trying to find the lost magic touch in one of his favourite pastimes.

“I’m trying to play a little golf, but I am finding that the game doesn’t like me anymore,” said Towriss with a chuckle. “I can’t play anywhere near to the level that I could before.

“I’m making a bit of an effort to try to get a little bit better at that again.”

While Towriss would like to avoid trying to find his golf ball in the trees, he never had a problem when it came to chasing down wins on the football field. As head coach of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies from 1984 to 2016, Towriss piled up a U Sports record 196 wins in a record 315 games coached on the circuit.

Under Towriss’ watch, the Huskies won 11 Canada West championships, made nine Vanier Cup appearances and won three Vanier Cup titles. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in September of 2017.

On Sept. 15, the Huskies Football Alumni Club will host a “Thanks to BT” program at the Saskatoon Field House.

As part of the program, Towriss will join former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall and TSN broadcaster Darren Dutchyshen for a fireside chat about Towriss’ legacy.

Looking back, Towriss admits a lot has changed in the game since he first joined the Huskies football team as a defensive end way back in 1974 as a graduate from Moose Jaw’s Albert E. Peacock Collegiate.

“Everybody had two positions,” said Towriss, who also played defensive tackle.

“You had one primary position you played, but you had to know another one, if somebody got hurt.

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Brian Towriss shakes hands with members of the Regina Rams after a game. (Photo by Darren Steinke)

“(There was) a travel roster of 28, you were on all special teams. There were maybe a few offensive linemen that weren’t, but other than that, you played on at least three out of the four special teams for sure.

“Teams were real close back then too.

I think we had 43 (players) total, of which 28 travelled.”

To show how different things were back then, today’s football rosters in U Sports total over 90 players and travel rosters contain 48 players.

Back in his playing days, Towriss was named a Canada West all-star in his rookie season, and he helped the Huskies finish

first in the conference and earn a berth in a national semi-final bowl game. The Huskies ultimately lost to the University of Western Ontario Mustangs in that contest.

In 1974, only the first-place team in Canada West moved on to play in the post-season. That changed when a Canada West championship game was created in 1976, and Towriss was a player on that Huskies team that fell in the conference final to the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds.

He completed his playing career in 1977. During those four seasons, then Huskies head coach Val Schneider left an indelible impact on the young defensive

standout, who graduated with his degree in commerce.

“I always said he (Schneider) taught me to be a student of the game, because we found out there was a lot more to the game than going and playing hard; just the amount of strategy and the things that were involved,” said Towriss, who is now 62 years old. “That was my first introduction to watching film at that time; the old 16 millimetre film.

“We’d sit there for hours the night after the game and really dissect the game play by play. Val (Schneider) really introduced us to the game at an in-depth level, where (Continued on page 4)

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preparation became much more team specific.

“To go from high school to college, the game was much more complex obviously too. You threw the ball a lot more.”

After his graduation from the U of S, Towriss worked for Football Saskatchewan at their office in Regina for a couple of years as a provincial coach, a position now known as a technical director.

Schneider gave Towriss a call about returning to the U of S to be an assistant coach. He arrived back on campus hired as an administrative assistant for the school’s physical education department, which is now the College of Kinesiology.

Towriss served as a volunteer assistant coach from 1981 to 1983. Following the 1983 season, Schneider was going to influence the direction of Towriss’ life in a big way once again.

“I know I got a letter from Val (Schneider) indicating to me that he was thinking of stepping down,” said Towriss. “He thought that I would do a good job.

“I said I would give it a shot for a year or so and see how it goes. It worked out certainly. I don’t know how many they considered or whether anybody else was there or not.

“I know I was (28 years old) and probably in over my head. There was certainly a lot of learning to be done in the first couple of years.”

Towriss said his staff of assistant coaches turned over on a regular basis during his first three years as head coach. In 1987, the staff started to form continuity.

Some of the early assistants that joined and stayed for the long haul included Barry Radcliffe, Rick Wakeman and Mike Harrington.

After the coaching staff established continuity, the Huskies took off and Vanier Cup title wins came in 1990, 1996 and 1998. The first win in 1990 was accomplished with a sizable core of players that had been together since 1987.

“Certainly the first one was (the most memorable), because we had never done it before,” said Towriss.

“Those kids had worked pretty hard.

“That was when football became a year-round thing rather than a four-month thing. That was a highlight.

“That was a great bunch of student athletes. A lot of that group is still pretty tight, and they are good friends.”

Towriss laughed, noting all the players from the 1990

Brian Towriss was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in September 2017.

(Photo by Darren Steinke) team are not “kids” anymore, as a lot of them are over the age of 50 now.

That group of players included quarterback David Earl, who teaches in the Saskatoon school system, receiver Dan Farthing, who had a solid CFL career with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and defensive lineman Scott Hundseth, who has built a legacy as the head coach of the Holy Cross High School Crusaders football team.

While there were a lot of high points in Towriss’ career as Huskies head coach, there were some disappointing moments too. One of the biggest was the 2006 Vanier Cup, which the Huskies hosted.

Coming out that day at Griffiths Stadium, Towriss remembered being real emotional and in awe seeing 12,567 spectators pack into that facility. Unfortunately for the Huskies that day, they lost a 13-8 defensive slugfest to the Laval University Rouge et Or. Looking back, Towriss believed that might have been a better overall game had the temperature not hovered

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around minus 20, noting the weather was warmer earlier that week.

“I think we practiced in our shorts on Thursday leading into the game,” said Towriss. “Then, it was 20-below by kickoff two days later.

“I don’t know whether the outcome would have been different, but it would have been a much different game.

Those were two really good football teams. It was just a shame that game had to be played in those conditions, because it didn’t allow the offences to really showcase what they could do.”

Towriss said he was thankful for the support he has received from the community over the years. He credits the fact he was surrounded by good people as assistant coaches and support staff which really helped make the Huskies go.

The former sideline boss said he has worked with huge numbers of great players over the years. He gave a big shout out to the Huskies Football Foundation that was formed in 2001 and raised $1.8 million over the years in scholarship funds to help the team.

As the Huskies football team goes forward, Towriss believes the right people are in place to take the program into the future. The team is now led by head coach Scott Flory. Flory played under Towriss as an offensive lineman from 1994 to 1998.

Flory embarked on a spectacular CFL career with the Montreal Alouettes from 1999 to 2013. He officially retired from the CFL in May 2014, joined the Huskies as an assistant coach, became the team’s offensive coordinator and was named Towriss’ successor as head coach in March 2017.

Ultimately in that transition, Towriss planted the initial seed in Flory’s head about returning to the Huskies after retiring from the CFL. In a lot of ways, it mirrored what Schneider did decades ago to bring Towriss back to the U of S. “I think he (Flory) had been retired for about 15 minutes when I had called just to see what his plans were and threw out the idea, if he had any interest of moving back to Saskatchewan,” said Towriss. “It was a short conversation, because they actually were planning to move back west.

“He was hoping to stay involved in the game. It worked out well. He is a good coach. Give it time here; he will put together a pretty good football team.”

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(Continued from page 1) Humboldt Bronco And the 2017-2018 Team, will be released next week. While the history of the team covers about a quarter of the 28 chapters, the stories from April 6 and after are the book’s heart and soul.

With worldwide interest in the story, Heath packaged accounts from the time of the accident into 179 pages. His own observations are included as well.

“I thought there are a lot of people who don’t have access to all the media reports on a day-to-day basis and don’t have time to research everything that was said or watch every memorial service that took place in Edmonton or St. Albert or wherever it was.”

He compiled it for them.

Through the news reports written at the time, Heath captures the emotions of

Purchasing the book

The book is available at Canadian Tire at Preston Crossing.

It sells for $21 (including GST), with $10 from each book going to a hockey player bursary fund administered by the Humboldt Broncos Alumni Association. The author will have input in deciding how the funds are distributed.

Autographed books will be available at the same price by contacting the author at barryheath@sasktel.net. Copies that need to be packaged and mailed will cost an extra $7 for postage and another $2 for insurance if the person wants that.

Humble Beginnings of the Humboldt Broncos And the 20172018 Team is Heath’s third book.

He previously wrote Mosie and Me, A Veterinarian’s Story And the Summer of 1955 (2016). He also wrote Saskatchewan Coroner (2017), reprinted as My Life as a Coroner for 24 Years (2018).

the day and the many days since. People will have to decide if it is too soon to read first-person accounts of the accident scene.

There were many heroes that day and in days to come.

Jessica Brost was one of those heroes.

She had owned Northeast EMS, a private ambulance service in Nipawin, for a week when the call of the accident came in.

“Semi vs. bus, 35 patients,” dispatch said.

There was disbelief. Surely it was a van and three to five patients, not 35. School buses weren’t running on the Easter break and the Saskatchewan Transportation Company had been shuttered.

When dispatch said “35 patients” again, Brost, like scores of others, sprang into action.

No one could prepare her for what she saw. As a veteran of emergency medical services for 13 years and nine as a paramedic, she took charge of the site.

She had tears in her eyes when she recounted how a triage system was used to tag patients. Four colours determined the level of care needed. There were too many black tags that evening.

Brost sent the most critical patients to Nipawin and others to Tisdale. She drove the last survivor to hospital herself.

She estimated that 100 responders were at the site of the crash.

At hospitals in Nipawin and Tisdale, doctors from around the area gathered to provide treatment. It was all hands on deck. Air ambulances came in from as far away as Medicine Hat and Peace River.

Blood supplies came from Edmonton.

Heath points out that many smaller communities have poor airstrips. The province has committed to improving them.

Some patients were flown to Saskatoon where Royal University Hospital was under Code Orange, the name for an incident with mass casualties.

At RUH, critical care physician Dr. Hassan Masri started receiving patients at 9 p.m. When Masri had a moment to relax, it was 6 a.m. The emotion of the night hit him when he saw the photo of three Broncos players — Derek Patter, Graysen Cameron and Nick Shumlanski — clasping hands.

The photo went viral on the Internet and became an example of Humboldt Strong.

“That image is engraved in my head for maybe 50 years,” Masra said at the time, adding that it brought tears to his eyes.

A theme that weaves through the book is the need for people, such as the responders, to get help.

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Humboldt Bronco, I was truly upset that I couldn’t be there. To the people of Humboldt, friends, family, billet families and the hockey world — there is not a greater or stronger family. Period.

“Seeing familiar faces amongst the crowd, from my own billet families to former teammates, coaches, fans and staff, I could not imagine the darkness, the cloud that hangs over the great City of Humboldt . . . Humboldt is beyond special. All of you are amazing and again I can’t thank you enough for all you did for me as a hockey The photo of Derek Patter, Graysen Cameron and Nick Shumlanski clasping hands at Royal University player and as a young man.

From across the pond, I Hospital went viral. (Photo by RJ Patter) love you with all my heart “There are a lot of people who have and I am thinking of you!” gone through a lot of emotional turmoil Heath shares many similar stories. over this and haven’t sought help yet Those of family members looking for information are heartbreaking. Many knew and are going to need help. People have the outcome before being told. It’s a sense to recognize if one of their friends or relatives need help, to encourage them to that humans seem to have.

Heath profiles every person who was go and get it.”

Heath goes to bat for the coroners who on the bus that night, as well as those who were vilified for the mistaken identities of could have been. Some profiles are longer than others because of the availability, or two of the players. He pointed his finger lack of, information. Heath invites families squarely at Christie Blatchford, a biting to share more for an updated version of the Toronto columnist who parachuted into book.

Saskatchewan to cover the story. Her Comments made by Carter Doerksen departure left a trail of hard feelings.

— the captain of the Nipawin Hawks, the “Because of her history as a reporter team waiting for the Broncos to arrive and her knowledge of how various government bodies function, many people, on the night of April 6 — summarize the book. Hawks players were told there had including me, expressed surprise at her been a terrible accident and the game was criticisms surrounding the fataliites,” Heath wrote. “As a former coroner, I will cancelled.

“We didn’t know any of the details,” categorically state we never definitively Doerksen told a reporter. “Some of our identified a deceased person.” guys are best friends with those guys. I That grim task is left for the families. brought everybody into the dressing room.

The outpouring of support for the lost I’m religious and I told everyone I’d like members of the Broncos was worldwide. to pray for these guys. What else can you A GoFundMe campaign raised more than $15 million. One father of a Bronco do? Everyone came and we sat and prayed. player said he thinks the money should Guys were crying; there was nothing else be dispersed evenly, while another said we could do.” it should be dispersed based on need.

As his teammates dispersed, many That’s now for the court to decide. It is an going to the church where Humboldt example of how up to date the book is. families had gathered, Doerksen stayed at Heath included a note that was attached the rink. to a hockey jersey that arrived from “I felt lost. Later, the RCMP came and Dublin, Ireland. It was sent by Cameron gave us a few confirmations of fatalities Gibson who played for the Broncos eight and those in critical condition. I wanted to years ago. wake up from a nightmare.” “(The vigil) was the hardest thing Doerksen was speaking for millions of I’ve had to watch,” Gibson said in the people. note attached to the jersey. “As a former

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It’s important to educate yourself about addictions

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he one good thing about being an addict is every day is an opportunity for change. Today could be the day for a journey of healing. Today could be the day for full recovery. Today could be the day towards freedom.

The thing is it doesn’t happen in a day.

It’s a process. Those who work in the addictions field call it “Harm reduction”; I call it tapering off.

Once I accepted I was an addict and recognized it as a disease, I decided to find out anything to do with addictions. This was before the days of Google and the Internet. I went to the library and, along with my personal experience, I started to educate myself about my illness. Of course, I also consulted with trained professionals.

I wanted to know why. What was it that made me follow a direction I swore I never would?

When I was a boy my household was filled with alcohol. At the time my parents drank almost on a daily basis. I always found myself a safe spot to sleep because there were other people who came along with the drunken party. I learned at a young age not to trust anyone. From my safe spot

I could hear the music, the dancing and laughter. It was always the same pattern.

At first everyone sounded like they were having fun but within a few hours it would sound like all hell was breaking loose. I could hear the screaming, Columnist glasses breaking and the swearing that came with the sound of a fight. The worst part was hearing my mother pleading.

The next morning I would wake up and there would be people sleeping all over the floor. Empty bottles would be all over the place, which I collected for the bottle depot later. I would look around for something to eat and there would be nothing. My mom would wake up but she wouldn’t look at me because she didn’t want me to see the bruises on her face. It was then I decided when I grow up I was never going to drink alcohol.

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But it didn’t take me long from stealing a bottle of beer from my parents, to sticking needles into my arm. The first time I “shot up” was at the encouragement of older people. I was in my early teens and hung out with older teens I thought were cool.

One day I walked in on them as they were injecting cocaine into their arms. One of them turned to me and told me to hold out my arm and there started a journey of madness I would fight for years. How bad did it get?

It got so bad I couldn’t wear shortsleeved shirts because of the needle marks.

I couldn’t wear white shirts because blood from my arms would seep through. When the veins in my arms collapsed, I went between my toes and any place I could find a vein. I tried so hard to quit but my body was so addicted every time I tried to go cold turkey I would feel like I was going to die.

What eventually worked was when I started to taper off. It was a slow process but a day did finally arrive when I was able to go without and from there I took it one day at a time. I didn’t do it alone; I turned to the people who survived the abyss I was crawling out of. I attended meetings with people who also sought a life of sobriety.

I turned to my elders for guidance. It took a while but eventually I could once again wear short-sleeved shirts.

It was around then I decided education was the direction I wanted to turn to. I enrolled in the famed Nechi Institute on alcohol and drug education to be trained as JW090305 James a counsellor. This is where I learned about

harm reduction. Basically it means to phase out an addiction.

As a news reporter I covered an inquest into the death of a man who died in police custody. It was ruled the man died of “death by detoxification”. He had been drinking and doing hard drugs for a long time and because he was under arrest, his body suddenly stopped. His body couldn’t take it and he died.

I realize the police are not trained and – simply put — it’s not their job, to see symptoms of a recovery. I think those quick detox centres are a good idea. Instead of taking a person into police cells, they are taken to one of these centres, which provide medical attention and trained counsellors. There’s a detox centre in Edmonton that stores plenty of alcohol for those who are phasing off the booze.

I also think those safe injection sites are a good idea. This is a place injection users can go, under medical supervision, to get their fix. The site in Vancouver has been open for years and it has proven to be a life saver over and over again.

I remember when those street outreach vans in Saskatoon started passing out needles. There was such a stink made by people who thought the vans were contributing to the problem. Years later the vans have proven to have saved life after life.

Don’t give up hope for those entering recovery. And, don’t give up on those who are on their road towards healing.

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t seems that when the air cools down performer and artist. Her critically acclaimed outside, the arts events heat up inside. album, Separate Rooms, was released on April Autumn ushers in new theatre seasons, 6, with Exclaim! giving it a 9/10 review and new art exhibitions and new concert lineups. calling it “a powerful collection of reflective, In this column, I will give you a sneak peek genre-defying pop-folk balladry.” at some of September’s musical highlights – Bonnell’s early musical influences include there’s something here for every member of Alanis Morissette and Fiona Apple, and her the family! third full-length album covers serious subject SEPT. 14 matter such as mental illness, early pregnancy GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS loss and the dissolution of love. The Toronto It may be difficult for fans of Great Lake musician wrote Separate Rooms – the album’s Swimmers to believe, but 2018 marks the title track – with Donovan Woods and joined the #YXEMusic 15th anniversary of the Canadian group. The production team of Chris Stringer and Joshua Juno-nominated, Polaris Prize shortlisted ToVan Tassel. Bonnell’s recent single, Your Voice, ronto band released a new album on Aug. 17 called The made it on the CBC Music Top 20, and she’s now on tour Waves, The Wake, which was recorded in a 145-year-old with Great Lake Swimmers. Check her out at The Broadchurch. A review on Exclaim.ca referred to the album as way Theatre on Sept. 14. “an inspired, richly textured set of songs.”

SEPT. 14 “Say what you will about Great Lake Swimmers, but THE PROCLAIMERS the Canadian alt-folk outfit can’t be accused of stagnation It bet it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t know or resting on former glories,” the review stated. “For their these iconic lyrics: “When I wake up, well I know I’m new LP, The Waves, The Wake, frontman Tony Dekker gonna be/I’m gonna be the man who wakes up next to bucks against folk conventions by recruiting a vast array you.” Of course, it’s the first lines in the very catchy and of contributors to add marimba, flute, pipe organ, harp ever-popular song I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The and other eclectic instruments to broaden the Great Lake Proclaimers.

Swimmers sound.”

Comprised of Scottish twins Craig and Charlie Reid, If you want to hear tunes from the new album perThe Proclaimers are on a tour of the U.K. and Canada. formed live in our city, you’re in luck: the indie band will The tour comes after recording their 11th studio album, soon set out on a tour taking them throughout Canada, the Angry Cyclist, which was released on Aug. 10, and tourU.S. and Europe. The first stop is in Regina on Sept. 13, ing around the world with 150 shows in 2015 and 2016. where they will perform at The Exchange. The band then The new album is receiving rave reviews so far, with the heads to Saskatoon the following night – Sept. 14 – for a independent cultural journalism publication The Skinny show at 7:30 p.m. at The Broadway Theatre. Tickets are referring to The Proclaimers as “one of the most under$29 in advance or $34 at the door. For more information, rated bands of all time.” go to broadwaytheatre.ca.

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(Continued from page 8) If you’re a Canadian parent with young children, odds are that you’ve watched Splash’N Boots perform through your television in all of their trademark yellow and blue glory. The award-winning duo has 11 albums, three DVDs and performances with The Wiggles and Fred Penner under their collective belt, and The Big Yellow Boot is now seen daily in 8.3 million homes on Treehouse, the much-loved Canadian preschool network.

The most recent Splash’N Boots album is the Juno-nominated Love, Kisses and Hugs, a collection of love songs for children and their parents. They are going on tour in support of this new album, with a stop scheduled in Saskatoon on Sept. 24. The show at The Broadway Theatre starts at 6 p.m. Children 12 months and under are free and don’t need a ticket for entry.

One of the great things about Splash’N Boots is their commitment to philanthropy, working with hospitals and foundations and with their own grassroots organization, Splash’N Boots 4 Kids. Their current tour was inspired by a boy named Nicholas who was bullied at school. When Nicholas met Splash’N Boots, the duo gave him a yellow and blue heart-shaped pillow to hug. For his birthday, Nicholas told his friends and family members to bring money instead of presents so he could buy other kids hug pillows, too – and he raised $200. Nicholas’ act of kindness inspired Splash’N Boots and, as a result, one child in every community where their tour stops will receive The Big Heart Award.

It is things like this, as well as their high-energy performances, catchy lyrics and dedication to creating sustainable, long-term musical programming for Canadian kids, which make me a member of the Yellow’N Blue Crew – as the Splash’N Boots fan base is called. For tickets to the Saskatoon show, go online to broadwayJW090302 James theatre.ca.

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CBC journalist switches gears but continues to tell people’s stories

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express ric Anderson may have left behind the deadline pressures of working in a busy newsroom, but he hasn’t stopped wanting to share stories about Saskatoon people.

“There’s still an itch you have to scratch,” said Anderson, a former CBC Saskatchewan journalist.

On Sept. 4, Anderson will launch a new podcast called YXE Underground, which will highlight some of the local people who make Saskatoon shine. Created, produced and hosted by Anderson — who now works in communications at Sherbrooke Community Centre — YXE Underground will showcase vibrant Saskatonians who may not always get the recognition they deserve but who are making a difference in the community.

“The goal of this is to interview people that are flying under the radar here in Saskatoon but are still doing really amazing things in the city and in our communities,” he said.

Because of the hectic pace of working in daily journalism, Anderson said he didn’t always have time to search out those types of individuals to interview. Now, however, he feels he has more free time to uncover those lessertold stories.

“So you can spend some free time actually doing some digging and talking to people and talking to friends and realizing, ‘Yeah, there’s lots of people

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“There’s no really set manual, is there, in terms how to do a podcast — so I’m sort of figuring this out as I go,” Anderson said, noting he wants the podcast to run around 25 to 30 minutes per episode.

“I’ve got three episodes done, and then I’ll launch those three episodes on Sept. 4. The thinking right now is to Eric Anderson (right) interviews do one episode a month — so whether Mike Fisher, the co-creator of the Saskatchewan Entertainment Expo, that’s one long interview or maybe a couple shorter ones. But I’ll do one at Amazing Stories, a comic book episode a month and then see how that store — and more — on Eighth workload is.”

Street. (Photo by Janelle Wallace) So far, Anderson has chatted out there doing cool things,’ ” Anderson with Kara Broks from the Speech said.

Language Network, Mike Fisher of “I’ve always wanted to do a podcast the Saskatchewan Entertainment Expo and so I thought this might be a cool and Jacqueline Lavallee, a teacher at concept. I had a meeting with a graphic Oskayak High School and assistant coach of the University of Saskatchewan designer last December — his name is Craig Wilson; he’s a local guy — and I Huskies women’s basketball team.

Fisher will be featured in the first pitched him this idea and I said, ‘Could episode of the podcast. you do a logo for me?’ And he’s like, “I know Mike a little bit just because ‘Yeah, for sure,’ and then it was like, ‘Oh . . . I’m really going to do this now.’ I’m a geek,” said Anderson. “I know him a little bit, but it’s so much fun just It’s real.” to sit down and chat with someone for Anderson has worked with several like 20, 25 minutes and just kind of pick local artists on various aspects of the podcast. Saskatoon’s Andrew Dickson, their brain about why they do what they do. I miss that part of journalism. I’m who is currently making music in Los really excited.”

Angeles, composed the original theme The first three episodes of YXE and all of the music for the podcast, Underground can be found at while Saskatoon photographer Janelle Wallace is documenting the interviews. yxeunderground.com. They will also YXE Underground will feature in-depth be available for download on iTunes, interviews with a variety of guests on all Google Play, Stitcher and Podbean.

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Kristen Hepfner takes her preserves from the trailer to the table at the market. Kristen’s company is Kristen’s Homemade Preserves.

She shares space with her mother Donna Hepfner’s company, Donna’s Country Kitchen.

Spring Creek Garden is a mainstay at the market. Chelsea Erlandson (in the photo) and her husband Dan were named Saskatchewan’s Outstanding Young Farmers in 2016.

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Wanetta Dunlop sells garden produce to a customer at the market on a recent Tuesday morning.

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High school friends form clothing company

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express hat started as text messages between friends has turned into a Saskatoon clothing company.

Grayson Isley sent the first text in the thread to his friend Emmanuel Yusuf in June. Isley wondered if Yusuf had any interest in starting a hoodie/clothing company.

As a matter of fact, Yusuf said, the idea of going into business had crossed his mind.

And that, in a nutshell, is how Bridge City Clothing Co. was founded. Isley and Yusuf are just beginning their senior year at Bethlehem High School. They met in Grade 9 through football and have been friends since.

The two sat down and started making plans soon after those texts. “What should we call the company and what would we want to use for a logo? How can we finance it?”

“We had some drafts (of logos),” Yusuf said. “Our first draft was YXE. We thought everything in Saskatoon is YXE already. We wanted something that represented Saskatoon. Saskatoon is known for its bridges so we thought Bridge City would be a cool name to go with.”

The logo includes the Traffic Bridge.

They thought it was important that Saskatoon be represented in the name, but could work in other markets.

Bridge City Clothing has had sales in British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and the United States.

The printing is being done at Uno Printing Co. at 124 Second Ave. North. The store will also be carrying Bridge City Clothing.

Uno co-owner Mac Maclean is impressed with Yusuf and Isley and the company they have formed.

“It’s awesome. It reminds me exactly of when I was about their age,” Maclean said. “I started my own clothing line and that’s how I got into printing and opening this up. So I see a lot of myself in these kids.”

Maclean, who has been in the print industry for seven years and opened Uno six months ago, said he doesn’t offer unsolicited advice to Isley and Yusuf.

“We tend to stand back. If they want to ask us anything about business or for any tips, we will definitely support them the best that we can, but at the end of the day it’s their business, so we really don’t want to interfere with that. We let them learn and grow on their own.”

Yusuf and Isley financed the company.

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Emmanuel Yusuf (left) and Grayson Isley are selling hoodies through their company Bridge City Clothing.

(Photo Supplied) debt. So financially, I guess we are pretty stable,” Yusuf said.

What helped get them off the ground was selling their first order of hoodies to friends and family and friends of friends. With that money, they could order more stock.

The hoodies are moving quickly, they said.

“We ordered stock and before it even got to us we sold out of it, so we ordered more and that stock is selling out,” Isley said.

Their goal off the top was to sell quality hoodies at a lower price than most.

“It seemed like other local brands were growing around us. We thought we could make something happen too,” Isley said. “Other companies’ prices are higher which we can understand because they are nice hoodies.

We are making hoodies that are affordable for everyone of any age — and have them local too.”

The hoodies come in a variety of colours and are unisex.

They will be expanding their line this fall, adding toques to the mix. They hope to have sweatshirts and t-shirts in the near future.

Their ages — 16 — have attracted interest from the local media. That’s pretty mainstream, but the two will take it.

“It came out of nowhere to be honest and we are grateful for it,” Yusuf said. “It’s really helped our brand grow.”

For more information on Bridge City Clothing, visit www.bridgecityclothingcompany.ca. The company is also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ BridgeCityClothingCompany/ and Instagram: https:// www.instagram.com/bridgecityclothingco. The email address is bridgecitycc@gmail.com.

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Jazz club has ‘incredible talent’ for 2018-19

Ned Powers Saskatoon Express anada’s Michael Kaeshammer is noted as the fast-fingered master of boogie woogie.

The Saskatoon Jazz Society now knows he’s the man with the fastest getaway numbers at The Bassment, already selling one-third of the possible 180 tickets for his appearance on Dec. 12.

“Even though Michael played in Saskatoon as recently as the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival,” said Don Griffith, artistic director of the society, ”he has a strong following in Saskatoon and he’s promising something completely different.”

Kaeshammer, who has 12 recordings to his credit, is introducing Something New, which he has crafted with a New Orleans influence. Among the players in his sextet will be Johnny Vidacovich, an award-winning drummer who grew up in New Orleans and played with Astral Project.

The Bassment, located on Fourth Avenue in the old Canada Post building, is home to jazz on Saturdays, roots and folk artists on many other nights. Griffiths is trying to find the right combination of returning favourites and rising stars for the 140 to 160 shows he’ll book this year.

“There are some artists that I went out and found, there are some who came to me, and I think we’ve already lined up incredible talent as we head into our 10th season in the current building. Artists like our facility, which has great acoustics and a great atmosphere,” said Griffith.

The club opens Sept. 8 with The Stone Frigate Big Band, the Saskatoon band which features Robin Knight; delves into some hot blues with Big Dave McLean, the Prairie legend from Winnipeg on Sept. 14; and strikes hot for the bluegrass fans with an appearance

by Claire Lynch, known as the queen of bluegrass, on Sept 27.

Singer Tim Tamashiro will be returning on Nov. 8.

“Anybody who saw him perform with Tommy Banks will want to see him again. Great voice, great smile and a super ambassador for jazz. His show is

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Guitarist-vocalist Coco Love Alcorn appears again on Oct. 18. She’s been People in the business for 20 years, recorded 10 albums and drew her love for jazz from her father Jack, who was a performer.

Kenny (Blues Boss) Wayne and David Vest are returning for a night of blues on

A remarkable catch last season, pianistvocalist Champian Fulton, is coming back on Feb. 16. She played in the Sisterhood of Swing, an all-female band at Lincoln Center, New York, in June and reviewers singled out her performance with rave reviews.

New for Saskatoon audiences will be Barbra Lica, a singer-songwriter who was the runner-up in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition in 2013.

A recent album, I’m Still Learning, will provide some originals and she will also sing some standards on Nov. 9.

“She called to say she’s on tour this fall,” said Griffith, “and she comes with a bubbly personality, a YouTube presence and she’s very creative. A happy catch for us.”

member of the East Coast family which has won numerous Juno awards. Scheduled on Oct. 24 is The Once, the Newfoundland-based band featuring Geraldine Hollett on vocals and Phil Churchill and Andrew Dale on multiple instruments.

Joshua Hyslop, who lists Saskatoon as his birthplace, appears on Dec. 6. He sings, plays guitar, banjo and mandolin, and his recording credits include Cold Wind, Where the Mountains Meet the Valley and his latest, Echos. (That’s the way he spells it.)

Saskatoon talent plays a big role in the lineup.

The Saskatoon Music Association will hold its annual performing gala on Oct. 4.

The talent pool ranges from blues star B.C. Read, vocalist Graham Dyck, the duo of Gillian Snider and Leslie Stanwyck, the solo violin work of Hannah Lissell-DeCorby to the rock sounds of Apollo Cruz.

Heidi Munro has a bit of a new look, but still tours with a collection of familiar players and songs for an evening of soul music on Oct. 6.

Trumpeter Dean McNeill is leading another venture on Oct. 20. Coming together are McNeill, Juno award-winning guitarist Mike Rud, Toronto pianist Amanda Tosoff and Saskatoon violinist Veronique Mathieu, along with a supporting cast of six.

Griffith has also arranged for four different Christmas packages.

Trevor Wingerter, often the leading voice in stage productions by The Fireside Singers, will team up with pianist Martin Janovsky for A Classic Christmas on Dec. 3. PianistBarbra Lica will perform Nov. 9 at The Bassment. (Photo Supplied) arranger Kim Salkeld is bringNov. 17. Wayne has some strong New Jenie Thai, born in Thailand and raised ing together a group of Saskatoon singers Orleans roots, Vest has credentials with for solo efforts in a Jazz Singers Yulefest near Edmonton, is a vocalist-pianist, due Big Joe Turner, and both are transplanted on Oct. 12, and she’s performed at the on Dec. 8. Solstice, the classic jazz vocal Americans who now live in British Colum- International Blues Competition in Mem- group, returns for its choice date on Dec. bia. phis. The Dime Notes is a group of United 16. Pianist Maurice Drouin brings his favourite singers and musicians together Elizabeth Shepherd, a Canadian singer- Kingdom blues players, working around again for a Dec. 22 appearance. songwriter, is coming back with a new the clarinet playing leadership of David The New Year’s Eve party, which has project on Dec. 1. It is called MONTreal, Kelbie, and they arrive on Oct. 19. a collection of songs she wrote about the The roots schedule gets off to a strong been a hit since the opening of the facility, will be in place as Griffith assembles his people she met on Montreal streets for start, with Jimmy Rankin performing on troupe for a New Orleans-styled evening three years and in the background will be Oct. 11. He has released six solo albums on Dec. 31. film sequences of her Montreal visits. in recent years and is well-known as a

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On occasion we are obligated to socialize with my husband’s boss and his wife. The boss is wonderful but

his wife is a piece of work. She is a heavier lady and I am very fit. She makes comments about how skinny I am. When she came to our home she asked how much the designer charged. I explained I decorated our home myself. She flirts terribly with Ben and I can see him cringing. How do you suggest I deal with her snide remarks and flirtatious behaviour ?

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Dear Liz, I am thrilled that you, Ben and the girls are so happy. You two have been an amazing couple since I introduced you many years ago. I love receiving your cards each Christmas. At times in life we must grin and bear it. When it comes to the boss’s tyrant of a wife unfortunately extra patience is required. I would suggest trying to turn her negativity into a positive by smiling and thanking her.

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John McCain a positive example for leaders everywhere

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hen people have people he served and did so waxed nostalgic without compromising his about times gone by, conservative ideals. When claiming that life was simpler necessary, he fought fearlessly and easier, that folks knew right for what he believed was right from wrong and obeyed the and was prepared to pay the rules, and that everyone lived consequence for his actions in harmony, I would roll my come election time. But when eyes and my inner self would engaged in a political fight, say “yeah, and hamburger was McCain was generally civil and five cents a pound and a quart he showed respect for those of milk set you back two bits.” with differing opinions. When Columnist It is always easy to look in the battle ended, regardless the rear-view mirror or through of the outcome, he shook his rose-coloured lens that defuse and soften opponents’ hands and there was no malice the reality of yesterday. But the mind plays in the aftermath. He didn’t bully, humiliate tricks and memories often are fantasies or name call his opposition but he did rather than factual reality. loathe and call out those who abused Back in those good old days society power. still had homeless people, but they were Most importantly, McCain called bums or hobos, and no one seemed acknowledged himself as being human and to worry about their survival. The rules of subject to human error. When realizing a right and wrong were inflexible and never mistake was made, he acknowledged it and allowed for mistakes made because of moved to correct it as best he could. exceptional circumstances.

He reportedly had a great sense of People went to church on Sunday but humour, often making himself, rather than didn’t necessarily practice their “Christian others, the butt of his humour. Although values” between Monday and Saturday. he suffered greatly as a prisoner of war, he The rights of women were not equal to didn’t let this abuse define him and was men and “fallen” women, along with grateful and thankful for the life he was their subsequent offspring, were often given. ostracized. Physically and intellectually And in death, the majority of his challenged citizens were conveniently Senate colleagues, both Democrats and invisible.

Republicans past and present, along with There was no leniency for the plight of most of the American public, loved and immigrants or the working poor. And the respected McCain for his service to his sins of the father were visited upon the country. And respect for McCain went son. (However, it may have seemed like beyond the borders of the USA as people utopia if you were a white Anglo Saxon around the globe lamented the loss of this Protestant family.) good and decent man.

So, I now wonder if I am wearing Sadly, for President Trump, his rose-coloured glasses when I say back in pettiness towards McCain during this time that day politicians used to be admired of bereavement magnified the goodness and respected by the electorate, or is that a of McCain and the shallowness of Trump. wistful memory of a naïve youth?

Trump delayed flying the flag at half-staff I remember being awe struck when I and only relented when pressure came to bear from the veteran’s organizations and first met a councillor, a member of the legislative assembly or a member of parliament. It seemed that those elected people were altruistically motivated, working towards creating a better community, province and country. They seemed not to be driven by personal fame and fortune. But if those memories are accurate, how did so many in our society now become jaded to the point that going out to vote isn’t worthwhile?

Watching the coverage of the funeral of the late United States Senator John McCain, I’m inclined to think my memories of the politicians of yesteryear are reasonably accurate and most were the ONE CANADA: honourable people we thought them to be.

DIEFENBAKER’S VISION As a long-term politician McCain is An exhibit curated by the Diefenbaker Canada Centre. remembered as a man with values by which he lived and died. Although he The Canadian Bill of Rights, gender equality and his focus on northern development and belonged to a political party, he often sovereignty were just a few initiatives that put his country before his politics, and formed the Right Honourable John Diefenbaker’s his Republican colleagues called him a vision for a united Canada. Join us to learn how his efforts remain as pressing and relevant today, maverick for it. as ever.

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the military, groups that lionized McCain.

We should pity Trump because it would have been painful for a narcissist like him to even feign remorse for the loss a great American like McCain, particularly when he is daily disparaged by non-supporters.

But Trump is a politician driven by self-interest and he needs those veteran/ military votes.

Like in the USA, Canadians are increasingly losing their faith in politicians because they promise one thing while campaigning, and do the opposite when elected. They seem more interested in selfpreservation than in service to the electors.

Then when a charlatan comes along to “drain the swamp”, and sadly becomes the biggest predator in the swamp, the public’s faith is further diminished. Democracy is a tenuous concept when trust is eroded.

McCain was not a Canadian political figure, but he should be a model for

politicians of all stripes in all democracies.

The public can accept reasonable mistakes from its leaders, but not a lack honesty and integrity. If a candidate sounds too good to be true, then he/she probably isn’t true. Beware of candidates who promise to deliver the sun, moon and stars.

And the public should not abdicate its responsibility to scrutinize candidates during elections to find the best people that our city, province and country has to offer rather than complaining about the leaders we get because electors failed to do their job. We owe that much to the men and women who fought in wars and lost their lives to defend democracy so we can enjoy the freedom we have today.

Personally, I will miss the honourable Senator John McCain, his voice of reason and fairness. And I salute a life well-lived. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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Time to celebrate new experiences in life

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y kid is starting high school this week.

The fact I even wrote that sentence is mindboggling. I’ll spare you, though, yet another riff on how my stomach drops and I hyperventilate when I consider how quickly time is flying by, and how just yesterday I gave birth to this six-foot-tall monstrosity lurking around my house and eating all my food.

Then I remember my other monster, only four-feet-tall and entering Grade 2 this year, and I’m reminded that I have at least another decade of school years to parent my way through, and I calm down considerably.

It’s weird being the old mom in the classroom now. I mean, I am not old, but I realize now how much I took for granted being one of the younger moms Columnist in the classroom when my first kid was going through his primary school years, and just starting hockey.

That’s the thing about having an eight-year gap between your children – I don’t know why but I always feel compelled, when talking about the age gap between my boys, to also share that they have the same dad.

I know this is weird, and if it wasn’t it wouldn’t make them any less amazing or me any less of a mother, but I have to say it, so I just did. Ah, the joys of being a woman discussing her fertility and sex life in the newspaper — just when you start to feel nostalgic about the milestones in your first offspring’s life, you realize you’re about to do it all over again, so never mind.

Where was I going with this? Oh right, starting high school.

Admittedly, my son seems far less fazed than I am, and definitely less than I was before I was slated to start high school at Aden Bowman, just like he is next week.

I remember one of the things I was terrified of (besides change, bigger student crowds, and the general unknown, all of which weren’t my forte in my teen years) was being “freshied.”

When I went to high school, hazing Grade 9 students during Frosh Week was just on the cusp of being outlawed completely.

These were the heady days of the early 1990s, when it was still marginally socially acceptable to spray shaving cream into a 14-year-old girl’s eyes, or forcibly shave a boy’s head. In fact, I’m pretty sure that name had just recently been changed to Grade 9 Welcome Week.

I vividly remember slipping out the side door of the high school, heart pounding, to escape the noon-hour Welcome Week pep rally, which I irrationally believed was an exercise designed to allow seniors to torture us underlings. The stories of Grade 9 public humiliation were still relatively recent, and given my crippling social anxiety, I couldn’t see that the vast majority of the rituals still allowed were all in good fun.

Today the newly-minted Grade 9 experience appears to be extremely tame and really, probably a lot healthier.

My son’s main concern is homework, given academia isn’t exactly his most favourite thing ever, at least when compared to playing sports.

I’m not particularly worried about him. In fact, I refuse to coddle him when he does express concern. I endorse his concerns instead of dismissing them, because I believe in giving kids the leeway to endure natural and normal stress that comes with facing a challenge.

To all the parents of their first child to enter high school — it’s astounding, I realize, how quickly they are growing up.

I’m right there with you with all the feelings. Let’s embrace this season of newness (in fact, downright live vicariously through it) on our kids’ behalf, and encourage them to do the same.

However, let’s also celebrate our own new experiences, in this case parenting a high school student. There are no hazing rituals that I’m aware of, but if there are, this time I’m going to face them head-on instead of going out the side door.

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History of Cosmo Industries captured in book

Cam Hutchinson Sharlene Duquette, executive director of Cosmo, Saskatoon Express told the large crowd at the book launch that Monday he story of Cosmo Industries began with a is the favourite day at Cosmo. group of Saskatoon “heavyweights” committed She said a new participant confirmed that. to improving the quality of life for those with “I love Monday,” the woman said. intellectual disabilities.

“They don’t like weekends, especially this long Howie Stensrud was the driving force of the weekend coming up,” Duquette said. group. He lived by the philosophy that society is Pat Hawes is on the cover of the book. He’s been a finally judged by what it does for the least capable of participant at Cosmo for 43 years. its citizens.

“You are amazing,” Duquette told him. “I love our Mayor Sid Buckwold attended the opening cerdaily chats. I hope I have half the energy you do at emonies in 1971 your age; I don’t and is said to have think I have it now. been blown away He actually came by the number of out of retirement the city’s elite who because it was were on the board kind of boring, so of directors. keep doing what Buckwold knew you’re doing.”

Stensrud and Al Powers said it Anderson were was privilege to there because write the book. they were fathers “Someone in of children with the book said to special needs. He me it’s like getting 100 high fives evdidn’t know StrenSharlene Duquette, executive director of Cosmo, was animated ery morning when srud had people during her speech. (Photos by Cam Hutchinson) they came through like Urb Donlevy the doors. And Sr., Eric Harding, Eric Antonini and Ken Hunter waiting in the wings. that’s really the beauty of the whole project. I will be grateful forever for having the chance to write this “But as we all know, Howie had that way about him,” said Ned Powers, the author of a new book on book and tell this story.”

The book is available by donation at Cosmo’s loCosmo’s history. “There were so many heavyweights on the stage and that really tells you about the power cation on 34th Street. That’s where miracles happen. of Howie’s persuasion and the ability of people to recognize those with special needs have to be satisfied.”

Powers’ book, Cosmo’s Miracle on 34th Street, was released last week.

“When I talk about the miracle, there were many: the unbelievable venture into recycling,” Powers said. “Al Anderson’s gift to create the assembly line for making golf clubs was just unbelievable.

“Two very important characteristics of what happened at Cosmo is the way it was able to present job opportunities to suit people’s needs and the social opportunities for others who needed just the social life.

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n o o t a k as EVENTS Hadlen Saskatoon hypnotist, magician and mentalist Hadlen will perform Sept. 7 at the Broadway Theatre. The show, Sleight of Mind, is making its debut and will tour Canada in 2019. “Sleight of Mind is not your average magic show,” Hadlen said in a news release. “In this show audience members will experience visual and mental illusions . . . psychological trickery mixed with showmanship and storytelling to create an unforgettable experience.” Doors open at the Broadway Theatre at 7:30 p.m., with the show at 8. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. All proceeds will be donated to the Pink Wig Foundation. (Photo Supplied)

EVENTS SEPTEMBER 5

The Schizophrenia Society of Saskatchewan is holding a fundraiser at the Roxy Theatre at 6:30 p.m. (program from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.) to raise funds to support people those affected by mental illness including the people living with mental illness, family and friends. Jay Semko and Joy of Jammin’ will be headlining this event, with music for all ears and ages. (Minors need to be accompanied by a person 19+.) Tickets are available at McNally Robinson.

SEPTEMBER 8 35th Annual Broadway Street Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Broadway Avenue. The fair will feature the Kids’ Kingdom, sidewalk sales, dancers, buskers, a photo booth, a silent auction and Leopold’s Music Stage after-party. Start with a Pancake Breakfast at Grace-Westminster United Church from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

SEPTEMBER 16 ***** A devotional music concert hosted by the Hindu Society of Saskatoon Bridge Club open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Saskatchewan. The special guest musician is Pandit Ajoy at 3041 Louise Street. Come and learn about what the Chakrabarty. He will be accompanied by Anol Chatterjee, club can offer.

Soumen Sarka and Gourab Chatterjee. Program from 5 SEPTEMBER 9 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., followed by supper prosad. The event Fall Berry Festival and outdoor market from 10 a.m. to 4 will be held at Shri Lakshmi Narayan Temple (107 La p.m. at the German Cultural Club. Vendors are currently Ronge Road). $20 per person and $10 for those 12 to being booked. The event will go ahead rain or shine. For 17 years old. For more information, contact one of the more information, contact Shandra at 306-244-6869 following: Leela Sharma at 306-380-7737; Ajay Dalai at 306-222-3825; Maya Chakravarti at 306-371-1173; Sunil #202 or by emailing events@saskgerman.com. ***** Sohani at 306-371-9416; Sunil Choubal at 306-2420637; Subash Biswal at 306-241-7755; Kumar Balchan- The CFUW (Canadian Federation of University Women) is having an open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the W.A. dran at 306-979-4466; Kishore Gali at 306-281-0039.

Edwards Centre (333 Fourth Ave. West). The organization SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER is celebrating its 100th anniversary and CFUW Day. The Cecilian Singers of Saskatoon, an adult, mixed voice SEPTEMBER 10 choir of about 30 singers welcomes new members. First The University and Community Chorus will hold registrarehearsal of the season is Sept. 5, at St. Joe’s Catholic Church, corner of Broadway and Eighth Street, beginning tion at 6:30 p.m. in the Quance Theatre, Education Building, U of S. The first practice will be at 7:30 pm. at 7:30 p.m. (registration at 7). Please use the Broadway entrance. Visit our website at www.ceciliansingers.ca for Come join this vibrant , non-auditioned full voice choir for the full year or try it for a semester. Conducted by James more information and contact links.

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SEPTEMBER 20-22 The University of Saskatchewan campus will be abuzz with alumni returning to their roots for Alumni Weekend 2018. The weekend is a chance for everyone — not only alumni — to come back to the U of S campus and experience a packed weekend of activities planned to reunite U of S graduates from around the world. There will be USask Talks, guided campus tours, a pregame party in the Bowl and cheering on the Huskies as they take on the Rams. For a full list of events, head to alumni.usask.ca/ alumniweekend.

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The Saskatoon Craft Guild will hold its annual Open House and Registration Night from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple Hall (1021 Saskatchewan Crescent West).

Featured crafts in the Guild include: knitting, crochet, quilting, hardanger, smocking, rug making and creative stitchery. Guild members meet from September to April FRIDAYS and the yearly registration fee is $100.

Choreographed Ballroom - New Dancers Class. Karousels Dance Club. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Albert Comm. Centre (610 SEPTEMBER 15 “Swing and a Wish YXE” in support of The Children’s Wish Clarence Ave. South/ south door, second floor.) Begins Foundation of Canada 14th annual golf tournament, fea- Sept. 14, 21, 28 and then progresses. Waltz, Two Step, etc. turing Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole of TSN’s Sports Centre. For more information, call Dorothy at 306-664-2775.

18 holes of Texas Scramble style golf. After your round EVERY THURSDAY there will meet be a Banquet of Wishes where all guests Prairie Sky Farmers’ Market is open every Thursday from will have an opportunity to hear the wish story of one 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church family. Registration opens at 11:30 a.m.; Lunch at noon; in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone shotgun start at 1 p.m. at The Willows Golf & Country or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ Club. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ hotmail.com.

ChildrensWishSK or contact Catherine Lunn at catherine. ***** lunn@childrenswish.ca or by calling 306-955-0511.

The Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets at 7 ***** p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Room 13, 610 Clarence Special Olympics Saskatchewan is hosting its annual Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries. The first Truck Convoy and Truck Pull event on 11:30am - 1:30pm. night is free. The group is also available for performances.

Turvey Centre - 100 Armour Rd, Regina. The public is For more information, call 306-374-0005 or visit www. welcome at no cost. The event includes a BBQ, bouncy sifc.awardspace.com. castle and entertainment. Two routes for the Truck Convoy TABLE TENNIS both leading to Regina for the Truck Pull event and BBQ: The Saskatoon Table Tennis Club plays on Monday and Saskatoon-Chamberlain-Regina and Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30, Friday evening Swift Current-Moose Jaw-Regina. For more information and how to register a truck or company vehicle, or enter- from 7 to 9 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12. The location is the Zion Lutheran Church, 323 4th Ave. S. ing a truck pull team, please visit SaskConvoy.ca or call Victoria at 306-780-9428 or email vlacelle@specialolym- Entrance through the side door off the parking lot on the North side of the building and down to the gym. Drop in pics.sk.ca. and have a look, no charge for the first visit. For more SEPTEMBER 20 information, call 306-242-7580 or 306-975-0835.

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• Hough, on the Miami Marlins announcing they will permit noisemakers in designated sections of Marlins Park next year: “Apparently they want to make 300 fans sound like 30,000?”

• From the Twitter account of Rodger Sherman: “Teddy Bridgewater leaves New York as the greatest Jets quarterback of my lifetime.”• Stubby Clapp, the man with one of the greatest names in baseball history, was named Pacific Coast League manager of the year for the second straight season. He is, by all accounts, in line for a managerial job in the big leagues. And he’s Canadian.

• From Hough: “Congratulations to Hawaii for winning the Little League World Series. I’m waiting for Trump to tweet that he hopes next year’s winner is a US team.”

• From Rolfsen: “Manu Ginobili has retired and is headed straight into the Hall of Flop.”

• Ex-CFL great Doug Brown once called the Winnipeg-Saskatchewan Labour Day game a battle of combines. If memory serves, last year the Riders laid a threshing on the Bombers.

• Congratulations to 20-year-old Brooke Henderson, the first Canadian to win her country’s national championship in 45 years. Excited? For a while she was a babbling Brooke.

• Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard, out in straight sets in Round 2 of the US Open with 32 unforced errors, said she didn’t feel like herself. I saw the match; she sure looked like herself.

• Communications giant Quebecor blamed the Montreal Canadiens failure to make the postseason for severely stifled ad revenues. Translation: no playoff, no payoff.

• Heading into Round 3 of the CP Open in Regina, Brooke Henderson had to topple a formidable pairing — Yin and Yang.

• Cleveland Browns assistant coach Bob Wylie said the USA “won two world wars without stretching.” To which Canadians said: “America won WWI and WWII? That is a stretch.”

• The Massachusetts golfer who bit off part of another player’s finger is out on bail in the amount of $10,000. That doesn’t include the tip.

• Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has proposed the NFL switch to two preseason games and 18 regular-season games.

“Brilliant idea!” said the CFL — since 1986.

• Boxer Curtis Harper ducked through the ropes and exited the arena just before his bout started. Allow me to speak for divorced people: usually you fight before leaving the ring.

• They say a fool and his money are soon parted. Either that, or they get to be president of the United States.

• Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch is the first-ever athlete to be featured on a pack of Skittles. How long before there’s Snickers for the Cleveland Browns?

• For a while this season, Astros ace Justin Verlander was flirting with a sub2.00 ERA. Not nearly as much fun as previous seasons when he was flirting with Kate Upton.

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$1499

BEFORE INSTANT REBATE

BUY 2* → SAVE $150 BUY 3* → SAVE $300 BUY 4* → SAVE $500 *Discount offered off MSRP. Product can be sold for less.

Ask us for more details. On select Samsung products.

REFRIGERATOR

22 cu.ft.

Convection

$ 1799 $ 999

• 28 cu.ft.

• Slide in or flip up shelf • Ice Master produces 10 lbs of ice daily

Sanitize cycle

$ 849

$2299

CONVECTION RANGE

UPRIGHT FREEZER

• Steam reheat • Dual true convection PLUS receive a Henckels Zwilling 10-piece cookware set with purchase

And Zen there was Brooke

By RJ Currie

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$1099

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ared Dumba, colour commentator for the Regina Pats, on 17-year-old Kirby Dach of the Saskatoon Blades: “LOVE this kid’s game. I’ll never forget watching the preseason a couple of years ago and asking (Pats play-by-play announcer) Phil Andrews ‘why the heck would Saskatoon dress a 19- or 20-yearold vet when everyone else is playing almost all rookies?’ Dach was 15 . . . top 10 NHL pick in my humble opinion.”

• Janice Hough knows why Donald Trump is mad at Google. “He figured out he’s a lot less popular than cat videos.”

• From Torben Rolfsen: “Brooke Henderson won the Canadian Open with a -21 at age 20. Has anyone ever shot minus above their age before?”

• It’s not an exaggeration to say Henderson’s win was one of the greatest moments in Canadian sports history.

• Troy Aikman, on the silliness of the NFL’s “contact” rule: “NFL stance now is there’s a difference between lowering your head and ‘initiating’ contact (penalty) and lowering your head and ‘bracing’ for

• No preheats with Frozen Bake™ • Dual radiant FlexHeat™ elements • Adjustable self cleaning

$230 value

with purchase

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Kirby Dach a top 10 draft pick?

PLUS receive a KitchenAid 16-piece knife block set

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These are some of the guys who covered university sports in Saskatoon in 1986.

My favourite, and no offence to the others, is the guy from the StarPhoenix. He is certainly the best looking of the group. Thank you to Wray Morrison for posting the photo on Twitter. It brought back some great memories.

ELECTRIC RANGE

• ProWash™ cycle • Third level rack

• 17 cu.ft.

• ArcticLock™ thicker walls • Bright lighting

$499 value

$ 1299

WATER SYSTEMS

FREE

$ 699

WHY BUY FROM TRAIL APPLIANCES?

Receive a FREEˆ Kinetico Dechlorinator ˆwith purchase of a

Installation extra

Kinetico Premier Series Water Softener.

Ask for details.

30-DAY PRICE GUARANTEE

PROFESSIONAL APPLIANCE SERVICE & INSTALL

NEED IT TODAY? GET IT TODAY!

NO INTEREST, NO PAYMENTS FOR 6 MONTHS

LARGE CLEARANCE CENTRE

OAC*

Products may not be exactly as shown. Prices valid until September 9, 2018.

3150 Idylwyld Drive N 306.986.0200 *Financing provided by Flexiti Financial. On approved credit. No administration fee. Any fees or charges financed on your Account will form part of your purchase under the promotional offer and will not be required to be paid during the promotional period. Optional Payment Defender™ balance protection insurance premiums payable monthly during promotional period. The Annual Interest Rate (“AIR”) applicable to Regular Credit Purchases applies to the balance subject to the promotional offer for the duration of the promotional term. No interest is payable for the duration of the promotional term, however interest accrues on the balance subject to the promotional offer for the duration of the promotional term and becomes payable in the event that the promotional offer’s balance is not paid in full on the promotional expiry date. On the promotional expiry date, the entire balance subject to the promotional offer is due in order to avoid paying the accrued interest. Immediately following the promotional expiry date, any outstanding balance which was subject to the promotional offer and any unpaid accrued interest on that balance will then be treated as a Regular Credit Purchase. Depending on your creditworthiness, the AIR applicable to Regular Credit Purchases is 29.99% or 33.99%. The AIR applicable to your Regular Credit Purchases will be provided when you submit your application. For more details please see Flexiti Financial’s Customer Agreement.

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