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This is an example of the type of action spectators can expect to see at the skijoring event in South Corman Park on March 17. This photo was taken at an event in Calgary. (Photo by Chad Rowbotham)

Skijoring

Event combines skiers/boarders with horses

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express here is a new sports event with a cool name coming to the Saskatoon area.

It’s called skijoring.

It’s like waterskiing, except skijoring is done with a horse pulling a skier or boarder — known as sliders — at speeds of up to and maybe more than 25 kilometres an hour. Sliders race against each other and they also participate in timed events, such as obstacle courses. These

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include jumps and gates. Actually, the photo on this page is worth 1,000 words.

There are a number of other divisions for people of various ages and experiences. Not everyone will be pulled at breakneck speeds like the slider in the picture.

Skijoring has been around for centuries. It was first done with a practical purpose — a means of transportation, whether it be dogs, horses or reindeer pulling a skier.

In 1901, skijoring made its official de-

but as a sport at the Nordic Games. Reindeer pulled the skiers at those games, and at those in 1905 and 1909. In 1928, with horses doing the pulling, it was a demonSoonin stration sport Construction at the WinterStarting Olympics St. Moritz, Switzerland. Also in the early 1990s, it came to North America and became a recreational activity.

It was proposed as an Olympic demonstration sport in the 1970s. A number of groups are working to have the sport included in the 2026 Olympics.

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he column called Cam still going great guns, thanks to Hutchinson & Friends: the work of Dwight Perry. It’s Views of a World — a a dandy. For another good one name I don’t particularly like, — and for the best information but haven’t changed— turns 25 there is on the Western Hockey soon.

League — visit greggdrinnan.

It was difficult to get items com. The column is called Takfor the column back in 1994 ing Note. when I took the reins. I know A bunch of joke contributhis sounds odd, but it was a tors popped up frequently in dream come true to follow in those columns. Janice Hough the footsteps of those that comand Bill Littlejohn were two piled the column before me. of them. Along the way, they Editor The Internet wasn’t what it became part of my column’s became, so I would often go to the Book writing group. Others that joined up are Nook in Cumberland Square and rumTC Chong, Torben Rolfsen and RJ Curmage through the papers it carried to find rie. facts and quotes.

Those folks send jokes every week, and As time evolved, there was much more I sort through them to pick an assortment access to material and to the work of other for the column. It isn’t easy with so much writers. For a time, there was a whole good stuff. A few years ago RJ started bunch of us compiling columns and the writing a separate piece. jokes would move around among us to The notebook column in Canada goes some extent. Papers such as the St. Louis back 50 or more years when the legendary Post-Dispatch, the Denver Post, the Los Jack Matheson wrote one in the Winnipeg Angeles Times and the San Francisco Free Press. Former StarPhoenix columnist Chronicle had daily columns.

Larry Tucker brought it from Winnipeg We considered Tom FitzGerald of the to Saskatoon. It was my favourite read in Chronicle to be the dean of these columns. the SP, before and after I started working When you had a joke in Tom’s column, there. you felt like you were going places. I am These columns were known as dibs, not sure where, though. maybe because the jokes were told in As far as I know, none of the papers small amounts. Some of us still use the mentioned above have sports notebook word. columns. I don’t get that because they are During the time the column I compiled a quick read and hopefully can bring a was published in the StarPhoenix, it took smile to a reader’s face. on a life of its own. At one time it apThe paper that now has the longest peared weekly in the Montreal Gazette, running one is in the Seattle Times. It’s Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald and

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Vancouver Sun. It popped up in other papers as well.

One of the highlights was doing a daily column during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The lowlight was getting threats from a couple of readers, one of which I took seriously.

Rod Pedersen, the former play-by-play voice of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, was offended by one of my jokes and put it in his blog, so his faithful followers could slag me. As the blog went on, he included my photo so they could talk about my looks. With all due respect, Rod isn’t that pretty either.

I wish I could remember what I said to get Rod so upset. I do recall one person telling the others that the joke could have been made about any city, and not to take it so personally.

Now that I think about it, the joke might have been about things Regina is known for, and the list included goose poop at Wascana Park. Every city has goose poop, just not as much as Regina.

I have compiled more than 1,200 columns since 1994; there was a spell when it ran twice a week in the StarPhoenix.

It’s hard to believe there have been that many of these. That, in the case of my contributions, is a lot of bad jokes. I apologize for each and every one of them. ***** The Globe and Mail recently celebrated its 175th year in publishing. Its first feature was on Gordon Lightfoot. ***** $4.6 million for bike lanes? My goodness.

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Marc Habscheid (centre) and his P.A. Raiders will play the Saskatoon Blades on March 15 at SaskTel Centre.

Game time is 7 p.m. (Photo by Darren Steinke)

Marc Habscheid

Dream season with Blades close to his heart Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express or Marc Habscheid, it was a season where everything seemed possible.

Long before he was the head coach of the WHL’s Prince Albert Raiders, Habscheid was a star centre for the Saskatoon Blades. While he would play 345 career regular-season games in the NHL, recording a total of 72 goals and 91 assists while playing for the Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Calgary Flames, Habscheid believes his most magical season as a player was his 1981-82 campaign with the Blades.

Going into that season, Habscheid had been selected in the sixth round and 113th overall in the NHL entry draft by the Oilers. He had a good training camp with the Oilers before rejoining the Blades for his 18-year-old season.

“I came back with lots of confidence,” said Habscheid. “When you have confidence, then you start to score and then it just happened.

“Then, you go to the world juniors.

Looking back on my career, that was probably the best year of my career, because of the numbers I put up.”

Habscheid appeared in 56 regular-season games with the Blades, piling up an incredible 64 goals and 87 assists for 151 points to finish second in team scoring behind BruceAaron Eakin.

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scheid helped the Blades post a record of 44 wins, 26 losses and two ties.

Along with having an outstanding season with the Blades, Habscheid appeared in his first seven NHL regular-season games with the Oilers, collecting a goal and three assists.

Under the inaugural year of Hockey Canada’s program of excellence that saw the country’s world junior entry made up of stars from the major junior ranks, Habscheid helped Canada win its first gold medal at the tournament, piling up six goals and six assists in seven games.

He finished the campaign playing three playoff contests for the Wichita Wind, a now-defunct Central Hockey League farm club of the Oilers that was based in Wichita, Kansas.

For Habscheid, the 1981-82 campaign was a result of the work he put in during his two previous hockey seasons.

Growing up on a farm just south of Swift Current, Habscheid was playing in Swift Current’s minor hockey system when he was listed by the Blades. Back in those days, there was no WHL bantam draft.

Before the start of the 1979-80 season, Habscheid was brought in to try out for the Blades. If he didn’t make the Blades, the team’s management, guided by general manager Jackie McLeod, wanted the skilled centre to play for the Saskatoon

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“In those days, there was no recruiting,” said Habscheid. “You went into the dressing room, they gave you a jersey and a number and you were with 120 guys.

“I was just from Swift Current, but I didn’t know where I stacked up. All of a sudden, I come to camp and I am 16 or whatever and I am against 20-year-olds and 19-year-olds.

“That was a big step for me, so I really didn’t know what to expect. It was intimidating to say the least, because I used to listen to the radio and hear the Blades play the Pats or the Billings Bighorns.”

Habscheid didn’t make the Blades, and under the SJHL’s rules at the time, he had to establish residency in Saskatoon to play for the J’s, because the junior A Swift Current Broncos wouldn’t release him.

His family ended up renting a little house in Saskatoon, and Habscheid moved to the big city at age 16.

“Every step is a big thing to learn,” said Habscheid, who stood 6-foot-1 and weighed 180 pounds in his playing days.

“I was in a big city. I had never ever lived in a city before. I was a farm kid.

“I didn’t have my driver’s licence.

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how we got around.”

He appeared in 59 regular-season games with the J’s, collecting 32 goals and 53 assists for 85 points.

Due to playing in Saskatoon, Habscheid was called up to play 15 regularseason games with the Blades, collecting two goals and three assists.

Habscheid remembers joining the Blades for a game where they took on Moscow Spartak, with Alexander Yakushev on the roster, in an exhibition tilt.

Yakushev played for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summit Series and was nearing the end of his career.

Following that campaign, Habscheid spent the 1980-81 season with the Blades, topping the team in scoring with 34 goals and 63 assists for 97 points, and appearing in all 72 regular-season games.

That set the stage for allowing him to be drafted by the Oilers.

Habscheid said Lorne Frey, who was a Blades assistant coach in 1979-80 and started out as head coach in 1980-81, helped him transition to life in the city.

The Blades stumbled out of the gates in 1980-81, resulting in the team replacing Frey as head coach with Daryl Lubiniecki. Lubiniecki coached the Blades to the end of the 1983-84 season before focusing on what would be a long run as the team’s general manager.

From Lubiniecki, Habscheid learned how important it is to fit everyone into roles they were meant for on a team.

“He (Lubiniecki) wasn’t big into Xs and Os,” said Habscheid. “He was more into the team and everyone having different roles on the team and playing to their roles.

“He really let the guys play to their strengths. For me, he let me play. He didn’t want me blocking shots.

“That was a big thing. It is important for the coach to identify what they are good at and let them play to that.”

In 1981-82, Habscheid was part of a forward group that included four other players who recorded 90 or more points: Eakin, Todd Strueby, Lane Lambert and Perry Ganchar.

That group was able to score thanks to the presence of tough characters like Daryl Stanley, Dave Brown, Leroy Gorski, Donn Clark and Bruce Gordon. That group of five players combined for 1,479 penalty minutes in 1981-82.

To put that figure in perspective, no team in the current WHL regular season has recorded 1,000 minutes in penalties as of March 4.

“Everyone had a role and everyone had a job to do on the team. There was no better saying like singers sing and dancers dance, but he also wanted a tough team.

“My teammates looked out for me and took care of me and enabled me to play. I think that is a big thing too, was you need support from everybody. Luby let me play my style, and my teammates let me play.”

When Habscheid joined Canada’s team for world juniors, he met another coach who would have a big impact on his hockey career. While he played with (Continued on page 4)

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SASKATOONEXPRESS - March 11-17, 2019 - Page 4 (Continued from page 3) the Blades, Habscheid would often see Dave King, who was the head coach of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team, in the crowd.

He never met King until joining Canada’s world junior team. Habscheid later played for King during a number of stints on Canada’s senior national team, including the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

“We’re still close,” said Habscheid. “The style that I played for the Blades, I couldn’t do that in the NHL. “I needed to be a more two-way player.

He taught me a lot about defence, and he gave me the opportunity to play with the national team. With coaching, you learned a lot from him playing for him as a coach and as a player.

“I still learn from him. He is still somebody that I can phone at any time.”

Following the 1981-82 season, Habscheid was moved totally into the Oilers system. The Oilers owned the Junior Oilers in Kamloops at the time, and Habscheid played six regular-season games in Kamloops before spending the bulk of the 198283 campaign with the NHL club in Edmonton in what was his 19-year-old season.

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Lianne Tregobov, a professional matchmaker at Camelot Introductions, has spent her 25-year career facilitating love for people in their twenties to those in their nineties. “The beauty is love never goes out of style! My clients get butterflies when meeting a potential match. It is beautiful to witness the

“My 19-year-olds, that was me, and I was playing in the NHL at that time,” said Habscheid. “Then it kind of sinks in as to how young I really was.

“You think you might be ready for the NHL. When you get a little older and wiser, you probably realize at that time you probably weren’t ready.”

Guiding the Raiders this season, Habscheid picked up his 500th career WHL head coaching victory. The Raiders lead the WHL standings with a 51-9-2-2 record and will have home ice for the playoffs.

Prince Albert is having its best campaign in over a couple of decades, and the current players hadn’t seen the team hit even 40 wins until this season.

“This is the first year that they’ve had this success,” said Habscheid. “To see them deal with it, the newness of it, the new experience of it has been lots of fun.

“You try to be a mentor and help them understand how to deal with it, because a lot of guys have never seen this before or been through this. It is new territory. You just try to help them as much as you can.”

As a coach, Habscheid tries to create moments where his players can enjoy their youth. “These kids change and everything, but you have to understand they are still kids,” said Habscheid. “Some-

Marc Habscheid (left) and Mike Moffat were key parts of Canada’s world junior hockey championship win in the 1981-82 season. (Hockey Canada Photo) times you have to think about that.

Reflecting on his Saskatoon days, he remembers hanging out with Blades teammate Bill Langen and high school classmate Dan Senick, going to Gordie Howe Bowl for high school football games and just having a good time.

“You realize that when I was 18 or 17 I was hopping into a VW Bug listening to

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will be run over a distance of between 400 and 500 metres.

“You want it long enough so your skier/ snowboarder gets a good ride — some good enjoyment out of it — but you have to make sure your horse can handle that kind of run,” said Lorraine Beaudette, president of the Corman Park Horse Rider Association and an organizer of the event.

She stressed that the safety of the horses is paramount.

“We are big on horsemanship, so we are doing horse health check points. . . . There are limits on how many times they can pull somebody and at what speeds. They will have their heart rates checked before they can compete again; so they have to take resting intervals to lower heart rates and things like that.”

Christensen says the horses have been conditioned for the event.

“They are not going to pull them out of the pasture and make them run all day.”

Beaudette says five of her horses will be there, and she plans to ride a time or two; her organizer hat will be on most of the day.

Christensen hopes to do a ride or two, as well.

The first event on March 17 will be held Emma Christensen gets a ride courtesy of her older sister Danielle. (Photo by Shannon Christensen) at 10 a.m., with the final one wrapping up around 4:30 p.m. The cost is $10 per fam(Continued from page 1) Shannon Christensen, one of the organizSpecial things added to the event inily or $5 a person. Those 12 and under are kijoring events are held in various ers, said she has been pulling her children clude pony rides, two wagons with teams admitted at no charge. snowy areas in the United States. One in fields for years. It just didn’t have a fancy of horses and sleigh rides.

For more information on the event, held earlier this winter in Colorado name. She and her family called it fun.

The South Corman Park School including entering as a skier/boarder, rider offered more than $25,000 in prize money.

“First of all, I love horses, and I love win- gymnasium will be the home base. From or a team, visit grasswoodhorsepark.ca. The Two horses have been enshrined in a hall of ter,” Christensen said. “It is something I can there, spectators will be given the option South Corman Park School is located on fame and the coolest name for a topnotch do with my kids and my horses. It’s fun to of taking a wagon ride or walking to the Baker Road in Casa Rio East — between slider goes to Tug Birk. get pulled and getting your horse to go really event site. It’s about a quarter-mile away Clarence Avenue and Highway 11.

Skijor Canada was formed in 2017. fast. It’s a family thing because you and the from the school. Measures have been “It’s so close to the city,” Christensen Its goal is to have events throughout the kids build little jumps and off you go.” taken to make the event safe for spectaadded. “If you can go to the zoo, you can country, including a national championship.

She said the event won’t be too much tors. come to this. Hop in your car and go.”

There was a crowd of 2,000 at Calgary’s of a challenge for experienced skiers and The site will have bonfires where A lot of volunteer work has gone into event last year and $10,000 in prize money. boarders. people can roast a wiener on an open fire. organizing the event, since discussions Now, for the first time, a skijoring event “It’s really exhilarating, because you are There are also marshmallows, hot choco- started last year. Christensen made a point will be held in our neck of the woods — in having so much fun and enjoying whoever late and chips. Spectators will sit on hay of thanking Jonathan Storey of Escape South Corman Park on March 17, to be pre- you are with. You just grab on and go. It’s bales. It will give the event a rustic feel. Sports for the help and support he has cise. It isn’t the first in the province, though. a good way to spend time with your family, The cost for sliders is $50 and for provided.

An event was held in Rosthern last year and your friends and your horses. It is tons of those with a horse it’s $30. Each slider Organizers hope it will become an a second was scheduled for last weekend. fun.” will get three runs. The races and relays annual event.

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The sad thing was the number of people Being on social media these days isn’t who are on Twitter under assumed names much of an option for many. Applying for because they’re running or hiding from a job? Depending on the job, you better be stalkers — former lovers, in the main. there, at least on LinkedIn or something The final group, ‘something else,’ at similar. Got something to sell, or own nine per cent, used various combinations a business? If you don’t have an online of aliases, maiden names, other family profile, people get suspicious. Want to stay names, authorial pen names and strange or connected with family? Good luck without cute avatars for photos as well as pictures social media. They’re not calling you. of cats, dogs, and even radishes. (Really?) They’re posting.

One respondent uses the name George We do need to be careful out there.

Porridge. He claimed it wasn’t his real Facebook, for example, has proven itself name, and I believed him. to be unreliable with your personal inforI don’t really know if bots respond to mation. Bots and far-right, scary groups polls. I suppose they might. But I connect- are quite happy to insinuate themselves ed with a large number of these poll reinto your followings. sponders, and they’re as real as they could On the other hand, some great things possibly be. Bot identities can be pretty have happened because of that inter-conobvious. If you get @bobsmith19857662, nectedness. People have raised funds or well, it might be Bob, but it probably isn’t. otherwise supported important causes, for Every Tuesday, when Twitter likes to clean one. At a lower level, I was quite amazed out my followers list, I’m rarely surprised at the cool people I met, the stories I by the ones that go missing. heard, the number of real folk out there Good riddance. trying to make a difference, just because I Twitter can be a good place to connect ran a poll.

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Bike lanes not a good use of taxpayers’ dollars

’m going to make myself has been a hot-button issue deeply unpopular with a since day one. I can’t imvery vocal Saskatoon deage Saskatoon ratepayers are mographic — cyclists — but super-excited about spending that’s OK. We need to debate more money to keep it going. this, because our property Perhaps that’s reflected by taxes and city spending are a recent CTV Saskatoon poll, getting out of control. wherein 87 per cent of more Last week, city council’s than 1,000 respondents said transportation committee no to the question, “should the voted to endorse a plan to City of Saskatoon spend $4.6 spend $27.7 million over the million to install permanent next 11 years to expand our bike lanes?”

Columnist city’s bike lanes and add more I appreciate that’s not a scisidewalks. entific poll, but even weighted The plan still needs to be approved by for population factors it’s likely still a city council as a whole, but committee rather resounding rejection of policy. endorsements are designed to guide that I do not hate cyclists, or progress. process.

Yes, I appreciate that modern cities in Of that $27.7 million, $10.28 million Sweden, or whatever region we’re aspiris earmarked for expanding Saskatoon’s ing to live up to this week, supposedly protected bike lanes over those 11 years, make cycling to work a breeze. and $4.6 million of that would pay for I also understand that $5 million, or permanent bike lanes downtown over the even $10 million over the course of a next three years. few years, represents a fraction of the Surprisingly (or maybe not) Ward 5 city’s spending budget, which currently Coun. Randy Donauer cast the sole vote tops half a billion dollars per year. against the plan, citing the cost of impleOn the issue of comparisons to other mentation. cities and countries, we need to take This seems rather tone-deaf on the into consideration a number of factors part of the other five members of the before we start comparing apples to committee: Councillors Zach Jeffries, apples. Among them are our relatively Bev Dubois, Cynthia Block, Sarina low population (the city estimates our Gersher and Mayor Charlie Clark. Tone- July 1, 2018 population to be 278,500), deaf because the controversy over the our geographical layout and city deperceived and actual efficiency and prac- sign including all of our bridges, which ticality of our current bike lane network almost entirely drive how traffic flows

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For me, however (and apparently Donauer), this is about spending priorities. There are many items buried within any government’s budget that equate to a small, even minuscule portion of overall spending; but when those individual items add up, guess what we get? That’s right, a five per cent property tax increase, or garbage collection as a utility, et cetera, et cetera.

Look at this from a per capita perspective, though admittedly that is somewhat difficult to do because the estimates of the number of cyclists are all over the place. The report considered by the transportation committee alleges that two per cent of the population, or 5,500 people, cycle to work. I’m going to go with no, and assume they mean two per cent of the working population.

In the summer of 2017, the North Saskatoon Business Association (NSBA) installed cameras, donated and attached to a downtown building by one of their members, which recorded movements in bike lanes from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

According to their news release later that year, the cameras counted an average of 84 bikes a day. This was less than half of what the City of Saskatoon’s own bike-sensitive counters recorded in 2017, which they said tallied as many as 310 cyclists per day on one block of Fourth Avenue.

So let’s meet in the middle, even lean-

ing a bit to the higher end, and say that 250 cyclists moved through Saskatoon’s bike lanes daily in 2017.

City hall’s goal is to double the number of people who walk and cycle in Saskatoon, so bump that up to 500.

Using the city’s $4.6 million number to install permanent bike lanes over the next three years, and dividing it by 500 cyclists (you already know where this is going), the cost is $9,200 per bike.

Are you kidding me?! The 2019 transportation budget in its entirety only spends $294 per capita, or less than $1,000 per person over three years (with adjustments for inflation and spending).

So forgive me for wondering why we’d prioritize nine times that much for a small group of individuals.

And that’s the point, isn’t it: “prioritize.”

If we’re going to control spending in this town, we must prioritize initiatives that better the lives of more than 500 people. Of more than 50,000 people, preferably.

At last week’s transportation committee meeting, prior to endorsing the report, Mayor Clark wondered whether funding might be available from the provincial or federal government (a financial plan is expected later this year as part of a wider transportation strategy).

I think the mayor needs to do more and better than wonder and hope — though let’s face it, there’s only one taxpayer. You and I will be paying for those bike lanes either way. Remember that when you’re driving by them.

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Canadians, Americans handle scandals differently

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nipulating the judicial system n a cold winter day, for personal or political gain. fortified with a bowl And she did her job well. of popcorn and tasty In fact, she was so good that beverage, I nestled into an she was relieved from her duarmchair and prepared to watch ties as attorney general, making the clowns and verbal acrobats the veiled threat that her job performing under the circus big was on the line if she didn’t top. submit to the will of governWith remote control in hand, ment a reality.

I flipped between two channels, At the Canadian hearing, no each of which was televising one is accused of being untruthjudicial committees charged Columnist ful; they just have “conflicting with investigating allegations of perspectives” on what was said. political wrongdoing.

However, it is hard to take at face value I know you are probably thinking I anything that is said when the committee should get a life, and you are probably right. But the ghost of the philosopher Plato chair and some of the committee members exhibit their close “how’s the wife and was whispering in my ear: “If you do not kids” relationship with the person testifytake an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under ing.

What these hearings had in common the rule of fools.” were allegations of wrongdoing by their On one channel, a parliamentary comrespective country’s leader. What differed mittee was hearing testimony from Jody is the American system failed dismally Wilson-Raybould regarding the alleged when Republican representatives refused pressure and veiled threats she faced as to provide oversight on their leader fearing attorney general by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Liberal caucus members and personal political repercussions if they did their elected duty. the Clerk of the Privy Council.

In the Canadian system, we hold out On the other channel was a congreshope that strong Liberals will be prepared sional committee hearing testimony from Michael Cohen, President Trump’s lawyer/ to stand up to their party leader when the need arises and bear the consequences of fixer, speaking of his participation in the their action. president’s alleged illegal acts.

What came out of all this was a feeling The startling difference between the two hearings was the decorum, or lack thereof. that not all is lost in our country.

Wilson-Raybould left viewers with a The Canadian committee chair was solicitous of Wilson-Raybould’s well-being, and sense that there is still some honesty and honour left in some that serve in governthroughout the process kept asking her if ment. It was reinforced when one of she needed to take a break.

Trudeau’s most trusted ministers, Treasury The American committee chair started the hearing by telling Cohen if he lied to the Board president Jane Philpott, subsecommittee that he, the chair, would person- quently resigned from cabinet, citing loss of confidence in the government because of ally nail him to the cross. Ouch!

It really showcased the presumptive im- the SNC-Lavalin borderline obstruction of age of pleasant and nice Canadians and ar- justice debacle.

“I must abide by my core values, my rogant, bull-headed Americans. Of course, ethical responsibilities and constitutional that doesn’t mean that all Canadians are pleasant and nice nor that all Americans are obligations,” Philpott stated. “There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles, but arrogant, bullying, but the conduct of the two entities during these meetings dramati- there is a bigger cost to abandoning them.”

Both women gave up high-profile posically differed. tions, and possibly damaged their careers, Amazingly, the Canadian committee does not require those giving testimony to to do what was right rather than bow to political expediency. be under oath with the penalty of perjury With all this strength and conviction, dangling over their heads, but rather relies women still have a harder time rising to the on contempt of parliament charges as a cudgel. The Americans require people to be pinnacle of party politics, partly because of sworn in and be subject to severe penalties the “old boys” mentality and the backroom for perjury, as well as a penalty for lying to boys found in every political party.

Maybe it is time for the major political Congress. parties to get rid of the old backroom boys Cohen read an opening statement maligning the president, calling him a liar, and give some of these women a chance to lead. racist and con artist. Wilson-Reybould’s One only needs to be reminded of the statement was professional and focused challenges and successes of the formidable on her concerns about attempted politiAngela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, cal interference and the value of judicial and Prime Minister Theresa May of the independence.

United Kingdom, to know women can do Cohen declined to answer some questhe job and will put the good of the country tions citing confidentially due to ongoing investigations. Wilson-Raybould declined before the good of the party.

Yet we still have not had a woman only due to solicitor-client privilege that the government would not waive. So much for leader at the federal level to elect as prime minister. (Kim Campbell doesn’t count, the truth, the whole truth and nothing but as her short stint as prime minister was the truth.

The Republican committee members did through the end-of-term shuffling of party leadership rather than support in a general not question Cohen on the alleged activities of the president, but viciously attacked election.)

All of this is happening because the him personally, calling him a convicted federal government was lobbied to save liar, felon and alleging that his testimony was purely out of spite for the president not a mega corporation from standing trial in a criminal court on corruption charges, giving him a cushy position at the White because if convicted, the corporation would House. be unable continue to milk the public purse It appeared their job was to circle the through federal contracts. wagons around the president rather than And the ballyhoo about a loss of 9,000 uphold the laws of their land.

The Canadian Liberal committee mem- jobs in Quebec pales in comparison to the tens of thousands of oil patch jobs lost in bers’ only line of attack was to foolishly Western Canada and the possibility of more question Wilson-Raybould as to why she job losses to come because of the carbon did not resign from cabinet when the alleged attempt at interference was occurring. tax initiative.

So my response to the philosopher She responded that she was doing her quoted above is: Too late Plato, I already job, which was to protect the indepenam. dence of the director of public prosecuehnatyshyn@gmail.com tions and to prevent politicians from ma-

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new exhibition at Art sociates with abstract work.

Placement in downtown “What I was more interested Saskatoon is highlighting in, in the beginning, was abstract the work of three emerging local expressionism, which is much abstract painters. more about action; Jackson Until April 4, visitors can Pollock would be an example,” view pieces created by Steph she said. “That’s sort of what I Krawchuk, Cameron McKay thought I’d be doing more of. and Jordan Danchilla at the galSo to end up being an abstract lery, located at 238 Third Ave. painter who’s really working South. The show, called formalsort of in a geometric, loose ish, is aptly named, considering fashion is surprising to me. But #YXEArt that formalism is linked to the this is where I am.” history of abstraction in this city; When asked about her Art Placement refers to Krawchuk, McKay colour choices, Krawchuk said she now and Danchilla as “the latest generation of approaches paintings with a limited palette; abstract painters to emerge from Saskain essence, she will pick a few colours and toon.” focus on those.

Krawchuk, McKay and Danchilla follow “I want to give myself — but also the in the footsteps of such acclaimed artists viewers — I guess an exciting experience as William Perehudoff, who was born near sometimes,” said Krawchuk, who uses Saskatoon in 1918 and is considered one of bright colours in some of her paintings as Canada’s major abstract painters. As the Art well as what she calls a “calmer palette” in Placement website notes, the three emerg- other works. ing abstract painters — who all studied at “So I’m kind of toning stuff down,” she the University of Saskatchewan — “are added. all well aware of the legacy that precedes While from afar Krawchuk’s paintings them.” may give a sense of a perfect line or a perSteph Krawchuk is perhaps the most fect circle, up close the lines appear looser, familiar artist to Art Placement’s visitors, she said. Some viewers have also comas she has been exhibiting her work there mented that there is a sense of movement in since 2011. Over time, her work has shifted her geometric work. from representations of local architectural “People have really said that, and I think landmarks to non-objective painting that I’m sort of looking for two things at once,” incorporates clearly defined shapes and said Krawchuk. “I do want there to be a bright, bold colours. stillness, in a way — because there is just In an interview, Krawchuk said she has a circle floating in the painting or there is AS031107 Aaronto the “freedom” she as- two lines that are very strict and they have always been drawn

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The work of Saskatoon abstract artist Steph Krawchuk is being exhibited at Art Placement. (Photo Supplied) boundaries, right? But, at the same time, it seems like there is a kind of movement — which is really hard to describe, I guess.”

For more information about the group show, go online to artplacement.com. ***** A new exhibition showcasing the ceramic work of six Canadian artists opened on March 9 at the Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC) gallery on Broadway Avenue.

Called The Narrative Dish II, the show follows a 2015 exhibition called The Narrative Dish, which featured Saskatoon-based ceramicist Carole Epp and other artists.

Epp is a participant in The Narrative Dish II and is the main co-ordinator of the new exhibition, which also includes Japneet Kaur (Ontario), Shaun Mallonga (B.C.), Marney McDiarmid (Ontario), Lindsay Montgomery (Ontario) and Brenda Watt (Saskatchewan).

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talk and reception on March 16 from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Epp will discuss her work, the show and ceramics, alongside SCC exhibition co-ordinators. The Narrative Dish II runs until April 27.

For more information, go online to saskcraftcouncil.org. ***** A new exhibition described as exploring “the intersection of art and everyday actions” will open on March 14 at AKA artist-run.

The gallery, located at 424 20th St. West, will showcase the work of three female artists in a show entitled Shedding. The women include mixed-media artist and University of Saskatchewan (USask) faculty member Susan Shantz, photographer and painter Honor Kever and multi-disciplinary artist Lezli Rubin-Kunda. Kever, a USask (Continued on page 14)

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he weather is getting $10 for students and will be sold warmer, and Saskatoon’s at the door. music scene is also startJOHANNES MOSER ing to heat up. March is ushering MARCH 17 in some exciting concerts for A man considered to be one almost every taste. In this colof the world’s greatest cellists is umn, I explore just a few of the coming to Saskatoon. excellent entertainment options German-Canadian musician on offer this month.

Johannes Moser has performed UNIVERSITY with some of the top orchestras OF SASKATCHEWAN on Earth, including the London JAZZ ENSEMBLE Symphony, the Berliner PhilharMARCH 16 moniker, the New York Philhar#YXEMusic Are you a jazz fan? If so, monic, the Chicago Symphony you’re sure to know Yamaha recordand the Los Angeles Philharmonic. ing artist Bobby Shew. He’s a three-time On March 17, Moser will perform with Grammy-nominated jazz musician who pianist Chiharu Iinuma as part of a Saskahas toured as a lead trumpeter for big-name toon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) special musicians including Tom Jones, Barbra event. The recital, which is scheduled to Streisand, Elvis Presley, Paul Anka and begin at 2 p.m. at Convocation Hall on the more.

University of Saskatchewan campus, will On March 16, Shew will bring his talent feature the music of Prokofiev, Debussy, to the University of Saskatchewan campus, Beethoven and Brahms. where he will join the USask Jazz Ensemble Moser, who was born into a musical famfor its final concert of the season. ily in 1979, began studying the cello when Under the direction of music professor he was eight years old. He was the top prize Dean McNeill, the jazz ensemble has toured winner at the 2002 Tchaikovsky Competition in Canada and the United States and has and, in 2014, he was awarded the prestigious commissioned and premiered new works Brahms prize. He also has a connection to for the contemporary large jazz ensemble this province; as the SSO website notes, idiom. The March 16 concert, which will Moser is “the son of Saskatchewan musical start at 7:30 p.m. in Quance Theatre in the royalty,” since his mother is SaskatchewanEducation Building, will feature music by born soprano Edith Wiens.

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Saskatoon husband and wife team/singer-songwriter duo Jen Lane and John Antoniuk will perform March 23 at The Bassment. (Photo Supplied) phone magazine as “one of the finest among the astonishing gallery of young virtuoso cellists.” He plays on an Andrea Guarneri cello from 1694 from a private collection.

For more information about the concert, or to purchase tickets, go online to saskatoonsymphony.org.

and in music. The local music scene veterans — who are also new parents — have been lauded for combining indie rock and roots music with country and folk influences. In addition to their duets albums, Lane is known for her solo music and Antoniuk is known for his band Smokekiller.

The duo’s new album features six origiJEN & JOHN II CD RELEASE nal tunes as well as a cover of the classic MARCH 23 song Love Hurts, which was popularized Saskatoon musicians Jen Lane and John by Nazareth. Shane Connery Volk, the lead Antoniuk are following up their debut duets singer of the Saskatoon rock band One album with a new disc — aptly titled Jen Bad Son, created the album’s cover art. He & John II — that is scheduled for release was asked by Lane and Antoniuk to draw on March 22. To mark the milestone, a CD something that reflects the maturing of their release event will be held at The Bassment songwriting and their relationship. on March 23. Doors are scheduled to open For more information about Jen & John at 8 p.m., while the show is set for 9 p.m.

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(Continued from page 12) alumna, was also the exhibition co-ordinator at the Shoestring Gallery — now AKA — from 1978-1984.

A show summary from AKA describes the artists’ work as interrogating “the domestic in light of their parallel productions as artists” and as investigating “how women artists integrate their careers with the stuff of everyday life.”

“The blurred boundary between art and life can result in imaginative responses that cross-pollinate art and domestic life,” the gallery stated. “For artists with children, especially those that are leaving the ‘nest,’ this might include the accumulated stuff of parenting — materials transformed through live action in rituals of shedding years of layered accretions.”

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ated by the Saskatoon Mothers’ Centre at Station 20 West, where Shantz has facilitated arts-based workshops during the past year. A closing tea party and craft market will be held at AKA on April 12 in support of the Mothers’ Centre.

Shedding will remain on view until April 13. For more information, go online to akaartistrun.com.

Show mixes music with support

(Continued from page 13) MUSIC FOR THE GUT ARTIST SHOWCASE MARCH 30 Question: What’s better than listening to great music?

Answer: Listening to great music while supporting a great cause.

Good news: You can do exactly that by attending the Music for the Gut second annual artist showcase, which is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. on March 30 at Grace Westminster United Church. The event, which is being held in support of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, will showcase the talents of numerous musicians, including Jordie Hughton, Gerard Weber, Sophie McBean, Yuli Chen, Amos Friesen, Doo-ly

Noted Quartet and many more.

Tickets to the March 30 show are $20 in advance and can be purchased at McNally Robinson or at Saskatoon Academy of Music. Tickets will also be available at the door for $25.

Jordie Hughton, a baritone singer and voice teacher in Saskatoon, is the artistic director of Music for the Gut, an annual variety show that is held each summer. This year, the ninth annual Music for the Gut concert will take place on Aug. 29 at TCU Place. The money raised by the show is provided to Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, a national charity focused on finding cures for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis and on improving the lives of people affected by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Raising money and awareness is very important to the Hughton family, since three of the four family members live with IBD. Jordie’s mother, Tara, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in her early 30s, while his brother, Jamey, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 1997. Jordie was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2010. Jamey and Jordie’s father and Tara’s husband, Basil Hughton, also participates in Music for the Gut by serving as the house manager.

Next month, the Hughton family will host open auditions on April 5 and 7 to perform in the big show at TCU Place on Aug. 29. Email musicforthegut@hotmail.com for an audition package or go to musicforthegut.com for more information.

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Bobby Shew played with the last of the big bands, worked with Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand and Tom Jones shows and is an all-time jazz great on the trumpet. He comes to Saskatoon, courtesy of the University of Saskatchewan, and will be joined by Chris Andrew on piano, Nevin Buehler on bass and Sandro Dominelli on drums in a concert. 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. Tickets $25 for SJS members, $35 for non-members.

Destination Downtown: A Public Conversation. 7 p.m., Remai Modern (Theatre), 102 Spadina Cres. East.

Free and open to the public. Coun. Cynthia Block and University of Saskatchewan (USask) regional and urban planning student Zoe Hagen will kick off the event to discuss how we can build a vibrant downtown Saskatoon. Presented by the City of Saskatoon, Downtown Saskatoon, Great Places and the USask Regional and Urban Planning Program.

MARCH 13

RUH Foundation’s Greek Gourmet Feast, 5:30 p.m. at Manos Restaurant & Lounge (200-1820 Eighth Street East). Proceeds support 12 innovative chronic care programs, including equipment and research initiatives related to diabetes, coronary artery disease and stroke, heart function, cardio-oncology care, epilepsy, respiratory care, and culturally safe approaches to MARCH 16 chronic disease management proposed by clinicians and Tri-Continental serves up unique blends of global folk, roots researchers at Royal University Hospital. Call or email and the blues, with Bill Bourne as the great improviser, LesTrina at 306-655-0628 or trina.hritzuk@ruhf.org for ter Quitzau as the kidnapper of the blues and Madagascar more information or to purchase tickets.

Slim as the introducer of the new Malagasy blues. 8 p.m. ***** The Bassment. Tickets $25 and $35.

Let’s Go Crazy geocaching event (GC838P4) at the stuffy MARCH 17 rider booth at Lawson Heights Mall from 7:15-8:30 p.m.

There’s a huge dose of St. Patrick’s Day music with Kim It’s a poker rally with a twist. Everyone welcome.

DeLaforest on violin and Jim McLean on guitar and vocals.

Both are regular members of Slamsa, the Celtic band. 7:30 MARCH 15 University of Saskatchewan Wind Orchestra Concert. p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $18 and $23.

7:30 p.m., Centennial Collegiate Auditorium, 160 Nelson MARCH 19 Rd. Tickets $20 general, $10 students/seniors; sold Coig joins into the fiddle series with the traditional roots at the door or by email: university.bands@usask.ca. flavours of Jason Roach on piano, Chrissy Crowley on Pieces by Reed, Shostakovich, Davoren and more will be fiddle, Rachel Davis on fiddle and Darren McMullen on performed. guitar, banjo and mandolin. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets MARCH 16 $28 and $38.

My Life as a Musician: A Free Public Talk by Yamaha MARCH 20 Recording Artist Bobby Shew. 2 p.m., Quance Theatre, Katie Thiroux arrives with great credentials as a vocalist Education Building, 28 Campus Dr., USask campus. and bassist. She has a full scholarship at Berklee College Bobby Shew will also perform a concert with the of Music, served a residency at Quincy Jones’ club in Dubai University of Saskatchewan Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. and in 2018, she won the rising star category as a bassist Tickets for the performance are $20 (general) and $10 in the Downbeat magazine poll. 8 p.m. The Bassment. (students) and are sold at the door.

Tickets $43.

MARCH 15

The Residuals do Saskatoon’s best tribute to Gaelic music and Prairie roots. All share in the vocals and Rick Kroener plays guitar with Jeremy A. Cook on fiddle, Rob McInnis on mandolin and Irish banjo and Paul Runalls on bass. 9 p.m.

The Bassment. Tickets $20 and $25.

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MARCH 30 Music for the Gut “Artist Showcase” featuring alumni and guests in solos and small groups. 7 p.m. at Grace Westminster United Church (505 10th St East). Gerard Weber, Sophie McBean, Hannah Lissel-DeCorby, Amos Friesen, Doo-ly Noted Quartet, Harmenics, Cara Wilson, Janet Wilson, Yuli Chen, Jordie Hughton and many more! Jamey Hughton will be the MC. Kevin Bode address. 50/50 by Lions Clubs.

All in support of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. $20 Tickets at Saskatoon Academy of Music (629-1st Ave. North) and McNally Robinson. $25 at the door. More info is available at MusicfortheGut.com.

APRIL 7 Saskatoon Men’s Chorus presents Rhythms of Spring, featuring guest percussionists Darrell Bueckert and Fraser Krips on at 2:30 p.m. at Grace Westminster United Church, 505 10th St. East. Tickets from chorus members, McNallyRobinson Booksellers, or at the door.

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Katherena Vermette: My Writing Life. 7 p.m., Convocation Hall, Peter MacKinnon Building, 107 Administration Pl., USask campus. The Break by Katherena Vermette is the 2019 Arts and Science Book Club selection. This talk is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer period, book sale and book signing will follow the lecture. A live stream of the lecture will be shown on the book club website: artsandscience.usask.ca/bookclub.

MARCH 19 De Brou Memorial History Lecture: “The Prairies Coming Out Strong”: Western Canadian Queer Communities, 1969-1985. 7 p.m., Frances Morrison Central Library, 311 23rd St. East. University of Saskatchewan history professor Dr. Valerie Korinek (PhD) will draw upon the oral, archival and cultural documents collected for her recently published book Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer People in Western Canada, 1930-1985.

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends:

Views of the World

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ruce Arthur of the Toronto Star, on the moments of silence in Calgary and Vancouver in honour of Ted Lindsay: “In Calgary the moment was utterly silent. In Vancouver it quickly became a shouting match between Leafs fans shouting Go Leafs Go and Vancouver fans yelling at them to shut-up, and it went from there. That was honestly disgraceful.”

• Torben Rolfsen, on the Flames retiring Jarome Iginla’s jersey on a night slightly marred by the Minnesota Wild defeating Calgary 4-2: “Fortunately, afterwards, Iginla’s jersey beat up Ryan Suter.”

• From TC Chong: “Oregon has the only Blockbuster Video store left in the world. It will remain open until it has collected every last quarter from customers worldwide who still owe for not rewinding.”

• Being somewhat realistic, I would like to see Bryce Harper hit .270, with 25 home runs and 80 RBIs. In other words, John Smoak.

• From Janice Hough: “On March 29, Anne McClain and Christine Koch will conduct the first all-female spacewalk. Well, at least we know if they get lost they will ask for directions.”

• Ronda Rousey has it figured out: “Wrestling is scripted. It’s made up.”

• From Rolfsen: “The Steelers are trading Antonio Brown, but his value the past year has taken a worse hit than cryptocurrency.”

• How can Mitch Marner be plus-25 and Auston Matthews minus-1? I’m thinking the big lump is playing only 100 feet.

• Hough, on Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright being suspended for 80 games for PEDs: “Wright is a knuckleballer. Did he take PEDs to increase his pitch speed from 60 to 70 mph?”

• Chong, on Wright was suspended for 80 games for testing positive for PEDs: “PlayAS031108 Aaron ers became suspicious when his wild pitches

suddenly had enough velocity to make it to the backstop.”

• Among those inducted into the Curling Hall of Fame: Cactus Jack Wells and Breathless Bill Good. Gosh they don’t have nicknames like those anymore. Nice to see Vic Rauter and Don Wittman among the other media types who will be inducted.

• Dan Jenkins, regarded by many as the greatest sports writer of all time, died last week at the age of 89. When I subscribed to Sports Illustrated, the edition was always better if it included a Jenkins piece. “Laugher is the only thing that cuts trouble down to size where you can talk to it,” he once wrote. Wow. • From Hough: “After the Bears were knocked out of playoffs by a missed kick that did a double doink off the upright and crossbar, Chicago has signed a potential new placekicker. His name? Chris Blewitt. Some items don’t need a punchline.”

• From Jack Todd of the Montreal Gazette: “My wager would be that the Blue Jackets will be the odd team out come playoff time despite the moves they made — or because of them.”

• North Dakota State won the Football Championship Subdivision. That’s something like the Montreal Alouettes winning a consolation game against the Regina Rams.

• From Hough, after Geir Helgemo, ranked as No. 1 bridge player in the world, was stripped of his titles, points and medals from the 2018 World Bridge Series after testing positive for clomifene, a female fertility drug and synthetic testosterone: “It’s enough to make you long for the purity of pro wrestling.”

• Rolfsen, on the Clippers winning 23 of their last 27 games against the Lakers: “Things are getting so bad at Staples, the Lakers pay Dane Cook to sit in the front row.”

• I would like to see the Phillies lose all 162 games this year, but will settle for 80.

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By RJ Currie ive musings while watching the 2019 Brier: 5. PEI Skip John Likely: unlikely to win; 4. Team Canada among the leaders: If I had a Nichols; 3. AB second Colton Flasch: Not a Flasch in the pan; 2. NWT vs. AB: A tale of two Koes; 1. MB skip Mike McEwen: McWon’tWin. • Former Raptor and Heat star Chris Bosh ranked No. 2 on TSN’s Top 10 Faking It list. Coming in at No. 1: an indeterminate number of wives.

• An early final from the Canadian men’s curling championship: NB 10; NU 2. The foursome from Iqaluit hoped for an upset, but New Brunswick was having Nunavut.

• The Toronto Argonauts signed defensive tackle Cory “Poop” Johnson. Might be the first CFL lineman to wear No. 2.

• Falling tennis star Eugenie Bouchard’s Twitter date from losing an ill-considered Super Bowl bet is reportedly being made into a rom-com.

Possible titles include: I Dream of Genie, Backhand to the Future and Blunder Woman.

• The Kansas City Chiefs want OT rules changed so both teams will get a possession. “Fantastic idea, and fair to both sides,” said the CFL — 19 years ago.

• Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright is suspended 80 games after testing positive for HGH, one year after he served 15 games for domestic violence. Knuckleballer? Knucklehead.

• The March 1 Devils game against the Flyers featured the home players decked out in a special “Heritage Uniform.” That’s right. New Jersey.

• Eight Portland Trailblazers got stuck in an elevator during a recent road trip to Boston. During the 30 minutes they were trapped, they still outscored the Celtics.

• Johnny Manziel’s wife, Bre Tiesi-Manziel, has been accused of taking a shortcut to win the Run Like A Diva half marathon. Out of reflex, the CFL banned her.

• Jason Witten decided to quit as Monday Night Football analyst and return to play for the Cowboys? I’m thinking he should go straight from the booth to the concussion tent.

• Porn star Mia Khalifa claims she had to have corrective surgery because a stray puck in a Stanley Cup game ruptured one of her breast implants. Talk about Deflategate.

RJ’s Punalty Box After an osprey dropped a fish in right field during a Jacksonville college game, one pundit said “pray that doesn’t happen again.” How would such a prayer start? Let’s osprey?

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• If you have health questions, talk to our health and wellness concierge.

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