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Asessippi impacted by weather and COVID restrictions

By Sierra D’Souza Butts Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The World Spectator Moosomin) Both Covid-19 restrictions and unseasonably warm weather in late fall, followed by extreme cold weather, have impacted the Asessippi ski resort, a major employer in western Manitoba.

“Certainly we had to change a lot of our policies, procedures and protocols, but Manitoba Health has been fantastic in helping us with trying to make everything as safe as possible,” says Richard Crosthwaite, general manager of the Asessippi Ski Area & Resort.

“It’s been a learning curve for us just as it’s been for every other business. Hopefully when our clients get here, we want them to feel safe enough.

We want people to come here and have fun, that’s what we strive for.”

The Asessippi resort is located just north of Russell, Manitoba.

The weather impact-

Asessippi Ski Resort is a major employer in western Manitoba that has been impacted by both weather and Covid-19 restrictions. ed the resort’s ability to make snow.

“We make 100 per cent of our snow at Asessippi and we like to start at the end of October. It was unfortunate that during this year in November and in the beginning of December, the temperatures were not favorable. They were very warm so we couldn’t really make that much snow,” Crosthwaite says.

“That affects us because obviously we can’t open in the time frame that we need to.

I pump about 10 million gallons of snow a year, that takes a considerate

amount of effort and time to do. If we can guarantee a consistent temperature of minus 25 that would be absolutely spectacular for us.”

The warm late fall weather was followed by extremely cold weather in late December, forcing the resort to remain closed during what would normally be its busiest period, the Christmas school holidays.

Crosthwaite says Asessippi resort was closed during the Christmas period, due to the weather being too cold to operate the snow hills in a safe manner.

“Our policy is that if the weather is minus 35 with a windchill, we don’t operate,” he says.

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Although the business started off to a rough season, Crosthwaite says the weather now seems to be good enough to run winter activities and stay open.

“We have a lot going on here and just getting people to the area is terrific for the local community.”

He says the Asessippi resort benefits the community not only during the winter season, but during the summer time as well.

“It (Asessippi Ski Area & Resort) certainly benefits the community because we get about 80,000 people that come here a year,” Crosthwaite says.

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“My number one goal is for everyone to have fun, and everyone’s safety. Safety is my number one concern on the hill, I’m constantly observing what the temperatures are and unfortunately when the temperatures are not favorable, we cannot open with respect to the rules.”

The days when it is too cold to be outside, Crosthwaite says the business is forced to close due to safety concerns.

“We can’t operate when it’s minus 35 with a windchill, it’s just too dangerous, the machines don’t like it and it’s not healthy for the staff.”

“When people come to Asessippi I want them to enjoy the experience and not leave thinking it could’ve been better.

is absolutely fantastic.

Everyone spends a lot of time in the area, at the local shops, the retails, the gas stations and more, so I’d like to think those are all ambassadors for the area.”

“Hopefully people come back not just for skiing, but in the summer, because during the summer there’s so much going on in the area.

We have wonderful golf courses, we have fishing in the nice lakes, camping, things like that.”

“We’re always trying to expand the business, so that we can be a year round resort rather than just being open during the winter resort. We have a fabulous chalet here, which doesn’t get utilized to its full potential so that’s what we’re trying to aim for. Trying to accommodate for weddings and just make use of the surroundings we have. It’s a beautiful adventurous area during the summer as well, so we need to jump on that bandwagon.”

Crosthwaite says the business has made enough snow now to last until March, and as long as the weather coperates, he says the Asessippi Ski Area & Resort should be busy and able to stay open.

Saskatoon – Treating women diagnosed with one type of early-stage breast cancer with the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab after surgery reduces the risk of the cancer returning, reports a research team led by University of Saskatchewan (USask) oncologist Dr. Shahid Ahmed (MD).

The team’s study, published Jan. 20 in Nature.com Scientific Reports, examined the medical records of all Saskatchewan women diagnosed with a small HER2-positive breast cancer between January 2008 and December 2017. Among the most aggressive of breast cancers, HER2 is named for the protein human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 that malfunctions to cause rapid cancer cell growth.

“HER2-positive breast cancer has been associated with high risk of recurrence,” said Ahmed, a professor and division head of oncology at USask’s College of Medicine.

A 12-month course of treatment with trastuzumab in conjunction with chemotherapy after surgery is the standard treatment for early-stage HER2positive breast cancer tumours larger than a centimetre or have spread to lymph nodes, Ahmed said.

However, the benefit was not wellknown of adjuvant (post-operative) trastuzumab treatment for smaller HER2positive tumours that haven’t spread beyond the initial site (metastasized) to lymph nodes.

Using the health records, Ahmed’s team identified 91 women who had early-stage, non-metastasized HER2positive breast cancers smaller than 10 millimetres. Overall, 39 patients whose tumours mostly were larger than 5mm

had received adjuvant trastuzumab and chemotherapy, while 52 with smaller tumours had not received post-operative trastuzumab.

While the sample size is small, the study is population-based with no selection bias and covers a 10-year period, Ahmed said.

“Our study showed that women with HER2 positive tumours less than one centimetre and were node-negative had a low rate of recurrence,” Ahmed said.

“However, those who received adjuvant trastuzumab had a further reduction in the risk recurrence. For example, women who did not receive adjuvant trastuzumab had a four-fold greater risk of recurrence.”

Overall, 97 per cent of women in the trastuzumab group were free of a breast cancer recurrence after 10 years, compared to 88 per cent among those who didn’t receive the treatment.

The analysis of this retrospective cohort study was statistically adjusted to account for such factors as patient ages and other risks, to make the findings as close as possible to those of a randomized study, Ahmed said.

He anticipates the findings of the study, which favour adjuvant trastuzumab for small tumours, will lead to its more frequent use to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence in younger women with tumours larger than 5mm.

However, since treatment toxicity is an important consideration in contemplating the use of adjuvant trastuzumab, a key point to examine is whether the duration of treatment should be shortened to six months from the current 12 months, he said.

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2021-22 Quill Plains Chevrolet Premier League Champions: Kenzie Seeds/RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty - (L-R) Lee Johnson, Dane Ward, Randy Leitch, Scott Comfort presented by Norm Fehr (Quill Plains Chevrolet).

2021-22 Quill Plains Chevrolet Premier League Sportsmanship Award: June Campbell left, Brian Nelson right, presented by Norm Fehr middle.

B-Side Champs: (L-R) Sylvia Broad, Gloria Leach, June Campbell, Delores Syrota.

Team Comfort wins Quill Plains Chevrolet Premier League It took an extra end for Team Comfort - Kenzie Seeds / RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty to claim the 2022 Championship in the Quill Plains Chevrolet Premier League Team Dwight Pomedli - Pomedli Farms stole in the second and again in the third before Team Comfort bounced back with three in the fourth end.

A steal in the fifth put Comfort up two, then the Teams exchanged deuces.

In the eighth end, third Jenna Pomedli made a perfect come around of a lone opponent stone at the top of the 12-foot, leading to an open hit for Skip Verne Anderson for two and the tie.

In the extra end Lead Dwight Pomedli, and Haylee Bindig swept the first Anderson stone to

the top of the four-foot to lay two and put Comfort in trouble.

Comfort made a light weight double to leave Anderson a tough draw that he just missed giving Lee Johnson, Dane Ward, Randy Leitch, and Scott Comfort the Championship.

The entire final can be seen on the Wadena RE/MAX Curling Club’s YouTube page. https:// youtu.be/D2WPfzBLSSk. On route to the Final Comfort defeated, Garry Leach, and Greg Harcourt, While Pomedli defeated Delores Syrota and Jay Bindig.

This year the Quill Plains Premier League introduced a Sportsmanship Award voted on by the players The first winners of the award were June Campbell, and Brian Nelson, who ended up

with the same amount of votes.

In the B-Final, Syrota defeated Cory Carter.

The ladies team took an early lead and held it through seven ends when they broke it open. Sylvia Broad, Gloria Leach, June Campbell, and Delores Syrota claimed the B-Side against Schulte Industries Ltd. Cory Carter, Joshua Jack, Nathan Wdowach, Duane Keleman.

Syrota lost round 1 to Pomedli, then defeated Brian Nelson to reach the B-Final, while Carter lost to Harcourt, then defeated Garry Leach to

advance to the B-Final.

In the C-Final Greg Harcourt and Jay Bindig had a close battle through four ends with a tie score. In the sixth end Harcourt took two then ended up stealing a couple in the seventh for the conceded win.

RJ Sales and Service - Greg Harcourt, Richard Choquette, Darryl Schultz, Rocky Kreinke defeated Lakeside Argo - Jayden Bindig, Van der Buhs, and spares Darin Faubert and Kade Comfort (missing Braden Flesheicker, Colby Fox). Harcourt defeated Carter then Lost on last

rock to Comfort to end up in the C, while Bindig defeated Nelson and lost to Pomedli in the SemiFinal.

The D-Side Final saw Garry Leach and Brian Nelson do battle. Leach took an early lead and never looked back to take the win.

Leach had lost to Comfort, and Carter to drop to the D, while Nelson lost to top seed

Bindig and Syrota.

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D-Side Champs: Brendonn Holdings / Kenzie Seeds - (L-R) Garry Leach, Lyle Leach, Norm Fehr, James Holowaty, 5th Darin Faubert, (Missing Collin Redman).

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EDITORIAL Melville’s Puhl honoured by Astros When it comes to baseball Terry Puhl from Melville is likely to top most people’s lists as the best player to come from Saskatchewan.

And, he would easily make the top-10 Canadian players, at least when I did a little thinking on the subject.

Puhl broke into the Majors with the Houston Astros shortly after his 21st birthday in 1977.

“Just five days after his 21st birthday, the wideeyed Saskatchewan native would start his first big league game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. So nervous he was shaking, Puhl would overcome his jitters to record his first hit and score the game-winning run. He would go on to hit .301 in 60 games that season and win himself a starting role in 1978,” www. baseballhalloffame.ca “His steady offensive and defensive efforts would earn him all-star honors in 1978, when he hit .289 and stole 32 bases. He would top that the following campaign, when he recorded a career-high 172 hits and played 157 games – the entire season – in the outfield without making an error. He was just the fourth player in 124 years to suit up for at least 150 games in a season without a defensive miscue.”

I graduated high school the year Puhl accomplished his fielding feat, and while I was cheering for the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays back then, hearing about Puhl excelling was always good news in my books.

Considering his long tenure with the Astros -- Puhl played in 1,531 career games, all but 15 with Houston -- from 1977-90 it shouldn’t be a surprise he is finally being inducted into the Astros Hall of Fame this summer – he has already been inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.

“It is first of all a great honour,” said Puhl when this reporter caught up to him from Houston just before batting practice as head coach with the University of Houston-Victoria. Puhl has been head coach of the Jaguars for 14 seasons capturing two Association of Independent Institutions Conference titles in 2009 and 2010, with three trips to the NAIA National

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While Puhl acknowledged it’s gratifying to be inducted into any hall of fame, the call from the Astros was special.

“Honestly, it’s the one that I wanted,” he admitted. “. . .This is the big one for me. This is with my peers, my former teammates.”

Puhl said he has remained an Astro fan and to join so many players he has been involved with through the decades is putting something of an exclamation point on his baseball career.

“Absolutely, I love my Astros,” he said.

Certainly Puhl will be in familiar company when he is inducted prior to Houston’s Aug. 13 game against Oakland at Minute Maid Park.

“There’s at least five, (previous inductees), that are former teammates,” he said.

Of course that is testament to his longevity thanks to a good eye at the plate and stellar play in the outfield.

Puhl hit .300 or better three times and his .993 fielding percentage is the best among outfielders in Astros history.

So was his fielding natural talent coming to the forefront?

Puhl said that was certainly not the case.

“It did not come naturally,” he said, quickly crediting Bill Virden who managed the Astros from 1975 to 1982.

Puhl said Virden was “one of the greatest defen-

sive players in history,” and he worked with Astro players hitting endless ‘fungos’ to help players ingrain good defensive skills.

“I worked my tail off every day with him,” said Puhl. “You get better creating good habits in what you do . . . That’s what we build into our young players here, (at college), if you do something do it right.”

So was playing errorless baseball almost every day what Puhl now looks back on with the greatest pride?

Perhaps surprisingly, it is not.

Puhl points to being a career .280 hitter first, commenting “how many are career .280 hitters today?” He also noted he managed to carry the batting average at the Astrodome noting “it was not a hitter friendly park.”

Puhl said if he played at Minute Maid Park a lot of his hits would have gone for home runs, but added being a good hitter means adapting to where you are playing to be most effective.

Today, Puhl still follows the Astros relishing in the recent World Series wins without regret of not himself winning a ring.

“You can’t look back and think I wish, I wish, I wish,” he said, adding he believes he and his teammates laid the foundation for a good organization that has prospered. “. . .We set a standard for how things should be done.”

This summer’s induction will also be just another step along a continuing circle of baseball for Puhl.

“At six or seven years old I was building a career at that time. I didn’t know it, but I was,” he said, thinking back to minor ball in Melville.

From there it was a long path to the pros, and eventually retirement as a player, although Puhl said he doesn’t think players ever retire. Baseball “is too great of a career” to ever want to retire from. “They kick you out.”

But Puhl didn’t land far from the game, coaching Team Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics and then his long run at Houston-Victoria. He said he might soon step away from the college job, and take a final step on the circle, spending time coaching his grandson Jackson in minor ball, where it all started for him.

Researchers developing new alloys for hydrogen fuel and catalysis Saskatoon – Canadian researchers are using synchrotron light to help develop new alloys with helpful properties.

An alloy is a metal that contains two or three different elements. Steel, for instance, is an alloy of iron and carbon that offers increased strength as a building material.

By mixing more elements together, scientists hope to create new and improved alloys with increased strength and improved corrosion resistance, which could help many industry sectors to reduce costs.

“The trouble is that when you try to make a traditional alloy with more than a couple of elements, the elements tend to separate from each other and clump together,” said David Morris, a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at the Dalhousie University.

That’s why his research team is interested in alloys with

five or more elements that have a highly disordered nature. This chaotic property causes the elements to disperse throughout the mixture and prevent clumping.

“You can get alloys with elements that wouldn’t usually go together,” he said.

Morris and his colleagues, including Liangbing Hu’s group from the University of Maryland who synthesized the samples using a special carbothermal shock method, are investigating two alloy samples, one made of five elements and another with fifteen.

“Early experiments suggested that the fiveelement alloy has high catalytic activity for ammonia decomposition, a process used to make hydrogen fuel, but they potentially have all kinds of applications,” he said.

The team gathered data at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) in Illinois, thanks to

The trouble is that when you try to make a traditional alloy with more than a couple of elements, the elements tend to separate from each other and clump together, — David Morris, PhD student, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University the facility’s partnership with the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan.

Using synchrotron light, Morris could analyze each element in their samples separately and spot the differences in the structures of the two alloys.

The researchers discovered that the fifteenelement alloy had some elements that showed oxidation and the length of some of the bonds

between them increased.

These properties, however, were not found in the five-element alloy, indicating the properties of these special alloys are highly dependent on their compositions.

“Increased oxidation means they are less stable, which could potentially increase the activity for catalysis,” said Morris. “And unusual bond lengths can change the properties and maybe make a

more promising catalytic pathway.”

The group’s next step will be to try and link the changes in structure seen in this experiment to the alloys’ catalytic activity. “If we are able to find certain structural properties that are associated with a high catalytic activity, that would allow us to design more effective catalysts in the future,” said Morris.

Developing more effective catalysts could help improve chemical reactions in many industrial processes, from cars, to paper, laundry detergent, and beer.

Peng Zhang, Morris’ PhD supervisor at Dalhousie, said his lab has been using the CLS and its associated facilities for more than 15 years, and they have proved vital to his work with novel chemical compounds. “These modern synchrotron facilities are necessary to obtain high quality X-ray data and they provide reliable

results on the samples we have measured,” said Zhang.

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Abandoned mine remediation project near Creighton completed The Government of Saskatchewan recently completed remediation activities at the abandoned Newcor mine site near Creighton.

This work is the first of six remediation projects to be completed as part of the government’s commitment to address abandoned mine sites on Crown land and reduce the number of contaminated sites in the province.

“The work done to clean up the Newcor mine site reflects our government’s commitment to environmental stewardship in northern Saskatchewan,” Environment Minister Warren Kaeding said. “Our government has shown it is committed to remediating these sites for both the benefit of public health and safety, along with the environmental benefit.”

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Work at the mine site took 13 weeks to complete and was within the proposed $1.6 million cost estimate for the project.

Located less than two kilometers southwest of Creighton, the Newcor mine site is publicly accessible but the Ministry of Environment asks that users refrain from any activities that could disturb the new topsoil and harm the growth of new vegetation.

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Agent training program launches to support growth of international students in the province To d a y, the Government of Saskatchewan launched the Saskatchewan Agent Training Program to solidify partnerships with global recruitment agents who work with the post-secondary education sector to attract international students to study in the province.

“The Saskatchewan Agent Training Program supports the economic recovery and population growth goals of Saskatchewan’s Growth plan by increasing the number of international students studying in our province,” Advanced Education Minister Gene Makowsky said.

“This program is a key component of the new International Education Strategy which supports the post-secondary education sector in achieving their student recruitment goals.”

Through the program, recruitment agents will build their knowledge on Canadian laws and immigration, as well as the benefits of studying, living, and working in Saskatchewan.

By having well trained recruitment agents offering consistent and high-quality service, prospective students will be further supported and informed when choosing Saskatchewan as a destination.

Through this program, institutions will be able to focus on marketing their programs and will continue to build their relationship with their recruitment agents.

Increasing the number of international students in Saskatchewan will support the post-secondary education sector in achieving their student recruitment goals.

“Government support through this new program will strengthen the University of Saskatchewan’s presence and reputation internationally,” University of Saskatchewan President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Peter Stoicheff said.

“The Saskatchewan International Training Program will help attract high quality students to our campus, diversify perspectives in our classrooms and enhance the education experience for everyone - all of this contributes to the growth of our province’s workforce.”

“The University of Regina currently welcomes students from nearly 100 countries to our campuses,” University of Regina President and Vice Chancellor Dr. Jeff Keshen said. “These students bring a variety of experiences, knowledge and perspectives that strengthen our

learning and research culture, diversify our communities, and create a global network of engaged citizens either living in or closely connected to Saskatchewan.

We are excited to build on this longstanding and proud tradition by working with the province on this initiative that will enhance recruitment agents’ ability to support international students wanting to study here.”

“Saskatchewan Polytechnic is excited for the launch of the Saskatchewan Agent Training Program,” Saskatchewan Polytechnic President and CEO Dr. Larry Rosia said. “Ensuring that today’s students have the cultural competencies to understand and interact with other cultures is critical. Saskatchewan Polytechnic has worked to increase its international student enrolment, to foster study abroad opportunities, and to participate in international project work.”

“Ensuring that agents are well prepared to accurately represent what this province has to offer creates an extension of the highquality service that Saskatchewan institutions pride themselves on,” President and CEO of Cumberland and

Parkland College Dr. Mark Hoddenbagh said.

“By providing agents with this training, students will be well served from the first point of contact with that agent

right through to their graduation.”

The Ministry of Advanced Education is partnering with the Canadian Bureau for International Education

to deliver this training. By March 2024, up to 270 recruitment agents are expected to be trained through the Saskatchewan Agent Training Program.

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Hex game collection intrigues Recently, this space reviewed a neat little offering from Kanare Abstract, a cloth board and pieces which come in a tiny box, allowing multiple games to be played and the added convenience of taking it almost anywhere.

Well, there is an equally interesting set from Kanare with the same small box but this time packed with a dualsided hexagonal board, a bunch of pieces, and rules for several games.

As in the square board box, this one has a very nice cloth board folded neatly inside with a 5X5 board on one side and a 6X6 on the reverse, which of course opens up the door to some other games beyond those where the rules are provided. Here the Internet is your friend with lots of game rulesets available to print for self-use online.

The little box – again the tiny package is

important because it can go anywhere, a business trip, coffee shop, pub, the lake, (although outdoor play will need to be generally wind free given the board is cloth and the pieces small), also includes a package of white disks and another of black.

The little box of goodness also included several rule sheets but unlike the square version where the rules covered wellknown public domain games such as Konane – a great checker-esque game of Hawaiian origin, and vintage classics Fox and Hounds, Halma, Tafl and Turkish Checkers – this one has several rule sets but they are all for original games from game designer Kanare Kato in Japan.

So you end up with games including;

THE MEEPLE GUILD (YORKTON) meeple.guild@gmail.com our on an empty hex on each turn. At this time, you cannot place a piece in a position where two of your piece’s sandwich one of your opponent’s pieces.

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Unlace On your turn, you move one of your pieces to an adjacent hex. However, it must belong to a larger group than the one before it was moved.

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into a hex containing a friendly piece.

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The player who connects two of their anchors placed on opposite sides of the outside area with an unbroken line of their own pieces (nodes and/ or anchors) wins immediately.

Since there are so many games that the set allows, it allows a ton of exploration and variety, and the take it almost anywhere packaging means lots of opportunity to do just that.

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Artist has Canora ties

By Tyson Off Staff Writer A new exhibition at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery has local roots.

Sarah Fougere, one of the artists featured, previously owned and operated The National Gallery of Saskatchewan located in Canora.

The inspiration for her piece in the current exhibition, The Flower May Not Look Like the Root, is from a photo taken by Edith S.

Watson.

“The photo was taken between 1918 to 1920,” said Fougere in a call with Yorkton This Week, adding, “she was a photographer travelling the Veregin area.”

“Most of her photos are of women working the field,” said Fougere.

This was not Fougere’s first time painting the scene, as she had previously been commissioned

to paint it by a customer. Upon completion, a friend of hers asked if she would do it again, and she obliged.

“I did the second painting, posted it on Instagram, and OSAC (Organization of Saskatchewan Art Councils) reached out,” said Fougere of how the painting found its way to the GDAG. Fougere said she is excited to have the piece in the exhibition after dedicating so much time to

perfecting it. “I put a lot of hours into this painting.”

The painting of the woman working in a flax field was painted on Belgian Linen. Linen is a product of the fibers from flax plant.

“It’s so different to see in person,” said Fougere.

“For people looking at the painting, try and notice the patterns leading to the deep space, the connection to the figure being part of the landscape.”

An art piece by Sarah Fougere at the Godfrey Dean Gallery.

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The East Central Newcomer Welcome Centre Inc. is a first stop collaborative centre to welcome newcomers to the East Central Saskatchewan region. Newcomers establish their first connections with their new community, through the agency by accessing information about the resources and services available in the community. The agency offers Settlement Services, the Settlement Worker in Schools Program (SWIS), the Community Connections Program, the Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) and Employment Services. Some of the services provided by the agency for newcomers to Canada include: identifying newcomer’s settlement needs, solution focused counseling, information and orientation seminars and interpretation, connecting with volunteers to support them in their settlement and integration, community facilities and services tours, connection to cultural, social and recreational groups and events, referrals to community services, assessing client’s employment readiness, and pre-employment services. The agency also provides community connections to housing, education, healthcare, banking, transportation, employment, places of worship and other activities which accelerate the settlement process.

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Two straight losses for Canora Cobras Courtesy of Kamsack Times As a way of encouraging local kids, the Canora Cobras hosted a Sask East Hockey League game against the visiting Rocanville Tigers to close out Minor Hockey Day on January 29. But Rocanville came out with a solid road game and defeated the Cobras by the score of 5 to 2.

The Tigers took control of the game early, with three goals before the end of the first period.

The Cobras responded with a strong effort in the final two periods and actually outscored the Tigers 2 to 1 before an empty net goal sealed the deal for Rocanville.

Carson Dennis, formerly of Canora, started the scoring for the Cobras late in the second period with a shot from the point, assisted by Darcy Sliva of Canora.

Brandon Whitehawk of Kamsack added a power play goal early in the third, on assists from Lee Jannett and Donnie St. Marie, but that was the end of the scoring for

Canora.

The Cobras were outshot 34 to 21 on the evening, but Rylan Palchewich of Canora had a strong game with numerous timely saves to keep it close. A total of nine minor penalties were assessed during the game, with six going to Rocanville.

Earlier in the week, the Cobras made the trip to Theodore on January 26 to make up a game originally scheduled for January 14. They had their hands full with the undefeated Buffalos, going down to a 9 to 0 defeat.

Theodore shot three goals past Cobras goalie Adam Stokes in the first period, then added two more in the second and four in the third to close out the scoring.

Mike Rogoschewsky led the Buffalos offence with four goals, while Scott Woytas contributed four assists.

It was a relatively cleanly played game with only six minor penalties assessed, four to Theodore and a pair to the Cobras.

Cobras coach Terry

Dennis gave an honest assessment of the team’s effort after the game in Theodore.

“Wednesday’s game against Theodore was the worst game we played all year,” said Dennis. “We didn’t skate well and our effort overall was poor. The players promised a better effort for Saturday.

“The Saturday game against Rocanville was a 5 to 2 loss but the team played a good game! We had a four-minute span in the first period where we gave up three goals and just couldn’t catch up. I really like that the players played hard right to the final buzzer. Carson Dennis had a strong game, scoring his first goal of the year. It was nice to get Brandon Whitehawk back after a few game absence and he scored the other goal.

“We had a lot of chances but ran into a hot goalie. We will be playing Rocanville in the playoffs and know we can play with them! It will be a good exciting playoffs.

I want to thank the great support of a home town crowd of about 200.”

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St. Paul’s School celebrates reading

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

The One School, One Book program was created by Read to Them, a non-profit organization promoting family literacy. “Read to Them educates families and schools on the benefits and importance of reading aloud at home. A growing body of research describes the complex and permanent effects of reading aloud. Children who are read to learn to read more easily and become better readers.

Literacy skills provide the basis for a lifetime of learning and productivity,” as noted in the about section on their website, ReadtoThem. org .

were there Thursday with their Clydesdales to provide sleigh rides for the children braving the frigid temperatures.

“It’s a little fresh out here today, -20, but it’s a lot of fun with the kids,” said Newton, adding “We’ve done rides for two hours solid. It’s been a great day.”

The County fair wasn’t limited to sleigh rides.

“We have a search for Templeton the rat in our haystacks outside, and in our gym, we’re celebrating with some traditional carnival games like a three-legged race, and a pin the tail on Wilbur the pig,” said Latimer.

St. Paul’s School celebrated the completion of reading Charlotte’s Web for the One School, One Book program with a traditional County Fair.

“During the program parents read to their children, each night, one chapter out of the book,” said Tammie Latimer, a teacher at St. Paul’s.

“At the end we would normally invite all of our families into the school, but due to COVID we had to revamp and have a day just for the children, which is really nice too.”

Twylla Newton and her husband Cameron

Twylla and Cameron Newton provided sleigh rides for students as part of a celebration for completing reading Charlotte’s Web.

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ing for the future. After all, according to a study done in 2018, a majority of people are more productive between the ages of sixty to eighty than at any other time in their lives. Wow! No pressure.

So, I decided to begin with self-reflection.

Historically I have limited this activity, for what I now suspect were reasons of self-preservation.

In doing this exercise, I’ve learned nothing that compliments or boosts my self-esteem in any way.

Being a writer, I love words and their meanings. When I first saw the word “spuddle”, I simply thought it was a cool-sounding word so I immediately was compelled to examine it.

According to Collins and Dictionary.com this word means: “a feeble movement” (noun).

Wiktionary’s definition is thus: “to make a lot of fuss about trivial things, as if they were important” (verb). Another source gives the meaning as: “to work tirelessly without achieving anything of worth. To put in a great deal of effort and achieve only very little”.

And finally—the most trusted authority to find factual information— yes, I’m talking about Facebook: “to work ineffectively; to be extremely busy whilst achieving absolutely nothing”.

For a fun-sounding word, I was disappointed in all of these definitions, but then came the inevitable … self-reflection.

As I’ve reviewed my life over this last month, if not absolutely, I have indeed accomplished close to NOTHING. Clearly, I am a spuddler.

One example of this is the daily snow shovelling I’ve come to enjoy.

Perhaps saying that I

haven’t had one moment of satisfaction, immediately after finishing that feat is not truthful, but it does seem as though the next flurries start just as soon as I tuck the shovel away, making my work all for naught.

On top of this, I think I’m developing an actual fear of working. This is evidenced by the fact that I don’t do much, or any. Has this happened to anyone else immediately after retirement?

No one seems to be talking.

So, in the middle of the self-reflection, which I’ve decided I quite dislike, I asked myself … could I have developed a phobia of some sort?

As was, and is my usual way, I did some research.

I thought I found the answer in the word ergophobia. This is “the deep and persistent fear of going to work”. Nope!

That’s not it. I don’t “go to work” now. But wait!

Further down the list …

I found it.

Ergasiophobia, or ‘work aversion’.

I think it’s ideal when I can put a scientific or medical label onto something that perfectly suites my needs. Similar to the joy I felt after months of seeking a definitive medical diagnosis that previously ailed me, I am equally as relieved that I can now say “I’m Ergasiophobic” instead of “I’m lazy”.

Ergasiophobia sounds so much more intelligent and almost validates my present and, admittedly, pathetic state!

Unfortunately, that epiphany does not help me in any constructive way.

So, as I try to crawl my way out of this state of funk, I’ve decided to be done the self-reflection part of my journey.

And what of self care?

I cut my nails and shaved my legs yesterday so that’s over, as well.

I guess it’s time to get on with the goal-making!

I’ve not yet cracked sixty years, or begun listing the goals I’d like to achieve, but as I glance out my window I see I have at least one shortterm answer. Time to get outside and, once again, spuddle!

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Son of Canora area couple looking forward to pro football career after upcoming CFL draft Courtesy of Canora Courier Peter Kozushka, who grew up on a farm near Hampton, south of Canora, is a highly rated offensive lineman that teams are watching closely for the upcoming CFL draft after excelling as a member of the University of Alberta Golden Bears football team.

Kozushka, who is listed at 6 ft. 7 in. tall and 320 pounds, credits his parents Mike and Madalina for helping him pursue his dream of a professional football career. Mike played for the Canora Composite High School football team during his high school days in the late 1960s, giving him an added level of appreciation for his son’s progress.

“I’m totally proud of him,” said Mike. “It’s his own doing, with the effort that he’s put in to achieve what he has achieved. There’s a lot of work and time put in that people don’t see in

achieving your goals. He has made so many sacrifices to get where he is.”

Peter said he started playing football in Yorkton when he was in Grade 5, and took to the sport pretty much right away.

“I was always a bigger kid,” he recalled. “A thing I like about football, no matter kind of body type you have, there’s a spot for you.

Playing on the offensive line, I can use my size to my advantage. I really couldn’t do that before outside of football. Mom and Dad were always involved in sports and encouraged their kids to take part.”

Peter’s older brother Michael also excelled at football, and they played together right from when they were kids through to their university careers.

“Michael also played offensive line with the Golden Bears,” said Peter. “It was good having the opportunity to be teammates, his last season was 2019. He helped me make a smooth tran-

Peter Kozushka is a highly rated prospect for the upcoming CFL draft, and credits his parents Mike and Madalina of Hampton for making it possible to reach this stage in his football career.

Sask. government donates to Ukraine aid The Government of S a s k a t c h e w a n announced a $100,000 donation to support, coordinate and deliver humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

“Nearly 129,000 Ukrainians have chosen to call Saskatchewan home and have made our province a better place because of it,” Legislative Secretary Responsible for Ukraine Relations Terry Dennis said. “Our government will always support Ukraine’s right to defend its sovereignty against foreign aggression.”

This donation is being provided to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress who, alongside the Canada-Ukrainian Foundation, established the Humanitarian Relief Committee in preparation of a humanitarian crisis ensuing from further Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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sition from high school to the University of Alberta. He’s only about 6 ft. 2 in. tall.”

Like many youngsters who grew up in Saskatchewan, Peter had visons of playing for the beloved Roughriders when he was older.

“Growing up watching the Riders, there was always the Sask. kid in me dreaming. And I noticed they always seem to have a lot of Saskatchewan players. I started getting serious about football in high school. In addition to the football opportunity, I realized it could provide an education for my future outside of football.”

During his career at Yorkton Regional High School, Kozushka was selected for Team Saskatchewan in 20132014, as well as Team Canada in 2015, the year he graduated.

Then came the time to choose a university.

Even though his brother was already at the University of Alberta, he wanted to be sure to make the right choice that would be a good fit for him “I talked to a bunch of programs, but head coach Chris Morris of the Golden Bears was the most genuine and honest,” shared Kozushka.

“We made a good connection and it turned out to be good timing. I was offered a scholarship, and it was a rebuild for the team when I started.

That made it so specialafter the team had been down, we became a perennial playoff team after I got there and it was so cool to be part of it.”

His university football career started slowly, as injury problems kept Kozushka out of action for two years. He

Peter Kozushka, who has connections to Canora, attracted attention from CFL scouts while he excelled as an offensive tackle, wearing number 60 for the University of Alberta Golden Bears football team. – Photo Credit Golden Bears & Pandas Athletics made the roster for the first time in 2017, and 2018 was his first year as a starter.

“I played mostly at left tackle, protecting the quarterback’s blind side. In 2017 we made the playoffs, and then again in 2019. There was something special whenever we were together, in the locker room or just hanging out, it felt like a family. Unfortunately, this past year a lot of that was impossible due to COVID.” Kozushka has always been an offensive lineman and thoroughly enjoys the unique challenges involved, which go well beyond size and strength.

“All five guys on the line have to work as one, otherwise nothing gets done,” he explained. “I think it’s unique to football, having that teamwork on the O-Line. We don’t get stats like the other positions- passing yards, running yards, TD passes. It’s all about teamwork.”

Getting to where he is now has been difficult, but rewarding at the same time.

“Every step you climb up, high school to uni-

versity, university to pro, the margin of error is smaller, because everyone is that much better.

Only a few guys move up from high school to university, and then even fewer to the pro level.

But I enjoy the challenge every time I move up.”

The latest listing had Kozushka as the 11th ranked eligible player for the upcoming CFL draft, which is expected to take place in May. Most players would say that they’re thrilled just to be chosen and don’t care where they land on draft day, but Kozushka made it abundantly clear that “I’m hoping to go to the Riders.”

The next big thing for his football career is the CFL combine, probably sometime in March. This includes performing a variety of tests and drills designed specifically for offensive lineman, as well as one-on-one competitions with defensive players. Kozushka is hard at work, getting his mind and body ready for the challenge on a daily basis.

“On a typical day I wake up at 5 a.m., work out, have breakfast, go to work at my job at Farm

Credit Canada, then do physio, and I’m in bed by 9 p.m.” Kozushka credits his parents, his Golden Bears head coach Chris Morris, and his high school football coaches for playing important roles in helping him excel as a football player. Another important factor was growing up on a farm.

“The farm teaches life lessons that serve a person well no matter what they do,” said Peter, to which his father Mike added, “Growing up on a farm taught him the value of hard work.”

Peter studied business at the University of Alberta, and when his football career comes to an end, hopefully a number of years from now, he would like to use his business degree to give back to the community in some way.

But in the more immediate future, Kozushka’s plans are to be playing on a CFL team during the 2022 season.

“Even though I’ve played mostly left tackle so far, I would be willing to play centre, guard, tackle, wherever I’m needed.”

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USask scientist becomes first Canadian to win Royal Astronomical Society honour Saskatoon – University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Kathryn McWilliams (PhD) has been awarded an honorary fellowship from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) of the United Kingdom.

McWilliams, a professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics in USask’s

College of Arts and Science, is the first Canadian to receive the honour.

The RAS awards honorary fellowships to scientists living outside the U.K. who are eminent in the fields of astronomy or geophysics.

McWilliams said she feels “humbled and honoured” to receive the award.

We are trying to understand all the processes involved in creating the aurora.

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McWilliams as “an unquestioned international expert in the

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SuperDARN studies space weather, including the aurora.

“We are trying to understand all the processes involved in creating the aurora. Like the weather maps that we see in the news, SuperDARN provides a vast scan every minute of the electrical voltage in the atmosphere not too far below the altitude of the International Space Station’s orbit,” said McWilliams.

As the head of SuperDARN Canada, McWilliams has led the development of a new radar system called Borealis that improves the capability and flexibility of the project’s radar stations. The new radars are already operating in Canada, while two international SuperDARN partners have begun upgrading to the Borealis system.

McWilliams earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from USask and her PhD from the University of Leicester in England.

The first tenured female faculty member in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, McWilliams has dedicated most of her career to the SuperDARN project. She first became involved with SuperDARN Canada as a summer student in 1992, when she helped build the first radar site east of Saskatoon.

“I find magnetospheric research very interesting. Understanding how conditions in space connect with conditions in our atmosphere and even down to ground level is a very complex problem to solve,” McWilliams said.

SuperDARN Canada is based at USask’s Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies.

The international SuperDARN project operates more than 30 radar sites around the world.