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The Myrols have the music in them

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express isa Moen and Myles Myrol go way back.

During the past 30 years or so, she’s gone from a wide-eyed little girl watching her father play bass in a popular 1990’s country-rock group, to him standing just to her left in her band.

Myrol won awards for his bass playing in a family band known as the Myrol Brothers. Music clearly ran in the Myrol household and it has been passed down to Moen, who is nominated in six categories for Saskatchewan Country Music Association (SCMA) awards.

“My dad played the accordion and violin and my mom sang like a bird.

She was a beautiful singer, so there was always music in the house,” Myrol said over coffee.

Myrol’s brothers, Rick and Keith, are seven and nine years older than he is.

He had some growing up to do before he could join the group.

“My brothers took to rock ‘n’ roll immediately in the ’60s and were in several bands and prominent bands in the province at that time. They did some opening act work in Saskatoon when rock shows would go through town. I was a little kid, but I couldn’t get into it fast enough.”

In the mid-1980s, the brothers, who will be playing on the SCMA telecast in a Legends and Legacy segment on April 13 at TCU Place, started working hard at their music. They won awards, played big venues and were offered a record deal.

They appeared in their share of smoky bars as well.

“We were a rock band that morphed into country. Country really grew and kind of exploded with things like the (movie) Urban Cowboy. It’s not so much that we went to country, but country finally came to us. The music itself had changed, and for a good country band at that time, there was lots of work around.”

He started off on drums and moved to bass to be on the front line with his brothers. The Outlook-based band was known for its harmonies.

Moen would go to gigs with her dad back then. (continued on page 4)

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I have changed my mind on the location for a downtown arena.

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I knew almost nothing about a women’s professional hockey league in Canada. It took the demise of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League for many of us to notice it. That’s a shame and a reason why the league has folded.

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The Canadian league’s budget was reportedly a shade over $3.5 million annually. Players were paid between $2,000 and $10,000.

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Reflecting on the campus observatory as it turns 90

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By Shannon Boklaschuk ne of the most iconic facilities on the University of Saskatchewan (USask) campus is celebrating its 90th birthday in April.

The Observatory, which opened in April 1929, houses a three-metre-long refracting telescope with a six-inch-diameter lens.

During the past nine decades, thousands of students, researchers and members of the public have used that original telescope to view celestial objects in the sky, including planets, nebulae, star clusters, galaxies and even comets.

The viewing of Halley’s Comet in 1986, for example, was a highly popular event, with hundreds of people lining up to a get a glimpse of the comet that can only be seen every 76 years.

“It’s really important for Saskatoon, for the university, to have The Observatory here,” said USask alumnus Daryl Janzen (BSc’04, MSc’08, PhD’12), a current staff member in the College of Arts and Science’s Department of Physics and Engineering Physics.

“People come who have never looked at the moon or any of the planets and are The Observatory played a prominent role in the careers of — from left to right — Yannis Pahatouroglou, Ron able to see Saturn or the moon for the first Waldron, Daryl Janzen and Stan Shadick. (Photo by Chris Putnam) time. It’s very special to a lot of people, so this is an old building — the equipment we mid-1960s, when he attended a meeting of — was important to the university, he it’s an important thing that we have in the have is old — still there are a lot of things the Royal Astronomical Society with his noted. city.”

“There is a rich history associated with we can do with the telescope we have here. father. The club, which was just starting up Janzen is organizing a public event at in Saskatoon at that time, met in The Obthe campus observatory,” said Pahatouro- I think it’s quite an important addition to USask to celebrate the 90th anniversary servatory, cramming about 40 to 50 people Saskatoon’s heritage that this building glou. of the facility’s opening. The event will into the building’s small classroom. exists.”

“Back then, it was associated with the be held on April 15 in Physics 107 at 7:30 Over the years, Shadick’s interest in asRetired educator Ron Waldron (BEd’77, Department of Mathematics. Around 1940, p.m. and will feature speakers discussing tronomy continued and grew. He eventualMEduc’02) worked at The Observatory it switched over to physics — because The Observatory’s history and the hisly got a job in the physics department that from 1970 to 1985. He looks tory of astronomy at involved managing the staffing of The Obback on that time with fondness, USask. describing the 15-year period as an servatory and hiring students to run tours.

The campus However, because Shadick had completed important part of his life. observatory was “My heart’s in this building in a master’s degree before he was hired, his constructed in two a lot of ways. This building helped role in the department became increasingly phases between 1928 to steer the direction of my life. In focused on teaching astronomy. Utilizing and 1930, at a cost of the campus observatory’s facilities helped 1970 I was a young man starting about $23,000. Priout in a teaching profession, but I play a key role in building and enhancing vate donations suppleUSask’s astronomy program, he said. worked here in the evenings and mented university “One of the strengths is we have a even on Sunday afternoons, openfunding, and a plaque dome and we have this classroom, so it’s ing it up to the public,” he said. with donor names still a perfect classroom for bringing univer“So my heart is really in this hangs inside the dome sity students for an observatory lab,” said building, and one of the things I of the observatory.

Shadick. realized as I was working in the Saskatoon residents “It’s also fantastic that, because it’s dead of winter — on a Wednesday will find many of the located so centrally in the city, we get a night — is that people would be names recognizable lot of tourists. It is, actually, one of the all around me, it would be freeztoday. major tourist destinations within the city of ing cold up in the dome, and I “The building, or didn’t feel the cold at all. I felt the Saskatoon — and it has been forever, since the equipment in the The Observatory is pictured in 1930, after it opened in April 1929. warmth of the people and what I it’s been here.” building, would not (University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special ColThe Observatory, located one block was doing. I’m only saying that be possible without lections, Photograph Collection, A-11009) because it had that kind of impact north of the intersection of Wiggins those donors — Avenue and College Drive, attracts about on my life. I realized something which means that there was appreciable community involve- astronomy became less of a mathematical about myself: that I’m either very comfort- 5,000 visitors per year. The facility is open to the public and staffed on Saturday able, or at my best, when I’m explaining science and more of a physical science, ment in the development of this building and its equipment,” said Yannis Pahatouro- and so the physics department took it over. things to people — and my life has gone in nights, with the hours changing throughout the year. From April through August, view“Since then, Gordon Patterson — who that direction since then.” glou, a recently-retired staff member from ing takes place from 9: 15 p.m. – 11:45 Longtime astronomy lecturer Stan the Department of Physics and Engineer- was my predecessor — was very active in p.m. the Royal Astronomical Society and he, in Shadick (BSc’76) recently retired from ing Physics.

The Observatory was the third building essence, established a big base of interest USask after working in the Department (Shannon Boklaschuk is a communications both for astronomy and the campus obser- of Physics and Engineering Physics for to be built at USask, said Pahatouroglou. officer in the College of Arts and Science nearly 40 years. Shadick recalls first visitThat shows its development was a priority vatory. This is the past, and we are now at the University of Saskatchewan.) ing The Observatory as a young boy in the and that science — specifically astronomy trying to continue this legacy. Although

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Myrols turned down agency in Nashville

(continued from page 1) “I have lots of memories as a child of watching my dad. He would take me to gigs and hide me behind the big speakers so my brother and I would watch him. We were very young, but they were so busy when I was a kid, so actively playing that everybody in our community and around Saskatchewan knew who they were, which was so cool.”

The Myrol Brothers had a chance to go really big. They decided to stay home instead.

A highly-regarded agency in Nashville wanted to represent them.

“We all had kids at home and the commitment we would have to make to the people involved was just too great. We would have been home three to four weeks in the first year; that’s the kind of commitment they want out of you, and we just couldn’t do it.”

The Myrol Brothers stayed busy in their backyard and beyond — on their terms.

“I really don’t know any band that worked as much as we did. One year, it might have been 1994 or 1995, from May until the end of October, I think we played 50 shows and some of them were crazy, day after day and lots of travel.”

There were lots of jamborees and festivals, including the Calgary Stampede and the main stage at what was then known as the Big Valley Jamboree in Craven.

CD was playing. There were a thousand reporters there and they didn’t play his music; they played our music. That was a neat moment.”

His family would often accompany him or meet him at events.

“So Lisa was exposed to that kind of life early on,” he said.

And she loved the life.

“I knew from a very young age that I wanted to do something musical. I was always singing, dancing and doing theatrical stuff, tap dancing, jazz dancing. I was entertaining anybody I possibly could: ‘Look at me, look at me.’”

When the brothers disbanded — other than for select gigs — Myrol turned his attention to his daughter’s music.

“I have equipment in the basement all the time, so Lisa got some friends together in high school and they started their own thing. I furnished whatever they needed mostly and then she did a couple of gigs with them.

“When she got a little older I said, ‘let’s get you out of the basement and go sing.’ We started a band and played ’60s and ’70s music, stuff right off the radio — songs that were super recognizable to everybody.”

They were called the Magic Band and had an eight-year run.

Lisa Moen has her father, Myles Myrol, at her side. (Photo supplied) gets. We have played bars in every corner of Saskatchewan where there may be 15 people, and then we’ve played the halftime show at a Rush (lacrosse game) last April to 15,000 people.

“We played before the Eagles concert at Mosaic Stadium at the tailgate party; we were the only live band to play. We got to hear the Eagles’ sound check. We literally stopped our sound check because we were listening to the Eagles.”

“They give you pennies; there are no dollars involved. We were one of the first local bands to put out a compact disc and you could make a pretty decent margin on those if you sold them off the stage and in some retail outlets.

“People don’t want to buy a whole Lisa Moen went country album anymore. It changes the amount of “At the end of the Magic Band, Lisa money people will spend. There were alA big gig in Quebec was leaning to doing more country, so we bums that went for 15, 18, 20 dollars. Now It came about through a CBC show started a band called Bullrush.” you can buy a song for 89 cents.” called On the Road Again, hosted by Not too long after, the name was Moen said first and foremost she wants Wayne Rostad. dropped, player changes were made and a Tough business for women to keep playing and writing.

Rostad was filming a segment on band was created for her to front.

Tell Me will hit 250 radio stations.

“We are fortunate that we actively play; Danceland at Manitou Beach. He and his That’s where they are today.

Moen is getting great feedback for both the we actually go out and play the music we crew were back at their hotel when they “When we are on stage, we both love song and the video. release to radio and it sounds like it does heard the sound of music. He listened to music and we are both into it, we look at Her first hit — Silly Boys Trucks Are on the radio. a set, approached the band and said he each other and we smile and we know ex- For Girls — was the most downloaded on “We have hit the point where, Saskatchwanted them to play at the Gatineau Clog, actly why,” Lisa said. “It’s such a connec- Canadian radio on the day it was released. ewan-wise, we’re busy and are doing quite a festival he started in 1979. tion and it’s such a natural high being on “It is a really cool experience. For an well. We will keep going Canada-wise and Rostad said he would set it up and fly stage and such an adrenalin rush. It feels indie act, it’s very hard to crack through keep writing songs. We are very fortunate the band to the festival. so good and then I think, ‘Oh my God, I and get on the radio. It’s tough.” to be releasing our own music.”

The Myrol Brothers had never heard am doing this with my dad.’

Getting a song played is even more And she gets to do it with her father at of the Clog and thought they would likely “I have done it with him for over 16 difficult for a woman, Myrol said. He said her side. never hear from Rostad again. years and we will do it for as long as we 30 to 35 per cent of the songs added to a “When I introduce the band I say, “He was true to his word. His producer can. We are both so grateful.” radio playlist in a month are from female ‘Myles and I go way, way back’ and at the and another one of his managers got ahold Moen has a new single — Tell Me — performers. end of the show I’m like, ‘this is my dad.’ of us and flew us out there and we played; and a video to accompany it. Other mem“If they add 20 songs to their playlist, It’s pretty cool.” there were 20,000 or 22,000 people there bers of the band are Garth Howell on lead you are already down to competing for The Saskatchewan Country Music Assothat afternoon. It was a fun job in a beauti- guitar and Damon Tupper on drums. They six slots. You are not one of 20. They’ve ciation awards will run from April 12 to 14 ful setting.” also provide background vocals. Howell reduced the number of spins for women. in Saskatoon. Moen will perform on April Another cool moment was playing at co-wrote Tell Me. Bart McKay produced It makes no sense. You need such massive 12 at the Longbranch bar, while the Myrol Craven just before Garth Brooks took the and recorded the song. (Visit lisamoen. play to get your money back; the royalty Brothers will be on the televised show, stage. They had another brush with Brooks com to hear and watch it.) system is so frugal.” beginning at 7:30 p.m. April 13 at TCU in Calgary.

“We are grateful to be one of the most He said a lot has changed since he Place. For more information, including “There was a media conference for active bands playing right now and the and his brothers were playing and selling purchasing tickets, visit scma.sk.ca.

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ing to expire for three blessed ’ve had a most entertainhours. ing week and a half.

Meanwhile, the washing If I said, “it all began machine. Uh huh, the machine with a root canal,” you might I just had fixed a few weeks have a quick appreciation ago. It was leaking, this time. of how it all went. Unless, The repair gentleman did say, of course, you actually like “if this thing leaks, it’s pretty root canals. In which case we much time for a new washer.” don’t have a lot in common.

Or something like that. I Following that lovely didn’t write it down. procedure, the tissues around So yes, of course, it leaked. the tooth decided to flip, flop Columnist And so yes, of course, I threw and fly, which was almost as up my hands (instead of my painful as the root canal itself. Apparently, without a full tooth there tummy) and gave in.

I must say I was thrilled with the (much grinding necessary), the gums whole new washing machine experience. weren’t properly anchored and were scraping away against the rough surface. I went to the store (should I say? It was Saskatoon Appliance), met with a very Bless my dentist for figuring out the nice and helpful man, chose a washer (on problem and attaching the crown ahead sale!) that was actually in stock, and it of my scheduled appointment. Aaaaah.

Sadly, more dental work to come, but was delivered on time the very next day.

Then the very nice and helpful man came things are moving along, at least. to hook it up. It’s shiny Subsequently, I broke and new and I’m putting — literally snapped — my first load through the pipe of my vacuum right now. Fingers cleaner, the day before crossed. hosting a big birthday I can’t say I was sad party for my beautiful, to see the old one go, adorable, deeply-loved expense aside. It stank. sister. Purrrrrfect, said Reeked. And not for the cat. Being rather lack of trying to smarten cranky about this little it up. I always, always, set-back, it took me a always left the door moment to breathe and open when not in use. sensibly decide not to I could put it through fling the thing against a cleaning cycle every the wall or out the week, and it would still window. stink within 24 hours.

Duct tape to the It was a fairly early, rescue! It won’t last long, but at least I got front-load, low-wateruse model, and it drove the house cleaned preme bats. I’m told the company. I’m amazed I new models today have managed to get it done, what with all the self-back-patting going better venting, so the smell should not be as bad. Fingers crossed. on.

It’s very hard to focus on the imporThe dinner went well, and deliciously (can you beat a traditional pot roast with tant issues of the day when you feel like, Yorkshire pudding?) with help from Mom well, hell; your vacuum and your washer break down within two days of each and brother. Sadly, a couple of the kids other; and your teeth are driving you to couldn’t make it, and one was sick, but drugs. (Well, Advil, anyway, and the ocwe still had a good time.

Then came Tuesday, when I woke up casional Tylenol.)

Instead, here’s my minor contribution feeling a little ungood, with an enormous, to the understanding of the universe. uh, blemish on my face. I didn’t think I have realized that life just never much of it for a few hours, being focused stops with surprises and fun events. Oh on feeling weird, until I remembered: blemish equals virus, in my life. By noon, yes, it took me this long to figure that I thought I might die when weird turned out. You think, “oh, next week I’ll finish that chapter! I’ll feel great!” Or, “oh, to green; and by 1:30, I could not stay awake. I couldn’t even sit up. Sleep was tomorrow, I’ll make that appointment, inevitable, although I worried a bit about no problem. This virus will have gone by then.” And therefore, all will be well whether I would just up and barf while going forward, as they say. napping.

It really is always something.

Three hours later, I awakened. Three And all you can do is cope, and allow hours! I never sleep that long during that churning brain to say, in the famous the day. I don’t sleep that long at night, words of Scarlett O’Hara, “Tomorrow is sometimes, at least in one go. Did I feel better? Nope. But at least I avoided want- another day.”

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Remai gallery too ‘modern’ for us prairie folk

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ormer Remai Modern ing traditional, abstract and CEO Gregory Burke impressionist pieces, together recently penned his own with a variety of sculptures and professional eulogy, published Indigenous art. Periodically, in the StarPhoenix. there are exhibited pieces that He didn’t hesitate to point meet those expectations, but by out his passionate leadership and large the gallery exhibits and hard work in developing modern, contemporary, abstract our new modern gallery. He and interactive art. also commented that “the new Burke also commented that gallery was never going to be he toiled to build a gallery of the Mendel, and yet the politiinternational acclaim, but that Columnist cal and philosophical debate the project was alarmingly short over the Mendel versus the Remai is on funding for construction, transition and central to the current upheaval.” operations once it opened.

On that, he is absolutely right.

That is a hard pill to swallow, considWhat he missed is that the public beering the building cost upwards of $110 lieved that what they were getting was an million, and annual operating costs were in expanded version of the Mendel. the millions of dollars, including the 2019 When he and the board (which at that subsidy of $6 million, paid by a relatively time included Mayor Charlie Clark) made small tax base. the decision to create a modern and conAdded to that was the introduction of a temporary gallery to replace the Mendel, general admission fee of $12. It is approthe public was not fully aware of the priate for us to thank and acknowledge the change in direction. exceptional generosity of Ellen Remai and When “modern” was added to the new other notable citizens for their considerable gallery’s name, most thought it was done donations, but perhaps it is also approprito avoid the acronym RAGS (Remai Art ate to acknowledge and thank taxpayers Gallery of Saskatchewan.) for their contribution.

It wouldn’t have mattered what the new Burke said he faced the relentless building looked like because you would machinations of city hall, with many board always have a percentage of the public members commenting that he had a bull’sthat loved it, a percentage that hated it, eye on his back. and those ambivalent about the building He alleged that in 2017-2018, city hall design. engaged in an active campaign to have him What is of concern now is what is removed, although the independent board inside the building. members did not support that effort. He While it may be that Burke is a consuggested that his contract renewal was denoisseur of modern, contemporary and layed by five months because of it. interactive art, the majority of us prairie Maybe it was because of three incidents plebeians don’t view, for example, a cou- of workplace harassment that were being ple of pieces of wood leaning against the investigated that raised a red flag at city wall with a bag of carrots behind it (carrots hall, as well as a Human Rights Commisthat had to be replaced 25 times during the sion complaint? period of the exhibition) as art.

Although an outside consultant did not From what I hear, there was a public substantiate the incidents, it did result in expectation of various the board incorporating recommendations AS0040801 Aaron art forms, includ-

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Remai Modern has been a source of controversy since day one.

(Photo by Cam Hutchinson) from the report to create a friendlier work- resigned in protest. place environment.

I am not personally acquainted with Another red flag might have been the any of these board members, but accept departure of almost half his newly-hired their credentials were impeccable and their employees, which is a huge turn-around in commitment to the cause was unshakable. staffing in any business. Maybe the board However, if any of these board members should have been doing exit interviews were advising Burke of council’s alleged with those departing employees. hostility towards him, I can see why counBurke expressed alarm about the noncil might want to consider new members. reappointment of highly ethical business And until proven otherwise, we should leaders to the board and sabre rattling believe that the new appointees will also about the future of the gallery without this be highly ethical and will bring the same leadership. level of acumen and competence to the He commented that no other gallery board. of this scale had a process where board I also think it bears repeating that counmembers are appointed and controlled by cil is ultimately responsible to the electors council, without noting how many other for all civic facilities, regardless of the use galleries are fully owned and operated of controlled operating boards. It is council by their municipalities or proposing how that sets the mandates for the facilities, and members should be appointed. the boards’ obligations are to fulfill those Was the gallery to be run as his own mandates. little fiefdom, with council’s role being Allegations of political interference that of the banker, doling out public dollars abound, but the departing board members without any expectation of accountability? do not clearly articulate what that interferFor the record, only two board memence was and thus we are left to speculate. (continued on page 7) bers were not being reappointed and four

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(continued from page 6) But it is not political interference for council to hold any appointed board accountable.

If the definition of success is counting the number of people who entered the building, then it was a success. However, if the definition of success is how many people actually paid admission to explore the gallery, then it fell short of the mark.

The annual report indicates there were 44,705 general admissions, and that 40 per cent of visitors (17,880) were from outside Saskatchewan. That means that out of over 250,000 souls residing in Saskatoon, only 26,825 paid for admission to the gallery, and that presumes they were one-time visitors.

Further, Remai’s chief operations officer, Celene Anger, said that some of the gallery’s business activities came up short of projections, and that the projected targets are being revised now that they have a real year of data to use as a yardstick.

It was the fundraising and membership drive that contributed to pushing the gallery into the black with a $52,000 operating surplus. But can the gallery be sustained in the long term through solicited private donations and memberships after the bloom of the long-awaited grand opening fades?

Will the gallery donor dollars dry up if and when the fundraisers start beating the bushes for money for a proposed arena?

Will taxpayers begin to loudly oppose any increases to future operating subsidies?

There seems to be a sense that Burke and his board’s objective was to create an international destination gallery that would

attract visitors to the city from around the globe.

To his credit, Burke did a good job getting rave reviews from the critics in New York and beyond. But the gallery will not survive without buy-in from the local community.

While it is great to invite the global community to visit our gallery, it is imperative to ensure the gallery meets the needs of the regional community, which may mean targeting some exhibitions that have more appeal to local residents. There is ample room in the gallery to satisfy the pleasure of every visitor.

I will use this opportunity to thank past and present board members, volunteers and many other people who gave their time and skill in support of the gallery, and to the donors who contributed to its financial needs.

I may not agree with everything that was done, but I do value people who step up to the plate with their time and resources to support their cause.

What really transpired in this upheaval may go down in the annals of Saskatoon history as the best-kept secret at city hall.

Mayor Clark is probably wise to keep quiet about it publicly, because one simple retaliatory comment might mean we, the taxpayers, may wind up paying a settlement to Burke for alleged defamation.

When all is said and done, we have an expansive and expensive gallery on River Landing. What council and the board do in the future will determine whether we have a showcase gallery that serves our public, or a white elephant. ehnatyshyn@gmail.com

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Each year since then, citizens of all faiths and from all levels of government have gathered at the Jewish Community Centre, 715 McKinnon Avenue, to participate in this annual event. The City of Saskatoon has proclaimed Holocaust Memorial Week as a time for tribute and reflection, and during this period has officially renamed the portion of McKinnon Avenue adjacent to the Jewish Community Centre as Raoul Wallenberg Avenue in memory of the courageous Swedish diplomat who rescued over 100,000 Hungarian Jews from deportation and certain death at the hands of the Nazi invaders.

In 1995, the City of Saskatoon and Saskatoon B’nai B’rith Lodge No. 739 jointly sponsored the dedication of Raoul Wallenberg Park immediately to the east of the Jewish Community Centre. The park stands as a permanent memorial to this heroic individual who set an example of resistance to tyranny and protection of human rights for all peoples. Over the years those attending the memorial service have heard from speakers of different faiths, national backgrounds, and walks of life as to their own experiences and the lessons they have learned from this tragic era in human history.

Sunday, April 14 This year’s keynote speaker is Max Eisen. At 15 years old Max survived the selection process and was forced into slave labour. He was ultimately liberated.

Max’s poignant story of tragedy and survival is engaging and inspiring. Since coming to Canada in 1949, Max has dedicated decades of his life to educating on themes about the Holocaust across Canada and the world. During his visit Max will be speaking to 2,000 Saskatoon and area school students.

Congregation Agudas Israel cordially invite Saskatoon and area to this year’s annual Holocaust Memorial Service to be held at 1:30 pm on Sunday, April 14th at the Jewish Center – 715 McKinnon Avenue.

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Ritornello chamber music festival turns 11 Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express askatoon’s Ritornello Chamber Music Festival is now entering its second decade, and the popular annual event is making a few changes.

Violinist Carissa Klopoushak and pianist Jacqueline Woods co-founded Ritornello in 2008 to bring the chamber music concert experience into the 21st century.

The festival, now marking its 11th anniversary, has become known for testing the limits of classical performance and for presenting music that offers listeners new sounds and experiences.

This year, Ritornello will be held in April instead of its usual May timeslot, running April 12 – 14 at three local venues. The festival will also have a vocalist on stage for the first time when soprano Chelsea Mahan performs during Ingrid Stözel’s To One Beyond Seas, a piece inspired by Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson.

Mahan’s voice will add a new dimension to a concert-going experience that is typically focused on strings and piano.

The Ritornello 2019 lineup will kick off on April 12 with a

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concert at Convocation Hall on the University of Saskatchewan (USask) campus. The event will showcase the talents of violinist Véronique Mathieu, USask’s inaugural David L. Kaplan Chair in Music.

On April 13, Ritornello will move from the concert hall to the club when New York City’s HYPERCUBE plays at Village Guitar and Amp Co. The group blends the acoustic and electric worlds for a cutting-edge chamber music experience that mixes saxophone, accordion, percussion and electric guitar.

Ritornello will close on April 14 with a show at Remai Modern, where musicians will perform in full view of the South Saskatchewan River. The event will feature collaborations from Mathieu, Katherine Dowling, Leana Rutt, Andrea Lodge and festival co-founders and artistic directors Woods and Klopoushak.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at ritornello.ca. In advance of Ritornello 11, the Saskatoon Express asked Woods some questions about the annual festival and what listeners can expect to hear. Here are her

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Woods: May has become a Express: Ritornello is now in bit of a logistical challenge for its second decade. How does that Carissa and I, work-wise. It’s also feel? always been a challenge for SasWoods: We are so excited for katchewanians, lake-wise. We’ve the next decade of the festival, actually been toying with the idea and sort of amazed to be saying to move the festival back to line that, actually. Our little festival up with the university year for has grown to establish itself on some time, hoping it means we the national festival tour and we can include more of the regular couldn’t be happier with where university community – especialwe’re at today. ly students – in our audience.

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ist. Why was that decision made?

Woods: Véronique Mathieu, one of our feature artists this year and the new Kaplan Chair at (USask), mentioned the piece as one that she had loved performing while she was living in the U.S. The poetry, by MohawkCanadian poet Emily Pauline Johnson (1861-1913), also known in Mohawk as Tekahionwake, is a powerful commentary on nature and life that has inspired some (continued on page 9)

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(continued from page 8) really beautiful colours in the hands of composer Ingrid Stölzel. Ritornello musicians have collaborated with local soprano Chelsea Mahan before, and this piece seemed like the perfect fit for this year’s programming. We can’t wait to share it with our audience.

Express: What else is new this year?

Woods: HYPERCUBE is a really interesting contemporary ensemble from New York. I actually went to school at SUNY-Stony Brook (State University of New York at Stony Brook) with three of the four players and am so excited about what they’ve done with this group over the past few years. (Expect) percussion—a wide array of instruments. Electric guitar.

Saxophone. Accordion. We’ve never had any of these instruments, so it means some fantastic new sounds for our weekend.

Express: When you are organizing Ritornello, what guides you in your planning and programming?

Woods: Carissa and I have an ongoing bucket list of (repertoire) we’d love to program for the weekend that has grown from our first festival. That’s always at the back of our minds. And, of course, the artists we want to work with – their instrumentation and “sweet spot” rep-wise are definitely a driving force in what audiences get to hear in the end.

Express: How do you think audiences will respond to this year’s festival?

Woods: As usual, there’s something for everyone. Each program is unique and features an array of sounds and performers.

The fact that each concert is at a different

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by Jacquie Berg & Paul Sinkewicz ach morning, as the University of Saskatchewan (USask) campus comes to life, more than 25,000 busy students, faculty and staff crowd the hallways and classrooms – almost five times the population of Brooke Tolofson’s entire hometown of Melfort.

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gives out each year; and enjoys a choice of quiet study spaces throughout the college, along with healthy food options in the college cafeteria. There are plenty of friendly familiar faces, and Brooke can choose to participate in several STM student clubs - an opportunity she eagerly seized upon with the Newman Players drama club.

“I knew that Newman Players club was part of the college, and that STM scholarships and bursaries were available,” said Tolofson, an aspiring drama student.

When she was researching her step from high school to university, she arranged a tour of STM, and noticed the atmosphere Register was immediately very comfortable to her. through “It doesn’t seem as intimidating as some of the big colleges on campus. I like the smaller class sizes,” she said. In February, Tolofson received an entering student bursary, and she is a cast member in the Newman Club production, rehearsing twice a week with her new friends. “It has been a perfect fit,” Tolofson said.

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Increased enrolment numbers and upgraded facilities don’t tell the complete story of STM. It remains a college focused on promoting academic excellence while challenging its students to think creatively and critically about social issues; to communicate effectively and discover their potential as a whole person.

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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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Class develops oral history inventory for Big Bear’s descendants

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By Shannon Boklaschuk niversity of Saskatchewan (USask) students have been assisting a local group in tracing the history of Big Bear’s descendants through a unique experiential learning project.

During the last semester, seven students were enrolled in a class taught by Dr. Winona Wheeler (PhD), a professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies in the College of Arts and Science. The course — INDG 351.3: Indigenous Oral Histories Research — explored the forms, qualities, diversities and cultural foundations of Indigenous oral narratives and addressed the practical aspects of gathering, recording, interpreting and utilizing them.

For the community service learning component of the class, students worked on a project with the Big Bear Cultural Society (BBCS), a non-profit group comprised of descendants of the original Big Bear band. On April 4, the students presented their findings to BBCS members.

As part of their coursework, the students searched for oral history transcripts and various archival materials related to Big Bear. Although they didn’t have previous archival research experience, the students were able to develop an oral history inventory sheet for BBCS that outlined more than 100 sources, including online links.

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going to go to a good cause and also to a community,” said Michelle Zinck, an Indigenous studies student who learned a lot about Big Bear in the process.

“One of the best ways to learn is to be of service to a community in your skills development,” Wheeler told the class.

Big Bear (Mistahimaskwa) was a Plains Cree chief who died in 1888 on the Little Pine First Nation in Saskatchewan. Big Bear believed the terms set forth in Treaty 6 were inadequate, and he is best known for his refusal to sign, in 1876, what he saw as an unjust agreement. The treaty was eventually signed in Big Bear’s absence by other chiefs who did not consult with him.

As the online Canadian Encyclopedia notes, Big Bear had wanted to establish a reserve near Fort Pitt in the early 1880s.

However, “when he saw the poverty of his friends there, he worked tirelessly — but unsuccessfully — to get further concessions from the federal government. Determined, Big Bear called on Cree chiefs to unite and press the government for one large reserve on the North Saskatchewan River.”

The government countered by cutting off rations to the Big Bear band in an attempt to force them to settle. A reserve was never set aside and the Big Bear band dispersed, with descendants scattered throughout Saskatchewan, other parts of Canada and into the U.S.

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Members of Big Bear’s band were involved in the violent conflicts that took place during the 1885 North-West Resistance, and Big Bear was later taken to Regina to stand trial for treason-felony.

Although Big Bear was not violent and did not take part in the conflict, he was sentenced to three years in the Stony Mountain Penitentiary.

In recent years, descendants of the original Big Bear band have been attempting to trace their history and to make contact with other living descendants. A gathering of some of the descendants was held in the summer of 2018 on Little Pine First Nation. Another gathering is scheduled to take place in July 2019.

During the 2018 gathering, speeches were made and family stories were shared.

The students in Wheeler’s class worked to transcribe and preserve the oral narratives from the event. Because the audio quality of the recordings was poor, the students also worked with the Social Sciences Research Laboratories (SSRL) at USask to learn how to use software to enhance the quality.

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At their final class on April 4, the students shared some of the challenges they faced while working on the project, such as transcribing the stories and locating information that was difficult to find. They also relayed the joy they felt when relevant information was uncovered.

Terry Atimoyoo said he founded BBCS because he was surprised to learn Big Bear never got any land and he was bothered by that. The original aim of BBCS was to organize a gathering of Big Bear’s descendants, and now the group is looking to do even more, he said.

“On down the line, what we’re looking at is developing our own archives.

Because, right now, all our information is scattered all over the place—in the States, up here,” he said. Atimoyoo told the class that having more information about Big Bear’s history and the history of his descendants “is what’s needed by the young people.”

“The oral tradition, it humanizes us,” he said. “It’s important.”

(Shannon Boklaschuk is a communications officer in the College of Arts and Science at USask.)

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Gardenscape 2019

After seeing all the colour and decorative items at Gardenscape, folks are anxious to see some of their own. Fear not, planting season is about six weeks away. Among those at Gardenscape was a sectional and fire table from SteelMet Supply and a cool rooster from Boychuk Greenhouses. Kris Lemon of Innovative Construction had a 4,000-pound wood stove at the show. He said it took him about two weeks to build. Sandra Mancusi, a teacher at Nutana Collegiate, and Kim Gleim, a counsellor at the school, sold student-made goods. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson)

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High time Trudeau booted Philpott, Wilson-Raybould

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ast week, Justin Trudeau no different. Wilson-Raybould kicked MPs Jody Wilsonmay have had an ethical leg Raybould and Jane Philto stand on at one point, but pott out of the federal Liberal she lost the moral high ground caucus. Finally. when she started releasing Yeah, that’s right. I’m a conversations that she sewoman, a feminist even, and cretly taped — conversations I wholeheartedly believe both in which she clearly baited women should have had their her subject to say something bags packed weeks ago, along incriminating. with friendly advice not to let In case it’s not abundantly the door hit them on the way obvious, I’m here to say that Columnist out. the SNC-Lavalin scandal may How dare I? The truth on this be a lot of things, but it most one is simple. If you’re an employer who, certainly is not about gender. It’s about both in practice and principle, promotes governance, and it’s about being an elected women into leadership positions in your member of a political team.

If you want to use that to get to the always-helpful sports analogy, let’s do it.

Whether it’s a men’s, women’s or coed team, if you’re a player not working actively to score goals and win games, you’re not going to be a member of the team very long.

I think Trudeau’s office and his party did exactly what any other government and party would have done if they had been in office, no matter how hard the federal Concompany, there is no expectation that you servatives try to pretend they’re morally are to allow them free rein to do whatever outraged. they want, including attempting to destroy I also think that Wilson-Raybould was your company. unyielding, in this instance, to her team.

What sane CEO or business owner That is fine, but when they refused to yield would do that? back to her, she didn’t just decide to get I hate to break it to you, but politics is angry; she decided to get even.

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Where one sits on this issue — in public, anyway — appears to be divided neatly along partisan lines. If you’re on the left, you’re convinced that not only is this about Wilson-Raybould’s gender, but also about her Indigenous background. If you’re on the right, it’s about her gender, which conveniently feeds into the narrative that not only is Trudeau corrupt, he’s a

misogynist hiding in feminist clothing.

If anything, the whole thing does feel very high school, complete with the backstabbing, the gossip and the cliques, the rebels and cool kids.

Some want to take that a step further and make it about a boy pressuring a girl to do something she doesn’t want to. Sorry, but no. This is about grown-ups desperately trying, and failing, to be adults making very important decisions. If anything it’s a pox on all their houses.

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Wonderhub opening June 28

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utrien Wonderhub, Saskatoon’s children’s museum, will open its doors on June 28, with activities running throughout the weekend.

Nutrien Wonderhub executive director Amanda McReynolds Doran said she is excited to see Wonderhub come to life. “(Being) ready to engage the minds and hearts of kids and their adults is a great achievement for our city and province.

Our team is looking forward to the day we can welcome the community through our doors,” she said in a news release.

McReynolds Doran said more details will be released soon. Information can be found at wonderhub.ca. Wonderhub is also on Facebook and Twitter.

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“We extend our heartfelt gratitude for the generous support of Nutrien and our many other valued donors and partners.

We are honoured to be the new stewards of the iconic Mendel building,” she added.

Wonderhub is described as a place to foster creativity, curiosity and a lifelong love of learning. It is a place where children and their families come together to explore science, culture and art.

“With unique exhibits, educational programming, and commitment to diversity and local heritage, the museum will become a creative springboard for the children of Saskatoon and surrounding communities,” the release said.

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Travel Talk on Ukraine, presented by Cobblestone Freeway Tours and Ixtapa Travel. 1:30 p.m. at Masonic Temple (1021 Saskatchewan Cres. West).

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MUSIC APRIL 10 Richard Inman, a Winnipeg folk and country artist, delivers true Prairie gems with his baritone voice. 8 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $18 and $23.

APRIL 11 Canadian Gospel Music Celebration presents Canada’s Spring Concert Tour featuring Southern Gospel Groups Greater Vision and Mylon Hayes Family. Concert to be held at Lake View Church at the corner of Highway 16 East and Boychuk Drive. Doors open at 6 p.m., concert at 7 p.m.

General seating. Tickets $25 are available at the door or at Kennedy’s Parable. 18 and under Free.

APRIL 12 Saskatoon Children’s Choir presents With Glowing Hearts at 7:30 p.m. at Knox United Church in Saskatoon. Under the artistic direction of Phoebe Voigts, with Michelle Aalders at the piano, the Saskatoon Children’s Choir explores choral folk music from Canada and beyond our borders. Also on the program are compositions by classical and contemporary composers. Tickets are $30 and $15 (limited sight lines) and are available at McNally Robinson Booksellers, and at the door. Reserved seating. For more information, visit www.saskatoonchildrenschoir.org. ***** Dirty and The Perks is a four-piece Saskatoon band that describes its style as neo-folk-rock. The band has released a self-titled EP, with the subtitle, old soul, resurrected. 9 p.m. The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. North.

Tickets $15 for SJS members, $20 for non-members.

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REMIX: April 13 from 10:a.m. to 6 p.m. and April 14 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Refinery (609 Dufferin Avenue).

REMIX is an annual exhibition by local artisans who work exclusively with reclaimed materials. Explore a fine colAPRIL 12-13 lection of furniture, home decor, art, jewelry and clothing.

Watermarks 2019 are show and sale. Luther Residence Free admission. Visit facebook.com/remixshowandsale Terrace (915 Saskatchewan Cres. West). April 12 from for details.

7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. and April 13 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 ***** p.m. Free admission, purchases by cash or cheque. For Mayfair Artists Show and Sale at Mayfair United Church more information, visit watermarksartshow.weebly.com or (903 - 33 St. West). Noon to 4 p.m. each day. Free admisemail watermarksartshow@gmail.com. sion.

Friends of the Library annual book sale on lower level of Frances Morrison Central Library. 10 a.m. on May 4 and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on May 5.Withdrawn library materials sold at bargain prices. Proceeds donated to non-budgetary library projects.

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 to discuss glassworking with the artists during the exhibition. April 12-13 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and April 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. ***** Artists’ Workshop presents Bridging, Do You See What I See? A collaborative art show & sale featuring new work from artists: Kathleen Slavin, Kathryn Green, Lorraine McGrath, Val Miles, Jean Dudley, Molly Clark, Cindy Wright, Monika Kinner-Whalen, Sharron Schoenfeld, Marilyn Weiss, Gail Prpick, Paige Mortensen and Patricia Katz. Grace Westminster Church (505 10th St. East). April 12 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; April 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 14 from noon to 4 p.m. ***** Prairie River Artists annual show and sale at Albert Community Centre (11th Street and Clarence Ave.) April 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., April 13 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and April 14 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free.

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SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH

Spring ham supper. St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in Sutherland. Adults $20, Ages 11 to 16 $10, ages 6 to 10 $6 and those five and under free. For tickets, call Beryl at 306-249-3127.

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Innovative Toastmasters Club will be hosting an open house from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Saskatoon Association for Community Living (3031 Louise Street). Toastmasters help people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators and leaders. This is a free event and everyone is welcome.

APRIL 18

Seniors Neighbourhood Hub Clubs - Mayfair Hub Club.

Free programs and refreshments | Ask a “Pharmacist” station/FIM exercises | Blood pressure checks Open to independent seniors living citywide. Mayfair United Church (902 33rd St. West). 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Free to attend. Program: Spring Birding/Name that Bird.

Visit www.scoa.ca or phone 306-652-2255 for more information. ***** Saskatoon Nature Society’s monthly meeting. 7:30 in Room 1130 in the Health Sciences E-wing (a new location). This month’s speaker if Branimir Gjetvaj. The discussion will focus on nature-based solutions for climate change. For more information, visit www.saskatoonnature. org.

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The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westminster United Church are hosting a film event in recognition of National Day of Film. It will be held at 7:30 at the church. This event will showcase The Breadwinner, an animated APRIL 13 Easter Tea from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at St. George’s Cathedral feature about an Afghan girl forced to support her family Auditorium (210 Ave. M South). Bake sale, Easter breads, when the Taliban capture her father. There is no charge for the event. Refreshments CT040813 Carol will be served. sausage, pyrohy, pysanky, cabbage rolls, beet relish, raffles, door prizes and much more. Adults $3, children ages 6 - 12 $2, and children 5 and under free. Admission APRIL 14 at the door.

Connie Kaldor in concert at the Broadway Theatre. Door at ***** 6:30 p.m. and show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $37, plus service A Geocaching Event (GC8508D) Creation Celebrationcharges (reserved seating). Tickets can be purchased at Become a Tech Savvy Cacher to be held at the Round the theatre and online at www.broadwaytheatre.ca.

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APRIL 28 The Saskatoon Choral Society’s Spring Concert (Tea & Silent Auction to follow) at 2:30 p.m. at the Grace Westminster United Church (505 - 10th St. East). Tickets: Adults - $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Children - 6 to 10 years $5, under 6 years free. Advance tickets available from McNally Robinson or choir members.

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APRIL 10

Canadian Club of Saskatoon meeting at noon in the Nutana Collegiate library. Light lunch at noon and presentation and tour at 12:40. $15. Contact Elaine Ballard at 306-934-4639 if able to attend.

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Proceeds donated to non-budgetary library projects.

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Cam Hutchinson & Friends:

Views of the World

Kim Coates goes to bat for Canadians

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askatoon-born-and-raised actor Kim Coates is proud to be from here and proud to be a Canadian. He recently went after American blowhard U.S. sports commentator Colin Cowherd in a tweet.

“This big shot just called Canada soft. Hey bigshot, with or without skates on I’ll f----- knock you out tough guy. Watch your mouth. You want to call the Raptors soft, go ahead, but keep your generalizations to yourself. Punk.”

• To belabour the point, I find it stunning that Auston Matthews is minus-8.

Connor McDavid, who plays on a dreadful team — as you all know — is plus-3.

• Steve Simmons, a Postmedia columnist and Leafs fan, actually thought Fredrik Andersen was a Vezina Trophy candidate.

• Simmons calls John Tavares “Johnny Canada.” Tavares deserved everything he got from Islanders fans for the way he left

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By RJ Currie n draw 18 at the world men’s curling championship, skip Kevin Koe and Team Canada dumped Switzerland 10-3 in six ends. In short: Koe was in De Cruz control.

• Canadian tennis star Briana Andreescu threw the opening pitch at a Toronto-Baltimore game — a perfect strike. The Jays gave her the ball, a commemorative photo and a contract offer.

• I grew up with four sisters who would watch horror movies with hands over eyes, scarcely daring to peek between trembling fingers. These days, that’s how I watch the Winnipeg Jets.

•Johnny Manziel and Bre Tiesi have

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the team. Imagine what a couple of high draft picks could have done for them.

• Torben Rolfsen, on the Carolina Hurricanes ending their post-game Storm Surge celebrations: “Trump said, ‘See, I told you climate change was fake news.’”

• Janice Hough, on the NBA Wizards firing team president Ernie Grunfeld: “So it is possible to fire a president in Washington.”

• Alex Kaseberg, on Nikki Sixx saying Motley Crue will never be allowed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame due to their bad behaviour “If they kept out everyone who had sex and did drugs, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame would be as empty as a Mensa meeting at the White House.”

• We aren’t going to hear Buck Martinez say “get up ball” too often this year.

As an aside, those purchasing the MLB television package can watch Jays games with the other team’s announcers.

• Buck seems to confuse baseball players with horses. He recently said one Jays newcomer has good bloodlines.

• How will the Garrett Sparks era in Toronto be remembered?

• From 1969 Hockey Tweets: “All fights weren’t on the ice in Thursday’s St. Louis-Philadelphia game. Apparently Flyers owner Bill Putnam threatened to punch out Blues coach Scotty Bowman during an argument under the stands during the first intermission. No other details of the spat were available.”

• Hough, on Spurs coach Gregg Popovich being ejected 63 seconds into a game in Denver; a game which the Nuggets won 113-85: “Sounds like Pop knew to get out while the getting was good.”

• From a St. Louis Cardinals announcer: “Paul Goldschmidt’s balls (are) in play tonight.” Were they ever; he hit three home runs in the game.

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split after just one year of marriage. You know what they say: a fool and his honey are soon parted.

•Angelique Kerber called rising Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu the “biggest drama queen ever.” In a related story, Brett Favre announced he is coming out of retirement.

• How about the Alliance of American Football folding just eight weeks into its inaugural season? Just like that, they went from an alternative to an AAFterthought.

• Russel Westbrook of the Thunder gets my vote for MVP — Most Volatile Player.

• What’s with Washington folks in Nationals jerseys cheering ex-Nat Bryce

Harper when he hit a homer against their own team? Sycophants. ... Make that sycofans.

• Reuters reports inmates in a British prison have been receiving marijuana thrown over prison walls — sewn inside dead rats. One question: which end do they light?

• The US national women’s soccer team needed a late insurance goal to hold off Australia 5-3. This is one time the Aussies didn’t come from down under.

• What next for Johnny Manziel: washed out in the NFL, banned by the CFL, and now his new AAF league has folded. Johnny Nerfball?

• The NBA’s Wizards fired team

• The arrogant Josh Donaldson, after being asked what he brings to the Braves lineup: “Have you ever looked at the back of my baseball card? That’s what I bring.”

• Hough, on Lakers owner Jeanie Buss not answering a question about Luke Walton’s future with the team: “Has LeBron taken down yet another coach?”

• Rolfsen, on the San Antonio Spurs having an emotional jersey retirement ceremony for Manu Ginobili: “Instead of raising it to the rafters, they had it laid into the floor.”

• If you like Aaron Rodgers, don’t read the story about him in Bleacher Report.

The guy is an absolute jerk.

• Rolfsen, on Kevin Pillar being traded from Toronto to San Francisco. “Trump is trying to get Giants games banned from MLB’s Spanish-language broadcast schedule, so no one can observe Pillar’s wallscaling technique.”

president Ernie Grunfeld. One Washington president down; one to go.

• Unbeaten British heavyweight Kash Ali got DQ-ed in the fifth round against David Price after biting Price’s stomach.

Too bad really, because Ali was just getting his teeth into the match.

• If the RCMP are to be believed, I misunderstood the intent of last Monday’s “World Backup Day.” I shouldn’t have driven to the mall in reverse.

RJ’s Punalty Box Virologists claim germ-infested handles on shopping buggies cause respiratory illnesses such as colds, flus and bronchitis.

Before long, you have the cart before the hoarse.

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