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Canora veteran spent army career as a cook Courtesy of Canora Courier A very different perspective of the Second World War was found in the memories of Nick Swerhone of Canora, who served as an army cook overseas. Swerhone’s story first ran in The Canora Courier in 1986. He was stationed with an army supply outfit that followed the front lines through France, Belgium, Holland and finally into Germany. Swerhone was a baker in Regina during the early years of the war. In 1943, just two days after he married, he enlisted for training. Shortly afterwards, he was transferred to the Royal Canadian Army Service Corp (RCASC) for training as a cook, still in Regina. A transfer soon afterwards found him training as a truck driver at Red Deer. It was in August of 1943 when he was first sent overseas. Aboard the Queen Mary, with 25,000 other soldiers, Swerhone was on his way to England.

Private Nick Swerhone, 1943 For the four-day trip, he was assigned to the bakery department but recalls it to be the worst bakery he ever worked in. Landing in Aldershold, England, he was given another two days of training as a cook. From there he was transferred to Three Bridges where he spent the winter. The main feature of the stay in England which Swerhone enjoys to remember was the

For many Canadian soldiers, the Ukrainian Service Men’s Club in London was the place to go on weekends during the Second World War. Nick Swerhone of Canora was stationed in England during the last months of 1943 and the first part of 1944. He recalls the club fondly and especially recalls the Ukrainian style of foods prepared there. Much of the supplies for the club were sent by the Ukrainian Canadian Committee and the Canadian Farmer Newspaper. Swerhone is in the back centre of the photo. In 1944, Swerhone’s unit was sent into France and then into Belgium. In Brussels, a similar club was started. Ukrainian Service Men’s Club in London. Whenever the soldiers of Ukrainian descent were on leave, they would congregate there for the food and the fellowship.

For Swerhone, it was the opportunity to prepare more traditional foods, which were appreciated by the men. There was especially one incident involving

the club which he recalls with a smile. The late Bill Kyba had brought some sauerkraut for the club to make perogies. He was transporting it himself on a double-decker bus in

London but by the time he got to the next stop, everybody had left the bus. The club provided a lot of fine memories for many soldiers, Swerhone said. Continued on Page 3

Second world war veteran shares story of service Courtesy of Preeceville Progress On Remembrance Day this year, many Canadians will be reﬂecting on the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Among those will be war amputee veteran Bob Gondek, of Toronto, who also carries a physical reminder of that pivotal time in history, according to a War Amps release. At the age of 96, Bob can still vividly recall serving alongside the Allied Forces with the 2nd Polish Corps during the Italian Campaign. “We were climbing a hill, heavily laden with equipment carried by mules,” said Bob. “Germans were above and could easily see us.

Their machine gun fire pinned us to the ground. We had to deal with completely unknown terrain and extreme darkness. Finally, I found a soft spot where I could seek temporary shelter. In the morning, I realized I was laying on corpses, buried in shallow graves.” In 1944, Bob was based outside Loretto, Italy, when heavy gun fire broke out. “Without any order, I crawled up to them [the enemy] and threw a grenade,” said Bob. “I acted instinctively.” After a short period of silence, the enemy began firing mortars. “I remember an explosion and the smell of gunpowder. I then realized that my weapon was gone and, in

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member of The War Amps, an Association originally started by amputee veterans returning from the First World War to help each other adapt to their new reality as amputees. Bob has dedicated a lifetime of service to The War Amps, holding various positions within the Association. He also became an inspiration to other amputees, showing them that an amputation is not a barrier to living a full and active life. “You have to teach by example,” says Bob. “I don’t have an arm, but I enjoyed playing golf.” Over the years, Bob has helped educate the younger generation about the horrors of war by going to schools and giving speeches to students. For the last 50 years on Remembrance Day, he has also laid a wreath to honour his comrades.

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ARMY CAREER Continued from Page 2 On May 6, he was transferred to Dover, England, for two months. There were numerous units in the camp and Swerhone recalls that he had cooked for Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, who later became well-known performers. It was in Dover that the first “buzz” bombs whistled over the camp. In August of 1944, he was stationed with the ammunition supply outfit that landed in Caen, France. The unit went on to Belgium. Those were tense times, Swerhone said. The ammunition dump, although camouflaged, was the target of enemy fire. In France, the German planes often tried to bomb it and at night heavy artillery shells tried to hit it. There were about 10 men that belonged to the unit but the numbers varied greatly in the camp as trucks were constantly coming in and going out. Swerhone had to cook for anywhere from 10 men up to 300 men. In France, one German pilot was shot down and his plane struck a stock pile when it crashed. The plane was reduced to small pieces and about all that was left of the body was the head.

The fighting was of a different nature than during the first few years of the war, Swerhone said. The Germans were usually on the run but every so often they would come in and “Give us hell!” There was a black market in the army which often meant the soldiers had to do without. Swerhone said he never sold five cents worth of the supplies provided. As such he provided his camp with good food which was “not prepared army style but like mother used to make.” The main meat provided by the army was corned beef and a stew from Argentina. The men used to steal fresh vegetables and fruit from the natives. There was one instance where the men chased a pig with a truck until they killed it to provide fresh meat. Once in Germany, fresh meat was provided to the camps. The Ukrainian Club in London provided fond memories and a similar club was set up in Brussels, Belgium, but had only about 30 members. Much of the food was brought from England to Belgium. The food was provided mainly by the Ukrainian Canadian Committee and the Canadian Farmer Newspaper. There were bad times

and there were good times, Swerhone recalls. He recalls selling his quota of 900 cigarettes per month. Of those, 300 came from Ontario, 300 from Regina and 300 from the Eastern Star organization in Canora. Swerhone said he never drank and didn’t frequent the bars. Instead he would spend evenings writing to his new bride. The type of war changed drastically in that time period, Swerhone said. At first the Germans were a strong opposition though being pushed back. At the end, they were a defeated, tired people. German soldiers were forever surrendering. These were difficult times to deal with, he said. Although the soldiers would surrender, there was always a fear that where they came from, many more could be waiting to strike. It was a pitiful time for both sides, Swerhone recalled. There is one incident he recalls when one Canadian soldier brought in 1,500 German soldiers who had surrendered to him. On September 19, 1945, Swerhone returned from overseas. He said there were a few nightmares from the war but he came to terms with it rather eas-

ily. He regarded himself as fortunate as he really had no close calls and never had to lift his weapon against another human being. ***** When he returned to Canada, he was hired by Bordens Bakery in Regina where he spent another five years. In 1950, he bought the Canora Bakery in partnership with his brother, Mike, from C. Sawchuk. The Swerhones sold the business in 1985 to John Russell. Nick and Stella Swerhone raised two daughters, Carol Shinqueske of Delta, B.C. and Donna Looyenga of Saskatoon. ***** Veterans have more of a sense of patriotism than most, Swerhone said. The Canadian flag is one to be proud of and especially what it stands for. It bothers him when the flag does not fly over official celebrations or holidays and it bothers him so much more to think of how many flags have been stolen and desecrated. Swerhone recalls a friend in Belgium who regarded his country’s flag with an almost sacred love. The flag was neatly folded and kept in a jewelry box.

Although the Second World War was not a good time for anyone, Nick Swerhone of Canora does have fond memories of the Ukrainian Service Men’s Club in London. While stationed in England in 1943-44, the club provided a place for fellowship and the traditional Ukrainian food that the army could not provide. Swerhone was 31 years old when he enlisted, so he was older than most of his colleagues. In 1944, Swerhone was stationed with an ammunition supply outfit that followed the front lines through France, Belgium and Holland and into Germany in 1945. He was the head cook.

USask doctor volunteers to support COVID-19 efforts in Bolivia Saskatoon – Helping the community where he was born, Dr. Ivar Mendez has decided to take a sixmonth unpaid leave as department head of surgery at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) beginning Jan 1, 2021, to provide pandemic support in Bolivia. “It’s a humanitarian endeavour,” said Mendez, who joined USask’s

College of Medicine and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) as unified head of surgery in 2013. “I am making a personal contribution—one that is important. It’s something that I feel I have to do.” According to Mendez, while deaths due to COVID-19 are at about 10,000 in both Canada and Bolivia, Bolivia’s

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EDITORIAL If only I could easily fix this leaking washer I have a leaky washer. This is annoying, and probably less efficient than it could be, so I decided I’d look up how to fix the leak and see how I can make laundry a lot less leaky. In the modern era, it’s easier than ever to see just how to fix different appliances in your house, and I had a suspicion that I knew what was leaking, so I went online and watched someone with a very similar washing machine show just how to fix the problem. I then understood why, exactly, so few people repair washing machines. The calm and collected man in the video proceeded to completely disassemble the machine, then partially

reassemble it so he could turn it upside down, and then disassemble it again. It was a highly elaborate operation, filled with easy to miss steps, easy to lose screws and easy to break parts. All of this was to replace one seal, and if you got it wrong, well, that’s all those steps yet again. Mid-way through the video, I suddenly decided that instead of fixing the broken machine, it made significantly more sense to start saving for a new one. My washing machine isn’t even that nice, it’s plain not worth the hassle that doing this repair would be. You could argue that it would make sense to get someone else to do the repair, but if you think of it, that wouldn’t

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Thinking I do with words... be a good idea either. Then they’re spending a great deal of time disassembling the machine and would want to get paid for their labor. This machine hasn’t been in warranty for a decade at least, if not longer, and thus I’d be on the hook for the entire price. At this point, the cost of repair inches increasingly close to the cost of a washing machine, and

suddenly we’re in a situation where it doesn’t make sense to repair it. My washing machine, then, represents a certain issue we have in society, that of everything being inherently disposable. Since seals are things in washing machines that are prone to failure, in theory they could be designed to be replaced fairly easily, but if that was the case

why would anyone buy a new machine? Instead, this fairly complex and expensive appliance will get thrown out because of a cheap piece of rubber. That’s great for the appliance manufacturers, who perpetually need people to continue buying washers. That’s not so great for me, or the poor sucker who is going to have to deliver it to my house, since I’m still not entirely sure how the washer currently in the basement actually got there - it doesn’t appear to be narrow enough to fit through the door but apparently it did once. It’s not great for the environment either, since a discarded washer is a big pile of garbage. In theory, we should

push for appliances that are easy to repair, so this is not so much of a problem. A design where you don’t have to disassemble the entire machine in order to replace one part would be great! We’re not going to see it, however, which is a problem. And nobody really has any incentive for us to see it, because it’s more profitable to sell replacements than replacement parts. And plenty of consumers wouldn’t care, because the needed hatches and levers would look way less pretty than just a smooth case. It’s a strange situation we’ve found ourselves in, easily the least efficient solution has been found, but it’s as profitable as it is inefficient.

Decolonization requires action and new ways of seeing Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us have been living in a landscape defined by unknowns. This lack of certainty about how the world around us can change at any moment shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Dealing with the unknown is not something our modern society is used to or comfortable with. Over the centuries, we’ve whittled away at the things that once surprised us. We can now check the weather multiple times before we go out so we don’t get caught in the rain, vet movies before watching them, research which hotel to stay in or restaurant to dine at, learn which potential mate likes what we do, and so on. This can be seen as a continuum of the world view held by Western European settlers who colonized what we now call Canada. When they arrived, the enveloping wilderness frightened them. In response, their main ways of knowing it were mowing it down, shooting it if it moved, taming it and simplifying it in their minds. Settlers who came here hundreds of years ago colonized nature by clearing forests, creating agricultural lands, rerouting rivers, introducing new species and, ultimately, build-

ing settlements. We still, in the main, uphold the dominion-over-nature story that they (and many of our religions) passed on to us. The settlers also colonized Indigenous Peoples. Among other means, they parcelled land into packages to be owned and gave it to fellow settlers. They created laws prohibiting Indigenous cultural and governance practices. They forcibly moved migratory nations to ever-diminishing land reserves. They removed children from their families and placed them in residential schools and foster homes where, to assimilate them into settler culture, they were forbidden to speak their languages and often abused. Nature and people weren’t the only ones to be colonized; relationships between people and nature were colonized, too. As Anishinaabe scholar Deborah McGregor notes, “Water, in the dominant Western Euro-Canadian context, is conceptualized as a resource, a commodity to be bought and sold. Federal and provincial governments therefore make decisions about water based on a worldview, philosophy and set of values which stands in direct contrast to the views of First Nations people.”

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Science Matters There’s no question that the significant gains realized by settler society have been built on Indigenous Peoples’ losses under colonization over the past several hundred years and continuing to this day. These injustices are now widely acknowledged, with a growing desire by many to redress them, advanced as reconciliation. In the words of scholar Lorenzo Veracini, “Colonization was a false promise then; it is an exploded promise now.” Veracini, a professor of settler colonialism, says the challenge now is how to become “a better human being and a worse settler.” This is a challenge many of us share. One step we can take is to stop perpetuating the settler story of nature as property or resource. We can create and share stories rooted in relationships that honour nature’s complexity rather than diminish it. We can learn from Indigenous stories about

seeing nature as kin, rather than object, and meaningfully include Indigenous Peoples in land-use decision-making processes. Thinking about decolonization is new for many of us. But thinking about it is not the end game. Scholars Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang, authors of the article “Decolonization is not a metaphor,” worry that “decolonizing the mind,

or the cultivation of critical consciousness, as if it were the sole activity of decolonization” could undermine “the more uncomfortable task of relinquishing stolen land.” Land repatriation, in its various potential forms, lies at the heart of decolonization. In Canada, we have a number of avenues to “unsettle” the land: work to advance Indigenous sovereignty, support Indigenous land-use practices, shift land governance and change policies that, in the words of scholar Kyle Whyte, “undermine trust, diplomacy, and consent.” We must also create new tools. Our world isn’t static; it’s ever changing. We must not just learn to

live with its new iterations; we must invest energy into shaping them in ways that right past wrongs. Exploring and implementing different forms of land distribution and governance are key to the task at hand. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Boreal Project Manager Rachel Plotkin. Learn more at davidsuzuki.org.

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Madge Lake restores local painter during COVID crush Courtesy of Kamsack Times Madge Lake became a place of refuge and restoration for painter Melanie Morstad as she escaped the crush of Calgary during COVID-19 in the heat of the summer. Morstad has been returning to her family cabin since she was a child but this year meant a little more to her as an artist. “It is a wonderful, personal expression for me to be able to paint and be creative. To get lost in what I’m painting,” said Morstad. “I moved my studio to my home, in my dining room, where I am now. I am revisiting places I have traveled to. I have painted a Paris night scene, the beach and surf of Mexico and of course painting Madge lake. It really allows me to escape from my dining room without going places.” Currently quarantined in her Calgary home, Morstad has set up a temporary studio in her dining room. Her son tested positive for COVID-19 and while she and her husband have not tested positive, they are required to remain in their home to prevent further exposure to other community members. The pandemic has prevented Morstad from visiting her studio but throughout the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, it has been her painting that has carried her through. If she looks towards the next several months, Morstad said that painting is definitely going to be her salvation. “I was supposed to fly to see my elderly mother on Wednesday. She lives in Regina, and she is isolated. I’m concerned about her. I don’t have school aged children but for anyone who does, or has an elderly relative, it’s really hard them. It’s really hard on everybody.” “I’m thankful I have my art.” This year has been one to focus on her painting. She is unable to teach workshops to students and for parts of the year her studio space has been shut down. The studio space is called the Burns Visual Art Society and it is used by 20 artists. It was closed for six weeks during the early stages of the pandemic shutdown. When the studio reopened in MidMay, Morstad was working from her make-shift home studio so she decided to continue working from home until she found herself back at her childhood refuge, the family cabin at Madge Lake. “We have had our Madge Lake cabin since 1965. My father is from Kamsack and his dad got the cabin on Ranger Bay in the Kamsack subdivision,” said Morstad. “I believe it was a trade for cows. At that time my grandfather needed a little place to go to catch fish.” He continued raising his family at the lake and eventually Morstad used it as her summer vacation home.

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This painting is titled Peace. It is 20” x 5”, and is Acrylic on Canvas and is inspired by sunsets on Ranger Bay. “It’s been in our family since the 1960s and I’ve been going every summer since I was a little girl. “I was born and raised in Regina and for a short time lived in Yorkton and Madge Lake was always a place we went for summer holidays as kids.” Living in Edmonton and eventually Calgary, Morstad took her children out to Madge Lake every summer for a yearly summer vacation. “What I found for me, I love to sketch and paint when I am there. I hop in my kayak and go to the bigger bay and paint watercolours and sketch kit paint larger paintings based on those little sketchers. Madge Lake has had a very special place in my heart for a long time. It’s a very intimate connection.” This summer Morstad released a number of paintings inspired by her Madge Lake retreat including, Meditate, Peace, and Storm is Building. “As an artist looking at the landscape, you are looking at it through a different lens. I try to catch an emotional connection to a place and I always paint a place that I connect with. Madge Lake I love to paint because it has such an emotional quality and I try to show that emotional connection in all of my paintings.” Colour is really important to Morstad and Madge Lake gave her plenty of inspiration this summer. “I love to push the boundaries of colour. I use acrylic and watercolours. Perhaps, part of it is hav-

The title of this painting is Meditate. It is 20-inch by 5-inch and acrylic on canvas. It was inspired by the beautiful sunsets on Ranger Bay, Madge Lake and was painting at the location. ing that expression, that personal expression. I am an outgoing, expressive person. I dress colourfully, whether it’s painting or what I wear. It’s wanting to push the boundaries to make more of an emotional connection. Colour is joyful and my paintings are joyful and that’s something that I want to convey. I feel like I am sending out that happy joyful message.” “The lake became a place of personal restoration and I really had a sense that we didn’t even have to think about COVID because it didn’t even exist, it was like being in a time warp. It wasn’t the same feeling of the pandemic in the city, out at the lake it became a real restorative place to be. Being out in nature, that’s just so healthy. It was a lovely escape and we would have loved to have stayed longer because the weather was so beautiful. “It was a place to connect with nature. As a result, I connected with my painting. Because I would be paddling in my kayak or swimming in the water, I was connecting with what I saw. When I came back to Calgary I could paint those images, either by memory or from my sketches. Because I was living in the moment at Madge Lake, I could bring it into my studio, in my home.” Morstad feels that her work does resonate with people and when she is posting her paintings on Instagram or is showing Continued on Page 6

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International team tracks record-setting smoke cloud from Australian wildfires By USask Research Profile and Impact SASKATOON – Researchers with the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies are part of a global team that has found that the smoke cloud pushed into the stratosphere by last winter’s Australian wildfires was three times larger than anything previously recorded. The cloud, which measured 1,000 kilometres across, remained intact for three months, travelled 66,000 kilometres, and soared to a height of 35 kilometres above Earth. The findings were published in Communications Earth & Environment, part of the prestigious Nature family of research journals. “When I saw the satellite measurement of the smoke plume at 35 kilometres, it was jaw dropping. I never would have expected that,” said Adam Bourassa, professor of physics and engineering physics, who led the USask group which played a key role in analyzing NASA satellite data.

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Adam Bourassa is a USask professor of physics and engineering physics. Prior to Australia’s “Black Summer,” which burned 5.8 million hectares of forest in the southeast part of that continent, the smoke cloud caused by the 2017 forest fires in Western Canada was the largest on record. The international team was led by Sergey Khaykin from LATMOS (Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales) in France. Bourassa said the team’s findings pro-

vide critical information for understanding how wildfires are impacting the Earth’s atmosphere. “We’re seeing records broken in terms of the impact on the atmosphere from these fires,” said Bourassa. “Knowing that they’re likely to strike more frequently and with more intensity due to climate change, we could end up with a pretty dramatically changed atmosphere.” Bourassa, his post-doctoral student Landon

Rieger, and research engineer Daniel Zawada were the only Canadians involved in the project. Bourassa’s group has expertise in a specific type of satellite measurement that is very sensitive to smoke in the upper atmosphere. Their contributions were funded in part by the Canadian Space Agency. According to Bourassa, wildfires such as those in Australia and Western Canada get big enough

and hot enough that they generate their own thunderstorms, called Pyrocumulonimbus. These, in turn, create powerful updrafts that push smoke and the surrounding air up past the altitudes where jets fly, into the upper part of the atmosphere called the stratosphere. “What was also really amazing was that as the smoke sits in the atmosphere, it starts to absorb sunlight and so it starts to heat up,” said Bourassa. “And then, because it’s getting hotter, it starts to rise in a swirling vortex ‘bubble’, and it just rose and rose higher and higher through the atmosphere.” Information collected by satellite, using an instrument called a spectrometer, showed smoke from the Australian wildfires blocked sunlight from reaching Earth to an extent never before recorded from wildfires. The measurement technique, proven by Canadian scientists including Bourassa over a decade ago, measures the sunlight scattered from the atmosphere back to the satellite, generating a detailed image of layers in the atmos-

phere. The stratosphere is typically a “pretty pristine, naturally clean, stable part of atmosphere,” Bourassa said. However, when aerosols—such as smoke from wildfires or sulphuric acid from a volcanic eruption—are forced up into the stratosphere, they can remain aloft for many months, blocking sunlight from passing through, which in turns changes the balance of the climate system. While researchers have a general understanding of how these smoke clouds form and why they rise high into the stratosphere, Bourassa said more work needs to be done to understand the underlying mechanisms. Researchers will also be comparing their findings from Australian wildfires with satellite data captured from California wildfires this past summer and fall. More information about the USask Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies is available here: https://artsandscience. usask.ca/physics/facilities/isas.php

Local thrower tops Yorkton disc golf event Yorkton was the locale of the third leg of the Legacy Co-op Disc Golf Tour with action taking place on a cold and windy Halloween Saturday. Twenty-five had registered for the event, with 23 braving the conditions to play two 18-basket rounds, one Saturday afternoon and the second a night round. When the final basket was played on the par 114 event Yorkton’s Nick LeClerc topped the Advanced Division shooting a plus-one 115 one better than Balcarres’ Gage McKay’s 116. Ian McKay of Balcarres was third with a plus-eight122.

In the Rec Division Arlen Nickel of Regina topped the field with a plus-27 141. Steven Wishnevetski of Kamsack was second with a 148. The Ladies Division had Regina’s Shawna Scott topping the group with a plus-28 142. JeriAnn Brownbridge of Regina was second at 144, with Bobbi-Jo Moore also of Regina third with a 173. Chase McKay of Balcarres took the Intermediate Division with a plus-10 124. The Junior Division saw Ryan Fielding win with a plus-26 140. The results from Yorkton were then added to those of pre-

vious Legacy Co-op events in Kamsack and Churchbridge to determine the overall series toppers. The 2020 Coop Series winners were: Advanced Division; 1st Gage McKay, 2nd Ian McKay, 3rd Nick LeClerc Ladies Division 1st Shawna Scott, 2nd Bobbi Jo Moore, 3rd Jeri-Ann Brownbridge and Kristen Gillies Junior Division; 1st Ryan Fielding Intermediate Division; 1st Chase McKay Rec Division; 1st Steven Wishnevetski, 2nd Arlen Nickel, 3rd Joshua Kurkjian Submitted

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HOUSEHOLD DUST Continued from Page 6 health, specifically our hormonal systems. Although the use of PBDEs has been restricted in Canada since 2008, older household electronics and furniture with these compounds are still in use. Additionally, the process used to add this chemical to manufactured goods attached the particles very loosely. As a result, the compound tends to shed over time through normal wear and tear. A growing body of evidence suggests that concentrations of this chemical are higher

indoors and that it is present in dust. A team of researchers from the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan and Memorial University set out to determine whether they could find bromine in household dust using synchrotron X-ray techniques. By identifying the presence of bromine, they could confirm if people are in fact getting exposed to the chemical at home, either by direct physical contact or by inhaling it. The scientists tested twenty dust samples collected

from houses in rural Newfoundland using the VESPERS beamline at the CLS. Dr. Peter Blanchard with the CLS said his team was uncertain, going in, whether bromine concentrations in their samples would be high enough to register, and if so, whether they could then distinguish between different bromine species. They scored wins on both counts: “We were able to show that there was a noticeable amount of bromine present in all of the dust samples we analyzed and in a select

few we were able to identify bromine species that were characteristic of brominated flame retardants,” said Blanchard. Previous studies have not been able to differentiate brominated flame retardants from other brominated compounds. Study co-author Dr. Atanu Sarkar, who works in Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine, said their findings present something of a choice between bad and worse: safety from fire versus another type of hazard. He acknowledged that it is not feasible for people

to rid their homes of all products and materials containing BRFs. “But if dust is one source of our exposure, how can you reduce this exposure?” said Sarkar. “Public awareness is very important. Maybe we need more frequent vacuuming of all the dust.” Their findings point to the need to identify -- and make consumers more aware of -- safer alternatives that are free of brominated compounds. The team recently published their results in Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

The scientists added that one of the biggest benefits of using the CLS for this type of research is that, unlike other commonly used testing equipment, the synchrotron-based XRF and XANES techniques do not destroy dust samples. Therefore, it will be possible to collect samples from the same households down the road, to compare them with the batch used in this study, and to analyze the current samples five or ten years out, to see how the BRFs chemicals in our homes may change over time.

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Brace Yourself it's Coming! Factors to consider to maintain winter safety Many changes are to be expected as fall gives way to winter. Temperatures drop for much of the country, and depending on where one lives, snow, wind and ice are to be expected. As beautiful as snow-covered landscapes can be, winter presents unique hazards, notably slippery roads and surfaces. Chilly temperatures also can put people at risk if they spend prolonged periods outdoors unprotected. More than 156,000 crashes occur annually due to icy roads. Roughly 17 percent of all vehicle crashes happen in winter conditions. Winter hazards are not exclusive to driving, however. That means winter safety involves a consideration of a host of factors. 1. Changing visibility While slippery surfaces may contribute to some accidents, visibility can quickly change with winter weather. Blowing snow can contribute to whiteout conditions. In addition, fog can be hazardous to drivers, aviators and mariners and contributes to thousands of travel accidents every year, advises the National Weather Service. It’s important to slow down, leave plenty of distance, use your low-beam headlights, and recognize when it may be safest to pull over, such as when visibility is signiﬁcantly compromised. 2. Snow removal Shoveling snow or using a snowblower are common wintertime activities. Yet strenuous levels of activity in cold temperatures could put people at risk of heart attack, particularly if they are not acclimated to physical activity. Always warm up prior to shoveling snow to prepare the body for exercise. Go slowly and take frequent breaks. Avoid twisting and tossing snow over your

shoulder, which can contribute to back injuries. 3. Carbon monoxide poisoning Winter weather means turning up the heat or doing more indoor cooking. Carbon monoxide is produced through the burning of fuel in various forms, including stoves, engines, gas ranges, portable generators, and grills. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that can go undetected as it builds up in enclosed spaces. Never warm up the car inside of a contained garage. Do not use portable flameless chemical heaters indoors, and have furnaces, water heaters and other fuel-burning appliances checked and serviced by a qualified technician annually. Be sure that carbon monoxide alarms are on every floor of the home, and take it seriously if the alarm goes off. 4. Black ice Black ice is a common winter foe. Black ice forms when temperatures rise above freezing during the day, melting any snow on the ground and causing surfaces to become wet. If the temperature drops once more while the ground is wet, a thin, transparent sheet of ice can form. Black ice also may occur if moisture in the air condenses and forms dew or fog, and then the temperature drops below freezing. Black ice gets its name because it looks black on asphalt roads. However, it also can form on sidewalks and overpasses, or spots shaded by trees or other objects. Slowing down and exercising extreme caution are essential. Winter is a beautiful season. But it can be just as hazardous as it is awe-inspiring. Taking steps to stay safe in unpredictable conditions is a necessity each winter.

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Brace Yourself it's Coming! Shovel snow safely this winter The beauty of freshly fallen snow is undeniable. Such beauty compels millions of people across the globe to ski and snowboard each winter, while millions more enjoy simply looking out their windows at snow-covered landscapes. If it was as convenient as it is beautiful, snow would likely be welcomed with open arms whenever the local weatherperson includes it in his or her forecast. But heavy snowfall can be inconvenient, making it difﬁcult to travel and even creating more work for individuals responsible for shoveling their driveways and walkways. Shoveling snow can increase a person’s risk for injury, and some may be surprised to learn just how frequently such injuries happen. In 2018, more than 137,000 people needed medical assistance for injuries that happened while shoveling snow or using snowblowers. Sprains and strains in the back and shoulders are the most common injuries when shoveling snow. But people also can suffer lacerations and injuries related to below-freezing temperatures when shoveling snow. It is recommended people keep these safety precautions in mind when shoveling snow this winter. · Stretch before shoveling. Just like you would do before exercising in a gym, stretch prior to picking up your snow shovel. Warm up your muscles with some light exercise for 10 minutes to reduce your risk of sprains, strains and muscle tears. · Stay hydrated and take frequent breaks. Snow shoveling and snow blowing are aerobic activities. Such activities require participants to be hydrated.

In addition, taking frequent breaks can help prevent injuries. · Avoid shoveling snow if you’re at risk for heart attack. Some people should avoid shoveling snow entirely. According to the Harvard Medical School, researchers correlated hospital admissions and deaths due to heart attack the day after it snowed in Canada between 1981 and 2014. Researchers found that the deeper the snow, the more men died of heart attacks. In fact, researchers found that there was a 34 percent increase in heart attack deaths the day after an eight-inch snowfall, and those rates increased when snowfall increased. Most deaths were men, but both men and women who are at risk of heart attack should avoid shoveling snow, particularly after heavy snowfall. Adults who are unsure of their heart health should consult with their physicians prior to shoveling snow. · Use the right equipment. Ergonomic snow shovels can make shoveling less taxing, reducing your risk for sprains and strains. Spacing hands on the tool grip can increase leverage, making shoveling easier and less likely to lead to injury. · Pushing snow instead of lifting it. Pushing rather than lifting snow when possible. If snow must be lifted, squat with your legs, knees bent and back straight. When lifting, lift with your legs and do not bend at the waist. Scoop small amounts of snow at a time and walk to where you want to dump. Holding shovels full of snow with arms outstretched, as doing so puts too much weight on the spine. Snow should not be thrown over the shoulder; as such a technique requires a twisting motion that puts stress on the

back. Heavy wet snow should be removed in pieces and not all at once. Anyone can get injured while shoveling snow. Such injuries are preventable when certain safety measures are taken.

How to winterize a vacant home A vast migration takes place when the temperatures begin to drop. No, it has nothing to do with feathered friends ﬁnding new roosts or certain mammals getting ready to hibernate. This migration involves the thousands upon thousands of people who retreat from one residence to head to another. Snowbirds, as these migratory people are often called, are primarily retirees who split their living arrangements based on weather. Many spend the spring and summer months in one residence, generally in the northern portion of the country. Once the mercury begins to drop there, they trade that home for another in a more temperate locale, such as Florida, Louisiana, Texas, or even overseas. When snowbirds or other people leave their homes for extended periods of time, it is essential that they winterize properties that will sit vacant for months.

Protect against home damage · Consider turning off the water supply completely if you will be away for an extended period of time; otherwise, a burst pipe may result in signiﬁcant damage. · Drain all water in pipes by opening the faucets and ﬂushing the toilets to clear the water from the tanks and bowls. Place non-toxic antifreeze in the toilet bowls to prevent any remaining water from freezing. · If you will not be draining pipes and turning off the water, set the heating system to 12 C or higher to help keep the interior and wall cavities warm. · Keep room and cabinet doors open to allow heat to circulate to areas where pipes are located. · Shut off the water to outdoor faucets as well as the washing machine. · Close up openings to the house so that rodents

Prepare your deck for winter · Inspect the deck for problems. Decks tend to be used more often in summer than any other time of year. That makes fall and early winter an ideal time to inspect for wear and tear and any additional issues that may have cropped up throughout the summer. Damaged boards and loose handrails should be fixed before winter arrives, especially for homeowners who plan to use their decks in winter. Fixing such issues in winter and even into spring may be difficult thanks to harsh conditions, so make good use of the relatively calm autumn weather to fix any issues on the deck. · Clear the deck of potted plants. Even homeowners who intend to use their decks in winter should remove potted plants from the deck in the fall. The home improvement experts at HGTV note that moisture can get trapped between deck boards and plastic, wood or ceramic containers in cold weather,

and that can contribute to mildew, discoloration or decay. · Store unnecessary furniture. Homeowners who like to sit on their decks in winter will no doubt want to leave some furniture out over the winter. But those with lots of furniture for entertaining guests can likely move the majority of that furniture into a garage or shed for the winter. HGTV notes that doing so will prevent the potential formation of blemishes on the deck that can result from inconsistent weathering. · Remove snow, but do so carefully. Prolonged contact with snow and ice can damage a deck. As a result, homeowners should clear snow from their decks when accumulation is signiﬁcant. HGTV recommends using a snow blower on the deck to avoid scarring. If a shovel must be used, push snow with the planks to reduce the risk of damaging the deck.

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Mushroom pickers find a Wild West in backwoods of rainforest By Marc FawcettAtkinson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (National Observer) Beneath forest canopies, a multimilliondollar wild mushroom industry lies hidden. Chanterelles, pine mushrooms, morels: British Columbia’s understory is replete with fungi sought by fancy restaurants and foodies worldwide, often for a premium price. That demand has spurred an unregulated industry, one run largely on cash and deals made from the beds of pickup trucks deep in the B.C. backcountry. “Pickers will go out and pick whatever is flushing at the time and sell it to the field buyers,” said Joe Stone, a professional wild mushroom harvester based in coastal B.C. “(The field buyers) are buying for the big buyers, who are doing the distributing. (They) basically have a monopoly and control the price.” The provincial government doesn’t track how many mushrooms are harvested in the province, nor how many are exported, making it difficult to get a clear sense of the industry. A 1997 estimate plugged the global trade in chanterelles — B.C.’s most important commercial mushroom, alongside morels and pine mushrooms (matsutake) — at roughly $2 billion, with production ranging between 150,000 and 200,000 tonnes. More recently, European Union trade data indicated the region imported roughly $3.5 million worth of chanterelles annually from Canada between 1995 and 2005. Meanwhile, pine mushrooms, which are highly sought in Japan, netted around $20 million per year between 2000 and 2003, according to Japanese government

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Mushrooms are plentiful in older B.C. forests, many of which are being logged. data. “Most of it goes to export,” said Jeremy Budd, co-owner of West Coast Wild Foods, one the largest wild food companies in the province. That market was severely disrupted this year, as the pandemic shuttered restaurants worldwide, incomes dropped and international flights got scarce. Like many farmers and fish harvesters who relied heavily on international exports to break even, Budd has started selling more mushrooms locally. Still, that doesn’t mean sales have fully tanked. International markets have remained open, Stone explained, and the prices he’s getting for pine mushrooms (they’re in season now) have more than doubled since last year, reaching $25 a pound. That might be, in part, because there are far fewer pickers in the bush this year, reducing the overall supply. “In past years, there’s been a lot of international pickers, especially on fire morels,” Stone said. “If you go into the right area, like the Yukon or

the Kootenays, if there’s been a fire there and you go the next year, you’re pretty much guaranteed a good pick.” That draws people to the B.C. backwoods from across Canada and beyond, with many pickers coming from places like Germany, France or the Czech Republic, according to Stone. And because the industry is almost exclusively cashbased on the ground, many don’t bother with work permits or formal documentation, he said. However, without any form of regulation, it’s pretty much impossible to know for sure. “Pickers are people we don’t know. If a person has a Czech accent, I don’t ask that person, ‘Hey, where’s your papers?’ We don’t inquire (about their work status),” Budd said. “The workforce are freelancers. That’s how the industry works.” Furthermore, he said his company is only responsible for buying the mushrooms from “field buyers” — people who travel deep into the backcountry to set up trading stations at mushroom picker camps.

They’re responsible for the initial purchase, then they sell to larger brokers like Budd, who take care of distribution and exporting. “We’re offering a service. When we open a buying depot in a local town in British Columbia, that depot is open for everybody … Everybody is given the same price, it’s all fair, it’s exactly perfect — the way it should be,” he said. Not everyone agrees. “It’s been left to private cowboy enterprises,” said Shelby Leslie, CEO of Forest Foods Ltd., a non-timber forest resource company that supports First Nations wanting to enter the industry. Companies like Budd’s are technically only brokers for the mushrooms, he explained, which allows them to remain at arm’s length from where their products are picked and who picks them — a distance that isn’t always beneficial. For instance, intense commercial huckleberry harvests — another major commercial nontimber forest product grown in B.C. — in the

Kootenays have been problematic. “(There’d be) 40 to 50 people in a camp in a valley with lots of huckleberry, and they would just pick it until there was nothing left. That would be in a (First Nation’s) traditional territory, in a grizzly bear habitat,” Leslie said. That level of harvest infuriated First Nations in the area because the berries are an important traditional food, according to Leslie. It also triggered concerns among provincial wildlife managers for grizzlies in the area, which depend on the berries to get through the winter. Commercial harvesting was prohibited in the area this year to protect the bears’ food — an exception, Leslie explained, to the provincial government’s laissez-faire attitude towards non-timber forest products. Grizzlies don’t depend on wild mushrooms nearly to the same degree as huckleberries, meaning they’ve been less researched and monitored, and so far, their harvest isn’t controlled. Regulating nontimber forest products — everything from huckleberries to pine mushrooms — is the responsibility of the provincial Ministry of Forest, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. “They just refuse to do anything about it, and that’s the system that’s been in place forever,” Leslie said. The ministry was not available for comment during the writ period. Frustrated with the lack of provincial action, some First Nations, including the Tsilhqot’in Nation and a coalition of Secwépemc communities, have started to require harvesters and field buyers to purchase permits to pick and buy in their traditional territories. And over-harvesting

isn’t the only concern. With only a few companies controlling the distribution of mushrooms, pickers don’t always get a fair price, Stone said. For example, he has been selling chanterelles for roughly $3 a pound to several companies, including West Coast Wild Foods. A pound of chanterelles on the company’s website is currently $25. “Pickers are the ones out there doing all the work. They beat up their vehicles … And the field buyers, too, are doing (a lot) of the work buying from the pickers, and they’re not making much more than the pickers. The guys who are holding all the cards are making all the money,” he said. Budd disagreed. “The prices, obviously, need to reflect my market conditions … so what you see with the price is simple supply and demand … (We’re) simply buying at a price where (we) can resell at some kind of a (profit) margin, and the margin that we hope for is above our costs all in, which includes the spoilage rate, the travel, the labour,” he said. Mushroom pickers can always sell to someone else, he pointed out. “Everybody has the choice because there are no contracts where a mushroom picker has to sell their product.” However, finding someone else to sell to isn’t always obvious, Stone said, especially because “there’s lots of shady business that goes on to put new buyers out.” That’s changing, with some new buyers and distributors breaking into the market in recent years. Still, Stone would like to see a bit more oversight to bring the industry into the modern era. “It’s a bit like the Wild West out there, the last of it,” he said.

Orphaned polar bear cubs given little hope Sarah Lawrynuik - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Winnipeg Free Press) A combination of tragic events, outrage and disagreement over conservation measures has, effectively, delivered a death sentence to orphaned polar bears cubs in the Churchill region. In the early 2000s, before Churchill’s beloved part-time residents joined other poster animals threatened by the global climate crisis, headlines reporting polar bears performing in a travelling Mexican circus sparked outrage. During the 1980s Manitoba exported about three dozen “problem bears” that returned annually to scavenge at

Churchill’s garbage dump. They were relocated to zoos around the world, and three that had been sent to West Germany were sold to the circus, where they were poorly treated in the tropical heat, without air conditioning and places to swim. The wretched conditions, public outcry and eventual rescue to U.S. facilities led to a seismic shift in how Manitoba officials dealt with the problem. Polar bear cubs generally stay with their mothers for two to three years, but orphans are not uncommon and have extremely high mortality rates. The province took on an expensive venture in partnership with the Born Free Foundation, a

British conservation-oriented charity, that matched orphaned cubs with mothers in the wild already caring for another cub of a similar age. “We do see natural adoptions at a low rate in the population, but under five per cent,” said Stephen Petersen, the director of conservation and research at Assiniboine Park Conservancy. “So the premise is good… but we’ve never seen any of those bears again in the records.” Petersen said the results from the project left researchers and provincial authorities viewing the process as merely prolonging the inevitable starvation and death of the cub and it was deemed to be

inhumane. The province then moved on to its next strategy, sending orphans to the Assiniboine Park Zoo. In 2010 the province created the Leatherdale International Polar Bear Conservation Centre through an amendment to the Polar Bear Protection Act. While its staff pursue various conservation initiatives, the centre’s express purpose, as laid out in the legislation, is to care for orphaned and injured bears. The $4.5-million centre opened at the zoo in 2012. “The initial idea, and the way that it was set up in the legislation, was that bears would come down to the LIPBCC, they would be transferred to life in human care,” Petersen said.

“Then a permit would be issued for them to go to (the) Journey to Churchill (exhibit) or to another facility. But the intent was that these bears would be an ambassador for the species and Manitoba.” To prevent a repeat of the Mexican circus fiasco, in this model, the province maintains ownership of the bears in perpetuity, similar to how China operates with regard to its pandas. The number of bears that were found orphaned after the LIPBCC opened exceeded expectations. “We had a couple years where we had a whole bunch of bears,” Petersen said. In five years, 11 cubs were brought south to Winnipeg.

“Then with the last ones that came down, there was a big public outcry,” he said. In 2017, the strategy was put on hold, as were any plans for the cubs that had already been moved to Winnipeg to be sent to other facilities. “I heard the community very loud and clear and certainly (we) do see the value in leaving these bears in their habitat and seeing if there’s a chance for survival and seeing if we can do research with them in their natural habitat as opposed to in the zoo,” said Rochelle Squires, then-minister of sustainable development, at the time. Two of the bears relocated to the zoo died, but the remaining nine Continued on Page 11

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POLAR BEAR CUBS Continued from Page 10 have continued living there, leaving it very near its maximum capacity and necessitating neutering the males to prevent any births. In the meantime, orphans reported outside of Churchill are left alone, likely to die. If a cub happens to wander into town looking for food, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put back in the wild. Cubs are rescued now only if the mother is killed by human action, but there have been no instances since 2017. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over time, there were a lot more orphan cubs. It just seemed like every year there were two or three more orphan cubs that were found and we just said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Enough of this, already,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Mayor Mike Spence said. There has been no research on the western Hudson Bay polar bear

population to determine whether the number of orphans is changing, nor any research into the reasons for abandonment, although some observers have theorized that stress over sea-ice loss could be a factor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will always be a challenge,â&#x20AC;? Spence said, but there is a sense of ownership of the animals in the North and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a feeling among some residents that something that is theirs is being taken from them when the bears were moved south. Another idea put forward in 2017, and endorsed by Squires at the time, involved the creation of a rehabilitation centre in Churchill, but thus far, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been no movement on it. A government spokesperson explained that the policy for Manitoba Conservation remains to

â&#x20AC;&#x153;address the situationâ&#x20AC;? and evaluate the bear in question at the holding facility in Churchill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For cubs orphaned due to natural causes, it is our policy not to intervene. This policy is based on the ecological principle of letting nature take its course, with limited human involvement.â&#x20AC;? Petersen said the problem is that the province doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an overall plan to deal with polar bears. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have this iconic species, but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a management strategy. Orphan cubs were a part of that at one point, but we need an actual management strategy for this species to guide us on how to keep bears in the province,â&#x20AC;? Petersen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But as far as we know, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not even really on the priority list.â&#x20AC;?

Stephen Petersen, the director of conservation and research at Assiniboine Park Conservancy, conducts field research with graduate students to understand how seal populations, the polar bearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main source of food, are changing.

USask-led Global Water Futures announces 12 new projects to advance water security across Canada By Mark Ferguson and USask Research Profile and Impact SASKATOON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After four years of transformative research, the University of Saskatchewan (USask)â&#x20AC;&#x201C; led Global Water Futures (GWF) programâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest university-led freshwater research program â&#x20AC;&#x201D;is launching the second phase of its seven-year mission with a $2.5-million investment in 12 new critically important water security projects. The new projectsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; which include research into climate projections, water-borne diseases, and metal release in thawing permafrost environmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are led

by investigators from USask and its partners McMaster University, Wilfrid Laurier University, McGill University, and the University of Waterloo, as well as the University of Quebec at Montreal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With GWF, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve broken down borders and silos to work together across Canada,â&#x20AC;? said USask researcher and GWF Associate Director Corinne SchusterWallace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very inspiring and I know that we can make a difference for all Canadians and others around the world.â&#x20AC;? Schuster-Wallaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s project, co-led by McMaster researcher Sarah Dickson-

Anderson, aims to tackle the growing problem of groundwater quality in wells used as a drinking source for people and livestock. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to better understand the environment, hydrology, and contaminant processes and risks to humans and livestock associated with private well water security,â&#x20AC;? said SchusterWallace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Private wells are used extensively across Canada to provide

both people and livestock with water to drink. However, in most jurisdictions, these wells are the responsibility of the well user and lack of awareness of this can pose risks to health.â&#x20AC;? Established in 2016 with an initial investment of $77.8 million through the federal Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), GWF is currently investigating the water problems of almost

450 partners, collaborators, and users. The program funds 190 professors from 18 Canadian universities, which have hired close to 900 students and research personnel to help solve these problems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we started Global Water Futures, our user community told us there were some massive issues that we needed to address, such as developing improved flood and drought pre-

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Young artist goes back to school with show By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Morgan Sheppard is going back to school. The Grade 8 student at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School is showing her art online, with a virtual show at the Yorkton Arts Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community pARTners gallery. That show, Back To School, showcases Sheppardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work from this year. While unable to show at the physical gallery due to COVID-19, Sheppard was glad that she had the chance to show her art to a wider audience. Sheppard both showed her paintings and appeared in a video for the gallery discussing painting. The show began with a painting with trees, where Sheppard was experimenting with dif-

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GLOBAL WATER Continued from Page 11 knowledge and predictive models, but we felt the long-term solutions for many of these problems would require a revised national water strategy that addresses the increasing risks to water from climate change,â&#x20AC;? said Pomeroy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are now starting to see our ideas come to fruition, such as next generation water prediction and observing systems, as well as the announcement of the Canada Water Agency in the recent Throne Speech.â&#x20AC;? Pomeroy said there is a lot more research that needs to be done, pointing to problems of diminished groundwater quality, declining lake ice, more frequent toxic algae in lakes, thawing permafrost, damaging floods, inequitable impacts of water insecurity, and the lack of empowerment of Indigenous communities to manage their own source waters. GWF has allocated more than $69 million to its 64 projects and core support teams. Over the past few months, GWF has renewed and funded 11 projects that have been operating since 2017 and has launched six Indigenous community water research projects. There are also seven affiliated projects based as far afield as New Zealand that receive in-kind support from GWF, and strong partnerships with the U.K., China, India, Spain, and the U.S. GWF has global partners that include Future Earth, the World Meteorological Organisation, UNESCO, the World Climate Research Programme, and the United Nations Water Action Decade. GWF continues to lead national conversations on how a Canada Water Agency could help mitigate risks and provide water solutions across the country. For a list of all GWF projects and teams, visit: www.globalwaterfutures.ca

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Why do the feds keep 17 million dead bugs in filing cabinets? Hidden in anodyne filing cabinets scattered across the federal government’s Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa is a library of 17 million dead bugs. The Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes is one of the world’s largest, and it’s essential to Canadian agriculture. Managing bugs is a key part of agriculture, whether it is combating pests and invasive species or trying to prevent the loss of pollinator populations. And taxonomy, or the science of identifying species, is fundamental to this work. “Working on this fundamental backbone to biology — understanding taxonomy and diversity and how things are related — sets the stage for all the other biological sciences,” said Jeff Skevington, a researcher who co-manages the collection and studies hover flies. Those sciences are more important than ever. About 85 per cent of food grown globally depends on pollination, yet pollinator populations — including bees,

birds and hover flies like the ones Skevington studies — are declining worldwide. According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 16.5 per cent of vertebrate pollinators are threatened with global extinction. About a third of Europe’s bee and butterfly species are declining. And in North America, the relative abundance of bumblebees is estimated to have crashed by 97 per cent. The shocking decline is tied to widespread pesticide use and habitat losses that are largely driven by industrial agriculture. While the collection alone won’t solve the problem, it provides a valuable reference for those studying it. For instance, Skevington explained, some researchers are trying to see how hedgerows and other pollinatorfriendly habitats can support agriculture if planted alongside farm fields. But first, they need to figure out which bugs are living in certain kinds of habitats (e.g. hedges, fields). To do so, they’ll check the collection in the same way a writer consults a dictionary. “You have to be able to put a name on those (insects) to be able to work on them, and the

collection is the resource that allows you to check your specimen against named ones and vouch for your material,” he said. Identifying pollinators isn’t the collection’s only use. When new pests appear in Canadian fields and forests, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s biocontrol team uses the collection, which has bugs from across the globe, to identify the new arrival — and other insects that might help eliminate it.

“It’s like an insurance against potential invasive (species), because you want to stamp out a lot of these things before they ever get going,” Skevington explained. For that reason, the work that Skevington and other taxonomists working on the collection do is critically important, though many people have never heard of the discipline. Most of his work is going out in the field, catching bugs, drying them out and looking at

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Photo provided by Jeff Skevington

Jeff Skevington relies on Canada’s little-known national collection of insects, arachnids and nematodes for his research

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them under a microscope for distinctive characteristics. Once those characteristics are identified, Skevington will compare them against existing specimens, some of them “borrowed” from other bug libraries around the world, to try figure out if he’s looking at a new species or not. If so, he’ll then give it a Latin name based on its characteristics, announce a new species — and wait for a response to his work. “(A species name) is a hypothesis, it’s like any process in science,” he said. “I can propose a new species, and in two years from now, somebody can go out and do a whole bunch of groundwork and study the thing in the wild and come back and say, ‘No, I think Skevington is wrong, and this is why, and I think it’s not a new species.’” It’s a dialogue that’s been going on for generations. The world’s earliest taxonomic bug collections were created in the 1600s, making Canada’s collection — established in 1886 — relatively young. Years of field research trips by tax-

onomists working for the collection in Canada and beyond subsequently helped grow the library into the world’s fifth largest. Still, while the collection is highly valued within taxonomic circles, some advocates are concerned for its future. It is currently stored in filing cabinets that line hallways and rooms across the federal government’s experimental farm near Ottawa, explained Carolyn Callaghan, senior conservation biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Federation. Humidity, proximity to labs that use flammable alcohol and the lack of a firewall to protect the collection are all problems if the bugs are to remain safe in perpetuity. These risks could be mitigated with a new building explicitly designed for the collection, she said — an investment of roughly $45 million, according to Canada’s Green Budget Coalition. “We’re doing a disservice to this collection by not (protecting it),” she said.

The best way to prevent and treat chapped lips Chapped lips can be an unpleasant reminder that the weather is changing. Many different people experience chapped lips periodically, but they seem to be especially common when the air is dry and cold. The health and wellness resource Healthline. com says that, because the lips do not contain oil glands like other areas of the skin, they are more prone to drying out. Therefore, people need to take extra steps to keep their lips moist. Stop licking your lips Licking your lips when they are dry is a reflex habit, and one that will only temporarily address the dryness. The Mayo Clinic says that saliva evaporates quickly, which can leave lips drier than they were before you licked them. Flavored lip balms may entice you to lick your lips more, so avoid them if that flavor is just too much to resist. Rely on sunscreen Use a lip balm that contains sunscreen, which can help prevent the lips from damage caused by UV rays, further exacerbating dryness. UV rays are present all year long. Protect your lips If you know it’s going to be cold and dry out-

side, apply a lubricating lip cream or balm before heading outdoors. Products containing petroleum, beeswax or coconut oil can help lock moisture in. Reapply often. Also, a scarf or balaclava can help block wind that dries out lips. Use gentle skin care products Some people are prone to allergic reactions from cosmetics or skin care products. Read the ingredients carefully and avoid those that have led to reactions in the past. Drink more fluids Be sure to drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration, which can dry out lips and skin. While you’re hydrating from the inside, also try to improve the air humidity inside of your home or office. A humidifier can make the environment more comfortable and help combat dry lips. Avoid mouth-breathing Drawing air in through your mouth can further dry out the lips. Alleviate a stuffy nose so you can breathe through your nose more easily. The Mayo Clinic recommends speaking with a doctor if chapped lips are chronic and not easily remedied, as this may be a symptom of an underlying condition.

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November 6, 2020 | This Week Marketplace

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Sale Price $17,999

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Sale Price $39,995

5.5 Box, 5.0L V8, Heated/Cooled Leather, Moonroof, Trailer Tow Pkg, Spray in Liner, Remote Start, Ruby Red 94,000 Km. STK# 12-F-6

Reg. $29,500

Sale Price $27,995

2016 Heartland Wilderness Travel Troutes

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