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Saskatchewan farmers dig into fresh soil for sustainable agriculture practices Nick Pearce Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The StarPhoenix) The proof was on the shovel.

The darkest, most porous soil Derek Axten had ever seen was on the land of a North Dakota rancher in roughly 2010. It was nothing like the dry and lumpy, light brown soil on his farm near Minton.

Axten says he had one question: “What do I got to do? What management changes do I got to make?”

Looking back, it was a defining moment as he adopted regenerative agriculture on his farm.

After the Supreme Court of Canada’s split 6-3 decision in March allowing the federal government to impose carbon pricing on provinces, work like Axten’s may sketch an early blueprint of how farmers could adopt new sustainability practices.

“Regenerative agriculture is a loose set of practices aiming at improving soil functionality and health, such that it will be better for farmers, the environment and everybody else at the same time,” said Lana Shaw, who heads the South East Research Farm in Redvers.

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Tannis and Derek Axten on their farm in Minton, Saskatchewan. plant life and integrate livestock where it’s possible, she said.

It’s also aspirational.

Shaw says some believe that it could lead to better, more nutritious food.

As far as its potential to reduce greenhouse gasses, that’s unclear, but Shaw thinks more research is needed.

Axten and his wife Tannis nevertheless have dived into the practice — a move they say has improved their soil more in the past five years than the decade before they made the switch.

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Agricultural economics Professor Peter Slade at the University of Saskatchewan says the current carbon tax is comparable to the cost of a bump in fuel prices, but those expenses will become more meaningful down the road.

The tax hit $40 per tonne in 2021. Once it hits $50 per tonne in 2022, the tax will then increase by $15 per tonne annually, until it reaches $170 per tonne in 2030.

Where farmers incur carbon costs most — in areas like transportation — there’s few available alternatives. Meanwhile, areas that produce a significant chunk of greenhouse gas emissions from farms — methane and nitrous oxide — aren’t fully addressed.

“There’s not a lot that farmers can do,” he said.

Compared to the stick of pricing emissions, Slade thinks a carrot approach, offering incen-

tives to mitigate emissions, will likely be put in place. But he notes it’s difficult to measure those efforts, making policy design difficult. Carbon offsets may also play a role, he said.

Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan President Todd Lewis says getting credit for carbon sequestration is a key goal that also reflects ongoing investments and improvements on existing practices.

“It’s convenient to say it’s business as usual, but this year, farmers all across Saskatchewan will be towing new drills around the field that will be an improvement for their carbon footprint and what they sequester,” Lewis said.

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However, U of S agricultural economics Professor Tristan Skolrud, who studies the carbon tax and sustainable farming practices, says it’s unlikely that the government will reward older projects.

He says with the carbon tax decision finalized, efforts should now focus on finding a plan that is better suited to Saskatchewan — one that also includes strategies for mitigation and adaptation.

“We need to also be preparing ourselves for the changes in weather and climate that we know are coming, before it becomes too hard to fix,” he said.

Regenerative agriculture may also have potential. In one case, General Mills recently sought Saskatchewan regenerative farmers for a pilot project. Skolrud suspects this will become more common as consumers take interest in food they think is grown more sustainably.

From soil to plate Lee Moats of Riceton says most carbon produced on his farm ends up on a dinner plate. He also sees a role for producers in reducing agriculture emissions, which currently account for about 24 per cent of the province’s 76.4 million tonnes total of emissions, according to a 2020 National Inventory Report.

Part of that sustainability could be implementing new technology to make delivery of pesticides and nitrogen fertilizer — which is produced with natural gas — more precise so that less is used.

Moats noted producers in Saskatchewan have widely adopted zero tillage farming, marking a clear sign of past success.

He thinks consumers should be woven more into the conversation. His idea is consumer price signals that value more sustainable practices

could help push a wider industry transition.

“What we need is a marketplace that values lower carbon content (food),” he said.

Axten thinks there could be a consumer push for regenerative agriculture-sourced food to emerge as a middle path between organic and nonorganic options.

As more evidence becomes available, it may appeal to health-conscious diners looking for sustainable food, Axten said.

“It’s already starting. I know it is. It’s just going to be a matter of how it gains traction,” he said.

A cleaner future in the dirt?

Lana Shaw thinks regenerative agriculture encourages farmers to engage with their land in new ways, experimenting at home to chart a new course for their crops.

Because of that, supporting it could be a policy win to get behind a homegrown trend that represents a new face in Saskatchewan agriculture, she said.

Anecdotally, she’s seen the profile regenerative agriculture farmers building up. Many are younger couples, often with advanced educations, who are relatively comfortable with raising neighbours’ eyebrows doing farm experiments.

“Arguably, it’s also a more welcoming space for farm women,” she said, though she noted this is only her experience.

Axten sees another, more personal level to the practice.

“I’m sick of watching my town die,” he said, noting he has twice as many employees as ever, with an eye to add more down the road. He hopes more specialized processing facilities — like the one he’s opened on his farm — could offer jobs and revitalize smaller communities.

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First Nation declares sovereignty over Saskatchewan River Delta Nick Pearce Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The StarPhoenix) Cumberland House Cree Nation has declared sovereignty over the largest inland freshwater river delta in North America.

“We see it as a protection of our homeland, and a utilization to benefit our people, to get them out of poverty,” Chief Rene Chaboyer said.

The Saskatchewan River Delta stretches over roughly one million hectares along the Saskatchewan and Manitoba border. Its declining vitality is threatening traditional ways of life.

Chaboyer wants to use the declaration as a springboard for greater control of the delta, spurring environmental protections and economic development. However, reversing any possible decline remains murky, he said.

“There’s uncertainty there. We’ve had land users, trappers, fisherman, professionals come into our delta and try to figure out the solution to get it back to its natural state,” he said.

“We’ve got to do some-

thing to save what’s left.”

The declaration comes roughly a year after he expressed concern over a lack of consultation on a massive provincial irrigation project at Lake Diefenbaker that he says

could affect water flows into the delta. He said he remains hopeful for a solution that could satisfy all parties.

He wasn’t alone in urging a seat at the table for the First Nation.

“For too long, (the

delta) has been degraded by government policies and decisions that do not consider or include First Nations’ voices — and today that way of doing business comes to an end,” Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief Heather Bear said in a prepared statement.

Declaring sovereignty is a milestone, but there’s a long way to go, noted Gord Vaadeland, executive director of Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Saskatchewan, who is offering support for the First Nation’s efforts.

The Lake Diefenbaker project remains in its early stages, but it’s concerning for its potential “significant impacts” on the delta, he said.

The declaration of sovereignty is invitational — not confrontational — toward the province, he added.

The First Nation is in the process of developing a co-management model for the region. To raise its

profile, it’s also working toward a designation as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention, a prepared statement noted.

The ecosystems in the Delta are home to several at-risk plants, birds, and mammals. It has also supported local hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, ecotourism, medicine gathering, carbon sequestration, sustainable forestry practices and local employment, the statement added.

First Nations-led conservation efforts are unique, but a long-term vision could support economic opportunities around traditional ways of life, eco tourism and carbon storage, Vaadeland said.

Chaboyer said he hopes a push for greater control over his band’s traditional lands may be an answer to those challenges.

“There’s a lot at stake, and we’re going to do what it takes to save it.”

Rockets take pair in Ituna versus Rosebud Royals

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer With Sunday being designated ‘World Softball Day’ by the World Baseball Softball Confederation it was a great day for the Rhein Rockets to be in action.

The Rockets headed to Ituna for a doubleheader on neutral ground against the Rosebud Royals in Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League action.

In game one, with the Rockets the home side, Terry Peppler pitched a complete game for a 4-3 decision.

James Holowaty went the distance in the circle and was tagged with the loss for the Royals.

Holowaty would start game two for Rosebud, with Brett Peppler in the circle for Rhein.

Brett Peppler would help his own cause in the first inning hitting a two-run homer. He would later hit a second homer for two more runs-batted.

The two homers would help propel the

Rockets to 13-5 win in five innings.

Next action for the Rockets is scheduled for Friday in Neudorf to face the Posse, then in Balcarres for doubleheader action Sunday against the Bronx.

The Rockets won both games 4-3 and 13-5 on World Softball Day.

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Fossil fuel industry faces an overdue reckoning Oil giant ExxonMobil’s leaders have a long history of doing everything to keep the world from addressing climate change. They’ve buried company research showing the link between burning fossil fuels and a dangerously heating planet. They’ve sowed distrust and spread misinformation. They’ve lobbied politicians, set up and joined fake grassroots organizations, funded deniers and commissioned dubious reports, all to downplay or deny the risks to the climate — and humanity — of using their company’s products.

Exxon’s not the only company to have behaved in such an incomprehensibly destructive manner, putting short-term profits over the long-term health of natural systems that make human and other life possible. But it’s one of the largest.

Now there’s a sign that even oil companies and their shareholders are facing the reality of an overheating planet. This spring, Engine No. 1 — a small “activist investment firm” with a tiny stake in Exxon — managed to get three of its four nominees elected to the company’s 12-person board, despite efforts to defeat them.

“What the Board needs are directors with experience in successful and profitable energy industry transformations who can help turn aspirations of addressing the risks of climate change into a longterm business plan, not talking points,” an Engine No. 1 statement said.

The new board members, two with oil industry backgrounds, are expected to champion the need for Exxon to diversify its investments as the world moves on from fossil fuels.

Exxon isn’t the only oil giant getting a wake-up call.

Shareholders recently went against Chevron’s board, voting 61 per cent in favour of a proposal from Dutch advocacy group Follow This to force that company to

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And a Dutch court ruled in favour of a lawsuit by seven groups including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Netherlands to get Shell to significantly deepen its planned greenhouse gas emission cuts.

The court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to reduce emissions for the Shell group and its suppliers and customers by 45 per cent by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. The company had planned to cut emissions 20 per cent by 2030, 45 per cent by 2035 and 100 per cent by 2050 from 2016 levels — but with conditions the court found unacceptable.

With a growing divestment movement steering money away from coal, oil and gas, and a recent report by the normally conservative International Energy Agency saying there’s no place in a rapidly heating world for new fossil fuel development, these events signal the tide is turning.

It’s about time!

It’s taken an unrelenting catastrophe to make the industry (and governments and society) reluctantly start to face reality. This is tragic. We’d be much further along in the necessary energy transition, with far less economic and societal disruption, had companies like Exxon not worked so tirelessly to downplay and

deny climate change risks and block progress. We’ve had more than four decades with enough scientific certainty about climate science to know we should have been doing more about it.

It’s not for a lack of solutions that we continue to waste valuable resources, burning in minutes concentrated energy stores that took millions of years to form. It’s lack of awareness and political will, fuelled by a multi-million-dollar industry campaign to confuse. But awareness is growing, which pushes political action.

Recent events surrounding the oil industry show the importance of getting involved. The perseverance and commitment of people who care have spurred industry, governments and society to finally start waking up to reality.

Hundreds of thousands of young people taking to the streets sends a message. Shareholder revolts and board shakeups send a message. Divesting from fossil fuels sends a message. Numerous court challenges send a message.

The message, as 350.org founder Bill McKibben says, is that we can’t negotiate with physics and chemistry. Adding massive amounts of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere by burning coal, oil and gas, and destroying the natural systems that absorb and store carbon, like wetlands, grasslands and forests, puts the health and survival of humans and other life at great risk.

The fossil fuel era is ending. It’s time to find ways to shift fairly and equitably to better ways of living and powering our societies.

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Wascana Centre gardens ready for visitors June is an ideal time to get out and enjoy the gorgeous green spaces of Wascana Centre.

Just in time, the Queen Elizabeth II gardens in front of the Legislature are planted and ready for visitors.

“Going for a walk in the park is one of the most popular forms of recreation and is beneficial for our wellbeing,” Minister Responsible for the Provincial Capital Commission Don McMorris said.

“Enjoying a walk at Wascana Centre gardens is easy to do safely while physically distancing.

Whether you are a gardener, a photographer, or just looking to have a relaxing family outing in nature, we invite you to visit the beautiful gardens of Wascana Centre.”

This spring, the PCC horticultural staff planted over 100,000 annuals in the area around the Legislature and 36,000 of those plants went into the QEII Gardens. The gardens also feature topiary structures in various shapes and sizes. This season, park-goers can see four new dolphinshaped topiaries covered in moss, succulents and other creeping plants.

Appropriately, Queen Elizabeth Hybrid Tea Roses will be added to the rose beds around the

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Queen’s statue.

“Spending time surrounded by trees and gardens is good for us,” Provincial Capital Commission CEO Monique Goffinet Miller said. “Walking through the park and looking at lovely flowers, the colour, the fragrance, can improve our mood and even lower our blood pressure.

You can always count on vibrant flowers and this year the colour palette centers around pink, purple and blue, with accents of

yellow, orange and red.

Fortunately, the PCC horticultural team plants an extraordinary amount of breathtaking blooms each year in the gardens at Wascana Centre and Government House.”

Wascana Centre offers 930 hectares of recreational green space.

Amongst all this verdant land the Queen Elizabeth II Gardens is a must-see.

On May 18, 2005, these gardens were officially named and dedicated by the Queen herself.

However, the tradition of

planting flower beds in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building dates back to the early twentieth century.

In 2012, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Legislative Building, the QE II Gardens underwent a $1.3 million upgrade. Each year, the PCC horticultural staff provides spectacular floral designs by adding new plant varieties while keeping plenty of triedand-true favourites.

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Centre around the May long weekend, PCC staff need to begin preparations many months in advance.

through Sunday. To book a tour, visitors should call 306-520-8832 or email at wcvisitorservices@gov. sk.ca.

“People are surprised with the amount of time and resources required to prepare the gardens,” PCC Manager of Forestry and Horticulture Lisa Regnier said.

“The horticultural staff begin designs in October. We look at plans and materials from previous years and what is trending now.

How many seeds will we need? How much space does each plant need?

We start ordering seeds in November. In January, seeds are geminating in our green houses and grow throughout the winter. So much of the plant materials are quite delicate. Our staff work to ensure every plant is as healthy as possible.”

PCC horticultural staff also manage Government House’s lush Edwardian Gardens. Tours of the Edwardian Gardens are available Tuesday to Sunday and can be prebooked at https://governmenthousesk.ca/publicprograms.

In addition to visiting the gardens, park-goers can also take a guided walking tour of more of Wascana Centre. Walking tours range from 30 to 90 minutes and cover a variety of subject matters such as the park’s ecology and its history.

To ensure everyone’s safety, a maximum of five people from the same social bubble will be allowed per tour. The tours are free of charge and available Wednesday

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Ode to fathers My father was not big on corporal punishment, thank goodness. I only remember one spanking I ever got from him. I didn’t need anymore after that because I knew he meant what he said and would follow through.

Of course, I’m not counting the many times he’d swing his arm, as he drove, trying to smack one of us wild kids in the back seat of his Oldsmobile. Ah the memories … of our red-faced father, peering from the rear-view mirror at the mocking faces of his unseat-belted kids as we stealthily dodged his attempts to clip, at least, one of us. Good times!

As I grew older, my father made fewer rules but even those had to be obeyed. Perhaps it was his imposing stature, or just that he didn’t often speak to me, but I respected my dad—especially after trying to sneak into the house one night, just THREE MINUTES past my curfew! He was standing in the dark hallway as I tiptoed to my bedroom and when he came out of the shadows I jumped.

“You’re late,” he stated.

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Revisited … or else.” I readily agreed, gave him a quick hug, and was never late again. No lie.

Many times since, I’ve wondered … what did his “or else” really mean?

After all—I always felt safe with him and I knew he loved me.

What would have happened?

Skip ahead to this year …

Our second-oldest grandson has had the unfortunate and ongoing experience of being bullied by one of his classmates. He is twelve. My daughter was surprised when his older brother, at a whole thirteen years old, clambered into their

van one day after school and stated, “That bullying thing with my bro is over.”

My daughter queried, “Oh? Why’s that?”

He shrugged and simply answered, “I pulled the kid aside in the hall as soon as we got to school today and I told him if he bothered my brother even one more time, well … he’d learn the hard way not to ever do that again.”

“What did you mean by “the hard way”?” asked my daughter, admittedly nervous.

He grinned his dimpled smile and quietly replied, “I just let that sit with him. I’ll let his imagination do the

work.”

His brother soon climbed into the van and exclaimed, “Good news!

For some reason, the guy who was bullying me was really nice today!”

As I listened to my daughter tell me all of this, I thought back to my father. It’s not the specifics of the threat but, clearly, how it’s presented that makes the difference.

I’m now guessing that my eldest grandson holds some promise for becoming a great dad someday.

To the dads who love their kids enough to command respect in a loving, caring way—Happy Father’s Day!

Smartphone five-minute survey to collect Saskatchewan residents’ perception of COVID-19

By Nykole King Saskatoon – Saskatchewan residents can give input about COVID-19 public health measures by using their smartphones to respond to a series of five-minute surveys.

It’s part of a new study launched by University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers who want to understand people’s thoughts about the effectiveness of public health messaging and the perceived risk of COVID-19 in their lives over the next four months.

“We’re really trying to capture the public’s voice and their viewpoints when it comes to the COVID-19 outbreak.

As public health researchers and practitioners, we aim to create public health messages and guidelines that are evidence based. The other big piece is the public’s understanding— making sure that our messaging isn’t just accurate, but that it’s also effective,” said Dr. Patrick Seitzinger (MD, MPH), a physician and USask School of Public Health graduate.

“This study is about trying to capture data on people’s perspectives, viewpoints and behaviours to see if the evolving strategies are effective and how they can be

improved.”

Dr. Jenny Basran (MD) of the USask College of Medicine leads the multidisciplinary study that includes Seitzinger, Western College of Veterinary Medicine researcher Dr. Cheryl Waldner (DVM, PhD), and computer scientist Dr. Nathaniel Osgood (PhD) from the USask College of Arts and Science.

This project leverages USask’s expertise in public health and disease modelling. Results will help to guide the province’s public health strategies for the COVID19 pandemic and future outbreaks.

Whenever they have time, participants can complete the simple surveys through the Ethica smartphone app—an end-to-end research platform created by members of Osgood’s computer science team.

This unique study combines self-reporting surveys and GPS data into one project, says Seitzinger. If users enable the location data feature, GPS data will help researchers understand the population’s trends and their patterns of mobility across the province.

“The location information can provide a lot of context about the risk of disease spread without being invasive,” said

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Waldner. “It is not about tracking individuals and seeing where each individual is going—it’s about how movement patterns are changing over time.”

While Waldner primarily studies antimicrobial resistance, she has a public health background and has worked on infectious disease modelling for the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I work in a lot of different areas, but the theme that ties all of it together is tools to inform decision-making around population health,” said Waldner. In a previous project, she and Seitzinger collabor-

ated with Osgood to adapt the smartphone tool for studying foodborne infectious disease.

Participants’ responses will help researchers create predictive models and to inform public health strategies and messaging. Although USask researchers are conducting this project independently, they will share findings with Saskatchewan’s public health practitioners.

“I realize that the viewpoints of the public are diverse,” said Seitzinger. “To me, it’s really necessary to understand what’s going on in the minds of the people across Saskatchewan so that we

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The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce Dr. Melanie Brice as the inaugural Gabriel Dumont Research Chair in Métis/ Michif Education.

The Gabriel Dumont Chair in Métis/Michif Education will increase research and teaching capacity in Métis/Michif Education in the Faculty of Education and enhance academic engagement with Gabriel Dumont Institute’s (GDI’s) Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP).

“The establishment of this new Chair, the first in a Faculty of Education in Canada, is one of many actions the faculty is taking toward Truth and Reconciliation,” said Dr. Jerome Cranston, Dean of the Faculty of Education. “The faculty continues to demonstrate a concerted and sustained commitment to teaching and research that is engaging faculty, students, and other education stakeholders in gaining a deeper understanding of our shared histories and a reconciliatory approach to a more just future.”

As Chair, Brice will undertake research that seeks to understand and expand the scholarship of teaching and learning by building capacity in Métis and Michif education. Her research will focus on learning, knowledge-keeping, language and cultural revitalization, reconciliation, and inclusion with and by the Métis through formal education systems.

According to the Statistics Canada 2016 census, Métis were the fastest growing population in Canada between 2006 and 2016. However, less than two per cent of

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New $1.65-million project will help develop next generation of scientists Saskatoon – Take a unique-in-Canada science project, inject $1.65 million, add brilliant young scientists from Saskatchewan and around the world, and mix in a rigorous set of professional development opportunities— that’s the recipe for a new training program just launched by the University of Saskatchewan (USask), thanks to new funding from Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

The NSERC CREATE to INSPIRE program— INSPIRE is short for Interdisciplinary Network for the Synchrotron: Promoting Innovation, Research, and Enrichment—will train students how to work with Canada’s only synchrotron at USask’s Canadian Light Source (CLS), while learning the essential interpersonal and professional skills to thrive in a fast-paced, high-tech, team environment.

“As a student who uses the synchrotron, you have access in these very short, intense experimental times—time is very precious,” said Dr. Ingrid Pickering, USask geological sciences researcher, INSPIRE program director and lead applicant. “You gain the skills of being able to plan well, to use your time wisely, to be able to work in teams, to be able to communicate well, and to be flexible in reacting to surprises.

These are all skills which are preparing students for a whole variety of careers.”

The program involving a team of synchrotron scientists from USask and one from University of Regina, was one of only 13 projects across the country awarded a Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grant.

“This substantial investment in training our students will attract top talent to USask and to Saskatchewan, and ensure the next genera-

tion of synchrotron scientists are ready to tackle tomorrow’s challenges,” said USask VicePresident Research Baljit Singh. “It’s evidence of USask, home to Canada’s national synchrotron facility called the Canadian Light Source, living up to our aspiration of being the university the world needs.”

Over six years, the program aims to provide 106 students with a combination of technical skills on working with a synchrotron, professional and personal development offered through USask’s Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning, and mentorship.

The program builds upon an earlier USaskled synchrotron training program, focused on health-related research, and funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, which had great success: more than 90 per cent of trainees who completed the program found work in

related fields.

Although just launched today, the INSPIRE program already counts one success story: Linda Vogt, USask doctoral student supervised by Pickering, who helped draft the proposal, also served as a beta-tester for the professional development component.

“One of the things that I got out of this program overall was a lot more confidence in myself, that I can accomplish all kinds of things,” said Vogt, who has also served as a tour guide and floor co-ordinator at the CLS. “Even five or six years ago, I was the student that would be hiding in the back of the class and wouldn’t really talk.”

Using the skillset developed through the program led Vogt to pursue new challenges, including hosting and coordinating a mini-conference for fellow students.

“It’s more than just professional development,” said Vogt. “It’s really life and perspec-

tive development, as well.”

Who is a good candidate for the program?

“Students with a bachelor’s degree and a lot of enthusiasm for learning synchrotron techniques and how they can be used in their fields,” said Vogt.

INSPIRE will also feature training in equity, diversity and inclusion, with the intention of preparing trainees to be flexible and inclusive leaders, with adaptability and cultural fluency to meet the unpredictability of employment landscapes.

The program is led by 10 researchers from USask, spanning six departments across four colleges, and one from

the University of Regina.

INSPIRE works closely with the Canadian Light Source and has connections with USask’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, the Sylvia Fedoruk Canada Centre for Nuclear Innovation, and industry partners, including Saskatoonbased RMD Engineering.

“When you put all of these people—experts in their own areas, and students who are the future experts—together and get them talking, who knows what great ideas will come out of that?” said Pickering.

Further details on the project are available at: artsandscience.usask.ca/ synchrotron-sciences

What is the Assembly of First Nations?

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is a national political organization that represents First Nation citizens in Canada. This includes more than 900,000 people living in 634 First Nations communities and cities and towns across the country.

The organization was created in 1982 to serve as a nationwide assembly of Chiefs who could serve as a collective voice for First Nations in Canada.

The AFN is composed of First Nations Chiefs from across the country who are elected to the assembly by their local communities. The organization is led by the National Chief, who is elected by the Chiefsin-assembly for a three-year term and an executive committee made up of 10 regionally elected Chiefs.

The current National Chief is Perry Bellegarde.

The AFN also has three special councils that help shape its agenda: the Elders Council, the Women’s Council and the Youth Council. The chairs of these committees also sit on the AFN executive committee.

The National Chief and executive committee work closely with the federal government on specific issues that affect Indigenous peoples. For example, the AFN is currently involved in addressing the urgent issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, advocating for compensation and support for survivors of residential schools, investigating instances where Canada has violated treaties with First Nations communities and campaigning for Indigenous language rights.

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Indigenous peoples in Canada: terms to know Celebrating the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples.

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The Indigenous peoples of Canada include all First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals and communities who inhabit this country.

Here’s an overview of the differences between these three designations.

• First Nations. This term is used to describe Indigenous peoples who are ethnically neither Inuit nor Métis. It became common during the 1970s as an alternative to the outdated term Indian. It’s used to refer to people

Parkland College wishes you a happy National Indigenous Peoples Day As a sign of respect and in recognition of the ties Indigenous people have to the land, we acknowledge that we live, work, and study in Treaty 4 territory.

Treaty 4 is the traditional territory of the Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota people, and is the homeland of the Métis people. Such an important part of our past, but more importantly, our future!

who have official status under the Indian Act of Canada as well as people without status who identify as belonging to a First Nation. Whenever possible, you should use the name of the specific nation in question rather than simply saying First Nations or Indigenous.

Remember that certain words, like Indian and native, evoke Canada’s colonial past and were originally imposed on the First Nations, Métis and Inuit without regard for

the names these groups used for themselves.

It’s important that Indigenous peoples now have the chance to choose the terms that are used to identify them.

• Inuit. Inuit means “people” in the Inuktitut language and is used to refer to the Indigenous peoples that live in the Arctic regions of Canada.

The term Eskimo is no longer used and is considered offensive in some cases.

• Métis. This term refers to people of mixed ancestry who developed their own traditions, cultures and languages distinct from those of their Indigenous and European ancestors.

Most Métis populations are historically located in the Prairies, especially along the Red River in Manitoba. This term should only be used to refer to people who identify as Métis and not for all people of both Indigenous and European descent.

When writing or talking about Indigenous peoples, try to use the correct terminology.

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Celebrating Indigenous peoples and cultures June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day and a time for all Canadians to honour and celebrate the diverse cultures and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis

peoples in Canada.

The celebrations taking place across the country are varied. Some communities choose to mark the holiday with barbecues and dancing, others host

large events with musical performances and activities for children.

Additionally, some bands choose to hold powwows to commemorate the event, complete with traditional dancing,

drumming and food.

National Indigenous Peoples Day events are open to all Canadians who are interested in learning about and celebrating the unique cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Regardless of your ethnicity, on June 21 you’re invited to recognize the important role of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

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National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebrating the culture and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada

Most Indigenous cultures in North America are deeply rooted in oral traditions passed from one generation to the next. When the Europeans settled presentday Canada, many Indigenous peoples struggled to maintain this way of life as they were forced to assimilate into a culture that valued written literature over oral storytelling.

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ary literature. In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, here are five writers to discover this summer.

Marilyn Dumont. Marilyn Dumont is an award-winning poet of Cree and Métis ancestry. She first received acclaim for her debut poetry collection, A Really Good Brown Girl, which follows her experiences of growing up Métis.

Tomson Highway. A playwright and novelist who writes in both English and Cree, Tomson Highway is one of Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous writers, best known for his plays The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing. His works discuss topics like sexual abuse in residential schools and incorporate elements of Cree mythology, especially the trickster figure Nanabush.

Richard Wagamese. The late Ojibwe author Richard Wagamese wrote many well-known works of contemporary Canadian literature including Indian Horse, a novel that tells the story of a First Nations boy who survives residential school and grows up to become a hockey star. Indian Horse won the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature and was adapted into a feature film.

Eden Robinson. The novelist and short-story writer Eden Robinson writes speculative fiction drawing on elements of Haisla culture. Her novels Monkey Beach and Son of a Trickster were both shortlisted for the Giller Prize.

Katherena Vermette. A poet and novelist of Métis descent, Katherena Vermette won the Governor General’s Award for English-language poetry in 2013 for North End Love Songs, a collection of poems about growing up in the largely Indigenous north end of Winnipeg. She won the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature for her novel, The Break, which focuses on sexual violence against Indigenous women.

Since June is National Indigenous Book Club Month, why not head to your local bookstore to browse for titles by these celebrated authors?

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State of Agriculture: COVID-19 pandemic pushes local Saskatchewan foods

By Evan Radford Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Regina Leader-Post) If there was a time to follow the oft-used phrase about placing proverbial eggs in many baskets, former farmer Tim Shultz figures year one of the COVID-19 pandemic was it.

The Regina business owner’s restaurant profits rose and fell because of intermittent, changing dine-in restrictions, but his grocery store revenues kept going up.

“Our home-delivery service really exploded on us,” he said of his shop, Local & Fresh, first opened in 2014. “We hired two new positions for delivery.”

Shultz and his wife Carla own and run Local Market, a multi-venue business working out of an old, brick warehouse building just off Regina’s Broad Street. It offers event space rentals, a dine-in café and restaurant serving local fixings and the grocery store.

Despite the erratic economic surges brought by the pandemic — mad rushes on toilet paper, constant demand for new bikes and outdoor toys,

fast-paced rural property sales — Saskatchewan’s agriculture sector, in which the Shultzes play an important retail role, injected some stability and a bit of growth to the volatile times, particularly with local food.

The Shultzes stock approximately 85 to 90 per cent of Saskatchewan-produced items at their store. “The remainder is all Canadian,” Tim said.

“For the most part we’re working directly with the producers.”

Some of those items include roasted lentil snacks from Saskatoon’s Three Farmers, various meat cuts from Schultz’s Ranch Country Meats in Morse and produce from Floating Gardens in Osler and Cedar Creek Gardens on the south side of Regina. “We have over 100 different producers we buy from,” he said.

When the province imposed a sweeping lockdown across Saskatchewan last year in March, “almost overnight we saw a large increase (of demand),” he said.

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Event-booking and dine-in eating revenues took a hit, but grocery profits told a different story.

“Not quite double the revenue, but close to that,” Tim said. Though he added he was projecting growth for 2020, even before the emergence and spread of COVID-19.

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The last year of the pandemic also brought “a softening in sort of health snacking; there’s definitely been a lot of indulgence going on …in terms of more lockdowns … a skew toward more comfort eating,” meaning high-fat and artificial sugar-type foods.

Thanks to the March 2020 lockdown, the company’s web sales “more than doubled on Amazon overnight and on Costco. ca.”

The initial digital surge leveled off, but for the rest of 2020, the pandemic raised overall “e-commerce sales,” Vandenhurk added.

Looking to the remainder of this year and beyond, she said her company is starting to follow that diversification-many-basket cliche, expanding its market share into the United States.

Canada’s response to the pandemic prompted that, she said. “We’re certainly lagging in terms of moving through this pandemic, especially if we look at our neighbours to the south.”

They’ve hired “two new strategic positions” for opening U.S. markets as they hope to target health-conscious demographics via “retail partners.”

Similarly, food security and distribution researcher Sylvain Charlebois says scaling up is a key requirement for Saskatchewan-made food to be sustainable over time and size.

As an example, he said when an exhausted parent — further stretched by the pandemic — hits up a national-chain grocery store, searching out a locallysourced food item is likely not the first thing they think about.

Charlebois, a Dalhousie University professor, thinks scaling up local products would go a long way for Saskatchewan building “capacity to support a food-autonomy strategy for its citizens.”

Producers and the provincial government ought to think about feeding other jurisdictions, like Alberta and Manitoba, he said. “To actually keep unit prices at a very low level, and make those products competitive on the market in Saskatchewan and not allow someone from California to come in with cucumbers or leafy greens at half price, you want to be able to build economies of scale.”

He believes “people in Saskatchewan aren’t necessarily well-served by the agri-food economy they have.” Getting there, Charlebois said, would mean 15 per cent of all products produced in Saskatchewan is consumed here too.

At Regina’s Local & Fresh, Shultz too sees how the pandemic highlighted the opportunity for the local food scene to scale up.

“The smaller-scale producer that is able to produce for the market right here at home: That market is really growing and has a ton of potential,” he said, adding it’s worthwhile to consider food security in the event of future global disruptions.

“I think the pandemic shone some light on the fragileness of our food system. If a border was to get shut, what happens?

Are we able to produce what we need to produce here in Canada?

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Canora author encourages readers to anticipate the end of life with joy Courtesy of Canora Courier Accomplished Canora author and Canora Courier columnist Ken Rolheiser has published his fifth book, Heaven Bound Amid Pandemics, which he hopes will guide readers to a point where they can find joy in the anticipation as life’s journey nears its end.

Rolheiser said the original title of the book was The Road All Runners Come, but with the onset of COVID-19, he decided a new title would tie the content of the book to the pandemic which “has given us a chance to refocus our spiritual lives.”

Rolheiser was born and raised on a mixed family farm near the hamlet of Cactus Lake in western Saskatchewan.

Like many prairie family farms in those days, they had cattle, chickens, pigs and sheep, where he learned “shepherd skills” that aided him later in life.

“Growing up, I was interested in writing and

poetry, much more so than sports,” recalled Rolheiser.

“Teaching was an available career, and I enjoyed helping young people. I definitely didn’t choose it for the money. I took my training at Saskatoon Teachers’ College the last year it was open.”

Rolheiser taught in Kerrobert, Humboldt and Saskatoon before moving to Canora in 1971 where he was a school teacher for an additional 29 years.

“I enjoyed literature, English and I appreciated the opportunity to get to know the students.”

His interest in writing goes back to even before he thought about becoming a teacher.

Heaven Bound Amid Pandemics is Rolheiser’s fifth book. His previous offerings include four spiritual books, and Dreamland and Soulscape, a work of autobiographical fiction based on his roots, which included attending a one-room rural school.

Rolheiser said his latest book is more general in focus, addressing

Preeceville youth awarded high honour Courtesy of Preeceville Progress Eric Prestie of Preeceville was one of 57 Gold Award achievers who participated in the Duke of Edinburgh National Virtual Ceremony to receive his Gold Award from The Duke of Edinburgh International Award on June 10.

Only three of the 57 recipients were from Saskatchewan. Prestie joined the Duke of Edinburgh program in 2017 at the age of 14 when he began the Bronze Award. Since 2017, he has dedicated many hours to completing all three levels of the program with the Gold Award being completed this past December.

The following was taken from the Duke of Edinburgh award website.

“The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award is a global program with the goal of challenging, empowering and recognizing young people between the ages of 14 and 24. Since 1963, we have helped motivate young Canadians to set goals and challenge themselves to take control of their lives and futures. The classroom is not the only place to nurture the potential of one

of our country’s greatest natural resources – our youth.

We strive to reach young Canadians in communities across the country and provide a platform that helps them chart their individual lives and equips them with important life skills.

“For those who are unfamiliar with this global youth program, the Award is a charitable initiative that inspires young people aged 14 to 24 years old to develop their full potential by pursuing goals in four areas: community service, physical activity, engagement in nature and skills development.

Along the way, achievers earn a Bronze, Silver and Gold Award, with the latter two categories typically presented by dignitaries that include a province or territory Lieutenant Governor or, when possible, a member of the Royal Family.

‘Because participants set their own goals, the Award is open to virtually all youth regardless of their abilities or limitations. As long as the youth’s goals meet the Award’s criteria, a volunteer Award Leader will be there to help mentor the participant as they pursue their ambitions,’ said Gold Award achiever Melissa MacAdam, a Continued on Page 14

Canora author Ken Rolheiser has recently published his fifth book, Heaven Bound Amid Pandemics. The book is about “the joy we anticipate at the end of the fruitful journey of our lives” as well as how to live a life of love and gratitude. all aspects of life’s journey.

As he states in the

introduction, “This book is about the joy we anticipate at the end of the fruitful journey of our lives. It lights up life’s journey and addresses timely topics all of us encounter as we approach life’s endgrieving, suicide, palliative care versus euthanasia, fear of death, proof of heaven, angels, miracles, and joy and hope versus pain and suffering.

As well, Heaven Bound Amid Pandemics outlines how to live a life of love and gratitude.”

Rolheiser explains the inspiration for the book in the Preface.

“Whether leading funeral prayers or visiting the sick and dying, I shared my thoughts with them, and they found consolation. I realized though that I could more specifically address their needs in the work that follows. Toward that end I spend more time listening to speakers and gathering and organizing

materials.”

After initially having a tough time looking for a publisher/literary agent, Rolheiser decided to self publish his latest book.

“Self publishing is becoming easier as time goes on,” he explained.

“After 35 years of teaching English, and with constantly improving technology, I have the necessary tools to edit my own books.”

Publishing on demand has made everything much simpler for him, rather than having copies sitting in storage and not knowing if they’ll be sold. Rolheiser said completing this book was a very satisfying experience.

“I’m quite happy with it, after editing and rewriting/tweaking for two to three years,” he said.

“And with self publishing, I can get 60 to 70 per cent return, where with traditional publishers for my previous

books, it was around 10 per cent.”

Rolheiser hopes that Heaven Bound Amid Pandemics leaves a lasting impression on readers, even after the final page has been read.

“I hope they realize that there can be joy in life in spite of pain, suffering and age.”

The book is available on Amazon Kindle in eBook and paperback, or through his website, www.kenrolheiser.com.

Rolheiser and his wife Linda have raised four children: Nicholas, Leanne, Marilyn and George; who have blessed them with nine grandchildren.

Ken’s favourite leisure time activity is spending time with his family, but he also enjoys golf, chess and reading.

His next book will be a compilation of the best of the 2,000-plus columns he has written, as published in The Canora Courier and other weeklies.

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PREECEVILLE YOUTH Continued from Page 13 Nova Scotia-based lawyer who now volunteers as president of the Award’s national board in Canada.”

Individuals can choose to join the program at any level, but Prestie started at the Bronze level as soon as he was able to join. At the Bronze level, a participant chooses one category to complete for 26 weeks, while the other two categories require 13 weeks of commitment. A participant must log at least one hour per week in each of the categories. The program is flexible as a participant can select activities that are of interest to him or her or are available in their community.

Prestie said he selected beekeeping and learning to fly as his skill development over the different levels. His community service was a variety of activities including working at the Preeceville Wildlife Campground, cadet fundraising activities, assisting seniors with yard work and cleaning ditches outside of Preeceville. Through the levels of the program, Prestie has developed an appreciation for a regular fitness routine, learning new skills and the personal gratification from helping others.

Once he completed the Bronze Award, Prestie then signed up for the Silver Award which required

him to complete 26 weeks of activities for all of the award categories. Direct entrants into the Silver or Gold Award levels must complete an additional 26 weeks in one category. The final Gold Award requires a year-long commitment in all three categories.

In addition to completing the three categories, an Adventurous Journey is required at each level. To complete the Adventurous Journey, each participant must complete a practice journey and then the qualifying journey. At the Gold level, the Adventurous Journey is four days and three nights long. Prestie was able to complete the majority of the requirements for the Adventurous Journeys through various cadet activities that he attended.

The Gold Award has an additional requirement of the Gold Project that is intended to get participants to interact with new people while working towards a common goal in an unfamiliar setting. Again, Prestie was able to utilize his cadet experiences to meet this requirement as he attended a summer training camp in Comox B.C. at the start of his Gold Award experience.

“I am happy that I could challenge this award founded by Prince Phillip, and am honoured to take part in something that bears his name,” said Eric

Eric Prestie, left, of Preeceville was one of 57 Gold Award achievers who participated in the Duke of Edinburgh National Virtual Ceremony to receive his Gold Award from The Duke of Edinburgh International Award on June 10. Heather Prestie, Eric’s mom, presented him the award after the award was originally presented virtually.

Prestie. “It is not every day that I get the chance to participate in a program that is internationally recognized. The award has given me an extra little push to become a better person by being involved in my community and making fitness a priority. I would encourage anyone that is interested in challenging themselves to sign up for the Award.”

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Seeding just about complete in local region Seeding is virtually complete throughout the province, with 99 per cent of the crop seeded, with a few fields being seeded for green feed and silage. This is ahead of the five-year average (2016-20) of 97 per cent.

East-Central Saskatchewan: • Crop District 5 – Melville, Yorkton, Cupar, Kamsack, Foam Lake, Preeceville and Kelvington areas • Crop District 6A – Lumsden, Craik, Watrous and Clavet areas Seeding is at 99 per cent complete, ahead of the five-year average (20162020) for this time of year of 97 per cent. With seeding wrapping up in the region, producers are focusing more on weed and flea beetle control. The earlier seeded crops are emerging and growing well, but canola germination and emergence is slow in some areas because of the dry soil conditions.

The Esterhazy and Craik areas reported the highest amount of rainfall in the region this week, with seven mm.

The Humboldt and Allan areas reported five mm, the Pelly area four mm and the Kelvington and Rose

Valley areas two mm.

The crop, hay and pasture land moisture conditions continue to decline due to low amounts of rainfall and strong dry winds. Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as 52 per cent adequate and 44 per cent short, and four per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture are rated as 33 per cent adequate, 60 per cent short, and seven per cent very short.

Twenty per cent of the fall cereal crops are in the shot blade stage, and 16 per cent are heading, while 31 per cent of the spring cereals are tillering.

Forty-four per cent of canola and mustard is emerging, and 32 per cent is in the seedling stage, along with 19 per cent of flax. Forty per cent of the pulse crops are emerging, and 56 per cent is in the vegetative stage.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to strong winds, lack of moisture, flea beetles and cutworms.

Producers have been busy moving livestock to pasture, hauling grain, scouting fields and spraying for both weeds and insect pests such as flea beetles and cutworms. Crop District

Per cent Seeded (June 7, 2021) 5A 99 5B 99 6A 99 Region average 99 Some areas of the northern regions of the province received good amounts of rain due to a thunderstorm on the weekend; unfortunately, it brought some hail as well. The Cando area reported 40 mm of rain, the Kinistino area 37 mm, the Rosthern area 32 mm, the Sonningdale area 27 mm, the Duck Lake and Spruce Home areas 23 mm.

Parts of the southern half of the province saw small localized showers with amounts ranging from two mm to 12 mm.

Even with the rainfall over the weekend, the topsoil moisture conditions in Saskatchewan have deteriorated. Higher amounts of rain in the northern regions have slightly improved moisture conditions in the area, but there are more fields rated as having short or very short moisture in the remaining regions of the province this week.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as zero per cent surplus, 56 per cent adequate, 40 per cent short and four per cent very short. Hay and pasture

land topsoil moisture is rated as zero per cent surplus, 35 per cent adequate, 53 per cent short, and 12 per cent very short. Dry conditions continue to delay pasture and hay land growth and have delayed the emergence of smaller seeded crops, such as canola and flax.

Eighteen per cent of the fall cereal crops are reported to be in the shot blade stage, and 18 per cent are heading, while 51 per cent of the spring cereals are emerging and 38 per cent are tillering. Forty-two per cent of canola is emerging, and 40 per cent is in the seedling stage, along with 30 per cent of flax being in the seedling stage.

Forty-eight per cent of pulse crops are emerging, and 45 per cent are in the vegetative stage.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to strong winds, dry soil conditions and insects (including flea beetles and cutworms). Some producers are reseeding due to flea beetle and cutworm damage.

Producers have been busy spraying for weed and insect control, hauling grain and moving cattle to pasture.

Food security project initiated on Cote First Nation Courtesy of Kamsack Times Kerrie Norton is one of a number of members of the Cote First Nation who were raised offreserve in urban centres.

Having grown up in Saskatoon, Norton describes herself as a city girl through and through. However, after a lucrative career as a network analyst working in the Alberta oil and gas industry, Norton has recently returned to her homeland with a vision for her own healthy new lifestyle and hopes to set an example that will inspire others.

“Working in the oil and gas industry was great money,” Norton shared with the Kamsack Times. “During those years – and until I was laid off, I was able to buy high quality, organic food for my family.

Without that sufficient income, I really began to understand the correlation between diet and health. From my personal experience, I can see how not being able to afford good food can lead to obesity, depression, fatigue, and disease like diabetes, stroke and heart disease.”

Norton believes poverty is at the root of the majority of problems facing Indigenous communities across Canada.

While she has experienced life with a good salary and high quality foods, Norton has also lived in and around extreme poverty, and she believes adequate nutrition is a vital step in creating real change for her nation and others like it in Canada.

“Families that live in poverty are stuck in a vicious cycle. When you don’t have a sustainable, living wage, you are forced to buy cheap foods with very low to no nutritional value. The packaged and processed foods may do the job of filling your babies’ hungry tummies when they cry, but they are mostly filler foods with high amounts of preservatives, salt, and sugar. Our people are facing a health crisis and I believe that changing what we are eating will be the first step toward healing.”

Norton has made it her mission to learn about food systems in Canada – specifically Indigenous growing

Kerrie Norton was photographed in front of the freshly planted community garden on the Cote First Nation.

With a goal of teaching people to eat healthier, Norton also aims to teach new generations to feel empowered by growing their own food. methods, like the Three Sisters Gardening method of group planting corn, beans, and squash.

Admitting she is at the very beginning of her learning process, Norton said she currently knows very little about how to grow her own food, and that concerns her.

“I ask myself, what would happen if the economy tanked? What if our infrastructure collapsed and we weren’t getting food trucked in anymore? I would probably die. Not only do I want to learn how to eat

locally grown, nutritious foods, I want to learn how to grow those foods to feed myself, my family, and my people.”

This will be the first summer that the selfdescribed city girl has planted her own backyard garden. She admits she expects a lot of failure, but that is not stopping her from diving into the new practice and learning from her mistakes. In addition, she has led the initiative to get her peers involved in growing a community garden. The 100 foot by

110 foot garden is located in a large open field behind the Chief Gabriel Cote Education Complex, and will provide a number of organic vegetables to be shared among Cote First Nation members come harvest time.

“I’d love to plan a big harvest event to celebrate,” shared Norton.

“This is just the start.

Once we get going strong, I believe that harvesting our own locally grown, organic foods will lead to a sense of pride. It will motivate many of us to get out of that stuck-in-

the-mud feeling that comes with living in poverty.”

In her plans for the future, Norton aims to organize a series of workshops that teach community-based gardening, seed harvesting, canning, pickling, dehydrating, and off-grid winter storage techniques. She is excited about the road ahead, her big personal learning curve, and eventually sharing her accumulated knowledge to help others feel empowered.

Seven Yorkton Minor Football players a part of 2021 recruitment class

By Tanner WallaceScribner Staff Writer Yorkton Minor Football will see plenty of players getting ready to go to the next level of football.

In total, seven soon-tobe-former Yorkton Minor Football players have signed to continue their football careers, with six of them playing in the Canadian Junior

Football League.

A trio of players will be taking their talents outside of Saskatchewan as Garrett Ellis signed with the University of Toronto.

Domonic Lepowick will join his brother Dylan as he signed with the Okanogan Suns, and Milos Mandic signed with the Edmonton Huskies.

The remaining four have all signed with the Regina Thunder as Jaxon

Boyda, Kenten Effa, Reece McCormick, and Keane Szabo will all be wearing the maroon and blue uniforms. Jason Boyda, the director of football operations with Yorkton Minor Football, said that he is very proud to see the kids getting signed.

“Nobody sees the work and the effort, the dedication that they put in behind the scenes. It’s hats off for them because

their hard work has paid off,” he said. “People can see the results of the games, but they don’t see the process that it took them to get there. For most of these players, it’s been a nine-year journey and I just so excited for them.”

Boyda said that it also reassures him that what Yorkton Minor Football is doing in terms of player development is working.

“It says the process and the culture that we have here in Yorkton is a formula that produces success when the players buy into it, and we are very fortunate that the players do buy into it. We have a great culture, a great process, and the buy-in is second to none, and to be honest, I feel like a proud father when the boys go on and do great things when the boys go on and do great

things at the next level.”

Boyda said it all starts from the minute they put the pads on for their first game.

“We have a thing going here where we don’t rebuild; we reload. Our foundation is with the Mighty Mights, the atom, the peewee, the Yorkton Minor Football programs that we have to allow us to have a foundation that we can be very solid with.”

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53 ALEXANDRA AVE. Wed., June 16 from 12:00pm - 7:00pm, Thurs., June 17 from 9:00am - 7:00pm, Fri., June 18 from 9:00 am 7:00pm. Household, books, puzzles, ladies clothes size 16-18, antique rocking chairs. Weather permitting.

FAMILY GARAGE sale 85 Good Spirit Cres. June 17-18-19 from 9am - 5pm.

GARAGE SALE Fri., June 18 from 11:00am - 7:00pm and Sat., June 19 from 9:00am - 7:00pm.

29 Bradbrooke Dr.

FORAGE SEED FOR SALE: Organic & conventional: Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass, Timothy, etc.

Star City, SK. Birch Rose Acres Ltd. 306-921-9942.

Yorkton, Sask.

FOR SALE: Polled Purebred 2 year old and yearling Charolais bulls. Some red factor. Phone 306435-7116. King’s Polled Charolais.

Available for long and short distance livestock hauling.

Reasonable rates.

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LOVELAND RED ANGUS has quality yearling bulls. Phone 306795-2710.

Phone 306-782-2830 or cell 306-621-9508

Livestock

Red Angus Yearling Bulls For Sale Heifer and cow bulls available. Call: 306-272-7501 or 306-220-1976. www.twinheritage.com

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Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

PERMANENT FULL TIME ADMIN ASSISTANT YORKTON AREA OFFICE - We are looking for a Permanent Full Time Administrative Assistant to join our Yorkton Area Office -Hours of this position will occur between 8:30am and 5:00pm Monday- Friday KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Reporting to the Legal Director, some of the key responsibilities of the Administrative Assistant are: - Type and review letters, documents and other materials from instructions or precedents - Answer the phone, respond to inquiries and relay messages - Maintain strict client confidentiality and adhere to government privacy legislation - Provide information to the public and to clients - Set appointments for professional staff, assess and refer unusual situations to supervisor - Maintain client files, filing systems and electronic client database - Perform data entry and maintain statistical records - Provide other clerical functions, including receiving and sending mail POSITION REQUIREMENTS - High school diploma with one-year of relevant post-secondary education or an equivalent combination of education and experience - Able to use a database, operate computers and is skilled in using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word and Excel) - Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated client service focus - General knowledge of the practice of law is considered an asset COMPENSATION - The wage rage for the position is between $23.80 - $28.85, based on knowledge and experience - Comprehensive benefits package inclusive of pension, disability, life insurance/health/dental benefits and Health Care Spending Account.

- On an annual basis, 3 weeks of vacation and 26 EDOs are provided.

INTERESTED? - Send your resume & cover letter to: recruitment@legalaid.sk.ca indicating 'Yorkton Admin' in the subject line.

We thank all applicants, however only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.

See full posting at www.legalaid.sk.ca

MULIT-FAMILY SALE at 225 Circlebrooke Dr. Wed., June 16 from 4:00pm-7:00pm, Thurs., June 17 from 9:00am-7:00pm, Fri., June 18 from 9:00am-7:00pm. Something for everyone.

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Buchanan Annual Consignment Online Auction Ukrainetz Auction Opens: 9am June 24th and starts to close 1pm June 28th Viewing: 1-5pm Sun, June 27th Pickup: 1-7pm Wed, June 30th Location: Vasolovitz Hall Grounds Contact Julius 306-620-3457 or Doug 306-641-6022 FEATURING: - 2009 Mack Highway Truck 18 speed; ($4000 work order) 902,843 kms, Mack Engine (MP8-485C) - 1996 Ford NH 9880 tractor, triples, 9000 hrs ($40,000 work order done at 7000 hrs) - 2008 Case WDX 1202 Swather, 30ft, 2300hrs w/pickup reels - Versatile 750 4-Wheel drive tractor - Case 930 Tractor - MF 850 Combine - 1974 GMC 3500 Winch Truck flat deck, air tanks, winch, 25 speed, 454 V8 engine - 1973 Chev 1 Ton truck w/12ft. steel Westeel Rosco b&h - 1974 Dodge 500 2 ton Truck, 318 motor, 4 speed, 50,224 miles (original owner) 12ft steel box and double hoist, rear box door was made to unload snow, w/original truck box endgate - 2007 Dodge Caliber, FW drive, auto, 2.0 Lit. - Degelman Model LC-14 stone rake s/n 2951 - Hesston 5580 Round Baler - JD 300 14ft. Haybine s/n00300X704906 - Hesston 1476 haybine w/hydro-swing hitch - Bourgault 38ft. Cultivator and air package w/mounted harrows, model Commander #34-38ft - Bourgault 5710 Series II Air Drill w/5350 Air tank - Degelman Model R5709 14ft Stone Rake, pto Plus, Stone pickers, harrows, tillage, truck tires, 3pth tiller, and much more Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated listing and pictures PL# 915851

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June 18, 2021 | This Week Marketplace

Government of Saskatchewan opens up access to rapid antigen tests Rapid antigen tests may now be used by Saskatchewan businesses and individuals to help screen people who do not show COVID-19 symptoms.

The province has amended The Medical Laboratory Licensing Regulations, 1995, so that a formal agreement is no longer required between those who use rapid antigen tests and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).

“Our government is committed to improving access to health care services for people across the province and provid-

ing the necessary tools to address the pandemic,” Health Minister Paul Merriman said. “This step means that businesses and individuals can easily procure and use these tests, helping asymptomatic people who have COVID-19 receive testing and treatment more quickly.

Ultimately, the best way to protect yourself and those around you is to get vaccinated.”

Rapid antigen tests are not diagnostic tests but are used to screen asymptomatic people for COVID-19. Health officials strongly recom-

mend that people who receive a positive test result immediately selfisolate and call 811 for further instructions, such as scheduling a confirmatory test through an SHA testing centre.

“The Saskatchewan Health Authority’s Test to Protect program is an important element of a multi-layered approach that we have added to our pandemic response along with vaccination,” SHA Testing Chief Carrie Dornstauder said. “The Test to Protect community rapid antigen testing program provides workplaces with early detection of COVID-19 ensuring a strong and healthy workplace and workforce through outbreak prevention.”

Large national businesses that operate in Saskatchewan and wish to use the tests can request them through

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the federal government’s online business portal at https://health.canada.ca/ en/rapid-tests.

Small and mediumsized enterprises within Saskatchewan can apply for rapid tests from the SHA by submitting an Intake Form available at www.Saskatchewan. ca/COVID19 (search for Rapid Testing). Tests will be provided for workplace screening as supplies allow; however, Saskatchewan’s

federal allocation of rapid antigen tests will be prioritized for health care professionals and priority settings such as long-term care facilities, personal care homes, schools, group homes and shelters.

The general public will be able to purchase the tests from retailers who wish to offer them.

Check first to ensure the tests are Health Canada approved by viewing the list at https://www.can-

ada.ca/en/health-canada/ services/drugs-healthproducts/covid19-industry/medical-devices/ authorized/list.html.

General information on rapid antigen testing is available at https://www. saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-providerresources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/ emerging-public-healthissues/2019-novel-coronavirus/testing-information/rapid-testing.

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commonly a symptom of cancer.

However, in rare instances breast pain may correlate with cancer. For example, breast tumors may cause pain, but cancerous tumors are not generally reported as painful. Though it may not be linked to breast cancer, breast pain should still be reported to a physician immediately, advises the NBCF.

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Buchanan, SK – June 21 · Herb & Sarah Carlson and Les & Cynthia Carlson

Rama, SK – June 24 · Isaac & Irene Wahl

Foam Lake, SK – June 22 · Altman Construction Equipment Ltd

Grenfell, SK – June 24 · Scott & Brian Miller

Broadview, SK – June 22 · Carol Anderson Family Farm

Saltcoats, SK – June 25 · Nagy Farms

Balcarres, SK – June 23 · Crystal D Farms

Lipton, SK – June 28 · Glenn & Verna Kirsch

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Focus on passing lanes saving lives Work is progressing on a number of new passing lane projects as part of the Government of Saskatchewan’s plan to construct 30 sets of passing lanes over the next two years. This builds on the 27 sets constructed in the last four years.

Construction is currently underway on two sets of passing lanes on Highway 2 north of Prince Albert and the last of 13 sets of passing lanes on Highway 39 between Milestone and the U.S. border. All are expected to be complete by the late fall of 2021.

“Safety is the primary concern of the Ministry of Highways,” Highways Minister Fred Bradshaw

said. “Passing lanes have proven a reliable way to improve safety on a number of highways, with plenty more to come.”

The 2020 Fall Tender Plan and the 2021 Spring Tender Plan include passing lane projects on: • Highway 3 west of Prince Albert; • Highway 5 east of Saskatoon; • Highway 7 west of Kindersley; • Highway 12 north of Martensville; • Highway 14 west of Saskatoon to Asquith; • Highway 16 west of Yorkton to Springside; and • Highway 16 east of Clavet to Highway 6 junction.

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Passing lanes are typically a minimum of two kilometres in length and are strategically designed to allow vehicles to safely pass slow-moving vehicles and heavy trucks such as semi-trailer units.

Studies have shown passing lanes can reduce collisions by as much as 25 per cent. Highway 10, the province’s first major passing lanes pilot project, has seen 75 per cent fewer fatal accidents from before

the project to five years after its completion.

“The passing lanes have ensured there are far fewer vehicle accidents, fatal crashes and injuries, allowing for safer travel and reduced emotional impacts on first responders who arrive at crash scenes,” Balgonie Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dave Campbell said.

“Combined with the reduced travel time, the passing lanes have been a significant benefit to local residents and visitors alike.”

The Government of Saskatchewan will be improving more than 1,350 km of provincial highways this year, the

second of its 10-year Growth Plan goal to build and upgrade 10,000 km of highways.

With this year’s projects, the province is ahead of the pace needed to meet this target.

There will be $300 million in additional highways stimulus funds that will be invested over several years in thin-membrane surface upgrades, passing lanes and improvements to municipal roads and airports.

The Government of Saskatchewan has invested more than $10.6 billion in highway infrastructure since 2008, improving more than 17,100 km of Saskatchewan highways.

Terriers ready for new season chance

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is poised to return to action this fall.

“It’s looking very good. It’s so nice to hear some positive reports,” said Corvyn Neufeld,

president of the Yorkton Terriers, Wednesday, the day after the team’s Board of Directors met to begin planning in earnest for a return to play.

Tuesday, the SJHL sent out a media release including a statement from provincial Immigration and Career

Training Minister Jeremy Harrison stating things are moving forward to get back to normal, which includes SJHL hockey starting this fall.

“Hockey has always been a key part of our culture and economy in Saskatchewan communities, and we look forward to working with the league to see the players back on the ice,” he stated.

The Board of Governors and the GM/ Coaches of the SJHL

teams will be meeting soon to set the schedule for the upcoming season of 58 games, with a start date of Sept. 24, noted the league release.

Neufeld said the Terriers are proceeding with the expectation of the league starting in the fall. ”We’ll have our normal fall camp the September long weekend,” he said, adding exhibition games will be scheduled too.

said, “it looks promising we’ll be able to have a full house, no restrictions of fans,” by the time the season kick-offs.

With that in mind, season tickets will soon be available with an early bird price of $300 for adults (regularly $350).

The SJHL also announced a number of other dates of interest;

• Dec 27 - return from Christmas • Jan 25-26 - SJHL/ MJHL Showcase in Winnipeg • March 4 - Regular season ends • March 11 - 1st round of playoffs start • March 25 - 2nd round starts • April 8 Saskatchewan Jr Hockey League finals • April 29 - ANAVET Cup starts • May 20 - Centennial Cup starts in Estevan

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Under the proposal, every Saskatchewan resident who receives two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine will be entered into a draw for $25,000.

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili called on the Sask. Paty to adopt the ‘Last Mile Lottery’ to increase the vaccine uptake.

Currently, in Saskatchewan, around 60 per cent of people have received their first dose, behind the 65 per cent of Canadians who have received the vaccine.

“We all want to put this pandemic behind us as quickly as possible. Families have sacrificed so much, and we need to pull out all the stops to go the last mile and reach herd immunity as quickly as possible,” said Meili in a media release. “An incentive like the one we propose here today would be an excellent way to get all hands on deck - especially as we are still in a race between the vaccines and the variants, particularly the Delta variant that is more aggressive and resistant.”

The lottery proposed would be one component of a “Last Mile” strategy. The strategy includes a plan to proactively reach out to eligible Saskatchewan residents who have not yet received the first dose or made an appointment and work with them to make a vaccine plan. It also plans to train callers to address questions about vaccine safety and efficacy and to work with trusted community leaders to promote vaccine acceptability and uptake in key communities, mobile clinics to be deployed to areas of low vaccine uptake and offered in public spaces, and replicating this strategy for the second dose process to ensure the highest possible rate of full vaccination in Saskatchewan.

Both Alberta and Manitoba have announced prizes for residents who get vaccinated. Alberta offers three $1 million prizes for residents, among other rewards, and Manitoba said they would give out nearly $2 million in cash and scholarships.

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