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February 16, 2022
Sweet Success for Val Sweeting and Team Canada Michelle Pinon News Advertiser Former Vegreville resident and elite curler Val Sweeting said she wouldn’t have made it thru all of the ups and downs without the support of the community. Sweeting, who plays third on Kerri Einarson’s team, made the comment after winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Feb. 6 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Einarson’s rink, competing as Team Canada, defeated Northern Ontario 9-6 to clinch the title. It was the third time in a row the team had won the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. “We didn’t put any extra pressure on ourselves to win. We knew it was very rare to win three in a row but that conversation never came up. We just wanted to do our best out there.” Sweeting remarked that, “The field was really strong and it was a new format, but we just took it
one game at a time. We lost the page seeding game so our backs were against the wall, but having been in similar positions before, we were confident that we everything was still in our own hands and we could still come out on top.” She was very pleased with the overall result especially since they weren’t able to prepare as usual for the competition. “In order to properly follow the entrance requirements and produce a negative Covid test, we were not able to train together. The event scheduled in Camrose in January was also cancelled, so we didn’t get a chance to play or practice together since the Trials in November. However, we worked really hard on our own and were able to shake the rust off pretty quick when we started the tournament.” With some provinces lifting health measures in recent weeks, Sweeting said that as far as she knows they are planning to have
2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts champions Team Canada. L-R: Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Meilluer. (Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
fans attend the championship that is slated for March 19-27 in Prince George. “I’ve heard of some family and friends planning to make the trip, so I hope they can come! After being
milking consumers - CONTINUED from PAGE 6 must be upheld. This increase will force some processing companies to raise their prices. Before the holiday season, the big firm in the dairy sector, Lactalis Canada, announced that it was raising its prices by 15 per cent to its customers – the food retailers from whom we buy our dairy products. We’ve heard some retailers are refusing to pay more to remain competitive. Consequently, two things can happen: • Some processors may simply stop selling some dairy products since they can’t make a profit. If this happens, expect more unreported milk dumping in rural communities. The Dairy Farmers of Canada will never want the public to know about this practice. • Or dairy processors will simply start unlawfully importing dairy proteins from the U.S., where industrial milk is three times cheaper. Both scenarios will lead to more dairy farms disappearing, and that will be a disaster. Meanwhile, a Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement tribunal recently ruled that Canada is unfairly blocking the entry of certain dairy products
destined for our market. Apparently, import quotas offered by the federal government were granted to companies linked to Canadian dairy. These organizations are obviously not motivated to import products from elsewhere. Prices and market shares for their own products could drop. In other words, Canada got caught cheating on the Americans. Meanwhile, Canadian taxpayers are paying nearly $2 billion (almost $200,000 per farm) in compensation to dairy farmers for lost market share as a result of more foreign products coming into Canada. But barely anything is coming in – what a racket. The federal government’s hypocrisy regarding dairy is costing all Canadians, both as consumers and taxpayers. The lack of transparency to better serve the public is more painfully obvious by the day. That means Canadians will keep paying more for this white gold at the store, all the while subsidizing dairy farmers without really knowing why. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is senior director of the agri-food analytics lab and a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University.
sent home from Prince George in 2020, we will really embrace this opportunity to be the home team and represent Canada.”
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