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Mistawasis Bridge opening a moving experience

am proud to have spent we should be proud of to join my entire life in Saskaour city. toon.

“It’s a celebration of SasI can’t remember ever being katoon. When you look at the much prouder than I was at people beside you and all the the opening ceremony of the diversity that has to make us Chief Mistawasis Bridge. proud. We’re moving forward The horses, the drumming, and in the spirit of reconcilithe dancing and the focus on ation this is just one part of children brought a wonderful what we are doing.” feel to the event. Perhaps it ***** was one of those things where Chief Mistawasis played you had to be there to fully an important role in the Editor appreciate it. province’s history. He was a I have a sense — and hope — that leader of the negotiations which led to this bridge is going to be referred to by the signing of Treaty 6 in 1876. He was its name. We are going to forget it was the son of a French fur trader and a Cree called the North Commuter Parkway woman. His surname was Belanger and Bridge or was that the North Parkway his given name Pierre. He made life betCommuter Bridge or the Commuter ter for his people and all people.

Parkway North Bridge or the Bridge ***** Commuter Parkway North?

The vista around the bridge is beautiHow many times have you referred ful. to the south bridge as Gordie Howe and Premier Scott Moe recognized that the freeway bridge as Sen. Sid Buckfact. wold? I haven’t done that often either.

“It’s real pleasure to be here at this Let’s call the bridge Chief Mistawa- particular spot on the banks of the South sis (Miss-tuh-WAH’-sis). It’s not difSaskatchewan River because, in my ficult to say if you don’t let it intimidate opinion, this is one of the most beautiyou. ful places on Earth even on a cold, early Shirley Isbister, president of the fall October day.”

Central Urban Métis Federation, was on After acknowledging the vision of the committee that selected the name.

Chief Mistawasis, Premier Moe had a She, along with other speakers, looked light moment. beyond the six lanes for traffic.

“Two bridge openings in one day, “The process was really meaningeven when you’re the mayor of what is ful for me and it was overwhelming at known as the City of Bridges, this has times,” she said. “It was a process that to rank as a pretty good day.” was able to answer the question of what Mayor Charlie Clark smiled. He tied the names to the TRC (Truth and posed for a lot of photos and shook a lot Reconciliation Commission) calls to of hands throughout the day. action. Chief Mistawasis is the name Mayor Clark fittingly singled out that was chosen; it was the name that former mayor Don Atchison and former answered those calls and it was a name city manager Murray Totland for their

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roles in the project. It was first talked about eight years ago and construction began three years ago. ***** Mary Hunchak was one of the people in the crowd. It was the third bridge opening she has attended in her life. As a six-year-old girl she was at the celebration at the Petrofka Bridge in 1962.

“My parents took all four of us siblings; it was a really big day,” she said.

“I remember getting the Dixie cups with the wooden spoons, balloon, hot dogs and the ribbon cutting.”

Her second one was the opening of the new Borden Bridge in 1985.

“I had just brought back twins from the hospital — I think they were a few weeks old, plus two other sons and we went. It was really, really memorable.”

Last week she and her husband came into Saskatoon from their Borden-area farm for both openings.

“We felt we had to come,” she said.

“It’s such a spectacular double occasion here in Saskatoon. I love the idea this bridge is named Chief Mistawasis; that all people come together in harmony and peace.” ***** Two hours after the official opening of Chief Mistawasis Bridge, citizens, entertainers, vendors and politicians gathered on the Traffic Bridge. They gathered and gathered and gathered. It was wonderful to witness. ***** Lest we forget, five magic words were spoken a number of times during the day: “On time and on budget.” ***** History was made on Oct. 2, 2018. It was a good day.

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Young Saskatoon woman fights a ‘senior’ cancer of it.

In her late 30s, Zwarich was stricken with a type of cancer that most commonly befalls senior citizens. Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, a type of immune cell in the bone marrow that makes antibodies to fight infection. Abnormal antibodies the cancer cells produce can damage kidneys and bones.

Her first symptoms, extreme pain and fatigue, began four years ago.

A social worker with Eagle’s Nest Youth Ranch, Zwarich was running a therapeutic horseback riding program she developed for at-risk youth. Barn work was part of her duties. She struggled through overwhelming tiredness, beyond what would have been expected from the physical demands of her job.

“I felt like I was walking through mud every day,” she said. “It would be tough for anyone to manage, let alone a single mother with a son (then a pre-teen, now 15).”

Pain in Zwarich’s hip and ribs prompted her to visit a walk-in medical clinic. A doctor there ordered an x-ray of her hip but not her ribs, then advised her to see a chiropractor. But the pain got worse. Her family doctor sent her for physical therapy.

“And the physiotherapist went to work on me, and she said ‘I can’t touch you, you’re presenting like a trauma victim, like someone who’s been hit by a car,’” Zwarich recounted.

Finally sent to have her ribs x-rayed, the pictures revealed multiple fractures.

Subsequent medical tests showed calcium levels in her blood were “through the roof,” a sign that her bones were breaking down.

Zwarich remembered a scary sequence of events. An initial prognosis of 10 to 15 years to live was revised to two to three years after more test results came back.

She underwent high-dose chemotherapy followed by the transplant of her own stem cells (called autologous transplantation), in an effort to generate healthy new plasma

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(Photo by Kathy Fitzpatick) cells. But due to her grave condition, she was also offered a donor stem cell transplant — an unusual step “only recommended in clinical trials” she explained, because of the risk of complications.

Donor cells were harvested from her sister with the transplant taking place in April 2016.

“It’s an immune system transplant,” Zwarich said, so complete her own blood type has now changed over to the same as her sister’s. She has also acquired her sister’s allergy to nuts.

She went through three months of critical recovery time, with a gruelling regimen of blood transfusions and drug therapies to prevent graft-versus-host disease. Because Zwarich was so vulnerable to infection, she could not eat deli meats — or any uncooked food such as fresh fruit.

Nor was this the end of her ordeal. By the fall of 2016, the cancer came back.

Zwarich was again in pain and expecting to die. She spent two weeks in hospital, receiving radiation and chemotherapy.

Then another reversal. In November of that same year she learned she was in remission, a development she calls “really odd and remarkable too.”

Today Zwarich remains in complete remission, and feels “remarkably well.”

She has regained her strength, and since the spring of this year, has been off all of her medications.

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Now “it’s mostly about hope,” she said of her outlook. “It’s looking good.”

She counts herself lucky to have made it through the donor transplant (also called an allogeneic transplant), although she understands the treatment is more likely to extend her life than cure her cancer. Multiple myeloma is still considered incurable.

But work on better treatments is ongoing, and advances to date are enabling many patients “to lead full lives for years after diagnosis,” according to Myeloma Canada.

It said in 2000 life expectancy for myeloma patients was three to five years. Today, many are living 10 years or more.

To support the cause, Zwarich was inspired to organize a local Multiple Myeloma March here in Saskatoon.

“We haven’t had one in Saskatoon for two years, and I wanted to see it start up again,” she said.

Five-kilometre fundraising walks are held annually in communities across Canada.

In Saskatoon, the march will take place on Sunday, Oct. 14 starting at 2:30 p.m.

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USMCA trade deal better than I feared

and other cultural efforts that had never really thought link us together as Canadians about it before the recent should not ever be taken over brouhaha over free trade

by American interests. Can with the United States. One you imagine? I can’t. We’d generally just uses the titles have Mr. MAGA screamand acronyms and carries on. ing “fake news” all over But NAFTA was pretty the place in our own counnifty. Easy to say. A nice, soft, try. Hearing it from below happy trading partner sound the border is definitely bad to it. Nifty, soft NAFTA. enough.

After gruelling, heated and So, in summation, at least seemingly endless months of Columnist it isn’t the Unbelievably Stunegotiations, we now have the pid Messed-up Countervailing United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. I have (at least) Agreement. Also on the bright side, we two serious concerns about the name of won’t have to hear about it quite so often, which will be a blessing. this new trade deal. First of all, Canada Now we just have to see what happens is mentioned last. Secondly, how exactly to Brett Kavanaugh. If that dreadful man, are we to pronounce it?

Had Canada been first, we would have who can only idiotically stutter “beer” CUSMA. It’s not as nifty as NAFTA, but and turn red in the face at his confirmation hearings, who is being investigated at least you can say it. And, both of my by the FBI for sexual abuse, is installed problems solved.

Had Mexico been first, we would have on the Supreme Court of the United MUSCA. (Close enough to Mescal? No. States, the country is in even bigger trouble than it is now. Which is hardly That’s going too far.) fathomable.

But noooo. The U.S. had to be first, ***** right? Particularly under Mr. Make On the local bright side, we have two America Great Again (or MAGA. Acnew bridges!! I can hardly believe it. I cording to Stephen Colbert, that’s the missed the Traffic Bridge a lot while it sound women make when they see was, well, gone. Instead of going back Republican Senate candidate/possible sexual assaulter Roy Moore at the mall. over its sad, unmaintained history and stupid expensive Christmas lights, I’m Ma-gah!!). just going to say a hearty welcome back, So, what if we named it AMCA? and good on the city for making it hapAmerica Mexico Canada etc? Or, perhaps, North American Trade Agreement, pen.

While I will seldom travel over the or NATA? Wait . . . we had something Chief Mistawasis north bridge, I’m like that before.

How are we, stuck with this ridiculous thrilled it exists. On its first day of use, acronym, to pronounce it then? Us-mah- as I write this, it seems the traffic on Attridge Drive is already easing up. cah? Sounds like a selfish crow to me.

On second thought, maybe that’s appro- Furthermore, it’s the perfect name for that bridge, honouring the signatory to priate.

Treaty Six, and I’m just so happy we Anyway, the agreement actuhave finally done the right thing in namally turned out a tiny bit better than I’d ing a significant piece of Saskatoon after hoped. I don’t know if you saw the cartoon of Justin Trudeau in the Postmedia a great Indigenous chief. papers, crying “Hurray! It’s not terrible!” TA100806 Tammy The toonist got that just about right, and I got a belly laugh. I can always use one of those, these days.

It’s really not good for dairy farmers, particularly, nor other supply-managed sectors. As to the dairy problem, the 3.6 per cent Canadian market access being afforded to American dairy is not huge, but neither is it positive.

Triumph I gather Trump fought so hard for Ovation dairy access because the U.S. market is Acclaim flooded with milk (at low prices) and he Imagine needs to find a home for it. But 3.6 per cent, to the enormous U.S. dairy industry, is next to nothing. What we have here is a bad thing for Canadian dairy that will make no discernable difference to American dairy. Lose-lose, people. That being You will make a said, I think we’ve known for a long time Cover for your Serger that dairy supply management in Canada on these awesome sergers was in trouble, and indeed, here we go.

Friday, October 12 The other looming problem is steel 1:30 to 3:30 or 6:30 to 8:30 and aluminum. I’m no expert on this industry, but it appears that there is no agreement here yet. The massive tariffs The Sewing Machine Trump slapped on Canadian steel were Store and are painful, including for Saskatche306.652.6031 wan. Canada exports about $24 billion in steel and aluminum to the U.S. That is 294 Venture Cres.

Financing Available truly massive.

We did win on Chapter 19, the clause that allows companies to challenge 40 anti-dumping or countervailing duties via arbitration, and thank God for that.

Trudeau said Canada would not back off on that, and rightly so. We need at least one arm in the arsenal to fight the elephant to the south. Indeed, the PM said Canada needs this chapter because Trump doesn’t always follow the rules.

No kidding.

We also won, big time, on car and vehicle parts, although most of that benefit accrues to Eastern Canada.

The other win was protecting our cultural industries, and that, too, is huge.

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Why were players ‘demoted’ to non-contact hockey?

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’m sure in the eight years I’ve and all the trappings that go with been writing this column, I’ve it. Every morning he’s flopped on written about how hard I try the couch eating his breakfast and not to be That Hockey Parent. watching PVR’d SportsCentre You know the kind — the for the NHL highlights from the one always griping about how night before. He loves the game unfairly their kid is being treated, for what it is — fast, exciting and or yelling at the refs, or lecturing yes, hard-hitting. the coach about how to do his or Last year (or maybe the year her job better. I honestly can say before, I can’t remember) The I’ve never done any of that. Until Meatball moved up through the now. Right now, I’m ready to do minor hockey ranks, as did every Columnist all of it, and then some. other kid his age, into a division My son — who we’ll call The that allowed for checking — for Meatball for purposes of preserving whathitting. ever dignity is possible given that his mother It was daunting at first, but he and his writing about him in the newspaper — isn’t fellow players were taught and coached the best hockey player in the world. through it, learning how to play this aspect I’m not telling you anything he wouldn’t of the game in a manner that was as safe as it tell you himself. He loves hockey, always could be. has, but also enjoys McDonald’s and his As parents, we knew it was coming video games. He is not going to the NHL, and trusted the league and its coaches or getting a scholarship, or really going to handle this big step for The Meatball anywhere other than a beer league after his properly, which they did. We knew that minor hockey journey is over. tens of thousands of Saskatchewan kids At 14 years old, The Meatball is a big had learned how to hit in hockey before boy. He’s way taller than his mama, and, ours did, and just like anything in life, TA100808 well, he’s a bigTammy meatball. He loves hockey, there could be accidents, but they’d be

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rare and with safe teaching, minimal.

Now if you’re a kid or parent who didn’t want to be involved with non-contact, no problem. Parents and children at this level have the option of registering in non-contact minor hockey, and many of them do just that.

Cool.

Some argue that non-contact is a cleaner, sharper and more skillful game than regular old rock ’em-sock ’em hockey, and perhaps it is, but The Meatball wasn’t interested. He thrived in Tier B (aka the bottom tier) contact hockey and enjoyed every moment of it.

This year my son had the rug ripped out from underneath him, when after evaluations he was placed into a Tier C, or non-contact, hockey team. At the age of 14, his already fragile self-esteem immediately went down the toilet.

We had not registered him for non-contact hockey, and he was not interested in playing it. It’s an entirely different game, and the Saskatoon Minor Hockey Association (SMHA) had absolutely zero business dropping him, and a bunch of other blindsided players, into it.

We learned that this season was the first time the SMHA created their own process to

demote kids (and that’s how they see it, as a demotion) down from contact hockey into non-contact. It involves some ridiculous grid system and quotas for non-contact which inexplicably exclude kids who actually signed up for non-contact.

Whether the SMHA likes it or not, hockey is a contact sport, and kids who want to play it deserve to be able to do so in a safe, well-coached environment — which is their job to provide. If they are no longer capable of doing their job, then they can find someone else.

I know, I know — you think this is about my kid not being evaluated highly enough.

It’s not. This is about the SMHA’s ridiculous brainwave of putting him into an entirely different sport that he doesn’t want to play, without any consultation or permission.

I don’t care what bottom-basement tier he’s in, as long as he’s playing the sport he loves — and that includes contact. Judge me as you wish.

I look forward to the SMHA doing its job and immediately walking back this inept decision — because it’s our job to make all decisions, including the inept ones, for our kids. Not theirs.

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Dear Lianne My mom and her wonky best friend have concocted a plan that I want nothing to do with. They always have wanted to be the mother-inlaws together. Meaning I marry her friend’s son. He is the biggest geek and there is not a chance. If I were to guess I would say he is gay. My mom clearly knows that I would NEVER date him let alone marry him. The friend drags him over all the time thinking there might be a

chance. They have done this since we were four years old. There isn’t and there never will be a relationship other than what it is now. How do we get this message across to her pushy friend who thinks her son is Mr. Perfecto?

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How about you and Mr. Perfecto talk

point I would like to replace her dog and have me be the one next to her.

How do I broach the subject with her and not have her offended?

Garth Dear Garth, Open communication in any relationship is essential. Talk with her about it and see what solutions she comes up with. The dog will need to become accustomed to sleeping Dear Lianne.

I started dating a woman who shares elsewhere if it’s owner agrees to that plan. her bed with a huge dog. At some and devise a plan where both confront the moms letting them know you feel like brother and sister and you intend to keep it that way. You are best to have him jump on board with you to extinguish their fantasies. I wouldn’t worry too much about this. The novelty will wear off and the moms will move onto other projects.

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Chief Mistawasis Bridge Opening

October 2, 2018

Chief Daryl Watson brought words on behalf of the Mistawasis First Nation.

Chief Mistawasis

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hief Mistawasis (miss-tuhWAH’-sis) was chief of the Prairie Tribe and was known to other Tribes as Sakkawwenowak.

Traditionally, the way of life was to follow and hunt buffalo and depopulation of the herds required a survival change for the tribe. “Our way of living is gone, there are no more buffalo, we have to find a new way to feed our people,” Chief Mistawasis is quoted as saying in 1876.

Chief Mistawasis was the son of a French fur trader and Cree mother. He was known then as Pierre Belanger.

There is no known recording of the date of his birth and death.

He was the primary negotiator and first chief to sign Treaty 6. The Treaty 6 signing occurred at Fort Carlton where a monument was erected to recognize the great achievement of the first chief. With the signing, Chief Mistawasis brought about a new way of life for the future of his people.

“Chief Mistawasis was a visionary leader and a bridge builder between the First Nations and the newcomers.

It’s very fitting that in the spirit of reconciliation, this new bridge bears his name,” Doug Cuthand wrote in the StarPhoenix last month.

The ceremonial parade across the bridge included those on horseback.

Mark Arcand is chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council

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Photos by Cam Hutchinson A girl turns away from the line to see what is happening on the stage.

Shirley Isbister, president of the Central Urban Métis Federation, was one of the speakers JW100803 James at the dedication.

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Farmers’ market vendors getting too sweet a deal

he indomitable spirit of the entrepreThey do this at least six days a week neur must have beaten the common and, like a farmers’ market vendor, many sense out of small business owners. small businesspeople do not have the inThe life of today’s small business entrecome to hire help. It should also be pointed preneur is not for the faint of heart. But if out that many of the produce vendors at you are possessed of that spirit and want to the farmers’ market do not pay taxes to start a business, you first must seek out a the city because their farms are outside location that would be suitable for the type the city limits, but they have the use and of business you intend to operate. benefit of a city-owned facility funded by Once that task is complete you either city taxpayers. must buy or lease the space and take out a A spokesperson for the farmers’ market mortgage or sign an ironclad lease. Either stated a “public market allows for anyone, Columnist way, you are in hock to a bank (unless you any kind of vendor, any kind of producer have just won the lottery) or a landlord. to come to the market, whereas at a farmAlong the way, you must pay a visit to the various ers’ market, you have to make it, you have to bake it, utility companies to lodge deposits and arrange for you have to grow it.” hookups.

He further said that if the city insists on a six-day Whether an entrepreneur purchases or leases viable market, it would necessarily be a public marspace, he/she will start paying, directly or indirectly, ket, which doesn’t allow current vendors an authentic property tax to the City of Saskatoon. part-time farmers’ market, unadulterated by vendors The next step is investing in start-up inventory. By that may be found at a public market. this time, the entrepreneur has probably seen a lawyer Well, if they want that specific authentic market to incorporate the businesses, applied for PST and venue, they should do what small business entrepreGST registrations, and if he/she intends to hire any neurs do and operate it at their own expense. staff, set up payroll deduction registrations with the When the concept of the market square was Canada Revenue Agency. He/she will probably need developed a dozen years ago, it was intended to be a an accountant to set up the books. people place, offering a thriving marketplace six days Hopefully, the entrepreneur has arranged for a line a week. of credit to cover all this because money is going out The city invested considerable money in convertthe door while nothing is coming in. And now this ing the old utility building into a space suitable for entrepreneur can plan to work 10 to 12 hours a day, that purpose, including garage doors to open the seven days a week, knowing everyone one else gets indoor space to the beautiful outdoor plaza during paid before they put a dime in their own pocket. warm months.

Now compare this risk with that of an entrepreIt was not intended to be for vendors who want to neur at the farmers’ market. As far as I can tell, these sell their products for one, two or three days a week businesses pay about $30 for their Saturday stalls and during the growing season while the facility sits basimaybe have to work a second day during the week to cally unused in the interim. preserve their co-operative status.

I have been to the market in Calgary and purchased These vendors are not on the hook for a mortgage locally-sourced food as well as specialty products not or long-term lease, nor does the co-operative pay found in chain grocery stores. rent to the city. The utilities and taxes are shared by The same can be said of Granville Island in Vanall participants and there is no liability attaching to couver. A patron of that market can purchase ovenindividual vendors. ready meats and meal trimmings, along with flowers One farmer claimed it would be impossible to keep and wine, on their way home from work. Arts and up with the demands of a six-day market. This farmer crafts gift items are offered for sale. Buskers provide says when he comes to the market on Saturday, he musical entertainment while dancers, jugglers and gets up at 4 a.m. and goes to bed at midnight. He also mimes hold you captive to their performances. These said that to do it more than one day, he would have to markets are vibrant people places. hire help for the farm and he just doesn’t have enough I realize to regular patrons that any criticism of our income to make it work. farmers’ market is akin to criticizing motherhood and Well, some small business owners are up at 6 a.m., apple pie, but as much as I enjoy the farmers’ market at work by 7 a.m., then work 12 or more hours until on the occasional Saturday, I would definitely enjoy closing — after which they will do the books for the and use a six-day public market more. day and then clean the shop. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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Joshua Beaudry will direct The Comedy of Errors.

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hakespeare on the Saskatchewan announced its directors for next year’s festival and didn’t have to go far to get them.

Anita Smith will direct As You Like It and Joshua Beaudry will direct The Comedy of Errors.

Both artists have appeared on the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan stage several times, but only recently had their directing debuts with the festival.

In 2016 Smith directed the first all-female cast with J. Caesar, while Beaudry led the way in the innovative Roving Show that took audiences off site and down the Meewasin Trail.

“We are always excited to celebrate local talent, and especially in 2019 as we bid a fond farewell to the old site with a homecoming party for our alumni, and a late August sod-turning ceremony for the new site opening in 2020,” Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan said in a news release.

The two mainstage shows are the centre piece of another summer full of events which includes the medieval feasts, Sunday Tea, and Chefs on the Saskatchewan.

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Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express he Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra (SJO) is kicking off its 2018-19 season with a concert this week at the Broadway Theatre.

The Oct. 13 event is presented as part of the SJO artist-in-residence project, which has invited acclaimed Canadian jazz educator Gordon Foote, a professor at the University of Toronto, to Saskatoon.

“Gord agreed to come home to Saskatchewan to do this project and, with that commitment in place, we have been able to set up a schedule whereby Gord will work with five Sask.-based school jazz ensembles, the U of S Jazz Ensemble, the Stone Frigate Big Band – a very fine community big band – the Saskatoon Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra, in an effort to develop all parties involved musically,” said SJO artistic director Dean McNeill, who is also a professor in the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Music.

McNeill, a trumpet player and composer, said learning should never stop for a musician of any age or experience level.

“Rather, it has been my experience that most invested musicians, regardless of age or ability, tend to think, ‘We are all on the same growth trajectory as musicians.

Professionals are just farther along that growth path compared with students. We all still have a lot to learn about music.’ This Foote artistic residence project is meant to develop as many people in our jazz music community as possible.”

The grand finale performance will feature Foote, Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) artistic director Richard Gillis and members of the SJO, as well as the Saskatchewan premiere of the Canada 150 Suite.

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movements from the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra’s recent CD — called Suite 150: A Big Band Portrait — in the SJO concert.

“The SJO has traditionally started its fall season with a Canadian Spotlight concert where we focus on a very specific Canadian repertoire theme, so this all made perfect sense to me,” said McNeill. “Then the stars really lined up when WJO artistic director Dr. Richard Gillis – a grad of the U of S Department of Music, now a prof at the University of Manitoba — said he’d love to come out and be part of this project. Thus we ended up with a very cool collection of two sets of repertoire — the first of which will be the Canada 150 music and the second being some new and classic gems as selected by Gord Foote.”

Following its first concert of the new season, the SJO will perform holiday shows in North Battleford, Moose and Saskatoon on Dec. 13, 14 and 15. Also as part of its 2018-19 season, the SJO will reimagine the music of Steely Dan in May 2019 under the guest direction of award-winning Canadian saxophonist/conductor Ray Baril.

McNeill describes SJO audiences as “nothing less than spectacular.”

“In fact, over the past five years of doing concerts, we have yet to not get a standing ovation,” he said. “I think the audience realized how much work goes into these concerts and how invested everyone on stage is in the final product. We’ve always tried to focus on quality over quantity, and I think that that comes through and that people pick up on that.”

McNeill said SJO ticket sales directly fund the concerts, so the concerts couldn’t be put on without the patrons’ support. The musicians are also very appreciative of the audience members who incorporate SJO concerts into their busy lives, he said.

“As we move along, our hope is that people will keep

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The SJO is not there yet, but each year we make progress at asserting ourselves into the cultural fabric of our city and province.”

The Oct. 13 concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre. Tickets are $15 and $30 and can be purchased at broadwaytheatre.ca. For more information about the SJO, go online to saskatoonjazzorchestra.com.

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Playwright explores lives of Indigenous women in Kamloopa Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express hen Kim Senklip Harvey wasn’t seeing the theatre she wanted to see on stage, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

As a result, she wrote her first full-length play, Kamloopa, which focuses on three Indigenous women and their understanding of Indigeneity and reclaiming Indigenous matriarchy.

“For me, there’s a number of things occurring with the idea of reclaiming Indigenous culture, one being is that we have to be able to innovate in our own sector,” said Harvey.

“And that is ceremony around sitting with the community, having them bear witness around values and teachings that we need to be hearing right now,” she added. “So we call it kind of extending the edges beyond the proscenium. This ceremony doesn’t just go up when the light’s up and down when the light’s down. We’re actively asking people to figure out how they intersect with the way Indigenous women are being treated in this country, the way that they understand the scope of Indigenous women’s lives.”

Following runs in Kamloops and Vancouver, B.C., Kamloopa is coming to Saskatoon this month. Persephone Theatre and Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre (GTNT), in association with Western Canada Theatre, will present the production from Oct. 17-28 at the Remai Art Centre’s BackStage Stage.

Harvey, who comes from the Syilx, Tsilhqot’in, Ktunaxa and Dakelh Nations and completed the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the University of British Columbia, has more than 15 years of acting experience. However, Kamloopa marks her first foray into directing.

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the world head-on as they come to terms with what it means to honour who they are and where they come from.

Bear witness to the courage of these women as they turn to the ancestors for help in reclaiming their power.”

“Kamloopa explores what it means to lean into courage and wisdom and respect and humility, to know that the biggest journey we are all going on is to understand what it means to be who we really are,” Harvey said.

“So, to me, I wanted to write a play that showed Indigenous women being brave, being vulnerable, being courageous – because those are the women that I know in my lives. Another portion of that is to represent the way Indigenous women are living in my generation. What’s happening to the women of my age, the generation behind some of the traumatic impacts of colonization? What’s our stories? Because I also think that if we don’t see them, then we have no idea as community members how to co-exist and embrace all lives in the community.”

Harvey said the play is one part of what she calls “a larger artistic ceremony.” Also associated with the project are a podcast, a blog, a zine, talkbacks and talking circles.

“Those are very much a part of the entire ceremony unto itself,” said Harvey. “And so the story – the play portion of the artistic ceremony – was to allow us to gather in space to sit with each other and understand what teachings and what parts of our community have not been seen to the scope that they need to be in order for all of us to be taken care of.”

As an actor working in Canadian theatre, Harvey said she was asked to “die and cry” in almost every show in which she appeared. She felt that was not an accurate portrayal of Indigenous women, and she wanted to have a platform for Indigenous women to show their humanity, dignity and “honest existence.”

“I don’t sit around with my friends and cry all the time around not having agency or sovereign choice over how my life exists and how I choose to live it. And I thought,

Kamloopa is the first full-length play Kim Senklip Harvey has written. (Photo Supplied) ‘That’s really dangerous.’ I think that it’s incredibly important for all of us to bear witness and truly see all of our lives, all of our community members’ existence, in order for us to truly serve them, represent them, advocate for them and ensure their safety and wellness.”

Kamloopa stars three women – Yolanda Bonnell, Samantha Brown and Kaitlyn Yott – as the characters Edith, Kilawna and Mikaya. The creative team is also all female.

That was an intentional choice, as Kamloopa is a “highly feminist Indigenous matriarchal piece,” said Harvey.

Kamloopa shows nightly at 7:30 p.m., except for Mondays. Tickets are $30 and are available at the Persephone Theatre box office by calling 306-384-7727 or by going online to persephonetheatre.org.

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he 59th Annual Kinsmen Sports Celebrity Dinner has put together an all-star panel of former Toronto Maple Leaf players. Coming to town on Feb. 1 for the dinner will be Wendel Clark, Doug Gilmour, Curtis Joseph, Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald. If you’re not a Leafs fan, you can find solace in the fact every one of these guys played on other teams as well. Visit kinsmendinner.ca for tickets and more information. The money goes to great causes.

• Torben Rolfsen, on Elias Pettersson taking the ice for a solo skate before the Canucks opener: “The rest of the team was in the dressing room finishing up a home game Fortnite Battle Royale.” (Note to me: Fortnite is an online video game released in 2017. It seems to be all the rage and the punchline for a lot of jokes.)

• Three from Janice Hough: 1. “Cubs say after being eliminated that they can ‘learn from losing.’ Does this mean the Orioles are the smartest team in baseball?

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2. Buck Showalter was fired as the Orioles manager. Of course if Baltimore really wanted to punish Buck, they’d have made him come back for another year; 3. Minnesota manager Paul Molitor was fired after leading the Twins to a 78-84 record.

Orioles fans wonder if he was fired for overachieving.”

• From Randy Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press: “According to sources, Patrik Laine was misquoted when he said the Canucks weren’t any good last year because they played too much Fortnite. In fact, he meant the Canucks were no good because they only won every fortnight.”

• A Sask. radio talking head to a caller: “Just like you, Tom Wilson is an idiot.” I think he meant “I agree with you that Tom Wilson is an idiot,” but that wouldn’t make it into this column.

• From Montreal columnist Jack Todd: “Every time I see Brian Burke on Sportsnet, I think the network has decided to give a homeless guy a shot. But the

homeless dude might know what he is talking about.”

• From Rolfsen: “The Washington Capitals have opened defence of their Stanley Cup title, aka The Hangover 4.”

• Toronto columnist David Shoalts, on the 48th Highlanders band getting pushed farther back on the Leafs’ opening-night program: “They just came out of an almost empty arena, a good hour and 10 minutes before the game. In a few years they’ll be at the morning skate, and that’s it.”

• Hough, on Donald Trump boarding Air Force One with what appeared to be a piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of his shoe: “Or to be fair, maybe it was a piece of the Constitution.”

From Rolfsen: “Conor McGregor was so late for his UFC 229 press conference that Floyd Mayweather had already gone to sleep.”

• Jason Brough of TSN radio, on the start of the new NHL season: “Let’s please strive to be more respectful and kind on

Twitter. We’re all hockey fans. We’re all here for the same reason. The Leafs suck.

Thank you.”

• Hough, on Jameis Winston being back as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting QB: “So does that mean kids in Africa will soon be wearing Fitzmagic T-shirts?”

• Rolfsen, on Kevin Durant calling for the NBA to return to Seattle: “He said he would consider signing there if they won an NBA title first.”

• From golf announcer David Feherty: “I think Tommy Fleetwood’s hair should be the next president of the United States.”

• Orange County columnist Mark Whicker spotted a woman in a Juan Marichal jersey sitting next to a man in a Johnny Roseboro jersey at a recent game: “He’d better make sure she doesn’t have a bat.” (Note: Youngsters under 65 will have to Google this item.)

• From Rolfsen: “Kanye West’s new sneakers have been banned by the NBA, but approved by the NRA.”

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By RJ Currie hree things to watch for in the EsksRiders Thanksgiving Day game: 3: Wishbone formations; 2. Major fowls; 1. Gobblehead dolls.

• What do you call long-time Manitoba curler BJ Neufeld playing third for Alberta skip Kevin Koe? Sweeping with the enemy.

• Minimum wage in Saskatchewan has increased from $10.96/hour to $11.06/ hour. In a related story, the Roughriders just exceeded the CFL salary cap.

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of on-court nude tennis poses. To no one’s surprise, she’s all over the Net. • Vancouver’s NHL team has banned the video game Fortnite during road trips.

That must be the game the Canucks were playing last year — it sure wasn’t hockey.

• Did you know wild turkeys can run at speeds in excess of 30 km/h? They top out at 60 km/h just before Thanksgiving.

• Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has vowed to donate $10 million to women’s groups. Such largess happens when an NBA team finds itself stranded on a lower moral plane.

• Several reports said Dustin Johnson

and Brooks Koepka came to blows after a post-Ryder Cup party. Maybe that’s why they’re called the Bash Brothers?

• It’s unlikely Saskatchewan will finish first in the CFL West, which they last did 42 years ago. Although, they have something in common with the ‘76 Riders: Trudeau was prime minister.

• Mavs owner Mark Cuban has promised the Dallas dancers will wear more family-friendly outfits. Meaning what?

Doubling the length of their skirts to two inches?

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• Saturday’s NHL Global Series had Edmonton playing New Jersey in Sweden, with Devils MVP and ex-Oiler Taylor Hall against ex-Devil Adam Larsson. What’s Swedish for stupid trade?

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FEATURE EVENT OCTOBER 13

Saskatoon Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health Inc. (SWITCH) will be hosting its fifth annual SWITCH Zombie Run in order to raise funds for the organization as well as promote exercise and healthy lifestyles.

1 p.m. in Donna Birkmaier Park. SWITCH is a student-managed interdisciplinary wellness project based out of Westside Community Clinic. The aim of the project is to provide after-hours health services to the residents of Saskatoon’s core neighbourhoods. For more information or to register, visit www.switchzombierun.ca.

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“Empty Bowls” event is part of an international project to fight hunger, raising awareness for those who go hungry or struggle with food insecurity, and raising funds for programs that work to address these issues at a local level. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. There will be a OCTOBER 18 silent auction with many great prizes from local businesses.

Saskatoon Nature Society Monthly Speakers Series, 7:30 Music entertainment will be provided by local band Gopher p.m., Rm 106, Biology lecture theatre at the U of S (near the Broke. Tickets are $50 and include a handmade pottery bowl big dinosaurs). This month’s speaker is Leslie Tuchek who for each patron to keep. Tickets can be found from CHEP’s the presentation called The Conservation Land Trust: One website: www.chep.org. For more information, visit CHEP’s Man’s Dream to Restore Ecological Balance in Argentina Facebook page: @CHEPGoodFood or call 306-655-4575. and Chile. Everyone is Welcome to attend and it is free of charge. For more information about the society, visit www. OCTOBER 23 saskatoonnaturesociety.sk.ca or on Facebook.

YWCA Saskatoon Annual General Meeting, 6 p.m. at Saskatchewan Polytechnic (1130 Idylwyld Dr North) Room OCTOBER 20 104.This year’s event will also feature a public community Living well with an auto immune condition. Smiley’s Buffet talk: Talking Sexualized Violence and Consent with special and Event Centre, Banquet Room B (702 Circle Drive East). guest Leah Parsons. Panel and reception to follow. Register Registration is at 12:30 p.m., with the presentation beginby visiting www.ywcasaskatoon.com or by calling (306) ning at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome, including youth with 986-2881. lupus or any autoimmune disease, those newly diagnosed or veterans , family members, medical personnel or anyone with an interest in knowing more about the diseases. Admission is free. To register or for more information, contact EVERY TUESDAY Irene Driedger at 1-877-566-6123 or email idriedger@ Love to Sing? The Saskatoon Choral Society welcomes sasktel.net. new members. No auditions. We meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. ***** Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Saskatoon Seventh Annual at the Grace-Westminster United Church (505 – 10th St. East). Two sessions: September to December and January Fabric Sale at St Martin’s United Church (2517 Clarence to April. For more information: yxe.choral@gmail.com or Ave.) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds to Stephen Lewis sites.google.com/view/saskatoon-choral-society/home.

Foundation, supporting Grandmothers & others in Africa who care for their grandchildren orphaned due to HIV Aids. ***** Magic City Chorus (women’s four part a cappella harmony) www.stephenlewisfoundation.org. Cash or Cheques only. rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at St. Paul’s Donations wanted: unused fabric 0.5m lengths or longer, United Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at 7 p.m. New quilting fabrics, yarn, knitting needles, thread, embellishments, sewing notions. Drop these off at St Martin’s on Oct. members welcome! Check out magiccitychorus.ca for more 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, contact Lois information. For more information, contact louiseburton21@ hotmail.com at 306-373-3690 or Jenny at 306-343-9448. ***** ***** Flea Market at Western Development Museum from 9 a.m. Spirit of the West Toastmasters Club. Want to become more to 3:30 p.m. Free admission. 50/50 draw. Crafts, produce, confident in your personal life and in your work? We help baking. Sponsored by the Pioneer Threshermans Club of the each other develop oral communication and leadership WDM. Contact Ken or Dorothy McKnight at 306-931-1175. skills by providing instant feedback. Guests are always welcome. We meet every Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ***** CHEP Good Food is holding its second annual Empty Bowls at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, 1130 Idydwyld Drive, room number 129-C or 150.

Fundraiser at Station 20 West, 1120 20th St. West. The

in post-secondary scholarships to students at the University of Saskatchewan, Sask. Polytechnic and Mount Royal West.

The book sale helps fund these scholarships. Prices start at $2 and go up to a high of about $15.

in support of the Bethany Manor Personal Care Campaign. $75/Ticket, ($50 charitable receipt provided). Tickets available at Bethany Manor (110 La Ronge Road) or by phone: (306-242-9019) during office hours.

Jimmy Rankin is one of Canada’s gifted songwriters, having penned North Country and You Feel the Same Way, Too, for his family group and the Juno award-winning single, Fare Thee Well Love. He’ll sing favorites from his new album, OCTOBER 10 Moving East, in his special Saskatoon appearance. 8 p.m.

The Bassment, (202 Fourth Ave. North). Tickets $33 for SJS The Canadian Club of Saskatoon will be meeting at the Sheraton Cavalier at noon on Dr. Susan Kaminskyj, Profesmembers, $43 for non-members/ sor of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan will be OCTOBER 12 speaking on the topic “Reclaiming Brown Space with Jenie Thai has made an impact upon her introduction to Plants”. Registration $ 20 for members and $ 25 for nonthe Canadian blues scene. The blues pianist was runnerup members. For further information, please contact Elaine in the 2011 International Songwriting Competition and was Ballard 306-934-4639. a 2016 Maple Blues nominee. For good measure, she’ll OCTOBER 12 perform some American Songbook favourites. 9 p.m. The Oktoberfest at the German Cultural Centre (160 Cartwright Bassment. Tickets -$20 and $25.

Street East). Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call OCTOBER 13 306-244-6869 ext. 203 or go to www.saskgerman.com.

Tenor saxophonist Bob Brough has been a Toronto mainstay OCTOBER 12-14 as a leader, sideman and composer for several decades.

Saskatoon Painter Club annual show and sale at Grace He will be joined by Adrean Farrugia on piano, Artie Ross Westminster United Church (505 10th St. East). Oct. 12 from on bass and Terry Clarke on drums. 8 p.m. The Bassment.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Oct. 14 Tickets - $23 and $28. from noon until 4 p.m.

OCTOBER 14 ***** Romi Mayes is a Winnipeg singer-songwriter who has Finish Line Event and Pop-Up Museum, Nutrien Children’s captured numerous Western Canadian awards and a Juno Discovery Museum (Market Mall by the Food Court). Oct. 12 nomination for album of the year.8 p.m. The Bassment. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 Tickets - $20 and $25. p.m. The Nutrien Children’s Discovery Museum is holding a special community event to close out their capital campaign OCTOBER 19 for the new museum, opening in spring 2019. Visit their Dinner and concert with Solstice Vocal Jazz. Grace-Westpop-up museum for hands-on exploration and play with minster United Church. Dinner at 6 p.m. and the concert their newest Outreach materials. Admission by donation. For at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 for the dinner and concert more info: www.museumforkids.sk.ca or on Facebook @ and $20 for the concert only. For more information, call museumforkidssk.

306-653-1766.

EVENTS

OCTOBER 25-26

OCTOBER 14

Sylvia’s Halloween Howl at the Refinery. Oct. 25 (10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.) and Oct. 26 (10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.) Original songs and action rhymes will put the spirit of Halloween into everyone Costumes are encouraged. Advance tickets are $8 and $10 at the door (under two are free). For tickets, visit www.ontheboards.ca or call the box office at 306-6535191.

Social Sunday, presented by the Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association. Royal Canadian Legion (3021 Louise Street). Shuffleboard, darts and cards from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 5:30 with a program to follow. Tickets are $20 each. Sales end on Oct. 10. For tickets contact Yvonne at 306-374-4542, Ron at 306-665-6232, Sheldon at 306242-9452 or Pat at 306-343-7231.

OCTOBER 26

OCTOBER 17-18

An Evening with Keith Boldt, 6:30 p.m. at Bethany Manor. In his first public appearance since returning from the opera and concert stages of Europe, Keith (tenor) will perform some of his operatic favourites with Merel Kriegsman (soprano) and accompanied by Kathleen Lohrenz Gable

The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Saskatoon is holding its annual Mammoth Book Sale 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the German Cultural Centre (Cartwright Street and Lorne Avenue) CFUW Saskatoon actively promotes education for women and awards more than $20,000 annually

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Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address, and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s). Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds, and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number. Frivolous, vexatious or competitionbased objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing.

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Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997, Notice is hereby given that The Barn at Wind’s Edge Event Centre Inc. has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Special Use - Theatre Concert Convention Centre permit to sell alcohol in the premises known as The Barn at Wind’s Edge Event Centre at PO BOX 13, SITE 515, RR5 STN MAIN Saskatoon, SK S7K 3J8.

Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice.

Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address, and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s). Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds, and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number. Frivolous, vexatious or competition-based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing.

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