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$4.5M from feds to make RCMP Heritage Centre national museum Evan Radford Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The Leader-Post (Regina) Saskatchewan is to get its first national museum, after the federal government earmarked funds in this year’s budget for Regina’s RCMP Heritage Centre.

“We’re targeting the 150year anniversary of the RCMP, so May 2023,” said Steve McLellan, the centre’s board chair, of a possible open date after the building’s transition is done.

When that happens, Regina’s RCMP museum will be the third national one outside of the Ottawa region; the

other two are Halifax’s Pier 21 Museum of Immigration and Winnipeg’s Human Rights Museum, he said.

The federal Liberal’s budget document, released on April 20, lists some heavy, front-end-loaded spending on Canada’s museums, starting this year.

The total pot is for $65 million, but $47 million — a bit more than 72 per cent — is set aside for this year alone. The remaining $18 million is spread out over four years, starting in 2022.

Heritage Canada spokesman Daniel Savoie said in an email $4.5 million is allocated for the Regina centre’s transition; it’s to be spread out over

three years.

“Details of how the funding will be administered are still being determined, however it is expected that the funds could be used to support ongoing operational expenses, minor facility upgrades and to allow the continuation of activities while it does the work needed to meet the requirements” to be a national museum, Savoie said.

Based on his conversations with the federal agency, McLellan said “there’s still a lot of fluidity,” but the centre is “thrilled” by the funding.

He noted May 2023 is not necessarily a firm open time period, describing that goal as a very tight turnaround.

Either way, the transition process means a lot of work.

“I think there will be some new capital, some new building, because of (potential storage issues with the RCMP’s collection), which frees up some space inside the building,” he said.

“We know there will be some renewal of some great extent (of the current building on Dewdney Avenue). We think of the exhibit areas to refresh and tell the stories, and also in terms of the next steps … hiring a new CEO.” McLellan said it’s to be that person’s job to lead the transition, an important part of which is ensuring all historical and present-day stories are

represented at the museum, “the good, the bad and the ugly,” referencing the Cypress Hills massacre of June 1, 1873.

He underscored “there is so much good the Mounties have done that that is going to be a priority of our storytelling, if you will.”

Part of the transition will mean the centre consults “with a variety of groups countrywide” to inform the entire process, including how and which stories are told in the space.

He said history shows Mounties “did what they were told by the government of the day to do. And in the cold light of today’s lens, that can be very challenging.”

Virtual Water Gallery brings together a world of art and science

by Mark Ferguson Saskatoon – A team of researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask), and others from around the world, are partnering with artists to launch a new online exhibit of art and science that aims to inspire and inform about water issues globally.

The Virtual Water Gallery (VWG)—a project led through the pan-Canadian Global Water Futures (GWF) program—launched April 29 and features more than a dozen artists. The goal of the project, which is free to the public, was to create a virtual space for artists, water experts,

knowledge keepers and the public to co-explore water challenges.

“Art puts us all on a more equal level.

Everyone can appreciate art in one of its various forms, either paintings, music, poetry, etc.,” said Louise Arnal, USask post-doctoral fellow and lead curator of the VWG. “Only a very small proportion of the population can actually understand scientific facts and figures. Art can also add an emotional dimension to otherwise cold scientific facts. This can in turn inspire and even instigate action.

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Arnal, an artist and a scientist, said the opportunity to lead such a project was a perfect fit.

“During my PhD, I combined and created science-art pieces alone, and sometimes felt like I didn’t belong in scientist crowds. Working alongside so many inspiring and inspired artists and scientists as part of the Virtual Water Gallery has reassured me that I am not the only one with a passion for science and art.”

As part of this VWG project, 12 artists were paired with teams of GWF scientists to coexplore specific water challenges in various Canadian ecoregions and river basins, including the Arctic, the mountains, boreal forests, prairies, farmlands,

Art by Louise Arnal: “Deep Time” (left) and “Precious Freshwater” lakes, rivers, and communities. These collaborations have led to the co-creation of science-art pieces exhibited online on the VWG.

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“I get scared about the relentless torrent of information that surges us through our days in states of overwhelm, numbness, anger, or fear, and I see within myself that life on this river of endless info is definitely one way that I lose touch with my lens of curiosity and wonder,” said Rebeka Ryvola, a creative strategist and artist who is collaborating with the Matawa Water Futures on the project.

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Let’s continue to look out for each other – #DriveSober In May, law enforcement will focus on impaired drivers Impaired driving is a costly and dangerous choice. For the May Traffic Safety Spotlight, police across Saskatchewan will focus on catching those who choose to drive impaired.

With warmer weather upon us, people may be making plans to have

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If you’re one of them, please make sure your plans comply with public health orders on gatherings AND include a way to get home safely.

“No one should ever lose their life to a poor decision made by an impaired driver,” said Penny McCune, Chief Operating Officer of the

Auto Fund. “The past year has taught us about the importance of looking out for each other.

Let’s all keep that in mind. If you’re drinking or using drugs, please don’t drive.”

Preliminary stats* show in 2020, 32 people died and 371 were injured because of crashes resulting from impaired driving. Those

Investigating the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 Saskatoon – Researchers are using the Canadian Light Source and containment level 3 facilities at VIDO at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) to study the virus that causes COVID-19 and its effects on blood vessels. They want to find out if individuals who have been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be at risk for other health complications later on.

“You may be ‘fine’ now, but you may be at risk of other things later in life,” said team member Dr. Jake Pushie with USask. “We want to

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of for another twenty to thirty years as people start aging and those risk factors start piling up.”

Team members on this project include researchers from USask, Dalhousie University, and the University of Manitoba.

numbers are unacceptable, because impaired driving is completely preventable.

“We continue to be surprised by the number of motorists who don’t seem to know or care that driving under the influence of cannabis is illegal and dangerous,” said Saskatoon Police Service Drug Recognition Evaluator Patrick Foster.

“Our team is highly trained to determine impairment through field sobriety testing techniques.

Driving impaired, because of any substance, is never worth the risk.”

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Saskatchewan sending 100 ventilators to assist India in fight against COVID-19 The Government of Saskatchewan announced it is sending 100 ventilators to India to assist the country as they manage a major surge and the highest active COVID-19 case count seen worldwide during the global pandemic.

“Saskatchewan has a close and growing friendship with India, so it is incumbent on us to assist them where we can during this challenging time

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lators. The 100 ventilators being sent includes 30 critical care and 70 subacute ventilators.

Following the shipment to India, Saskatchewan will maintain an excess supply of more than 600 critical care, subacute and non-invasive ventilators.

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EDITORIAL Leading thinkers call for fossil fuel halt In 1970, to make the world safer from humanity’s worst self-destructive impulses, most nations joined the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

(Only India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and South Sudan are not signatories.)

Now the world faces a threat as great as or greater than nuclear weapons: global warming. That’s led to calls for a “Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.” Recently, 101 Nobel laureates — in peace, literature, medicine, physics, chemistry and economic sciences, including the Dalai Lama — signed a letter to world leaders endorsing the proposal.

“Climate change is threatening hundreds of millions of lives, livelihoods across every continent and is putting thousands of species at risk,” they write.

The letter points out that burning coal, oil and gas is responsible for 80 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions since the Industrial Revolution and that “pollution,

environmental and health costs associated with extracting, refining, transporting and burning fossil fuels … are often paid by Indigenous peoples and marginalized communities.”

It also notes that the Paris Agreement doesn’t mention oil, gas or coal and that the industry — funded by major banks — continues to expand. By 2030, 120 per cent more of these fuels will be produced than is consistent with meeting the agreement’s aspirational goal of keeping global average temperature from rising more than 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels.

As the laureates write, “The solution is clear: fossil fuels must be kept in the ground.”

The letter calls for ending coal, oil and gas development expansion; phasing out existing production in a “fair and equitable” manner; and investing in a transitional plan “to ensure 100% access to renewable energy globally, support dependent economies to diversify away from fossil fuels, and enable

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Science Matters people and communities across the globe to flourish through a global just transition.”

This isn’t the first time leading thinkers have joined to urge humanity to resolve environmental problems. In 1992 and again in 2017, top scientists issued “warnings to humanity.”

The first, signed by 1,700 scientists, including most science Nobel laureates, warned, “Our massive tampering with the world’s interdependent web of life — coupled with the environmental damage inflicted by deforestation, species loss, and climate change — could trigger widespread adverse effects, including unpredictable collapses of critical bio-

logical systems whose interactions and dynamics we only imperfectly understand.”

It called for action in areas including “ozone depletion, freshwater availability, marine life depletion, ocean dead zones, forest loss, biodiversity destruction, climate change, and continued human population growth.”

Twenty-five years later, more than 15,000 scientists issued a second warning, noting that “with the exception of stabilizing the stratospheric ozone layer, humanity has failed to make sufficient progress in generally solving these foreseen environmental challenges, and alarmingly, most of them are

SVFFA honours Churchbridge firefighter

Churchbridge firefighter Brady Dixon, right, accepts his recent award.

This did not stop the SVFFA from still honouring Churchbridge Fire Rescue Firefighter Brady Dixon who has been with the department since May of 2016.

Dixon was nominated for the SVFFA Firefighter of the year award by Deputy Dustin Eskra for his dedication to the department,

his building of training props on his own time such as hose racks and mounting brackets for the fire trucks, as well as his willingness to share his knowledge to any newcomer to the department and help out the department in any way he can.

Dixon said, “It’s such an honour to receive this

award. I am very pleased to say that I’m part of the Churchbridge Fire Department and I take a lot of pride in what we do. Churchbridge Fire Department has a lot of talented firefighters and plenty of experience to share. Thank you, everyone and I couldn’t imagine serving with another department.”

gives us an opportunity to change. It’s shown that we can resolve crises and develop solutions rapidly if we come together and spare no expense. It’s shown that prioritizing the human-created economy over human and planetary health has dire consequences and only prolongs the crisis.

The world has paused to deal with a critical health emergency — also rooted in environmental degradation. It’s a chance to reset, to start governing our lives in ways that won’t lead to possibly deadlier pandemics, or to a planet heated beyond its ability to support healthy life or to continued mass extinction.

We must devote everything to resolving these interrelated crises. We’ve been warned.

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.

Deadline approaching for $300,000 First Nations and Métis Community Partnership Project Grant Program Until May 14, the Government of Saskatchewan is accepting applications for the spring intake of Indigenous community projects that support economic, social and cultural projects lead by Saskatchewan Indigenous organizations.

Administered by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations, the Program will provide $300,000 to eligible projects in 202122.

Gary Horseman Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Four-Town Journal) The Saskatchewan Volunteer Fire Fighter Association is an association that aims to provide a responsible voice and leadership to the Volunteer Fire Fighters of Saskatchewan. Their intent is to minimize loss of life and property in all aspects of Volunteer Emergency Response.

Formed on September 29, 1990, and incorporated on December 21, 1990, the SVFFA has been advocating for more than 2000 volunteer firefighters with support and training across Saskatchewan.

Each year the SVFFA honours a volunteer firefighter who has shown outstanding capabilities and dedication to their department.

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getting far worse.” That warning pointed to the increasing threat of climate disruption from fossil fuel burning, deforestation and agricultural production and to the growing mass extinction crisis.

When will we heed these voices of reason?

When will we stop listening to those who have been telling us for decades that “we can’t stop using fossil fuels overnight” as they ramp up production and make no attempts to stop at all?

Why do politicians continue to talk about their climate commitments while buying and supporting fossil fuel pipelines and other infrastructure, and expanding production of fracked gas and oilsands bitumen?

We talk about the urgency of the climate and biodiversity crises but act as if we have all the time in the world to address them.

The COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into a crisis with immediate impacts on everyone, but it also taught us important lessons and

In the coming year, this grant program will continue to support the priorities of the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth. By supporting strong Indigenous communities and growth, it benefits all Saskatchewan people.

“Reconciliation and supporting the priorities of our Indigenous communities are important for the Government of Saskatchewan,” Minister Responsible for First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs Don McMorris said.

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Community Partnership Project Program, we want to continue funding Indigenous-led projects that will lead to healing, reconciliation and long-term partnerships.”

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The Yorkton Film Festival has announced the candidates for the 2021 RBC Mentorship Program have been selected.

The RBC Mentorship program is participant-driven program that connects emerging filmmakers with established industry professionals who can provide expert level advice and networking opportunities to help emerging talents in Canada’s film industry.

“A Canada-wide call for appli-

cations went out in February, and we received many very strong applications from filmmakers who were interested in taking part in this year’s program,” said YFF Executive Director Randy Goulden. “We are very excited to deliver this program for another year, and I cannot thank the RBC enough for their commitment to helping us foster the next great generation of Canadian film talent.”

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filmmakers we are investing in an industry, creative expression, and the vibrancy of our communities,” shares RBC Community Manager Trevor McLachlan. “That is why RBC Foundation is proud to support the inspiring work of the Yorkton Film Festival, the 2021 RBC Mentorship Program, and emerging artists across Canada.”

Our 2021 RBC Mentorship Candidates are, Weiye Su, Saskatchewan; Tara Federko, Ontario; Eric Bizzarri, Ontario.

PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM Continued from Page 4 Last year, the grant program prioritized locally developed projects related to issues raised by the National Inquiry into Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The program provided $400,000 to support such projects in 2020-21.

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before all three of those ingrates yelled, “I’m going with Dad!” Admittedly, that hurt a little but I could, objectively, see their point.

My, then young, daughter (the one who questions her own parenting skills now) saw my rather shocked expression and said, “Don’t worry Mommy. I’ll come visit you.”

True empathy in a tiny person—right there—and, from what I’ve seen, I don’t think that kid should ever worry about her parenting.

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I know it warms my heart.)

It was during another of our family dinners, when one of our children was telling us of a friend whose parents had recently divorced.

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In my last article I admitted to only some of my parenting mistakes, after my eldest daughter expressed doubt in being a “good” mother.

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When my children were still fairly young, “Mother’s Day” was approaching when I complained, to my own mom, of how disappointed I’d been on those days, in years past.

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Courtesy of Kamsack Times It happens to the best of us. While visiting a beach, a river, or any setting that might host a number of smaller rocks - a phenomenon occurs when we see that one rock standing out from all the others. It may be brighter. It may be interesting or odd in shape, colour, or pattern. But no matter what age we are, many of us are susceptible to a powerful urge to pick it up, examine it, brush it off, rinse it, or rub it. Then we ask ourselves if we want to take it home with us.

Meagan Strauss has taken special rock collecting to a whole new level. As the owner of Alchemist’s Circle Gifts in Togo, Strauss has built a formidable collection of geological treasures that she sells from her home-based business.

“I was born and raised in Calgary. I was always fascinated in geology – rocks, dinosaur bones. When I was seven, my grandmother returned from a trip to Arizona and she brought

Meagan Strauss is the owner of Alchemist’s Circle Gifts in Togo. The home-based business offers a variety of gemstones, crystals, and other precious stones. me some really interesting rocks. My fascination was sparked that day, and now it has turned into an obsession.”

When asked how she learned so much about different stones and their properties, Strauss describes herself as ‘a geek with a lot of experience.’

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While visiting her father at work on location in Uruguay in 2017, Seraphim Strauss was invited to fill her pockets at a local amethyst mine.

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“I am also currently working on a website, but it’s going to take some time,” said Strauss.

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Before COVID hit, Strauss would regularly participate in trade shows around the province. Her daughter, Seraphim Strauss, 15, has been witness to her mom’s passion for a number of years, and is now stepping into some business adventures of her own.

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TOGO ENTREPRENEURS Continued from Page 6 and waited. While I was sitting there, I noticed a button press. I thought it was so interesting that I ended up buying one for myself.”

The machine press can seal artwork between laminate and metal pieces with pins to

create personalized buttons with custom images or messages. The teenager said the trend is finding resurgence from its popularity in the 1980s.

“Custom buttons are trendy again. You see them on backpacks and jackets, a lot of times in

A colourful variety of stones and crystals will soon be on display at Alchemist’s Circle Gifts in Togo.

movies. They are an alternative to tacky T-shirts,” Seraphim explained. “I’ve filled special orders for a number of businesses in town like Ravenheart Farms, Paws and Claws, and Natural Reflexions Market. At trade shows, I sell pieces I have previously created and also offer the option of making custom buttons designed by either myself or my customers right there at my table.”

In addition to the sometimes clever, sometimes cheeky buttons, Seraphim has recently added key chains and magnets to diversify her product line. When she is not going to school, working her part-time job, or building her own busi-

ness, Seraphim is happy to help her mom.

“We have always had a pretty close relationship, and Mom and I try to help and support each other as much as we can.”

Strauss said she teaches her daughter business skills such as planning and marketing, while Seraphim has been a help to her mom by manning the booth at tradeshows as well as with rock hounding and finding interesting pieces for display.

“She’s been a great help with the new building,” said Strauss. “It’s almost as if she wants me to move out all of my products that I have been storing in her bedroom.”

Seraphim Strauss is a big help to her mother, Meagan Strauss, as the pair work on a new building to showcase a growing collection of precious stones for Alchemist’s Circle Gifts in Togo.

Ski Chalet and old school building demolished Courtesy of Preeceville Progress Many Sturgis and area residents were very disappointed when they learned that the old Kopje School that was used as a ski chalet in Sturgis was demolished on April 29.

The Town of Sturgis made the decision to have the building demolished due to safety issues as it had fallen into a state of disrepair and

was vandalised beyond repair. There had been a few groups through the years that have stepped up and were going to fix and repair the building but it all fell through and has been vacant for numerous years, ever since the ski hill closed in 1993.

Ron Wagar, who used to teach ski lessons, reported this as being a sad day. “ It is sad to see the building being demolished. We tried to

have other groups step up to use the building but there was just no interest in it,” he said.

The Kopje School was built in 1912 and served the area for many years before it came to its final resting spot at the bottom of the Sturgis Ski Hill in 1979. Adrian and Neenie Mattison had painted a wall mural on the inside of the building but tragically it was destroyed with graffiti, as was the rest of the

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Daryl Kalenchuk and Clifton Shirley had also built a stone fireplace to add to the renovations of the building but all that remains now is a pile of rubble.

The following was taken from the Sturgis history book.

“The first interest in forming a school district in the area was a map dated 1908, followed by another on March 24, changing the boundaries. A petition dated April 4, 1908 was made for the formation of a public school district.

Several names were suggested for the school district with the name Kopje finally selected due to the Kopje Creek in the valley that was located west of the school. The school was originally situated on one acre of the southeast corner of SE-9-35-4 W2nd.

Early in 1912 the school was built by CJ O’Brien and sons at the cost of $255.50. The building was 30 feet by 22 feet with a lobby and opened on June 12, 1912.

“In the 1930’s an additional acre to the west was purchased. In 1957, Kopje became part of the Sub-unit #6 of the Sturgis School Unit. On August 17, 1970, the Department of Education gave approval for the transfer of the

A beautiful wall mural had been painted on the inside of the old ski chalet in Sturgis but was destroyed when the building was demolished on April 29. The painting was by Adrian and Neenie Mattison.

Kopje School site to Willard Prekaski.

“After the school was closed, the Unit moved the building to the Preeceville School yard where it was used for several years. Later it was moved to the Sturgis

ski hill on February 1979 where it served as a clubhouse and meeting room for the Assiniboine Ski Club. The club did some interior and exterior renovations and used the building for numerous years.”

The old Kopje School that was used a ski chalet in Sturgis was demolished on April 29.

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“Residents of The Bentley Yorkton who have consented, and are able to be vaccinated, have received their first dose,” noted the release.

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Allan Sauser, the director of golf at the Deer Park Golf Course, said that this year would be similar to last but with a few changes to some of the COVID-19 restrictions.

“The real change that we’ve had is that you have to wear a mask in the clubhouse,” he said. “Other than that, all of the restrictions are the same; you just have to stay apart, we got the lifters on the flags, we have to sanitize all the carts like we did last year, so pretty much the same restrictions.”

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Saltcoats artist up for award

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

uses a variety of techniques, whether it’s something abstract or realistic, something more like quilting or something more sculptural -- inches closer to being her career too.

“Someday I would like to be a full time artist,” said Yokozawa Farquharson. “Currently, I work part time at Lakeside Manor Care Home in Saltcoats. I really enjoy working with the residents there. I have my family life and community activities that are part of who I am and what I do.

“As an artist part of my inspiration always comes from day to day living and interactions with people, nature, happenings.”

Yokozawa Farquharson said she has found Saltcoats very supportive since she arrived in 2011 just weeks before the major earthquake and tsunami in Japan, she and her husband moved to Saltcoats, where he had grown up.

An artist with ties to the local area is up for a 2021 Saskatchewan Arts Award.

Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson who had her first solo show last fall at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery in the city is up for the RBC Emerging Artist Award.

The Saskatchewan Arts Awards celebrates the achievements of individuals, groups and organizations in all arts disciplines. Recipients are given awards in six categories. Award recipients receive a cash prize and a limited edition award by a Saskatchewan artist.

“I was happy and excited to learn of my nomination and then being shortlisted for the RBC Emerging Artist Award,” Yokozawa Farquharson, who moved to Saltcoats in 2011, told Yorkton This Week.

Yokozawa Farquharson, who works in textiles for her art, was quick to offer a number of thank-yous in terms of people who have helped take her art to such a level.

“I received a great deal of help from my mentor Don Stein, former Director of the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, and from Sandee Moore, Curator of Exhibitions and Programming from the Art Gallery of Regina, and Jennifer McRorie, Director and Curator, of the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery,” she said.

“Many people have encouraged and helped me including family and my friends and neighbors in Saltcoats.

The Yorkton Arts Council, particularly Tonia Vermette and all the people associated with the Godfrey Dean such as Jeff Morton and Kelly Litzenberger, and local media including Yorkton This Week do a great job of promoting artists and art events.”

She has also participated in the CARFAC Sask Mentorship Program.

For Yokozawa Farquharson the Godfrey Dean Gallery has been instrumental in developing her art career.

“My career as a textile artist really began with the Godfrey Dean Art

Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson Gallery,” she said. “It is my base gallery and will always be that. The people there always supported and welcomed me as a new artist. There was a warm and nurturing feeling that is so important.

“During last year’s exhibition my mentor Don Stein and I planned how to get my name out there within the art world and how to approach galleries and find possibilities for future shows.

We took many pictures and videos within the gallery and we used those images and pictures after the show was finished. These were helpful when I was approached by CTV-Yorkton and by Canadian Quilters Magazine. I am very grateful for Don’s deep knowledge and rich experience in the art world. We achieved many things in a short time despite the pandemic.”

Of course the COVID pandemic has impacted how an artist can share their work.

“With the pandemic people have turned more and more to on-line things and I have been able to make use of

that,” said Yokozawa Farquharson.

“Because I have worked much in white on white images this is sometimes difficult for people to see online or in photos. It would be better for people to be able to see my art properly displayed in galleries and other public places.

There is a more intimate connection between artist and viewer. The white on white contrasts become clearly seen and are therefore better understood and appreciated. The viewer looks from many angles and distances and therefore sees what might be easily missed.

When looking at a photo or video of the work. In person viewing also helps the viewer see more of the techniques involved.

“My art is never negative but full of happiness within. My art is based on happiness. Happiness is not superficial, it is about serenity and harmony, belonging and knowing purpose and place.

“Happiness is what we all look for in life, isn’t it?”

And her art -- working in cloth, she

“I felt at home right away and met many new friends and, of course, my Canadian family,” she said. “I helped with dinner theatre – costumes, sets and décor. I became involved in the local library, curling, coaching basketball at Saltcoats School, and generally helped where I could.”

As for the nominations such things are usually good for careers, so what does Yokozawa Farquharson hope it does for hers.

“Every show, every article and review of my work, and certainly this nomination helps people become aware of my work as an artist,” she said.

“It is all part of the process or journey as an artist. There is new learning for me in such a nomination and in the comments people, including other artists, make, and art dealers and those who plan exhibitions become interested and seek to display each new artist’s work.”

Yokozawa Farquharson has some shows upcoming to watch for as well; Wholeness - May 28 - August 15, 2021 at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery Two person exhibition - September 7 - October 23, 2021 at the Mann Art Gallery in Prince Albert

Workplace injuries decrease in 2020

By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer Workers in Saskatchewan were safer, despite the number of deaths remaining nearly the same.

According to the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WBC), the workplace injury rate in the province for 2020 was 4.46 per 100 workers, which is a 10 per cent decreases from 2019.

That wasn’t the only decrease as the time loss injury rate decreased to 1.78 per 100 workers, a decrease by .08 per cent, from the 2019 rate of 1.86 per 100 workers.

The 2020 time loss injury rate is the lowest rate in more than a decade.

“Although the reductions in the Total injury and Time Loss injury rates are a step in the right direction,” says Minister Responsible for WCB, Don Morgan, “Every workplace injury in Saskatchewan is one too many. We cannot become complacent in our efforts to make all workplaces safe.”

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There were fewer workers covered in 2020 however as 402,000 were

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1. Wash your windows. Clean the frames and glass, and don’t forget to give the screens a scrub as well. You should also inspect the caulking around your windows and doors. If there are any cracks, apply new caulking 2. Get your deck ready. Clean your patio or deck and check for loose boards or anything else that looks like it needs to be fixed.

Make repairs, then sand and seal wood surfaces.

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surfaces. Inspect your siding for damage and ensure your foundation is free of cracks that might have formed over the winter. If you see any peeling paint on your shutters or window frames, make plans to have them painted.

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signs of damage. Clear off spider webs, clean the grill and make sure animals haven’t nibbled on the gas line.

Once you’re done with the above, it’s time to set up your outdoor furniture. Give chairs, tables and loungers a good cleaning, then sit back, relax and enjoy soaking up the sun.

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HOME & GARDEN How to beautify your fence In addition to offering privacy and making your yard safer for children and pets, a fence has the potential to beautify your outdoor living space.

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Make your yard a paradise for pollinators Habitat loss is one of the main causes of decline in the population of bumblebees and other pollinators. If you want to help protect these vital species, consider growing nectar plants in your yard. This will provide a food source for the insects and birds that pollinate your community’s gardens, orchards and fields.

CHOOSING PLANTS There are many kinds of flowering species that can beautify your yard while also creating an inviting space for pollinators. Sunflowers, anemones, goldenrods, echinacea and hydrangeas are all great picks. Pollinators are attracted to a number of annuals as well, including borage, centaury and cosmos.

If you prefer to grow food in your garden, consider planting aromatic herbs like oregano, sage and thyme. Fruit trees and plants, such as apple, blueberry and strawberry are a good source of nectar in spring.

ADDITIONAL ADVICE If you want to attract pollinators to your yard, be sure to: • Grow nectar plants in areas that are sheltered from the wind • Include white flowers in your garden to attract nocturnal pollinators • Provide a source of water such as a small fountain or birdbath • Avoid weeding dandelions, clovers and ivy; they’re rich in nectar • Plant species with varied bloom times so you have flowers from spring to fall By following these tips, you’re sure to create a welcoming environment for all kinds of pollinators.

4 questions to ask before pruning a tree Since pruning trees can be tricky and even dangerous, this job typically requires the expertise of a professional arborist. If you’re thinking about doing your own pruning, there are four questions you should ask yourself first.

1. IS IT NECESSARY? There are several reasons to prune a tree, including to remove dead and damaged branches that are at risk of falling. Pruning a tree simply to improve its appearance should be avoided. After all, each cut you make is a wound that takes time to heal and puts the tree at risk of infection.

2. IS IT SAFE? Never prune a tree that’s within three metres of a power line. It’s best to leave this extremely hazardous work to a professional, and in some places it’s the law. Similarly, cutting large branches can lead to serious accidents and injuries if you don’t use the right tools and technique.

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HOME & GARDEN Elevate your yard: how to garden with height in mind

How to maintain your wood deck Wood decks are timeless backyard additions, but they aren’t maintenance free. When not properly taken care of, they’re prone to rotting. Here’s how to take care of your wood deck.

• Inspect it. Every spring, take time to look your deck over. Examine all the components to make sure there’s no damage.

If you come across any, fix it before it gets worse.

• Clean it. Regularly sweep debris off your deck. Scrub it with soap and water once a year.

If you’d rather use a pressure washer, be careful: highly pressurized water can gouge holes in wood.

Using a sweeping motion, always keep the washer moving.

• Sand and seal it. Every two or three years, sand your patio and apply a sealant. This will prevent the wood from absorbing moisture. You can hire a professional to do this, or you can set aside a weekend and do the job yourself.

Hopefully, you’ll get to enjoy your wood deck

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4 ways to make the most of a small yard If you want to cultivate a lush backyard, one important factor to consider is height. Here are some tips to help you create a garden reminiscent of a tropical paradise.

• Tall plants. Select exotic species with large leaves that grow upward and outward.

Ficuses, monsteras, philodendrons and palm trees are all great picks, so long as they can be brought inside in the fall if needed.

• Climbing plants. Guide vines up walls, along fences and around other structures to expand the reach of your garden. If you want to add a splash of colour, make sure to choose flowering species.

• Epiphytic plants. Commonly found perched on trees in rainforests, these plants can grow without soil. To recreate this look, mount orchids, bromeliads and tillandsias to a pergola or trellis. Just make sure you’ll have time to care for these delicate plants.

• Potted plants. A simple way to add some height to your garden is to fill pots, baskets and hangers with greenery, and arrange them on shelves, ladders, fences, tables and other elevated hardscape.

Finally, if you have the room, consider planting one or more trees. As they grow, they’re sure to take your yard to new heights!

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Maier earns spot on ‘Dimensions’

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Yorkton area basket maker Morley Maier has had a piece selected for the most recent edition of Dimensions.

Dimensions is the Saskatchewan Craft Council’s biennial, open, juried, touring exhibition which encourages and rewards excellence in hand-crafted work.

The juried show allows crafters to submit up to two pieces of artwork from Saskatchewan craftspeople and artists.

Maier’s piece is called ‘Dogwood and Cranberry Basket’.

“This very old, European style of ‘Frame’ basketry is sometimes referred to as ‘farmer-made’ because its simple construction and readily available materials allowed ordinary folks to make strong and useful containers,” noted Maier’s artist statement on the piece.

“This basket is woven with Red Osier Dogwood.

“The frame and ribs are willow.

“The handle is Highbush Cranberry.

“These native shrubs are common throughout much of our province.”

The statement went further detailing the creation process.

“The materials needed to make this kind of basket are gathered in the fall after the plants have become dormant. The thicker stems are used for frames and ribs.

“The new growth is used for weaving. After the materials are harvested they are sorted by size, bundled and frozen.

“Prior to use they are thawed and steamed for two or three minutes.

Steaming is not meant to soften the weaver but rather to prevent the bark from cracking.

“Finished baskets are treated with food-safe light mineral oil.”

This is the third time Maier has entered Dimensions. He has also received two SCC awards; the Merit Award and the Award for

Excellence in Functional and Production Ware.

“My baskets have been selected each time I have entered,” he told Yorkton This Week. “I feel very fortunate to have been selected again this year.

“There were 130 entries from 100 very skilled professional craftspeople from throughout the province. The jurors were asked to choose only 35 to be part of the show.”

Maier noted that just because he had been

selected in the past, he wasn’t sure if the latest effort would be chosen.

“Our province has a great number of people doing wonderful things in a wide variety of media,” he said. “While I like my basket, I also had a chance to have an online look at the other entries. Amazing works, all of them!

“I would certainly have understood if my basket had not been selected.

“In the end, when I make a basket I hope

that I will like it. If it makes me happy, there is a chance it will do the same for others.”

This year the show has taken on an added dimension for those involved as well.

“Dimensions usually only travels within our province,” explained Maier.

“This time it will travel to some other cities in Canada. “I think that this change has added some interest and excitement.”

Maier lives and farms near Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He has been making willow baskets for about 15 years.

“The baskets he makes are the traditional ribbed baskets that were originally made by Aboriginal people and Ukrainian/European settlers around Yorkton and wherever materials were available,” notes his artist bio. “This historical and cultural connection is important to Morley and is intentionally reflected in the work that he does . . .

“My preference is to make baskets that can be used as they were first intended; as containers to carry or store things.

While some of the baskets I make might be considered decorative, most are ‘working’ baskets that most people will actually use. I hope that the baskets I make reflect and respect the history and traditions of willow basketry in our province. Most people would agree that there is a rustic natural quality to willow baskets that they find instinctively

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warm and appealing. I try not to do things with my baskets that would interfere with that.”

Dimensions is a biennial, juried, touring exhibition of contemporary craft organized by the Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC) for over 40 years.

Dimensions encourages Saskatchewan artists to push themselves creatively and technically. Selected works are unique, incorporating individual expression that transcends technique; works have content as well as achieving technical and creative excellence.

This year, 130 works were submitted by 83 artists including 21 emerging artists, providing an impressive assortment of fine craft. Our Jurors, David Freeman and Jane Kidd, were tasked with the challenge of selecting just 35 pieces for the exhibition and deciding which pieces might merit an award.

Dimensions jurying was an online experience in 2021. While the SCC has always prioritized in-person jurying for this project, the health and safety of the jurors, SCC staff, and the nearly 100 artists who enter Dimensions are of our utmost concern.

Exhibition Dates: May 26 – August 28, 2021 Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery, 813 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon After the exhibition is displayed in Saskatoon, the show will take off on a multi-city Canadian tour.

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SIGN supporting Yorkton for 52 years By: Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer For 52 years, the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours has supported the residents of Yorkton.

SIGN’s beginnings started in 1968 when Father Paul St. Pierre, Rev. Jack Jones, Rev. William Shank, and Rev. Roland Wood felt a need for an organization to reach the community in a way that was beyond what individual churches could do.

On May 1, 1969, SIGN opened its first office with the goal “to produce the product called Community Unity - a community in which people care about people care about people,” according to its first newsletter.

The organization first offered five programs, including an Information

and drop-in centre, psychological consultant services, a youth hostel, a homemakers program and a radio program.

Today, the organization offers over 20 programs that include services for kids, families, adults, and counselling services.

Andrew Sedley, the executive director for SIGN, said that their goals line up now with what they were when they first started.

“SIGN provides support services to individuals and families of all different ages in Yorkton and East-Central Saskatchewan. Our organization started back in 1969, and from there, we’ve grown. We currently offer 24 different programs throughout the area; we have 130 staff that provide those services,” he said. “SIGN has always been known for having a figure on the pulse of the community,” Sedley said “What are

though it took some time to adapt to the pandemic, they offer all of their services, though some do look different compared to previous years.

“We put in some virtual services, some services over the telephone, as well as some face to face when needed. We really want people to reach out so we can provide a service that works best for them.”

some of the needs we are seeing within our community, within families, or individuals, and then developing programs based on those needs.”

Before the pandemic, SIGN saw over 6,000 people access one of their services.

Sedley said that

Sedley said that the pandemic helped them expand grow and expand their services.

“Never would we have ever thought of doing virtual services prior to the pandemic; it was always face to face,” he said. “It made us move out of our comfort zone and utilize technology more, and we’ve seen some big benefits from it. Not only have we been able to connect with people, but we are connecting with people who have never come

to our doors before.

We’ve been really able to expand our region, expand our supports and services to the community throughout the province and individuals who need the supports. We’ve seen some real benefits of utilizing technology.

Once the pandemic is done, it will probably be another tool that we keep in our toolbox and be able to use for individuals that may not have transportation to come into the city.”

Sedley explained why he feels SIGN is important to Yorkton and the area.

“I go back to the title of our organization. The full title is Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours, and throughout our lives, we need good neighbours. Good neighbours can help us in times of need, and that’s really what we are here for, is to be a support, to assist individuals

when they are potentially going through hard times, or they are in a crisis, or they just don’t know where to go,” he said. “A lot of our work is really providing those supports so people can really succeed and feel like there being supported through whatever they may be going through as well. All of us at all times can use those extra supports, and we really see the importance of us being there for people when they need us, and to provide those supports, those guiding directions, that sort of thing to assist them with whatever they are going through.”

Sedley adds that SIGN’s success is directly attributed to the support they have received from the community, businesses and private donors.

He also added that to check out one of their services to visit their website at www.signyorkton.ca.

Gaslands lets you ‘bodger’ up some cars It is interesting how a game can lead you into doing something a bit different which is ultimately more entertaining than the game.

That might sound a tad confusing, so let’s start at the beginning.

There is a game from Osprey Games called Gaslands which has been on our group’s radar for some time.

The game’s website describes it this way.

“Gaslands is a tabletop game of post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem. With fast and cinematic rules, it is designed to be played with toy cars, allowing players to ram, skid and race their way through the wreckage of a burntout Earth.”

So what you have is a game that is a large part Mad Max mixed with the 2008 version of Death Race with a sprinkle of Fast & Furious on top.

This is a game of simple imaginative carnage where players put together small fleets of vehicles with mounted blades, dozers, and of course lots, and lots of guns and head into various game scenarios, from a straight race, to seeing who can run over the most zombies, all the while taking shots at opponent vehicles.

This is a pretty solid ‘beer & pretzels’ game, one that is a fun way to spend an evening as long as you don’t take things too seriously.

The ruleset comes in a single book, and is frankly a rather stellar invest-

THE MEEPLE GUILD (YORKTON) meeple.guild@gmail.com ment, if you like miniature gaming to start with.

The cool thing is that you play with toy cars, which for most of us, takes us back to our childhood when getting a new Matchbox or Hot Wheels car was enough to have us smiling for days.

With Gaslands you just buy a vehicle, or three, and you are ready to go.

You can simply write what armaments you have on a piece of paper and the mini Mustang is ready to roll.

Or, you can begin to ‘bodger’ your vehicles.

This is where the game veers into something different, and I will say even better than the game itself.

When I could actually visit based on COVID restrictions, I played my first Gaslands, using a couple of cars I had.

My adult son however, who is becoming quite a good mini painter, had customized a few cars already, and had a literal pile he wanted to do.

I left the table with the comment I might try ‘bodgering’ a couple, but saw no reason for more.

Of course I immediately went to a local store,

grabbed three or four, and dug through some storage boxes for a few more.

I still planned to do only a couple, but I wanted options.

And so I began filing off paint, and breaking out windshields, and chopping off chunks of bumpers and bashing in a few roofs, all to give the vehicles a demolition derby look.

I quickly found out it’s really quite fun to bash little cars.

It also so happens you can find files online to 3D print dozers, saws and guns, and my son gave me a baggie full.

So next I started gluing on bits and pieces to the battered cars.

And, finally I did some painting, not detailed stuff, but sort if grunge splashing paint around.

At present the two or three vehicles I thought I’d do has turned into a fleet of 12.

The creation of the cars has actually been a ton of fun and truthfully outstrips the game in many ways. The cars are just cool, and getting them to a table to play some Gaslands will be a true gaming blast.

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The story of Uspenska begins in 1897, one of the largest and earliest Bukovynian-Ukrainian bloc settlements in the province, and the building of the first Greek Orthodox church in the District of Eastern Assiniboia, NWT. The Bukovynian settlers all from the same neighbouring villages in Ukraine wanted to build a new Orthodox Bukovynian church in Canada, on the rich farming lands of the prairies, which would form the nucleus of their prairie settlement, and become a small corner of Bukovyna in Canada.

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Dr. Thomas Patrick Woven into this rich history of Uspenska were the efforts of Dr. Thomas Alfred Patrick, a young Irish medical doctor from London, ON, who came to Yorkton in 1893, a hamlet of a couple of hundred people, the farthest end of the Manitoba and North Western Railway, four years after the Riel Rebellion of 1885, to practice medicine and politics. He began his medical practice in the town of Saltcoats, NWT on April 29, 1889 before moving to Yorkton in 1893, where he practised medicine for 44 years.

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Western University, London, ON in 1888, elected member of the Legislative Assembly of NWT on October 26, 1897, an ardent opponent of annexation of Assiniboia to Manitoba; re-elected by acclamation in 1898.

The remarkable life and contributions of this outstanding Canadian are best revealed through his unpublished memoirs, archival documents and newspaper articles, preserved in the Saskatchewan Provincial Archives, which allow me to tell this story many years later.

1897 was an important year in Canadian immigration history, the beginning of mass emigration to Canada. Archival documents show that immigrants from Eastern Europe, particularly the province of Bukovyna and Galicia, were pouring into Winnipeg, the center of colonization, lured by promises of free lands. “They brought a whole train load of those “Galatians” to Yorkton,” said one incensed rancher to Dr. Patrick.

He went on to describe them. “Galatians”, he called them for he had heard of the Epistle to the Galatians, but not of the province of Galicia.

They converged upon this remote hamlet of Yorkton, North Eastern Assiniboia, NWT, arousing the ranchers of their uneventful existence.

The ranchers were clearly resentful and incensed of the arrival of these immigrants for they were about to be ousted from the land which their cattle range, their wood lot, their hay meadows and on which they paid no taxes. Some called them Galicians, others Continued on Page 18

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CITY PIONEER Continued from Page 17 called them Ruthenians, Bukovynians or Ukrainians. The next couple of years, this “great and lone land became one long grain field,” writes Dr. Patrick in his unpublished memoirs, (Saskatchewan Archives) “where smoke from the “izba” {sod shanties} poured upward from many thousand Slav homes.” These settlers in the words of Dr. Patrick, “filled the silent lands with new voices and many tongues.”

Dr. Patrick himself was one of these pioneer homesteaders. In 1892, according to his memoirs, he homesteaded a quarter section of land 138 miles north of the international boundary, where “a horde of gophers from vacant lands to the west, cut down almost the whole crop growing in his first wheat field.”

Federal 1901 census of the Crooked Lakes and Devil’s Lake sub-divisions District 203, Eastern Assiniboia show there were 239 people in Township 30, Range 4, alone. There was no town of Canora, only a treeless site and the homestead of Ivan Gullason occupied in 1899 and no railway until 1904. There was no Saskatchewan, either. Some 60 Bukovynian families formed the nucleus of the Uspenska congregation. “The need for a church and cemetery was crucial, for the mortality rate was high.”

Measles broke out everywhere among them, writes Dr. Patrick. And measles in damp dugouts (burdeis) often meant bronco-pneumonia and death. With a light rig and team, I pounded over the old Indian trails and bumped over trailless bush; and as I went about from -place to place treating the sick. As the immigrants acquired machines without the skill to use them, the proportion of agricultural accidents and death was exceedingly high, as well. In his chapter on Agricultural Accidents, he describes one incident, early one Sunday morning in July, when he attended to one Ukrainian woman in a settlement thirty miles north of Yorkton, the victim of a very serious farm accident. Her husband had hitched a yoke of oxen to his new mower and she stood by and watched. The oxen alarmed at the clatter of the mower, bolted, swung around and the rod from the mower slashed through the woman’s ankle, her whole blood supply of the limb cut off. When she arrived at the hospital several hours later, the matron of the hospital refused to admit her. Dr. Patrick was furious. He was prepared to operate outside the hospital, but was refused permission. He phoned the Hospital Board. It was more than three hours before the Board met and instructed the matron to admit the patient and prepare for amputation as soon as possible. For three days the result was in doubt, but the free drainage turned the scale and she slowly recovered. When I

grew weary of travel and loss of sleep, I always felt it a little easier to sleep when I thought of the misery I had seen among those pioneer immigrants from Eastern Europe,” wrote Dr. Patrick in his memoirs.

Archival records show that on January 17, 1901, Dimitro Yastremskyi, wrote to the agent of the Dominion Lands Office in Yorkton File No. 6116337, on behalf of twenty-four Bukovynian settlers of the Suczawa Congregation of the Orthodox RussoGreek Oriental (Byzantium) Church, requesting twenty acres of the East 1/2 of Legal Subdivision 2, for church and cemetery purposes. The application was forwarded to the Department of Interior in Ottawa. On February1, 1901, the Department informed Yastremskyi that the land requested was within the Manitoba and North Western Railway Company reserve and not at their disposal. The settlers then turned to their local MLA, Dr. Thomas Patrick for assistance. Patrick soon learned from William Whyte of the Manitoba and North Western Railway Company that the land requested, while set apart for the railway, had not yet been selected and was still available crown land. Dr. Patrick immediately wrote to the Department of Interior in Ottawa, requesting ten not twenty acres of the SE1/4 of S23-T30-R4-W2ndM. A whole year passed before the Department of Interior contacted Mr. Whyte for permission to dispose of the crown land for the purpose named. In April 1902, the Manitoba and North Western Railway company agreed to sell the Suczawa congregation ten acres of the railway land at $3.00 per acre with 5% annual interest. The price was exorbitant, considering that in 1891, ten years earlier, the same railway company sold 80,000 acres at one dollar per acre to an English Dutchman named Seaman, who established his headquarters near what is now the village of Theodore.

The church was built in 1902 and dedicated to the Dominion of the Holy Mother of God. Hence the name Uspenska.

In July 1902, Dr. Patrick forwarded an application to the Dominion Parliament for the incorporation of this religious denomination, which would enable the trustees to hold land in trust by the congregation for church purposes. Since there was no such Federal Act passed, the church had to be incorporated under the NWT legislation. The congregation meanwhile, deferred payment for the land until the fall of 1902 and Dr. Patrick assumed on behalf of the congregation, full personal responsibility for payment of the principal sum of $30.00 plus accrued interest of .50 cents. More problems followed. On September 29, Continued on Page 19

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Submitted by Dr. J. Dutchak, Ottawa, ON, April 2, 2021, dutchak35@rogers.com Author of: 1. A History of a Ukrainian pioneer community 1990-1995; 2. Mamornitz Revisited, 1997; 3. Uspenska, a Historical Landmark of Saskatchewan, 2002, 4. History of a ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, the Virgin of Sorrow; 5. The Arm and the Man, governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn; 6. DVD A century of Faith and Tradition, and numerous articles, speeches and displays on Early Bukovynian immigration to Canada 1897-1906.

Yorkton Municipal Airport way, valued at $5,883; Kipling: Weather data instrumentation, valued at $10,280; Moosomin: New paved, lit runway with new taxiway and apron and plans for Area Navigation (RNAV) and AWOS valued at $275,000; Wynyard: Recapping taxiway and apron, valued at $16,738; and “Community and regional airports are important and valuable assets to the regions they

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Continued from Page 18 1903, the Suczawa congregation was incorporated under Chapter 42 of the Ordinances of the NWT of 1903, as “The Bishop of the Russo-Greek Catholic Orthodox Church of North America and the Aleutian Islands” and a patent issued. The settlers protested.

“They were not Catholic!” Dr. Patrick’s response was immediate. “The patent should have been issued to the trustees of the Suczawa congregation, who had complied with the Provisions of Chapter 39 of the Consolidated Ordinances of NWT of 1898,” claimed Dr. Patrick. The Department of Interior cancelled the patent and agreed to issue another one, but not before asking Dr. Patrick for clarification. “Which church is the patent to go to and who are the real trustees?

Finally, on April 5, 1905 a Dominion Land Grant was issued to the trustees of the Suczawa Congregation for ten acres of the SW1/4 of legal subdivision 2 of S23-T30-R4-W2ndM, followed by a Certificate of Title on September 25, 1906. Trustees Constantin Gorenko, Petro Kushneriuk and Dmitro Yastremskyi were now the sole owners of the said land. After five long years Dr. Patrick had achieved his goal. He had acquired the land, incorporated the church, and made the Bukovynian settlers the sole owners of the property. He had performed an enormous service to the Bukovynian settlers and the future Ukrainian Greek Orthodox church of Canada.

Dr. Patrick died on September 6, 1943 in Yorkton, Sk. A cairn was unveiled on July 1, 1982, in memory of this remarkable prairie physician. In the Foreword to the book Pioneer of Vision by authors C.J. Houston and C. Stuart Houston, the late Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker wrote “but for Dr. Patrick’s vision and determination the province of Saskatchewan as it is today would not have come into existence.” And we may add that the Uspenska church at its present location, on a hill overlooking the country side and the final resting place of its Bukovynian settlers, may not have come into existence, either.”

The 100th anniversary of the Uspenska church in 2002 afforded me the opportunity to learn of Dr. Patrick’s inspired greatness working among the Bukovynian Slavs and to pay tribute to a remarkable missionary doctor and politician, who cared deeply for the plight of his fellow man.

Yet, one can’t help but wonder what prompted a young medical doctor, a graduate from a prestigious medical school, to move to a remote hamlet of 200 people in the NWT, the end of a railway, to practice medicine by pounding with a horse and buggy over old Indian trails and trail-less bush land to treat the sick? Was it the spirit of adventure, the call of the land, the call of duty or as Robert Service writes in the Spell of the Yukon: “The strong life that never knows harness The wilds where the caribou calls The freshness, the freedom the fairness Oh God how I’m stuck on it all.

It’s the great, big broad land way up yonder It’s the forest where silence has lease.

It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.”

package announced in mid-2020. The Ministry of Highways will be investing $300 million from that stimulus fund over several years into projects like resurfacing of runways, improvements for pilot assists at airports and several other highways specific projects.

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The Yorkton Municipal Airport was among those receiving funding to do a crack seal on pavement and new anchor stakes, valued at $50,379.

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