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Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express ylan MacKenzie is humble. He’s so humble that he told his friends he was playing hockey when he was actually going to a modelling competition in Vancouver.

He was 15, new to modelling and was turning heads. With agents from far and wide at full gaze, he excelled in the various components of the event, but was too young to sign a contract.

Last November, he proved his first visit was no fluke and was offered a contract by an agency named Major Models. That’s two of the words in the name — the other is Milan. As in Milan, Italy.

A 16-year-old Grade 11 student at Holy Cross is about to become an international model.

A scout named Cristiano Cerasola told MacKenzie he was the “sure big winner “of the weekend in Vancouver. That was saying a lot given the number of fresh faces at the competition. The models came from across Canada and some from the United States.

MacKenzie didn’t try modelling to become a model.

“It was more to get confidence at the time. I wasn’t really shy, but I definitely opened up a lot more than I knew that I could have after getting exposed to all this,” he said. “It was a great opportunity and now it has progressed and worked out.”

His first stop on the way to Milan was at SHE Modelling in Saskatoon, where Mary Obrodovich guided him.

“Back then, I didn’t think it was going to go anywhere; I will do these classes and learn some things but as I did it I realized how much I liked fashion and different types of clothes. My main passion is to act, but you get more attention with the modelling.

“I figure now that all these opportunities with modelling can get me exposure and get experience and make connections with those who are in the acting industry.”

On his first trip to Vancouver, he didn’t understand how the industry worked.

“I went there for experience and our expectations were sort of low, but when we got a lot of feedback and a lot of attention I guess we knew this is it and we have to follow through with it.”

He won awards on both the acting and modelling side. On his second trip, he got the same good feedback, won more awards and got callbacks.

“It was encouraging to see on the second trip back it wasn’t a fluke kind of thing — that I was actually a talent, I guess.”

He explained the process.

“When you go there, you have a portfolio with all your pictures and everything; they are different styles of shots and you go around this little loop and you show the scouts two of your pictures. They judge it on (Continued on page 7)

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arah McLachlan can host The second year of the my Juno awards anytime. televised Junos was a bit lean on She was outstanding at talent with John Allan Cameron this year’s edition last week in hosting, and Caroll Baker, Dan London, Ont. Hill and Valdy performing.

Back in 2007, Nelly Furtado Hill, Chilliwack, April did an OK job of hosting the Wine, the Raes and Patsy Galawards in Saskatoon. Performlant made the Top 100 list of ers that night were Furtado, most-played songs in Canada in Alexisonfire, City and Colour, 1975. That was an embarrassDJ Champion, Three Days ing year in music, given Debby Grace, The Tragically Hip, Boone was No. 1, beating out k-os, Billy Talent and Gregory the likes of the Eagles’ HoEditor Charles. tel California and Fleetwood The Junos were held in Regina in 2013 Mac’s Dreaming. and were hosted by Michael Bublé. PerAs an aside, I did see the Boone family formers that night were Coachella, Carly perform at the Exhibition grandstand in the Rae Jepsen, Bublé, Serena Ryder, Billy early 1970s. They were a wholesome famTalent, The Sheepdogs, Hannah Georgas ily. It was kind of like watching the Brady and Classified with David Myles.

Bunch, Leave it to Beaver and The Waltons Both Saskatchewan cities did quite well on steroids. in the performers department.

As I have gotten older, I find I know As I was looking at the list of previous fewer and fewer of the performers at Junos’ Juno hosts it struck me as being odd — like ceremonies. I really took a hit in staying in really odd — that Pamela Anderson hosted touch with modern music when my sons the 2006 awards. The had-we-only-known started leaving home. host was Jacob Hoggard in 2015.

What I saw and heard last week at the The Junos were first shown on television Junos was a whole bunch of talented Canain 1975. The host that year was Paul Anka. dians. We will see some of them and many Susan Jacks, Andy Kim, Diane King, more in Saskatoon next March.

Anne Murray, Anka and The Stampeders And we can only hope Jim Cuddy will performed. be in town, serving in his role as life of the I always thought it was cool that Susan party.

Jacks was born in Saskatoon. She had quite ***** the name back then — Susan Pesklevits. I My Canadian Football League will liked the Poppy Family, a band she formed always include Canadians in the starting with her husband Terry Jacks in the 1960s. lineups. Reducing the number from seven I remember being disappointed when their to five, as has been discussed, is a terrible marriage ended. Their song, Which Way idea.

You Goin’ Billy, reached No. 2 on BillThose who say the quality of play would board in the United States. be better with fewer Canadians can watch

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Fill your helmets, people.

I am sure it isn’t always easy — especially with injuries — to ensure there are seven Canadians in the starting lineup. I’m thinking you need something like three O-lineman, a wide receiver, a defensive lineman, a linebacker and the safety to make it happen.

Here’s hoping the league’s American coaches, American general managers and the Canadian commissioner put on their thinking caps and keep the Canadian in the Canadian Football League. ***** Congratulations to Kevin Mitchell of the StarPhoenix for his nomination as a finalist for a national newspaper award. Kevin was nominated in the sports category for his coverage of the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy.

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There is no better newspaper writer in Saskatchewan.

It’s Kevin’s third nomination for a national award. I’m betting he will be recognized this year, becoming the only writer at the StarPhoenix to ever win one. ***** The best line I saw on the Burton Cummings noise complaint in Moose Jaw came from Regina Leader-Post columnist Rob Vanstone: “Did he break it to them gently?”

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Free-stage events will move into the Bessborough Gardens, where there will be fewer mainstage performers.

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Major changes coming to Jazz Festival THERE WILL be some Gone in the shuffle will be dramatic changes in schedthe large free stage, which at uling and logistics at the times has been operated on SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz either side of the Bessborough Festival, which runs in SaskaHotel and, for a handful of toon June 21-30. years, in Friendship Park at Artistic director Kevin Tothe foot of the Traffic Bridge. bin calls it “a revitalization of The ticketed headline a model which hasn’t changed shows will be held the first much in 35 years and we see three nights, June 20-21-22, the changes as an opportuand again on June 29-30. All nity for stability and future are prime weekend opportunigrowth.” ties. Names of the headliners People The Delta Bessborough are likely to be announced Gardens stage will be used for within the next seven to 10 five ticketed headline events and on the days. other five days, the emphasis will be on The free stage, which provided shows Saskatchewan talent on the free stage, for all 10 days, including noon-hour with shows four times a day. starts on weekends, will now be a fiveIn another strategic plan, The day run, June 24 through 28, and will Bassment, which is owned by the Sashave an earlier start each day with a 3 katoon Jazz Society, and the Broadway p.m. opener, followed by other shows at Theatre will each operate on four or 5, 7 and 9 p.m. five nights, but never in competition “The ticketed shows and the free stagwith each other, as has happened in the es are entities unto their own. It is not past. possible to run free shows on the same

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“One of the things that has happened in the last 10 years is that the music industry has changed. We are in a position where we have to change our ways of presentation.”

The free stage, in an outdoor setting, has unlimited possibilities in accommodating customers.

One of the changing measures will involve concessionaires who pay to have their booths in the vicinity of the previous free stages. The festival’s call for concessionaires will soon go out.

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The Broadway Theatre and The Bassment have always been considered key among the indoor venues.

The Broadway has about 440 seats, the Bassment has around 180, and by running on alternate nights, the options with largely-imported acts will be better. Amigos will also be used for some nights.

There will be many regular venues, with free noon-hour entertainment on street stages, plus supper shows at Second Avenue Grill and late nighters at the James Hotel and more. The festival will also share a partnership with PRIDE Saskatoon, which will arrange its own stage and hire its own entertainers near the Bessborough on June 21.

LAUNCHED IN 1987, the festival became a dream come true for organizers like Jim Hill, Mona Chappell, Paul Taylor and others. The media became very conscious of the festival because in the first summer, organizers didn’t have money to buy advertising. Gradually, sponsors stepped in.

Hill arranged for a national sponsor, the du Maurer Foundation, but there were protests from the anti-smoking crowd. Hill signed the first contract with SaskTel as the title sponsor and TD has become the main stage sponsor.

No one ever says much about the financial returns, but the festival has suffered some setbacks during the last five years. Some were caused by importing talent when the Canadian dollar was in decline and costly exchange rates were hard to handle.

Some were caused by weather interruptions, like an occasional thunderstorm and even one summer where smoke from the northern forest fires drifted down to Saskatoon.

Some problems were caused by organizers trying to be something for everyone, like booking three ticketed shows on many of the same nights.

But this year’s realignments seem to provide the perfect solution. There will be fewer shows but the talent pool will remain significant, the scheduling will be more cost-effective and, as the second largest jazz festival in Western Canada, the consumers will still be the winners.

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Trudeau, Clark budgets in a League on Their Own?

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feel like I am trapped in tion of justice loom, but that an interactive show projust adds to the drama. duced and directed by, and Knowing these scenarios starring, Prime Minister Justin were on the horizon, a skilled Trudeau and featuring Mayor leader would have taken a more Charlie Clark as best supporting prudent approach to his budget. actor.

Instead, Trudeau’s most recent The script is not unique and budget projects an operating seems like a compilation of deficit and an increase to the themes from other well-known existing debt of $671.25 billion movies. The storylinen is that by another $127 billion over each of these young men, who five years.

Columnist present as ill-prepared for their I don’t think this is going to leadership roles, are on a quest be an Academy Award-winning to see who can create the highest per capita production, but if it is, his Oscar may look debt for their constituents. more like a caricature of himself dressed in Neither of them has a clue about balIndian garb. Remember that? anced budgets and both want to create a In his role as best supporting actor, place that represents their own visions of Clark is out to prove himself equal to Nirvana. When the extras on the set ask Trudeau’s spending practices. For two the boys where the money will come from years running, Clark (and his council to pay for their visions, they parrot Scarlett extras) has delivered operating budget O’Hara in Gone with the Wind, saying deficits of about $3 million. “tomorrow is another day.”

Not to worry, because council will The play is still in progress, but might offset last year’s budget shortfall through have a modified ending similar to the various reserves. Mind you, it means taxes movie Thelma and Louise, where their or user levies will have to go up in the eyes lock as they careen over a cliff into following years to replenish the reserves. the great abyss and, if they don’t perish in Consider this part of the theatre admission the crash, will drown in a pool of financial ticket. debt.

A couple of weeks ago, it was proposed Sadly, the audience members (aka tax- that out of the $10.28 million allocated payers) blithely watching the flick, while for expanding bike lanes in the city, $4.6 dipping hands into empty popcorn bags, million will be spent on making the downdon’t realize they too may drown with the town bike lanes permanent. Of course, that performers. doesn’t include the cost of raised biking When Trudeau started his term, he lanes on Idylwyld Drive because that cost announced he was going to spend, spend, is covered under a separate $14.3 million spend and then balance the budget in his project. fourth year of office. He was true to his So, we are off and running on the Acspending commitment, but his promise to tive Transportation Plan approved in 2016 balance the budget is unfulfilled. and priced at $250 million. Silly me, I Yes, Trudeau has the crazy guy south of almost forgot about the plans for cyclingthe border to deal with, new trade agreeonly bridges at $59 million each, although ments to negotiate, and China nipping at the city will run sewer lines under them. (I his heels while possible issues of obstruc- wonder if all those infrastructure charges

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we pay on our water/sewer bills will cover this project.)

The $250-million Bus Rapid Transit system is still in the works. Clark and company are still waiting for Trudeau to shell out $162 million toward the cause.

It should be noted that these prices do not include train track overpasses ballparked at roughly $150 million each. This adds to the intrigue of the plot and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.

adjoining a new downtown library to the project at roughly $100 million to sweeten the deal.

There will be little or no downtown parking to support all these facilities, but everyone can ride their bikes or catch the BRT to get there.

Over and above an arena and library, the city’s wish list totalled $593 million, which includes the transit plan referred to above, green infrastructure projects and community, cultural and recreational funding. It is looking primarily to the Trudeau’s Clark is out to prove government to help make the wishes come himself equal to Trudeau’s true.

However, as in the past, the federal spending practices. government will kick-start a project and leave property taxpayers to foot the balFor two years running, ance (think Remai Art Gallery.) Maybe Clark (and his council it is Trudeau who should be nominated for the best supporting role. And we must extras) has delivered remember that the city is always light on its budget projections. operating budget deficits I have no idea how much any of these of about $3 million. projects will add to the existing city debt of $355 million, but my popcorn bag is I’ve lost count of how many tens of empty. millions the waste management program Meanwhile, as the movie drones on, is going to cost, but that should be adhousing prices are in a slump, building equately hidden in a utility bill after the permits are down and financial analysts next civic election. Just count on paying speculate that the Canadian dollar could hundreds of dollars more each year for possibly find its way down to 62 cents. waste disposal. Every good movie needs a Will there be an increased price on all twist to keep the audience guessing. our construction projects because of the Council spends $100,000 here and new U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum? Is $200,000 there (adding up into the milcouncil at all concerned about the growing lions) to study and advise how we can number of properties listed as being in tax spend all this money. It raises the question arrears? I could go on, but I hear my editor as to what the $100,000-plus club does at sharpening his pencil. city hall.

This year we will have to vote on Latest on the list for consultants is for whether Trudeau will win an award for his a new downtown arena to fill the soonperformance, and next year we will vote to-be-created zoning for an entertainment on whether Clark will be an award winner. district. No one knows where the $400 The envelope please. Start a drum roll, million-plus will come from to pay for this maestro. And the winners are . . . new edifice, but council is contemplating ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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Budget targets young would-be homeowners

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recently chatted with a solutely fair and affordable in successful and well-known Moncton, for example. real estate agent who told That being said, a surge me something I knew, but in prices may not be the best didn’t know. thing for the market right now, Everyone wants to talk or at least some markets. Canabout real estate. Everyone. ada is not one housing market; People on the street, at parties, it’s comprised of many, many over lunch, even at family housing markets. You can’t events. Everyone. All the time. compare a condo in Toronto As I said, I always rather with a bungalow in Meadow thought that housing was a faLake, even if the Torontonian Columnist vourite topic for many, but this makes a lot more money. But agent is absolutely inundated if we want to get first-time with questions and speculative comments home buyers into the market, a price surge in his work and personal life. I wonder if would not be helpful. he ever gets to talk about his kids, or the Anyway, it looks to me that Justin weather, or the Roughriders.

Trudeau’s group wanted to assuage the And so, it came as no surprise to me fury over their means-testing policy, havthat the most ballyhooed tenet of last ing noticed that it has taken a bite out of week’s federal budget related to housing. the market, not to mention the dreams of The assistance to, basically, millennials potential home buyers. They’ve also taken was the lead on the news everywhere I a few lobbying hits from the construction looked. people, I am sure, since they’ve provided The government announced that a sop to the industry by offering a higher Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. loan from CMHC for new housing.

(CMHC) will provide interest-free loans Politically, it works, I think. There is of 10 per cent on new houses and five per an election coming. cent on existing homes, if your household What worked less well for me was income is $120K or lower. This could the so-called announcement on pharmalower mortgage payments, they say, by care. The budget provided $35 million $228 per month. Good for a week’s groover four years to set up a “transition ceries, perhaps. office” for the Canadian Drug Agency.

You can also “borrow” $35,000 from This would be essentially a new, national your RRSP to buy a first home, up from formulary providing a list of drugs that $25,000. I wonder how many millennials would cover everyone. have $35K lurking in those accounts.

So yes, this needs to be studied and Clearly, the feds are targeting younger, done correctly, and yes, we have to find first-time homeowners, and perhaps the money for better drug coverage. But rightly so. I suspect the Liberal govern$35 million over four years? A functional ment has taken note of the falling house agency is a long, long, long way out, and sales across the country, which has been it’s starting out with a relatively small blamed by some on the same governfunding amount. ment’s year-ish-old means testing policy.

The announcement in the budget alWhen they brought that in, forclows the government to say it’s doing ing people to prove they could afford a something about pharmacare — oh yes, five-year mortgage rate, it knocked a lot it is; we are taking care of Canadians! of youngsters out of the running. Where — without committing to get it done in a they could once buy, perhaps, a $400K timely fashion. home, they were suddenly back in $300K Methinks this government will be long land. Good luck buying a house for that in gone by the time the agency is operationmany Canadian markets. al. Even if the Liberals win the upcoming On the plus side, it seems less risky to election with a majority, it’s unlikely that offer these new incentives than to encour- they’ll have to worry about where to find age young people to borrow more, as Paul the drug funds in the long run.

Kershaw of Generation Squeeze said on And there’s always back-tracking. I CBC TV. Another commentator suggested believe we were supposed to get electoral that targeting home-buying help to a par- reform, too, yes? One day, the prime minticular demographic, instead of offering ister just said, no, we’re not doing that. it to all, may prevent a surge in housing End of story. I still don’t have a grip on prices. why he did that.

Everybody thinks Canadian housing But pharmacare does make a very nice is too expensive, and of course, it is/has platform piece. been in some markets. But it’s a slightly And at the very least, we’ll get skewed perception. What is outrageously some more young people into their first priced in Toronto and Vancouver is abhomes.

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ometimes I think April called only to find our friend Fool’s Day was created attached to the basement wall. just for me.

We weren’t charged, but did There’s nothing funnier we ever learn a lesson: the next than a good practical joke, time we’d duct tape his mouth. especially when it’s planned My mother was probably out. I spent my preteens in the the best practical joker I knew, era of real communications. and most of the time I was the Basically all people had were recipient. landline telephones, some of When I was a kid, we had which were party lines. a bear hide we used for a floor A party line was a line rug. The hide still had the a person had to share with bear’s head attached, with the Columnist others, generally a neighbourmouth open and the teeth fully hood. There was no privacy exposed. because other people might be listening to I was scared of the bear hide, so my your conversation. mom would point the head toward the In my neck of the woods, there were wall or throw a towel over the head. One only two television channels. Basically day I came running into the house only most, if not all, communication was done to find the bear hide looking directly face to face. towards the door.

My friends loved pulling practical I froze and started to hyperventilate. jokes. It was all harmless fun, like the It was then that I saw the bear move. If time we duct-taped one of our friends to I wasn’t so young, my heart would have the wall to see if it was possible. stopped.

After using about two rolls, we were Just when I was about to pass out I able to tack him to the wall to a point heard my mom holler, “April fool.” After where he couldn’t move. Then we left recovering from the initial shock, we him there while we went and played laughed so hard we were rolling around baseball. on that bear hide.

Being young, we didn’t completely Mom pulled this joke off by hiding think this through, because after the ball and having the bear tied to a string so she game we went back to check on him only could make it move. to find police cars around his place.

Laughter is a big part of Indigenous Apparently someone was walking culture. If there’s one thing that glues by and heard someone calling for help most First Nations together, it is humour. from inside the house. The police were Some nations, such as the Hopi, Nava-

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These roles are important and respected members of the nation because they are healers. They heal through laughter.

The old adage “laughter is the best medicine” could be their motto.

The Sioux nation has a ceremony which they call a Heyoka. I was privileged to have attended these ceremonies and each one is interesting. Because everything is done backwards, it gets confusing and sometimes hilarious. In the movie A Man Called Horse, with Dustin Hoffman and Chief Dan George, Hoffman portrays a Heyoka.

He wears a dress and rides his horse backwards. If a person marries into the Hopi nation, they would be one big Hopi family.

Real communication has evolved with a fixation on pixels.

Before the digital age, mainstream media had their heyday on April Fool’s Day, some with not-so-good endings. In the early 1980s, a television station in Boston reported a giant hill located in the city had a hidden volcano and it was ready to erupt.

Panic swept through the city and the news director of the station was fired.

Once, a radio station reported that, because of budget deficiencies, the Liberty Bell was sold to Taco Bell and would be known as The Liberty Taco Bell.

Even members of Congress fell for it.

Not to be outdone, CBC Radio once reported the Royal Canadian Mint would be unveiling a threenie, a three-dollar coin to go with the loonie and toonie.

There were people who fell for it.

Something I have always wondered is what would Geronimo holler if he had the chance to jump out of an airplane?

One of my favourite April Fool’s Day traditions is a silly little practical joke.

I line up behind someone at a ATM machine and just when the person is walking out the door I holler and say, “you left money in that tiny little slot.” You should see how fast they turn around.

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SHE Modelling owner credited for MacKenzie’s success “You pretty much can’t be too much less or too much more,” she said. “They would probably do 5-11 or 6-1, but they like a certain height.”

More than anything, Obrodovich likes MacKenzie as a person.

“He is the nicest kid. Other than my own kids, he is the best kid I have ever met. He is very kind, very polite, very responsible.

When I put him at a job, I know he is going to be there and he is going to do a fantastic job because everybody just loves him to pieces.”

SHE Modelling now acts as MacKenzie’s mother agency and will be compensated for discovering him.

MacKenzie has signed a three-year contract and will fly to Italy in August to begin work.

“I was pretty surprised actually. Looking back it seemed like something I was doing for fun and now I can travel to Europe for this and meet a lot of new people.”

MacKenzie is a pretty typical teenager.

He performed in the Christmas drama production at Holy Cross, he plays hockey and golf. He has been working at a golf course as a summer job and has played hockey his whole life.

In addition, he has attended mission trips to Belize on Project Serve Team through Youth For Christ.

“They have been amazing opportunities for Kylan to learn and give back,” Corridawne said.

She credited Corwin Thiessen for those opportunities.

“He’s Kylan’s mentor and good friend who has been there for advice, support, help with photos, and encouragement.”

Corridawne is proud of her son.

“As a parent, it is wonderful that he is humble about it. I have parents of his friends asking me ‘What is this about Milan.’ My one friend asked the boys and they didn’t have a clue what Kylan is doing. These are friends of his and they really don’t have a clue. He is very humble about it, which, as parents, we are hoping to maintain.

“He seems very grateful for the experiences, so we are happy about that. He’s really personable and he’s a really good kid, and he has a look that everybody seems to like.

“We went to Vancouver and he won these awards. We were very blown away by the talent that he had. We didn’t know he

was that passionate about it or had put so much heart into it. On top of the modelling agencies, there was lots of interest in him from talent agencies. It has totally blown into something we didn’t expect.”

Corridawne isn’t sure what the immediate future holds.

MacKenzie will be in Milan for part of the summer, will be taking Grade 12 online and will be in Milan again starting in January.

“We have told him — and I think he knows it — it is a pretty difficult industry and he has to have thick skin. You can have a dozen people say, yes this is the look we want and one person who says no and then he doesn’t get the job.

“I think what is good with Kylan is his heart is with acting, so I don’t think it will be devastating. He will be getting experience, hopefully meeting some people and getting an idea of what that world looks like.”

MacKenzie is also getting support from his father, Kevin MacKenzie, and siblings Kelsea and Kelden. He is anxious to get his career started.

“It is an honour to be doing this. Being from Saskatchewan, it is great to represent this province.”

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(Continued from page 1) uniqueness, how you look and your outfit — we were the winner of that one.”

He was first runner-up in monologue and first runner-up in the formal runway competition. He was the winner of the sports runway competition.

“There is a lot of talent down there for sure. It’s most of Canada and even places in the States sometimes. And international models show up to look for more work.”

MacKenzie credits Obrodovich for his success.

“She has showed me so much and I have learned so much from her; she’s wonderful.”

Corridawne MacKenzie, Kylan’s mother, was also quick to praise Obrodovich.

“She has been a blessing and an amazing encouragement and supporter for Kylan.

Kylan wouldn’t be where he is today without her help.”

Obrodovich said she knew MacKenzie was special from the first time she first saw him on a runway.

“The first walk down the runway, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh,’” she said.

The fact he is six feet tall hit the mark dead on for male models.

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Arts &

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Stanley-Boushie play offered with “respect, humility”

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express ersephone Theatre’s 2019-2020 season will have a comedic bent, but the play that was most discussed at last week’s reveal was a weighty one that delves into the court decision in the Gerald Stanley-Colten Boushie case.

Stanley was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2016 shooting death of Boushie.

“We take up one of the many responsibilities of a regional theatre by commissioning new plays and reflecting on the most important issues being discussed in Saskatchewan,” Persephone artistic director Del Surjik said.

Surjik said a similar play was in the works, but Boushie’s death and the court decision changed the focus of the script.

“Quite a while ago now, local playwright Joel Bernbaum and I discussed a play commission to serve our city by addressing the most pressing issue we could identify at the time — urban race relations.

“This play commission was to take a verbatim or documentary style which meant it would be constructed out of actual words of our citizenry. Joel was well under way with transcripts from many, many Saskatonians — all types — when something changed. And with that, the

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interviews changed radically as well.

“We refocused our work on the implications of the Stanley trial and the aftermath of Colten Boushie’s tragic death.”

The new work is named Reasonable Doubt, a documentary play with live music. Bernbaum, Lancelot Knight and Yvette Nolan are the creators of the piece.

It will run from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12, 2020.

“It is admittedly a sad story in so many ways,” Surjik said. “We offer this to you with respect and humility. Things aren’t likely to get better if we don’t talk about them.”

Surjik said the audience will be invited to participate in post-show discussions.

“The script continues its development towards its production, and you can still add your voice for consideration by contacting us at talkatpersephonetheatre. org,” he said.

Four of the other five plays in the subscription series will be comedies.

“Certainly if we are going to undertake weighty work of this nature we need to frame the rest of the season to balance and support its inclusion,” Surjik said.

One of those will be the pre-holiday season presentation of Elf, a likely candidate for an extended run.

Surjik said there is no theme to the season.

“As we build our season we don’t

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Artistic director Del Surjik announced Persephone Theatre’s 2019-2020 season last week. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson) consciously pick a theme and run after it.

I find that leads to some side effects; you are cramming together choices rather than focusing on what’s really important: contemplating the quality of the script, the relevance it has; does it have real meaning for our audience?”

He said after the selection of plays, the season revealsCarol itself.

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“In this case, I have come to characterize that as ‘stories from less heard voices.’”

In addition to Reasonable Doubt, the following plays will be on the main stage.

Persephone Theatre provided the capsules for each.

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Entertainment (Continued from page 8) Glory

By Tracey Power Sept. 25 to Oct. 9 A Hockey Play that Swings Inspired by the true story of Canada’s own Preston Rivulettes In 1933, four friends set out to prove to Canada that hockey isn’t just a sport for men. But with the Great Depression weighing heavily on the nation and political tensions rising in Europe, can they overcome the odds, and people’s expectations, to forge their own path to glory?

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Buddy the Elf, who as a child mistakenly crawled into Santa’s bag of gifts and was transported to the North Pole. Buddy is unaware that he is actually human, but eventually his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father, discover his true identity, and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.

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By Marie Jones March 25 to April 8, 2020 Charlie and Jake are hired as extras when a Hollywood film crew arrives in their quiet Irish village to shoot the epic movie A Quiet Life. But when harsh W.R.O.L. reality is pitted against the Hollywood (Without Rule of Law) Dream, chaos ensues. This award-winBy Michaela Jeffrey ning comedy is a rollicking and poignant Oct. 30 to Nov. 13 tour de force with two actors playing a Convinced the world at large can’t be cast of dozens. trusted to adequately protect the well-being of adolescent girls in the event of an The Shoplifters apocalypse (or just in general), a deterBy Morris Panych mined troupe of Eighth Grade ‘doomers’ April 29 to May 13, 2020 are committed to preparing for survival Alma is a career shoplifter with a in the post-collapse society they antici- knack for getting the “five-finger dispate inheriting. A darkly comic coming- count.” When she’s caught in the act by of-age story for our complicated times. an overzealous security guard, there’s more revealed than the rib eye steak she ELF - The Musical has stuffed up her skirt. With a cast of Book by Thomas Meehan and oddball characters, this new comedy is Bob Martin a bitingly hilarious look at the gap beMusic by Mathew Sklar tween society’s have and have-nots.

Lyrics by Chad Beguelin In addition to the six-play subscripBased upon the New Line Cinema tion series, there will be three producfilm written by David Berenbaum tions in the Deep End series and five Dec. 4 to 18 shows for young audiences. For more JW032503 James The musical is the hilarious tale of information, visit persephonetheatre.org.

‘Finely tuned’ solo show examines father-son relationship Tetsuro Shigematsu is alone on stage in Empire of the Son. (Photo by Raymond Shum) Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express s a theatre-goer, Tetsuro Shigematsu admits he’s “actually quite leery” of solo work.

“I think no matter how good you are as a performer, the challenge of keeping an audience fully engaged for the length of a movie — by just being up by yourself on stage — is quite a lot to ask for any performer and, certainly, the audience,” he said.

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Yet Shigematsu is alone on stage when he performs Empire of the Son, his acclaimed one-man show that will open at Persephone Theatre this week. However, Shigematsu’s show is different from other one-person plays; for example, his multi-media production combines live performance with the cinematography of a film that is being screened at the moment it is shot.

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Father of Confederation had his roots in Ireland

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By Doreen Kerby arlingford is a small town between Carlingford Lough (lake) and the mountain of Slieve Foye in northeast Ireland.

It has quaint cobblestone streets and medieval buildings, including St. John’s Castle, built in the 12th century, and the ruins of the Dominican Priory at the other end of town. It was established in 1305, but all priories were dissolved by Henry VIII in 1540 and fell into disrepair. Now all that remains are the walls of the nave and the church.

Of great interest to me, Carlingford is the home of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, one of the founding Fathers of Confederation. Born on April 13, 1825, he was quick witted, intelligent and an eloquent speaker.

His father worked as a coast guard, but was poorly paid so there was little chance for schooling for his son.

McGee was only 17 when he left Ireland for the United States, and soon after got a job in Boston working for a newspaper. Within two years he was an editor. When a job came up in Dublin, he returned in 1845.

That was poor timing, because the Great Famine hit that year with failing crops in 1846 and 1848 due to potato blight. More than a million people died of starvation, and by 1856 over a million people immigrated, mostly to the States.

McGee was part of a plot to start a rebellion against the British. They were found out

and McGee was charged with treason, so he fled to the U.S., ending up in Philadelphia.

He worked for a newspaper there for seven years, but became disenchanted with the American way of life and took a job in Montreal, writing for a Roman Catholic newspaper. He was amazed that Catholics and Protestants could live together without fighting. He attended McGill and earned a law degree in 1861.

He worked with devotion for the British Empire, wanting to protect Canada from American ills.

He got into politics and was interested in an independent Canada and worked well with John A McDonald, who appointed him as Minister of Immigration, Statistics and Agriculture in 1863.

He was changing in his political views and working hard to convince Irish Catholics to co-operate with the Protestant British to form a Confederation. In one of his speeches he said, “We have no right to intrude our Irish patriotism on this soil, for our first duty is to the land where we live and have fixed out homes.”

The Fenians (an organization comprised of people living in Ireland and Irish immigrants) were planning to invade Canada and hold it as ransom until the British gave Ireland independence. Today, it would be labelled a terrorist organization. McGee spoke out strongly against them, both with his pen and in his speeches.

The D’Arcy McGee Museum is located in Carlingford, Ireland. (Photo Supplied) That is why he was assassinated by Patrick Whelan in 1868. He had made an impassioned speech to Parliament urging Nova Scotia to stay in Confederation and got to his boarding house around midnight.

As he was waiting for the door to open, he was shot in the back of the neck, blowing off part of his face. All the other Fathers of Confederation had death masks made, but for D’Arcy the best they could do was make a plaster cast of his hand.

They made three — one for the D’Arcy McGee Museum in Carlingford and two for Ottawa. The gun that shot him was sold to the Canadian Museum of Civilization for $105,000. It was the first political assassination in the history of Canada.

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At that time, Montreal only had a population of 105,000. He is buried in Notre Dame Cemetery on Mount Royal.

Not many of us change our position on religion, politics or loyalties. D’Arcy McGee came to Canada with the belief that Canada should be annexed to the United States. Later in life he began to see Canada as a place where religious minorities could co-exist and have their rights respected.

He envisioned Canada one great nationality bound together like the Shield of Achilles and continued to tell Canadians that there is “unity in diversity.”

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(Continued from page 9) ne of the things I had in mind, in terms of creating the show, is I didn’t want it to feel like a typical solo work,” said Shigematsu.

“One of the things I threw out to my team of designers was any chance we could have to give the audience a different modality of experiencing the show, we should try to explore that. So there are times when I’m certainly in direct address – in conversation – with the audience; there’s other times when I’m playing multiple characters.

“There are also moments . . . whereby the audience is able to have a very cinematic experience of seeing miniatures that I manipulate – a kind of puppetry – before a cinema camera. Those images of those miniatures and those toys are writ large on a screen behind me. So the audience is not watching something pre-taped; they’re watching something created before their very eyes. But it’s a very different experience of storytelling than what maybe they were expecting.”

Shigematsu, a former writer for CBC Television’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, has a celebrated background in broadcasting. In 2004, he became the first person of colour to host a daily national radio program in Canada when he took over The Roundup on CBC Radio. Shigematsu’s late father, Akira, was also a public broadcaster – and it is their complicated father-son relationship that is the focus of Empire of the Son. Akira, who was born in Japan, shared

a profession with his son, yet the two had an acrimonious relationship. When Akira’s health began to decline, Shigematsu sought to bridge the gap between them by interviewing his father and telling his life stories. Empire of the Son debuted in 2015, just two weeks after Akira’s death, and the show was also the focus of Shigematsu’s PhD dissertation.

“When I began looking around for a more artistically-inflected project, during that time my father’s health was beginning to falter,” said Shigematsu.

“I thought, ‘Oh, well, this might be an opportunity to interview my father – which was actually somewhat of a novel idea within the context of my family.

Because I often say within my whole life, I never had a conversation with my father that went beyond ‘pass the soya sauce.’ ” Shigematsu’s distant relationship with his late father has been repeatedly brought to life in Empire of the Son, which has received rave reviews from numerous publications. In a 2016 review, for example, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper described it as a “finely-tuned show,” while a review from The Theatre Times in 2018 noted the drama’s “bracingly simple theatricality, paired with Shigematsu’s honest performance, give the production its emotional power – a deeply personal examination of a father and son relationship across cultures, generations and lifetimes.”

To Shigematsu’s surprise, Akira agreed to be the focus of the show and to be interviewed for the PhD project. While he’s

not a religious person, Shigematsu said he feels his father’s spirit while onstage.

“Knowing that I have his blessing allows me to channel his memories with abandon,” Shigematsu said.

Although Empire of the Son is about a Japanese-Canadian family and the story of migration from Japan to Canada by way of England, universal themes emerge within the context of what Shigematsu refers to as the show’s “cultural specificity.” He said audience members have told him “over and over” that they relate to the show.

“A woman from Germany will tell me, ‘This is the story of me and my mother.’

Or a man from Lebanon will say, ‘This is the story of me and my father.’ So it’s quite extraordinary to have the realization that this is not a culturally-specific show, but this is a show about generations – about our generation, and our parents – and the differences there are in terms of how we relate to trauma and memories, and what gets passed down despite the fact that stories may not be shared, and all those things that are left unsaid but deeply felt.”

Empire of the Son, a Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT) production, is directed by Richard Wolfe and produced

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For more information on pet adoption and to donate, contact the Saskatoon SPCA by calling 306-3747387, or by visiting www.saskatoonspca.com.

Composed by Jasmine Hanson, communications co-ordinator of the Saskatoon SPCA, which provides safe shelter to an average of 4,000 homeless, lost, abandoned, neglected, or abused companion animals in Saskatoon every year.

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After a bit more research, hate to admit it, but occaa bit more sparring with Meili sionally I must face facts: and a bit more growing up, I’ve been wrong in the I came round to the notion past. Sometimes very wrong. that restricting, or attempting On the issue of safe drug to restrict, drug addicts from consumption sites in Sastheir addiction wasn’t going to katoon, I have been very solve anything. wrong. Over a decade ago, In fact, it makes sense to when I was newly employed have a clean, safe place where in a newsroom as a mere they can do what they’re child in my late 20s (humour going to do anyway with a me), I produced a story that Columnist lowered risk to the themselves caught fire in Saskatoon and and the public. While they’re Saskatchewan. at it, they can access information and It was about needle exchange programs — specifically, the sheer volume services that might help them navigate or even deviate from the path they’re of needles that were being handed out, seemingly with no oversight or restric- on.

To surprisingly little reaction, AIDS tions — to drug addicts. The notion that it was even an exchange, in the sense of Saskatoon announced last month that trading one dirty needle for a clean one, it is planning to open Saskatoon and Saskatchewan’s first safe-injection wasn’t particularly accurate, as there site this fall in our city’s Pleasant Hill was no requirement that dirty needles neighbourhood. were procured to earn clean ones.

The location was chosen because It was also around this time that of its proximity to services that people Saskatoon firefighters began expressing concerns, offline and on the record, with substance-abuse issues and addictions are already accessing, like the about being called out to pick up dirty Westside Community Clinic and Saskaneedles found lying on the ground, toon Tribal Council’s health centre and sometimes in parks and playgrounds.

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Perhaps there was much less reacfunded health regions were handing out the needles, there should have been tion because AIDS Saskatoon was no longer proposing the site for 33rd Street, some oversight to ensure they were where well-connected business owners returned, and that it wasn’t a fabulous use of firefighters’ time to have them out were having a meltdown over the idea.

But initially, Pleasant Hill residents picking them up. seemed OK with the idea, including Behind the scenes, we were being pressured by cops, some of whom have their community association’s president, who indicated that any protests from her since retired, to put a spotlight on the issue, because they were sick of the free neighbourhood would be overcome with needles from the exchange being used as public education.

It seems that time has come. The first sales inventory by some of Saskatoon’s and perhaps inevitable rumblings of more innovative drug dealers. protest have emerged from Pleasant Hill These dealers would preload each syringe with whatever it was they were residents, and surprisingly, the president selling and sell it as one convenient and of the Central and Urban Metis Federation, Shirley Isbister. neatly-contained unit, or “rig,” as they “We have mothers walking their chilwere, and probably still are, called. One dren to St. Mary’s or Pleasant Hill. We officer described for me an especially disturbing location, where a particularly have families moving. We have seniors in the area,” said Isbister, citing the enterprising and creative dealer had proposed consumption site’s location preloaded hundreds of rigs and stuck them into the wall. All the buyer had to which is relatively close to an elemendo was go in, pluck one out, pay and be tary school.

Drug use prevails in a number of aron his or her way.

I was as outspoken then as I am now, eas in Saskatoon, but it’s no secret that one of the worst is Pleasant Hill, in the though I cringe to think about some of the things I said and did, without nearly heart of the inner city. A safe consumpenough knowledge or experience on the tion site would contain drug consumption inside and away from Isbister’s issues. (I also wonder if 10 years from now I’ll feel the same way about what I walking mothers, families and resident seniors, instead of continuing out in the say and do now. Probably.)

While I still don’t necessarily believe open in public parks, playgrounds and on street corners. It seems strange that that handing out cartons of needles at Isbister would protest such an effort. a time is the perfect solution, I’ve also AIDS Saskatoon remains undaunted. grown up enough to realize that there’s It says it is moving forward with plans no such thing. to submit its application in April for apThen my friend Ryan Meili hit me proval from Health Canada for the site. between the eyes with sound logic a While the risk exists of further few years back, when I told him I didn’t stigmatization of Pleasant Hill and its believe in safe injection sites. “Well, there are unsafe injection sites all over surrounding areas as ridden with crime, the place,” he replied. “So what exactly poverty and addictions, research and common sense points to it being far do you have against safe ones?” outweighed by the likely rewards.

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Saskatoon Glassworkers Guild’s GlassArt Exhibition, at The Galleria, 15 Innovation Blvd. (Follow the signs off of Preston Avenue.) GlassArt is the premier stained, fused and blown glass exhibition in Saskatchewan, showcasing the glasswork of guild members. There is also the opportunity MARCH 30 to discuss glassworking with the artists during the exhibiMusic for the Gut Artist Showcase featuring alumni tion. April 12-13 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and April 14 from and guests in solos and small groups. 7 p.m. at Grace 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Westminster United Church (505 10th St. East). Gerard ***** Weber, Sophie McBean, Hannah Lissel-DeCorby, Amos Artists’ Workshop presents Bridging, Do You See What I Friesen, Doo-ly Noted Quartet, Harmenics, Cara Wilson, See? A collaborative art show & Janet Wilson, Yuli Chen, Jordie Hughton and many more! sale featuring new work from artists: Kathleen Slavin, Jamey Hughton will be the MC. Kevin Bode address. 50/50 Kathryn Green, Lorraine McGrath, Val

by Lions Clubs. All in support of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada.

Miles, Jean Dudley, Molly Clark, Cindy Wright, Monika $20 Tickets at Saskatoon Academy of Music (629-1st Ave. Kinner-Whalen, Sharron Schoenfeld, North) and McNally Robinson. $25 at the door. More info is Marilyn Weiss, Gail Prpick, Paige Mortensen and Patricia available at MusicfortheGut.com.

Katz. Grace Westminster Church (505 10th St. East). April APRIL 3 12 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; April 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Lyell Gustin 15th Recital Series presents Canada’s newest and April 14 from noon to 4 p.m. quartet sensation the Rolston String Quartet. 7:30 p.m. at APRIL 13 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (436 Spadina Cres. East).

Easter Tea from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at St. George’s Cathedral Tickets: $40 regular / $30 student, at McNally Robinson, Saskatoon Academy of Music, Gustin House committee, or Auditorium (210 Ave. M South). Bake sale, Easter breads, sausage, pyrohy, pysanky, cabbage rolls, beet relish, raffles, at the door. Children 12 & under, free if accompanied by door prizes and much more. Adults $3, children ages 6 - 12 an adult. Pre-concert talk by the artists, 6:45 p.m. For $2, and children 5 and under free. Admission at the door. more information, visit www.gustinhouse.ca

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ONGOING

Saskatoon Men’s Chorus presents Rhythms of Spring, featuring guest percussionists Darrell Bueckert and Fraser LAST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH Krips at 2:30 p.m. at Grace Westminster United Church (505 10th St. Eas)t. Tickets from chorus members, McNally- Epilepsy Saskatoon Support Group meets the last Saturday of every month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards CenRobinson Booksellers, or at the door. tre at 333, Fourth Ave. North. Family, children, caregivers and friends are all welcome! This is a safe, friendly place to share, discuss ideas, answer questions, and support one another.

You can follow Epilepsy Saskatoon on Facebook.

EVENTS

MARCH 20 – 30\

Greystone Theatre presents Machinal by Sophia Treadwell.

Directed by Natasha Martina. Often cited as one of the best plays ever written, Machinal is told through the eyes of a young woman who feels disposable in a patriarchal society.

To what lengths will she go in order to survive in a world where she is seen as a mere object? 8 p.m., John Mitchell Building, 118 Science Pl., USask campus. Tickets available online at artsandscience.usask.ca/drama.

MARCH 29 The board of directors of the Saskatoon Native Circle Ministry will hold a chicken strip dinner fundraiser and silent auction to support the work of the mission that reaches out to the less fortunate through food program, counselling and an art program at the Mission on 20th Street. Cocktails at 6 p.m. and supper at 7 p.m. Tickets for children 4-8 years: $8 Adults: $25. Please call Sharon for tickets at 306-9789577.

MARCH 29-31 Big Sky Artists annual show and sale. March 29 from 5-9 p.m. March 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 31 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Grace Westminster Church (505 10th St. East). Contributing Artists: Jan Buttinger, Janice Beaule, Donna Delainey, Celeste Delahey, Lorna Lamothe, Norma Rempel, June Ricklefs, Charlotte Sanford, Carol Trumbley, Laurel Schenstead-Smith, Ann Waugh. Free admission.

FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7 p.m. at Preston Park 1 (114 Armistice Way). Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday.

If so, meetings are on the second Monday. There are no meetings in January, July and August.

Bridge City Artists sale. April 5 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., April 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 7 from noon until 4 p.m. Albert Community Centre (Clarence Avenue and 11th Street. Please use south basement entrance and elevator to the third floor). Purchases by cash or cheque. Free admission. Wheelchair access.

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Market Mall to be home of MRI scanner

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askatoon is getting its first userpay MRI scanner.

A historic deal was signed last week when Siemens Healthineers, James Cree First Nation (JSCN) and JSCN’s Medical Clinic LP announced they were collaborating on a project in medical imaging services and research.

The agreement is the first of its kind in Canada, Shane Kelly, a senior account manager with Siemens Healthineers said in a news release.

“To be able to partner with James Smith Cree Nation and the University of Saskatchewan to bring the latest technology to more communities supports our mission as a company to expand precision medicine and improve the patient experience,” he said.

Healthineers is medical technology company with 50,000 employees worldwide. Its 3T MRI is expected to be the unit installed in Saskatoon.

JSNC Medical Clinic LP is a startup company specializing in medical imaging services. The new facility will be in Market Mall.

The University of Saskatchewan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with JSCN in October 2018. Under the memorandum, the facility would increase access to scanning and radiology services for USask researchers.

“This opens a door for greater participation in research projects and education opportunities for our people,” JSCN Chief Wally Burn said in the release.

While this is a first for Saskatoon, there are currently two user-pay MRIs in Regina. For every paying user, a person on the public waiting list will get a scan at no charge.

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EVERY THURSDAY Prairie Sky Farmers’ Market is open every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ hotmail.com.

FRIDAYS Choreographed Ballroom - New Dancers Class. Karousels Dance Club. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Albert Comm. Centre (610 Clarence Ave. South/ south door, second floor.) Begins Sept.

14, 21, 28 and then progresses. Waltz, Two Step, etc. For more information, call Dorothy at 306-664-2775.

NEWCOMERS’ CLUB

The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a new parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner outings, MARCH 31 A Geocaching Event (GC8357X) Out Like a Lamb @Wendys coffee gatherings, book club and other planned activities. If in University Heights area on from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Everyone interested, please reply by email to saskatoonnewcomersclub@gmail.com. is welcome to attend. Come out to meet geocachers and learn what to do to get started in this fun game.

SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY ***** SASKATOON KETO CLUB for people following or considering Seniors Neighbourhood Hub Clubs - Mayfair Hub Club. Free a LCHF/Keto lifestyle for Body Building/Weight Manageprograms and refreshments: Ask a Pharmacist station/FIM ment/Reversing: Auto Immune Illnesses ,Diabetes, Cancer exercises/Blood pressure checks. Open to independent or any other reason are invited to join our meetings to learn, seniors living citywide. Mayfair United Church (902 33rd share ideas, support or get support. There is no cost to St. West). 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Free to attend. Program: attend. For more info, call Carol at 306-280-2160 or email Nutrition, Eating Well as We Age/Trivia. Visit www.scoa.ca or cadithompson@hotmail.com. phone 306-652-2255 for more information. ***** APRIL 3 Pop In & Play! from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Erindale AlliA Geocaching April Coffee Event (GC83430) at the new Tim ance Church (310 Perehudoff Cres.). Bring your little ones Hortons in Hampton Village from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Everyone with you downstairs for a great time of fun & connectis invited to attend — come out to meet geocachers and to ing. Free play with monthly themed learning centres and snacks. For more information, call Tracy at 306-249-3393 learn how it is done. or visit erindalealliance.ca.

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FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email leftbehind@sasktel.net.

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends:

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Wanna buy a Pigcasso?

By RJ Currie hich fell hardest when Duke sensation Zion Williamson’s court shoe exploded? a) Williamson’s butt to the floor? b) Duke fans’ hopes? c) Nike stock prices?

• Dr. Seuss quiz: What do you call the San Jose Sharks’ oldest player listening to a Roger Daltrey CD? Thornton hears a Who. • Bravo Bianca Andreescu: first Canadian to win a WTA Premier event; first wildcard champ at Indian Wells; new top 25 player (24). Put aside I Dream of Genie — it’s Bianca to the Future.

• The Winnipeg Jets marked the first day of spring by getting blanked by the Vegas Golden Knights. Let’s hope this isn’t Round 1 of March badness.

• With Zion Williamson back on the court, Duke is considered a shoo-in to win the NCAA Tournament. When he was sidelined, they were a shoe-out.

• A woman was mauled by a jaguar while taking a selfie in a Phoenix zoo enclosure. Elsewhere, QB Nick Foles got $88 million from Jacksonville — so there the Jaguars got mauled.

• Hockey News called recent San Jose acquisition Gustav Nyquist “a top-nine addition with top-six potential.” It’s nice to see the Sharks stocking up for another playoff falling down.

• According to the Huffpost, Moscow police are searching for a man seen viewing paintings in Tretyakov Gallery without any clothes on. Remind me not to go there to see what’s hanging.

• Tampa Bay set a franchise record by scoring for the 297th time this season. Who says Lightning only strikes once?

• Reuters reports a South African sow that creates paintings which sell for up to $4,000 has been named Pigcasso. I was thinking Francis Bacon, Ham Gogh or Porkelangelo.

• American rock climber Alex Honnold told ESPN when nature calls on a climb, you scoop it up and take it with you. There’s a guy who really has his s*#t together.

• I’ll concede Duke star RJ Barrett of Canada is an outstanding basketball player. That said, what kind of goof goes by the name RJ? RJ’s Punalty Box After Bryce Harper’s $330-million Phillies deal, Manny Machado getting $300 million felt like small spuds. With apologies toAS032515 Shakespeare, Manny’s deal became Muchado about nothing.

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Views of the World

Braden Holtby says no to Trump

ormer Saskatoon Blade Braden Holtby, on why he declined his invitation to go to the White House: “My family and myself, we believe in a world where humans are treated with respect regardless of your stature. ... You’re asked to choose what side you’re on, and I think it is pretty clear what side I’m on.”

• Torben Rolfsen, on the Flames and Jets arguing over whom will be the real home team in the Heritage Classic on Oct. 26 at Mosaic Stadium: “What no one has told them is they will be playing at halftime of a Roughriders game.”

• Janice Hough, on Australia banning any visitor with a domestic violence charge against either a woman or a child from entering the country: “Well there go any potential plans for NFL Australia.”

• Factoid: Brendan Gallagher uses a new stick for every game. At $200 a pop, that’s $16,000 a year.

• Mike Trout went 26th in the 2009 draft. With the 20th pick the Blue Jays selected Chad Jenkins.

Between top pick Stephen Strasburg and Trout there were a lot of duds.

• To put Trout’s $36-million annual salary in perspective, it’s slightly less than the Alabama football team’s payroll.

• TC Chong, on Barack Obama filling out an NCAA bracket and predicting Duke to win it all: “Trump can’t decide between Trump U and the Electoral College.”

• From Rolfsen: “Trump filled out his Final Four picks: Russia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and the Confederate States of America.”

• Hough, on Trump wanting Patriots owner Robert Kraft to join the team at the White House, despite Kraft’s prostitution arrest: “Well, not like Kraft did anything really embarrassing, like taking a knee.”

• Chelsea Carey and her team didn’t curl well at the worlds, but certainly didn’t deserve the roasting they took on anti-social media. People are so nasty.

• Emma Miskew, third for Rachel Homan, had this to say to one hater: “Thanks for your opinion Christopher. Please let us know the next time you’re competing in a televised national sporting event and we’ll be sure to tune in.”

• Chong, on materials arriving for building the Southern Border Wall being stolen by Mexicans and used on their side of the border: “They said to tell Trump that Mexico is going to build its own wall and America is going to pay for it.”

• From Rolfsen: “Ichiro retired in Japan. The next time he lights up the Tokyo Dome he might be holding an Olympic Torch.”

• Why would anyone fight Zdeno Chara?

• Hough, on the Sacramento Kings blowing a 25-point lead after three quarters in losing to Brooklyn Nets: “Did they get a commiserating phone call from the Atlanta Falcons?”

• Wise words from Montreal’s Jack Todd: “It’s only March but Bianca Andreescu is the Canadian athlete of the year. She is an absolute warrior, as gutsy as an athlete I’ve seen. And she’s a teenager.”

• Chong, on the Washington Capitals visit to the White House this week: “The host says not to worry if you forget your teeth; there will be lots of milkshakes, as well as the standard fare of hamberders.”

• From 1969 Hockey Tweets: “X-rays show that Boston D Ted Green did not break his hand when it connected with the skull of Toronto’s Forbes Kennedy during Sunday night’s 11-3 thrashing of Toronto. The hand was swollen because of a broken blood vessel, but it’s fine now.”

• Hough, on the San Antonio Spurs clinching their 22nd straight winning season: “Knicks fans are asking, ‘What’s a winning season?’”

• From Flyers goalie Carter Hart: “I got lucky on Kessel. He hit me right on the knob. He was kind of looking at me funny because he rang it right off my knob. So I got lucky there. I can thank my knob for that one.”

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