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Métis youth learn traditional ways

By Sierra D’Souza Butts Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The World-Spectator Moosomin) Métis citizens gathered at Kenosee Lake recently for the first winter camp at Métis Nation Saskatchewan—Eastern Region 3, to learn and engage in traditional activities like dogsledding, which is one of a series of Traditional Métis Land Based Education Programs.

“I think what makes this unique is that it’s a winter camp. A lot of people do the summer and the fall, but they don’t do the winter,” says camper Shannon Landrie-Crossland.

“We do harvest during the winter, we do it through all seasons but I think that’s what makes this really cool and unique, is because not many people know how to do it during the winter.”

One of the main focuses for the winter camp is to teach youth about winter survival and Métis traditions, including “lii shyaen di trenn,” also known as dogsledding.

An Elder from the region, Calvin Racette, says dogsledding carries traditional meanings and values to the Métis Nation.

He also says that it’s important to pass down the practices of survival to Métis youth so that they too can learn about wildlife track identification, how to set snare and beaver traps, as well learning how to build and tear down camp

Owner of Eagle Ridge Dog Sled Tours, Garrick Schmidt and president of Métis Nation of Saskatchewan— Eastern Region 3 Dexter Mondor, go dogsledding on Kenosee Lake during their winter camp weekend. sites.

“Dogsleds are a big part of our community, they have been forever,” says Racette.

“Our people used to deliver the mail by dogsleds, in the winter and summer time, by horse and carriage as well.

They were the backbone of the workforce.”

Racette says his ancestors used to take great care of their dogs because of how valuable they were.

“These guys would treat their dogs so good that each of these dogs would have their own blankets. They had coats and a little blanket that they would wear on their backs, dog shoes that they would wear, stuff like that. These guys would really look after their dogs, it’s like the equivalent of looking after your

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President of Eastern Region 3 of Métis Nation—Saskatchewan Dexter Mondor, says the commitment of caring and looking after their sled dogs is equal to an individual caring for their car.

“How you would wash and wax your car, each of the compartments in a car is like each dog has their own separate compartment. Garrick (owner of sled dogs) knows each of them, they all have their own name, their own personalities.”

Garrick Schmidt is the owner of Eagle Ridge Dog Sled Tours. He has about 24 sled dogs, ranging in ages from eight months to 10 years old.

He’s been in the field of dogsledding for about four years and has a passion for it.

Schmidt has been training his dogs since September for a competitive sleddog race in February, right now he says his dogs have the stamina to run for three hours.

“He’s (Garrick) been doing dogsledding for a couple of years, he did four tours for our Eastern Region last year and he helped with the summer camps, so we decided let’s do a winter camp and do a lot more dogsledding.”

“This, is the first winter camp for our region, this summer we did three summer camps.”

Mondor says winter

camps have been done before, but this is the first year its happened in Eastern Region 3.

Meaning behind winter camps to the region This weekend’s camp consisted of 12 attendees.

Mondor says he hopes the camp gets more exposure and reaches its full potential.

“We hope these activities teach people who have never done winter camping before, about how people used to live and how they used to do it,” Mondor says.

“This is our fourth camp this year, our first winter camp. There’s 12 people, we would like to see 30 or 40 come to these.”

“We hope to gain traction, gain interest and sharing stories in the media to let people know what we’re doing and try to tie people back into our culture.”

He says it’s important to share the understanding of dogsledding and inform others about the meaning of the activity.

“Dogsledding for example, was a main mode of transportation back in the day and Garrick is the only one out of Prince Albert that does this.”

“It’s important to show people what is all involved, when everyone thinks of sled dogs they think of a great big husky and there’s no huskies here. Its’ Greyhound, Healer and Siberian Husky crosses. It’s a dif-

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ferent mix of dogs, just giving people the knowledge is important,” Mondor says.

“With the Métis and even Indigenous culture, they stopped teaching a lot of it in schools so I never found out I was Métis until 15 years ago.

I never learned that as a kid and I’m doing this now, to teach my kids.

That’s also why someone like Calvin who grew up in the Métis culture is here. He’s got stories and knowledge to share, that’s why we’re doing this winter camp.”

Eagle Ridge Dog Sled Tours, owner Garrick Schmidt, has about 24 dogs who have been in training since September. Left: Calvin Racette, Garrick Schmidt, Shannon Landrie-Crossland and Heather Witherspoon.

Mondor says it’s important for Elders to attend activities, otherwise the culture will die if not passed on to younger Métis generations.

“They have a language it’s called Michif, it’s a Cree, French and their own dialect mixed, there’s not many people left who can speak it. Like nobody here can speak it.

When you lose aspects of your culture like your language, it’s tough to learn, even aspects such as the traditional uses of harvest.”

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Chaga is a fungus that grows on birch trees, it is rich antioxidants and contains medicinal properties.

Calvin Racette, an Elder from the region says it’s incredible to have a winter camp in Métis Nation— Saskatchewan—Eastern Region 3.

“We keep saying ‘we’re only claiming our identity,’ and that’s what we’re doing, it’s incredible.”

“This is a way for us to gather as friends, this is a way for us to gather as family. We’re reclaiming our history, our traditions, our existence, we’re sharing, we’re building. It’s huge, this is huge for us,” says Racette.

“This way I get to know Dexter as a friend, I get to know his kids and build those relationships. It’s massive, and not only that, I know quite a lot of history about the valley but I don’t know anything about Kenosee.

I’m learning a lot about this place now and to me, that’s huge. I get to expand my knowledge, I get to expand my connections, my network and it just feels great.”

Racette spent the weekend telling stories, playing traditional games and teaching the group how to set hunting traps.

“Last night we went out and set beaver traps at the lodge, and we got up this morning and went for a walk down the trail looking for chaga,” says Racette, “Now we’re just here for this afternoon, to sit around the campfire and tell stories and play traditional games. We all have our life experiences, those are stories I want to share, lot of our games, our board games too, and then tomorrow we will go back to check the snare traps to see if we got anything.”

Future of additional winter camps Mondor say’s he’s happy that the winter camp is finally happening in the Eastern Region 3 because it will bring more awareness to the presence of Métis communities.

“It’s big because there hasn’t been a lot of winter camps anywhere and nothing in the south, because the Métis community started in the south but they’re more prevalent in the north, there’s not a lot of camps in this year. By showing that we’re active down here and having more winter camps, we want people to learn from it.”

Mondor says he plans on organizing additional winter camps in the new year in January and February and intends on including more dogsledding and other Métis traditional activities.

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EDITORIAL Everything under the sun As light slowly returns to the Northern Hemisphere, we anticipate brighter days ahead. It’s a good time to consider the wondrous combination of forces that make life on Earth possible.

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Above all is the sun — the ultimate source of all our energy. But we rely on plants, algae and some bacteria to obtain this energy through photosynthesis.

According to a Lumen Learning article, “It is the only biological process that can capture energy that originates in outer space (sunlight) and convert it into chemical compounds (carbohydrates) that every organism uses to power its metabolism.”

Photosynthesis uses solar energy to convert water and atmospheric carbon dioxide into organic compounds such as sugars. “These sugars are then used to make complex carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins, as well as the wood, leaves, and roots of plants,” University of California’s Understanding Global Change website says. As an added bonus, we get oxygen.

Photosynthesis powers 99 per cent of Earth’s ecosystems. Even coal, oil and gas were created when plants (and sometimes the animals that ate them) were buried, their captured solar energy transformed and concentrated though heat, pressure and hundreds of millions of years.

Although it’s tempting to see this massive, fiery, lifegiving entity as some kind of deity, we have to remember the sun is indifferent. What it does to or for us is up to us. If we choose to go out into its heat unprotected, we’ll burn and possibly get skin cancer. If we put solar panels on our home or office building, we’ll capture its energy.

Existing and new ways to use its power more directly, perhaps even through artificial photosynthesis, are

Science Matters clearly better than wasting the valuable, concentrated stores that have taken more than 300 million years to form. But unlike solar radiation, coal, oil and gas can be “commodities.” Under our human systems, someone can “own” these and exploit, trade, sell and profit from them. As profit and wealth concentration became primary drivers of economic agendas in the industrialized world, rampant exploitation and waste became the norm, rather than careful and beneficial use.

Most early automobiles used plant-based ethanol for fuel, but as more oil was discovered, the two industries worked together to create a sprawling car culture that would deliberately burn and waste excessive amounts of fuels to keep profits flowing. It was likely the biggest overall mistake humans have ever made.

For a time, it worked like a dream — the American Dream perhaps — increased prosperity and mobility, shopping malls, drive-throughs, suburbs, middle class jobs, a wide variety of food and products and consumerism as a virtue. We can see now that we’ve been borrowing from the future to pay for our excessive lifestyles, and the bill has come due.

It never made sense to burn precious energy stores

in such a wasteful and polluting way, to put enormous amounts of money and energy into developing a culture and infrastructure around empowering and encouraging a massive number of people to each have a two-tonne machine to move them around.

To resolve the climate and related crises, we have to change our ways. And we have to help those who haven’t enjoyed the same privileges and benefits of our fossil-fuelled economies to ensure they can prosper without contributing more to the damage.

I once asked renowned ecologist E.O. Wilson, who died on December 26, how many people the planet could sustain indefinitely. He responded, “If you want to live like North Americans, 200 million.” That’s because North Americans, Europeans, Japanese and Australians, who make up 20 percent of the world’s population, are consuming more than 80 percent of its resources.

So maybe we shouldn’t think of transformative change as sacrifice. It’s more about realizing what’s truly important, that the persistent race to acquire more stuff or more money is an illusory path to wellbeing. We simply can’t continue consuming in the same way we have been for the past hundred years or so. Freed from those pointless pursuits, we might actually discover that family, friends, community and nature bring us more happiness and satisfaction than any material goods.

So, as the days grow longer with the promise of the sun, let’s all do what we can to spread light and joy in the world.

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KAP targets labour woes, environmental hurdles

By Chelsea Kemp Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Brandon Sun) Keystone Agricultural Producers targets solutions to labour shortages and environmental hurdles in its recommendations to the province ahead of Manitoba’s 2022 budget.

KAP outlined six recommendations addressing economic competitiveness, the environment, labour and public trust. President Bill Campbell said it’s critical the organization has a seat at the table to work with the provincial and federal governments to draw attention to the issues faced by the agriculture sector.

“Being a large component of Manitoba’s economic model, the land in Manitoba isn’t going anywhere. We’re not about to get up and leave. People need to eat,” Campbell said. “There’s a demand for our food and our products. To be able to be at the table for these discussions, to ensure our industry has the ability to provide all of the features that we can [is critical].”

KAP suggests increasing funding for initiatives and programs that build

It has become so wide scoped and focused be it technology, computers, researchers — all of those things can contribute to agriculture.

— Bill Campbell, KeystoneAgriculture Producers President, climate resiliency and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions; allocating contingency funding to assist Manitoba’s agriculture industry if drought conditions persist in 2022; continuing to remove education property taxes from farm property and consulting with KAP when developing Manitoba’s new education funding model; developing a targeted agriculture labour strategy in partnership with KAP’s labour committee to reduce chronic labour shortages; supporting educational programs like Agriculture in the Classroom; and finding a solution regarding carbon pricing in Manitoba.

Labour shortages remain a pressing concern in agriculture, he said. Programs like Agriculture in the

Classroom are a valuable tool to engage young people and show them where food comes from.

The program can help spark a conversation about how food transfers from the farm to the table and can include insights into potential employment in a long-term career.

“It has become so wide scoped and focused be it technology, computers, researchers — all of those things can contribute to agriculture,” Campbell said. “We have a conversation with regards to technicians on our trucks and truck drivers and transportation and our equipment and who’s going to service them and all of the technology. These are not all necessary features that are sitting in the tractor seat but we need that

tool or component of it as well.”

It will take time, capacity and commitment to build a bigger labour base in agriculture, Campbell said, adding collaborations with Agriculture in the Classroom, Assiniboine Community College and the provincial government will be essential.

“Agriculture has a large role to play and is an economic driver in this province,” Campbell said. “But we require skilled labour to fulfil those needs.”

He added within the last couple of years there has been some information that agriculture nationally has lost about $2.9 billion in productivity because of labour shortages.

Campbell estimated the sector accounts for around 10 per cent of gross domestic product in Manitoba each year.

But producers have faced adversity in past years due to extreme weather in tandem with chronic labour shortages.

Farmers have been well aware of the effects of extreme weather and climate change, he said, because they make their living on the land and the environment.

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ing to find solutions to ensure the industry can adapt and overcome the adversities it faces, but support from the provincial government will remain crucial.

How they adapted and how they find solutions will be heavily impacted by carbon pricing.

Campbell said any plan must exempt fuel used for drying grain and heating barns, and return all tax revenue earned from agricultural activities to the sector.

Carbon pricing is also of note, he added, because it needs to be recognized that Manitoba producers are competing in a global marketplace.

“It needs to go back to basing it on food production. We are raising for consumers. We cannot rely on being competitive if we are held to a disadvantage with some of the carbon pricing models that have been suggested.”

With recent disruptions to the supply chain and producers’ livelihoods affected by climate change, people are perhaps turning their heads to issues faced by the sector, he said.

“Maybe their grocery store shelves have been some of that part of it.

As we had these disruptions they start to edu-

cate themselves on the impact of those particular issues. There [has] been more engagement with regards to that part, the ‘buy local’ part of it, and all of that ensuring our local processors, our local producers have the ability to provide for consumers,” Campbell said.

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Unique approach to new RPG There are certain games that just drip theme and if it happens to be a theme you already have an interest in, you are hooked like a hungry pike on a Len Thompson lure in early spring.

So happening upon NewEdo: A Neon Samurai a new role playing game on Kickstarter recently had this gamer delving into things a bit farther in a hurry.

When I found out it was from a designer based in St. Catharines, ON., I fired off an email, as I always appreciate Canadian game efforts.

Russ Rowlands was good enough to answer a few questions via email, but first a bit about the game from its Kickstarter page just to whet your appetite.

It noted NewEdo is ‘a tabletop roleplaying game designed for players who love the character-creation process, set in a neon-samurai world ...

“NewEdo is game designed for character customization and player agency, set in a neondrenched world that nevertheless holds tightly to its past. NewEdo is built on a game system called C.L.E.M. - “crunchy-lite, easily managed” - popular with players and storytellers alike. And it uses lots of dice.”

I will admit CLEM is a new acronym to me, but darn I admit too that I like the sentiment.

I must also note I have always liked medieval Japan as a setting, so samurai and ninjas catch my attention, which this game has, albeit kicking the classic characters into a future world setting that initially had me thinking about the RPG Shadowrun.

Again from the Kickstarter; “NewEdo is a tabletop RPG about change, and players will create characters who will push an agenda that is intended to form the future of the setting.

The capital city of the Empire, NewEdo is a place where a thousand years of tradition have come into conflict with the rapid pace of modern life. Samurai stroll the streets while tattooed bikers stir up trouble on tricked-out motorcycles.

In one district, traditional wooden homes crowd narrow lanes that wind up and down hills, but only a short subway ride away 100-story skyscrapers pierce clouds awash in the city’s neon glow.

NewEdo honors its past while looking to the future, and the characters you play will help define how that future is shaped.”

So the game sounds like a rather intriguing mix of old and futuristic, giving both the designer and the players a rather broad base to draw from in terms of game play.

So, when emailing

Rowlands, I was at first curious about his own tastes in RPGs? “I love tabletop RPGs, but calling out a favourite would depend on the table, the time, and my mood -- probably the Vampire / World of Darkness series, if we had to go by an hoursplayed measure,” replied the self-noted jack-of-alltrades who does “commercial finance consulting to pay the rent.”

Now as a long time role player I can say on more than one occasion we have talked about how we should create our own game, but past game mastering a few nights just winging things in my own twisted way, it has never gone farther.

The next question was obvious, what was the idea which led to the game’s creation?

“This is a long story,” began Rowlands. “I had quit a very solid job on Bay Street to go sailing around the world on strangers’ boats. I quickly found that there is a lot of free time on a sailboat as you cruise across the Pacific, for example, so I started writing fiction. The stories were inspired by the places I saw and the people I met, and these were some wild places and people.

My book had sirens and valkyrie and mermaids and time-traveling robots and wizards - it was science-fantasy pulp, pure adventures.

“I had never written anything longer than short stories, and rather than try to force myself into a proper novel structure -- which I had no idea about -- I just created an overarching plot, then let my travels inform how that plot developed.

It was terrible of course, but highly imaginative and a lot of fun.

“I would send samples home to a few close friends and family, whenever I found an internet connection. The feedback was that it was in fact terrible but fun, and that it would make a great game. That input gave me a bit of a eureka moment, as I realized that structuring my fictional world in the parameters of a tabletop RPG would give me a framework for the fiction. So I started working on the framework of an RPG to fit my wideopen world into.

“Soon after that, I serendipitously washed ashore in Tokyo, a total accident of fate that ignited another eureka moment - Japan would be a great initial place to set a sandbox RPG. Whether or not readers have been to Tokyo, everyone can picture Tokyo -- regardless of the accuracy of that mental image -Japan in general, and Tokyo specifically, lights up our imaginations with a huge variety of personalities, places and lore.

The neon-lit streets of a make-believe version of

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“So I settled in to stay a while, and learn more.”

There are of course hundreds of RPGs already in print. What was Rowlands hoping to achieve with the game?

“I had four design goals in mind with NewEdo; to offer lots of character customization and satisfying depth, but in a system that wasn’t too complicated for new players or storytellers; “To reward creative decision-making in-game, with systems/mechanics that encourage unique problem solving; “To set the game in a world where player/character decisions actually affect the future of the setting, accomplished by placing it at a series of inflection points, none of which are based on tropey ‘good versus evil’ conflicts, and; “To make a game that offers multiple, iterative rewards, where characters can evolve and improve every game session, even within game sessions.”

With some very specific game objectives in mind Rowlands had his work cut out for himself, and the process took literally years, taking about six years to complete the game, including the lore, systems, and playtesting.

There were of course challenges, including finding balance with the various aspects of the game.

“I wanted to build a world where players could design diverse characters and kinda mix-and-match their abilities to suit that player’s preferences, while still ensuring that characters remain unique and fun,” said Rowlands. “The number of combinations of potential character options in a system like this quickly approaches infinity, which is a big number.

“I had to try to balance the various building blocks of characters such that they would satisfy

players looking to build their unique concept, but without leaving anyone too over-or under-powered.”

In general, everybody loves unique characters/races to play, and Rowlands detailed a bit about what players can expect here.

“The physiological form that your characters can take in NewEdo is called their Lineage,” he said. “The Lineages are mostly based on creatures from Japanese mythology and lore. Some will be more familiar to players, like the Kitsune and Bakeneko -- fox- and cat-like beings, respectively, -- but there is a huge variety of options, including humans, demons, and the mischievous Tanuki.

“During the Kickstarter campaign, I ran a stretch goal to add one of two new Lineages to the game, to be decided by backers by a vote; we crushed that goal, so backers have been casting their vote for the Usagi (rabbitfolk) or the Saru (monkey people).

The results of that poll aren’t in yet, but both sides have fierce proponents. As a thank-you to the amazing backers who supported NewEdo through this campaign, I’m going to make sure both Lineages go in the book, but shh, that’s a secret.”

NewEdo is a classless game system, and characters aren’t tied to any one playstyle by the choices made at character creation.

“The game does have a series of Paths that loosely describe both a motivational roleplaying aspect of your character, and gives them a school of learning that might come in handy, but which doesn’t pigeon-hole the character,” continued Rowlands. “Paths generally describe what you want to get done, rather than how you do so; it’s a different take on character building that has been very well received in testing.

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Overall, NewEdo is set in a major metropolis that’s meant to be a fictionalized combination of Tokyo and Kyoto - an economic and cultural hub, in the middle of the 21st century.

“On a superficial level this ‘neon samurai’ setting creates some similarities with cyberpunkstyle games, but NewEdo is not a cyberpunk game,” said Rowlands.

“The core theme of NewEdo is change, and the game’s stories are intended to revolve around the inflection points between ideas; the past and future, tradition and technology, isolation and globalization, etc. This is the primary differentiator from other neon-urban games out there, particularly ones with a cyberpunk vibe - NewEdo is not angsty or rebellious by default.

Character actions will push the setting towards a desirable -- to those players -- future.

In NewEdo’s alternate world, belief defines reality.

“Humans believed in their myths for so long that those myths became real -- the Lineages -and then became part of everyday life,” explained Rowlands. “Magic exists, created by the belief of society in the kami - spirits - of the world. The influence of technology has been somewhat limited by the population’s faith in ‘the old ways’, traditions that built the Empire and helped it stay strong. Thus you may find a traditional samurai wearing his daisho wandering NewEdo’s neon-lit streets, no more out of place than a gang of tattooed monkey bikers or a demon slinging your drinks at the bar.

The powers of the world understand this belief paradigm, and foster their own agendas in an effort to craft the future via the faith of the popu-

lation.

“Will NewEdo’s traditions be upheld, or swept aside in the name of progress?

“Will the economic might of corporations allow them to overbear the rigid and entrenched political establishment?

“Will technology continue its ubiquitous creep into everyday life, pushing convenience and efficiency at the expense of privacy?

“Can, or should, civilization continue to keep the wild and unknown outside, in the dark of the world?

“These are the stories of NewEdo; ones that set a course for a different tomorrow based on a dozen inflection points at the core of the setting.

The art of the game is intended to reflect these inflection points, that the city is on the cusp of change. Imagery reflects dusk or dawn, rather than night or day.”

But, as the designer what is the best element of the game?

“That’s an expansive question -- I think the absolute ‘best’ part about NewEdo is how adaptable the setting is without needing a thousand sourcebooks,” said Rowlands. “Many game fans will enjoy some aspect of the lore, whether that’s samurai and ninjas, robots and cybertech, monsters, motorcycle chases, mysticism, honor, etc. - and all of those can be integrated into NewEdo’s stories fluidly, and even combined to satisfy a diverse audience. With its contrasting past versus future concepts, you can build an adventure around a wide-ranging table of characters and still make it both gratifying and on-theme.

NewEdo doesn’t try to satisfy everyone, and it isn’t a universal system - it has a theme and a strong setting, and those Continued on Page 6

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Disrupting COVID-19 with potential new treatments: USask research Saskatoon — A University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team has discovered insights into the structure of the virus that causes COVID-19, possibly leading to new treatment options.

The virus that causes COVID-19, known as SARSCoV-2, attaches to cells in the human body via spike proteins. These spikes allow the virus to infect cells, following which the virus replicates itself and spreads throughout the body. The spikes contain molecular structures called disulfides—pairs of sulphur atoms bound together—that may be important for holding the spikes in the correct shape for cell infection to occur.

With this knowledge, the research team investigated an important question about the SARS-CoV-2 virus: If the spike disulfides are disrupted, would this allow the virus to lose its ability to cause infection?

This research question was answered through research conducted by two USask research associates, Dr. Andrey Grishin (PhD) from the College of Medicine and Dr. Nataliya Dolgova (PhD) from the College of Arts and Science. The idea was first tested in computer models, with collaboration from Dr. Olivier Fissette (PhD) at USask Advanced Research Computing, and then verified in live virus tests by Dr. Darryl Falzarano (PhD) and Shelby Landreth at the USask Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization.

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“One of the many disulfides in the spikes seems to be very important in holding the spikes together, and breaking the disulfides disrupts viral infectivity,” said George. “It might be the basis of a new treatment, and should work for any future virus variants.”

George notes that—with only the current research to go on—any treatment agents developed would have to be given in high doses, but this finding could lead to further work that aims to disrupt these important viral structures, and thus render the virus less infectious.

“As the pandemic rages on, USask researchers continue to respond to this crisis with the research the world needs,” said USask Vice-President Research Baljit Singh. “Fundamental breakthroughs like this

UNIQUE Continued from Page 5 may not be to everyone’s tastes; but for those players to which it does appeal, it offers far more depth and breadth of play than many superficially comparable games.”

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And finally, what is the most unique mechanic within the rules?

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“The Legend system is the game’s meta-currency, used for all sorts of powers, but also as a core measure of your character’s potency. Your character gains legend as they perform actions that bolster their own personal story, and that legend can then be used to fuel even greater powers, a loop that reinforces the game world’s “belief defines reality” paradigm.”

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Snow sculpture a family tribute and celebration of winter sport

By Tyson Off Staff Writer If you’ve been out on the recently built ice path located at Patrick Park you may have noticed the addition of a snow sculpture along the winding trail.

“The sculpture is a celebration of winter sport and a tribute to my husband’s grandparents ...” says Tricia Friesen Reed, who, along with her husband Stan and their three children, designed and constructed the roughly eight-foot-tall snow structure in temperatures dipping to extremes of minus thirtyfour degrees Celsius.

The process took several important steps in order to maintain accuracy and to achieve the desired aesthetics, the first being the construction of a box to hold and pack snow into. This box of packed snow would then act as a mold for the eventual artistic endeavour, as stated on Tricia’s WordPress blog.

Stan and Tricia’s three children, Belén, Susanna, and Vivian, ages 17, 15 and 7, had the important job of stomping on the snow to pack it into the mold.

The mold would be left to cure for several

nights and during that time the family would design a clay model intended to serve as a reference for the carving being performed by Stan.

“Stan is the driving talent behind the sculpture, but the whole family got involved,” said Tricia.

For the actual carving, Stan used a handsaw, a machete, and some small hand tools that he designed and made especially for snow carving. The characters we see in the sculpture were inspired by his grandparents, Abe and Ruth, who were married for seventy-one years before they both passed on in 2017.

“The following winter, (2018) Stan thought about making a snow sculpture of the two of them dancing – despite the fact they were conservative Mennonites and didn’t dance. But the snow wasn’t right for sculpting that year and the sculpture never happened, which is why, during a blizzard on the last days of 2021, we thought we should give Abe and Ruth a chance at icedancing,” details Tricia’s blog. “We sculpted them right beside the skating loop behind our house so

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Awards night in Moosomin

by Sierra D’Souza Butts Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The World-Spectator Moosomin) Recently, in Moosomin, the Rangers Alumni Association hosted an alumni weekend event to fundraiser for the Moosomin Senior Rangers hockey team.

The night consisted of 2021 Parks and Recreation Awards, along with Mike Schwean Arena Wall of Fame Inductions and Moosomin Senior Rangers Hall of Fame Inductions.

There were seven awards given out for the 2021 Parks and Recreation Awards. The

awards acknowledged the dedication and success that individuals and groups, have contributed towards community sports and community recreation achievements throughout the year.

The Wall of Fame Inductions were awarded to two individuals from the community that

have gone off to pursue hockey at a higher level: Mitchell Rutledge and Daemon Hunt.

As for the Senior Rangers Hall of Fame Inductions, four awards were awarded to prominent individuals that have played for the Moosomin Senior Rangers in the past: Bob Baczuk, Bob

Mullett, Gary Windrim and Barry Johnson.

As well, an award was given to Don Ferguson in recognition for being an executive member with the Senior Rangers team for 50 years and still ongoing.

The director of Hockey Sask. Kelly McClintock, was also present at the event to say a few

words along with Lyndon Jacobs, president of the Moosomin Rangers Senior Hockey Club.

The night ended off with supper and a performance from Milkman’s Sons, a party band from Regina, who performed for the crowd in celebration of the event.

Snowshoe Run returns in February

By Chelsea Kemp Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Brandon Sun) Westman residents are invited to strap on their snowshoes this February in support of a local organization.

The Manitoba Snowshoe Run, which is a fundraiser for the Dauphin Rotary Club, is taking place in-person and online from Feb. 1 to 28.

It’s a fun event that keeps people active during one of the coldest months of the year, said race director Bryan Byers.

“If you can make it to the event, that would be great. But if not, no big deal — the virtual component is fantastic,” Byers said. “Stay motivated. Stay moving in February, and I hope everybody signs up.”

The fundraiser is an annual snowshoe run/ stroll that will be held virtually throughout February and in person on Feb. 21, Louis Riel Day.

The Snowshoe Run was started by a group of Rotary members who launched the Manitoba Mudrun. The group was looking to bring a second race to the area, Byers said, while promoting active living during winter.

While the Mudrun was a huge draw, the Snowshoe Run initially started very small, typically seeing around 30 or 40 people each season since it began in 2015.

All funds raised during the Snowshoe Run are put toward the Rotary Active Living Fund and distributed by the club toward activities that promote active living in Parkland, such as the trail network.

This year, provincial public health measures permitting, the race will have an in-person event on Feb. 21. The official route will begin at the North Gate trails in Dauphin. “[Louis Riel Day] is a day off for most people in Manitoba. It seems to work out quite well. As a Rotary Club, the goal

in Dauphin is to basically have an event each month, some sort of fundraising event,” Byers said. “It’s getting close to the end of winter and everybody is just kind of lazy, and this will hopefully motivate you to keep moving.”

The Snowshoe Run typically takes about an hour to complete and includes a five- or 10-kilometre route.

There will also be a virtual component to the race, which started in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adding the online option opened the door to people from across the country to participate, Byers said. Last year the race saw someone from Kenora, Ont., who signed up, ran their own unique route and raised money for the Active Living Fund.

Three years ago, the initiative saw 50 people register — the event’s biggest cohort at the time.

Last year, thanks to the virtual option, the event drew 167 participants.

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During the race at the Northgate Trail, participants can expect to climb in and out of the valley a few times along a groomed path, double track and single track.

“That’s the nice thing about snowshoeing — it is essentially just walking outside,” Byers said.

“If you have your own route, you can pick your own skill level.”

The route featured for the in-person race day is not super technical to traverse, but includes some ups and downs along with a special tire wall participants can choose to scale. The tires have been placed on a steep hill.

“If you really want to challenge yourself, try and climb the tire wall with snowshoes on.

It’s quite exhilarating,” Byers said. “It’s interesting. Everybody is worried about doing it at first, but I watched a 70-plus-yearold man do it with oldstyle snowshoes. It was quite impressive.”

The Dauphin Recreation facility rents out snowshoes for about $5 a day for those looking to race in the Snowshoe Run. Byers added the snowshoes available for rent were funded by events like the Snowshoe Run and Mudrun.

This year, the first 175 people to sign up for the race will get an official Manitoba Snowshoe Run toque with a North Gate tag.

Register for the Manitoba Snowshoe Run at racermnp.ca. It is $30 per participant and the race is open to anyone over the age of 10 years old.

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The Sturgis Wildlife branch of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation hosted its annual horn measuring evening at the Sturgis Curling Rink on December 20 with 24 set of antlers brought in to be measured. The evening featured Blair Secundiak as official measurer who was assisted by Kate Lockhart, who is member of the River Ridge Wildlife Club.

There were three moose, four elk, one mule deer and 16 whitetailed deer antlers that local and area resident and club member hunters had brought in to be measured and displayed.

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Blair Secundiak, left, was assisted by Kate Lockhart, a member of the River Ridge Wildlife Club in measuring the antlers.

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Long-time Canora resident celebrates 100th birthday milestone with family and friends Courtesy of Canora Courier While most area residents were observing Christmas Eve, on December 24 Ruth Predy celebrated her 100th birthday with a party for family and friends at Preeceville Personal Care, where she has been a resident several years. Her son Patrick hosted the Zoom party, allowing family members and loved ones to participate even if they were far away.

Predy was married to her husband George for over 70 years and he lived to the ripe old age of 95 before his passing in 2013, so it appears they developed a considerable amount of wisdom regarding living a long, happy life.

When asked how it feels to have surpassed the century mark, she quickly quipped, “Doesn’t feel like 100, feels more like 50.”

Ruth was born to Peter and Carrie Malanowich, and was raised on the family farm near Canora.

“I enjoyed growing

Ruth Predy, who has spent the majority of her life in Canora and the surrounding area, celebrated her 100th birthday on December 24. up on the farm,” Predy said. “We had many nice outings doing things like picking strawberries and mushrooms. And we had farm animals including horses, cows and pigs.”

She attended East Scalat School south of Canora, approximately a

For many years, painting Easter eggs has been one of Ruth’s favourite hobbies, including these at her present home at Preeceville Personal Care.

mile-and-a-half from the farm.

“We usually had about 20 people in our one-room school,” Predy shared. “We had all kinds of fun, skated in winter and played baseball in summer. I made a lot of friends.”

Even though she has lived in or near Canora most of her life, Predy headed east for a short period of time as a young adult, including living and working in Toronto and Winnipeg.

After her return to Canora Predy met her future husband George, who was secretary/treasurer of RM of Good Lake for 41 years and “was a really smart guy.”

When asked how they met, she claims, “George hated stopping to open and close gates when he was out visiting farmers, so he took me along.

That’s how our relationship started. I remember

seeing some fierce-looking bulls, but they never gave me any trouble.”

George and Ruth Predy were married on October 16, 1942 and raised a family of four children in Canora. From oldest to youngest they are: Elizabeth, Ronald (Liz), Linda (Al Ruemper) and Patrick. They have been blessed with five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

“People are lucky to live in Canora,” said Predy. “It’s a small town atmosphere, you get to know a lot of people and make a lot of friends.”

In addition to opening gates for George, Ruth’s working career in Canora was filled with variety and interesting challenges, including working as a telephone operator.

“That was fun, plugging in wires and listening to people talk. I learned a lot about people and what was going on in the community.

“I also worked at the Sears order office in Canora. I filled out orders for people, then they’d come in and pick up the parcels. That was another fun way to meet people.”

Predy later accepted a position at Gateway Lodge where she was in charge of keeping everyone active, and recalls, “Residents were very nice to me.”

Getting involved in the community was important to her, including serving as District Deputy Grand Matron of the Eastern Star in Canora.

“We did charity work raising money for worthy local causes.”

She enjoyed knitting and crocheting as hobbies for many years, as well as Easter egg painting. Many of her painted

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Joined by her oldest daughter Beth, Ruth appeared to enjoy the fancy birthday cake at her 100th birthday party, held with family and friends at Preeceville Personal Care.

Easter eggs are on display in her present home at Preeceville Personal Care.

“George and I enjoyed making homemade root beer together. We often had it at parties and treated everyone- they

really seemed to like it.”

At her Preeceville home, Predy enjoys visiting with other residents and singing. Her secret to a long and happy life is not at all complicated.

“Make lots of friends, smile and be happy.”

Manitoba’s Assiniboine College hopes new tuition-free agriculture course plants seeds of Indigenous employment

By Dave Baxter, local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Winnipeg Sun) The Assiniboine Community College (ACC) says a new and tuition-free course will be offered to offreserve First Nations residents, and they hope the program helps more Indigenous people to find employment, while also getting more workers involved in the agriculture industry.

ACC, a Brandon-based college, announced on Friday they were launching a new Agriculture Equipment Operator program, thanks to a partnership between them and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP).

According to ACC, the 14-week program, which will be funded by CAP, will begin in February at the college’s North Hill campus in Brandon, and is open to Indigenous people living off-reserve.

The college added they believe the program will be valuable because there is currently a need in the province for more Ag equipment operators.

“This partnership is an important step in helping to meet an industry need and in providing learners, who may otherwise not have had the opportunity with a chance to enroll in a program that offers a gateway to great job potential,” ACC School of Trades Dean Kevin Poirier said in a Friday press release.

“I’m pleased to welcome the support of CAP to help ensure that there are trained people who can step into areas of need, so that the growing agricultural sector can reach its full potential.”

In Friday’s press release the announcement of the program was applauded by Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Bill Campbell, and KAP said they worked with ACC to help create curriculum and ideas for the course.

“Producers across Manitoba are facing serious labour challenges, and struggle to hire employees with the necessary skills to work on a farm,” Campbell said. “The program will train participants with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful.

“KAP was pleased to help develop the program, and provide industry input to align the curriculum with agricultural labour needs.”

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A brand new way - the story of an upcycle artist Courtesy of Kamsack Times Nancy Weinhandl is a Kamsack rancher who specializes in the artistic practice of turning ordinary objects, antiques, and raw materials into impressive custom artwork. From her home studio, the local grandmother uses a variety of tools and techniques to transform seemingly mundane items into fascinating conversation pieces and furniture.

It has been said that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. But it’s not everyone who has the eye to turn something ordinary into something extraordinary.

While her husband Dave is away much of the year for remote work, Weinhandl said she enjoys keeping busy with projects that challenge her to uncover new potential in materials that most of us would take for granted.

Weinhandl lives with a small herd of cattle and a devoted guard dog on Fox Creek Ranch – just east of Kamsack at the base of the beautiful mountain range of Duck Mountain Provincial Park. A born and raised prairie girl, she explained that a quiet and peaceful lifestyle has always suited her, and it keeps her creativity flowing.

When the couple purchased the ranch 12 years ago, a number of outbuildings became useful storage for materi-

Rancher Nancy Weinhandl takes a well-deserved break in one of her favorite rooms at the heritage farmhouse at Fox Creek Ranch – a rural paradise with a stunning view of Duck Mountain Provincial Park near Kamsack. als and items that didn’t have immediate purpose. Over the years, Weinhandl – who doesn’t readily throw things out – has surveyed those items with some inspired thinking.

Working with materials like wood, metal, paint, string, and resin, the self-taught upcycle artist said her process is very much trial and error.

“I’m always scared to try new things. My family members are my biggest supporters,” explained Weinhandl from her country kitchen. “They always tell me to ‘just go do it.’ So, I try – and I end up making a lot of mistakes until I finally figure things out.”

Weinhandl explained that each one of her family members receives a custom-made tree decoration at Christmastime. With the arrival of every holiday season, they look forward to seeing what she will come up with next.

Weinhandl transformed painted nails into beautiful blooms and discarded shims into a showcase sunflower.

In fact, the Weinhandl Christmas tree is as full as can be – adorned only with garlands and ornaments that Nancy has made with her own hands. For example, different sizes of metal washers are glued together and painted to make festive snowmen.

Strips of multi-colored fabrics are twisted together to make a rustic, country-style garland, and old Scrabble pieces are glued together to spell words like ‘peace’ and ‘joy.’ A person could spend hours looking through the upcycled ornament display to discover a multitude of styles from decorations that showcase the artist’s sense of humour and sentimentality.

However, as January sees the ornaments return to storage, Weinhandl continues to work steadily on new pieces for her home and yard that each have backstories that spark wonder. With a home that looks like a gallery, no matter where one looks, they are bound to catch a glimpse of one of Nancy’s custom pieces.

Her mud room features a

vintage horse collar that has been mounted on the wall with a mirror in the middle of it. She explained how a clock hanging in her country kitchen was cut out, sanded and stained from an old wooden door. In place of numbers, she has set eleven pointed hinges that have been directed toward the centre – within the exception of one number – a metal number five – previously used as a house number that she came across in her rummaging.

In the Weinhandl farmhouse, a pair of comfortable chairs sit on either side of a custommade coffee table that was once a cable spool.

With meticulous attention to detail, the tabletop hosts multi-coloured strips of salvaged wooden shims – each laid in perfect symmetry and finished with a clear resin coating.

On the walls of her restored 100-year-old farmhouse, Weinhandl displays old ceiling fans that have transformed into beautiful and intricately painted dragonflies, wooden shim pieces that have been glued together and painted to make spectacular sunflowers, and silhouette wall features that have been cut with a router in the shape of things like animals and guitars.

Wienhandl said much of her inspiration comes from her gifted, perfectionist mother who was a master seamstress and quilter. Weinhandl said she always sewed complex pieces by hand and held extremely high

standards of craftsmanship that Nancy said she struggles to emulate.

One very special signature piece that Weinhandl crafts is a flower made from the outstretched leather of a baseball. The design has a sentimental connection to the son that the Weinhandl family lost six years ago.

“Our son Kris showed me how someone had opened up a baseball and spread it out to look like a flower,” shared Weinhandl. “He thought I could come up with an even better design – so I thought about it, and eventually I added a bit more to the concept with extra petals and hand stitching. I worked on that stitching while I sat with him during his dialysis treatments.”

Before Kris’ passing, he wrote a poem for his mom that she now attaches to each baseball

flower she makes. Nancy said it is heart-warming to have his memory live on through each ‘flower’ she makes and distributes to others going through difficult times.

From a baseball to a flower Oh, darn! How can it be?

My life is over, can’t you see?

I’ll never be in another baseball game Today is the day!

You start a brand new way It’s no more gloom.

Your beauty will bloom.

With a few stitches here and there And a little care.

Surprise! Look at you Don’t be so blue You’re a beautiful flower Full of beauty and power Each day, remember to give the gift of joy For everyone to enjoy!

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MLS®#: SK873872

MLS®#: SK871066

chappleremax@gmail.com 306-740-7161 Commercial/Agriculture Specialist Eastern Saskatchewan

MLS®#: SK863520

MLS®#: SK865078

$465,000

$275,000

$469,000

$265,000

34/36 CALWOOD CRES, YORKTON

19 BROADWAY ST E, YORKTON

1 BROADWAY ST W, YORKTON

1301 PARK AVE, ESTERHAZY

$1,680,000

$350,000

RM OF CANA 602.59 ACRES

123 1ST AVENUE, KELLIHER

MLS®#: SK866081

MLS®#: SK850466

Ray Nordin

MLS®#: SK841056

MLS®#: SK870776

r.nordin22@gmail.com

306-730-8151 Agriculture, Residential Specialist Eastern Saskachewan

MLS®#: SK877026

Personal, professional service.

$450,000

Whether buying or selling, if it’s a residential property in smaller communities you’re interested in, acreages out in the rurals, recreational properties, investment land or a complete farming operation, I’ve handled the transactions for all of them and would be honoured to help you with your Real Estate needs.

Give me a call and we can discuss your particular situation, what’s most important is “you”.

Marcel DeCorby

MLS®#: SK871201

119 1ST AVENUE, KELLIHER

Listed by Brent Haas

Land, building and equipment is for sale but not the business. Phase 1 environmental on hand.

5900 sq ft. Fenced Compound, Floor Drains, Heavy Floor Loading, Interior Space, Onsite Parking, Store Front, Highway Frontage MLS®#: SK871217

$279,000

$489,000

STOCKHOLM SOUTH QUARTER

STOCKHOLM GRASSLAND

mhdecorby@gmail.com

306-745-7755 Agriculture Specialist Eastern Saskatchewan

MLS®#: SK875263

MLS®#: SK875258

$435,000

$699,000

$899,000

$630,000

BUCHBERGER ACREAGE, LANGENBURG

GOOD LAKE LAND

KARAU ACREAGE, RM OF FERTILE BELT

LAKE ACREAGE, RM OF SPY HILL

MLS®#: SK874821

MLS®#: SK873878

MLS®#: SK866224

MLS®#: SK858895

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