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Twitter offers a smorgasbord of slights, delights

hen I joined Twitand people must like it. ter in 2009, it was Menu items include burgto try to write jokes ers that start with the single in 140 characters with folks bypass and go up to octuple such as RJ Currie. I really had bypass. The octuple is four no idea it would become my pounds of beef. The quadruple main source for national and bypass burger has 9,983 calointernational news, a place to ries. The only vegan option is watch heart-wrenching little cigarettes. videos and a place to act like a There have been at least jerk, which I have a few times three instances of people over the past decade. having heart attacks at the One that comes to mind is restaurant.

Editor the Sunday afternoon when I Here are some other recent got into an argument with a Saskatoon tweets from the UberFacts folks. high school football coach. He took a Louis Armstrong smoked marijuana shot at me about shots I took at Darian and once spent nine days in jail after beDurant, and I fired back about how his ing nabbed in New Orleans in 1930. team runs up the score on small schools. I In 2014, an Arizona man stole a diashouldn’t have done that. mond worth $160,000 and traded it for By the way, my ability to write jokes $20 worth of marijuana. certainly didn’t improve.

Mark Twain was an abolitionist and ***** women’s rights activist. He would pay I follow all kinds of things on Twitter. for the education of black people, includInteresting people and news sources are ing one man’s Yale Law School tuition. among my favourites. I also like tweets Two men once sold a fake painting for that provide little factoids of information. more than $3 million. They later found One of the best for this is UberFacts, out they were paid in counterfeit money. which has almost 14 million followers.

Ming the Clam was the world’s oldest Among its recent tweets was one animal, living to the age of 507. Ming about a restaurant located in downtown was killed by researchers while they were Las Vegas. trying to find out how old it was.

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***** Merlis Belsher Place would be a perfect location for the Scotties championship. The event has been played in recent years in smaller centres such as Moose Jaw, which did a bang-up job in 2015, and is hosting the event again next year. We haven’t had the Scotties here in almost 30 years. It’s time. ***** I was at a restaurant last week and wondered why there was a long lineup at the door, given the number of empty tables. I thought maybe it was short staffed. Turns out the restaurant had run out of cutlery. That’s something I had never heard of. ***** Our city council must be itching for an impact project, given a pedestrian/ cycling bridge is being discussed as part of a sewage project in the area between the Circle Drive Bridge and the Chief Mistawasis Bridge. Maybe I am shortsighted, but the bridge would go from the residential areas of River Heights/Lawson Heights to nowhere. ***** Why are people in the media referring to former Liberal cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould as JWR? She’s not a baseball or hockey or football player, where people are given cutesy little nicknames. Wilson-Raybould is a member of Parliament, so knock it off. ***** People have complained over the years about the noise of the Saskatoon Police Service’s Air Support Unit’s plane. I find it comforting to know it is flying above my home. The unit proved to be worth every decibel last week when it helped save the life of a North Battleford man. Thank you for all you do.

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Bohemian Rhapsody brings back good, sad memories

s always, I was late to He died of pneumonia as the party. a complication of AIDS on The cinemas lost me, Nov. 24, 1991, 27-and-a-bit possibly forever, when I endured years ago, for heaven’s sake. I nearly three hours of The Lord experienced shock and horror, of the Rings with youngsters disbelief and misery. One dark spilling Coke and popcorn on night a couple of weeks later, me, leaving the theatre 17 times as husband madly worked long each and talking throughout the Christmas hours, I cranked up movie. It wasn’t the first time, Queen on the stereo, hauled out but I was definitely thinking it a jigsaw puzzle, poured myself a would be the last. bottle of wine and cried.

Columnist Then, unceremoniously, it What was it about Fredjust stopped. The movie, I mean. die Mercury — for me, and Snap to black. We, the audience, waited half apparently so many others? Obviously and an hour for it to come back on, but no such primarily, there was his spectacular, soarluck. We left as a slow throng, all of us given ing voice which could move from bass to a chit to re-see the entire blasted thing when coloratura within just a few bars. And his all I needed was the last 20 minutes. No flamboyant concert performances. And his refunds. unique, rather tragic persona.

I’ve been back twice. Once to hide in I had no schoolgirl crush on Mercury air conditioned comfort on a 36 degree day. when I first really listened to Queen in 1975 Once to see Daniel Craig as James Bond, in when A Night at the Opera was released (alorder to write a column about him. though I maybe had a wee thing for Brian Therefore, I did not venture forth to see May, whom I still adore.) This wasn’t about Bohemian Rhapsody in the theatre when it sexual awakening (I had no clue about his landed in November. I thought about it. I own orientation, not that that would have tried to make myself. I couldn’t do it, even mattered much), nor about being hip and though I desperately wanted to see it. I’m trendy by joining the Queen craze. He such a wuss. inhabited my brain and my heart.

Then, early last week as I was mulling It was ridiculous. It still is. the Oscar nominees, there it was on Max TV. So, I ask myself again, what was it about I’ve never purchased anything so quickly. him that made me weep at his death almost Afterward, I couldn’t sleep. Freddie Mer- as if I’d lost a family member, for God’s cury was in the room. sake? And why do I write of him?

I’m sure I have written about Mercury He was so damn human. So great, and yet (and David Bowie, but I digress) far too so human. He could be self-aggrandizing many times over the years. To say I was/ and self-flagellating. So introverted personam a fan does me a great disservice. I was/ ally, so extroverted publicly, so confused am attached to him by the brain cell and the (for a while) about his sexuality, so tortured heartstring. and yet blessed by his bizarre teeth —

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Joanne had a wee thing for Brian May of Queen. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) which were defining body bits in his life.

He was teased about them mercilessly, yet the strange configuration of his enormous mouth was part of why his voice was big, beautiful and unique.

He was also uncompromising when it came to his creativity, which is how we got Bohemian Rhapsody, the crazy operatic sixminute song, in the first place.

To this day, his voice can put me on my knees, or make me dance like a fool half my age; make me sing off-key in public; transport me back to so many times of my own life.

I think Mercury is iconic because he showed us how fragile and yet how searingly

insightful, creative and talented we humans can be. How the possibility for greatness can lie within us, as imperfect and fallible as we all are. And, how a life of “fame and fortune and everything that goes with it” may not, indeed ultimately will not, save your life.

Can we all be Freddie Mercury (choose your own hero here if you must)? Well, no. But we can try: we can allow our finer passions to lead us, to define us, even as we succumb to the pitfalls of being human.

And so, as I watched Bohemian Rhapsody the movie, particularly the Live Aid concert scene, I sobbed all over again, at the early loss of someone so incredibly human, and so genius.

Hospice receives $700,000 donation from Dupuis family

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t. Paul’s Hospital Foundation has received a $700,000 gift to the Close to Home Campaign for hospice and end-of-life care from the campaign’s honorary co-chairs Gene and Adele Dupuis.

“From our own experiences with end-of-life care, we’ve gained a clearer perspective of what is needed to support patients and their families during this emotional time,” Gene Dupuis said in a news release. “We feel good that we are able to support other families going through this experience and help make the palliative care journey for our loved ones as comfortable as possible.”

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reflected on the passing of her husband Carl Schlosser and their experiences in St. Paul’s Hospital’s Palliative Care Unit — the only unit of its kind in Saskatoon.

“When a bed came open, I felt like I had won the lottery,” she said. “The Palliative Care Unit saved us. It allowed me to be Carl’s wife again, rather than his caregiver.”

Jean Morrison, president and CEO of Emmanuel Health and St. Paul’s Hospital, said that a comprehensive approach to quality end-of-life care is important in making a difference to families like Schlosser’s.

“With support from our community, we

will be able to make crucial renovations to the Palliative Care Unit at St. Paul’s Hospital and create an education fund that will benefit caregivers who are working with patients and families facing palliative and end-of-life experiences,” Morrison said.

“It’s not every day you encounter volunteer leadership like Gene and Adele’s or those willing to share their very personal stories, like Celine and her family,” said Bruce Acton, CEO of the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation. “We are grateful for the passion and generosity they have given in working to make palliative and end-of-life care in Saskatoon a better experience for those in need.”

St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation board chair, Chris Boychuk, was moved by the Dupuis’ generosity and service.

“We are grateful for the tremendous support we have received from all our donors and are especially grateful to the Dupuis for their leadership and advocacy.

We hope these gifts will serve as an inspiration for others to consider how they will support the Close to Home Campaign for hospice and end-of-life care.”

To make a donation, or learn more about the Close to Home campaign, contact St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation at 306-655-5821 or visit www.CloseToHome.fund.

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Why the petty politicking about where Nutrien executives live?

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he manufactured outas the province tried desperately rage over where Nutrien to cling to some control of the executives hang their hats pink rock which has remained a at night is unnecessary and a bit hot political football ever since. embarrassing.

Why is where Nutrien’s In his luncheon address last senior executives go home week to the Greater Saskatoon after work, or carry out their Chamber of Commerce, Nutrien executive functions, any of our CEO Chuck Magro confirmed business? that two of his top executives To answer that question, will be calling our fair city you’d have to go back to 2010, home. This came after weeks of the year that another mining Columnist media coverage and indignant giant, BHP (then BHP Billiton), politicking over the fact that only attempted a hostile takeover of one executive, Susan Jones, president of PotashCorp, which the latter didn’t really Nutrien’s potash operations, currently lives appreciate, to say the least. and works in Saskatoon.

Then-Premier Brad Wall campaigned See, approximately one million years vigorously against the takeover, which was ago (otherwise known as 1982), theneventually shut down by the federal governPremier Grant Devine sold off the majorment after big-time lobbying by Wall. Ever ity share of PotashCorp of Saskatchewan, so grateful, then-PCS CEO Bill Doyle, who which at the time was a government-owned had built a place in Saskatoon but mainly Crown corporation. lived in Chicago, made a bunch of promises During the next decade, the remaining to Wall, including new jobs — and movvestiges of the mining giant were further ing an undetermined number of his 14 top divested, with Roy Romanow selling the executives to Saskatoon. last crumbs in 1994.

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Perhaps most importantly, when is the last time you went to an event or a place that is sponsored by Nutrien? Actually, when is the last time you went to one that wasn’t sponsored by Nutrien?

From festivals to playgrounds and all that fun stuff in between, Nutrien pumps millions of dollars into this province and country by way of donations and non-profit funding. I’m sure their executives are great citizens and contributors to their personal communities, but Nutrien is a stellar corporate citizen and contributor to our communities.

It’s 2019, and our elected officials and commentators are embarrassing themselves in their attempt to hold modern-day executives to a 30-plus-year-old definition of how a head office functions.

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The argument for waging this battle is so weak, stemming as it does from the notion, bizarrely perpetuated at least in part by free-market capitalists, that a real head office of a corporation is where the CEO and his or her top executives are located where they live and work every day. They claim the benefits of having this tiny handful of high-salary employees living in Saskatchewan is that they “give back” — presumably through cash donations to community causes and their property and income taxes.

There’s also a theory that if Saskatoon and Saskatchewan is good enough for one corporation’s head office, other corporations will follow suit.

I just can’t get past all the stupidity of it all. As Magro pointedly noted for his audience, Nutrien comprises seven per cent of Saskatchewan’s GDP, $750 million higher than it was before the merger was completed last year.

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Trudeau going down a dangerous path

hat Prime Minister viewed as stiff and stodgy and Justin Trudeau needs carrying a lot of political bagmost right now is a gage. good friend to explain to him Trudeau presented as a the meaning of the adage, “If youthful and dynamic candiyou find yourself in a hole, stop date and appealed to young digging.” voters. As a self-proclaimed And because young Trudeau feminist, he appealed to women was still in diapers during the and to young men who supWatergate era, he should be ported equal rights for women. given at least the Coles notes He also championed the rights version of that scandal, which of Indigenous people. And his resulted in Richard Nixon being surname carried a lot of weight Columnist forced to resign from office in with voters. order to avoid impeachment and giving Well before Trudeau was elected in him the nickname Tricky Dicky. Nixon 2015, SNC was being investigated by the was brought down because of his attempt RCMP on corruption charges and, in 2014, to cover up a crime. two executives of the corporation were Our political machinations pale in com- charged with various crimes. If convicted, parison to our American neighbours. We the corporation would be barred from biddon’t have salacious stories of porn stars ding on federal contracts for 10 years. (As or Russian operatives embedded in our an aside, in 2013 an SNC subsidiary was government. However, what all scandals banned from World Bank projects for 10 generally do have in common are power, years and the ban applied to SNC-Lavalin money and subterfuge.

Inc. and more than 100 affiliates.) It should When the SNC-Lavalin (SNC) story also be noted that SNC is a major embroke, Trudeau repeatedly said the allega- ployer in vote-rich Quebec and has been tions reported in the Globe and Mail story a substantial donor to the Liberal Party were false and at no time did he or his coffers. office “direct” the current or previous atThe plot thickened when the Trudeau torney general to take inappropriate action government, under cover of a 500-page in this matter. omnibus bill, enacted a change to the When the reporter persisted by askCriminal Code which introduced a deing whether any pressure or influence ferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for was applied to the attorney general, the white collar crime. answer was the same with “direct” being It would allow corporations like SNC the operative word. Sadly, it sounded more to pay fines and restitution, thus avoiding like what you hear on any American law a criminal prosecution and a 10-year ban and order show when an alleged felon on receiving federal contracts. It was under pleads the Fifth or refuses to answer on the this new legislation that the allegations grounds that it may incriminate him/her. were made that the Prime Minister’s OfThis did nothing more than fan the flames fice (PMO) tried to “encourage” Attorney and ensure the story would last beyond the General Jody Wilson-Raybould to presnormal one-week news cycle. sure the prosecutor’s office to avail itself When Trudeau was first anointed as the of the DPA option to deal with charges great white hope for the Liberal Party, he against SNC rather than proceeding with a faced an election against a long-serving criminal trial.

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bould minister of justice and attorney general for Canada (MOJAG) in 2015, it was heralded by women and Indigenous people alike and kudos rained down on him.

She was only the fourth woman to hold the justice portfolio and the first Indigenous person to be so honoured.

(Personally, I would rather hear that she was selected to fill that cabinet post not because she was an Indigenous woman, but because she was the brightest and best qualified.) As MOJAG, she excelled in her position and had a long list of accomplishments during her tenure.

decision was hers and hers alone. (Is that an admission that Trudeau knew she was being lobbied?)

Since then, there have been calls for hearings and investigations although the PMO initially would not lift the veil of solicitor-client privilege regarding this matter, leaving Wilson-Raybould unable to speak about the affair.

Although the government was to convene its Liberal-weighted Commons Justice Committee to consider the matter, Wilson-Raybould, at the outset, would not be called, nor would any other relevant witnesses, making the token effort look like a political butt-covering sham.

Bowing to political pressure, she will now appear before the government committee, although we don’t know how much latitude she will be given.

Then Trudeau’s life-long friend and principal secretary, Gerald Butts, reputed to be a master political strategist, resigned his post, but claimed he did nothing wrong.

However, could it be that Trudeau ignored Butts’ strategic advice and Butts didn’t want to go down with the good ship Trudeau, or that Trudeau took his advice which resulted in this debacle? I guess She is known for her intelligence and we will wait and see how this chapter is integrity. Apparently, it is these qualities that resisted any action on her part to sway written.

Recently, it has been reported that the director of public prosecutions from Wilson-Raybould will meet with cabinet. the charted course of a criminal trial.

Will her integrity hold firm or will there What followed was that Wilsonbe a joint statement by her and the prime Raybould was shuffled from MOJAG to minister saying all is right with the world Veterans Affairs, which was viewed as a and she is back in the fold and all is good demotion by her supporters (and a post in Liberal land? from which she quickly resigned.)

If the director of prosecutions now exIt incensed both women and Indigenous people who viewed this move as punitive ercises the DPA option for SNC, it will be and resulting from her refusal to intervene viewed as government intervention in the on the SNC litigation. It didn’t help when judicial system and this scandal will dog Trudeau into the 2019 election. Trudeau Trudeau sort of threw her under the bus when he defended his action by saying that may find out first-hand the meaning of the if Wilson-Raybould felt pressure from his adage, “Oh what a tangled web we weave office on this matter, she should have spo- . . .” if he is caught in a web of his own making. ken to him about it. Fair enough, except ehnatyshyn@gmail.com for the fact that he told her earlier that the

When Trudeau appointed WilsonRaybould minister of justice and attorney general in 2015, kudos rained down on him.

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To grow our world from the ground up.

In Nutrien’s first full year of operations, we generated $750 million* of new economic activity in Saskatchewan.

As we build a company for the future of global agriculture, we’re having a major impact on the local economy. And it’s being felt across the province through: • more jobs; • more potash production; • more royalties and taxes; • more spending with local suppliers; and • more involvement with community partners.

By investing more than $50 million in Nutrien Tower in Saskatoon and locating our Canadian retail headquarters in Regina, we’re putting in place the cornerstones for a growing global business.

To see the stories behind the numbers, go to Nutrien.com/Saskatchewan.

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There is plenty of experience behind the scenes (Continued from page 1) professor emeritus in animal and poultry sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, who died on Feb. 27, 2017, and left a legacy of $1.5 million to Telemiracle. Aside from his educational roles in life, Thatcher was a member and past-president of the POW City Kinsmen Club in Saskatoon.

Telemiracle will be staged at TCU Place in Saskatoon from March 2 at 9 p.m. until March 3 at 5 p.m., and will be broadcast live on a network of Saskatchewan CTV affiliates.

No one, not even Saskatoon’s Adam Logue, the present Telemiracle chair, dares to predict how Saskatchewan will respond financially to this year’s show. All he can promise is that the revenue will be spent wisely in supporting mobility equipment to those with special needs, community vans and equipment in hospitals and health centres, and travel costs for families to accompany their children to medical facilities. The needs are ongoing, said Logue.

The loss of a 12-year-old sister, Susan, in 1971 and the loss of his father a year later led Penner into a life “where I did some deep soul-searching and made some life-changing decisions.

“My sister was born with Down Syndrome and we knew she had a serious heart murmur. She was growing into teenage life, using a heavy duty blood compound. And then we lost her.

“I could always tell how much she appreciated music. For me, that love of music by her gave a huge emotional lift to my spirit.

The power of the music was so clear.”

Penner has recorded more than a dozen albums. He was on Canadian TV with a show called Fred Penner’s Place at a time when Sharon, Lois and Bram, and Raffi were also opening up the children’s music market.

He was the first children’s entertainer to play the Los Angeles Amphitheatre. The Los Angeles Parent magazine called him “the Canadian Minister of Positivity.” He’s worked with UNICEF, AS022515 Aaron UNESCO, World

Vision and appears at national conferences about Down Syndrome.

His enthusiasm and purpose have never flagged.

In partnership with World Vision, Penner has just produced and released a single, Somebody Believes, and he’s hoping that Telemiracle will allow the song to be his signature on the television marathon.

“My life is dedicated to the children we must support. For more than four decades, I have believed in what I do. My work is relevant at every level. My audiences now range from four to 84, many of whom will recognize me from The Cat Came Back days. Many of them come up and tell me their beautiful family stories. It’s a pretty amazing trip that I’ve been on.”

There’s diversity in his presentations, too.

Later in March, he will be appearing with the Regina Symphony Orchestra and then the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. In July, he will be at the Mariposa Folk Festival, a visit he makes every three to four years. And there is the usual round of children’s festivals.

Penner joins the national Telemiracle cast which is blessed with experienced hands like Beverley Mahood, Brad Johner and the Johner brothers, Andrea Menard, Jess Moskaluke, Chris Henderson, and Jeffery Straker and his sister, Jill.

Menard, who used Saskatoon as a home base for much of her entertainment life but now lives in Vancouver, is “happy to accept an invitation again because part of my work is to be of service. My gift is my talent. It’s like coming back to a family.”

She hadn’t been available the last two years because of other commitments.

She is still acting, having performed in two plays over a five-month period at the Charlottetown Festival last summer, and will soon be opening in The Orchard, a play for The Arts Club in Vancouver.

She is co-writing a musical with Leslie Arden, based somewhat on the Starlight tours near Saskatoon, and she doesn’t want

to reveal too much until she’s talked with some of the First Nations families in Saskatoon.

“I’m speaking and advocating more and more. I support the leadership in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement. I’ve lectured in the reconciliation journey that many have gone through. I co-wrote a song, Silent No More, with Robert Walsh and sang it and led a conference at Stanley Park in Vancouver during the summer.

“My life is more about promoting balance, reconciliation and unity among all nations. I want to create a healing process that helps more people escaping from off-balance situations and going back into their more sacred selves.

I hope I can be a powerful voice for social justice.”

Menard comes back to Telemiracle with a versatile collection of successes. She starred in the one-woman play, The Velvet Devil, in 1996 and it later became a TV movie. She was featured in TV series like Moccasin Flats, Rabbit Fall and Blackstone, and was a voice in the animated Wapos Bay. She has written and sung award-winning albums.

Pulling the 20-hour spectacle together is the job of Norm Shuttleworth and his wife, Charlene, who are in co-producing roles.

Shuttleworth is no stranger to the job.

He grew up in Brandon, studied electronics repair and soon got a position with CKX-TV in the Manitoba city.

“After a year and half learning the trade with CKX, I saw an advertisement for a position at CKBI, Prince Albert. I was offered a job. For some reason, I told myself I should stop in at CFQC Saskatoon on the way back to Brandon and I was interviewed by Gerry MacLeod. I was hired in 1981.

“Three years later, I was right in the thick of things at Telemiracle, working in the mobile which came from Edmonton. I watched

Fred Penner is making his first appearance at Telemiracle.

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Fred Vos, then the co-director, calling all the camera shots. I learned so much in that first year. Ever since 1984, I have been involved in Telemiracle in one way or another. I was coproducer with Ian Roach for last 10 years.”

In March 2017, Shuttleworth stepped down from his job at CTV Saskatoon but retained his position with Telemiracle.

He takes part in the November auditions for the Saskatchewan cast, challenged to pick the 70 out of a field of 170. He is responsible for building the national cast. On Telemiracle weekend, he’s in charge of just over 100 in the technical system.

He seldom sleeps from 7 a.m. on Saturday until 10 p.m. on Sunday, acknowledging “if I find a cot in a room, I may sleep for an hour and a half during the middle of the night.

“The Kin and their volunteers do an extraordinary job. And so do the folks from SaskTel and the TV network. In essence, we have a well-oiled machine that has learned to cope with hundreds of details.”

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he first time I felt having alcohol. Even the seller threatened by “The of alcohol to a First Nations Man” came when the person risked a heavy fine government started to legislate or imprisonment of up to six motorcycle helmet laws. months.

This was in the early 1970s The Indian Act is a piece and I was going into junior of legislation where The Man high school. tried to tell the Indians how to Being in my pre-teens, I act. If that law was in place in lived for my bicycle. I worked my extreme drinking days, I to get my ride by delivering would have ended up on death newspapers and doing odd row a long time ago.

Columnist jobs. When I heard about Today, there are dry reserves, motorcyclists having to wear but this is not an edict from helmets, my first thought was “I’m next.” The Man; this is coming from the people My rationale was if the government who live in the communities. The chief and could do that to those mean-looking and council pass what’s called a BCR or Band tough bikers, then it would be a matter of Council Resolution banning alcohol. time before they came after the kids.

There’s a community in Northern SasThis was in the era of curly long hair katchewan that has banned bottled beer and there was no way anyone was going because too many people were ending up to force me to cover my hair, which was in emergency from getting hit over the my trademark. head with a beer bottle. Maybe the bottle As I grew, I learned of the many lives was not the problem; maybe what’s inside helmets have saved. I started to think the bottle was. about the legislation where people proThe first time I saw the people take on tested, and how the legislation ended up The Man came on a school trip to Edmonsaving lives. ton from a Northern community. I was in a The obvious ones are all the smoking foster home and just entered junior high — laws, or I should say anti-smoking laws. yes, with my long curly hair and riding my There was a time when ashtrays bicycle, still with no helmet. were common in a doctor’s office. This The students met at the school, but we wasn’t just in the waiting area, but also in were all expected to be picked up because smaller rooms where the person waited to we would be coming back late. see the doctor.

It was just starting to get dark when And, it was no big deal for the doctor we were about 20 miles away from our to walk into the room with a cigarette. hometown. One of the girls asked the Even in some elevators there were driver if she could get off by her driveashtrays. Today, one would have a better way, because her parents would not pick chance of finding a payphone than an her up at the school. ashtray.

Most of the students knew her parents I believe all this came about because were alcoholics because sometimes they of mass public education on the health would show up at the school drunk. This hazards of nicotine addiction. As a poor girl was often picked on, especially smoker, I was one of those who protested by other girls. because The Man was not going to tell The bus driver pulled over, but her me if I should smoke or not. house was about five miles from the If I wanted to slowly kill myself with highway, which meant she would have to my smoking, I could and nobody was go- walk in the dark by herself. ing to tell me what to do.

One of the girls, a popular one, stood Throughout history there were laws up and started to rock the bus and saying, exclusive to Indigenous people. First “take her home.”

Nations people were not even allowed It wasn’t long before all the students to gather — lest they form a war party, I started the rocking motion and chantguess. Ceremonies like The Give Away ing along. The driver agreed to take her were not allowed. This is still practised home. The next day at school all the stutoday, when people, generally a family, dents from our school trip gave her a hug will give away things in appreciation for, and she became a symbol of the people let’s say, a baby. The government deemed taking on The Man. it “too Communist-like.”

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Annual Saskatoon festival celebrates blues music Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express o you have a case of the winter blues?

If so, the treatment may be to head out and get a dose of the blues — a dose of blues music, that is.

The 17th annual Saskatoon Winter Blues Festival is currently underway and runs until March 2. This year, acclaimed musicians and seasoned professionals will bring their talents to the main stage at The Bassment, such as Juno Award winner and multiple Maple Blues Award winner Morgan Davis and Juno Award winner and top 20 artist Crystal Shawanda.

Other main-stage performers include the acoustic blues duo Mama B & Freight Train, master guitarist Amos Garrett and Maple Blues Award-winning harp player Harpdog Brown.

Kevin Shook, president of the Saskatoon Blues Society, said one of the reasons the long-running festival has been so successful is because of the people organizing it. The Saskatoon Blues Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the blues, and people work on the festival year-round.

“We’re all volunteers; nobody gets paid for the society for doing any of this,” he said. “We all just volunteer our time because we care about the music.”

There are many pieces that come together as part of the annual blues festival.

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Downtown Saskatoon (DTNYXE), the city’s central business improvement district.

The lounge series runs until Feb. 27.

“What we do is we put musicians in some of the downtown lounges and bars in Saskatoon, and they’re playing free of charge,” said Shook. “There’s no cover or anything for that.”

Another component of the blues festival is an outreach program that sends musicians to perform in seniors’ residences and longterm care facilities.

“It’s sort of for people who otherwise couldn’t get to see live music, so we bring the music to them,” said Shook. “That’s always very popular with the residents in these homes.”

As well, the Saskatoon Blues Society offers the Blues in the Schools program in conjunction with the festival. Through that program, musicians perform in local schools, mainly for elementary students, and provide a history of the music. That means “the kids are introduced to where the blues comes from and how it sort of is the basis for most popular music,” said Shook.

The main-stage portion of the festival generally showcases more established, veteran musicians. However, this year, during a blues showcase scheduled for Feb. 28 at Buds on Broadway, up-andcoming local musicians will be featured: Apollo Cruz, Mitch Romancia & the Heart Attacks, and Neil Roston. Following that, the main-stage series at The Bassment will kick off on March 1 with Morgan Davis and Crystal Shawanda, with Mama B &

Crystal Shawanda, a Juno Award winner and top 20 artist, will perform at the festival.

(Photo Supplied) Amos Garrett, a master guitarist, is one of the headliners at the Winter Blues Festival.

(Photo Supplied) Freight Train, Amos Garrett and Harpdog Brown scheduled to perform on March 2.

Also on March 2, Morgan Davis will present a 90-minute workshop at 1 p.m. at Amigos Cantina on the history of the blues.

It is a free, all-ages event. On March 3, the festival wind-up party will be held at 1 p.m. at Black Cat Tavern. Tickets are $10.

Shook emphasized that the festival —

which is presented by Cherry Insurance — comes together because of the help of a “great group of volunteers” and a number of festival sponsors.

“We couldn’t do this without them,” he said.

For more information, go online to saskatoonbluessociety.ca. Tickets are available online and at Cherry Insurance, McNally Robinson and Long & McQuade.

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Buckle your seatbelts: Boeing Boeing offers a bumpy, funny ride

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express t’s been a long, cold winter in Saskatoon, and we could all use some laughs to help our spirits soar.

Director Johnna Wright is here to help: She’s bringing comedy to the Persephone Theatre stage in the form of Boeing Boeing, a classic farce written by French playwright Marc Camoletti.

“It’s kind of one of those crazy stories of people trying to get away with something that they shouldn’t have done and all the lengths that they have to go to, to cover their tracks,” said Wright, who also serves as Persephone Theatre’s literary manager.

“It’s really, really fun to work on,” she added. “It’s really, really fun for us. So I’m sure even if the audience has half as much fun, they will be very delighted. . . . It’s a good time of year for something that can kind of lighten your mood.”

Billed as “a riotous farce of mile-high proportions,” Boeing Boeing is set in the 1960s with a Mad Menstyle vibe. The action centres on swinging bachelor Bernard who is pleased with his life; after all, he has a chic apartment in Paris and is engaged to three flight attendants who don’t know about each other. However, Bernard’s life becomes turbulent as his efforts to juggle all of the relationships take a nosedive and the women show up on his doorstep on the same night.

“Each fiancée is a flight attendant for a different airline, so they never meet each other because they’re always travelling,” said Wright. “Then, as the title suggests, Boeing comes up with a faster jet — and that changes his schedule — and then everything just falls apart. And so he’s left trying to kind of get out of the

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mess that he’s created for himself. It’s really fun.”

Gaelen Beatty stars as Bernard and Tim Bratton plays Bernard’s bewildered friend, Robert, who struggles to help Bernard with hiding the truth from the flight attendants. The cast also features Barbara Barsky as Berthe, Emma Slip as Gretchen, Anita Smith as Gloria and Megan Zong as Gabriella. In addition to Wright, the creative team includes Carla Orosz (set and costume designer), Andy Forrester (lighting designer), Darren Miller (sound designer), Taegan O’Bertos (assistant set and costume designer), Laura Kennedy (stage manager) and Ricardo Alvarado (assistant stage manager).

For Wright, one of the best parts of working on Boeing Boeing is exploring the cast members’ thoughts on how the show can be staged and how the jokes can work.

“I have an amazing cast of six actors that are all really great comedians, so there’s just so much energy in the room. . . . Discovering all those possibilities is what’s really fun.”

Wright said the show is set in “a great era.” As a result, the production features 1960s décor and attire.

“That’s also really, really fun for the design team to get to play with,” she added.

Ultimately, the script is about men trying to get away with lying to women; as Wright notes, “that’s where the comedy comes from — watching them trying to cover up their lies.” However, what Wright loves about the play is the strength of the female characters.

“The female characters are so strong and so funny.

They’re not just kind of dimwits that get fooled; they’re very strong women, and they are formidable.

Johnna Wright is directing Persephone Theatre’s Boeing Boeing. (Photo Supplied) You can see why the guys don’t want to get caught,” she said. “I think that, in the end, you feel like the men have gotten their just desserts.”

Boeing Boeing runs from Feb. 27 to March 13 in Rawlco Radio Hall at the Remai Arts Centre. Tickets range from $30-$54 and are available from the Persephone Theatre box office by calling 306-384-7727 or by going to persephonetheatre.org.

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All three are lived in and remain not only habitable, but luxuriously so. The castle is unique, the staff is friendly and efficient, and the meals are excellent.

We were there a little too early in the season to see Ireland in all its glory, but we did see “the forty shades of green,” because there was no shortage of rain. Fortunately, fields of yellow daffodils brightened the landscape.

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While you wait for spring to arrive, time spent in the gym now can help you take your game to the next level.

Don’t believe me? PGA Hall of Famer Greg Norman says strength training can definitely improve your game!

Norman, 64 and super-buff, posed nude for ESPN’s annual Body Issue in 2018, along with about a dozen much younger athletes from basketball, football and other sports.

“I’ve really looked after my body for a long time,” says Norman, famous for his fitness for many years on the PGA tour. “I don’t work out to be ego-fit. I work out to be life-fit. And that’s what I’ve always wanted to be.”

Being strong and flexible also helped him on the golf course – like a “15th club in my bag,” he says.

You might not want to pose nude any time soon, but here are some ways that time in the gym can improve time on the course.

Focus on core, mobility and flexibility, says current PGA star Justin Thomas. He works to stabilize muscles in his abdomen, back, hips and glutes – key for powerful swings and proper alignment.

As we age, we lose strength, flexibility and speed. Working out with weights can slow all of those.

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You are correct that your existing will should be reviewed regularly. Some suggest at least every 5 years. Certainly when there have been changes in your life. Consider the following: ◆ Have you inherited a large amount, such that your estate planning should change? ◆ Have you made gifts of property or cash to some of your heirs or beneficiaries, but not to all, or in differing amounts? ◆ Is your executor still able to take on the job? Or should you name a different executor? ◆ Do you have an alternate executor? ◆ Are your children old enough and capable of being executors? ◆ Are you widowed, divorced, re-partnered? Living together as spouses for 2 years is the equivalent of marriage, and your previous will is invalid. ◆ Have you outlived the witnesses to your will?

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Our most interesting meal was a medieval feast served in the oldest part of the castle.

We were told to expect a ghost to appear during our time at supper and it did. Actually it appeared five times with exciting stories to tell about injustices done to persons who lived in the castle, strange disappearances and freaky happenings. The audience was captivated.

Of interest, we were offered a special rate if we wanted to stay after our convention for $200 per night. I must admit it was hard to leave.

While we were there, we made several trips into Dublin. I am not a drinker, but our first tour was the famous Guinness Storehouse at St. James’s Gate where Ireland’s favourite beer is made. In 1759, Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease for 45 pounds a year ($77 Canadian) and that lease is protected under glass for visitors to read, though it is no longer valid.

Guinness Beer is now brewed in 50 countries and is available in over 120 more. This building was built in 1904, and opened to the public in 2000.

The guide took us through all seven floors, explaining the brewing process in great detail and we each had the opportunity to pour the perfect pint — I have a certificate to prove it. The rooftop bar provides an excellent place to look down over Dublin.

My favourite trip was to Trinity College, founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I. It is Ireland’s oldest surviving university and the most prestigious, with close ties to Oxford and Cambridge.

The library contains 6.2 million books and quantities of manuscripts, including the Book of Kells, which was probably written around 800 in Iona, the monastery founded

by St. Columba in 561. It is an illuminated manuscript of the first four gospels of the New Testament.

In 806, a Viking raid left 68 monks dead and the monastery in ruins. Many of the monks took refuge in a new monastery at Kells and the Book of Kells was stored there.

It is now in the library at Trinity College and is Ireland’s greatest treasure because of its history and the artistry of the calligraphy is incomparable.

It is visited by 500,000 visitors a year.

(Doreen Kerby is a Saskatoon freelance writer.)

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(Continued from page 12) alk to your doctor or trainer before beginning any weightlifting program. They can help you foresee any problems – and also to design the right workout routine for you.

If an amateur golfer lacks flexibility, mobility, stability and core strength, “the ability to execute the golf swing in an efficient manner is going to be limited,” says Sean Cochran, trainer to PGA stalwart Phil Mickelson.

Norman encourages stretching, a light workout, or a massage after a round of golf.

And while all of this might seem like a newfangled twist on a traditional game, don’t forget the famous story of Jack Nicklaus.

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By RJ Currie he first three “rare astronomical events” of 2019, as reported by The Sky website: Jan. 04 the Quantrids meteor shower; Jan. 06, a partial solar eclipse; Feb. 21, a Steph Curry dunk.

• Hurricanes winger Justin Williams notched a goal against the Panthers when a shot deflected off his cheek into the net. Is that scoring on a faceoff?

• According to an online dictionary, to win by an eyelash means winning “by the narrowest of margins.” Or by a mile if you’re Saskatchewan skip Robin Silvernagle.

• A final score from the Canadian women’s curling championship: PEI 13, New Brunswick 12. Put another way: they exceeded the Patriots-Rams Super Bowl total by three field goals.

• I just watched a clip of the Dallas Mavericks dancers doing a hip-hop number. Not sure I saw a hop, but there was a heckuva lot of hip.

• According to Winnipeg police, their database currently has 50 active cases of missing persons. Or 51 if you include Jets winger Patrik Laine.

• The New York Mets GM said Tim Tebow is just one step away from playing Major League Baseball. Failing that, he might end up playing for the Mets.

• Monkees bassist Peter Tork has died. So far, no word on where the funeral will be or who will pretend to play the organ.

• I heard John Grisham is writing a book about disgruntled New Orleans star Anthony Davis. It’s called The Pelicans’ Grief.

• Did you see the crowd at the Scotties women’s curling championship tie-breaker game between BC and Manitoba? Neither did I. • Chris Hemsworth has been cast to play Hulk Hogan in an upcoming biopic. I’m thinking after taking a few chairs to the back, Hemsworth will feel mighty Thor.

• Just wondering: if nobody is perfect, how can you meet a perfect stranger?

• Purdue’s Matt Haarms ignored obscene chants from Hoosiers fans to tip in the winning basket with seconds left. Known henceforth in Boilermaker lore as the hoop and the Haarms.

RJ’s Punalty Box Holdout Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell in now a free agent, but it’s uncertain if an NFL team will pay him what he wants. To paraphrase Ernest Hemingway, “Ask not for whom the Bell toils.”

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• Leafs fans will be miffed at the list, especially given my track record, but how many of those teams would your guys beat in a best-of-seven series?

• From the Twitter account of @krista_b_85: “Any word yet if they will be accepting leftover 2013 (Grey Cup) drink tokens in 2020?”

• A comment from former major league pitcher Jered Weaver: “If Machado got $300 million, Mike Trout is going to get $1 billion.”

• TC Chong, on the CFL partnering with Italy’s Football Federation: “Great; now we’re going to have placekickers faking being shin-hacked and getting run over.”

• From Torben Rolfsen: “Whose listed weight is more accurate: Trump or Vladdy Jr.?”

• Thirty-one “curling personalities” were asked to select the best female curlers of all time. They picked Dawn McEwen as the top lead, Jill Officer as the top second, and Jan Betker as the No. 1 third. Jennifer Jones was named the best skip. I’m OK with the first three because I am short on alternatives, but would have picked Sandra Schmirler over Jones. Schmirler was 3-0 versus the world and Jones 2-4. Each won an Olympic gold medal. And let’s not forget, Schmirler’s career and life, sadly, were cut short.

• Chong, on tickets for the Duke vs North Carolina game going for around $2,500 each, with one fan paying $10,000 on a re-ticketing website: “You’d think one of these big spenders would have thrown Duke star Zion Williamson a couple of hundred bucks to buy a decent pair of basketball shoes.”

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• Hough again: “Right about now Nike has to be looking back nostalgically to days when it was Tiger Woods self-destructing instead of their shoes.”

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, after a private jet carrying Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox had to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles: “They had to land when they found out the champagne in the gold bathtubs was not Cristal.”

• From Rolfsen: “Zion Williamson and Payless both had a shoe blowout in the same week.”

• Les Lazaruk, who does play-by-play of Blades games and is the sports director for Saskatoon Media Group, turned 60 last week. Les is catching up to me.

• From Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks: “Not that it bothers me because I have heard it too many times, but is it cool for parents to point at me and tell their kids: ‘Look how tall he is?’ Can I run around pointing at people, telling them how small they are?”

• A good deed rang a bit hollow when Jeremy Roenick posted a video of himself standing with a well-dressed young man. Roenick bragged, as only he can, that he bought clothes for a homeless man.

Sadly, the young man probably became the bestdressed homeless man that night.

• A question from Hough: “When did the Daytona 500 turn into demolition derby?”

• From 1969 Hockey Tweets: “A good time was had by all yesterday afternoon in Montreal as 5,900 fans saw the Western Canada old-timers defeat their Quebec counter parts 5-3. The West’s first line of Max and Doug Bentley, with Bill Mosienko, put on a dazzling display to lead the Westerners.”

• Chong, on Payless Shoe Stores declaring bankruptcy and saying it will close all of its North American stores: “If somehow they are able to open again, it will be financially known as a Reboot.”

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***** The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westminster United Church are hosting a film event at 7:30 at the church.

MARCH 1 This event will feature And When They Shall Ask, a feature Crystal Shawanda is Juno award winner, a singer-guitarist length documentary about the emigration of the Mennohailed for albums like The Whole World’s Got the Blues in nites from Russia. Jake Buhler of the Mennonite Historical 2015 and Fish Out of Water in 2017. Sharing the stage in Society. There is no charge for the event. Refreshments a Saskatoon Blues Festival event is singer-guitarist Morwill be served. gan Davis, a Detroit original who has nine albums, seven MARCH 5 Maple Blues awards and a Juno to his credit. 9 p.m. The Three Treasures Tai Chi Club Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. North. Tickets $40.

Yang Style Tai Chi - An Ancient Chinese Martial Art known MARCH 2 for its health benefits and renewed energy.

Saskatoon Youth Orchestra presents Musical Dividends Beginner Registration& First Class; March at 7:30 p.m. in support of Saskatoon’s youth music experience. The Classes: Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Sas- St. Paul’s United Church(454 Egbert & 105th Street) For katchewan Convocation Hall. Tickets can be purchased more information, call 306-975-0058 or visit ThreeTreain advance at McNally Robinson and online at Eventbrite. suresTaiChi.com.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and MARCH 6 seniors.

A Geocaching March Coffee Event (GC8342Y) at the new ***** Tim Hortons in Hampton Village from 7:30-8:30 p.m. A Klarinet Koncert. Soloist: Jonathan Gunn, Clarinet. Saskafriendly meet and greet —everyone is welcome to attend. toon Concert Band. 7:30 p.m. at Holy Cross High School Come on out to learn about geocaching.

Theatre. Tickets: $20 general admission, $10 seniors and students, under 8 free. Tickets available from members, at MARCH 8 the door and from McNally Robinson.

Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers. 14th annual fundraising Available from Members, McNally Robinson, at the door dinner at the Western Development Museum. Reception and online at https://ontheboards.ca/events/kerfuffle-kon- 5 p.m., Program at 6:15p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. cert/. For more information, visit https://www.saskatoon- Entertainment: Back of the Bus. Tickets $50: Beer, Wine concertband.ca/concerts.html#scb20190302 cash bar. For tickets and information, contact Maureen ***** at 306-373-0087 or Jennifer at 306-242-4989. Or pick Harpdog Brown is a two-time harmonica player award up tickets at McNally Robinson Booksellers. The event winner, who on his last album, did a mix of Chicago and supports the Stephen Lewis Foundation www.stephenlewNew Orleans blues. It’s another Blues festival booking. isfoundation.org.

Guitarist-vocalist Amos Garrett, with a ton of credentials, ***** is also on the program. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $40. Irish Ceili at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall (1006 Broadway Avenue, side door). Opens at 6:30 p.m. $5 for adults MARCH 5 and $2 for those under 12. Cash bar and food available, Dave Gunning, an East Coaster, comes back for a third sponsored by Claddagh Branch, Comhaltas. visit, recognized for songwriting skills with a John Lennon MARCH 10 prize. He’s recorded 11 albums. 8 p.m. The Bassment.

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The Riparian Winds Ensemble will hold a musical concert at 7:30 p.m., at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (436 Spadina Cr. East). Free will donation. Fundraiser for AED device for church. Riparian refreshments follow.

diabetes, coronary artery disease and stroke, heart function, cardio-oncology care, epilepsy, respiratory care, and culturally safe approaches to chronic disease management proposed by clinicians and researchers at Royal University Hospital. Call or email Trina at 306-655-0628 or trina.hritzuk@ruhf.org for more information or to purchase tickets. ***** Let’s Go Crazy geocaching event (GC838P4) at the stuffy rider booth at Lawson Heights Mall from 7:15-8:30 p.m.

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Reserve 107 is a film produced by Mennonite Central Committee and set in the Laird area of Saskatchewan. The 32-minute film relates the reconciliation that is achieved when Settler and First Nations people come together in truth and trust. Film followed by comments and discussion.

Frances Morrison Library Theatre, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Cheshire Homes of Saskatoon invites you to attend a Burger and Poutine Fundraiser and Silent Auction at the Pleasure Way Pub, Saskatoon Soccer Centre — 150 Nelson Road. Doors open at 6 p.m. for supper at 7 p.m.

Call 306-291-4085 for tickets. $20 per person. Vegetarian option. Money to rebuild our driveway to provide accessibility for everyone.

Columbian Seniors (55+) pot luck supper at Holy Spirit Parish Hall (114 Kingsmere Place.) Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m.

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An Evening of Song and Dance. At La Troupe du Jour (914 20th St. West) from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event is presented by the Canadian Federation of University Women and the Saskatoon Council of Women. No cost to AS022522 Aaron attend and refreshments will be served.

MARCH 13 RUH Foundation’s Greek Gourmet Feast, 5:30 p.m. at Manos Restaurant & Lounge (200-1820 Eighth Street East).

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The Council of the Northern Village of Buffalo Narrows hereby gives public notice of rate change of $30.00 for customers for the collection, processing, and disposal of landfilled waste, recyclable, and compost able materials. This rate change will be effective on March 1, 2019.

Why the Need to Consider Rate Increases?

The rates have not been set from the beginning, but the cost of waste collection, processing and disposal services has been increasing per year. This has resulted in annual shortfalls. The Village has been covering these shortfalls. However, the fund balance is now too low to continue covering shortfalls. The Village sets solid waste rates that are charged to residents and businesses in order to meet the compensation requirement.

Ashraful Alam Chief Administrative Officer Northern Village of Buffalo Narrows AS022521 Aaron The Council of the Northern Village of Buffalo Narrows hereby gives public notice of collecting overdue/ past due property taxes. This notice will be effective as of March 1, 2019.

If your property taxes have not been paid in the last two (2) years, your property may be subject to a tax registration lien. Upon registration of said lien, a $1,450 non-refundable fee will be added to your account.

A tax registration lien means that the property can be offered for sale by the Village of Buffalo Narrows after waiting the mandatory one-year waiting period. The minimum asking price (cancellation price) will be all outstanding taxes including penalties and interest, administrative fees, and any additional amounts which may be added to the tax account. There is no requirement for the Village of Buffalo Narrows to obtain fair market value for the property.

If you have had a tax registration lien placed on your property and the one-year period has not yet lapsed, you may still enter into a repayment plan by way of a formal extension agreement.

Minimum monthly payments can be made that will bring your account up-to-date and current over Seven (7) years (84 months). Taxpayers are also encouraged while on the plan to make lump-sum payments at any time during the term of the agreement.

A tax repayment plan is available to all property owners through Village Administration. The maximum extension is Seven (7) years (or 84 months). Minimum monthly payments can be arranged with staff so that your account will be up-to-date and current over the seven (7) years (84 month) term. While on the plan, you will also be encouraged to make lump-sum payments at any time during the term of the agreement. This will assist in getting your account brought up-to-date more quickly. Please note, however, that late payment charges, which include penalties and interest, will not be applied to your account while on the repayment plan until the account becomes current.

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ONGOING EVERY TUESDAY Love to Sing? The Saskatoon Choral Society welcomes new members. No auditions. We meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Grace-Westminster United Church (505 – 10th St. East). Two sessions: September to December and January to April. For more information: yxe.choral@gmail.com or sites.google.com/view/saskatoon-choral-society/home. ***** Magic City Chorus (women’s four part a cappella harmony) rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at St. Paul’s United Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at 7 p.m. New members welcome! Check out magiccitychorus. ca for more information. For more information, contact louiseburton21@hotmail.com ***** Spirit of the West Toastmasters Club. Want to become more confident in your personal life and in your work?

We help each other develop oral communication and leadership skills by providing instant feedback. Guests are always welcome. We meet every Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, 1130 Idydwyld Drive, room number 129-C or 150. ***** Truth Research Circle of Friends at 7 p.m. If you are concerned about the trouble in our world, researching its roots, feeling grief and confusion, and wondering what to do with what you’re learning, you are welcome to join our circle. Call Patti at 306-229-1978 for more information and the location.

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SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH G4G (Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers). Meetings held monthly, except July/Aug/Dec., at 1:30 p.m. downstairs at Grace-Westminster Church (505-10th St. East). Call Tannis at 306-382-6636 or go to www.g4gsaskatoon.ca for more information.

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