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Kamsack Powerhouse Museum reveals vintage Valentine collection Courtesy of Kamsack Times It was a cold day with near whiteout conditions, but that didn’t stop Lydia Cherkas, president of the Kamsack Powerhouse Museum, from venturing out to open the doors at the Kamsack Museum for a special peek inside. The museum has been closed for the past year for numerous reasons due to pandemic concerns. Not only does the museum board consist of elderly or compromised individuals, the cancellation of community fundraising events and the cessation of tourism has resulted in locked doors for as long as anyone can guess. Local residents who have not yet found an opportunity to visit the museum, may be amazed to see the impressive collection of antiques, heirlooms, and historical relics of Kamsack’s past. Through thousands of carefully preserved items, the museum seems to house a number of stories of how life was
Valentine cards from the early 1900s were often elaborate with varied textures and scalloped edges.
Some valentine cards at the Kamsack Powerhouse Museum date over 100 years old. once lived in these parts. One room is filled entirely with items from an old fashioned doctor’s office. Another room displays a number of curious pieces of equipment once used to operate a hair salon. As if frozen in time, an old country kitchen features many items used in cooking, cleaning and storage. Tucked away in cases, hanging in closets or dressed on mannequins, are clothing items made of natural fibres like wool, fur, or hide, along with quilts and pillows with intricate handstitched detail. Nestled safely behind the glass of a display cabinet inside the
A common attribute of old-fashioned valentine cards was muted pastel colors.
Vintage valentines often included naked cherubs with wings, bows, and arrows. museum is a rare collection of vintage Valentine’s Day cards that whisper secrets of love shared between residents of days passed. The cards are well preserved, many of them textured with multiple layers and scalloped edges. The colours on the valentines are muted, albeit still vivid in the printing style from the early 1900s. Consistent themes throughout the collection include chubby cherubs with wings, flowers, hats, ribbons, and birds. Cherkas explained that the museum is supported by government grants, the tireless attention of a group of dedicated volunteers, and support from the community through fundraisers like pancake breakfasts and picnics. “Of course, these days we can’t hold community events like we used to,” said Cherkas. “We can’t even really get together to have meetings. Since we don’t know when
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Lydia Cherkas, President of the Kamsack Powerhouse Museum, agreed to give Kamsack Times readers a peek at the beautiful vintage Valentine’s Day cards on display in the museum, which is currently closed due to the pandemic. Those wishing to make a donation to support the museum can connect with the board through the museum’s Facebook page or contact Cherkas directly. Any donations exceeding $100 will earn a spot for
Birds and flowers were featured abundantly in valentine cards 100 years ago.
the giver’s name on a display located by the front entrance.
Vintage Valentine’s Day cards from a collection at the Kamsack Powerhouse Museum were printed from 1909 to 1925.
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Hats and bows were common on Valentine’s Day cards in the early 1900s.
The Sturgis Kin Club’s Mini-miracle 41 will have a different look this year. Due to the COVID19 restrictions organizers are unable to host the annual mini-miracle in the usual manner with broadcasting live from a gymnasium with a packed audience.
The Club decided to host a virtual mini miracle with broadcasting the pre-ordered entertainment live on Facebook on February 25 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Club members will be answering phones, taking personal pledges and donations on that day as well as prior to the event. Donations will also be accepted by e-Transfers.
There are nine performers who will be showcased that evening, with pre-recorded performances by: Tom Hazelett, GX-94 2019 Star Search winner; Sherry Lesser of Lintlaw; Sherry Fehr and Jackie Guy, both of Yorkton; Laura Davis of Sturgis; Alexa Olson of Norquay; Jesse Jenialle of Swan River, and Brittany Jade and
Vincente Pinaroc, both of Preeceville. Performers who would like to send in their performance have until February 22 to submit their recordings. The club is also planning a take-out only ham and perogy supper on February 21. The meal will consist of ham, perogies, a bun and a drink. Continued on Page 3
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me relevance in the business community. I’ll always remember that, how much help it gave me. So I thought at one point I would be giving back.” The coming year will be a challenging year for businesses in the community, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic continues into the new year. Sveinbjornson said that they’re also looking forward to a turnaround, as vaccines begin to roll out and businesses are able to reopen or open more fully. “We’re looking forward to helping our members get back on their feet and take advantage of opportunities that are before them.” They are in constant consultation with Chamber members, said
Sveinbjornson, and also have constant consultation with government on all levels, to advocate for business and look for opportunities, especially in the current environment when businesses are looking for any opportunities they can find. Sveinbjornson is also excited about the other Chamber directors, both those with experience and those who are new. They are always looking for new ideas and fresh approaches, and Sveinbjornson said that whether it’s new businesses or new Chamber directors, they’re also looking for fresh perspectives. “We’ve got a really great group of directors again. We’ve got some new faces this year, some new ideas.
MINI MIRACLE Continued from Page 2 Pre-orders are required prior to the supper. “This year will be the 41st year that we have hosted the mini-miracle but the first time we have ever had to host it virtual,” said Daniel Wasylenchuk, chairman of Mini-Miracle. “It will be different but we remain optimist that the public will still donate in these trying times and watch it live.” Over the past 40 years the Mini-Miracle has raised $947,394 for Telemiracle. The first Mini-Miracle was held in 1981 and was originally established to be a different way to raise funds for Telemiracle. “The talent radio-a-thon only raised $8,000 and was very well supported,” said Eugene Boychuk, one of the original founding members of Mini-Miracle. “The talent competition portion was dropped and we went to an entertainment evening that featured a radio-a-thon. The very first one we hosted was fun, packed full of high energy and has been a success every since.” The biggest change through the years was the significant increase of funds raised each year. Much has stayed the same which includes members going to Telemiracle to make the donation presentation and answering phones taking donations on Telemiracle. The Sturgis Composite School and the Kinsmen joined together in 1984 to create the minimarathon running from Canora to Sturgis to raise
funds that were added to the mini-miracle. The Preeceville Hospital bed push, which began in 1986, had staff and volunteers pushing a hospital bed from Preeceville to Sturgis, also adding to the coffers of the total of the Sturgis Mini-Miracle. The Sturgis Kinsmen and Kinettes underwent a name change a few years ago and are now known as the Sturgis Kin Club, a combination of both clubs. The Kinsmen motto is serving the community’s greatest need and some of its greatest accomplishments feature the Trip of the Month fundraiser, the family duck derby and various other fundraisers that all help serve local organizations and individuals. All the funds raised by the Kinsmen are kept at a local level. The following was taken from the Sturgis history book. The Sturgis Kinsmen
Club was chartered as a club in 1956. It’s constitution states, “That Kinsmen shall carry on service work within their community.” Some of the Sturgis Kinsmen projects over the years were equipping the community hall with chairs and tables, the kiddies Christmas show, donations to minor sports, food hampers, building a kiddies park, providing financial aid for the new arena, sponsored the ice carnival queen, assisted in the July 1st Sports and Rodeo, and numerous other community events. In 1970, the club was presented the District 3 Efficiency shield. Fiftythree Kinsmen Clubs in the province competed for this shield which was awarded in recognition of outstanding achievements at the provincial level. The Sturgis Kinette Club was organized in 1966 with nine members. Over the years they have helped the Kinsmen and contributed to many organizations.
We just had our annual kickstart meeting, we’ve got a lot of energy within the group. We’re excited to keep rolling this year.” The pandemic is at the forefront at everyone’s mind right now, but Sveinbjornson is looking forward to the future, and one of the goals of the Chamber is to start organizing networking events and education events as soon as they are able. “We really do feel, as a Chamber, that those are important things. That we can get together, and learn from others, and be able to meet again and network. That has been lost in the last year, and we’re looking forward to that.”
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Saskatchewan proclaims February as African-Canadian/ Black History Month Saskatchewan has proclaimed February as African-Canadian/Black History Month, which recognizes and honours the legacy of people of African descent across the nation. Black History Month is an opportunity for all to learn more about the many accomplishments and contributions from persons of African heritage to Saskatchewan and the rest of Canada. “Saskatchewan is proud to be home to such a vibrant and active African-Canadian community,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Laura Ross said. “Black History Month is the perfect opportunity to
learn and celebrate the many distinct cultures of Canadians of African heritage represented in our province.” This year is also the 16th Anniversary of the Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum (SACHM). The SACHM has made significant progress in establishing a presence in Saskatchewan, with one of the major highlights being the installation and dedication of the Honouring Tree Sculpture in Wascana Park. “We celebrate this important milestone because it is an opportunity for all of us to learn about the wide range
of African-Canadian experiences, including dealing with racism and the vital role this community has played throughout our shared history for over 100 years in Saskatchewan,” SACHM Chair SharonAnn Brown said. The SACHM is offering several virtual events over the course of February, developed in partnership with the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Theatre Saskatchewan and several other Saskatchewan cultural organizations. For a list of upcoming events, visit the SACHM’s Facebook page at https:// w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / SACHMSaskatchewan.
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EDITORIAL Every new beginning is also an ending I am mildly terrified. Big changes are always terrifying, especially when you know they’re coming and are not quite sure what they mean. Will this change be for the good? Will it be for the bad? Were you right to make the choice to take that leap, make that change, turn your life into a new and unknown direction? But those decisions need to be made, and if you don’t make those changes you will inevitably regret not making them. Every major choice that changes your life comes with so many unknowns that it’s impossible to tell if it’s the right choice until long after the fact. Twelve years ago in April, I also made a choice that terrified me, I got in my car and drove to Yorkton, I moved into an upstairs room in a small farmhouse with a bunch of clothes and a small laptop, because I had just got a job working at the News Review. I eventually got a real apartment soon after - and had furniture too, though I didn’t have a desk so I had to use my big desktop computer on the floor. It was a change, a lot of change, and for the weeks between the day I found out I had the job and the day I started I wondered if it was the right change, and whether or not I would succeed in my new role.
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Thinking I do with words... The years since have seen good moments and bad moments. I was able to photograph the Olympic torch relay, I was on the radio because I covered a murder trial. I interviewed many musicians, I made jokes that only made sense to me. I met friends, I met the woman who I plan on marrying, I have a house that we will be spending a large amount of money renovating. I found out that the News Review was going to be rolled into Yorkton This Week the day before I was going on a massive road trip to Arizona. I ruined my pants in Theodore, I slipped and fell at a protest. There have been stories that were better than
expected and stories that fell through at the last minute. There were late night phone calls - in particular, there is one excellent former YRHS student with a bright future who was constantly phoning me back for interviews after 9:00 p.m. - and there were weekends where I didn’t even know which way was up. I have a lot of memories, in other words, as you would expect from someone who has been in roughly the same job for a decade. And since I’ve been in roughly the same job for so long, going off to a new one is a bit intimidating. But this week, I turn left instead of right, and I turn towards something different and a big change in my life. And as much as the change might be scary, it’s also exciting, I’m happy to be doing something new. In a decade from now, I will look back and think about how even though it was frightening at the time, it was the right decision to make. It was the right decision to come to Yorkton, and now I feel it’s the right decision to leave Yorkton This Week. It’s never easy to change your life, and it’s always mildly terrifying, but sometimes it’s just what you have to do. And I have to make a change. Goodbye.
Start change locally, while thinking globally There’s truth to the saying, “Think globally, act locally.” To resolve a planetary crisis like climate disruption, we need change from the top, but without localized support, that’s difficult to achieve. And grassroots action can grow into something much bigger. Think of Greta Thunberg, whose 2018 solitary school strike for climate outside the Swedish parliament blossomed into a massive youth movement that drew more than four million people to 2,500 events in 163 countries on all seven continents just one year later. Local action is beneficial even if it doesn’t become a worldwide movement. It can help communities respond to specific issues, such as adapting to regional effects of climate change. It can help protect threatened plants and animals and their habitats. It can inspire municipal or provincial governments to implement important policies, pushing governments higher up to act. But those who want to get involved to better their communities often find it difficult to gain knowledge, tools
and support for their endeavours. The U.S. Sunrise Movement, Climate Action U.K. and SuperLocal in France offer training and other resources to strengthen environmental and climate action, and bring diverse groups together to build a more powerful force. The David Suzuki Foundation is doing the same in Canada with the Future Ground Network/Réseau Demain le Québec. It provides education, tools and networking opportunities to help groups throughout Canada strengthen their impact, on initiatives ranging from urban agriculture projects and climate campaigns to advancing sustainable transportation solutions. It’s all about support, connection and inspiration. As Holly Reid of Cycle Don Valley Midtown said, “We can benefit from the knowledge and insights of other organizers in the network. The tools and supports that the Future Ground Network provides — webinars, Action Network and access to Superteam volunteers — will make us more effective at getting the job done.”
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Science Matters Foundation staff know how effective local action can be. Its Butterflyway Project has inspired people to plant thousands of pollinatorfriendly native wildflowers in schoolyards, gardens, balconies and boulevards throughout Canada. It started as a project to support monarch butterflies making their astonishing migration from Canada to Mexico and back. Monarchs need milkweed to lay eggs and feed, but urban and agricultural development has been wiping out the plants. Over the past four years, 1,008 volunteers have planted more than 54,000 native wildflowers in over 1,000 pollinator patches in 100 communities to feed and shelter birds, bees and butterflies. Making connections in
your community — even if virtual or physically distanced — is healthy and much needed in these times. Working with others for the betterment of your neighbourhood, town, city, province, country or world contributes to well-being and happiness. And, as we’ve seen from people like Greta Thunberg, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela and many others, small acts can lead to big changes. Research from Harvard University shows what can be achieved when these acts bloom into larger, non-violent movements. Political scientist Erica Chenoweth looked at hundreds of campaigns from 1900 to 2006 and found that non-violent campaigns are twice as likely to achieve their goals as violent ones and
that, if at least 3.5 per cent of a population participates in a protest or movement, serious political change is likely. In their book Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, Chenoweth and International Center of Nonviolent Conflict researcher Maria Stephan write that, of the 323 violent and nonviolent campaigns they studied, non-violent ones led to significant change 53 per cent of the time compared to 26 per cent for violent ones. That’s partly because non-violent action attracts more participants. All campaigns that involved at least 3.5 per cent of a population succeeded! The climate and biodiversity crises and other environmental emergencies call for rapid change. This global pandemic has shown such change is possible with political will and public support. Empowering people to get involved in their communities provides a path to positive local change and builds networks to help resolve major national and global crises.
New Democratic Party want to nationalize five Extendicare long-term care facilities By Brian Zinchuk Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Estevan Mercury Regina – Outbreaks of COVID19 at privately-administered long-term care facilities has the
New Democratic Party (NDP) calling for essentially nationalizing five long-term care homes within Saskatchewan. Standing before the Extendicare Parkside facility in Regina on Feb. 2, NDP Seniors Critic Matt Love, MLA for
Saskatoon Eastview, and NDP Leader Ryan Meili, MLA for Saskatoon Meewasin, detailed their plan to take over several privately owned facilities, with the intention of making them government-owned and operated.
Love said, “This facility has become a bit of a symbol in our province of the tragic consequences of COVID-19. And it was here, at this location, that I think we learned really two difficult but important lessons. And the Continued on Page 5
Change isn’t always easy, but it’s often necessary. Resolving the climate crisis brings many other benefits beyond ensuring improved health and survival rates for humanity — from high-quality jobs to greater equity. Initiatives like the Future Ground Network can bring people together to build a better society and help heal the world. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Writer and Editor Ian Hanington. Learn more at davidsuzuki.org.
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LONG-TERM CARE Continued from Page 4 first one is that this government failed to act when it when it comes to solving the crises in our long-term care system. And more recently, they failed to act as the second wave in our province, and this government took zero significant actions to protect seniors living in long term care. “The result of these failures is that Saskatchewan families are being left down. “The second thing that we learned from this location is that for-profit care for seniors, has no place in our province. It has no place in the way that we move forward to provide care for senior citizens.” Love continued, “When we see the scale of death, both in Saskatchewan, but across Canada, in forprofit long-term care facilities, what we see is that one thing becomes abundantly clear: and that’s the profit model for care is broken, and it’s failing seniors. Families who have suffered and lost members are left to sit and watch as the company that that that owns and runs these facilities generates immense profit, and pays out dividends to their shareholders. And this is wrong.” He said it betrays those who work at the facilities as well as the families of those who live there. He called the workers “heroes.” Meili said that his mother worked at Extendicare in Moose Jaw for 25 years as a registered nurse and in management. He said he knows that staff have “here have done everything they can to protect each other and protect the vulnerable residents they serve.” Meili spoke of seniors who are four-to-a-room, and said there is anger with the Saskatchewan Party government, “because this government knew they knew that this was a problem.
They saw what happened, in Ontario, across the country, with the first wave and they did nothing; nothing to prepare for what we knew was coming, with more cases in the fall. And that is the pattern of this government for years.” He said the NDP have been raising concerns about Extendicare since 2013, and there’s been similar concerns about long-term care across Saskatchewan. Meili said, “Now we have 43 people, having lost their lives here at Parkside, six more at Preston, dozens more who’ve been sick. All while Extendicare has been taking profits, and taking public money, as a wage supplement. It’s got to stop. “And that’s why we’re calling for real change today. And that change is as follows: We immediately transfer the management, permanently, of all for-profit facilities in Saskatchewan, to the SHA (Saskatchewan Health Authority). “We know that for years, the for-profit model has been failing residents at every level across the country, but the pandemic has made that all too tragically clear in a much more serious way. So immediately transfer those facilities; that means five facilities here in Saskatchewan.” He listed Extendicare Elmview, Parkside and Sunset in Regina, Extendicare Preston in Saskatoon, and Extendicare Moose Jaw. “Along with transferring those facilities, we’re demanding that the government be honest with us be clear and share all the information about every outbreak happening in long-term care in Saskatchewan and the outcomes; the deaths, the hospitalizations, the full story. “We’re also calling on this government to immediately hire the 300 CCAs (continuing care aides) they promised in
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the Throne Speech, not wait until after the spring budget; the budget that they’ve delayed.” Meili said there is a need for a workforce strategy with SHA and healthcare unions to plan for adequate staffing. Meili said there should be minimum care standards in all facilities public, not-for-profit private, and the charitable sector as well, including a maximum of two residents per room. He added, “We need to expand the temporary wage supplement, not
just to a few people, leaving millions of federal dollars on the table, but applying it to all health care workers that should be eligible and should be receiving.” Lastly, Meili also called for independent body, a seniors advocate. He said this would involve “permanently taking over ownership of these facilities, bring them into the public system, and then buy the buildings as they are.” Moe responds Asked about this dur-
ing his weekly COVID19 briefing later on Feb. 2, Premier Scott Moe said there are standards of care within the Saskatchewan Health Authority. “With respect to this government’s commitment to long-term care here in the province, I think the people of the province know very well that we have committed vast amounts of resources to ensure the long-term care in Saskatchewan is as safe as it can possibly be.” Moe noted there have been many challenges,
and recently the provincial ombudsman was asked to investigate those challenges specifically to one facility. He said Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab spoke earlier “to the good work that our that our healthcare staff have done and keeping our long-term care infections, when they occur, confined and contained and I want to also take the opportunity to thank them.” Moe said over the last ten years the province Continued on Page 6
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Why this Canadian company wants your used chopsticks Marc Fawcett-Atkinson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Canada’s National Observer) Last February, Felix BÜck picked up a shipping container sent express from Disneyland and stuffed with a precious load: Single-use chopsticks the company couldn’t use because of a package design error. The load was the first hint of a wooden tsunami for BÜck, CEO of ChopValue, a Vancouverbased company that recuperates single-use chopsticks to turn them into everything from desks to dominoes. Since its founding in 2016, the company has kept millions of chopsticks out of landfills; an effort, BÜck
said, to reduce waste produced by restaurants. “We are a circular economy franchise. We identified the humble chopstick as one of the imported, disposable consumer items� ubiquitous in modern life, he said. “We thought it might be a really powerful tool to talk about underutilized resources and how much waste we have in our cities.� Pre-pandemic, well over 100,000 wooden utensils like chopsticks were discarded daily in Vancouver, according to a 2018 study by Metro Vancouver. Most had been used an average of 20 minutes — after a roughly 9,000-kilometre journey from bamboo forests in China to restaurants in B.C.
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Most chopsticks are produced in China, from Chinese bamboo. The wood is among the strongest and most sustainable on the planet, said Felix BÜck of ChopValue. Bamboo is among the world’s most sustainable tree species, with coppices harvested in four-year rotations with-
out destroying the trees’ root systems. But even that breakneck rate of regrowth can’t make single-use chopsticks sus-
tainable, BĂśck said. Keeping them out of the landfills — where they decompose and produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas — and extending their useful life was his focus. Working with restaurants, he set up recycling bins and a collection system to gather the chopsticks their customers used. The collected wood was then brought to local manufacturing facilities to be transformed into more valuable goods, or “upcycled.â€? Keeping those manufacturing facilities small and local is key, BĂśck said, as it allows more flexibility and provides local employment. It’s a model he hopes will be imitated by others aiming to set up manufactur-
LONG-TERM CARE Continued from Page 5 had invested in around 15 new long term care facilities in the province. “We’ve increased our long-term care staff with similar amount of beds, by about 700, committed to another 300 that are long-term care staff that are in the process of being hired on, as we speak, to ensure that we are able to continue to provide, not only the care, but the safe care for our family members in our long term care facilities here in the province,� he said. Moe said there is more work to do. “We’ll wait with specifics on the ombudsman report, with respect to one facility. But most certainly, we’re going to continue to invest in not only long-term care but, more directly into our family members that are utilizing long term care homes and ultimately the people that built our province.�
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Parkland College takes open house online February 11 to 19 Parkland College’s annual Open House will be a week-long virtual event this year due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. While the usual in-person events cannot be held, the College is ensuring prospective students have access to the same program information they would have received at a normal Open House. The College has created a virtual space for the Open House from Feb. 11 through Feb. 19 on Eventbrite.com. Guests can register for free access to dozens of on-demand informational videos, as well as admission tips and academic advising opportunities. Participants will also be entered in draws for prizes like free ed2go online courses and College merchandise. And anyone who applies for a 2021-22 certificate or diploma program during the Open House event will be eligible for a $350 tuition seat deposit rebate.
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25-years marked Calvin Daniels, Editor of Yorkton This Week, and Sandy Kerr, sales representative, have both recieved a Silver Quill Award.The Silver Quill Award recognizes distinguished service of 25 years or more. It is presented with the approval of the News Media Canada board of directors to any individual who has been actively engaged in the news media
USED CHOPSTICKS Continued from Page 6 boxes lined with plastic, then each pair is protected by a small paper or plastic package, he said. Opening thousands of boxes of chopsticks to sort those materials and put them in the right waste stream — recycling for plastic and cardboard, compost for wood — is too much work. Had ChopValue not recuperated them, they would have probably ended up in a landfill. Yet despite the surging business, BĂśck said the pandemic oversupply laid bare the vulnerabilities of the complex supply chains that move everything from chopsticks to carrots around the globe. “What we learned through this pandemic is logistics have challenges, especially when we have to re-evaluate costs or priority goods,â€? he said. “It really, really interrupted so much of our supply chain. I hope there is a big transition ‌ (to) local manufacturing.â€? That could make it easier not only to recuperate and upcycle unused goods, as ChopValue has done, but also allow for more control over what’s produced in the first place. Our supply chains haven’t always been so global: Canada’s chopsticks were produced here — at a factory in Fort Nelson, B.C. — until the late 1990s. It’s that vision — more small, local manufacturers and less reliance on vulnerable global supply chains — BĂśck hopes his chopsticks will inspire. “My vision is to have mass manufacturing made local,â€? he said.
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Clifton Associates selected as lead engineering team for first stage of Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Expansion Project Regina-based Clifton Associates Ltd. (Clifton) has been selected to begin engineering work for the Westside Irrigation Project. Clifton was selected after successfully completing a twostaged transparent procurement process consisting of a request for qualifications and a request for proposals. Clifton’s work will encompass the first stage of the Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Expansion - the largest infrastructure project in Saskatchewan’s history, which is being undertaken in order to double the amount of irrigable land in the province. “This is an important step forward to realizing the irrigation potential of Lake Diefenbaker,” Minister Responsible for SaskBuilds and Procurement Jim Reiter said. “Our government looks forward to the commencement of the first phase of this generational project.” Clifton’s team will start work immediately to complete the overall engineering preliminary design for Phases 1 and 2. Their work is expected to take 12 to 18 months, and will inform
the next phases of work, including: • Preliminary engineering design for Phases 1 and 2; • Geotechnical, soil suitability and geographical mapping; • Environmental consulting services; and • Playing a central role in the extensive consultations with First Nations and other stakeholders, which will also start in the near future. “As prime consultant, Clifton is proud to lead the Saskatchewan-based Westside Irrigation Canal Project engineering team in association with Stantec and Associated Engineering,” Clifton Associates Ltd. CEO Wayne Clifton said. “Our team has deep Saskatchewan roots; each firm brings more than four decades of successful delivery of major projects in this province. We are delighted to be a part of this legacy project that will further reinforce Saskatchewan’s position as a leader in global food security while building on the vision made possible by the creation of Lake Diefenbaker a half a century ago. We look forward to
continuing the tradition of prairie innovation—applying Saskatchewan talent to deliver a legacy project for the people of Saskatchewan.” Clifton has spent more than a decade intensively involved in a variety of irrigation studies within Saskatchewan. They are among the most experienced engineering firms across Western Canada and have delivered on other large-scale infrastructure projects in the past. Clifton provides a strong team to review the environmental scope of the work required to complete the initial stages of the necessary provincial and federal regulatory approvals and permits. There will be careful assessment of potential impacts to environmental protection, downstream users, and communities, including consultations with First Nations and other stakeholders as part of the process. Announced in July 2020 by Premier Scott Moe, the Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project is expected to double the amount of irrigable land in Saskatchewan, a significant step to completing goals set out in the 2030
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Crown land sale brings in quarter million dollars By Brian Zinchuk Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Estevan Mercury Regina – The Feb. 2 Crown land sale for petroleum and natural gas rights was yet another one of the lowest over the last decade, generating $251,672 in revenue for the province of Saskatchewan. This is the last of six oil and gas public offerings for the 2020-21 fiscal year and brings cumulative earnings to $6,482,214. A total of 28 leases were posted, with 10 selling. Province-wide, the average was $149 price per hectare, but there was a very wide range of prices. The Lloydminster area brought in $113,947 for two parcels totalling 388.5 hectares. There had been 10 leases posted. The average price was $293 per hectare in this region. The highest bonus bid received on a parcel in this offering was $100,736 for a lease in the Lloydminster area, totalling 129.5 hectares. This was also the highest bid on a dollar per hectare basis at $778 per hectare. This lease was awarded to Soo Lone Resource Group Ltd. and is prospective for heavy oil in the Mannville Group. It is located 35 kilometres
northwest of Unity, adjacent to the Winter Cummings Oil Pool. In the KindersleyKerrobert area, three of 13 posted leases sold. The total bonus was $26,623 for 777 hectares. These parcels averaged $34 per hectare. Two of them went to a numbered company, 818541 Alberta Ltd. Those parcels are located four kilometres northwest of Kerrobert. Both leases received a bid of $9,702 or $37 per hectare. In the Estevan area five leases were posted and all five sold. They brought in $111,102 for 518 hectares, with an average price of $214 per hectare. The highest bonus bid received in this area was $92,584 for a lease totaling 259 hectares. This was also the highest bid on a dollar per hectare basis received in this area at $357 per hectare. This lease went to Crescent Point Energy Corp. and is located 23 kilometres northeast of Stoughton. The company has an active drilling program in that general area this winter. It is notable that historically Crescent Point has used land agents to obscure its acquisitions, but in recent land sales, the oil company itself has been showing up in these media releases. Millennium Land Ltd.
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USask COVID-19 research to track online hate directed at Asian community By USask Research Profile and Impact SASKATOON – What makes a social media post racist and how does that hatred spread? These are some of the questions University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers are tackling, measuring how social media hatred directed at the Asian community has risen dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. USask linguistics researcher Zhi Li, partnered with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC), has been awarded almost $25,000 by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to lead a team in tracking the causes of online hate on Twitter directed at
Asian people. “We will not only track the pattern and trend of anti-Asian xenophobia but also analyze the social and linguistic factors contributing to the development of such xenophobia in light of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Li. “Ours is the first interdisciplinary data-driven study to measure this.” Li will work with USask sociologist Hongming Cheng, and USask adjunct computer scientist Roy Ka-Wei Lee, now faculty at Singapore University of Technology and Design, as well as two graduate students and one undergraduate student. The researchers will gather an estimated 80 million tweets, sent in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic,
from October 2019 until present. Working with Darrell Seib, SHRC director of systemic initiatives, the research team will identify racist content in an existing database of tweets and use that information to train an algorithm to automatically pinpoint offending posts in the COVID-19 data. “We’re looking at tweets, but also retweets,” said Li. “We intend to look at what makes the content ‘unfriendly’ or derogatory—the linguistic patterns behind the messages—as well as the patterns for how this information spreads.” The researchers will study the factors that influence the spread of online hatred directed at a specific group—in this case, the Asian commun-
ity. “The importance of this type of research cannot be understated. An evidence-based understanding of online hate and discrimination will illuminate social and structural divides in society, and help human rights agencies effect change,” said David Arnot, chief commissioner of the SHRC. “Online hate cannot continue to go unchecked. The more we understand it, the better equipped we will be to respond to this kind of racial discrimination.” The initial research will focus on the text content of hateful online tweets. In future projects, the researchers intend to comb through the same data, tracking hateful content in the form of memes, GIFs, and emojis.
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FIEGE - Rita Fiege passed away on February 4, 2021 at the age of 89 years, reuniting with her loving husband Emil Fiege. Rita was born September 14, 1931 in Lodz, Poland to parents Arthur and Euginia (Wenske) Schultz. She was the eldest of four children, growing up with her siblings Ursala, William and Henrietta. After surviving both the war and the war work camps Rita decided at the age of 18 to immigrate to Canada, coming to make Yorkton her home. Ritaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family joined her in Canada in November 1951. Rita married Emil Fiege on July 17, 1954. They were blessed with three children Kelly, Debra and Norman. Rita was a hard worker she worked side by side with Emil on the farm while raising their family, she also took care of others working as a private housekeeper and as a nurseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aide and dietary aide at both the Yorkton Regional Health Centre and nursing home. Rita enjoyed ice skating and bowling; she also liked to watch baseball, hockey and curling. Mom (Oma) will be forever missed and lovingly remembered by her children; Kelly (Candace) Fiege, Debra Skalicky, and Norman (Laurel) Fiege; grandchildren Angelina (Rob) Addie, Joshua Skalicky, Crystal (Adam) Rees; great-grandchildren Emilya Rees, Price Rees, Emerson Addie as well as many extended family and friends. Wonderful Mother - by Patrick Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Relly God made a wonderful mother, A mother who never grows old: He made her smile of the sunshine. And he moulded her heart of gold; In her eyes he placed bright shining stars. In her cheeks fair roses you see; God made a wonderful Mother, And he gave that dear mother to me.
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What are flat feet, and is there cause for concern? Parents want to be sure that their children are healthy from top to bottom. When parents see that their children may have fallen arches, sometimes referred to as â&#x20AC;&#x153;flat feet,â&#x20AC;? or discover it from a pediatrician, they may wonder if this is something to be concerned about. Flat feet are quite common. A 2006 study of the condition published in the journal Pediatrics found that the prevalence of flat feet in a studied group of children between the ages of three and six was 44 percent. Whereas the prevalence of flat feet can decrease with age, it is a widely seen condition that will generally stay with a child into adulthood unless there is medical intervention. The Mayo Clinic says that flat feet occur when the arches donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t develop during childhood. Flat feet also can occur after an injury or through wear and tear with age. Flat feet is generally a painless condition, but for some, fallen arches can contribute to problems in the ankles and knees because the condition can impact the alignment of the legs. Also, some others may find their feet tire easily when walking. Unless there is pain, no treatment is usually advised. Doctors may refer some patients with flat feet to a foot specialist. He or she may advise use of shoe insoles to support the feet better and also explain which types of shoes to wear for utmost comfort. The NHS, the United Kingdomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest health website and a world-leading health information service, says that surgery is rarely needed for flat feet. However, it might be recommended if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a problem with the bones, tissues or muscles in the feet and other treatments havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worked. Fallen arches are quite common and normally not something to worry about. Toddlers may grow out of the condition. However, even if flat feet are a permanent fixture, they should not affect a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to lead a fully active life.
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Sask-led research team shows alternate form of brain protein that causes Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually protects against the disease SASKATOON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Findings from a new study on Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease (AD), led by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), could eventually help clinicians identify people at highest risk for developing the irreversible, progressive brain disorder and pave the way for treatments that slow or prevent its onset. The research, published in the journal Scientific Reports in early January, has demonstrated that a shorter form of the protein peptide believed responsible for causing AD (beta-amyloid 42, or Aβ42) halts the damagecausing mechanism of its longer counterpart.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;While Aβ42 disrupts the mechanism that is used by brain cells to learn and form memories, Aβ38 completely inhibits this effect, essentially rescuing the brain cells,â&#x20AC;? said molecular neurochemist Darrell Mousseau, professor in USaskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Psychiatry and head of the Cell Signalling Laboratory. Previous studies have hinted that Aβ38 might not be as bad as the longer form, said Mousseau, but their research is the first to demonstrate it is actually protective. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can specifically take out the Aβ42 and only keep the Aβ38, maybe that will help people live longer or cause the disease to start
later, which is what we all want.â&#x20AC;? Aβ42 is toxic to cells, disrupts communication between cells, and over time accumulates to form deposits called plaques. This combination of factors is believed responsible for causing AD. Experts have long thought that all forms of Aβ peptides cause AD, despite the fact that clinical trials have shown removing these peptides from the brains of patients does not prevent or treat the disease. Mousseau said the idea behind the study was simple enough: If two more amino acids is bad, what about two less? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just thought: Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compare these three
peptides, the 40 amino acid one that most people have, the 42 amino acid that we think is involved in Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, and this 38 one, the slightly shorter version,â&#x20AC;? said Mousseau, who is Saskatchewan Research Chair in Alzheimer disease and related dementias, a position co-funded by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation and the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan. The project confirmed the protective effects of the shorter protein across a variety of different analyses: in synthetic versions of the protein in test tubes; in human cells; in a worm model widely used for studying aging and neurodegener-
ation; in tissue preparations used to study membrane properties and memory; and in brain samples from autopsies. In the brain samples, they also found that men with AD who had more Aβ42 and less Aβ38 died at an earlier age. The fact that they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see this same pattern in samples from women suggests the protein peptide behaves differently in men and women. The USask team also included Maa Quartey and Jennifer Nyarko from the Cell Signalling Lab (Department of Psychiatry), Jason Maley at the Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre, Carlos Carvalho in the Department of Biology, and Scot Leary
in the Department of B i o c h e m i s t r y, Microbiology and Immunology. Joseph Buttigieg at the University of Regina and Matt Parsons at Memorial University of Newfoundland were also part of the research team. While Mousseau wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprised to see that the shorter form prevents the damage caused by the longer version, he said he was a little taken aback at how significant an effect it had. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as you put Aβ38 into it, it brings it back up to control levels, completely inhibiting the toxic effects of Aβ42. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what was pleasantly surprising.â&#x20AC;?
Free fishing Family Day weekend February 13 to 15 If you have been thinking about giving ice fishing a try, Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Day weekend provides the perfect opportunity. Equipment needs are fairly minimal, and no licence will be required.
that have an open sport fishing season without buying a fishing licence. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to note that free fishing weekend only applies to provincial waterbodies outside of the national parks.
During the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual winter free fishing weekend, from February 13-15 this year, Saskatchewan residents and visitors can fish waterbodies
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every year, more than a quarter of a million anglers enjoy Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worldclass fishery,â&#x20AC;? Environment Minister Warren Kaeding said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Free fishing weekend is a great time to enjoy the outdoors and experience ice fishing, perhaps for the first time.â&#x20AC;? During free fishing weekend, all other regulations apply, including possession limits and reduced limits on some lakes and rivers. Provincial rules also require that anyone planning to transport fishout of the province must have a valid
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USaskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VIDO begins COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials at CCfV SASKATOON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The first volunteers have been selected for a vaccine trial of COVAC-2, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Vaccine and infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are excited to start clinical trials,â&#x20AC;? said VIDO Director Dr. Volker Gerdts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our team has worked hard to advance the development of this vaccine to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.â&#x20AC;? The trial was designed as a combined Phase 1/ Phase 2 study. Phase 1 will vaccinate 108 healthy volunteers in a placebo-controlled study at the Canadian Center for Vaccinology (CCfV) in Halifax. Two doses will be administered to each volunteer 28 days apart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal of this trial is to help demonstrate vaccine safety in people,â&#x20AC;? said CCfV principal investigator Dr. Joanne Langley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As part of this, we will monitor the health of the volunteers for a year after their vaccination.â&#x20AC;? VIDO has worked on infectious disease vaccine projects with CCfV, the most recognized site
in the country for vaccine clinical trials, for more than a decade. COVAC-2 is the first of VIDOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two subunit vaccines to enter clinical testing. Subunit vaccines contain purified viral proteins that are not infectious, and the technology is used in several commercially available vaccinesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including for hepatitis, diphtheria, and whooping cough. This vaccine will not require ultra-cold storage temperatures as do vaccines based on synthetic messenger RNA or mRNA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think where our protein vaccines will have an advantage is they will better protect against these new variants,â&#x20AC;? Gerdts said. VIDOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vaccine development efforts are financially supported by the Government of Canada through Western Economic Diversification Canada and by the Government of Saskatchewan through Innovation Saskatchewan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we continue the fight against COVID-19, domestic vaccine development and production have never been Continued on Page 15
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Remembering Valentines Day Valentine’s Day. A more sentimental, heartwarming and… sappy day has never existed. Many years ago, I remember a conversation I had with one of my female relatives. As I sat across from her, excitedly waiting to tell of the wonderful gift I’d received, her statement still resounds with me. “I would leave a man who gave me an appliance for Valentines Day! A gift from the love of my life must be romantic and personal!” In our North American culture, Valentines Day is when our “romantic interests” are supposed to shower us with treats and gifts to show how deep, wide and far their love reaches. My husband, as he knows and I’ve accepted, is not often what most
would call “romantic”. Years ago, however, he got an “A” for trying. It was in the first years of our marriage that he and a brother-in-law went shopping for Valentines Day gifts. Our relative, being decidedly more romantic, took my husband to a boutique which he has only entered once and will never frequent again. Yes, he graced the dreaded…Lingerie Shop. When opening his gift to me I suspected that he had grabbed the first thing he saw but that cannot be proven and has not been admitted. As I lifted the first bit of material from it’s glittered gift bag that day, I fleetingly wondered if there was someone else in his life. She, perhaps, had mistakenly received my gift and I, hers. But, this was not the case. The impossibly tiny
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“Size S”. Nevertheless, I smiled, tentatively, as I pulled out the entire scrap of sheer material. He had chosen a pretty red teddy (bodysuit of sorts) as his gift of love
for me. The tiny piece of film was supposed to fit my entire torso and had ridiculously small snaps at the crotch. I tried not to laugh that night as I hunched over - just enough to stuff a few parts of myself into it. I was driven to succeed for, if he had actually looked around the store and his purchase had been of a conscious nature, I felt very complimented. That night, after a hearty laugh on both our parts, we decided that we really are more prac-
tical people. As he is overjoyed with the Canadian Tire gift card he often gets, I absolutely prefer a coffee-maker or crockpot. So what did I say to our relative who would leave a man simply if he gifted her with an appliance she might need? Since my man had already tried his hand at a romantic gift, my reply went something like this - “Uh…I got…a blender and I love it!!” Having said all that - I wouldn’t say “no” to jewelry!
Ribs off summer agenda again By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Rhythm ‘n Ribs fundraiser for the Health Foundation of East
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the Foundation.”There’s no way the governmemt (provincial) is going to change the regulations any time soon with the counts (COVID-19) so high,” he said. Fisher said an event such as Rhythm ‘n Ribs requires “planning well in advance,” and the uncertainty caused by the current pandemic makes such planning impossible. This will be the second summer that Rhythm ‘n Ribs is cancelled due to COVID-19, as the event was not held in 2020 either. However, rib lovers can rest easy because the plan is to bring the event back once the pandemic is under control and regulations regarding how many people can gather in one place go back to normal. “We do intend to start
it again in 2022,” said Fisher. Fisher did add the decision to cancel Rhythm ‘n Ribs for a second year will impact the fundraising for the Foundation, in particular raising money for a range of smaller cost items. “We can’t run a campaign for every piece of equipment that we buy,” he said, noting they buys “dozens of pieces of equipment” costing $5,000 to $40,000. Funds for the lower cost items comes from the dollars earned at events such as Rhythm ‘n Ribs, the annual Road Race, golf tourney and gala the Foundation holds, and all four events were cancelled in 2020, and whether any can be held in 2021 remains uncertain, said Fisher.
VACCINE Continued from Page 14 more important,” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said. “VIDO is a world-class organization and our government is proud to continue to support their work as they mark this significant milestone.” Successful data from clinical trial Phases 1 to 3 are required prior to authorization for public use. Acceptable Phase 1 data will allow VIDO’s vaccine to enter Phase 2 testing involving hundreds of volunteers across Canada. The goal of the Phase 2 trial would be to examine vaccine safety and the immune response the vaccine generates in people, an indicator of how effective the vaccine could be. VIDO’s vaccine development leveraged the expertise of several international and national partners including Seppic in France and the Vaccine Formulation Institute (VFI) in Switzerland which developed Sepivac SWE™, the adjuvant in COVAC-2. An adjuvant is an ingredient that improves the immune response of a vaccine. The vaccine antigen,
developed by VIDO, was produced under good manufacturing practices (GMP) at Quebec-based Biodextris using a cell line from the National Research Council of Canada. An antigen is a molecule that triggers an immune response. “This milestone of reaching a Phase 1 human trial is a testament to VIDO’s worldrenowned expertise in infectious disease research both for human and animal health,” said USask Vice-President Research Dr. Baljit Singh. “USask is on the forefront of vaccine development and this is another achievement in advancing VIDO as Canada’s centre for pandemic research.” With both provincial government and federal funding, VIDO is also building a manufacturing facility that could produce up to 40 million vaccine doses per year depending upon the production efficiencies of specific vaccines. Construction is expected to be completed in late 2021, with vaccine production for facility certification planned for 2022.
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February 12, 2021 | This Week Marketplace
It’s Winter Clearance Time On All Vehicles 2015 DODGE RAM SXT, CREW CAB 4X4
2016 HEARTLAND WIDERNESS TRAVEL TRAILER
2013 EDGE SEL AWD
5.7 Hemi, very Nicely Equipped, 215000KM, Cloth Interior, trailer PKG, Clean CAR FAX and Clean SGI VIN Search. SXT appearance Group STK# 15-RAM-1
Model 2550RK, power awning, 1-slideout, sleeps 6, tandem axle, hardbody exterior, in-out stereo, queen master bed, clean SGI report and total length of 27.3 ft. STK# 16-HLW-1
3.5L V6, Rear Camera, PANORAMIC Roof, Heated Leather, Dual one Auto A/C, Power tailgate, NAV and much MORE. STK# 13-ED-4
Sale Price
17,995
$
Was $23,500
Sale Price $21,200
Sale Price $15,995
2012 F-150 S/CREW XLT XTR 4X4
2017 CHEV, SILVERADO DOUBLE CAB 4X4
2016 F-150 S/CREW XLT SPORT 4X4
5.0L V8, Trailer Tow Pkg., New Windshield, New Rear Shocks, Rear Camera, Roll Top Cover, Very Nice Unit, Chrome Wheel Opening Metal & Vent Shades & More Only 204,000 km Stk# 12-F-7
5.3 V8, Rear Camera, Bluetooth, 6 pass Seats, Only 66,000 Km, Very Well Equipped. STK# 17-CS-1
5.0L V8, Power Seats, Buckets & Floor Shift, Heated Seats, Trailer Pkg, Navigation, Rear Camera & Much More. Only 82,000 Km. STK# 16-F-5. Four New Toyota Tires.
Sale Price $16,995
Sale Price $34,500
Sale Price $35,595
2011 MUSTANG GT “CUSTOM” “ONE OF A KIND”
2015 CHEVY CRUZE LT “CUSTOM”
2012 F-150 S/CREW FX4 LUXURY
5.0L V8, 6 Speed Manual, Custom 2 Tone Paint, Hood Scoop, Headlight Splitters, Grille Replacements, Side Body & Rear Quarter Window Louvers, Rear Window Louver, Rousch Dual Exhaust, (Wheel Foose)/Tire Pkg, Air Intake System, Cortex Tuner, New Front Brake Rotors & Pads, Heated Leather Seats With Power Adjusting & More, 68,500 kms. STK# 11-MUS-1
Very Sporty Unit With 1.4L Turbo, Rear Camera, Remote Start, NEW Windshield, NEW Custom Wheels, New Custom Wrap, Touchscreen Stereo and More. Great On Gas, Low Mileage and Comes with Extra Wheels And Winter Tires. A MUST SEE Car! 72,500km
Was $33,995
Sale Price $21,900 or OFFERS
2013 F-150 S/CAB XLT XTR 4X4
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 $26,900
2014 FORD ESCAPE TITANIUM
13,995
Now Only $
2019 F-150 S/Crew XLT XTR 4x4 5.0L V8, Rear Camera, Sync, 6 Pass, Only 96,500 Km STK# 13-F-5
Nicely equipped with 4X4, 2.0L ecoboost, power tailgate, heated leather seats, rear camera, navigation, panoramic roof, NEW tires, NEW windshield and more! CLEAN Carfax Report. Only 208,600km STK# 14-esc-4
Sale Price $15,995
Sale Price $25,300
2016 EDGE TITANIUM AWD
2019 Escape SE 4x4
1.5 Ecoboosts, Very Nicely Equipped, Rear Camera, Sync, Heated Cloth Seats, Equipped, & More. Only 14,500 Km. STK# 19-ESC-2
5.0L, 6.5 Box, Spray in Liner, 6 pass Seating, Power Seats, Heated Seats, Rear Camera, Much More. 57,000 Km STK# 19-F-2
3.5L V6, Trailer PKG, Heated/cool seats, Heated rear seats, Heated Steering wheel and much more STK# 16-ED-3
Sale Price $25,999
Sale Price $40,999
Sale Price $23,995
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