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Keep yourself and others safe – Don’t drive distracted Want to keep yourself and others safe? One way to do that is to not drive distracted.

“No one ever wants to get injured or hurt, and one easy way to reduce the number of preventable injuries is to give the road your full and undivided attention,” said Penny McCune, Chief Operating Officer of the Auto Fund.

Over the past five years (2016-2020), an average of 877 people have been injured each year in collisions caused by driver distraction and inattention on Saskatchewan roads, which represents one out of every five auto vehicle injuries.

Distracted driving also results in an average of 26 fatalities per year. Distracted driving actually injures more people than collisions resulting from impaired driving and speeding combined. (Of course, you should never drive impaired or at excessive speeds, either. And always wear your seatbelt!)

Distracted driving is the focus of October’s Traffic Safety Spotlight. Police across Saskatchewan will be looking for drivers using their cellphones or distracted in other ways.

Offenders face a $580 ticket and four demerits for either: · driving without due care and attention, and · holding, using, manipulating or viewing a handheld cellphone.

Repeat offences within one year result in significantly higher ticket costs ($1,400 for a second ticket; $2,100 for a third), and seven-day vehicle impoundments.

Follow SGI’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for more information throughout the month.

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It wasn’t even close The Yorkton Lady Gridders simply rolled over visiting Estevan at Century Field Saturday afternoon. The Gridders were over the 30-point mark in the first half and it never got any bet-

ter for the visitors with a final score of 80-0.

Yorkton is now 3-1 on the season, and end the season in Melville Thursday.

City of Saskatoon and USask study Saskatoon – The City of Saskatoon and the University of Saskatchewan (USask) recently collaborated on a study to determine if chemicals that leach from rubber tires are entering the stormwater system.

Water that enters storm drains, through snowmelt or rain runoff, flows into the South Saskatchewan River.

“Chemicals from rubber tire leachate have been associated with mortalities in Coho salmon in Washington State,” said Dr. Markus Brinkmann (PhD), USask assistant professor, School of Environment and Sustainability. “However, we currently don’t know the effects on wildlife in our region. The results, in what we believe is the first study of its kind in a Canadian municipality, show high readings of the tire rubber related compounds in Saskatoon’s runoff.”

The findings are a result of samples taken from snow facilities, snowmelt puddles, and about a dozen outfall sites along the South Saskatchewan River within the city in 2019 and 2020. The study indicates the high concentrations may relate to occasional but intense rainstorms in the summer and snowmelt in the winter. Both types of events can lead to significant accumulation followed by sudden flushing of tire rubber chemicals from roads into the stormwater system.

Russ Munro, director of Saskatoon Water, said further research is required to better understand the factors driving the findings.

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Munro points to positive city initiatives already in place that are designed to protect the environment from contents within stormwater. Initiatives include the annual street sweeping program, numerous storm ponds that help reduce contaminants and manage water runoff, and the new Snow Management Facility.

Meltwater from the Snow Management Facility runs through an oil and grit separator into a meltwater/ stormwater pond. The meltwater then enters a ser-

ies of specially designed barriers before being discharged in a controlled fashion into the stormwater system. The city also participates in the Yellow Fish Road Program every year to educate residents about the impact communities can have on water runoff.

The study has been supported through an Engage Grant of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Because the risks to species of fishes and aquatic organisms in the South Saskatchewan River are unknown, the USask team has submitted a grant application to dig deeper into the mechanisms of toxicity. Another joint application from USask and the city that focuses on detection of the compounds is being prepared.

New funding will help predict SARS-CoV-2 variants and protect vulnerable populations Saskatoon – Dr. Alyson Kelvin (PhD), a scientist at the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), was awarded close to half a million dollars to assess COVID19 vaccine efficacy including against virus variants in vulnerable populations. Vulnerable populations including immunosuppressed individuals and those of older ages typically have less effective vaccine

responses.

This project is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Fund.

Kelvin will investigate the effectiveness of vaccination or previous infection in older frail individuals as well as HIV+ people, to prevent infection with the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.

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The results will be validated using VIDO’s COVID-19 animal models in its containment Level 3 facility.

“Globally, SARSCoV-2 variants continue to emerge, highlighting the need to evaluate the effectiveness of available vaccines,” said VIDO associate director Dr. Andrew Van Kessel (PhD). “This research will help to establish methods to assess the level of protection and inform vaccine development moving forward, especially impactful for vulnerable populations.”

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By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Honour Our Veterans Banner Program is back for its second year.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #77 officially launched year-two of the project Saturday with a ceremony at City Centre Park in the city.

Last year, in the six weeks prior to Remembrance Day, 103 veterans were honoured on forty-one doublesided banners that were displayed on two

of Yorkton’s downtown streets and around the cenotaph.

This year the local Legion branch is adding another 59 veterans on 29 new banners.

It was about three years ago Tamara Hall was visiting Vancouver and saw veteran banners on lamp posts, “and an idea was born,” explained Perry Ostopowich, Master of Ceremonies Saturday.

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“Without support this project would not have gotten off the ground,” offered Ostopowich.

Ostopowich noted those honoured on the banners “showed the strength and courage and stood up for a noble cause . . . “Again veterans and their families, we thank you.”

Ostopowich, a history teacher, also said the banners help young people become interested in their history.

“It’s a little seed in their minds,” he said.

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Netmaker, who said he was supposed to come and speak in Yorkton over a year ago, but COVID-19 delayed his chance to do so, said he was thrilled to be able to go and speak.

“You do what you can to take that service and adapt it virtually, whether it’s a different way of delivering, whether it’s doing curbside pickup, whether it’s doing stuff through online e-commerce, doing stuff through Amazon, creating virtual studios,” he said. “There are so many ways you can now, and the pandemic exploited a lot of that in a way, and it’s been a blessing for a lot of people.”

He said that anyone wanting to start a business or become an entrepreneur should start as soon as they can.

“The hardest part is to start when you don’t have a lot to lose, so to speak. Many entrepreneurs find a passion when they have a

Greg Ottenbreit MLA Greg Ottenbreit said remembering what has happened before is important.

“I’ve often said we have to remember history,” he said, adding in the case of veterans it is important to remember “. . . they sacrificed so much for us.”

Gordon summed up the afternoon simply by finishing his remarks with “we will remember them – Lest we forget.”

The Honour Our Veterans banner project gives Yorkton citizens and visitors the oppor-

tunity to honour, respect and celebrate veterans from all walks of life and all times of service to the country.

The Legion and city welcome banners for all veterans who have a link to our community and Treaty 4 area. That may mean they lived here, worked here, or have friends or relatives here who want to recognize them.

The program is for any veterans, past or current, from any war, conflict or mission including military, medical, firefighters or RCMP. Installation of the 2020 banners that began Sept. 27, and with the help of Logan Stevens Construction and guidance from the City of Yorkton, is complete.

Installation of the new banners will now take place.

Yorkton is not the only community with banners. Watson, Kelvington and Canora in the local region are doing similar projects.

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By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce held its 22nd annual business dinner, and it featured guest speaker Kendal Netmaker.

Netmaker is an entrepreneur and author who, according to his website, “is on a mission to empower and motivate people worldwide by sharing his story that regardless of where you come from and what challenges you face, you have the power to enact change.”

Local Legion president Ken Gordon said the project would not have happened without a dedicated committee doing the work.

“It takes a great committee, and I can’t thank you enough,” he said.

“It’s such an honour to work on a project like this.”

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley said the project has proven to be a great one.

“Last year was a tremendous success,” he said.

And, Hippsley said it is because the project honours people deserving of being remembered.

“It’s because of all the veterans we stand here today,” he said, “. . . I don’t think we can ever stop thanking veterans for all they’ve done for us.”

Yorkton-Melville MP Cathay Wagantall said the banners bring focus to the veterans.

“It makes them real in our hearts and minds,” she said.

Regina — Organizers of the upcoming Saskatchewan Winter Games, set to take place on Feb. 20-26 in Regina, have stated that everyone in attendance will need to be fully vaccinated prior to the games beginning.

Kendal Netmaker mortgage, they have a family, so it’s tough for them to jump into it,” he said. “It’s best when you’re young. I’ll be very honest, when you are young, it is the easier time because usually, you don’t have a lot of money, so as a start-up entrepreneur, you have to get used to not having a lot of money in the beginning, so it’s an advantage to start young and to learn the mistakes while you are young.”

Netmaker said that the best advice he can give people is to learn from their mistakes.

“My advice to anyone is the obstacles, the challenges, in our lives set up future successes, but you have to see it as what are the teaching points in all of these failures, these obstacles, that I go through. If you can see it from that perspective of what am I meant to learn from this, you will be willing successful in the future,” he said.

“Don’t become part of the problem; see the problem, analyze it and learn from it.”

The Saskatchewan Games Council and the SWG Host Organization said the decision was made with the safety of participants in mind. “[The decision] was determined through extensive stakeholder consultation and is in line with best practices set out by sport organizations and other events in Saskatchewan and across the country,” said a statement.

The Winter Games plays host to more than 1,800 athletes and coaches from across the province, which led organizers to feel concerned about the event’s potential for superspreader transmission.

“The opportunity for virus spread, especially COVID-19 variants, in a Games environment is higher than an individual sport competition,” said the planning committee.

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The 2022 Saskatchewan Winter Games will be the 50th anniversary of the provincial event. athletes, coaches and support staff, officials, volunteers, media and spectators will be asked to provide proof of full vaccination, with the final dose at least two weeks prior for full efficacy.

Proof of vaccination will follow the province’s lead, with eHealth Saskatchewan vaccination records, QR codes and public health wallet cards all accepted. Once presented, vaccination records won’t be stored, said organizers.

Negative test results won’t be considered an alternative, said the planning committee, as they represent “a snapshot in time.”

Following the current recommendations from Health Canada regarding vaccination eligibility, organizers said that athletes under the age of 12 will not be able to compete due to the requirement. “[We] are optimistic that youth under the age of 12 will receive Health Canada approval in the near future, which will allow athletes in this age category to be fully vaccinated and eligible to participate in the Games.”

Indoor masking at the Games is also currently in play, but organizers said they will be following and considering alterations as they monitor the COVID-19 situation in the province.

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EDITORIAL Changing animal food could solve big problems The environmental implications of feeding eight billion people are enormous. That’s also true for keeping the ever-increasing population of domesticated animals fed, whether pets or livestock.

Just as there are better ways to feed people, there are better ways to feed animals. In some cases, it would be best not to raise or keep the animals at all, but for others, simple solutions could substantially reduce environmental damage.

With farmed animals, including fish, it’s about the ways we feed ourselves and the animals we eat.

Extensive research shows that raising animals for meat, especially cows and sheep, creates massive environmental problems, from nitrogen runoff into waterways to greenhouse gas emissions, including methane.

A 2019 Lancet review concluded that “a diet rich in plant-based foods and with fewer animal source foods confers both improved health and environmental benefits.” It found switching to more plant-based diets and improving food production practices would help reduce negative impacts related to climate change, land system change, freshwater use, nitrogen and phosphorous cycling and biodiversity loss.

In the short term, we should strive to reduce some impacts of raising animals for food. One solution is changing their feed. Methane from livestock manure and “gastroenteric releases” (burps and farts) makes up about 32 per cent of human-caused methane emissions. Although methane remains in the atmosphere for a shorter time than carbon dioxide, it’s a deadly pollutant and, over 20 years, up to 80 times more potent as a greenhouse gas.

Researchers are exploring feeds made from or supplemented with everything from seaweed or algae to canola to reduce flatulence in cattle, and at ways to better treat, or even use, manure, such as covering or

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Science Matters composting it, or using it to produce biogas. By simply mixing red seaweed into the fattening feed of 20 steers, University of California Davis researchers cut methane emissions by 80 per cent. However, critics point out this doesn’t address the far greater volume of emissions from pastured cattle.

Feed is also one area to help resolve a major environmental impact of companion and service animals. Cats and dogs, especially, consume a lot of meat.

The estimated 8.2 million pet dogs and 8.3 million cats in Canada and 80 million dogs and 60 million cats in the U.S. often eat relatively high-quality meat products, so the impacts are substantial.

One study found “cats and dogs account for 25 to 30 per cent of the environmental impact of meat consumption in the United States, and are responsible for creating approximately 64 million tons of carbon dioxide each year.” They also produce millions of tonnes of poop every year, much of it individually wrapped before being sent to landfill, and some contaminating waterways with bacteria, viruses and parasites.

Finding a good source of protein and other essential nutrients with fewer environmental impacts is

one solution. Several companies, including big ones like Nestlé-owned Purina, are marketing pet foods made with insect protein. An Ontario company, Hope, is using a mix of black soldier fly protein, chickpeas, yeast and algae.

I once suggested it would be better to feed farmed salmon insects than other fish. Brad Marchant heard, and founded Enterra (which I invested in). It uses black soldier fly larvae for fish and other animal feed.

The larvae are rich in protein, calcium, phosphorous, iron and zinc and are easy to raise. Combining them with the other ingredients results in a pet food that’s healthier overall than meat-based products, with far fewer environmental impacts — and it has spinoff benefits, such as diverting waste to feed the insects.

A 2017 Dutch review found insect farming requires much less land and water than livestock, has lower greenhouse gas emissions and high feed conversion efficiencies, and is useful as animal or aqua feed. A U.S. company claims “an acre of land can produce about 192 pounds of beef annually, or 265 pounds of poultry,” but can yield “65,000 pounds of cricket or 130,000 pounds of black soldier fly larvae.”

Insects are also a healthy protein source for people around the world and may gradually gain greater acceptance here.

The interrelated climate and biodiversity crises are at a point where many solutions are needed.

Changing how we feed the animals we keep can make a difference. It might even make our animal companions healthier.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Writer and Editor Ian Hanington. Learn more at davidsuzuki.org.

Work continues on town beautification in Canora Courtesy of Canora Courier Canora and area residents have probably noticed newly added features on the Trans Canada Trail (TCT) project as well as the memorial garden and memorial trail thanks to the efforts of the Town of Canora Public Works Department.

The two-kilometre

Canora section of TCT runs along Daniels Drive and Norway Road before heading out of town. It is over 2.5 metres wide, “which will be ideal for trail users of all ages who want to bike and walk,” said Brandi Zavislak, community development officer. “Over the past few months fresh top soil was hauled in to provide proper soil for the memorial trees that are

being planted along the TCT. We are looking forward to $20,000 worth of trees, boulders, benches, reclaimed asphalt and lights being added to the newly reconstructed trail. This project is all funded by Trans Canada Trail. We really appreciate the Town of Canora staff, who are matching the grant with in-kind work.”

Zavislak said another valuable resource during this project was support from Kristen Gabora of Canora,

National Manager of Infrastructure and Connection for the TCT. The plaques have been installed at the memorial garden, memorial trail and the concrete flower pots downtown in Canora. So far, 65 trees have been spoken for to remember loved ones.

The next step in the project will be putting down asphalt and adding solar lights. The boulders to be added will be provided by Terry Zavislak.

According to information found at greatcanadianhike.ca the TCT winds its way through every province and territory, and is the world’s longest network of multiuse recreational trails.

As of 2021, the Trail stretches almost 28,000 kilometres across the country and showcases Canada’s diverse landscapes and cultures. It is a connector of people and communities, a national unity endeavour that brings together Canadians and visitors

from all walks of life, enhancing their quality of life and the communities where they live, work and play.

Supported by donations, it links over 15,000 rural, urban and Indigenous communities from coast to coast to coast. The TCT is managed by local trail groups and partners who work in conjunction with Trans Canada Trail, a registered charity, concluded the information.

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Plaques have arrived for the concrete flower pots, the memorial garden and the memorial trail in Canora.

Fresh topsoil has been hauled in to provide a healthy growing environment for the 65 memorial trees being planted along the Trans Canada Trail, including these along Daniels Drive. The trail is over 2.5 metres wide, and expected to provide a welcome environment for bikers and walkers.

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‘The river is hungry:’ When North America’s largest inland delta withers

By Nick Pearce Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The Star Phoenix) On a wet day in August, Gary Carriere sets out on the waters that Cumberland House Cree speakers call Kitaskīnaw.

The Saskatchewan River Delta, its English name, is the largest freshwater river delta in North America. It stretches from the area around Cumberland House Cree Nation to Cedar Lake in Manitoba and is home to generations of Cree and Métis families.

As his son pilots the airboat down its banks, Carriere sees decay.

Walls of phragmites — an invasive tall grass — choke native species on the banks. The river cuts narrower and deeper than it did when he was a child 50 years ago.

Its small tributaries are starving. Fewer animals dart along the wetland.

He was a boy during the construction of the E.B. Campbell and Gardiner dams along the South Saskatchewan River in the 1960s. Now 62, he sees how water flows in the Delta have changed amid a transformation that may threaten its ecological and cultural significance.

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Average flows over the past 100 years before and after the dam based on data from a Water Survey of Canada gauging station in the heart of the Delta at the Pas, Manitoba. water flow to the Delta and block silt, transforming it from an expansive wetland to a potentially deep, unproductive channel.

And the Saskatchewan government’s $4-billion irrigation project at Lake Diefenbaker announced last year might further affect its health.

The need for a solution is mounting as the Saskatchewan River Delta undergoes a decades-long deterioration impacting local culture and language and vital species of wildlife ranging from moose and

black bears to millions of waterfowl and migratory birds. The 10,000 square kilometre Delta’s peatland and boreal forests similarly store billions of tonnes of carbon.

It’s all concerning for Carriere, who was in Saskatoon for cancer treatment earlier this past summer. When he looked at the South Saskatchewan River winding its way north from a hospital parking lot, he saw a warning for his home. He wondered if the Delta would lose its vitality, coming to resemble Saskatoon’s river.

“The province and the country definitely don’t know what’s going on. The local people have a better idea. We see it every day. As the water shrinks, everything else will shrink with it,” Carriere said.

Changing water flow Carriere grew up on the trapline. He received a dozen traps when he turned 12 and became a commercial fisherman shortly after he finished school by Grade 9. But childhood memories of muskrat and other animals teeming the banks

are growing more distant.

In one case, the average moose population in the Delta from 1985 to 2015 was 3,678. That number was as low as 2,553 in 2015, according to a 2019 study published in the scientific journal Alces. Researchers attributed this to “hydroelectric development altering delta ecology and allowing increased human and predator access, and vegetation succession.”

Each year since the dams went up, Carriere has seen fewer animals and fish.

When power demand in Saskatchewan is high during the winter, the dams release unnaturally high amounts of water to generate it. Water flow is much lower in the spring and summer, explains University of Saskatchewan Professor Tim Jardine.

With less water in the summer, less goes into wetlands. Those pulsing releases lead fish into shallows where they are trapped when the water falls back, he said.

Dams also trap sediment-like silt. Without the sediment, “the river is hungry,” University of Saskatchewan sociohydrologist Graham Strickert said. It pulls sediment from the banks

and the riverbed to replace what’s trapped.

As it does, the river gets deeper and can’t flow into the channels branching off it. The wetlands bordering the water stagnate.

If nothing changes, Strickert predicts the Delta will eventually look like the South Saskatchewan River cutting through Saskatoon: a long, deep single unproductive channel that rarely floods.

Whether that comes to pass is vital because the health of the culture and language dialect referred to as Swampy Cree is entwined with the Delta.

“It’s saddening, of course. There’s a lot of wildlife that depends on this place and until two years ago, nobody on the government level seemed to care,” Strickert said, referring to when SaskPower began communicating directly and regularly with downstream stakeholders.

He also pointed to a recent Delta visit by cabinet ministers and agency heads and collaborative efforts to understand the situation to pursue active stewardship and restoration activities.

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THE RIVER IS HUNGRY Continued from Page 5 statement that the Crown corporation “recognizes that issues, concerns and challenges in the Saskatchewan River Delta are complex and that E.B. Campbell is only one aspect among many that influence environmental conditions in the Delta region.”

The Crown service’s overall vision is to proactively manage environmental risk, limit the impact and push for a net-neutral impact, backed by transparency and collaboration and both traditional knowledge use and scientific data collection, he said.

Water Security Agency spokesman Patrick Boyle said work on the provincial irrigation project at Lake Diefenbaker has involved consultation with Friends of the Delta and Cumberland House leadership.

Flows are consistently monitored from Gardiner Dam and adjustments are made to maintain minimum flows, he said.

“We know that there’s water available for irrigation, and that was the

original intent of Lake Diefenbaker, more work will be done as the project is still in the very early stages,” he said.

Bridging Indigenous and western knowledge Gary Carriere hopes bridging traditional knowledge and western science can educate the government of the Delta’s peril and slow its demise. .A recent push for Indigenous-led conservation of the Delta may be a step toward this.

In June, Cumberland House Cree Nation Chief Rene Chaboyer affirmed its sovereignty over the Delta, pushing for greater environmental and economic controls of the region.

Solomon Carrière was born and raised in that territory. He and his partner Renée have lived about 50 kilometres north of Cumberland House for the 40 years of their marriage. Their camp is filled with mementos of Solomon’s time as a champion paddler, dotted with guest cabins and running dogs.

Renée worries as she

watches the water ebb to reveal several yards of sandy beach that was never there before.

“Yes, (the river’s) hungry. But not naturally. The dam is making it hungry,” said Solomon.

“There’s other ways of seeing the world,” Renée said, adding that Indigenous knowledge must become accommodated on a policy level.

“We need it put into action with the creation and implementation of a downstream plan.”

Both Indigenous knowledge systems and western science are confident the Delta has changed, noted Razak Abu, a researcher who published a 2019 study about bridging Indigenous knowledge and western science in the Delta.

But science fails to document the processes of social change Cumberland House Cree land users experience, he said.

That’s particularly concerning for access to traditional food sources.

He thinks governance of the region has to include

equally balancing Indigenous and western knowledge.

Abu adds there is no scientific instrument or measurement to determine if the fish or meat in the area is different from previous generations.

“What it shows is that no one knowledge system is able to tell us everything about an event. ...

So, then the question is what can one knowledge system tell us that the other knowledge system couldn’t tell us.”

Costly solutions Despite changes at the E.B. Campbell Dam in 2018, low water releases in spring and summer continue, and scientists like Strickert point out that the river remains starved of sediment.

With substantial spending on the way for the Lake Diefenbaker irrigation project, it is possible to restore some sediment to the river, so that it ceases to eat into its bed and banks, he said.

Despite an unclear cost, he thinks that needs to be part of the conserv-

ation.

But it may very well be prohibitively expensive to move massive amounts of silt and sediment to the Delta, according to Norman Smith, a University of Nebraska geologist who’s made the Delta his life’s work and is a longtime friend of Gary Carriere.

He doubts saving the landmark is possible and adds the impacts of the Diefenbaker Lake irrigation project are difficult to measure.

Smith is clear: any water pulled from the system is a one-way process. Any drop taken from Lake Diefenbaker won’t go to the Delta.

That drying of his life’s subject will continue; there’s nothing more he can say.

“At what point can we say it will only have so many years of life?

It’ll be very gradual. It’ll affect different parts of the Delta at different rates,” he said, noting the lower parts may have a longer lifespan.

“It’s painful seeing it dry up. It’s only going to get worse and worse.”

There are some solutions worth investigating to reduce water loss at Lake Diefenbaker, noted Jared Suchan, a Ph.D. candidate for environmental systems engineering at the University of Regina.

Estimates show evaporation is one of the biggest consumers of water at Lake Diefenbaker.

With optimized water application and climatecrop modelling, reduced water use is possible, he said.

Alternatively, pipes and enclosed canals could cut back on evaporating water.

Up to your shoulders SaskPower participates in Delta Dialogue, a forum coordinated by the University of Saskatchewan that shares information and water and environmental concerns.

Those ties extend to local land users.

SaskPower provides annual funding to local fishermen to enable lake sturgeon index fishing, which currently shows a positive trend in the fish population, a spokesman said.

It also funds research projects and recently spent $40,000 and $70,000 in 2020 and 2021, respectively, to clear wood debris in the Delta and open boat and fish passage through side channels.

Those funds have found their way to a small camp in the River Delta, where in late August, a handful of local fishermen armed with overalls and chainsaws hacked at the wood jamming Delta channels and trapping local fish.

Gary Carriere’s son, Gary Jr., works with them for days at a time. It’s a difficult task. The water can be as high as his

chest when he cuts logs, and the soaked wood quickly dulls any saw.

The men he works with have known his father for decades and when the senior Carriere visits, the buzz of the camp rests and the fishermen crack jokes, speaking in Cree and sharing a laugh on the front line of a battle for the Delta’s future.

One of those men cracking jokes is Durwin McKenzie.

There was a time when McKenzie would be out moose hunting in the late summer. Now clearing the channel has taken centre stage.

The willows framing the channel were never there when he fished with his father and uncle there 25 years ago, he said. Now, waterways like it are jammed.

“It’s impacting our culture because the water levels and log jams are plugging up everything.

You can’t do what we used to do,” he said.

“Would they have protected it right away?”

Cumberland House Cree Nation band councillor Angus McKenzie, who is a trapper and fisherman, thinks the thousands of dollars going toward channel clearing may be too little too late.

“Sure, come down, meet with us. Help us.

But like I said, it will never be the same.”

“How do you replenish a Delta this big?

Where do you start?”

These challenges aren’t new — McKenzie thinks farmers suffering from drought could easily relate to what he’s experiencing on the Delta.

“Our (environment) is being destroyed. And if it ever happened to you, you would feel it,” he said. “If this Delta was further south, would they have protected it right away?”

Another band councillor, Julius Crane, is optimistic, despite the challenges. He’s hopeful that restoration can happen, and he thinks partnerships between Indigenous and nonIndigenous groups can help secure it.

Crane pictures future generations of band members living among flourishing wildlife and fish.

“That’s still possible.

It’s never too late,” he said. “This has been our home for time immemorial. It’s going to continue to be our home.”

Flowing water Chasing revitalization is not just for the Delta, but for an entire province bound together by the thread of water flowing through cities, farmers’ fields and First Nations.

That sentiment is written on a sign welcoming visitors to Treaty 5 at E.B. Campbell Dam — reflecting a document that Continued on Page 7

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Two Weeks of Paranoia Continued - Week Two My phone didn’t recognize me the other day. When facial recognition doesn’t perceive the owner of the device something is amiss but I quickly figured out the problem. I was laughing. I feel as though I haven’t done that very often lately and I’m guessing that my phone forgot what I look like with a smile on my face.

LOL (Does writing it make up for it? Somehow that doesn’t feel the same.)

I was driving to the store last week and for once in my life I wasn’t in a hurry. After glancing in my rearview mirror several times, I grew suspicious that the vehicle behind mine was following me. That tapped into my paranoia quite well. I even turned a few unplanned corners, weaving through streets which were in no way taking me in the direction of my original destination. Still this person hung on, keeping up with me rather admirably. If I wouldn’t have been getting increasingly concerned I’d have been impressed—not only with that person’s driving skills but my own as well. Between my dark shades and the way the sun shone so brightly I couldn’t get a good look at the driver but as I drove, and the culprit hung on, I was sure that the person was some sort of stalker and my mind went into overdrive obsessing about it.

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Revisited As the tailgating continued I suddenly sped up, risking a ticket which I totally deserved but didn’t get.

Unfortunately I wasn’t fast enough before we hit the next red light but to my relief, the vehicle in question pulled up beside me. Feeling a bit frazzled but very curious, I turned my head as slowly and nonchalantly as possible to peer at the fiend beside me.

I am now sure she was just trying to get her carload of noisy kids to their destination before losing her mind and I was probably holding her up.

When I did eventually arrive at the store, I bought a

greeting card, but when I got home I was too paranoid to write in it. After what it cost I was so worried about making a mistake that I first practiced writing my note on scrap paper—several times.

I’ve decided not to buy cards anymore and I think it’s really saying something when someone feels stressed about that.

I’ve found some humour through my paranoia in the past two weeks, and have laughed at my own ridiculousness a few times, but I’d have to say that the funniest moment came when I pulled out the tiny slip of paper from a fortune cookie. I haven’t cracked up like that in a very long while and I KNOW my phone wouldn’t have recognized me then for it read … “Enjoy your own company. If you don’t, who will?”

Fortune cookies are now oozing sarcasm! I love it!

For everyone who thinks the world has gone a little mad … rest assured … IT HAS! Before I look at everyone else with a jaded eye, however, I’m trying to take a few more peeks into the mirror at myself. The good news, so far anyway, is that even through the stress, and maybe more-so because of it, there will always be something to laugh about.

THE RIVER IS HUNGRY

Province proclaims Agriculture Month

Continued from Page 6 intended to last as long as the rivers flow.

That’s not lost on Chief Rene Chaboyer, as he sets his sights on the Delta’s survival and the hope of its revitalization.

“We have to find a way, a better flow of water to our Delta,” he recently told reporters.

Downstream, Gary Carriere’s son pilots the Everglades-style airboat that draws the eyes of visiting tourists and scientists who befriend Carriere when they visit. Those relationships are a case of study of Indigenous knowledge bridging itself with scientific study.

Today, Gary Carriere is spending many of his days in a

The Government of Saskatchewan has once again proclaimed October as Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan. During Agriculture Month, we recognize the contributions of the agriculture industry in our province. It is also an opportunity to increase consumer understanding of and trust in modern food production. Everyone is encouraged to celebrate their connection to food and food production through the theme, “#CelebrateAg”.

Saskatoon hospital room battling cancer. Among his health woes, he still presses for the future of the Delta’s drying banks while remaining hopeful.

It’s natural to wonder if future generations will share his memories of flocks of birds singing overhead or schools of fish splashing out of the Delta’s waters.

The decline is clear to the eye; there are fewer members of those species each year, but Carriere never grows tired of watching the animals that burst with life from the Delta’s banks.

“It’s probably on its way to die,” Carriere says. “My hope would be to prolong the life of it.”

“The driving force of the Saskatchewan agriculture industry is the resilient, hardworking and dedicated individuals along the value chain who produce high-quality, safe food that feeds the world,” Agriculture Minister David Marit said. “Despite the challenges we have experienced this year, we have an incredibly strong, innovative and adaptable agricultural sector and that is worth celebrating.”

Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan, in col-

laboration with industry partners, will share food stories and encourage the public to learn about modern agriculture throughout the month of October.

“As a province we’ve become more urbanized,” Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan Executive Director Clinton Monchuk said.

“Opportunities to connect consumers and farmers are increasingly important in today’s world. Agriculture Month offers an opportunity to engage and build trust with Saskatchewan residents by using the hashtag #CelebrateAg.” For a full list of Agriculture Month events, or to learn how you can take part, visit farmfoodcaresk.org. Follow Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan on Twitter @ FarmFoodCareSK, or on Facebook at Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan and share your stories on social media using #CelebrateAg.

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The love of crokinole explained So this week we should have been writing about a fun day of crokinole as part of Culture Days in Yorkton.

The day was all planned, the wax ready to apply to boards, new pieces acquired so we could play on multiple boards – but then our ‘guilders’ looked at the COVID-19 numbers – 10 deaths last Tuesday just days ahead of the scheduled event – and we pulled the plug.

Board games are supposed to be about fun, and forgetting the other issues we face in life, and sanitizing game pieces after each game, and recording phone numbers for contact tracing and checking for vaccination verification isn’t exactly forgetting we remain in a pandemic where hospital ICUs are under constant pressure and people are dying.

So, one day we’ll host a learn to play, shoot

some disks and have fun day, just not until this COVID thing really gets squashed down more.

But, it still allows an opportunity to discuss crokinole a little more, starting with why an event was planned for Culture Days.

Culture is a rather varied thing, covering language and art and dance.

In Canada, sport is certainly part of our culture with hockey, lacrosse and curling all woven into the country’s fabric.

And, there are games that are rather distinctly Canadian too, with Trivial Pursuit, Canadian Checkers, rod hockey and crokinole coming to mind as games of note with roots in this country.

Crokinole is an old game, estimated to date back to around 1875, and while there might be some northeastern United States claims, it is

THE MEEPLE GUILD (YORKTON) meeple.guild@gmail.com likely the earliest boards were made north of the 49th parallel.

A question that might be asked is why the game has endured through the decades?

The answer is likely a multi-faceted one.

To start, even an average wooden board, if cared for moderately can itself last decades and become something passed down one generation to the next.

There is something special about learning a game from a parent on a board owned by a grandparent that at some point

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Crokinole is also a game with simple rules; flick a disk into the centre hole for 20 points, or if an opponents piece is on the board, try to knock it off the board.

The basics can be taught in two-minutes.

But, to be successful in the game you rely on a skill – eye-hand co-ordination, aim, flicking skill – you can get better with practise. Physical skills can be improved with time and repetition.

So, when your Dad beats you every game for a month, or your buddy

does it to you at a game night, you can sit at your board and shoot a couple hundred disks a day and get better for the rematch. That is a big thing in terms of family, we also want to win a game over our parents so practice, practice, practice.

The game is also nice that it can be played by just two, or by four, and now that using a cue is become more popular, you can switch play up a bit that way too.

Just one of the great games out there, 150years – give-or-take a few years – after it was created.

USask announces new Insect Research Facility Saskatoon – The new University of Saskatchewan (USask) Insect Research Facility (USIRF) will be the first of its kind in a western Canadian university and one of only a handful of facilities in the country specifically designed to conduct research on arthropod plant pests and beneficial insects.

Funding for the design and construction of the USIRF will be provided from a variety of sources. Contributions include $500,000 from

Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) as part of its $32 million Capacity Initiative.

Additional funding includes $285,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, $70,000 from the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, $70,000 from Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, $70,000 from the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, and $50,000 from USask.

The USIRF will be led by Dr. Sean Prager

(PhD), the first entomologist at USask’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources.

He was specifically recruited in response to increased need for entomological research, training and instruction in Saskatchewan and at USask.

“This new facility will add substantial research capacity to the University of Saskatchewan,” said Prager. “It will allow us to work with the USask Crop Development Continued on Page 9

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Slo Pitch Classic was a hit at Kamsack sports grounds

A great time was had at the Slo Pitch Classic on September 18 in Kamsack, where a total of seven teams competed in tournament play.

Courtesy of Kamsack Times “It was a great turnout with seven teams entered,” reported event organizer, Bryce Erhardt.

“The Kamsack Slammers ended up winning it all, defeating YTC Ballzilla in the finals!”

Winners of the Homerun Derby were Allison Brass of the Kamsack Slammers and Zach Nahnybida of the Kamsack Slammers.

The Playhouse Theater reportedly did well in hosting the concession, beer gardens, and raffle table to raise money for the maintenance and operating costs associate with the community theatre.

On behalf of everyone who enjoyed the tournament, organizers wish to thank those local busi-

nesses who offered to sponsor the event and/ or donate raffle prizes.

Those hometown sponsors included: SasKam Sportsman, Home Hardware, Kamtronics, Kamsack Dental, OK Tire, Bucks Dollar Store, Pattison Ag, HUB International, Average Joe’s Fitness Center, and TDX Contracting.

The Kamsack Slammers were the winners of the Slo Pitch Classic tournament held Saturday, September 18.

Celebrating the victory with a team photo, from left, were: (back row) Bryce Erhardt, Kevin Sorgenson, Logan Hilderman, Derrick Schwartz, Joel VanCaeseele, Zach Nahnybida, Austin Karcha and Mitch Nahnybida; (middle) Taneisha Roussin, Regan Nichol and Tessa Datema; and (front) Allison Brass.

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RESEARCH Continued from Page 8 Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and USask plant breeders to identify problematic resistance traits to pests that are yet to be established. This provides a massive head start when you consider the time it takes to breed new varieties and cultivars. We will also be providing training opportunities to develop advanced economic entomological skills that have become increasingly important.”

“Insects can be harmful as crop pests or beneficial as crop pollinators or as natural enemies to insect pests,” said WGRF Board Chair Dr. Keith Degenhardt (PhD).

“Research at USIRF will be positive for producers and will find new methods for predicting pest outbreaks and decreased pesticide use.”

“This new research facility will result in new and sustainable pest management strategies for important Western Canada field crops including canola, wheat, barley, oats and pulses,” added Garth Patterson, WGRF executive director.

The USIRF will be located inside the Agriculture Building on the USask Saskatoon campus. Architectural planning has already begun and once complete, the USIRF will hold dozens of different species of insects at a time.

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Local news matters

By Gordon Brewerton, Senior VP and General Manager, PNG and Jayne Foster, Curator, SASKTODAY.ca This summer, we did something bold. You may have noticed.

Glacier Media’s Prairie News Group has chosen this, National Newspaper Week, to officially announce SASKTODAY.ca., a website that serves a region – and beyond – with the local award-winning news reporting that has been going on in our province for decades, including that of this newspaper.

Studies show that nine in 10 Canadians read newspapers each week across Canada – either in print or digital format. With all the world sharing their opinions online, it’s imperative today for local newspapers to continue to offer their fact-based reporting to Canadians. Credible information is more important than ever – and our local newspapers are much more than printed products.

SASKTODAY.ca is the culmination of months of planning, research and labour to compel today’s digital technology to our meet our vision. There’s nothing else just like it on the Canadian news scene.

Local news has always mattered. That’s never been so true as it is today as our world becomes an ever smaller place. Local events, happenings and stories of all kinds are impacted – and even evoked - by a larger world of current events and global occurrences, such as the historic pandemic we are still working our way through.

On SASKTODAY.ca you will find your local news, and the local news of your neighbours and your fellow Saskatchewanians. We have reinvigorated 12 newsrooms across the province, connecting them digitally and with a collaborative goal to continue the timehonoured institute of local news reporting.

We have made a significant investment in this new site. New hardware, new software, more news contributors and importantly, more journalists.

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Preeceville and District Lioness forced to shut down Courtesy of Preeceville Progress The Preeceville and District Lioness Club officially held its last meeting on September 27, 2021.

Club President Heather Gawrelitza received an email from an Ontario Lioness President informing the club that effective June 30, the Lions Club International passed resolutions that Lioness clubs would no longer be covered under the insurance of the Lions Club and would essentially

sever any ties with Lions Club International. After receiving this email, the club held a meeting on September 1 to decide where the club was headed and the decision was voted on to close the club down when COVID restrictions lifted and members were able to once again meet to make final decisions.

The Preeceville and District Lioness Club was founded in 1988 by Ollie Maksymiw with the guidance of Debbie Slugoski who had been a Lioness member in Saskatoon. The

first executive included: Ollie Maksymiw, president; Karen Gregory, vice-president; Debbie Slugoski, secretary; Rita Miskofski (Myhr), treasurer; Sheila Bachinski (Klebeck) and Jackie Pankratz, directors; Tail Twister and Lioness Tamer Cynthia Romaniuk.

Maksymiw recalled that when she first started the club there was a lot of discouragement.

Ollie’s husband Nestor was a Lions Member and she wanted a ladies club with similar attributes.

Continued on Page 11

The Preeceville and District Lioness Club officially held its last meeting on September 27. Members at the time, from left, were: (back row) Michelle Anaka, Maureen Jonson, Lori Wolowski, Carol Gawrelitza, Judy Zaharia, Dianne Kudeba and Donna Balawyder, and (front) Loranda Shuba, Bea Sekel, Ollie Maksymiw, Delores Orban, Mary Petrowski and Heather Gawrelitza. Unavailable for the photograph were Peggy McLellan and Teniel Larson.

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SPSA issues fire ban

Life-time member Ollie Maksymiw rang the bell signifying the end of an era for the Preeceville and District Lioness at the group’s last meeting prior to disbanding on September 27.

Due to hot, dry conditions and increasing fire activity, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) has issued a provincial fire ban for all provincial Crown lands, including provincial parks located with the fire ban area, for most of east-central Saskatchewan. It also includes all land within 4.5 km of the provincial forest boundary. The fire ban is effective immediately.

The fire ban includes any open fires, controlled burns and fireworks within all areas: • South of Highway #106 from the Manitoba border to Highway #55; • South of Highway #55 from Highway #106 to Prince Albert; • East of Highway #2 from Prince Albert to Highway #5; and • North of Highway #5 to the Manitoba border.

“With hunting season comes more human activity and, as a result, more human-caused fire starts,” SPSA Vice-President of Operations Steve Roberts said. “The SPSA encourages all residents, including hunters, to exercise caution to prevent fire starts and for all municipalities to examine the fire risk in their area.”

There are currently 11 wildfires burning in the province, including several in the area covered by the fire ban. To date, Saskatchewan has had 603 wildfires, which is more than double the five-year average of 298.

“The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency continues to monitor and detect fires as the warm weather and dry conditions extend into the fall,” Roberts said. “It is not uncommon for fires to continue to burn into the fall during warm and dry conditions such as we are experiencing.”

The SPSA is responding to several fires in the area near Hudson Bay, with helicopter and ground crews. Smoke from these fires may impact local communities, depending on wind strength and direction.

The SPSA is in contact with community leaders and encourages anyone affected by smoke to stay indoors at this time.

Anyone who spots a wildfire can call 1-800-6679660, dial 9-1-1 or contact their closest SPSA Forest Protection Area office.

Residents and visitors can find a copy of the fire ban order, the latest fire risk maps and a municipal fire ban map at saskpublicsafety.ca. People are encouraged to visit tourismsaskatchewan.com for information about fire restrictions within all provincial parks.

Provincial fire bans are reviewed daily and may be rescinded or modified as conditions change.

Established in 2017, the SPSA is a Treasury Board Crown Corporation responsible for emergency management, Sask911, SaskAlert, the Civic Addressing Registry, wildfire management and fire safety.

LIONESS Continued from Page 10 It took a few years but when it became an organization there were 30 active members and “it was a lot of fun.”

The Preeceville and District Lioness Club was a service club that featured a group of ladies who enjoy a time of fellowship while raising funds to help Lion’s projects as well the community and local area with various projects and donations. The club helps people who are “less fortunate than ourselves. We have supported many organizations locally and nationally,” stated Gawrelitza.

Some of the club’s donations have been focused on: the Lion’s Eye Bank, CNIB, Lion’s Cavalcade, Dog Guides, Lion’s Playground, Preeceville Hospital and Long Term Care, Preeceville & Sturgis Personal Care Homes, Preeceville Palliative Care, Royal Hospital in Saskatoon, Yorkton Hospital, Canora Palliative Care, Children’s Hospital, Mushers Rendezvous, Filling The Gap, Preeceville Arena, Preeceville Curling Rink, Preeceville School Wheelchair Accessible Playground, Yearbook, Scholarships, Music Festival, Prairie Women on Snowmobiles, and Stars. The club hosted story time with Santa and Mrs. Claus, as well as Mushers Rendezvous Pancake Breakfasts. The club operated Western Weekend Bingos for many years, and held many toy, ham and turkey bingos over the years to raise funds. There were many tea and bake sales, soup and sandwiches events, and fashion shows.

The Preeceville and District Lioness Club had 15 active members at the final meeting and the final club executive was: Heather Gawrelitza, president; Lori Wolowski, vice-president; Dianne Kudeba, secretary, and Loranda Shuba, treasurer.

Active club members were recognized for their years of service with special Lioness wine glasses custom made for each one of them by Loranda Shuba with some final treats for the ladies.

Celebrating their Lioness years of service were: Carol Gawrelitza, Bea Sekel, and Judy Zaharia 34 years and each transferred from Endeavour; Ollie Maksymiw 33 years, Dianne Kudeba 31 years, Delores Orban 27 years and she transferred from Punnichy; Lori Wolowski, 27 years, Maureen Johnson, 25 years, Heather Gawrelitza and Peggy McLellan, 12 years each; Mary Petrowski six years; Loranda Shuba, Michelle Anaka, and Teniel Larson, three years each and Donna Balawyder, two years.

President Heather Gawrelitza reported the final donations for the club will be to: Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides and CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) with remaining funds being donated locally to the Preeceville Town Economic Development Fund.

The Lioness Yellow Butterfly Bench will be donated to the Preeceville Long Term Care Home. President Gawrelitza called on Founding Member Ollie Maksymiw to adjourn the final meeting with the ringing of the Lioness Bell.

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Harvest all but complete in SK. Little to no precipitation was received this past week allowing producers another week of good conditions to help wrap up the 2021 harvest.

Producers in the southern regions are mostly finished their harvest and have shifted their focus to other fall field work.

There are challenges with harvesting crops like canola and flax due to regrowth across all regions of the province.

Ninety-five per cent of the crop has been combined, which is up from 89 per cent last week, and remains well ahead of the five-year (2016-2020) average for this time of year of 70 per cent.

An additional three per cent of the crop is swathed or 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 Ninety-four per cent of the crop is now combined, up from 84 per cent last week and remaining well ahead of the fiveyear (2016-2020) average of 62 per cent. An additional 14 per cent of the

crop is swathed or ready to straight-cut. Producers are noting that regrowth in flax and canola has become an issue and is preventing straight cutting until it can be dried down.

No precipitation was reported for the region this week. Soil moisture is very low resulting in very little fall field work being done. There are several reports of fall seeded cereals not germinating due to the overly dry conditions.

Moisture conditions declined sharply this past week. Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as 19 per cent adequate, 49 per cent short and 32 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil

moisture is rated as 14 per cent adequate, 49 per cent short and 37 per cent very short. More rain is needed in the region to rejuvenate moisture levels in the subsoil and topsoil.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to wind, waterfowl, frost and lack of moisture. Some of the crop is coming off tough and being placed into aeration bins or grain dryers.

Producers are busy combining, harrowing, hauling grain, bales and applying post-harvest herbicides.

Provincially, harvest is most advanced in the southwest region, where 98 per cent of the crop is now combined. The

southeast and west central regions have 95 per cent combined. The eastcentral and northeast regions have 94 per cent combined and the northwest 93 per cent.

Cereals, lentils and field peas across the province are nearly done being harvested. Plus, 99 per cent of chickpeas, 92 per cent of canola, 89 per cent of soybeans and 75 per cent of flax have now been combined. An additional six per cent of canola is swathed or ready to straight-cut.

The lack of precipitation continued to negatively impact top soil moisture. The Arborfield and Luseland areas received 2.0mm while the remainder of the prov-

ince saw trace amounts or nothing at all. Producers are hoping their stubble and crop residues are enough to trap good amounts of snow over the winter to help restore some of their depleted soil moisture.

Moisture conditions continue to decline with wind and warm days drying the topsoil. Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as 17 per cent adequate, 50 per cent short and 33 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as 10 per cent adequate, 46 per cent short and 44 per cent very short. While many areas of the province reported land as short or very short for topsoil moisture, the west central region is estimating 95 per cent of the cropland and 95 per cent of the hay and pasture land as short or very short.

Producers are hoping for substantial rainfall prior to freeze-up to ensure adequate moisture levels for next year.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to wind, waterfowl and wildlife. Wind has continued to blow swaths around and shell out crops. There continues to be symptoms reported in the crops caused by lack of moisture and frost as well. At this point of the

season frost will be helpful for producers who are struggling with regrowth in their fields as it will kill off green growth and reduce the need for herbicide applications.

Producers are busy combining, hauling grain, hauling bales, moving cattle and starting other fall field work such as post-harvest weed control and harrowing.

Winter cereals are not able to be planted in many areas of the province due to the extreme lack of soil moisture. Fall fertilizer applications are also not possible in many regions due to the dry conditions. We would like to remind producers that Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) provides compensation for damage caused by wildlife through the Wildlife Damage Compensation Program; you do not need to be an existing Crop Insurance customer to file a claim.

If you do experience wildlife damage, please report it immediately by visiting the SCIC website or calling 1-888-935-0000.

With harvest underway in Saskatchewan, we want to remind producers to exercise caution and remain safe.

Follow the 2021 Crop Report on Twitter at @ SKAgriculture.

City tweaking its land leases

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The City of Yorkton is tweaking the way it leases City-owned lands.

“In May of 2021, in preparation for renewals of city-owned land leases, City Council considered a few proposed amendments to the Leasing of City Owned Lands Policy.

The policy outlines the parameters for leasing of any city owned lands including farmland, donated, agricultural, general commercial and non-profit recreational use. Under current policy, lease terms are to be in four year cycles beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31. The first four-year

Habitat help The Kinsmen Club of Yorkton has made a donation of $2000 to Habitat For Humanity – Yorkton. The money will go toward the organization’s latest build, its ninth, in the city which is being constructed on Darlington Street East. Once completed, it will be home to Tania Fleury and her children. Habitat for Humanity is a ‘Hand up, not a

term of leases are expiring December 31, of this year,” explained Jessica Matsalla - City Clerk with the City at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council.

Previously the policy provided for three year terms, however to align better with revaluation years, Council approved an amendment to the

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Handout’ program which believes people should have the opportunity of owning safe, affordable homes.

This helps build a stronger and better community, one home at a time. Lawrence Klemetski with the Yorkton Kinsmen presents the cheque to Tom Seeley and accompanying Habitat members Bev Kostichuk and Gayle Webster.

policy in 2017.

Matsalla added, feedback from current and potential agricultural land bidders is that a longer term (5-6 years) would be desirable for some of the crop cycles.

To address implementing a more suitable lease term for the farm industry, an option is to permit the renewal for one additional four-year term. This would allow the renewal/review of the leases to remain aligned with revaluation years for the next round of bidders, secure revenue for almost a decade, and satisfy the request of the farmers working the land to have a longer term, she added.

In 2017, the policy was amended to provide for a tendering process for agricultural lands to provide for a fair and competitive opportunity for bidders, as opposed to having a first come, first served flat rate process.

Previously the city set agricultural land rental rates at $30/acre for arable land and $12/acre for hay land, explained Matsalla.

“These rates were significantly below market and did not allow new parties to bid on parcels of land that they wanted to farm. The new process to tender these lands is much more equitable. In May of 2021, it was recommended that the ten-

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der process continue, but that a reserve bid price be established based on the most recent rental value median reported by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Land Lease Survey,” she said.

The City also donates some of its lands.

Donated Land Lessees are as follows: • The Health Foundation – Farming for Health Project Committee, • The Yorkton Terriers Junior Booster Club, • The Parkland College, • The Western Development Museum.

The new term was set at 10 years, and the intent is to continue with the lease as long as they are operating as a museum.

The City has donated approximately $76,300 of ‘dollars in-kind to the community groups.

“Council discussed the process of donated lands, surrounding

the equitability of the donation process,” said Matsalla.

“The discussion included finding a way in the future to set parameters and criteria for the donation process (i.e. the outcome of the investment must directly benefit the community). The donation currently has gone to groups that have expressed the desire to farm the land, and who have the capacity and resources to do so. The proposed solution is to have an application process, with Council evaluating, based on criteria such as capability, submission of a business plan, and intent for the proceeds of the land to go towards betterment of the community of Yorkton through events and initiatives as supported by the Strategic Plan.”

The City also has two long term leases where land is used for recreational purposes, Yellowhead Speedway and Millstone Raceway.

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ROASTING CHICKENS 7-11lbs @ $4.50/lb. Ready October 10th.

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SOLID OAK CHINA cabinet with two sliding panes of glass on top.

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More than 200 take in local walk

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer National Day of Truth and Reconciliation was marked in Yorkton last week, starting with a long parade of more than 200 people down Broadway Street.

The parade ended at City Centre Park where several dignitaries brought opening remarks, before a lunch was served.

“I was happy when we were two blocks long (the parade),” said Yorkton Tribal Council (YTC) Tribal Chief Isabel O’Soup, adding “this is just the start of it.”

O’Soup said the day was one which focuses on “learning the truth about residential schools – the legacy.”

O’Soup said it is clearly time for change because through change people may heal, are educated and find ways to better live together.

Madame Commissioner Mary Culbertson of the Office of the Treaty Commission and from Keeseekoose First Nation, said she was “honoured to be here with my family today,” adding that in spite of many responsibilities there was “no way I was going to miss walking with my own people.”

Culbertson noted that there “is a lot of intergenerational trauma we are all dealing with ... lateral violence is everywhere around us.”

Culbertson said it is time to change things, “to put the brakes on here and now.

“Our generation, we stop this legacy now.”

The residential schools were “a system of genocide,” that didn’t work, but it did leave great scars.

“We weren’t supposed to be here anymore,” said

A walk down Broadway Street Thursday helped focus attention on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Culbertson. “But we’re still here. We’re very resilient.”

And things are changing, said Culbertson. She said there were ceilings put on First Nations people, but now they are breaking through that ceiling, noting she is the first lawyer from her reserve and the first woman Treaty Commissioner in 150 years.

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley suggested the day was a chance at a new beginning of sorts.

“Today is a day of remembering, a day of learning, a day of truth.

Yorkton Tribal Council (YTC) Health Commission Chair, Chief Connie Big Eagle said the gathering once again showed that in spite of what has happened “we are still here.”

Big Eagle also acknowledged the non-First Nations people attending the event.

“We appreciate your support on this day,” she said, adding “we all need each other to survive. All the races need each other to survive.”

The event continued in the afternoon with Indian Residential School survivors sharing their stories.

Terriers win one of three at home

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Notre Dame Hounds rolled into the Westland Arena Saturday and took a 2-0 lead through 20-minutes of play.

Brendan Kerr broke the scoreless tie in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League encounter with a goal 14:05 into the contest.

An unassisted effort

by Elliot Dutil at 18:10 extended the lead to 2-0 heading to the dressing rooms.

A powerplay marker

by Connor Nolan 5:05 into the second made it 3-0 for the visitors.

But, the Terriers got back into the game with a pair of unassisted efforts, the first by Erik Boers at 7:17, then by Carson Henry at 15:51.

But that would be as close as the Terriers would get, even after having a five-minute powerplay after Notre Dame starting netminder Austin Elliot was assessed a major and game misconduct for an attempt to injure at 2:50 of the third.

Ryley Osland would finish the game stopping 11-of-11 to preserve the win.

Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said the major was a missed opportunity.

“We need to figure out that killer mentality,” he said, adding “the last two, or three games in-arow the powerplay hasn’t been scoring.”

Hehr said it will be back to video and practice to get the powerplay working better.

Kevin Anderson would score the only goal

of the final frame, into an empty net with eight seconds left.

Jacob Herman took the loss in the Yorkton net facing 20-shots.

The loss leaves Yorkton with a 1-4 record.

Asked if the losses were the result of a largely new roster after nearly two full seasons without hockey due to COVID19, Hehr said that might have some impact, but it can’t be an excuse.

“It’s definitely been a feeling out process, to figure out where guys fit,” he said. “(But), I hate to use that as an excuse. I feel every team has new faces in the league.”

The issue for the Terriers is execution, offered the head coach.

“We’re not doing the little things for 60-minutes,” said Hehr.

The Terriers have kept games close though, and wins will come, predicted Hehr.

“Eventually the bounces have to go our way,” he said. “. . . A bounce here or there we could be four-and-one, or threeand-two.”

It was little mistakes that led to the 3-0 Hound lead, and that worked to Notre Dame’s advantage.

“They play defensively very well,” said Hehr.

In the past the Terriers might have had a sniper, or two who could get the team back into a game on individual effort, but that is not the case with the current edition of the team, said Hehr.

“On this team we score by committee,” he said.

Yorkton plays Flin Flon Monday for their next action.

The Yorkton Terriers have found early season wins rare so far.

Thursday action The Weyburn Red Wings were at the Westland Arena in Thursday, and the host Terriers would come away with their first win of the season.

The Terriers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period with a pair of goals 53-seconds apart. Clay Sleeva started things at 9:07, with Enrique Fontes scoring the second at the 10-minute mark.

The Wings would half the lead before the first intermission with Shayde Peterson scoring at 13:38.

The Terriers would manage the only marker of the middle frame, a goal at 16:45 by Karsten Kruska.

In the third Prescott Senger extended the Terrier lead with goal at 15:29, and JD Hall would add an unassisted goal into an empty net with 11-seconds left in the

contest to wrap-up a 5-1 win.

Terrier netminder Kael DePape stopped 24-of-25 shots in the wind, while Joseph Young faced 40-shots allowing four goals in the loss.

Last Tuesday Three unanswered goals in the third period gave the visiting Melfort Mustangs a 5-3 road win in Yorkton last Tuesday.

Ty Albrecht struck at 5:23 of the third to tie

the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League contest.

Tye Scherger gave the Mustangs the lead at 12:43 with Ben Tkachuk adding the insurance marker at 14:45. Both goals came on the powerplay.

The host Terriers had a 1-0 lead after 20-minutes at the Westland Arena on a goal by Carson Henry 8:30 into the game.

In the second a goal by Boston Maxwell at 2:32 tied the contest 1-1.

Maddux Nollski gave Yorkton a 2-1 lead with an unassisted marker at 12:04 of the middle frame.

The lead grew to 3-1 on a powerplay goal by Tyson Perkins at 14:50.

Marco Lopez drew the Mustangs within one at 3-2 with a goal with only 43 ticks left on the clock in the second period.

Joel Favreau was the winning netminder facing 31 shots in the Melfort net, while Jacob Herman took the loss facing 26 shots for Yorkton.

The loss was the third straight to start the season for Yorkton, while Melfort moved to 2-1.

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AMY BISHOP Wednesday, October 27, 2021 7:30 PM

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my Bishop’s voice is a combination of smooth pavement and rough gravel, with the ability to charm listeners with her sweet tones; yet stun audiences with the ability to hit any high note. Amy appeared on the inaugural season of CTV’s

“The Launch” where she dazzled all of Canada with her amazing performances. Hailing from Calgary, Amy began her music career around campfires, at block parties, and in church choir.

Knowing a career in music is no guarantee, Amy decided to practice

other trades, but her passion for music prevailed, leading her to collaborations with Moby and opening for April Wine, Farmer’s Daughter, and Chris Cummings.

Amy has an instinctive ability to craft stories into song and deliver them with sincerity and beauty.

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OVER THE MOON Monday, November 15, 2021 7:30 PM

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ongview Alberta’s roots/swing duo “Over The Moon”are totally immersed in real cowboy country.

When you set up home in the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, it’s inevitable there will be a strong sense of place - and the rhythms of the land when you start to make music. The couple’s debut album “Moondancer”, was mostly

written and recorded on the ranch where they live, and the resonances are there for all to hear, reflecting the pulse of life living in a territory that is rugged and beautiful. It’s a wild ride from 40’s western swing to Appalachian old-time, to cowboy blues, all featuring their meant-to-be vocals and a wide array of acoustic instruments. Suzanne

and Craig treat their audiences like a living room full of close friends coming over for a night of music and fun stories.

Chatting with people after shows is a highlight for them, and at most shows, they end up leaving town with a big load of new friends!!! They’re very down to earth, rural people, and their music is Uncluttered, Simple, and Sweet! www.overthemoonband.com

ROYAL WOOD Wednesday, January 26, 2022 7:30 PM

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inger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Royal Wood has established himself as a true musical talent. Since being proclaimed “Songwriter of the Year” by iTunes, Wood has continued to evolve and hone his musical craft-maintaining an unmistakable identity while uncovering and reinventing his sound. The JUNO-Award-nominated artist is inspired by both loss and love; his songs are an ode to the classic styles of Tin Pan Alley

and Laurel Canyon. You might also recognize his music from being featured in critically acclaimed television programs such as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice”. Royal has also toured with legendary artists Bonnie Raitt and David Gray. Royal Wood hasn’t let the pandemic slow him down. He and his wife Alison had their first child Henry John Royal.

He recently released his “Live at Massey Hall” album and is currently wrapping up his busy

year by recording his new full studio album remotely in Toronto with Montreal-based producer Marcus Paquin (The National, Arcade Fire). The album features songs co-written with powerhouse musician Linda Perry (Adele, Alicia Keys) and UK phenom Jamie Scott (Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber). The new album will be released in January 2022 and will coincide with a headline tour of Canada and the US.

www.royalwood.ca

BLUE MOON MARQUEE Thursday, March 03, 2022 7:30 PM

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lue Moon Marquee currently makes their home in an island shack on the coast of the Salish Sea in British Columbia.

A.W. Cardinal and Jasmine Colette (a.k.a.

“Badlands Jass”) write and perform original compositions influenced by early blues, swing, jazz and ragtime including artists such as Lonnie Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Memphis Minnie, and Django Reinhardt. Blue Moon Marquee’s passionate

performances and smoldering onstage chemistry is their trademark. It’s something that enthralls audiences from back-room bars to festival stages, to velvet-seated theatres.

Jasmine Colette, the rhythm section, not only commands the upright bass but also brings the swing with her feet playing drums all while singing harmonies. A.W. Cardinal’s distinctive thick and smoky vocals barrel out like a raging bull. His guitar crackles

with the swinging energy of jazz-tinged blues. Recent nominations include Blues Artist of the Year, 2021 Western Canadian Music Awards; Indigenous Songwriter of the Year, 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards; Indigenous Artist of the Year, 2018 WCMA; New Artist of the Year, 2013s 6 Maple Blues Awards (2016). Known for their authenticity, this versatile act presents as duo, trio or quartet.

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TERRY BARBER THE MUSIC OF FREDDIE MERCURY Thursday, May 05, 2022 7:30 PM

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qually at home on the musical theatre and opera stage and in the recording studio, past member of Grammy-winning Chanticleer. Terry Barber has been a soloist for the best venues around the world, from the Metropolitan Opera to Moscow’s Svetlanov Hall and can be heard on recordings with artists

ranging from Madonna, to Jewel and Cyndi Lauper and even the London Philharmonic. Terry’s most recent solo album, a re-imagination of Freddie Mercury’s biggest hits, was considered for 8 Grammy nominations. Hear the hits that made QUEEN’s lead singer famous… and get to know Freddie

Mercury as international countertenor, Terry Barber shares details about the legend’s life. We Are The Champions, Love of My Life, Hammer to Fall, You’re My Best Friend, The Great Pretender, Barcelona, Don’t Stop Me Now, Who Wants to Live Forever, Somebody to Love, Bohemian Rhapsody and more!

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