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Moosomin artist’s work included in CMHA calendar

By Spencer Kemp Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The World Spectator - Moosomin) A Moosomin artist has had one of her pieces selected to be printed in the 2022 Canadian Mental Health Association calendar.

Joy Flaman began doing stone art as a way to deal with PTSD after a career in emergency services.

She says that after submitting her piece, she was overjoyed to hear it was selected to be shown in the CMHA calendar.

“I was almost in tears, I was very excited and very honoured. We’ve been getting that calendar for a few years now and I’ve won money on it before but I’ve never submitted a piece because I didn’t have my talent yet,” said Flaman.

She says the piece was made for a family with rocks, sand, and glass from their favourite beaches in BC. “It’s a big family that loves to fish together and be outside together. The piece was actually made as a mother’s birthday gift and the daughter got me pieces of shells, sea glass, and sand from her mother’s favourite pieces from BC that she’s collected over the years. I put those all together and made them all fishing together.”

Flaman says she began doing stone art after her daughter was born when she attempted to add on to a piece that she received from a family member.

She says the art offers her a way to meditate and ground herself.

“My husband’s cousin gave us a piece of art in this sort of medium when our son was

born. One day I went to go add my daughter to it and as I was looking through the stones I was finding that it was grounding me, it was calming me. I suffer from PTSD from 16 years in EMS and I found it was very grounding with the sound of the rocks, the feel of the rocks, the smell of the rocks. It was peaceful.

It makes me happy doing it.”

Flaman says the art is not only physical but also spiritual and provides a way for her to cleanse her mind.

She says that she involves smudging in the process of her artistic skills.

“Each piece is smudged. I smudge every morning before I create and when I’m done I smudge again before it leaves my home and goes to its new home,” said Flaman.

A photo of her piece will be found in the upcoming 2022 CMHA calendars.

Joy Flaman of Moosomin says her art has helped her deal with her PTSD, and her art will now be featured in the Canadian Mental Health Association’s calendar.

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By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer In mid-May a mother and her son appeared before Yorkton Council to lobby for changes to the city’s Animal Control Bylaw to allow for urban beekeeping on a small scale.

Allison HendersonHunter, and her eightyear-old son Ewan, were hoping to start collecting honey from backyard bees in the city.

Henderson-Hunter’s presentation laid out a plan of how to keep bees, in limited numbers, safely, and included information of other cities which have allowed the practice.

Council ended up approving a pilot project and Henderson-Hunter and Ewan have been a part of the effort to show that backyard bees can be kept safely in the city.

Their hive is now producing honey.

“Tasting the first honey was super exciting and rewarding,” said Henderson-Hunter. “We were surprised that the busy little box of bees in the backyard could produce such delicious honey, and in such abundance.

Ewan was thrilled too.

He says that he was surprised by how good it was and how different it was from store-bought honey.

He also felt like it was rewarding.

“Each honey box represented a different point in nectar collection time, and each one tasted very different. The earlier honey was amber in colour and very flavourful, while the July honey was golden and a bit simpler on the palate,” noted Henderson-Hunter.

But, back to the beginning; after approval at Council for the pilot project how arduous, or not, was the process to finally get the hive into the backyard?

“The process to get the hive into our yard was fairly straight forward,” said Henderson-Hunter.

“We simply distributed letters to a group of nearby neighbours and had the Bylaw Officer, Nicole Baptist, inspect our hive.”

But, the bees themselves were not quite as easy to deal with.

“Keeping our first hive going was a challenge,” said Henderson-Hunter.

“The cold snap in late spring killed so many bees that we didn’t have enough for a viable hive.

Any temperatures below

10 degrees Celsius can make it really difficult for bees to fly and below that they are basically paralyzed by the cold.

So in those temperatures bees may not make it back to the hive or may not be able to move up to join the cluster in the hive to stay warm. “ It was to the point they needed more bees and thankfully local apiarists were willing to help.

“Sasha and Dan Wasylenchuk of Howland’s Honey were incredibly generous and donated a new hive to support the pilot project,” explained Henderson-Hunter.

“Once this hive was up and running and we’d made it into warmer weather in June, we were all set.

“We got the whole family involved in painting the ‘supers’ or honey boxes and made sure we provided ample water.

The bees seem to love their paddling pool.”

So how did those in the neighbourhood feel about the arrival of bees?

“All nine neighbours who were notified of our hive were supportive, but one,” said HendersonHunter. “That neighbour eventually came around when they realized that the bees kept to themselves and were sticking to our yard.

“We’ll be thanking all of our neighbours with a gift of honey for their support.”

Of course there was a lot to learn in a short time for the neophyte beekeepers.

“We climbed a steep learning curve in the early spring,” admitted Henderson-Hunter. “The cold weather in May and early June was difficult to get the bees through.

“Learning how to feed the bees in early spring and choosing the right spot that got the right amount of sun was also a

challenge. We eventually found a nice location that was both somewhat protected from northwesterly winds and got the most sun possible in our backyard. That seemed to work well.

“All along we thought winter was the most difficult season for bees, but here it’s actually the spring that can make or break a hive.”

And there were a few surprises along the way too.

“We were sadly surprised to find so many bees dead in our first hive after a few of the spring cold spells,” reiterated HendersonHunter.

“Once the new hive was established, we were surprised to see so few bees around the yard, outside of their flight path.

“On extraction day when we took off all the honey boxes it was amazing to see how many bees were living in the hive.

“And of course we were happily surprised by the 15 gallons of honey that the bees produced in merely three honey boxes. We have a strong first-year queen thanks to Sasha and Dan and she’s laying (eggs) really well.”

So far, the desire to keep backyard bees hasn’t exactly caught on with others.

“We haven’t had any interest from anyone else thinking about a hive, but I’m not sure if folks know how to reach us as we don’t have a listed landline. We’d be happy to share what we learned this first season,” said Henderson-Hunter.

So, what would the new beekeepers tell others in terms of key piece of information on keeping backyard bees?

“Take a beekeeping course and talk to local experts, possibly visit their operations before

Garth Hunter works with the bees as son Ewan stands by with a smoker to calm the bees if needed. embarking on this journey,” said HendersonHunter.

“Make sure you’ve got a strong queen, be mindful of the quick changes in the weather in spring and find a rhythm of checking your bees that is regular but not too frequent. They don’t like you to check on the inside of the hive more than once every 7-10 days.

“Enjoy watching your bees. You can learn a lot by watching their behaviour.”

Then there is the equipment needed.

“Extractors are expensive, but a good stainless steel one is worth it,” said Henderson-Hunter.

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EDITORIAL Climate report shows world pushed to the brink by fossil fuels There’s little in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report that we didn’t already know. It’s shocking nonetheless — albeit with a glimmer of hope.

The first of the fourpart Sixth Assessment, “Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis,” confirms that human activity — mainly burning fossil fuels and destroying natural carbon sinks — is heating the planet at unprecedented and accelerating rates, that warming will continue at least until mid-century no matter what because of emissions already emitted, and that global warming will exceed 1.5 or 2 C this century unless we rapidly reduce emissions.

The report also details the disastrous consequences of not acting, from increasing extreme weather to impacts on water cycles and agriculture. “Many changes due to past and future greenhouse gas emissions are irreversible for centuries to millennia, especially changes in the ocean,

ice sheets and global sea level,” it states.

A leaked draft from the third working group goes further, stating that “emissions must peak in the next four years, coal and gas-fired power plants must close in the next decade and lifestyle and behavioural changes will be needed to avoid climate breakdown.”

(The assessment includes three parts and a synthesis report, each subject to approval by 195 member governments.)

Every assessment since the first in 1990 has warned that we face an uncertain future if we don’t address climate disruption.

Research methodologies have improved, evidence has mounted and certainty has become absolute since then, but we knew where we were headed.

This report confirms we’re already there.

We can see it ourselves: unprecedented heat waves, wildfires, flooding, droughts, species extinction, water scarcity, conflict…

The almost-4,000-page report’s evidence — com-

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Science Matters piled by 284 expert authors from 66 countries who reviewed 14,000 studies representing the most upto-date climate science — is incontrovertible.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it a “code red for humanity” that “must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet.”

There’s no denying that we need to act fast or face accelerating climate chaos. The reasons go beyond attempting to stabilize the climate: rapidly reduced pollution and related health care costs, better employment and economic opportunities, fewer impacts on land and water, and numerous co-benefits.

But I ask again (I’ve

been banging on about this for as long as the IPCC has been releasing reports), why the hell aren’t we doing more?

Why, after more than 30 years of mounting evidence and certainty (almost 200 since the greenhouse effect was first observed), as well as easily observable evidence, are media outlets of record still publishing anti-science nonsense by industry shills and deniers? Why are governments failing to do what’s necessary?

The IPCC report indicates we can’t and needn’t give up hope. But averting the worst impacts of the crisis means rapidly shifting away from fossil fuels, protecting natural carbon sinks and

employing “negative emissions technologies” and nature-based solutions to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

Governments that talk about climate commitments while buying pipelines and subsidizing fracking — or worse, whine that transitioning from fossil fuels is “unrealistic” and “utopian” — aren’t helping.

Nor are media outlets that either downplay the climate crisis (often through lack of coverage) or spread false information in service to the fossil fuel industry and its front groups.

People are willing to reduce their carbon footprints, but incremental change is no longer enough. We need transformational, systemic change that can only come from the top.

Governments, business and industry, financial institutions, media and more must look out for the interests of those they’re supposed to serve and start acting on the evidence.

Because so many of them aren’t listening,

it’s up to us to speak louder — with our ballots, money, bodies and voices. Vote for politicians who are serious about climate and pollution. Support businesses, media outlets and financial institutions that recognize the crisis for what it is. Follow the lead of the youth, Indigenous people and activists and join or support protests and climate strikes. Talk to your family, friends and neighbours, but remember the words of Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh: “Speak the truth but not to punish.”

although he has found it pretty hot in his bee suit on bee check days.

“And if we’re able to move towards selling the honey from our backyard hive we can teach our kids about entrepreneurship too.

“It’s a lot of work but it is worth it . . .

“As long as the City is

onboard, we plan to keep going and keep learning.

“Ewan is still super keen and I think all of us have grown in our appreciation for bees and our interest in beekeeping.”

The IPCC assessment and the research it’s based on are a clear warning that our time is running out. We’ve identified the problem and solutions. What are we waiting for?

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

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FAMILY ALL ABUZZ Continued from Page 3 use as a honey extractor, but were concerned about the food safety of the drum.

“Ken, Nancy and Sarah Wood generously lent us their modern stainless steel extractor and it worked like a charm.

“The community support for this project has been fantastic.”

Henderson-Hunter noted the impact of the unexpected cold of spring. The heat of the summer of 2021 was less of an issue.

“The bees seem to love the heat,” she said.

“They have produced an incredible amount of honey in a short amount of time.

“Besides making sure there is adequate water in our yard for them, which we do in a little paddling pool near the hive, the heat and drought haven’t impacted our hive one bit.

“And now we can make honey-sweetened iced tea.”

The hive will stay in place through the winter

next.

“Yes, we plan on wintering the hive for sure,” said Henderson-Hunter.

“Next spring if we can have two hives we will try an early spring split to bring a second queen and a second hive into production.”

Sometimes great ideas fade as you get along the

road, has the enthusiasm remained for the new ‘keepers?

“On the day we extracted honey Ewan said, ‘Mom and Dad, I haven’t told you this yet but thank you for making my dreams come true’,” said his mom. “Well that melted our hearts.

“And when asked if he

thought we should do this again next year Ewan said ‘what, you mean this is a yearly thing? I thought this was forever’.

“So, honestly, after hearing that our enthusiasm is still going strong and we’re in it for the long haul.

“Ewan’s excitement hasn’t waned one bit,

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Long history behind Round Lake Residential School

By Spencer Kemp Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The World Spectator Moosomin) The Round Lake Indian Residential School was first opened in 1884 and was managed by the Foreign Mission Society of the Presbyterian Church until 1925 when the Round Lake IRS became operated by the United Church of Canada. The United Church of Canada operated the school from 1926 until its closure in 1950.

The school was located at the east end of Round Lake and on the north side of the Qu’Appelle River on Treaty No. 4 territory. The school was funded by both the church and the federal government.

From 1885 to 1921 the Round Lake IRS was overseen by Reverend Hugh McKay who acted as principal, although the school had to briefly close due to the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

While the school started off as a one-room log cabin on the Qu’Appelle River it expanded to a log cabin school capable of accomodating 50 students in 1888. The school applied for funding from the government and reportedly saw a number of Metis and white students admitted as well.

In 1888, the Round Lake IRS reportedly was filled to capacity, though it was noted that attendance was irregular. In 1889 an additional building was constructed that would house the boys’ dormitory, the teacher’s rooms, and the schoolroom.

The girl’s dormitory, principal’s room, matron’s room kitchen, parlours, and dining room remained in the original building.

With the opening of the Round Lake Residential School, the day school located at Crooked Lake was closed.

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The classroom Building at Round Lake Residential School.

Residential School operated on a half-day system where half of the children attended classes in the morning and half in the afternoon. The halfday that was not spent in class was dedicated to chores in the house and around the farm.

The Round Lake Residential School’s goal was to train Aboriginal children to work as farm labourers or operate small farms on their own that would not be able to compete with larger farms in the district.

From 1884 to 1922, boys were expected to do at least two hours of manual labour each day and were paid 10 cents an hour for additional work.

Girls were required to cook, sew, clean, and do some dairy work with the cows located on the farm.

Classwork included reading, writing, arithmetic, drawing, English, and geography for the junior classes. Seniors also studied spelling and dictation.

The principal also gave religious instruction.

In the 1920s, the school moved away from the half-day system for younger students but kept senior students on half-days.

The school was situated on 22 acres owned by the Women’s Foreign Mission Society of the Presbyterian Church.

The students operated both a farm and garden on the property which provided a majority of the student’s food. The 22 acres were supplemented by McKay’s farm of 428 acres that belonged to his wife.

The school kept around 20 acres in crops as well as attending a large vegetable garden and caring for cattle for both beef and milk, pigs, and chickens.

But in 1911 a deputation of First Nations claimed that the amount of work expected of the students was too much.

At the time there were around 33 students in the school that tended to the 106 cattle and 19 horses on the farm.

Following the deputation, the Department of Indian Affairs requested the school reduce the stock to 30.

The self-sustaining nature of the school helped cover costs, but another source of revenue came from the

school store that traded with Aboriginal families.

The store exchanged candies, tobacco, and clothing in exchange for wood, fruit, and cash.

Students were also permitted to make purchases at the store with the money made through labour.

Teacher speaks out against new leadership (1929) Maintaining attendance was an ongoing struggle at the Round Lake IRS. Some parents from the Crooked Lake reserves petitioned to have governmentfinanced enrolment at the school, but other parents refused to send their children to the residential school.

In 1896, Principal McKay said: “The Indians of Shesheep’s Band, and also in Ochapowace’s Bands, are attached to their old ways, and set their faces very much against anything that looks like the civiliza-

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Despite this, Principal McKay was said to take a flexible approach towards attendance, providing a month’s vacation for students in July and additional time at Christmas. McKay was reported to also grant children leaves so they could help their parents during planting season and harvest season.

McKay’s flexible approach to attendance prompted the local Indian Agent, E. Taylor, to report “I go to a great deal of trouble getting the children in and Mr. McKay lets them go every time parents come for them,” in his Agent’s Report regarding Round Lake Boarding School on Reserve for May, 1917.

But in 1922 a new principal was appointed that brought stricter enforcement of attendance, which went so far as charges being laid against a man for failing to send his son to the school in 1944.

R. J. Ross received harsh criticism from staff, including a strongly worded letter from Lucy Affleck in 1929 who was teaching at the time.

Affleck criticized the conditions the students lived in as well as their treatment in a letter to the superintendent of Indian missions for the United Church.

Conditions highlighted included the bathroom which only used a pail that had been in use for a year.

Following her letter to the superintendent of Indian missions, Ross was fired by Principal McKay who wrote “the church demands the immediate dismissal of any one disloyal to the staff,” and “you may take either a morning or afternoon train.”

Following her termination, Affleck sent another letter to the superintendent of Indian missions for the United Church, detailing additional issues with the school.

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ROUND LAKE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL Continued from Page 5 completely the mothering that only one could give them who lived close enough to know their individual dispositions.

The discipline they are receiving is not the result of training or the rule of love.”

Affleck also highlighted the lack of food, noting that each child would receive around three tablespoons of porridge each day, and only one table of students, out of 12, would receive glasses of milk in the morning as the rest would go to the pigs kept on the property.

Affleck’s criticisms were also directed towards the Matron of the school, Mrs. Ross, wife of Principal Ross.

“Breakfast always means porridge, bread, lard, and tea, nothing else. When I asked the cook why so little porridge for each child (about 3 tbsps.) she said, ‘The children don’t like it and besides the pot isn’t big enough to make more.’ I do not wonder they do not like it. It is always cold when they get it and badly made.”

“In all my 18 years experience as a teacher, I never had in my school a dirtier, more ill-clad, or more likable, class of little folk.”

Afflick also said that the Round Lake IRS was plagued by tuberculosis and the students were illdressed for the chilly fall

months.

It wasn’t just Afflick that criticized Ross.

Ross also received criticism from a local shopkeeper in 1931 when it was found that Principal Ross was selling oranges and apples to the students through the school store at double the cost.

The shopkeeper claimed that Ross’ trade constituted unfair competition and that the prices were inflated but Ross claimed to offer prices better than the open market at the school store.

A boy’s death sparked outrage in father (1935) Two deaths were reported at the Round Lake Residential School.

One was reported to be an accident while the other is said to be the cause of Principal Ross’ lack of supervision on students, which sparked outrage.

In 1914, Maud Tapewaywaypenasick drowned when a group of girls went alone to the lake to go swimming.

The 15-year-old drowned while Ida Sagit, another girl in the group, saved the lives of two of her companions who also went swimming at the lake.

On January 13, 1935, three boys, Percy Ochapowace, Glen Gaddie, and Alec Wasacase, all ran away from the school in -32

degree weather. Shortly after the trio left the school a blizzard settled in. It is reported that after walking a distance the boys made a fire to warm themselves before separating.

Wasacase and Gaddie went west while 15-yearold Ochapowace went south towards his home.

Reportedly Gaddie and Wasacase travelled roughly one and a half kilometres before growing tired and building fire. The two rested before going to the nearby house of Alex Belanger and resting for the night, leaving for home the next morning.

Three days after the trio had left the school, Belanger came across Ochapowace’s brother, Daniel. Belanger asked if he had seen his brother but was told by the brother that he through Ochapowace was still at the school.

The brother then went from house to house to look for Ochapowace but could not find him, eventually reporting the incident to the RCMP the following morning.

The RCMP informed the local Indian agent of the situation but found that the agent was unaware that the boys had run away, having not been informed of their absence by Principal Ross.

While the search was underway for Ochapowace, the RCMP

and Indian agent went to the Round Lake IRS to interview Principal Ross who claimed he had not realized the boys were missing until the evening of January 13, several hours after they had left.

“I did not think it worthwhile sending after them, as they would have nearly reached home by this time. It is not customary to follow boys, 12, 13, or 14 years of age after they get a 2 or 3 hour start on us, from the school. I did not get in touch with anyone outside of the school to let them know the boys had left, but I wrote a letter to Mr. Ostrander, on 16th Jan. informing him that these three boys had run away from the school. The letter was posted in Stockholm on Jan. 17th, 1935. I did not know that the boy had not arrived home safely until I received the telephone call from Mr. Ostrander this morning,” Ross said.

Ochapowace’s frozen body was found later that night around two and a half kilometres from where he had split from the other two wearing only a sweater, overalls, socks, and rubber boots.

After the body was examined it was concluded that the boy’s death was due to exposure, and because of this, no inquest was necessary.

In his report to Indian Affairs, the Indian agent stated.

“In view of the

extremely cold weather and bad roads the Revd.

Principal would have been well advised to have an immediate search made as the boys [sic] tracks could have been followed in the snow but apparently as the boys ranged from 13 to 15 years of age he thought they would reach their homes in safety . . . As would be expected the father of the deceased as well as other Indians who have children in this school are considerably upset and are inclined to place the blame on the Revd.

Principal for failing to have the boys immediately followed when it was found that they were missing and also for not taking steps to inform them and myself more promptly. When I asked the Revd. Principal why he had not acted more promptly he informed me that he did not anticipate any serious consequences owing to the age of the boys as he thought they would have no difficulty in reaching their homes.”

The agent was informed by Indian Affairs that “the Principal should have instituted an immediate search when it was discovered that the boys had left the school, more especially so in view of weather conditions. He should have informed the parents and yourself and instituted a search at once. The death of the

boy, under the circumstances, is much regretted, and I would request that you convey to the parents the Department’s sympathy for their loss.”

The father of Percy Ochapowace, Walter Ochapowace, hired a lawyer to request reconsideration on recommendations not to hold an inquest but was denied.

In frustration with the decision, the lawyer hired by the father said “the mere fact that it would appear that the officials of the Round Lake school knew nothing about the death of this boy until the Thursday following would indicate a laxity and culpability for which they should be held responsible.”

The lawyer then wrote to the federal minister of justice, Hugh Guthrie, requesting an appointment of a commission of inquiry under the Enquiries Act. In his request, the lawyer stated “there must be extreme laxity and carelessness either in the interpretation of such rules as there may be or in the rules themselves that it does seem to be inhumane that if it be true, no enquiry or search was made for the boy for three or four days in extreme weather.”

Once again the request was denied and no investigation was held into the death of Percy Ochapowace.

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EARLY HARVEST 2021 Family builds butcher shop to serve own needs

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer What do you do when you raise stock for meat and area butcher shops are closing down, or booked months in advance?

The answer for Jason Rusnak was to build his own butcher shop and cooling building.

“We couldn’t find any place to do our pigs or chickens,” he said.

Fortunately, Rusnak had some experience butchering, working on and off for seven years with Brian Naby in Melville. Having a good knowledge of how to kill, cut and wrap meat, he and his wife Mary, with some help, built the two buildings and stocked the butcher shop with the necessary equipment.

In regard to equip-

ment for the shop Mary said “we just shopped around,” buying from various sources which included Cabela’s, Princess Auto, and online where they found some good deals as small butcher shops have closed.

One such shop was in Esterhazy where the woman running it was finally retiring at age 86.

The move into butchering was just another step in the evolution of Mary, who grew up in Saskatoon, and initially found adjusting to rural life south of Yorkton more than a bit difficult.

“I was actually depressed the first year,” she said. “... I felt unsafe,” being somewhat isolated on the farm.

“It was just a huge adjustment.”

But, adjust she did.

Jason Rusnak, and son Connor 16, in the family butcher shop.

The fears disappeared and the way of life of the small farm ultimately charmed Mary.

“I love it now,” she said, adding she has come to appreciate the

solitude, adding having neighbours, but not just next door suits her fine now.

Of course it’s not that Mary and Jason don’t have plenty to do. Both work off the small farm.

And, on the farm, there are four boys, ages 3 to 16, to keep an eye on.

There is the flock of free range birds, chickens including laying hens, exotic naked neck chickens, wild turkeys,

Chanse, 7, and Dyllen, 6, hold a pair of bare-neck chickens as brother Connor 16 and dad Jason Rusnak look on. pheasants and Guinea hens.

The family has also raised pigs for several years, starting out buying weanlings to raise until butcher size to fill the freezer.

This summer is different though.

“It’s the first year we’ve had little ones,” he said, the litter still nursing the sow in the pasture pen.

They opted for having

Connor, Chanse, Dyllen and Beckett Rusnak.

their own simply out of necessity.

“We can’t find weanlings anywhere,” said Jason, adding they have become very expensive when they are found with prices often in excess of $100.

All the stock is being raised organically, and that means some added bookkeeping and rules to follow.

“It’s pretty strict,” said Jason, adding “that’s a good thing.”

The strict aspect does include inspector visits, with bin checks of the grain they grow. Jason said having testing done ensures compliance within the rules.

While the grain goes into the stock, the stock ultimately goes into the freezer. That was why they built the butcher shop, as a place to process their chickens and pigs, the children’s 4-H lambs in the past, his father’s bison, and the Continued on Page 8

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Continued from Page 7 occasional hunted animal – Jason has been drawn for elk this fall and is confident he will put one in the freezer.

“We don’t do any custom,” said Jason, adding while there would likely be demand, that would require certification, and more time than a career in the nearby potash mine allows.

One of the exotic chickens.

So how did the former city girl take to butchering?

“Actually it wasn’t too bad,” said Mary, adding before moving into Saskatoon she had been on an acreage as a small child and had seen chickens butchered in the past. “The first time I was grossed out a bit ... but now it’s fine.”

Beef hangs in the cooler.

It is however, not a cheaper way to put food on the table.

Even at $3.50 a pound for a chicken “you don’t make any money,” said Jason, once you factor in the cost of feed and assign a value for your time.

All of the work, from feeding the stock, to gathering eggs, to pickling cucumbers, to butchering pigs, is done

for one reason say the Rusnaks, the four boys. They get to learn about the responsibility of chores and be aware of exactly where their food comes from.

Mary adds they get to eat better too.

Yes, the eggs have darker yellow yolks because the chickens are free range, but everything tastes better too, she said.

The Rusnak have their first litter of pigs and a small herd of sows.

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Harvest progressed until rains came Producers have been making the most of the weather this week and 20 per cent of crop is now combined and in the bin.

Harvest is progressing very quickly and is well ahead of the fiveyear average (2016-2020) of four per cent.

Five per cent of crop is swathed and 14 per cent is ready to straight combine, ahead of the five-year average (20162020) of seven per cent.

Some producers have indicated that yields are worse than they expected while those who got timely rains are reporting they are seeing yields closer to average.

Eighty-three per cent of winter wheat, 75 per cent of fall rye, 64 per cent of field peas and lentils, 25 per cent of barley and 13 per cent of spring wheat has been combined. An additional 12 per cent of canola has been swathed or is ready to straight-cut.

East-Central Saskatchewan: · Crop District 5 – Melville, Yorkton, Cupar, Kamsack, Foam Lake, Preeceville and Kelvington areas · Crop District 6A – Lumsden, Craik, Watrous and Clavet areas Currently thirteen per cent of the crop is combined in the region, which is ahead of the five-year average for this time of year of two per cent. 18 per cent of the crop has been swathed or is ready to straightcut which is over three times the five-year average (2016- 2020) of five per cent.

Some canola swaths have been scattered across fields after a strong wind storm blew through.

Harvest of short crops has been a challenge and yields of most crops are less than average.

Eighty-five per cent of the fall rye, 73 per cent of the winter wheat, 65

per cent of the field peas, 80 per cent of the lentils and 24 per cent of the barley has been combined. An additional 16 per cent of the canola has been swathed or is ready to be straight cut.

The Lipton area received the most rain with 20 mm.

The Ituna area received 12 mm, the Mecham area 11 mm and the Raymore area seven mm, the remaining areas of the region received less than five mm over the week.

Topsoil moisture has declined slightly this week as rainfall in the region was not widespread enough to make a significant difference.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as two per cent adequate, 27 per cent short and 71 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent adequate, 20 per cent short and 79 per cent very short. Crop District 6A has reported that 98 per cent of the cropland and 97 per cent of the hay and pasture land has a topsoil moisture rating of very short.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to drought stress and strong winds. There have also been reports of localized hail in the region.

Producers are busy hauling grain, getting

equipment and bins ready for harvest and starting to swath, desiccate and combine in some areas.

Southeastern Saskatchewan: · Crop District 1 – Carnduff, Estevan, Redvers, Moosomin and Kipling areas · Crop District 2 – Weyburn, Milestone, Moose Jaw, Regina and Qu’Appelle areas · Crop District 3ASE – Radville, Minton and Lake Alma areas There has been great harvest progress in the region this past week thanks to favourable conditions. Currently, twenty-two per cent of the crop has been combined, up from eight per cent last week and far ahead of the five-year average (2016-2020) for this time of year of seven per cent.

Seventeen per cent of the crops in the region have been swathed or are ready to straight cut, with the five-year average (2016-2020) being ten per cent. Yields across the region vary greatly with many producers seeing yields lower than anticipated while those who got good rains are realizing yields closer to average.

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Additionally, two per cent of the canola has been combined and 21 per cent is swathed or ready to be straight cut.

Some of the barley and oat crops are being harvested for greenfeed.

Parts of the southeast region, specifically in the eastern areas, received rain this past week.

Areas around Moosomin received the most rain in the province with 10 mm. The Broadview area received four mm, the Regina area three mm and the Wilcox area two mm. This rainfall will delay some producers but they will be back in their fields once conditions are favourable.

Topsoil moisture conditions have deteriorated in the region this week, even though some areas saw rain. Cropland topsoil moisture is rated

as 12 per cent adequate, 29 per cent short and 59 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as six per cent adequate, 24 per cent short and 70 per cent very short.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to wind, lack of moisture, heat and grasshoppers. There were reports of flea beetle and hail damage in the region as well.

Producers are busy getting equipment ready, desiccating and swathing crops and combining throughout the majority of the region. Some producers have completed their harvest operations for the year.

Northeastern Saskatchewan: · Crop District 8 – Hudson Bay, Tisdale, Melfort, Carrot River, Humboldt, Kinistino, Cudworth and Aberdeen areas · Crop District 9AE – Prince Albert, Choiceland and Paddockwood areas Harvest has started in the region with field peas, barley, oats and wheat being the first to be combined.

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Yields vary greatly across the region but many producers are finding their yields to be extremely disappointing.

Ninety-four per cent of the fall rye, 57 per cent of the field peas, 36 per cent of the lentils, 13 per cent of the oats, 36 per cent of the barley and 14 per cent of the wheat has been combined. Twelve per cent of the canola has been swathed.

The northeast region received very little rainfall this week. The Spruce Home area received the highest amount of rain with 15 mm. The Vonda area received nine mm and the Bruno, Lake Lenore and Nipiwin areas received eight mm.

Warm, dry conditions this week have reduced topsoil moisture conditions in the region.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as 50 per cent short and 50 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as 34 per cent short and 66 per cent very short.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to heat and lack of moisture in most areas of the region. Strong winds storms blew some swaths around and likely shattered pods of ripe crops.

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HARVEST Continued from Page 9 Producers are busy combining getting bins ready for harvest as well as swathing and desiccating crops in some areas. Fire risk is high and many producers are taking action to prevent them.

Provincially, 34 per cent of crop in the southwest region has been combined, 22 per cent in the southeast, 13 per cent in the east central, 18 per cent in the west central, 14 per cent in the northeast and seven per cent in the northwest. Some producers in the southern regions of the province are more than halfway done their harvest.

Not many parts of the province received significant amounts of rainfall this week. The most rain received this week was in the Lipton area where 20 mm was recorded. The Meacham area received 11 mm, the Nipiwin area eight mm, the Raymore area seven mm and the Bigger area three mm. The rain will not make any difference in the crop yield for this year; producers impacted will be delayed from combining but are happy to finally see rain. Pastures that no longer have cattle on them will benefit from the rain and have a chance to recover from the severe drought conditions of the season.

Moisture conditions declined throughout most of the province this week, since the small amount of rain received was not enough to reverse the moisture deficient. Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as four per cent adequate, 29 per cent short and 67 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as two per cent adequate, 21 per cent short and 77 per cent very short.

Crop damage causes this week remain the same with the majority from wind, heat, drought stress, gophers and insects such as grasshoppers and flea beetles.

Farmers are busy getting equipment and bins ready for harvest, swathing and desiccating crops and combining, which is well underway in almost all areas of the province.

With harvest underway in Saskatchewan, we want to remind producers to exercise caution while moving machinery and equipment across major and secondary highways.

Concern around fires is very high and farmers are reminded to ensure firefighting equipment is close by to stop any combine or field fires from getting out of control.

In response to the drought, the province last week announced an AgriRecovery response to provide a per head payment to help maintain female breeding stock. Details and information on how to apply are being finalized and will be shared as soon as possible. Note that producers don’t have to be enrolled in any existing programs to qualify for funding. As details are finalized, producers can check www. scic.ca for updates, or contact their local Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) office or call tollfree at 1-888-935-0000.

Producers are also reminded that in response to the feed shortage this year, SCIC doubled the Low Yield Appraisal threshold values for customers who salvage their cereal or pulse crops as feed, without negatively impacting future individual coverage. Customers are asked to contact their local SCIC office before they graze, bale or silage any damaged crops to discuss their options.

Additionally, the Government of Saskatchewan made changes to temporarily increase the maximum funding a livestock producer can receive from the Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program (FRWIP) for dugouts, wells

and pipelines for agricultural use.

Producers can contact the Ministry of Agriculture’s Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377 for information.

The federal and provincial governments have also increased the 2021 AgriStability interim benefit payment percentage from 50 per cent to 75 per cent for Saskatchewan producers. The interim benefit provides the opportunity for producers enrolled in AgriStability to access a portion of their benefit early, to help support losses and cover costs. To apply for an interim benefit, producers can contact their local SCIC office, call the AgriStability Call Centre toll-free at 1-886-270-8450, or email agristability@scic.ca.

The Farm Stress Line is available for support 24-hours-a-day, seven-daysa-week, toll-free at 1-800-667-4442. Calls are answered by Mobile Crisis Services Regina, a non-profit, community-based agency and there is no call display.

A complete, printable version of the Crop Report is available online at https://www.saskatchewan.ca/cropreport.

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‘A different mindset’: Sask. farmers look to the future after months of drought

By Nick Pearce Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The StarPhoenix) When farmer Cortney Solonenko looks over his drought-stricken land near Yorkton, he sees a tank running on empty.

This year may be the worst one since he and his brother took over what’s now a roughly 15,000-acre farm from their father in 2013.

They’ve grown roughly 41 bushels of winter wheat per acre so far, which is about half of normal.

Saskatchewan’s agriculture has always relied on the land’s moisture retention, “but when the tank’s empty, the tank’s empty,” said Solonenko, who farms near Stornoway.

“We’re getting nervous for next year.”

Solonenko is one of the many Saskatchewan farmers who are facing the daunting prospect of planning for 2022 with soil moisture reserves depleted and a business threatened by a dire drought.

Thursday’s crop report painted a difficult

picture: cropland topsoil moisture is rated as four per cent adequate, 29 per cent short and 67 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture came in as two per cent adequate, 21 per cent short and 77 per cent very short.

Recent small showers did little to reverse the low moisture levels, the report said.

With moisture at a premium, University of Saskatchewan hydrologist Phillip Harder is advising producers to keep their crop stubble high this fall so their land retains more from any upcoming snowfall.

There would need to be roughly 200 millimetres of precipitation this fall for the soil to meet its needs, which is very unlikely. Leaving a summer field fallow or crop stubble higher may help, but it’s not a silver bullet for 2022, he said.

“If it’s anything remotely dry again, we’re going to be having these same conversations, and it’s still going to be really painful on the farming community.”

Wes Anderson, vicepresident of agron-

omy with Croptimistic Technology, says farmers are going to have to enter 2022 with “a different mindset.”

An exceptional year calls for exceptional management, he said.

Anderson advises against falling into old patterns like fall tillage, which may ultimately be little more than “recreational” in these conditions. That said, a few tried-and-true methods may be worth considering.

Leaving stubble high is one option.

While many have already done so, he’s also suggesting adopting zero tillage. Other options include managing residual nutrients, testing soil and controlling fall weeds to keep every bit of stored water.

“It feels like there’s nothing you can do, but at the end of the day you have to be able to capture any opportunity that does come,” he said.

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The lentil crop he planted for the first time this year yielded roughly 40 bushels, which he finds encouraging.

He has also booked about 70 per cent of his fertilizer outputs for next year — which may cushion him somewhat from its rising prices — and has also stayed out of forward grain contracts that other farmers have struggled to fulfil during the drought.

He thinks the next few months will be critical as he waits to see what weather comes with winter and spring.

Higher commodity prices may help growers like him, according to Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan vicepresident Ian Boxall.

Producers with less money available for farm inputs are also likely to roll back on fertilizer as prices rise, he said.

“We’re going to see substantially reduced yield and commodity prices that are very, very aggressive,” Boxall said, comparing the market favourably to the

droughts of the early 2000s that were further hampered by lower prices.

Boxall says farmers are resilient and should be optimistic for the year ahead. But he wants grain companies that have negotiated forward contracts with struggling farmers to be more flexible.

Governments should also continue to support the industry — especially cattle producers — to avoid the drought dragging down local economies as farmers tighten their budgets, he said.

“Farmers have a smaller crop than they’re used to, but because of the prices, that turns a really bad year into an ‘Okay, we’re not going to lose the farm’ kind of year,” said Adam Pukalo, commodities adviser at PI Financial Corp.

The conversations he’s had with clients have been bullish on grain markets in the short to medium term, although watching those prices climb can be “a jab in the side” for some farmers without grain, he said.

In some cases, he’s

advising farmers on how to protect high prices to make the most of the situation headed into 2022.

“Clients always want the highest price, but then that probably means that they don’t have a crop. And then, if they have a great crop, that probably means the price is lower,” he said.

Paige Stewart, a farmer near Fillmore, has been more fortunate.

Her farm has received some rain and she has a crop. However, some lessons learned from a challenging year in 2019 may matter for farmers planning for 2022.

Investing in private revenue insurance, in addition to government farm insurance programs like AgriStability, may offer some needed protection during hard years, she said.

It can be hard to swallow, and may “take the cream off the top” in good years, but it also takes the edge off of the harder ones.

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Caterpillars borrow weapons from viruses in battle against parasitic wasps: USask research

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Saskatoon – New research found caterpillars defend themselves against parasitic wasps using weapons also found in another enemy—viruses.

Exactly how the caterpillars are winning this tiny evolutionary arms race is the subject of an article just published in the journal Science by an international research team including scientists from University of Saskatchewan (USask).

“The objective was to determine the underlying molecular mechanism that allows some viruses to prevail,” said Dr. Martin Erlandson (PhD), USask adjunct professor and lead investigator of the Canadian component. “We identified insect-specific viruses that encode proteins that inhibit the development of competing parasites.”

In lepidopterans, a category of insect which include butterflies and moths, viruses specific to the insects create a protein which kills off or stunts the growth of the

larvae of some parasitic wasps.

Erlandson also identified similar genes to produce the parasite killing protein in caterpillars, suggesting that multiple horizontal gene transfer events occurred where DNA for different toxic proteins was transferred between viruses and from viruses to the caterpillar host.

“Large populations of insects can be the targets of multiple parasites and pathogens resulting in a biological arms race where parasite and pathogen compete for the same host as well as the host evolving defences against these agents,” Erlandson said.

The researchers found that northern armyworm—an insect potentially devastating to maize, sorghum, and rice crops—when infected with entomopoxvirus, were lethal to the larva laid by Cotesia kariyai, their most common parasitic wasp adversary, as well as other closely-related

varieties of wasps.

A better understanding of how viruses and parasitic wasps interact could present new, improved strategies for environmentally sustainable insect pest control through the combined use of viruses and parasites, Erlandson said.

The research team also involved former USask doctoral biology student Dr. Edyta Sieminska (PhD), researchers from Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, as well as researchers from Spain’s University of Valencia, Korea’s Andong National University, and Japan’s Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Arysta Life Science Corporation, Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, and National Agriculture and Food Research Organization.

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Reducing food loss and waste on the farm

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Each sector of the food supply chain contributes to this number. It is important to note that there is a difference between food loss and food waste. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations refers to food loss as a reduction in quality or quantity of food that occurs prior to reach-

ing retails and consumers. Food waste is food fit for human consumption that has spoiled or is disposed of by retailers, food service providers and consumers. Food loss and waste occurs during the production, storage and distribution of food products in retail stores and in our own homes. It begins on the farm and continues down the chain to the consumer. Each sector of the food supply chain needs to take part in reducing food loss and waste, including farmers and ranch-

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Around Humboldt, climate change may mean delayed seeding time: report

By Jessica R. Durling Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Humboldt Journal) Delayed seeding and field flooding are some of the challenges producers around Humboldt will have to adapt to due to climate change, according to a report commissioned by the City of Humboldt.

A UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on Aug. 9, warned climate change was “widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible.”

The report stated that human influence has likely increased the chance of compound extreme events since the 1950s. They have high confidence that this includes increases in the frequency of concurrent heatwaves and droughts on the global scale, and medium confidence for the increase of fire weather in some regions of all inhabited continents as well as compound flooding in some locations.

In 2019, the City of Humboldt hired Eco-West Canada for an environmental survey detailing what the city can expect in coming years from the impacts of climate change.

Joe Day, Humboldt’s city manager,

said that in the two years since the report was made, the city has taken steps to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as the impact of the changing climate on municipal infrastructure consistent with recommendations in the report.

“Specifically we are proceeding with significant wastewater upgrades at the lagoon area,” Day said. “We continue to replace our aging water pipe infrastructure to reduce water losses and we continue to encourage the use and utilization of storm retention ponds to minimize the impact of storm events.”

According to the report, assuming no major reductions or increases in greenhouse gas emissions, the City of Humboldt will see a change in winter and spring precipitation of 14mm (11 per cent increase), and full annual change of 27 mm (seven per cent increase).

The average annual temperature will increase in the town by 2.3˚C, 2.2˚C in spring, 2.0˚C in summer, 2.7˚C in fall and 1.0˚C in winter.

Annual very hot days (VHD) will increase from 10 to 22 days, with the increased occurrence of nighttime lows of 20˚C and hotter, exacerbating the situation. At the extreme end, a year

may contain as many as 40 days above 30˚C. Annual very cold days (VCD) will decrease from 16 days per year to seven days per year. There will be an increase in the length of the frost-free season by 18 days on average. In some extreme years the frost-free season may be longer by as many as 43 days, while in others it may be shorter by up to five days.

As a result, the report said agriculture in the region has both opportunities and threats from the changing climate.

The annual frost-free season will increase by 15 per cent, potentially increasing yields and the range of sowable crops. On the other hand, increased cold weather precipitation may lead to delayed seeding and field flooding.

With summer VHDs doubling, with a three per cent increase in precipitation, the chance for drought increases as well, as do the associated risks of wildfires.

Significant increases in winter and spring precipitation increase the chance of spring flooding as well as increased needs for snow plowing.

Drought may place a strain on potable water infrastructure, requiring adequate water storage and retention.

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tions in the summers, may increase fire risk, particularly in more rural fringes of the community. Road and building maintenance may be made easier with frost heaving.

Day said this falls back under the importance of th city’s storm water retention and drainage network.

“We are monitoring it, we’ve commissioned reports that we don’t have the results back quite yet about how we can actually facilitate improvements there to minimize and reduce flooding events on private property.”

Chances for drought from essentially unchanged summer precipitation levels with the doubling of VHDs, and the occurrence of tropical nights increase risks to populations vulnerable to extreme temperatures, especially seniors, which comprise 25 per cent of the population, more than the provincial average of 16 per cent.

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Reducing round bale storage losses

By Taylor Lenard, AAg, Range Management Extension Specialist, Tisdale The bales are made but the work is not over yet. Bale storage is an important factor going into the fall which is often overlooked. There is no one size fits all method when it comes to storage; it all depends on time, economics and space. Listed below are some ways you can protect your bales and reduce waste:

Covered Shed The ideal bale storage is a covered shed on a dry base. Bales should be securely stacked inside to avoid causing damage to the building. If space is limited, placing the highest quality bales under cover first will allow for nutritious feed going into winter. Due to the large upfront costs of infrastructure, a covered shed

is not an option for most producers.

Uncovered Bales stored outside should be on a slope with no tree cover because it blocks sun/wind drying. Placing them off the ground on pallets, railway ties, tires or crushed rock can prevent ground water uptake. Single rows are known to be more effective than stacking, but if space is limited, a mushroom formation (bottom bales on their flat side and top bales on their curved side) creates less waste than a pyramid.

When using a row formation, bales should be placed side-by-side, three feet apart, facing north/south, so the sun and wind can dry them.

The curved side of the bales should be down, with the flat sides butted up against each other to prevent the centers from being exposed to moisture.

Tarp A tarp can be used to keep precipitation off of the bales throughout the storage period. Bales are generally stacked three high in a pyramid shape to allow the water to run off the tarp. Placing the bales up off the ground on a slope, the same as described in the uncovered section, will stop the bottom of the bale from wicking up moisture. Tarps may need to be replaced regularly to prevent rips and tears.

They should be securely fastened to stop moisture from getting to the bales.

Leaving the ends of the stack open will allow for air movement and drying. Avoid tarping highmoisture hay, as there is a risk of fire.

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Rural communities face a steep bill from climate change, but all of Canada pays the price

By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Canada’s National Observer) If it wasn’t already evident that Canada’s rural and remote communities are suffering outsized impacts during the climate emergency, it’s undeniable now.

Southern B.C. and swaths of its coastal rainforests are entering a second month of severe drought, while the interior of the province is in flames — suffering one of the driest and most acute wildfire seasons on record.

There were 271 wildfires — 31 of them deemed a threat to public safety — tearing through the province as of Monday afternoon.

A total of 66 communities are under evacuation orders, and another 106 are on alert, according Monday’s wildfire update, particularly in the Cariboo, Kamloops and southeast fire regions, which are also blanketed to varying degrees by a pall of smoke.

The village of Lytton and surrounding First Nations communities had little advance warning before flames wiped

the area off the map after a wildfire followed on the heels of a recordbreaking heat dome at the end of June.

Small, remote communities such as Lytton — particularly those populated by First Nations — often pay the steepest price of climate change, but are allocated the least resources to mitigate its effects, despite rural areas’ disproportionate contributions to Canada’s economy, said Brian Eddy, a researcher at Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN).

As a result, the climate challenges and inequities in rural regions can still impact people across Canada, noted Eddy, the co-author of a chapter on the issue in a landmark report on what the country must do to mitigate and adapt to global warming.

“Rural communities act as the country’s breadbasket,” said Eddy.

“That warrants some serious consideration, because the economic well-being of Canada is dependent on how well these regions and their natural resource sectors are able to adapt to whatever unfolds with climate change.”

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Many of B.C.’s rural communities are under evacuation alerts as climate changes fuels an intense wildfire season.

While only six million Canadians — approximately 17 per cent of the total population — live in rural communities of fewer than 10,000 people, these areas generate approximately 30 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product, the study indicates.

Additionally, rural populations make critical contributions to Canadian society as cultural and environmental stewards, and provide natural resources, including food, energy, and drinking water.

Yet economic pillars such as forestry, fisheries, agriculture, mining, energy, and tourism in rural regions are particularly subject to climate impacts, Eddy said, which in turn, makes

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“All of these sectors, either directly or indirectly, will be

impacted by climate change one way or another.”

Additionally, smaller Canadian communities struggle with minimal or degraded infrastructure, the ongoing centralization of resources and services (such as health or education) while facing increased frequency of intense weather events, flooding, sea level rise, and permafrost thawing, along with water shortages and wildfires.

And though small communities are resilient and accustomed to adapting to boom and bust cycles, they don’t necessarily have the finances or the expertise to tackle the complexities associated with climate change.

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communities live hand to mouth. They really only have the revenues to cover sewer and water,” Eddy said.

All levels of government need to collaborate and do adaptation planning specific to the threats faced by particular locales or communities, he added.

And the individual resource industries should avoid working in silos as well, taking a collaborative and regional approach to anticipating and dealing with climate disruptions in co-operation with government.

“Most of the scientific analysis and modelling around climate change is done at a national or global scale,” Eddy said.

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Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce says poor harvest could impact whole province

By Spencer Kemp, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Moosomin The World-Spectator) Producers across Saskatchewan are facing hardships brought on by the dry growing season.

Because of this, some producers are concerned about post-harvest bills and lack of revenue due to the dry weather.

The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce says that when producers struggle financially, it affects all of Saskatchewan.

Chamber CEO Steve McLellan says that low-yield during harvest will not only impact Saskatchewan’s economy, but also provincial funds.

“I think the situation in agriculture is going to impact the economy in many ways at many levels, the first of course and the biggest would be the direct impact that the lack of

revenue in some areas of the province from the ag producers. The crops are not going to produce at the level we thought they were going to in the spring and what everybody hoped for, so that means less money in local communities, fewer equipment purchases in fall, those sorts of things are significant,” said McLellan.

“The other thing that’s also going to be impacted is the provincial coffers. When you consider the impact on the crop insurance organizations, the impact on tax revenues being decreased, all of those have a long-term impact but the one that is going to be the most visible across the province is the change of attitude.

We were looking for a real strong ag economy this year to get our attitude up to act as a stimulus to get the economy going. If that doesn’t happen, as ag goes in Saskatchewan so does our attitude, so does our revenues. It’s going to be a challenging fall, but our farm-

ers, like our people, are persistent and I am very confident that we’ll get through this as we have in years gone by.”

McLellan explained that producers play a huge role in Saskatchewan’s economy and a poor harvest will impact every community in the province.

“They’re huge in our economy, there’s no question. Every community in our province relies on farmers for everything from gasoline to groceries, from farm machinery to supplies. They rely on those communities to produce goods to sell to the world and that money comes back in many ways to the businesses in every community in this province, big and small. Whether they’re working in office towers in Saskatoon or restaurants in small towns and villages, everybody has a stake in the success of our ag community.

When our ag producers are down, everybody’s feeling the

pain.

“Farm machinery folks will be feeling the pinch this fall.

There are already challenges there with supply chains being impacted, but we’re going to see fewer purchases and that’s a challenge because those are big businesses. It’s going to impact everybody from the grocery store to the car dealers to the hardware stores. It’s a significant impact on Saskatchewan, but our ag producers and communities are resilient and we will get through the harder days and we’ll find success again.”

McLellan encourages everybody to do their part in helping farmers, whether it is businesses cooperating to extend loans, or drivers just taking time to give producers the right of way on roads.

“We need to be respectful of every business person and ag producers are huge businesses in Saskatchewan. There are lots we can do, our finan-

cial sector is doing all they can to be patient in terms of loan repayments, in terms of cash flow, that sort of thing. But individuals can do things as well. If you see ag producers going down the road in a combine, or with a trailer, or with a load of bales, give them room to pass. Allow them some capacity to take control of the road and stay out of their way.

When you do all those things as a courtesy, that makes the farmer feel a little better and he may be having a lousy day, it’s important to make sure we do all we can. Even if we’re not loaning money or equipment to them, we can certainly show them a bit of a better day.”

Even with more hot, dry weather expected, McLellan remains positive and says it’s not time to give up.

“There’s still time in this year to see what the final tally is, what the crops come off at, so we’re not throwing in the towel just yet,” said McLellan.

CLIMATE Continued from Page 14 impacts modelled or analyzed at a local or regional scale, very little of that has been done so far.”

But the potential perils of climate change may be more profound and reach beyond simple economic impacts, Eddy said.

Rural and First Nation communities are

tied more intensely to their natural surroundings — which boost food security through hunting, fishing, or trapping, and typically act as a primary source of recreation.

The environment, along with the resources and animals within it, all contribute to the social fabric and cultural identity of rural populations,

Eddy added.

Pacific salmon are a keystone species in B.C. and fundamental to the social, cultural and economic well-being of First Nations on the West Coast.

Yet warming ocean waters, compounded by a host of other perils — such as habitat loss, water scarcity, and pollution — are pushing the

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In a desperate effort to save the salmon, the federal government has drastically reduced the commercial fishing fleet on the coast and heavily restricted sports fishing, while many First Nations have opted not

to fish even for food or cultural needs in an effort to save the iconic species.

When planning for climate change, placebased expertise and Indigenous knowledge are key for rural communities, the study suggests.

“We certainly want to emphasize climate change isn’t just changing the formal economy,” Eddy said.

“Taking an adaptation planning approach in these communities could really (positively) affect culture, livelihoods and people’s way of life.”

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Landmark report maps out five scenarios for Earth’s climate future

By John Woodside, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Canada’s National Observer) Paris Agreement climate targets could soon be out of reach without immediate and massive greenhouse gas emission reductions, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in a landmark report published Monday.

“This report is a reality check,” said IPCC Working Group I co-chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte in a statement. “We now have a much clearer picture of the past, present and future climate, which is essential for understanding where we are headed, what can be done, and how we can prepare.”

The report offers a more granular analysis of how greenhouse gases (GHGs) contribute to global temperature increases, and spells out different emission scenarios to estimate how likely it is the planet will cross the Paris Agreement goal of holding global warming to “well below 2, preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius” compared to pre-industrial levels. The IPCC estimates that from 2011 to 2020, global surface temperature was 1.09 C higher than the 1850 to1900 pre-industrial average.

The five scenarios considered range from very high emissions (doubling of global GHGs by 2050) to very low emis-

sions (net-zero by 2050 and negative emissions thereafter), with its intermediate scenario representing emissions holding at current levels until mid-century.

“Global surface temperature will continue to increase until at least the mid-century under all emissions scenarios considered,” the report reads. “Global warming of 1.5 C and 2 C will be exceeded during the 21st century unless deep reductions in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions occur in the coming decades.”

The IPCC’s best estimate in its lowest-emission scenario sees warming held to 1.4 C by the end of the century, with its best estimate in the highest-emission scenario coming in at 4.4 C warming.

Tipping points ahead As the planet warms, the IPCC warns heat waves, droughts, cyclones, and heavy rain will all become more common, posing a direct threat to agriculture and human safety. Then there is Arctic sea ice, snow cover, and permafrost that is melting and contributing to sea level rise and methane leaking into the atmosphere, potentially representing a tipping point for the Earth’s climate.

Tipping points in climate science refer to a threshold that, when crossed, lock in major damage. Scientists are still developing better understandings of how tipping points work, but they essentially repre-

sent a minefield on the road to net-zero given the uncertainty. Carbon sinks turning into carbon emitters, like Canada’s managed forest, or Greenland rapidly losing more than 18 billion tonnes of ice contributing to sea level rise are just potential two examples.

The IPCC report highlights the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the system of ocean currents that includes the Gulf Stream, as one important tipping point. The IPCC says the AMOC is “very likely” to weaken over the 21st century under all scenarios, but only has “medium confidence” there won’t be an “abrupt collapse” before 2100. If it collapsed, the world’s weather patterns would be dramatically impacted.

In fact, one study published last week in Nature Climate Change found evidence the AMOC was weakening, and warned a collapse would have “severe impacts” and increase the risk of cascading problems for other major Earth systems, “such as the Antarctic ice sheet, tropical monsoon systems and Amazon rainforest.”

Canada has a ‘carbon debt to the world’ “Hopefully, as our governments head to COP26, they will have all of this in mind, and they will make those new commitments as ambitious as science requires them to be,” says Pembina Institute direc-

tor of federal policy Isabelle Turcotte.

“We need to do more at the federal level, (but) we also need to come back home domestically and make sure all provinces are energetically rowing in the same direction,” she said.

Canada has pledged to reduce emissions between 40 and 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, but its latest modelling forecasts a 36 per cent reduction by 2030.

Moreover, the IPCC previously said to hold global warming to 1.5 C there should be about a 45 per cent reduction in global GHGs from 2010 levels. Because global GHG emissions were higher in 2010 than in 2005, Canada’s commitment to lower emissions 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels is actually a weaker pledge than what the IPCC called for.

“We are not yet aligned with what science says the global target should be, so Canada needs to do more,” said Turcotte. “But we also need to keep in mind that Canada is a rich country that has hugely benefited from extracting and burning fossil fuels, and so we have a carbon debt to the world, and we need to do more than the global average effort.”

A recent report from the Pembina Institute found 95 per cent of Canadian emissions are not covered by a provincial or territorial 2030 climate target. It also found no jurisdiction had developed a path to

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“Absent these provinces stepping up, Canada is unlikely to meet any climate target,” Turcotte said.

Turcotte pointed to the importance of carbon budgets as a tool for decarbonizing. One reason they are helpful is that a carbon budget lays out the amount of emissions a jurisdiction can generate. That shifts the

focus somewhat away from the less important goal of net-zero by 2050 toward the more important question of how much carbon is emitted in the intervening years.

She said net-zero is an “important longer-term milestone,” but the focus on it can be misleading.

“It could lead us to climate catastrophe, because net-zero is an emissions level in 2050,” she said. “What matters is the cumulative amount of CO2 we emit from now until 2050, or from now until we get to net-zero.”

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MINDSET Continued from Page 10 those who lived through the droughts of the 1980s — could be a huge untapped resource for some who are looking for outside support.

She found that personally when her operation was facing challenges in 2019, she said. At the time, she and her husband took up coaching basketball to focus on something other than farming. It was a welcome break.

Headed into next year, she agrees with Boxall that governments should be backing up producers and livestock owners who’ve been particularly hard hit.

In her eyes, fully reimbursable counselling services, combined with support from relationships, can help people through a tough time.

“Farmers aren’t going to pick up the phone. They need someone to come and sit with them in the combine, and talk to them on their turf, when they need help,” she said.

Solonenko also advises finding a silver lining. Rising prices are a small reassurance that farmers can overcome a challenging year as they head into a new one.

Those small upsides and pockets of resilience will be a valuable resource as farmers begin sewing their hopes for 2022 after the drought.

“When agriculture struggles, everyone struggles,” Solonenko said. “It’s tough for us and we’ll get through it.”

Wes Anderson, vicepresident of agronomy with

Croptimistic Technology, says farmers are going to have to enter 2022 with “a different mindset.”

An exceptional year calls for exceptional management, he said.

Anderson advises against falling into old patterns like fall tillage, which may ultimately be little more than “recreational” in these conditions.

That said, a few tried-and-true methods may be worth considering.

Leaving stubble high is one option.

While many have already done so, he’s also suggesting adopting zero tillage. Other options include managing residual nutrients, testing soil and controlling fall weeds to keep every bit of stored water.

“It feels like there’s nothing you can do, but at the end of the day you have to be able to capture any opportunity that does come,” he said. “Maybe that’s only a half-inch of rain, maybe it’s three inches of snow.”

Solonenko plans to make the most of the lack of moisture, planting crops like flax and lentils that need less water. The lentil crop he planted for the first time this year yielded roughly 40 bushels, which he finds encouraging.

He has also booked about 70 per cent of his fertilizer outputs for next year — which may cushion him somewhat from its rising prices — and has also stayed out of forward grain contracts that other farmers have struggled to fulfil during

the drought.

He thinks the next few months will be critical as he waits to see what weather comes with winter and spring.

Higher commodity prices may help growers like him, according to Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan vice-president Ian Boxall.

Producers with less money available for farm inputs are also likely to roll back on fertilizer as prices rise, he said.

“We’re going to see substantially reduced yield and commodity prices that are very, very aggressive,” Boxall said, comparing the market favourably to the droughts of the early 2000s that were further hampered by lower prices.

Boxall says farmers are resilient and should be optimistic for the year ahead. But he wants grain companies that have negotiated forward contracts with struggling farmers to be more flexible.

Governments should also continue to support the industry — especially cattle producers — to avoid the drought dragging down local economies as farmers tighten their budgets, he said.

“Farmers have a smaller crop than they’re used to, but because of the prices, that turns a really bad year into an ‘Okay, we’re not going to lose the farm’ kind of year,” said Adam Pukalo, commodities adviser at PI Financial Corp.

The conversations he’s had with clients have been bullish on grain markets in the short to

medium term, although watching those prices climb can be “a jab in the side” for some farmers without grain, he said.

In some cases, he’s advising farmers on how to protect high prices to make the most of the situation headed into 2022.

“Clients always want the highest price, but then that probably means that they don’t have a crop. And then, if they have a great crop, that probably means the price is lower,” he said.

Paige Stewart, a farmer near Fillmore, has been more fortunate. Her farm has received some rain and she has a crop. However, some lessons learned from a challenging year in 2019 may matter for farmers planning for 2022.

Investing in private revenue insurance, in addition to government farm insurance programs like AgriStability, may offer some needed protection during hard years, she said.

It can be hard to swallow, and may “take the cream off the top” in good years, but it also takes the edge off of the harder ones.

Relationships also factor in.

Stewart said having a network of other farmers — especially those who lived through the droughts of the 1980s — could be a huge untapped resource for some who are looking for outside support.

She found that personally when her operation was facing challenges in 2019, she said. At the time, she and her husband took up coaching basketball to focus on something other

than farming. It was a welcome break.

Headed into next year, she agrees with Boxall that governments should be backing up producers and livestock owners who’ve been particularly hard hit.

In her eyes, fully reimbursable counselling services, combined with support from relationships, can help people through a tough time.

“Farmers aren’t going to pick up the phone. They need someone to come and sit with them in the combine, and talk to them on their turf, when they need help,” she said.

Solonenko also advises finding a silver lining. Rising prices are a small reassurance that farmers can overcome a challenging year as they head into a new one.

Those small upsides and pockets of resilience will be a valuable resource as farmers begin sewing their hopes for 2022 after the drought.

“When agriculture struggles, everyone struggles,” Solonenko said. “It’s tough for us and we’ll get through it.”

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SGI tips for drivers encountering farm machinery during harvest This year’s harvest has begun and drivers in Saskatchewan can expect to encounter farm equipment on highways and rural roads as farmers move their equipment between fields.

Overall, collisions between motor vehicles and farm equipment are not frequent, but the ones that do occur are more likely to cause injuries Over the past five years (2016-2020), 96 collisions involving farm equipment on Saskatchewan roads have resulted in 44 injuries and eight deaths.

Even if a collision doesn’t result in anyone getting hurt or losing their life, it could severely impact someone’s livelihood. This year will be a challenging one for many of our province’s agriculture producers. With many farmers already facing a difficult harvest, no one wants to deal with a collision damaging a crucial piece of equipment when it’s most needed. As drivers, we can help them out by giving them a bit of space and plenty of courtesy whenever we see them on the road.

Some things to keep in mind when driving around farm

equipment: Pass only when it’s safe to do so. Treat farm machinery like you would any slow-moving traffic and remember to be patient. Chances are that the farmer is only going to be on the road long enough to move that equipment from one field to another.

Safety Spotlight, you’re more likely to encounter farm equipment on rural roads – and those roads are narrower, so drivers have less space to maneuver around them – so keep that in mind and stay extra alert whenever you leave the pavement and hit the gravel.

In addition to being slowmoving, farm machinery can be deceptively wide and long.

If you do decide to pass them on the highway, give yourself plenty space to do so.

Make sure the farmer can see you, too. The operator of that equipment is dealing with blind spots, so don’t follow too close behind them and be sure not to merge in front of them too closely.

As we noted when we kicked off the August Traffic

Anticipate where the farmer might be going. The machin-

ery may not allow the operator to signal their intentions, so drivers will want to be sure they are not about to turn left into a field before pulling alongside to pass.

For farmers, there are rules dictating how, where and when farm equipment can be transported on certain designated highways. Equipment that travels slower than 40 km/h, must be equipped with a rear/ center slow-moving-vehicle sign, and machinery that extends more than 1.2 meters should be equipped with reflective devices to alert drivers.

‘Sink into the dry as dust soil’: What historic droughts mean for today

By Nick Pearce Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Saskatoon StarPhoenix) Saskatoon churchgoers wearing their Sunday best folded their hands and prayed for rain during the hot July drought of 1961.

While focused on their present, memories belonging to many of those farmers went back to the Dirty Thirties and “the browned, parched grazing lands; the barren grain fields, the depressing drought (and) the farm homes banked with sand from the constant drifting,” according to a StarPhoenix story at the time.

The drought months of 1961 — when precipitation plummeted and hot, dry weather dominated — were hard times.

So were the dry years that followed in the 1980s, the early-2000s and, now, the current drought.

“Certainly, older producers out there will remember (1961) as being one of the most significant events in the

last 60 years,” said Trevor Hadwen, an agroclimate specialist at Agriculture and AgriFood Canada.

Studies won’t be completed until the end of this drought, but Hadwen says 1961 and 1988 are both comparable. The scope of this year’s drought, which stretches across Western Canada, makes it a little worse than its more contained 1988 counterpart.

A few threads bind each drought. The news from those years reads familiar: A grain farmer confides he’s never seen his neighbours so worried, as several farm groups call for relief packages and experts explain why this all happened.

As a hydrologist, drought is always in the back of University of Saskatchewan professor Phillip Harder’s mind.

Harder owns an acreage and says it’s clear there’s something wrong as crops wither and ripen when they should be growing tall and filling out.

This year is among

the driest and the hottest, he said.

It’s hard to find a good metric to compare this year’s drought to past ones, Harder said, although he considers the weather of 2021 as fairly close to 1961. It’s also shaping up to be close behind 1988 on the basis of growing degree days and precipitation, he said.

He was young at the time, but knows 1988 was a bad year. Some farmers lost their land. It’s why there’s wisdom to be gleaned from past droughts, he said.

Decisions may be different, but the “process, also the stress and the emotions, they will all be the same,” he said.

University of Alberta environmental history professor Shannon Stunden Bower thinks looking back offers some “inspiration that we’ve been in similar circumstances in the past (and) that we’ve managed to navigate them.”

Her work tries to place droughts in the broader history of the society in which they

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occurred. She points to things like colonial settlement, displacement of Indigenous peoples and the establishment of the market economy as playing key roles in shaping drought experiences. Eras of policy-making also factor into how droughts play out, she said. Before the depression, “social supports were a local responsibility and a question of charity, rather than a realm of activity (for) senior levels of government, federal or provincial.”

An appetite grew for government involvement afterward. It was different landscape by the time Prime Minister John Diefenbaker rose to declare the 1961 drought as approaching levels unseen since the 1930s, presenting challenges which “(exercised) the hearts of men.”

However, the world had changed. When Diefenbaker toured the drought-stricken areas of his home province later that summer, responses like the

Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) had long been established and technology had advanced considerably.

Stunden Bower says climate change — making droughts more intense and common — could be similarly transformative. However, it pays to look back at dust bowl policies like PFRA pastures — which prevailing wisdom at the time deemed sound, but also displaced Indigenous peoples — as a warning not to repeat past wrongs.

She says she’s hopeful for the people most affected by drought, whether they’re livestock farmers or crop growers.

“These are people who are creative and committed, and who are right now on the front lines of a drought problem that is reflective of a bigger climate change problem,” she said.

They may not be so different from those the StarPhoenix spoke with in July 1961. Hubert Gadd was president of

the Moose Jaw Agricultural Society. He compared the weather to 1937, when huge clouds formed overhead “and it looked like rain was coming, but it never fell.”

The clouds that never rained didn’t dampen spirits for George Smith, a Moose Jaw-area farmer. He and his neighbours “haven’t lost hope.

We have lived through many years of this,” Smith said.

A wet snowfall came in late October, which “would sink into the dry as dust soil,” bringing hope for the next year’s crop, the StarPhoenix reported.

Months before that snow sunk into the dirt, that newspaper writer who compared 1961 to the memory of the ‘30s saw resilience built from past droughts.

“There is the important lesson that came out of the 1930s for Saskatchewan,” he wrote. “Even the worst disasters, economic or otherwise, can be survived.”

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Springside 4-H Beef Club Achievement Day Alyssa Breitkreuz Club Reporter The Springside 4-H Beef Club held their annual Achievement Day in July.

Club members participated in classes on Showmanship, Yearling Heifers and Market Steers.

Thank you to the following individuals for making the day possible: Conformation & Showmanship Judges Lee & CoraLee Stillborn, MC Maureen Werner, Questionnaire Judge Jade Hoffman, and Record Book Judges Karlie Hnidey, Jenay Werle and James & Sarah Hordos. Thank you to the Springside 4-H Beef Club leaders, parents, friends and volunteers for their time and commitment to the success of our members!

The day ended with club members being awarded for their efforts: Grand Champion Market Steer: Hannah Breitkreuz Sponsored by Legacy CO-OP Association Reserve Champion Market Steer: Annelies Valstar Sponsored by Sliding Hills Charolais Grand Champion Yearling Heifer: Grace Woytas Sponsored by Shirley Thompson, in Memory of Dick Thompson Reserve Champion Yearling Heifer: Brooke Quinton Sponsored by Les & Cheryl Trost & Family

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Record Book Classes Trophies Sponsored by bakertilly SK LLP Cash Prizes Sponsored by Hnidey Farms & Vale Country Ranch Cloverbud: 1st James Ward, 2nd Rosalie Dreger, 3rd Brooke Quinton Junior: 1st Cole Foster, 2nd Mackena Kriger, 3rd Lily Ward Intermediate: 1st Cole Marcinkoski, 2nd Kristyn Prybylski, 3rd Alyssa Breitkreuz Senior: 1st Hannah Breitkreuz, 2nd Annelies Valstar, 3rd Broden Bilokreli

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Springside 4-H Beef Club members would like to acknowledge and thank the following 2021 BUYERS of their market steers at the Springside 4-H Beef Club Online Auction Sale through Yorkton Auction Centre: Legacy Co-op Association, Grain Millers, Farmers to Farmers AG Services, Whitewood Livestock Sales, Double D Fencing Company, Kendrick Ebbett, Guy & Leah Ward, Richardson Pioneer Canora, Discovery Ford, Robert & Jeanette Kriger, Richardson Pioneer Ltd. Yorkton, Prairie Livestock, Sean Ward, Amber Stachura, Florence & Tom Stachura

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Club 2021 Recipients: The Hansen Family – Jeff, Jodi & Jace The Springside 4-H Beef Club will begin the 2021-22 Year with the first club meeting in October, date TBD. Please contact Club General Leader Mandie Foster (306-621-6620) if you have questions about the 4-H Beef program or are interested in joining the club.

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High Nitrates a Concern in Stressed Forage Crops Jordan Johnson, M.Sc., Agri-Environmental Specialist, Swift Current Maddy Lazurko, AAg, Livestock and Feed Extension Specialist, Swift Current With much of the growing season on the prairies occurring under extremely dry conditions, poor forage yields have urged many producers to consider the use of annual crops as forage sources for their cattle herds. When harvested as greenfeed, cereal crops such as oats, barley, wheat, rye or triticale can be comparable in feed quality to hay. While annual cereal

crops are an attractive alternative to traditional forage sources, stressed growing conditions due to lack of moisture this season have resulted in many crops accumulating higher than normal levels of nitrates.

Nitrate accumulation in plants occurs whenever normal growth is disrupted. Under normal growing conditions, nitrates absorbed from the soil are converted to ammonia and incorporated into plant proteins.

Stress caused by limited moisture, hot winds, hail, frost, spray drift or cool cloudy weather results in restriction of plant growth, but nitrate continues to be absorbed from the soil. This

continued absorption from the soil results in accumulation of nitrates in plant, with concentrations being highest in the lower third of the stem.

Annual crops such as oats, barley, wheat, rye or triticale are most susceptible to nitrate accumulation. Some weeds such as kochia, thistle, millet, lambs quarters and pigweed are also known to be accumulators of high levels of nitrates.

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Taste in games vary among players Last week it was noted how different players are usually attracted to different types of game, which is of course rather expected since we all have our own tastes in all things.

That said though, for harmony within a gaming group one needs to be either adaptable, or be willing to just miss the occasional gaming session when you know a disliked game is coming to the table.

That was the case for me when it came to playing the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

Typically, role playing games fall nicely into the rather diverse field of games I enjoy.

It was D&D 2nd edi-

tion I cut my role playing teeth on and it remains a well-loved game.

The initial role playing experience with D&D 2nd edition has been followed by enjoyment of other role playing games notably Shadownrun and Cold Steel Reign.

So when 5th edition arrived I was game to play, only to find it a homogenized ruleset where every character was much the same, generally over-powered, boring, ultimately generic and lacking a modicum of individuality.

Needless to say the new edition soured my joy and I simply tossed in the towel leaving the group to it as I stayed home on those nights

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Of course there are other clunkers through the years of playing.

Stone Age comes to mind as a game that actually mimics the likely hardships of life faced by humans of the Stone Age, but that doesn’t mean it offers an enjoyable gam-

ing experience.

In this case I didn’t like some of the mechanics within the game from the outset in spite of how well they might have fostered realism.

It was a view that over a couple of plays the group generally came to realize, although perhaps not as ardently as this writer.

Another that is actual-

ly an outlier for our little gaming group is XenoShyft: Onslaught.

The game is a deckbuilder, and our group is generally ardent fans of the mechanic.

Without actually polling the gang I feel confident in writing that Dominion would easily be on the top-10 games list for each of us, and that says a lot given my propensity for abstract strategy games.

Other deck-builders such as Lockwood’s Asylum, Arctic Scavengers, Dale of Merchants, Vikings Gone Wild, Flip City, Clank In Space and several others are always welcome on our table, because we love the genre.

It’s also why we have played/own around 50 deck-builders.

When I rate those 50, XenoShyft comes last.

It may not fall that far down on all of our group’s list, but again generally it falls well-short of being much fun.

What that means is no one is suggesting XenoShyft when it comes time to decide on a game to play.

Not every game purchase is a winner. You will end up with duds and stinkers too. It’s part of the hobby.

So pick your favoured games and play on and banish the bad to a shelf you threaten to sell, but being game hoarders you probably never will.

Moosomin’s labyrinth open for public use

By Spencer Kemp Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The World Spectator Moosomin) The Moosomin Labyrinth is now open for the public to use.

Carol Adair, who came up with the idea for the Labyrinth and presented it to Moosomin town council, says that the labyrinth provides an opportunity to take time and reflect while walking through it.

“It felt good. I was happy, really happy to see it open. I was amazed to be completely honest.

I think a lot of people came out of curiosity because a lot of people don’t know what a labyrinth is. I know a lot of them also came because they wanted to see the community gardens too.

I think a lot of them are

Moosomin’s new labyrinth opening themselves up to something new and they’re willing to see what it was anyways.

Now we just have to take the time to go walk it and

take the time and the pause to put that into our life,” said Adair.

“It’s a chance to reset sometimes. If you’re going through a bad low

or you want to rethink something, you can walk into the labyrinth centre and then walk out and use it as a reset. You can do a reset of your life.”

EPCCA runs in Preeceville The Eastern Professional Chariot & Chuckwagon Association raced in Preeceville on the weekend.

The top finishers included;

Chariots 1st Cruze Paul A, One Arrow 2nd Carol Hooge, Hudson Bay

3rd Casey Peterson B, Kelvington 4th Cruze Paul B, One Arrow 5th Brandee Braaten, Naicam

Chuckwagons 1st Wayne Salmond, Weekes 2nd Casey Peterson, Kelvington 3rd Ryan Peterson, Kelvington

4th Larry Salmond, Weekes 5th Ray Rooks, Swan River There was a Dash for Cash in the chariots. Winner was Cruze Paul, second Carol Hooge, and third Colin Kilborn.

The chuckwagons were rained out on the last night (Sunday).

The pattern and path of the Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth are what inspired the design of the newly established labyrinth in Moosomin, according to Adair.

She says that the community’s support in the project was something she did not expect.

“I’m just happy. I’m grateful that everybody is open to it. First, it was the town, I’m still impressed that they said yes. Without them, it wouldn’t have happened and so I’m just grateful.

I hope it is a good thing for Moosomin, just like a new building on the corner of Main Street, it’s just another option for people to use and something that makes Moosomin more interesting, more viable, more diverse. It’s something different and it’s something useful for the community.”

During the opening of the labyrinth, both Adair and Carolyn Woodall took time to thank the Town of Moosomin for their support as well as Mike Stein of the Public Works Department for helping acquire and pile the rocks needed to establish the labyrinth.

Adair says that the

labyrinth will benefit the community and notes that students from MacLeod Elementary School will soon be able to add their own creative touch to the labyrinth.

“I thought it would just be neat for the people of Moosomin to have a place where they could go and spend some time and go for a walk if they need to. I think it’s really neat and I think the children are going to like it too. I spoke with Tammy Cole and she said that it will be one of the first projects they do in the fall when the kids get back to class, go to the labyrinth. They’ll use it as a mindfulness walk. They do love rock painting too, so they’re going to paint some rocks and bring their special rocks to the labyrinth, and then they can bring their family down and show them their painted rocks,” said Adair.

“Everyone has to experience it themselves and give it a try to see if it’s something they can use, something they can fit into their day and life.”

The labyrinth can be accessed through the South Cemetery beside the community gardens.

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TAKE NOTICE THAT; any One with a prior, equal, or superior right or interest in/to/for/of the NAME or property: MICHAEL ALLAN LEIS or LEIS, MICHAEL ALLAN Estate in any style or variation thereof capable to confuse, suspend or clog said NAME or Estate is hereby WARRANTED to present their said claim to witness: Lyle Romaniuk, c/o PO Box 2136, Kamsack Saskatchewan, S0A1S0 before expiration of twenty-eight (28) days of this Notice publication.

1 BEDROOM Apartment with balcony Available December. No Pets. Call Shelby 780-208-3337.

TAKE NOTICE THAT; any One with a prior, equal, or superior right or interest in/to/for/of the NAME or property: KYLE NATHEN LEIS or LEIS, KYLE NATHEN Estate in any style or variation thereof capable to confuse, suspend or clog said NAME or Estate is hereby WARRANTED to present their said claim to witness: Lyle Romaniuk, c/o PO Box 2136, Kamsack Saskatchewan, S0A1S0 before expiration of twenty-eight (28) days of this Notice publication.

2 BEDROOM Apartment with balcony. Pets Allowed. Available Immediately. Phone Shelby 780-2083337.

NEWLY RENOVATED 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartment on Dalebrooke Drive. Available December. Call Shelby 780-208-3337.

RENOVATED 2 Bedroom Apartment on Dalebrooke Drive.

Available December. Call Shelby 780-208-3337.

Houses For Rent SPRINGSIDE HOUSING Authority is currently accepting applications for a 3 bedroom home. Fridge and stove included. Well kept, clean and quiet neighborhood. Rent is based on income. No Pets. For more information and applications please call Morlie at 306-792-2222 or 306-621-7815.

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HOUSE FOR SALE- 1100 sq foot lake front modular house at york lake 2 bedroom with new appliances 60x120 lot phone 306-7836898.

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SPRINGSIDE HOUSING Authority is currently accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom Senior Suites at the Heritage Place. Fridge and stove included. Central laundry with two washers and dryers. Well kept, ready for rent. Rent is based on income. For more information and applications please call Morlie at 306-792-2222 or 306-621-7815.

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FARM LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER FOR SALE BY TENDER, farmland owned by Melvin Richard Sawatzky and Brenda Lynn Sawatzky legally described as: NE 29-35-32 WPM (approximately 135 cultivated acres along with a creek) located in the R.M. of Livingston No. 331 NE & NW 14-35-I W2M (approximately 320 cultivated acres) located in the R.M. of Clayton No. 333 (as a package) The seller will accept tenders on either property, or both property packages together. Please advise which property or properties your tender is for.

Taxes will be adjusted as of December 31st, 2021. The purchaser will have to be a GST registrant and will be responsible for all ISC fees.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Tenders must be accompanied by a certified cheque, bank draft or money order for a minimum of 5% of the purchase price payable to “LELAND CAMPBELL KONDRATOFF PERSICK LLP, IN TRUST”.

All tenders must be received at the address below by 12:00 noon on August 31, 2021. The possession date will be November 1, 2021 or earlier if the purchaser desires. The balance of the purchase price must be paid on or before the date of possession.

LELAND CAMPBELL KONDRATOFF PERSICK LLP Barristers & Solicitors 36 Fourth Avenue North, Drawer 188 Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2V7 Attention: Nolan R. Kondratoff Phone: (306) 783-8541 Email: nolan@lelandcampbell.com

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August 27, 2021 | This Week Marketplace Antiques

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ANTIQUE FURNITURE - Carnival glass, Red Rose Tea figurines, long play vinyl records, crystal glass and much more. Phone 306547-4355.

GREAT PRICES on new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check us out at www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca.

Thickett Engine Rebuilding. Ph. 204-532-2187 Russell, MB.

AGPRO SEEDS: BUYING HEATED, DAMAGED CANOLA. On farm pickup, prompt payment!

TOP PRICES PAID IN SASK. Phone: 306-873-3006 or Visit AGPRO website for bids: agproseeds.com

Appliances FOR SALE Dishwasher- Moffat Microwave -Lg 2003 Fan-Nutone 2003 FreezerViscount(free) Fridge-Ingliss 2003 Stove-Ingliss 2003. Good condition Sell all as a set $1000.00(FIRM)

For Sale - Misc 8 3/4” x 24 1/2” x 27 1/2” x 10 Laminated Beam plus approx 600 lineal ft of 4”x4”s, various lengths.

306-641-4987.

NEVER BEEN USED interior doors and bi-folds with jambs.

Phone: 306-641-4987.

WOMEN’S BICYCLE, good shape.

Wine making equipment. Phone after 5pm. 306-783-3851

1986 Jeep Comanche parts truck 100,000 kms on rebuilt engine, 0 kms on rebuilt tranny, lots of new parts on vehicle. Phone: 306-6414987.

Trucks & Vans 2006 DODGE CARAVAN, ATC,183 k’s, new tires and windshield, great running order, no rust. Asking $3900.00, call or text 306-620-8957

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NutraSun Foods Ltd, a premier flour mill located in Regina Sk, is now buying Organic & Conventional milling wheat. Contact a grain buyer at 306-751-2440 or 306751-2043 for pricing and delivery.

Livestock 2019 CHEV SILVERADO Z71, double cab 4x4, 5.3 auto. 67,000 km, rebuilt status. Phone: 306621-5625 or 306-782-9497. Excellent condition.

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FORAGE SEED FOR SALE: Organic & conventional: Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass, Timothy, etc.

Star City, SK. Birch Rose Acres Ltd. 306-921-9942.

28FT COACHMAN CAMPER for sale. Sleeps 6/ separate bedroom, new a/s, new full canopy and hardware. $9,000.00 OBO. Phone 306745-6399.

Farm Implements 24’ MF HEADER AIR REEL excellent for straight cutting short crops & regular canola. $2500.00.

Phone: 306-338-2750.

Eston 814 bailer, New Holland SNH 499 12ft. hay bine, NH twin rakes, excellent shape, shedded, field ready. 306-548-4340. Stenen, SK. Excellent Combination 90ft. Brandt high clearance with 835 versatile auto steer & GPS. Also, Melroe 216 Spray-Coupe. 306-548-4340 Stenen. SK GOOD’S USED TRACTOR PARTS (204) 564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734 Roblin, MB NEW JOHN DEERE rub bars $1400.00 OBO. Phone 306-6202605.

LOVELAND RED ANGUS has quality yearling bulls. Phone 306795-2710.

C. JONES TRUCKING SERVICE INC. Yorkton, Sask.

Available for long and short distance livestock hauling.

Reasonable rates.

Your choice • 53’ tridem trailer • 53’ quad trailer.

Phone 306-782-2830 or cell 306-621-9508 General Employment VANCOUVER ISLAND, PT help required with small animal farm. 2 bedroom suite, overlooking the Olympic Mountains and the Juan de Fuca Strait, available. Wages negotiable, would suit a retired farm couple. Email: briarglen@islandnet.com. View at: www.briarglen.com or call 250-642-2915.

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GARAGE SALE - 135 Dunlop St E. Attention all cooks and bakers excellent selection of bake ware, storage containers, plus many small appliances and furnishings.

Thurs August 26- Saturday August 28 from 11am - 5pm GARAGE SALE 71 Centennial Dr. August 26-28th. Thurs/Fri., from 11:00am - 7:00pm, Sat., from 10:00am - 3:00pm. Household items including filing cabinet, metal shelving, garden tools, hedge/tree trimmers, patio furniture, antique trunk, Electro lux vacuum cleaner and other items.

GARAGE SALEDownsizing 43,49,72 Canwood Cres August 26 and 27 Thurs., 9:00am -6:00pm Fri., 9:00am -3:00pm misc and collectables.

GARAGE SALE - Thurs Aug 26 sat Aug 28th from 10am -6pm weather permitting 164 maple ave MULTI FAMILY garage/yard sale 56 Westshore Greens (Across from weigh scale) Highway 10 South of Yorkton. Assorted household, tools, toys, furniture. Too much to list, more added daily.

Free items/ fill a bag for $5.00 section. Wed., Sept 1 from 4:00pm 7:00pm, Thurs/Fri., Sept 2&3 from 8:00am - 6:00pm, Sat., Sept 4 from 10:00am - 2:00pm.

Cars 2006 VOLKSWAGON JETTA Diesel TDI. 4 dr, sunroof, 202,000 km, automatic, command start & AC. Comes with new tires & steel rims.

Excellent condition.

Asking $6,250.00 OBO. Call 306-6217490.

2014 FORD FOCUS Hatchback, ATC, automatic, command start, heated seats, new battery and tires, excellent condition. Asking $6250.00, call or text 306-6208957 MUST SELL started restoring 1981 Volkswagon convertible.

Also have parts car. Phone: 306641-4987.

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Tristen Beatty, left, followed by his mother Ronda Palaniuk and brother Jesse Beatty, all had the opportunity to take their horses out to the Sturgis Sports grounds rodeo arena to practice for Sturgis Sports and Rodeo gymkhana events, coming up on September 11 and 12. The arena area is used by the Etoimamie Valley Riders to practice on a regular basis.

Community of Sturgis looking forward to sports day Courtesy of Preeceville Progress The community of Sturgis is busy gearing up for its sports day for the first time since COVID hit the province.

The sports day is scheduled for the weekend of September 11 and 12 at the Sturgis Sports grounds.

The highlight for the weekend will feature the two days of chariot and chuckwagon races sponsored by the Eastern Professional Chariot and

Chuckwagon Association. It will be followed by the gymkhana events sponsored by the Etoimamie Valley Riders Club.

The third annual Ivar Brass memorial slo-pitch tournament will be scheduled for both days with teams vying for top spot.

Activities and events for children will feature a bicycle parade beginning on Saturday at the hall followed by inflatable bouncers at the sportsgrounds.

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The rodeo events will include: saddle bronc riding, barrel racing and mutton busting riding for the children. A trade show and mini market will attract vendors from across the region with a variety of items.

Scheduled entertainment will feature a mini stage with a variety of local entertainers.

Blacksmith Alvin Gwillian will be performing a live display on both days.

There will also be a car, truck, motorcycle and tractor show and shine held on Sunday.

A pancake breakfast will be held on both days followed by a steak supper that will conclude the activities on Saturday.

The Sturgis history book recorded some of the information from the early days of the one-day Sturgis Sports and Rodeo that began back in 1914 and became Saskatchewan’s biggest one-day sports and rodeo located in the Town of Sturgis.

The town attained a lease for the property where the grounds are now located from Municipal Affairs in 1924. The original date of July 4 was set for the sports day. It was reported that the first sports day was postponed until July 12 due to rain. Approximately 800 persons attended the first event that featured: horse races, novelty potato sack races, chariot races, ball games, bicycle and children’s races.

Through the years other events included: a horseshoe tournament, a fiddling contest, chuckwagon races, bingo games and a mid-way with a petting zoo.

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If for no other reason than self-preservation!

I was recently sitting in my vehicle awaiting a procedure that many of us lucky ones have had the opportunity to experience in the last year and a half.

As I sat in that garage awaiting my turn to be swabbed I thought … there are certain people who breeze through our lives of whom we would be unwise to try and make angry. At this present moment these few sit at the top of my list … #4. The persons making and/or serving our meals in restaurants. I tend to smile a lot at these people.

At least, I like to be quite friendly and think twice before complaining about anything. Not only do they deserve a tribute but I believe they hold more power than, perhaps, they themselves even realize. These people assemble and carry the food we ingest. They handle what. we. eat. Sobering thought. #3. Housekeepers or cleaning personnel. These most appreciated and treasured people should be treated just so. After all, they not only might handle our knickers but they know all the nooks, crannies, hoarding areas and secrets we have. They have direct access to what we read, what size clothing we wear, just how filthy our homes (or offices, nursing homes, or hospitals, etc.) really get. Yes … these people only deserve our greatest esteem and respect. A gift now and then would be appropriate as well. After all, they not only risk their lives with what they’re exposed to—they also have some power over what microbes we could come into contact with. Think about it.

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Revisited #2. Physicians/Dentists/Health Care Workers. I’m sure my doctor sighs a long tedious one when he sees my name on his list of patients to examine. Although I’ve been blessed and do not need to frequent his office very often, I actually feel a bit sorry for the guy.

He, however, is very professional as he listens to what I feel compelled to express is my diagnosis. I try not to push him too far, however. After all, he has the power to give or withhold any serious medication and/ or treatments I might need.

And don’t get me started on the dentist wielding a drill—a drill that goes in my mouth?! Nope! I take suck-up donuts to these people.

How about ambulance attendants? If we’re in the back of one of their vehicles we’re in a vulnerable enough situation that we certainly shouldn’t be dumb

enough to tick them off. I’d suggest lying down and shutting up as a good idea. #1. Most recently the person that bursts to my mind would be the person on the other end of that Covid swab. This special person, who puts their personal self in harms way every day, has more power over us than perhaps we’d like to admit, as well. After all, for how long and just how deep into and behind your nasal passage do you wish that thin wirey swab to go? These people have great skill—not only in doing the perfect test that will achieve an accurate result (which will then tell you whether or not you must isolate yourself from all others on the earth’s face) but they have just the knack it takes to only make your eyes water but not go so deep as to hit your brain tissue. It may look easy but would you like to do this for a living? I think not. So, I will hold still, try to smile after and just say “thanks”, even if I don’t really mean it. I’m guessing the person on the other end of my swab wishes they didn’t have to be there either.

The above list is in no way an exhaustive one.

There are many people who come into our lives who, although able to exert power over others, choose to be kind and act with integrity. In a world where we often see so much stupidity, lets take a moment to thank one another instead and certainly not try to tick one another off. Do it—if only just for your own selfpreservation!

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activities or operating licensed landfills.

If you have an encounter with an aggressive bear, and/or if public safety is at risk, call the Turn in Poachers and Polluters (TIPP) line at

1-800-667-7561 or #5555 from your SaskTel cell phone.

For public inquiries or to report concerns about nuisance bears, contact the Ministry of Environment’s general

inquiry line at 1-800-5674224 or by email at centre.inquiry@gov.sk.ca.

Additional information about bears and bear safety is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/ wildlife-issues.

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Whether in the city, the country or out at the lake, Saskatchewan residents are being reminded not to forget the insect repellent and to protect themselves against mosquito bites.

While the risk of West Nile virus infection remains low to moderate in Saskatchewan, provincial surveillance data has confirmed the first West Nile virus infected mosquitoes of the season.

Mosquitoes which carry the virus (Culex tarsalis) are most active between dusk and dawn. By reducing the amount of time spent outdoors in the evening and ensuring windows and doors are tight and screens are free of holes, you can reduce your chances of exposure.

Other helpful tips include: • using appropriate insect repellent; • wearing light-coloured, loose-fitting, long-sleeved clothing; and, • removing any standing water from your property.

Most people who become infected with West Nile virus experience no or mild symptoms. A small number of people may develop a more serious condition known as West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease. If you experience fever, confusion, neck stiffness or an unusually severe headache, seek medical attention.

There were three people treated for West Nile virus in Saskatchewan in 2018, but no cases in 2019 or 2020. The largest outbreak in Saskatchewan history was in 2007, when there were 76 confirmed cases and 6 deaths.

For updated West Nile virus risk levels, maps and surveillance data, visit: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/ residents/health/diseases-and-conditions/west-nilevirus.

the necessary safety precautions in areas where bear encounters are more frequent.”

Black bears are intelligent and ruled by their stomachs. If they cannot find food, they will leave the area. However, when bears start to associate food sources with humans, they become a public safety risk. Bears that have been fed by people lose their natural fear of humans and often have to be destroyed.

Never feed bears or leave food behind for them. New regulations introduced this spring make it illegal to feed bears, wolves, cougars and coyotes. Failure to manage food and garbage while camping may also result in fines.

This does not apply to the use of bait for licensed hunting or trapping purposes, conducting agricultural

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With bears focused on eating, they may not notice people in the area until they’re close to them. If you encounter a bear, keep your distance and do not try to scare the animal away. Most often, they will move on without any intervention.

“Hyperphagia lasts well into the fall,” Tokaruk explained. “As humans, we can reduce human-bear conflicts by being extremely careful around them. It is also important to take

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“During this time of year, it is not unusual for bears to consume 20,000 calories per day,” Ministry of Environment Wildlife Biologist Matthew Tokaruk said.

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Canora’s Live & Play Street Festival “exceeded expectations” Courtesy of Canora Courier Brandi Zavislak, community development officer, said the Live & Play Street Festival in Canora on August 21 “exceeded her expectations, especially since there were a couple of other events going on in nearby communities on the same day.

“At the CN Station House Museum, the Rainbow Hall Committee sold approximately 300 dozen perogies, which was way more than they expected. And over 1,000 beers were sold.”

Zavislak said she was overwhelmed by the many positive comments after the event.

“We had so much positive feedback. The Canora Tourism Committee members were absolutely convinced to do this again next summer. A big focus was to include the businesses downtown so they could make extra money. We were hoping to bring in a lot of people for the day, and that definitely was achieved.

“It was such a great day of community fun for all ages, to see downtown Canora just bustling with activities, including many visitors from surrounding communities. People who hadn’t been here for a while were very impressed with Canora’s revitalization efforts. Cleaning up the community is an ongoing challenge, but it is obviously making a difference.”

Seating for 200 was arranged at the beer garden, and Zavislak said it was full for a good portion of the day. Organizers definitely lucked out with the weather, as August 21 turned out to be a mostly sunny and

The sounds of laughter and people having a good time were everywhere on and around Main Street in Canora during the Live & Play Street Festival on August 21. comfortable day “The next day we were in the middle of cleaning up and it started pouring rain, so we were definitely fortunate,” stated Zavislak.

Plans are underway for the next Live & Play Street Festival in 2022. The timing seemed to work out quite well, since it’s after the August long weekend, but before everyone gets busy with school. Zavislak

expects it to be noticeably easier to organize next year’s event, since this year the COVID restrictions were relaxed relatively late.

Funds raised from this year’s Street Festival will go toward future community enhancement projects, with details to be announced.

The next community event will be the Live and Play Cabaret, scheduled for October 16.

ROUND LAKE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL Continued from Page 6 Conditions and closure The school began to deteriorate overtime.

Inspectors began to remark on the poor state of the building as years went on.

On Febuary 20, 1914

the building was considered to be dilapidated in a report made by an inspector.

“The walls and ceil-

ings are dirty and the floor worn out in places.

The paint which was on the floor at one time has about disappeared. The

beds are old iron ones with the enamel worn off.

In almost every case, the springs are badly broken and many of them are for beds of a different make, so that the frames are projecting over the sides of the beds. Each is supplied for four or five patchwork quilts, beneath which the boys sleep. In the centre of the room is a small old sheet iron stove (a most dangerous affair), which supplies the heat for the whole room. The whole dormitory presents a very unkempt and dismal appearance, in fact it is not fit for habitation, and as for the beds and mattresses, they should be destroyed. I noticed there were not sufficient beds in the dormitory and on making enquiries learned that in most cases two boys sleep in each single bed.”

The Presbyterian Church defunded McKay, who was the principal at the time, and blamed the government for their failure to provide the necessary support to improve the building.

The building was renovated in 1919 and had to undergo repairs in 1922 when the roof was destroyed in a tornado.

That same year the Department of Indian Affairs bought the building and property and the following years received good reports on the state of the school.

But once again conditions rapidly deteriorated, this time under Principal Ross. One inspector noted that “everything about this place is apparently broken,” and an inspection in 1930 found the building to be overcrowded. In addition to the overcrowding, the windows didn’t open and the fire protection was considered to be poor.

While the Indian Commission called for the school to be closed, the United Church

refused to close the doors to the school and demanded a new building.

Concerns about fire safety in the building continued to grow to the point where a night watchman was hired to reduce the risk of fire.

These concerns only grew in 1949 when a student set fire to the school barn, causing the school to lose two wagons, dairy equipment, a variety of tools, six calves, one hog, and half of its wood supply.

This incident only furthered the Department of Indian Affairs’ demand to close the school down, proposing to have it closed by June of 1950.

Like before, the United Church wanted the school to remain open.

The Church claimed that local public schools opposed integration and the creation of day schools on reserves would take time.

The Department of Indian Affairs agreed and rebuilt the barn, which caught fire again in March of 1950. Though the building survived, cattle were lost.

Conditions continued to deteriorate in the school, now under the guidance of Principal Card. An inspection in April of 1950 found Principal Card to be in a “disturbed mental condition,” and had him hospitalized. Then in May of 1950, the provincial fire commissioner condemned the building.

Even being condemned, the school remained open for the remainder of the school year.

The Department of Indian Affairs began to look into the creation of day schools, sending the remaining students off to various areas including Anglican and Roman Catholic residential schools and nearby public schools.