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Esterhazy mayor disappointed no mention of hospital in budget

By Sierra D’Souza Butts Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The World-Spectator Moosomin) At the Wednesday, March 23 Esterhazy town council meeting, mayor Grant Forster told council members that he was disappointed to see no money for the town’s hospital after hearing Saskatchewan’s 2022 budget.

“I did watch the budget presentation from this afternoon by Minister Harpauer and surprisingly no announcement was made for the funding of any hospital,” he said.

“There were no specifics for any municipalities that I heard, I didn’t see the wrap up afterwards, but she didn’t say anything about us getting or losing money, so that’s a good sign.

“There was interesting information on health care, though, they’re spending more money specifically on rural health in terms of doctor retention and trying to get more people into the health care system with more training for nurses, more money for paramedics for rural Saskatchewan, things like that.

“All and all from a municipal standpoint, I thought it was a pretty bland budget, but it was interesting on the health side that they do recognize we are struggling like every other community and we hope to see some actual results from their spending on those conditions,” Forster said.

Council members also discussed the PST being added to recreational activities, such as concerts, football games etc.

However they addressed that PST does not directly affect municipalities’ overall budget.

Sidewalk request from citizen Council members discussed a letter they received from a citizen in Esterhazy to construct a sidewalk on Summer Street, from Gonczy Avenue to the corner of Park Street.

“Even though there is a four-way stop at the corner of Gonczy Ave. and Summer Street, traffic still travels very fast,” stated the citizen in their letter.

“When we are out for walks in the evening, there is no place to walk but on the road. It is a very poorly lit street, cars are not able to see ped-

estrians or children on their bicycles very well.”

Council discussed the possibility of installing a concrete or asphalt sidewalk, along with putting lights at the requested area.

Following the discussion, they decided to have the public works committee and community development committee look further into the request before making any final decisions.

Posting for asphalt tender At Wednesday’s council meeting, director of operations Joel Friesen told members that the asphalt tender will be posted by the end of March.

“I’ve spoken to a couple of companies who are looking forward to getting it. Mike and I just have to get some clarification on which route we have to go, to put the tender up,” Friesen said.

The town has a long list of streets they would like paved this year.

Shut down of rink for the season Recreation Director Garth Forster told council members that the town’s ice rink will be shut down at the end of the week of March 28.

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Forster also advised council members that applications for summer staff have been extended to the end of March, due to the shortage of applications for some summer positions.

“If we don’t get any more applications from people who are available to start May 1, we may have to look at hiring a few part timers from our high school students and we will go from there,” he said.

At Wednesday’s meeting, Forster also discussed with council about him meeting with representatives from Mosaic regarding Mosaic’s Spring Expo being slated for May 9 to 12, at the SN Boreen Centre.

Regional Park Board says ball diamond needs to be renovated Councillor Maggie Rowland discussed with members about the community’s ball diamonds requiring repairs, at Wednesday’s council meeting.

“We had a Regional Park Committee meeting and we wanted to know what’s happening with the dugouts for the ball diamonds,” Rowland said.

“We would like to know because we want to start refurbishing ball diamonds 1, 2 and 3, and we would like for all four diamonds to be the same.”

Garth Forster, Director of Operations, told members he will look further into finding a contractor to inspect what is needed to fully repair all four ball dia-

monds, so that they all match.

Motion passed for landfill summer hours At Estherhazy’s town council meeting on Wednesday, council passed a motion for the landfill’s summer hours.

The landfill will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, starting May 3.

Water Regional System Reports At Wednesday’s council meeting, CAO Mike Thorley updated members about Esterhazy’s Regional Water System.

“Our superstructure design has been 95 per cent completed, there’s just some minor variances on the building itself that have to be finalized,” he said.

“That’s for our contract one, our contract two is for the land work where we are trying to negotiate to get some tilled land that will be required to be put in place.”

Thorley told members the planning for it should be fully completed by the end of next month.

He said after the negotiations and planning is finalized, construction for the regional water system will begin shortly after.

“Our timelines are in the end of June, we’ll have the area leveled and ready for the building to be put on, hopefully by the end of August we will have the building in place.”

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Objectives CAO Mike Thorley told council members at Wednesday’s meeting that the Esterhazy/ Langenburg RCMP Detachment is now in the planning process for developing their policing objectives for the 20222023 fiscal year.

“This year’s objectives will look at two categories, on enhancing policing efforts and building trust,” Thorley said.

“They asked council if we wanted to provide input to Sgt. Geoff Stringfellow in order to help the local detachment to focus on the most consistent needs.”

Council decided to prepare questions before meeting with the detachment on April 15.

How community members can help Ukranian refugees in town Council received a letter from MLA Warren Kaeding advising council members that resources are available if the community requires assisting Ukrainian refugees or families in the town.

“We’ve had a few people from the community ask about how they can assist family members or people coming from Ukraine, so it’s good to know that we have resources available to them,” said CAO Mike Thorley.

Community co-ordinators are available to help families connect to resources such as settlement services, language training and employment services to integrate into the province and workforce.

Sask. immigration delegation traveling to Germany to work with Ukraine refugees Larissa Kurz, SASKTODAY.ca REGINA — A delegation of officials from Saskatchewan has headed to Germany to meet with refugees displaced from Ukraine due to the ongoing conflict with Russia and offer immigration aid.

Premier Scott Moe announced the trip during an address to the annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association conference on April 4, following remarks on a recent trade mission to Germany that concluded the week prior.

“This province, and I hope you all can be proud [of this], will literally have boots on the ground in the effort to find a safer place in this world for the many displaced [from Ukraine],” said Moe. The delegation will include Iryna Matsiuk of the Saskatchewan Ukrainian Relations Advisory Committee and Canora-Pelly MLA Terry Dennis, the current Minister legislative secretary responsible for Saskatchewan-Ukraine relations. Both will be joined by a handful of immigration officials, added Moe. Matsiuk is also the co-chair of the Saskatchewan support committee with the Ukrainian Canadian

Congress, which the provincial government has pledged to work alongside in opening immigration roadways into Saskatchewan for Ukrainian refugees.

The premier said the delegation will be meeting with Ukrainian refugees currently staying in Germany, to augment resettlement efforts from the Canadian Embassy in Berlin.

The purpose is to potentially help streamline the process for displaced Ukrainians seeking entry to Saskatchewan, said Moe, for either short- or long-term residency.

“If these folks do make the choice that they want to come to Saskatchewan, we are going to ensure that they can get here and get here quickly,” said Moe. Moe said the group will leave on April 9, potentially remaining in Germany for “the next number of weeks” to meet with organizations supporting these refugees.

Saskatchewan has already made agreements with the federal government to provide settlement resources to those arriving through the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program, as well as to help process applications through newly approved accelerated residence pathways.

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Moosomin area Ukrainian families coming together to support Ukraine

By Sierra D’Souza Butts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The World-SpectatorMoosomin) The local Ukrainian community in the Moosomin area has set up a Support Ukraine Fundraising Centre at 506 Main Street in Moosomin and have already seen a lot of support.

The centre was set up to provide support to Ukrainians suffering through the Russian invasion.

There was more than $5,000 in cash donated in the first two days the centre was up and running, and the building quickly filled with donated supplies from local businesses and individuals.

The centre is open 10 am to 11 pm daily to accept donations of supplies and cash, and donations can also be etransfered to sufc2022@gmail. com Roman Chernykh and other members of the local Ukrainian community said it is important to take action here in Canada to support Ukraine.

“As members of this community and of course the people coming from Ukraine, it’s our home, it’s our home country,” Chernykh said.

“Ukraine is our home, it’s where our parents are from, where and our mothers and fathers are still living. We feel a strong connection to Ukraine and we feel that being outside and even far away from our home country, we can help them.

Ukrainian families from the Moosomin area are coming together in support of Ukraine “We can help them by fundraising and by bringing more awareness to what’s actually happening from first-hand experience. Our mothers and sisters are out there right now.

“We feel the help is strongly needed right now, there’s 40 million people in the country and people have lost their homes. Some have lost close members of their family, they lost their jobs, their income and everything. So we feel that the rest of the world needs to stand up and help Ukraine because they’re fighting for their own freedom.

“Their freedom is our freedom too because they’re being a really good example to show the rest of the world what freedom actually costs, how people are fighting for their freedom. They’re losing half of their best people in their lives to get to their freedom, and losing great people, just to be free.”

Although Chernykh has been in contact with

his mother who is living in Ukraine, he said it has been hard to maintain stable communication with her.

“It’s very hard to sustain a connection because every 30 minutes they have to jump into the bomb shelters. Right now, it’s just ‘hello, how are you doing, did you have food.’ The shops are closed right now, all the pharmacies, just everything.”

He spoke about the bomb shelters and underground metros that citizens are using for protection.

“People only have one route right now, from their homes to the bomb shelters, from the bomb shelters back to home, there’s no work, no school, there’s nothing. In big cities like Kyiv, Kharkiv, they have underground metros where people are hiding themselves in the metro just to survive at this point right now,” he said.

“This event brought something that no one has seen before, which

is people helping each other more than ever.

You see people carrying older women into the bomb shelters, just random people doing kind things for each other, just to help. You don’t see that happening anywhere else, it just tells me that we all have the other side of humanity and we express it only in a situation like this.”

Chernykh said because Ukraine’s population is huge, there are about 200 to 400 people crammed into one bomb shelter at a time.

“Every highrise building has a bomb shelter built underground, every school has bomb shelters. The other day there were about 200 people in one bomb shelter. So, some people felt like they didn’t have enough air, they decided to go outside for some fresh air to breathe and they’ve been shot, 20 people dead and 15 wounded.

“These are things that are happening every day—it’s devastating, it’s definitely scary.”

Driving suspended? Bad idea This April, SGI and law enforcement are shining the Traffic Safety Spotlight on suspended drivers and unregistered vehicles.

Drivers can be suspended and/or have their vehicles impounded for driving impaired* and other unsafe driving behaviours. There are actually quite a few different reasons a driver’s licence can be suspended, including missing required driver education classes, or because they have a medical issue that affects their ability to drive.

Ensuring that drivers can drive safely is important and suspensions are one tool used to keep our roads safe. With 185 Automated Licence Plate Readers (ALPRs) installed in law-enforcement vehicles across Saskatchewan, suspended drivers are more likely than ever to get caught, as these devices read every single plate that passes them and

flags any vehicle that is unregistered or belongs to a suspended driver.

Drivers caught with a suspended licence may have their vehicle impounded and be given a court summons. Depending on the offence, different additional penalties apply upon conviction, which could include an expensive fine, an even longer licence suspension, or even jail time. And that’s not the only potential consequence.

“When someone drives with a suspended licence or in an unregistered vehicle, may not have insurance coverage if they cause a collision,” said Penny McCune, Chief Operating Officer of the Auto Fund.

“Uninsured drivers can find themselves on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars resulting from damages and injury benefits to the other people involved.”

Driving an unregistered vehicle will result in a $580 fine and could

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Hearing about the catastrophe happening in Ukraine has directly affected Chernykh.

“It’s made me feel, up until today, somewhat helpless because all I can do is just talk with my mother and brother at this point. But how can I help them? You’re just so far away, there’s no way of bringing them over here, there’s no way to go there right now because it’s a no fly zone and the only way we can really communicate is through the internet,” said Chernykh.

“That’s why we gathered all together to decide how we want to structure our help. At this point we want to create help as soon as possible.”

Chernykh said he is trying to spread the message to the community of how they can help, in order to support families and individuals in Ukraine right now.

“We plan to do a couple fundraising events in Moosomin and for the surrounding areas as well. We also want to have an information centre and a collective help centre here as well, which will happen as we go.”

Through fundraising and spreading awareness, Chernykh said he hopes individuals in the community become aware of what citizens in Ukraine are facing at this time.

“We’re hoping that we can bring the truth into the rest of the world— not scaring anyone, we don’t want to scare or create this image of burning houses—this is just what’s happening,” he said.

“We just want to bring to people a sense of understanding about what’s going on in Ukraine right now, to help people understand the meaning of freedom,

what it is to be a free man.

“The first and most important thing is we are trying to do is get the finances if we can. That’s the main purpose. The second purpose is to prepare some humanitarian parcels to be sent to Ukraine.

“There are a couple of containers that are being collected in Regina and around Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan is so greatly involved helping the Ukraine right now. Knowing that the roots and the heritage of many Saskatchewan people come from Ukraine, we get lots of response and lots of help from Saskatchewan and around the world as well.

“The most important is just to send the help as soon as we can because people need the help, people lost their houses, people lost their homes.”

He said he has been very worried about conditions back in Ukraine.

“We can’t even sleep at night. My wife and I take turns just watching the news. We are in constant connection with our families, but it’s pretty hard to keep that connection because every so often they have to run to the bomb shelters and they come back talking about how every 10 to 15 minutes they go back and they come back. It is impossible basically to imagine what’s going through our heads right now. It is really tough.”

He said if feels good to see the support from the community.

“It feels great because it means people are understanding what is going on. It just shows people supporting my country, people supporting my people, and that feels great. I can’t believe how much support there has been already.”

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EDITORIAL Canadian leads lacrosse program in Israel Sport has always been something that transcends borders and opens opportunities around the world for participants.

It’s something Brad MacArthur can certainly relate to.

MacArthur is from Wallaceburg, ON. and has been a rather good lacrosse player.

In 1998 he was drafted fifth overall in the National Lacrosse League, and played more than 90 regular season games over seven seasons, and appeared in a couple of championship games along the way.

Add in a Mann Cup and coaching in the Founders Cup and it was a pretty nice career.

But then the story gets far more interesting.

“I was travelling to the Czech Republic with an alumni team,” he explained in a recent interview. It was 2013.

The Czech Republic is something of a European hotbed for box lacrosse and the event MacArthur was heading to also happened to include a team of enthusiastic ‘newbies’ to the sport from Israel. The team was coached by Scott Neiss who MacArthur said was more an administrator

than coach, but he did have a vision of introducing lacrosse to Israel.

MacArthur met with Neiss over breakfast, a meeting that went on for three or four hours, ending with an offer to become the head coach of a new lacrosse program in Israel.

MacArthur said he had always thought about coaching but added “at the time it wasn’t at the front of my mind.”

But the opportunity to be involved in the growth of lacrosse in a different country, starting a program from the ground up, and travelling internationally to do it, all intrigued MacArthur.

Back home in Canada there were some concerns about what Israel would be like, concerns fostered by the representation of “mainstream media,” but with some research, he took the plunge and said yes.

MacArthur has been head coach of both national indoor and field teams ever since.

It has been an experience like none he had experienced.

“It’s a special group of players,” he said, adding it has been special watching the program take steps, some forward,

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Brad MacArthur others where they have slide back a little.

With teams stocked with Jewish American and Canadian players, Israel has made its first forays onto the biggest stages for the sport.

For example, it was a huge step to participate in the Men’s World Field Lacrosse Championship for the first time in 2014, finishing a rather surprising seventh among 38 countries.

In 2018, Israel hosted the event, the largestever with 44 teams.

“It was the largest lacrosse tournament ever in a non-English speaking country,” said MacArthur, adding the language situation was its own barrier. While many in Israel speak English it is not an often used one.

The Israel team again finished seventh.

In one game the team lost on home soil

MacArthur said it was easy to see his team was dejected from the loss.

“I told them look at the stands,” he said, adding there were a couple of thousand watching.

“See what you guys have built.”

On the box side Israel finished fourth in 2015 at the championships the Onondaga Nation, south of Syracuse, New York.

In 2019, in Langley, B.C. Israel slipped to fifth.

“We got to the bronze medal game in 2015 . . . We took a step back in Langley,” said MacArthur, adding in a couple of the games, “we didn’t play that well.”

While MacArthur knows the program has a long way to go to be regularly competitive with teams from Canada, the United States and Iroquois, they still want to be knocking on the door.

“We want to get into medal games,” he said, adding that will be “a process”.

Talking about some of the greats of the game such as Mark Matthews of the Saskatchewan Rush, MacArthur noted, “we don’t have one of them.”

But rather they have a hardworking group dedi-

New legislation to grow Indigenous involvement in Saskatchewan economy Recently, the Government of Saskatchewan introduced new legislation to create the Saskatchewan Indigenous Investment Finance Corporation (SIIFC), which will support Indigenous participation in the province’s natural resource and value-added agriculture sectors.

The SIIFC will offer loan guarantees to eligible First Nations and Métis communities and organizations to support investment in forestry, mining, oil and gas, energy production and value-added agriculture projects.

“Saskatchewan is fortunate to already have a number of successful Indigenous-led companies and organizations that are strong contributors to our province’s economic growth,” Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “The SIIFC will enable more Indigenous involvement in our key natural

resource and agri-value sectors, which will create economic opportunities in Indigenous communities and right across Saskatchewan.”

Through regular discussions with Indigenous business owners, Indigenous leaders and officials from major resource companies, a lack of access to capital was identified as the primary barrier to Indigenous equity ownership of natural resource and value-added agriculture projects.

The SIIFC will help to address this need by providing up to $75 million in loan guarantees for eligible projects.

Minimum loan guarantees will be $5 million.

“The SIIFC is a good start to providing support to First Nations to be leaders in energy development if they so desire,” Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief Heather Bear said. “I look forward to heightened investment and collaborative partnerships

in years to come working with First Nations and the province on this initiative.

The First Nations are not against resource development, but rather, they support responsible and environmentally sound developments, and this legislation will allow us to work towards that end. When the First Nations benefit, the provincial economy does, too.”

“We have been working together in partnership with the province and First Nations repre-

sentatives since January to develop the framework of the Saskatchewan Indigenous Investment Finance Corporation (SIIFC),” Métis Nation– Saskatchewan President Glen McCallum said.

“The establishment of the SIIFC is a huge step forward for Métis and First Nation community-owned businesses in the resource, energy, and agricultural sectors.

The availability of major project funding will further economic growth in Saskatchewan and our Métis communities.”

Support for Indigenous resource development projects aligns with Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan goal to grow Indigenous participation in Saskatchewan’s natural resource sector.

The SIIFC demonstrates the Government of Saskatchewan’s commitment to economic reconciliation and increasing Indigenous participation in the economy.

cated to the sport in Israel.

“It’s just a group of people forging ahead to build something.”

While medals on the big stage are coveted, or at least a chance at a medal, there is also the process of simply growing lacrosse as a sport in Israel, noted MacArthur.

“We’re trying to develop young players,” he said, adding they look forward to the day “in country” players begin to populate national teams.

But it will not be overnight. MacArthur said you only need to look at junior hockey on an international level to see how long it has taken countries such as Germany and Denmark to gain a foothold at the top level.

At present lacrosse in Israel is just taking root.

“We have pockets of it in different corners,” said MacArthur, adding in a place such as Netanya, the city which hosted the World Championships, you might see youth carrying lacrosse sticks, but it’s far from general across the country yet.

But National team members are asked to live in-country where possible and are then expected to help teach and coach the game, so it is getting better.

“I think we’re doing the right things in the grassroots area, but we’ve had to build it kind of from the ground up,” said MacArthur, adding it is very gratifying “seeing little kids playing with lacrosse sticks.”

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Tourism groups from both cities announced intentions to throw their hats in the ring earlier this week, after the International Ice Hockey Federation rescinded hosting rights from Russia, in reaction to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Chelsea Galloway, chief tourism and growth officer from Economic Development Regina, said the hosting bid proposal came together in less than a week — an unprecedented timeline, she noted.

Set to be delivered to the IIHF on Monday, the bid postures Saskatchewan’s two largest cities as ideal candidates to welcome the international hockey tournament.

“I think all too often our province and our cities get overlooked, so now we’ve got this opportunity to be in front of 120 million television screens all over the world,” said Galloway.

Tourism Regina and Tourism Saskatoon, in collaboration with several other organizations, brought the proposal to both city councils with a request for $350,000 in funding from each to support the bid.

Delegates made a presentation to Regina city council during a special meeting on April 1 to seek approval, including Galloway and CEO Tim Reid from Regina Exhibition Association Limited. A simultaneous presentation was also made to Saskatoon city council during a concurrent meeting, with the same request.

In Regina, the funding would be provided through the reserves of the Events, Conventions and Tradeshows attraction budget.

Regina councillors approved the request with a unanimous vote in favour, following their Saskatoon counterparts

by only a handful of minutes.

The two cities have agreed to pledge a total of $700,000 in municipal funding, if the bid is selected, bringing Saskatchewan one step closer to securing to playing host on an international stage.

The World Juniors are set to take place over three weeks in December 2023, with 31 tournament games and a number of additional events on the schedule.

An estimated 31,000 spectators — 20,000 from out-of-town — would accompany the tournament, said Galloway, generating around $50 million in economic impact for the province.

“Any opportunity that we have to take on an event like this and bring it to our community, it just goes a huge way for our tourism industry,” said Galloway.

Reid said that if successful, Regina and Saskatoon would co-host the World Juniors and all affiliated events, similar to the previous 2010 championship held in Saskatchewan.

Saskatoon would host the round robin games for the Group A pool, which includes Team Canada, as well as the medal games, due SaskTel Centre being a larger venue.

Group B pool and all pre-tournament games for Team Canada would take place in Regina.

Following the meeting, Mayor Sandra Masters said hosting the international tournament would be an incredible opportunity for Regina and the stillrecovering tourism sector.

“I think the way that we host events, which over and over again are recognized as worldclass, [shows] that we can pull it off,” said Masters.

“Our ability to host, and get better and better at it, will be the key to longterm success in terms of visitor economy.”

Masters acknowledged that as a “destination city,” a lot of the onus to play good host will fall on businesses and venues across Reinga, but she said she feels the city is up to the task.

“I think this is something that the city of Regina will completely wrap its arms around and really welcome international visitors and hockey fans,” said Masters. “We work hard, we are incredible hosts, we welcome people [and] I think that shows in all the feedback we get from other events we’ve hosted.”

If successful, Regina will host the CFL Grey Cup Championship, Canadian Western Agribition and the World Juniors during a course of six weeks at the end of 2023.

Galloway said she has “no doubt” that Regina has the venue and accommodation capacity to handle this level of event. She said she feels the city is well prepared to take advantage of the international spotlight.

“Regina has always opened it’s doors to major events,” said Galloway.

“There’s no doubt we can absolutely handle three major events in a row and we’re excited to do so.”

A handful of other cities are anticipated to also submit a hosting bid, said Reid, including Ottawa,

Quebec City, Winnipeg and Halifax.

He said he hopes to see Team Canada in Saskatchewan next year, as the province so clearly has a love for hockey that would really highlight the tournament’s return to regular live attendance.

“The World Juniors are such a foundation of that time of year, for so

many Canadians, when we don our Team Canada jerseys and have our families over for Christmas,” said Reid.

He said he sees bringing the World Juniors to Saskatchewan as a great tourism opportunity, but also a chance for local fans and aspiring hockey players to rub elbows with the professional athletes they admire.

“The reality is, our kids wake up every day desperately wanting to be [Regina Pats centre] Connor Bedard, because that’s who they get to see,” said Reid. “And I think anytime you can host an event at this level, it offers the ability for young athletes to hope and dream to wear a Team Canada jersey someday.”

Sask. announces $327,000 for self-employment training services for people living with disabilities The Government of Saskatchewan is partnering with Global Infobrokers Inc. with an investment of $327,000 to provide self-employment training to persons living with disabilities across the province.

The funding will allow Global Infobrokers Inc. to facilitate selfemployment programs to support persons living with disabilities to gain the skills required to successfully launch and operate their own businesses.

This program supports individuals in achieving their goals of entrepreneurship and will help to create more jobs and grow Saskatchewan’s economy.

“Saskatchewan introduced the Disability Strategy in June 2015 with a goal of making our province the best place to live and work in Canada for people with disabilities,” Immigration and Career Training Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “The self-employment funding supports these individuals who are interested in entrepreneurship to develop the skills they need to set up viable businesses that will create jobs and opportunities for Saskatchewan people.”

Global Infobrokers Inc. is a private post-secondary training institution dedicated to helping entrepreneurs, especially people with disabilities, start their own companies. They have

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“We are excited to provide a province-wide self-employment program for people who are unemployed/ underemployed and self-declare a learning, physical, emotional, mental health or other disability in Saskatchewan,” Global Infobrokers Inc. Founder and CEO Monica Kreuger said. “Starting a part- or full-time business is a way to create and support their own future and offer their unique gifts in a way that amplifies their abilities, enriches their communities and our province at the same time. With lived experience, we walk alongside them as they develop and launch their venture.”

The self-employment program is available in multiple locations across the province and is funded through the Canada-Saskatchewan Labour Market Transfer Agreements. To be eligible, individuals must be legally entitled to work in Saskatchewan, at least 16 years of age, and face multiple barriers to obtaining or maintaining employment.

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The state of water security in Canada . . .

A water-rich nation prepares for the future after seasons of disaster OTTAWA – Canada is known as a water-rich nation, but we are not a water secure nation.

Researchers warn that if a national strategy based on the latest science and Indigenous knowledge is not taken seriously and urgently, our water security could be in even greater peril, risking the lives, livelihoods and health of communities and the integrity of our natural environment.

The climate crisis is becoming a water crisis,

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“We are seeing all-time records for snowfall in parts of northwestern Canada that normally wouldn’t occur until April, so concerns remain for floods. But snow drought continues in the western prairies too, with mid-winter dust storms in southern Alberta in the last month.

Warmer than normal spring weather can also lead to intense spring rainstorms and so the situation is volatile for much of the country.”

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Pomeroy heads up the pan-Canadian Global Water Futures (GWF) program which employs more than 1,100 researchers across the country. Several GWF representatives along with many others from the Water Security for Canadians initiative traveled to Ottawa on March 22, World Water Day, to speak with members of parliament and other water policy makers from across the country to see how we could come together to find solutions to the emerging water crisis facing Canada.

“Since 2000 Canada has had the most expensive and severe floods and droughts in its history, and at the same time lake water quality has declined, leading to harmful algal blooms,” said Pomeroy.

“Groundwater has become increasingly contaminated and drinking water supplies remain unsuitable for human consumption in many Indigenous communities.

We have to address this as climate change causes a massive increase in our water-based natural disasters and ability to sustain our communities, economy and natural environment. There is an incredibly important need for a nationally co-ordinated approach to water sustainability.

Water is the messenger that tells us we are in a climate crisis. It is our wakeup call.”

“Water is life to Indigenous Peoples across Canada – if the water is not healthy, then people are not healthy.

It’s entirely related,” said Dr. Dawn Martin-Hill (PhD), associate professor of Indigenous Studies at McMaster University and a GWF researcher.

Martin-Hill, from the Mohawk Wolf Clan of Six Nations of the Grand River, said the need to engage with First Nations People is paramount to the health of water and the future of Canada.

“Braiding Indigenous ecological knowledge with western science is key to innovatively assessing water security and mitigating climate change impacts on First Nations,” she said.

The role of Indigenous People is vitally important, and so too is the role of women.

“Women and girls around the world are often the water keepers or the water fetchers, and the next generation of scientists, policy makers, and politicians need to include more women and greater diversity if we are going to equitably

solve the water problems in Canada and around the world,” said Dr. Corinne Schuster-Wallace (PhD), USask associate professor. “It’s exciting when conversations like this happen on a day such as the United Nation’s recognized World Water Day.” S c h u s t e r- Wa l l a c e , GWF assistant director and co-lead of the Canada Water Decade initiative, knows how far Canada needs to go to meet our targets on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – especially SDG6 on Clean Water and Sanitation.

This year the theme for World Water Day is Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible, “and this certainly speaks to roles of women and other equity-deserving groups who have been invisible in these conversations for too long,” she said.

With key stakeholders in Ottawa on World Water Day, and with the continuing strong national dialogue on Water Security for Canadians, policy and legal experts are ready to work with government to establish the likes of the Canada Water Agency.

“Water knows no boundaries – it doesn’t care if a provincial or national border interrupts the flow, water ties us together,” said Merrell-Ann Phare, lawyer, legal counsel, and advisor to Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments on water rights.

“These national conversations are so important to a better future on water for all people.”

Phare, a Member of the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW), said breaking down the barriers for all people to establish healthy water systems can lead to greater understanding and conversations.

“Water is the key to climate change, and we need a national strategy now,” said Phare. “We can design healthy, safe communities and keep our economy going, to work together as a country, to learn and respect each other, and to really prepare for the future in a meaningful way.”

Additional resources: Global Water Futures: www.globalwaterfutures. ca Canada Water Decade: www.canadawaterdecade.net Forum For Leadership on Water: www.flowcanada.org Water Security for Canadians: https://gwf. usask.ca/outputs-data/ major-outcomes/watersecurity-4-canada.php

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Moosomin Chamber of Commerce addresses plan to host Ukrainian refugees Sierra D’Souza Butts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The World-Spectator Moosomin) The March meeting of the Moosomin Chamber of Commerce was focused on plans to host refugees in Moosomin.

At the Moosomin Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday, Moosomin MLA Steven Bonk informed chamber members and citizens from the community about how the Government of Saskatchewan will be supporting refugees of Ukraine.

“The province of Saskatchewan, just like everyone else here, strongly condemns the Russian unprovoked attack on the citizens of Ukraine. It’s just something I thought I’d never see in my life time,” said Bonk.

He said he spent about 20 years of his life living in Ukraine and the citizens in the country are very similar to the citizens of Canada.

“These are people that share the same ideals as us and it’s heartbreaking what’s happening there right now.”

“One thing I can say is that the Government of Saskatchewan, we’re trying our hardest to step up with what’s needed.

Right away as soon as this invasion occurred, we gave $100,000 to help the humanitarian effort.”

“We partnered with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) of Saskatchewan and they started a SaskatchewanUkrainian relations committee called SURAC, because this is on a scale we’ve never seen before in Saskatchewan. We’ve offered them administrative support for their organization because they didn’t have the infrastructure to deal with what we didn’t see coming,” Bonk said at Tuesday’s meeting.

“They have access to the full government resources as far as administration and making sure we can get things organized in a timely manner. A few other things that we’re doing, simple things that may not seem like much, but waiving fees for long distance messages and phone calls through SaskTel so there’s no problem for anyone to communicate with loved ones or family.”

“One thing we’re going to do is with the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program which is for people who want to come here as residents and not just as temporary foreign workers, but for someone who wants to move here. We’ve made it for anyone who is from Ukraine has priority, there’s no extra vetting. If

coming these refugees with open arms. This is a really tough time in history and I just wanted to let you know that the government is behind you.”

Local Ukrainian families plan for hosting refugees in Moosomin

Moosomin MLA Steven Bonk addresses the Moosomin Chamber of Commerce as the issue of hosting Ukrainian refugees in Moosomin is discussed. you’re from the Ukraine right now, you have priority access to immigrating to Saskatchewan.”

“We’ve been working with the federal government and told them that we would take an unlimited amount of refugees. If they’re able to come to Canada and they want to come to Saskatchewan, we will take them. We’ll help them with all the resources.”

“We also have a lot of foreign students here in Saskatchewan and they really don’t know what’s happening, they’re in a really tough situation at the moment. We’re working with them towards organizing programs so that they’re not worried. For example, if their funding has been cut off, they can’t pay for expenses, we’re working with them in trying to figure out how to make their life a little bit calmer and easier, at this difficult time.”

“The Ukrainians will be flying indefinitely at the legislative just to show our support for the people in Ukraine.

What I mentioned before about the UCC, we’re giv-

ing them $335,000 to help them co-ordinate their settlement efforts. What we’re going to be doing in Saskatchewan is I believe six locations throughout Saskatchewan, will be co-ordinating resettlement efforts and that’s going to be done through the Ukrainian Canadian Congress group.”

“The Government of Saskatchewan itself does not have any settlement services, we do that all through CSOs (Community Settlement Organization).

We’re working with this Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the president of the group, I’ve known him, I’ve been on trade missions with him, he brought in delegations from the Ukraine into Saskatchewan, and he’s the kind of person that you can rely on and give our support to in a situation like this.”

“A few other things we’ve done, we’ve quit selling Russian products in Saskatchewan liquor stores or any Crown corporation that we have, just as a show of support for the people in Ukraine.”

“Another thing I would like to mention is that anyone who wants to sponsor someone, I’ve been getting a lot of calls about that. Anyone who would like to sponsor a family to come to Saskatchewan that will be done through these settlement offices, it won’t be done through the Government of Saskatchewan, you’d have to contact the Ukrainian Congress because they’re the ones who will be organizing that.”

“Roman also mentioned earlier that we are expecting a lot of women and children to come first. I want everyone to keep in mind that it will be a priority that if the men from those families want to come to Canada, it will be a very easy process for them. They will not be held up with any extra vetting or anything like that.”

“Once again, I’d like to offer my support to the people in Ukraine.

Thank you so much for what you’re doing. Thank you to the community of Moosomin for opening up your community and wel-

Roman Chernykh and Josef Tesar told chamber members on Tuesday about how they plan on welcoming Ukrainian refugees to Moosomin.

The local Ukrainian community is willing do what it takes to make the refugees feel welcome and ensure they have what they need.

“These last couple of weeks has changed lives, for many people in Canada, for my people in Ukraine,” said Chernykh.

“I would like to say that freedom is not something that is given to us, it’s something that no one can take from us.

People in the Ukraine have proved that, they’ve shown us that freedom is really important and it’s something that nobody can take from us.”

Immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chernykh started collecting donations from the community, in order to help support family and people he knows in Ukraine.

“The support that we’ve had from this community is unbelievable, we were able to raise $22,000 and we sent 500 kilograms of donation items to humanitarian groups. It just shows that when something happens, this community can get together in a moment.”

“It’s unbelievable where we are in Ukraine right now, it’s a shocking experience and I would like to say thank you very much to everyone in this community. For all the businesses that support our centre, on behalf of

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Chernykh and Tesar believe there are a lot of advantages for hosting refugees in Moosomin— lots of jobs available, there is an established Ukrainian community, and there are English as an Additional Language classes available through Southeast College, which is something most rural communities do not have.

“Through these difficult times right now, all we can do is raise money and send help towards these humanitarian groups at this time,” said Chernykh.

“Another thing we can do right now, which we will be experiencing soon, is refugees. So far there are 2.8 million people who left their homes, women and kids.

Their lives changed in a moment, they lost everything.”

“We expect to see in the upcoming months more and more Ukrainian’s coming this way. Premier Moe said unlimited number of refugees are going to be welcomed here in Canada. In one way we can be of great help and bring the people here to Moosomin and that’s a great help to them.”

“At the same time it’s really good for a smaller community and I would like to emphasize from my experience when I came to Canada in 2009 and the greatest experience was to settle down in a smaller community.”

Contin“Although there’s lots of help in bigger cities as well, there’s a benefit to smaller communities. The friendliness like ours, can definitely help the people coming here.”

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Representatives for the new “Kamsack Legacy Tree Program” include, from left: Aimee Kerluk, Administrator for the Town of Kamsack; Wendy Becenko of Natural Reflexions Country Market & Greenhouse, and Robyn Tataryn, Manager/Funeral Director/Embalmer for Wolkowski Funeral Services.

New “Memorial Tree Program” launched in Kamsack Courtesy of Kamsack Times

involves participants filling out an order form and selecting a tree of choice.

Forms are available now, and trees can be ordered by visiting the Wolkowski Funeral Home by in-person or phoning.

Each fall, beginning this year, Wendy Becenko of Natural Reflexions Country Market & Greenhouse will order the trees from a selection of reputable producers.

All orders must be received by October 31. The trees will arrive the following spring.

The first round of trees will be planted in the spring of 2023, with the Town of Kamsack selecting Riverview Cemetery as the location the trees will be planted and nur-

Kamsack residents are now invited to participate in a new community program that aims to beautify the town while honoring those who are no longer with us.

Spearheaded by Robyn Tataryn of Wolkowski Funeral Services in Kamsack, the initiative is supported by a partnership between Wolkowski Funeral Services, the Town of Kamsack, and Natural Reflexions Country Market & Greenhouse – which will provide a selection of tree varietals to choose from.

The first step in the Memorial Tree Program

Possible designated areas in the future will include: public spaces such as at the cemetery, sportsgrounds, golf course, greenspace, community streets, parks and schools.

Plaques will be available for an additional charge to personalize a loved one’s tree.

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Dropmore Linden This deciduous tree is characterized by dark green foliage and a dense, pyramidal crown. It offers superior growth and cold hardiness and produces fragrant summer flowers. MATURE SIZE: 50 feet by 30 feet. EXPOSURE/ HARDINESS: Full sun, Zone 2.

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Solo RPG given major upgrades One thing about role playing games, even those for solo play, they tend to evolve over time.

While that can be frustrating at times, books can become obsolete when rules change significantly, or at least far less useful.

And changes don’t always work as well for some. When Dungeons & Dragons released version five it was a homogenized play system where much of the uniqueness of characters was lost in an effort to allow players access to all things – at least in this player’s opinion.

But, games evolving also allow rough edges to be smoothed, mistakes corrected, and new things added.

For example, Rad Zone launched in April 2021, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign. The game is a solo RPG effort which has players dealing with the effects of the sun’s radiation spiking, with the result being disastrous for humanity. Those who survived must struggle to survive, and that includes you as a player.

The game is darkly themed to be sure, so will not be for everyone, but it has it niche.

And now Rad Zone is back funding Rad Zone Totality.

The biggest change, might be that they have created rules for a twoplayer game of Rad Zone.

Two survivors can now go on missions together. Rules have been updated, including mission adjustments and location navigation. This is rather cool since often RPG groups shrink over time and this allows a couple of buds to still role player at some level.

So a bit about the game from the Kickstarter page; “Rad Zone is a print and play, roll and write game . . . which revolves around a series of printable sheets.

These are adjusted and updated while your characters are on their mission. A mission sees the survivor(s) head out and salvage vital resources for their bunker. A game session can be played with either a freshly generated character or one selected from the Rad Bunker Roster, perhaps a character you previously created who survived previous missions. The policy of the bunker is to send only one or two people at a time to reduce the level of radiation poisoning in the population, as well as reduce casualties.

“As well as needing to survive, you must also draw in new survivors from among those you encounter on your mission. The only way you will help humanity get through this crisis is if you not only save your core bunker crew, but also increase its size.

Once you reach a certain number of people in your bunker, you win the campaign. If you lose ten people on missions, then you fail, and the rest of your survivors perish.

“Another way you can win the campaign is if you survive ten episodes.

This means the Rad Bunker has just about made it through ... for the moment. You then have a choice of starting a new campaign with the same bunker or start another base with new characters.”

Besides the rules players don’t need a lot to play. “Rad Zone uses a D6 (six-sided dice) system. You will need at least three dice to play, preferably of three different colours. You will also need a pencil and eraser, plus red, yellow and green pens or colouring pencils. Along with these, you also need to print out or copy the sheets to play.”

It is ultimately an interesting proposition for players, survival in dark times, which reminds of the board game This War of Mine by designers Michał Oracz, Jakub Wi niewski.

It raised curiosity enough to contact Rad Zone designer Toby Lancaster of DR Games & Dark Realm Maps (www.DRgames.co.uk) with a few questions.

To start it’s always interesting to learn if designers play games too, and if so what they like.

“I grew up with a mix of board games, computer games and RPGS and Fighting Fantasy,” said Lancaster. “I naturally took on the role of Dungeon Master being the older brother and ran campaigns in (red box set) D&D then AD&D, Marvel Superheroes, Warhammer RPG and TMNT RPG amongst others.

“Writing campaigns and creating worlds and maps became second nature. I ran these for my brothers and friends.

“My own kids are now teenagers and I do the same for them, more in D&D5e though and we are going to be playing Star Wars 2nd Edition RPG this summer.”

The interest expanded to include computer gaming.

“I was obsessed with my C64 when I was a kid, then the Amiga and now the PC,” offered Lancaster. “This was all supplemented with a love for Games Workshop products. I ran a number of leagues in Blood Bowl, loved Heroquest and adored Talisman. I lost many hours in Gary Chalk’s illustrated version.

“On top of this I avidly collected miniatures for Warhammer Fantasy Battle, doing a series of 24 hour battles for charity. I found any excuse to

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Lancaster’s education also ended up being perfect as a game designer.

“I did a degree in Fine Art and then a Masters which all fed into my own game design aspirations,” he said.

“But back then that wasn’t really a job option so I did it more as a hobby.”

Then for a time life took over.

“I met my wife and we had kids and the RPGs naturally took a back seat and only now that they are older can I once again indulge,” said Lancaster.

“I still designed worlds and drew maps but became more involved with online gaming such as DayZ Standalone and survival games.

“Playing board games was also a great escape for me and still is. I love busting out Splendor, Shogun, Ticket to Ride and Pandemic.

“On top of all of this I am a collector, much to my wife’s chagrin although she has come to accept it. I collect retro 80’s toys as well as Kenner products, old RPG systems and cards such as Garbage Pail Kids and Magic the Gathering. I have many cultural influences to draw upon in my design and have been submerged in games all my life.”

With such a varied gaming background design was an almost obvious step, but why the world of Rad Zone?

“I love creating games I would like to play,” said Lancaster. “So, I came up with a number of ingredients I wanted to incorporate: survival, a postapocalyptic theme, scavenging against the odds.

This triggered in my mind a number of inspirations which I drew upon: Mad Max, the table top game Dark Future, online survival games like DayZ Standalone and, of course, a range of RPGs including the Dark Sun setting as well as -though this might seem strange -- the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG. “I was also inspired by my love of the Zombie theme; although we have no Zombies in Rad Zone Totality, and the scavenger runs you see in The Walking Dead and films with the same theme.

“I’m also pleased to acknowledge the influence of the Fighting Fantasy books and their ‘turn-to-a-number’ mechanism which features

here in the Rad Zone Search Matrix.

So, what was Lancaster ultimately trying to achieve with the game?

“An exciting survival experience that would be interesting and full of narrative,” he replied.

“Each session in my mind had to tell a story of exploring a harsh world where survival is difficult. It also had to be a campaign where the player character’s evolved and change in good and bad ways.”

“It’s a grim environment that is challenging and throws up risk and difficult choices. There is a random element when scanning but you have to make the choice of whether to interact with the resulting radia-

tion scans. It has different original elements as well. People have commented on the journey mechanism and its originality as well as the awesome heat maps that appear as you scan the buildings.”

Of course there were challenges to designing Rad Zone.

“The most difficult aspect of designing any game for me is putting the ruleset together, making sure you cover every possible eventuality,” offered Lancaster.

“Is it understandable?

This is a challenge at the best of times. When we know something yourself it always makes sense but does it make sense to a new reader?”

So as the designer what are the best elements of Rad Zone.

“I like a number of elements in the game,” said Lancaster. “The Search Matrix is an exciting one.

You can search curtain squares in the location maps and these throw up encounters you read in the Search Matrix. The game pops into reality when you do this.

Provincial grants have helped keep rinks viable.

“With the new Totality version, you can now also encounter characters in game and we are creating a new NPC matrix for this. When you come into the proximity zone of an NPC you roll and can make a few choices as to how your character reacts. The story is enrichened, it’s very much a Fighting Fantasy nod.”

While not suggesting anything startlingly new, Lancaster said Rad Zone offers a good mix of game elements.

“It is so hard to offer up what others don’t but I think what Rad Zone offers an interesting mix of mechanics,” he said.

“You have a journey to the location which I cover below, an opportunity to explore a number of locations and then the experiences of my unique setting through the Search Matrix. It offers a narrative; its own individual story that is different every time you play it. That is intrinsic to the game. You will always have a unique adventure and a different story to tell.”

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Community rink grant helped keep 594 ice surfaces cool last year

By Larissa Kurz, SASKTODAY.ca REGINA — Small town rinks will once again have funding support from the provincial government this winter, with the return of the Community Rink Affordability Grant.

Provided to indoor rink facilities to help cover operating costs, the grant program reported a resounding success in 2020 and 2021, said officials.

A total of 379 facilities, home to 594 ice surfaces including 377 skating rinks and 217 curling rinks, utilized the grant last year, according to the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport and the Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association.

Minister Laura Ross said that $1.7 million was allocated to the program, which she said was an “important investment” by the government into community rinks. “[These] are important hubs for so many villages, towns, cities and First Nations communities across Saskatchewan,” said Minister Laura Ross.

“Whether it is skating, curling, or playing hockey, rinks are important to the health and happiness of community residents and contribute greatly to our quality of life.”

The grant program was reinstated in 2020, as a response to recreational facilities struggling during pandemic restrictions.

By providing grant funding to help offset operating costs for

indoor rinks, government officials said the program helped keep doors open at facilities integral to many communities.

“The grant allows us to keep our registration fees affordable so that we may be able to encourage more community members and surrounding community members to enjoy the facility,” said a statement from the Village of Debden, a recipient of grant funding last year.

Officials said feedback from communities was positive, prompting the continuation of the program in 2022.

Registration opens in the fall for indoor skating, curling and hockey rinks in Saskatchewan, which can apply for grant funding per ice surface.

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MOOSOMIN CHAMBER Continued from Page 7 a small community is the best place for an immigrant to Canada to start out.

Tesar came to Canada as a refugee from Czechoslovakia during the Cold War and now owns the Motel 6 in Moosomin and other properties across Canada. He said part of his success comes from the fact that he settled in a relatively small community.

“I know personally what’s happening to these people overseas because in 1968 people were coming from Czech Republic and again in 1980, they were going with kids and families, no husbands at the time.”

Tesar spoke about investing money to renovate some of his hotel rooms at Motel 6 to accommodate refugee families for their initial stay.

“Right now we have 16 rooms with kitchenettes, but we would like to improve those so that those rooms can end up with three beds and a full

kitchen for a family or two or four,” he said.

“Thank you for coming, I’m glad to see the support for the Ukrainian community here, I think it’s a great add to every community.”

Chernykh said the community should be expecting women and their children from Ukraine, as the men are expected to stay back due to the country’s martial law.

He also told MP. Dr Kitchen and MLA Steven Bonk that the community will do everything they can to assist Ukrainian refugees.

“As a Ukrainian representative of this community, we’re going to do everything possible with communicating with you and helping the refugees to settle down in communities. If anything is needed from our side 100 per cent we’ll help.”

munity, in support of helping families a part of Ukrainian relief efforts.

“We felt it was important to show our support to the local Ukrainian Fundraising Centre,” said Lori Shepherd of Moosomin Thrift Store.

“As a non-profit organization our mandate is to support those in need in our community. This crisis in Ukraine affects us all as caring members of society. We felt it was important to give a donation that could be used for immediate help.”

“The local Food Share provides generous monthly and emergency food hampers. The Thrift Store not only supports this venture but provides employment for 1 full time and 2 part time employees. Along with great volunteers and a huge customer base it allows us to reach out and help others.”

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MP Dr. Kitchen shares thoughts on Ukrainian refugees

At Tuesday’s meeting, Moosomin’s Thrift Store donated $1,000 to the local Ukrainian com-

Souris-Moose Mountain MP. Dr. Robert Kitchen attended

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Moosomin’s Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday to say a few words.

“Obviously it’s a very emotional time, not for me more so for Ukrainians, not only here in Canada but also in Ukraine. We need to be here to help them and I know there are steps that I want to enforce and will continue to reinforce with my colleague Conservatives,” said Kitchen.

“One of the things we the Conservatives will continue to push for is Ukrainians who want to come to Canada need to have a visa, and we’ve been pushing hard for this government to make it a visa free process for Ukrainians to come to Canada. We will continue to push for that.

Now, we’re not government so unfortunately I can’t speak be half on them, but we’ll continue to push for those aspects of things.”

“One of the things that is happening is if someone should come to Canada and they are offered a job here, they can start that job right off the bat and work on a work permit. At least that will give them and their families at this time some financial assistance.”

“In the issue of immigration, there’s obviously been a lot of challenges in this country over the last 30 years and because the process is very slow, we’re hoping that we can speed it up so we can get Ukrainians here, but at the same time recognizing that whether they’re from Afghanistan or Philippines or whatever,

that we’re speeding that process up to get them into this country.”

“My colleagues and I will continue to push to try and work on issues that we believe are going to help Ukrainians and help the country. One of the concerns that’s been brought up is the ‘no fly zone’ and I can tell you that we will push to the international criminal courts of Putin so he gets tried under that and at some point we will continue to push on for this criminal act that he’s doing,” Kitchen said.

“On the issue of the ‘no fly zone’ we have indicated that we are trying to push our present government to find ways to try and at least provide some form of retention, even if it’s for refugees and people that are trying to flea the situation, to give them a safe zone.”

“I want to thank the community and you know, they talk about Saskatchewan, we were founded by the Ukrainians that came here one hundred years ago and participated in that foundation of what we have, with our First Nations who were here before. But they also helped develop the country and the province that we have.”

“We have a very strong Ukrainian population not only in Saskatchewan but in my riding here, and I’m very grateful for them coming years ago to help us develop to where we are today and them continuing to do that.

We will continue to push along those lines ”

McNaughton prepared

for refugee students McNaughton High School’s Principal Jeff St. Onge and Vice-Principal Sherrie Meredith attended Tuesday’s meeting to discuss how the school would handle an influx of refugee students.

“We’re very good at responding, whatever number of kids drop into the school we’ll be able to accommodate that,” said St. Onge.

“When we had that first influx of families eight years ago, our staff was scrambling and whatnot, but now the skill set in the building is wonderful. If the issue is there, it is something that we can respond to now.”

He also said the school is able to provide classrooms for teaching English as an additional language, for children an adults.“When we have had families from other countries come before, we’ve been able to make good accommodations. In the past what we’ve done, when we had an influx of Filipino families, we were able to have English as an additional language class just one hour a day until people got at climatized. There’s one at Southeast college that can be done as well,” said Meredith.

“We have a consultant from the division who also provides support, and technology has advanced so greatly to help with these language barriers that we find too.”

St. Onge also stated that the staff and students are flexible to accommodate the needs of Ukrainian refugees.

Musician from Canora releases new album and video Courtesy of Canora Courier Ron Kalmakoff, originally from Canora, has announced the release of his new music video You Be The Leaver from his current album, Nature.

“I’m very happy to be back in touch with everyone and to be able to bring you my latest video and single release,” said Kalmakoff. “Even though I have written many of the songs on my latest album, I have also included pieces written by a few of my favorite Canadian songwriters. You Be The Leaver was written by Jim Cuddy. I consider his talent a musical gift to Canada.”

You Be The Leaver is a story of love that faded and two lovers who drifted apart but, to Kalmakoff, it has a bigger scope that opened up some deep selfreflection too.

“This song definitely encompasses thoughts of heartbreak, but there are also lyrics in the song that speak to me about loss on other levels,” explains Kalmakoff. “Loss that many people have been going through over the last couple of years.”

The location for the video release of the song was on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia. Vancouver Video Director, Alexander Sharp, had this to say regarding creating the concept for the new video, “There was this idea of using mirrors and reflections to support the song’s feeling of isolation, loneliness and emotional entrapment.

I loved the idea of watching Ron in this one as a reflection, because when your

heart is broken, it can feel like there is nowhere to go except back to the past: a reflection of your former self.”

About his new album Nature, Kalmakoff says it is “part of the tapestry connected to my life, from my childhood in Saskatchewan to now living on the west coast of Canada. The people I have known along the way. The artists who have inspired me and the beauty of Canada, woven here through the songs and the music.”

From his first performance at age 16 at a talent show in his hometown of Canora to appearing on the Tommy Hunter Show and moving to B.C. to perform several shows at Expo ‘86 and many more since, music has always been a vital thread through Kalmakoff’s life tapestry.

Said Eric Alper- Canadian Music Correspondent, Radio Host, and Blogger, “Kalmakoff’s dextrous and emotive tenor brings a sense of yearning to the lyrics, underlining how true it is that we don’t know how finite our time really is with our loved ones.”

More information about Kalmakoff’s latest album, the video produced for the new single, song samples and music downloads are available at RonKalmakoff.com. CD copies of Nature can be ordering from the website. Anyone who lives outside of Canada can now order his music off the website as well.

“Thank you for your continued encouragement and support of my music, it is always most appreciated,” concluded Kalmakoff.