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Bay were heavily coated with ice so that at sunset the affect was the glowing of the tree tops.

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Etomamie Valley Riders enjoy last ride of the season

Avid horse enthusi ast enjoyed their last fall ride, hosted by the

Etomamie Valley Riders. The ride was followed by the club’s awards on Oct. 23.

“Even though it was a cold and snowy day we

still had 18 riders, family and friends join in the club’s annual fall ride,” said Lisa Neilson, the club’s president.

Riders in attendance

Shirley Babchishin.

There were two horsedrawn wagons that also joined in the ride, driven by Lloyd Smith of Pelly and Cameron Last of

Lintlaw.

“It was great to see so many brave the weath er and enjoy the day. I sure loved seeing our younger riders and how much they are improving year-to-year. I am looking forward to see what 2023 will bring with our club,” concluded Nielson. Canadian Tire donat ed an air hockey table for a raffle with all club members who had ridden or helped at the Sturgis Sports and Rodeo or at the Preeceville Western Weekend. Savannah Neilson was the lucky winner.

A potluck supper and awards portion followed with riders receiving awards. A variety of priz es donated by businesses were presented to the top three riders.

In the barrel, poles and games events, wee pee category, Arianna Neilson placed first over all and won a grooming kit, horse cookies, wagon wheels cookies, pepper oni and a cooling blan ket. Ryder Beatty was second and he won a toy tractor and truck, a hayn et, a bucket and apple horse snacks.

In the peewee cat egory, Jesse Beatty placed first overall and won a knife, horse spray and a helmet. For second place, Savannah Neilson won a water bottle, horse cookies, wagon wheels cookies, pepperoni, a bucket and shirt. For third place, Mercedes Lindholm won leather spray, horse cookies, wagon wheels, and apple horse snacks.

In the junior cat egory, Shyann Lindholm was presented with first place prizes in all events: dewormer, horse cook ies, a bucket, a shirt, and bell boots. Alexander Neilson placed second and was presented with a bucket, horse cookies, red and black reins, and a flashlight.

In the senior category, Ronnie PrekaskiLindholm earned firstplace prizes in all events and received dewormer, horse cookies, lunge lines, and a sweat shirt. Lisa Neilson won second and the follow ing prizes: a black tie, a rope, a shirt, a bucket and horse snacks. Ronda Palaniuk placed third and received apple horse snacks, horse boots, and a vet wrap and brush.

Ronnie PrekaskiLindholm won the fastest time in the barrel event with a time of 16. 476 seconds, the fastest pole time of 26.665 seconds, and was the high point winner with 173 points.

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travelled from Pelly, Norquay, Lintlaw, Sturgis and Preeceville as they rode a total of 11 miles along a scenic route on the farm of Tom and

Mercedes Lindholm, right, received third place over all. Tom Babchishin made the presentation.

Lisa Neilson, right, presented Arianna Nelson with first place in the peewee age category. Lisa was also the third-place winner overall in the senior three categories of barrels, poles and games.

Lloyd Smith of Pelly provided one of the two wagons for the fall trail ride. Cameron Last of Lintlaw brought the other wagon.

Avid horse enthusiast enjoyed their last fall ride of the season hosted by the Etomamie Valley Riders which was followed by the club’s awards on October 23.

Some games rise above all others

When it comes to board games there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, which have been created ranging from ancient games such as Go and Tafl through to games currently trying to raise dollars to publish through various online crowd fundraisers.

As you can imagine the range of games is vast.

There are great games and there are those that might leave you wonder ing if in publishing them it was a waste of card board and plastic.

Of course which end of the spectrum any game might fall is really dependent on who is ‘rat ing’ the game. We all go to the game table with our personal likes and dis likes in tow.

Some love deck build ers – Dominion and the dozens which followed -while others have little interest.

Others might prefer co-operative games –think Pandemic and That War of Mine -- the players rallying together to ‘win’ against the game.

Still others like abstract strategy games – chess, Arimaa, Hive –although for others they are just too ‘thinky’ to be enjoyed.

While the games we individually love can be hugely variable – some even like Monopoly apparently – there are games across the hobby which are what might be termed foundational, or classic, or historically sig nificant. For that reason, such games are at least worth a try, and even if they fail to impress the individual you sort of need to tip your hat to the games and their creators for their significance.

When you think about which games fit such a listing, it starts rather simply with any game that was created decades ago, and yet is still widely known and played.

I suppose, at least for those of us in North America, the obvious game in this regard is

chess.

As a gamer it is sur prising how often I notice chess sets in the back ground of some TV show scene. It was just Monday this week I remarked about a board in the background of the usual ly fun, and long-running Canadian show ‘Murdoch Mysteries’.

While far fewer might know how to play, most people would at least recognize a chess set for what it is, a classic board game. In that recognition, chess is rather unique as the list of games the majority of the public would recognize is, I would suggest rather lim ited. The others are like ly a couple of games that are far newer than chess, Monopoly that came out in 1935 – the little tophatted fellow is rather recognizable, and Trivial Pursuit that released to much fanfare in 1981, and is often seen – at least the cards – on bar and restau rant tables today.

While widely recog nizable status eludes most games, there is a much longer list which we might suggest belong in a sort of ‘hall of fame’ to board gaming.

The idea of what five games would go into such a ‘hall’ if we had such power, was put to the local guilders, and it is interesting to see the responses.

Yours’s truly chose crokinole to lead the list as a Canadian clas sic that has long been my personal, all-time favour ite game.

The other four in no particular order and quickly pulled from my mind are; Magic the Gathering the classic collectable card game which really started a flurry of CCGs and while most have disappeared it remains vibrant.

Checkers is next. It has its flaws but it’s an easy learn, gateway, abstract strategy game, that has a rich history, numerous variants and ongoing world champion ship play.

Strat-o-baseball, another classic, it still simulates the intricacies of baseball as well as any game I’ve tried.

Finally, I have to go with Hive, the 2000 release from John Yanni which I would rate by a slim margin the best game release the millen nium to-date.

When Adam chimed in, the list didn’t cross over with one excep tion, that being Magic. As his father I suppose that isn’t a surprise since I am pretty sure I pur chased one of the first Magic decks to ever come into Yorkton – a purchase made on a trip to Minot. From there Adam more or less learned the game by osmosis as I played it – a lot.

That is why the role playing classic Dungeons & Dragons is on his list too. He was rolling Dad’s dice sitting on my knee at the gaming table about the same time he started school.

The next game on his list is Blood Bowl, which really isn’t a big step from D&D, and another game he and I have played tons. It’s one reason we are doing BB at Tapps Sports Lounge & Grill every second Sunday, (Come on down and join us next on Nov. 6 at 1:30 p.m.).

Adam then jumps ahead a decade or two rounding out his top five with the foundational deck builder Dominion, and the recent co-op clas sic Pandemic.

Jordan started his five with a tile laying game that was one of the most popular of games of the genre and has led to a bucket full of expansion

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sets through the years since its initial release in 2000.

Carcassonne a tile placement game, with blind tile selection it prevents too much plan ning ahead, and lots of expansions to change the way the game plays is a winner, he says.

“I can’t count the num ber of times my wife and I have sat down to play a couple rounds of the base game.

At two is ‘Warmahordes’ the com bination of Warmachine and Hordes from Privateer Press. It’s mini atures war game with a steampunk aesthetic fea turing battle groups of warjacks or warbeasts led by fancy magicians.

“I have only won a single game but I keep wanting to play it,” said Jordan.

Again from Privateer Press is Jordan’s third pick Monsterpocalypse –which he terms “a board game-esque miniatures game featuring a slew of giant monsters and aliens and robots and chuthulian nightmares and bugs (and more) stomping through a city beating each other up.”

Sticking with the idea of mayhem comes pick four: Gaslands.

“Customize your toy cars with guns and rams and spikes and do death races and destruction derbies - a chaotic beer and pretzels tabletop game where you’re as likely to spin out as you are to make the turn,” he explains.

And then Jordan showed he is a true Privateer Press fan slotting in Riot Quest; “another boardgame-

A father, a farmer and a hockey player – Kelly Stoll balances many roles in his life

The Yorkton Junior Terriers are celebrating 50 years in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League this season.

To mark the milestone Yorkton This Week is dig ging into its archives and pulling out a random Terrier-related article from the past five decades of reporting on the team, and will be running one each week, just as it originally appeared.

This feature will appear weekly over the entire sea son in the pages of The Marketplace.

Week #7 comes from

1999.

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

It has been a hockey season where Kelly Stoll has finally emerged into his own as a player.

“I’m doing as good as I thought I would. I start ed off pretty slow, but it came around,” he said.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Stoll’s Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League career had a bit of a stilted start given that last season he didn’t play competitive hockey.

Last season it got to the point where Stoll questioned whether the game was worth playing any longer. When things didn’t fall easily into place as a midget player, he made the decision to walk away from the game – at least for a season.

“I was just tired of it – tired of getting dressed

every day. I wasn’t having fun anymore. I wanted to work and get on with life,” he said.

Looking back Stoll admits the year away from the ice was both a benefit and one of the toughest things he has ever done.

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esque miniatures game where your objectives are to get treasure, knock out opponent’s models and complete changing objectives for points. Plays relatively quickly allowing for multiple rounds in an evening.”

And finally Trevor imparted his five, and with his picks you see how interests overlap, and diverge within a group.

Like Adam, Trevor chose Pandemic a cooperative game he suggests “is fun for the whole family.

“It’s relatively quick to learn and had a lot of fun iterations.”

Trevor also tagged Dominion “a game that has you gathering cards that help you achieve your goal, having a grand domain to rule over. It’s a fun game for families and friends with over 10 expansions, most good, some not so good.

“One good part is that you can combine cards from each expansion to create a different game every time.”

Next Trevor match es up with Jordan on Monsterpocalypse.

“If you’re a Godzilla fan like me, then you will like this game. It’s big monsters and their shock troops battling it out in cities. It takes a lit tle bit to remember how each piece on the board works, but it’s well worth it. It appeals to kids and adults alike for the cool

figurines used,” he says.

Then Trevor crosses over into both my list and that of Adam with MTG; the oldest of the card col lecting games.

“Even after 29 years, it’s still going strong, bringing in new people all of the time,” he says.

“The rules have changed over time to make it more balanced they say, but I harken back to the good ol’ days of the fireball or rat decks, or for the time of when you flipped over the top card of your deck and played for that card.”

And finally, with the last pick of the day Trevor lumps together the var ied fare of the Tiny Epic Games line.

“I haven’t found one of these games that we don’t like playing,” he says. “They are quick to learn and easily packed for family trips, as they don’t take up very much space individually. In my case, I have backed, on Kickstarter, pretty much all of their games and they are now start ing to take up space. These games come in a bunch of themes, such as western, zombies, space, dinosaurs, dungeons, and more.”

And there you have the great thing about board games, something for just about everyone in terms of theme, learning curve and time needed to play.

So find your favourites and enjoy.

50 YEARS

Looking back at the Yorkton Terriers

EDITORIAL

All star at hucking the ultimate disc

When American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL) announced its divisional all-star teams recently Alex Arsenault was the Ottawa Outlaw on the East Division.

“It’s a pretty big hon our to have that sort of highlight. I’m pretty thankful,” said the Moncton-born ultimate player.

The Outlaws cutter said the all-star nod is perhaps most-appreci ated because it verified that hard work helps a player get ready.

Arsenault said it sug gests “the effort I put in in the off season” was worth it.

So did Arsenault real ize he was putting togeth er an all star type season this summer?

“In general I don’t pay too much attention, or too much important on that myself,” he said,

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Continued from Page 3 brother (Jarret) play last year and when I was watching hockey I want ed to get back and play more and more,” he said.

For Stoll, watching his little brother play meant watching a budding star in the Western Hockey League and captain of Saskatchewan’s team at the recent Canada Winter Games.

Stoll said Jarret’s suc cess is good.

“It doesn’t bother me at all. It’s a good thing that he’s playing in the Dub (WHL) and doing well,” he said.

While he admits that he and his brother stay in touch via weekly calls throughout the season, hockey is not usually the topic of discussion when together.

While the younger Stoll continues to garner attention in the WHL, Kelly has become con tent as a Terrier where his work ethic has made him a fan favourite and a fixture on the team’s checking line.

“We were playing pretty good defensively as a line,” said Stoll.

Unfortunately, Stoll must use the past tense since a knee injury suf fered Feb. 16, has him on the sideline until at least the end of March.

“It’s pretty frustrating always watching, espe cially the last couple of losses,” he said.

But Stoll is confident he’ll be back in time for the Royal Bank Cup, an affair that has grown

adding it has never been about individual success.

“I want performance for the team. I believe first and foremost in team success.”

In that regard the Outlaws scuffed in 2022, finishing last among the seven east division teams with a record of 2-10, just behind Toronto and Montreal the other two Canadian teams in AUDL which both had 4-8 records. New York topped the east going without a loss.

Arsenault said the

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east division is not an easy place to shine with several top teams includ ing the perennially strong New York Empire and the usually consist ent Toronto Rush.

“It makes for interest ing games but it makes it a little tough for us to kick through and make it to the playoffs,” he said.

Of course rival ries with Toronto and Montreal are natural, especially with the Rush.

Arsenault said Ottawa has always sort of been “the little brother to

Toronto’s big brother, so there definitely that rivalry.”

For Arsenault the introduction to ultimate was something he decid ed to try largely just for fun.

“I was invited to play in a rec league by my high school basketball coach, (Michel Woodworth),” he recalled. “I got coaxed into going (by friend Jonathan Arseneau), and sort of fell in love with it.”

That said, it wasn’t exactly the game that sold Arsenault on ultim ate.

“I met some super interesting people,” he said. “. . . At first it was just the people I was hanging around with, then I fell in love with the competitive aspect of the game.”

It probably helped too that a lot of the skills Arsenault had learned on the basketball court transferred to ultimate, especially in terms of defending.

By 2008 Arsenault was trying out for AUDL with both Montreal and Ottawa, moving to the nation’s capital to play with the Outlaws.

Since then Arsenault has seen AUDL grow sig nificantly – today there are 25 teams across Canada and the United States.

Initially Arsenault said he was just happy to be in the league, but added growth is not sur prising either.

“There was nothing like it in the ultimate Frisbee world. The level of interest was quite high, so I can’t say I was surprised,” he said.

So, what lies ahead for the Outlaws after only two wins in 2022?

Arsenault said the team is closer to winning than the record indi cates.

“I would say we’re quite close, but of course I’m biased,” he said.

importance over the span of the season of his come back.

The year off made him realize he missed the competitiveness of the game, an aspect of hock ey he showed throughout the off season, shining at a pair of Yorkton Terrier camps that eventually landed him as a regular with the SJHL team.

“I really didn’t know much about the Royal Bank Cup,” he said at the time, prior to fall camp.

“I just wanted to come back. As I heard more and more about the tour nament it made me want to play more and more.”

The Cup also made the task of making the Terriers with a year’s rust that much tougher.

“People were telling me the Terriers would be the hardest SJHL team to make because the Royal Bank Cup was here,” he said.

And Stoll admits he didn’t exactly focus on getting into shape before camp. Fortunately, hard labor builds muscle.

“I was working at a steel plant (in Saskatoon). That kept me in halfassed shape,” he said.

In many ways the return to competitive hockey has been a pro cess of maturity for Stoll, who part way into the current season became a father for the first time. Being a dad and playing in the SJHL is a rarity, but Kelly has handled the dual pressures well.

“He’s (Jordan Trey) four months old,” said

Stoll of his son.

While a young son is a responsibility, Stoll said in some ways it has helped his hockey – even the nights of walking a crying baby.

“You get into a habit of less sleep,” he said. “On the road you don’t get as much sleep so some guys get worn out, but it doesn’t bother me as much,” he said.

In part, because of his son, Stoll’s career aspira tions don’t go beyond a possible return to the Terrier line up this fall. Instead, he looks ahead to life. He is engaged to be married, an event expected before the end of the year, and he and fiancée Wendy are cur rently working on pur chasing some farmland near Rhein.

“When I was younger my dad farmed too and I helped him on the farm,” he said, when asked why he aspired to the agricul ture field.

But before he plants the next crop Stoll’s focus will remain on the ice.

The road to the Royal Bank Cup isn’t easy for any player, but for Stoll there have been some additional pres sures to overcome. He admits when he skates onto the hometown ice for the games in May, it will reaffirm everything he has been through has been worth it.

“Hopefully, we get it (the championship) … We better. It will be pretty good to get a ring to show,” he said.

“The defensive aspect is quite similar to basket ball,” he said, adding that is particularly true of needing good periph eral vision to read how a play is developing.

“At first I was sort of under the spell of being able to say I was playing a sport as a profession al,” he said, adding that is a dream most young athletes have.

But, Arsenault also recognized something unique with the AUDL.

The Outlaws added several rookies in 2022, and it took them time to become “accus tomed to the play style of the AUDL,” offered Arsenault, but the experi ence gained should help next season.

“I think we’re just on the cusp,” said Arsenault.

CCS students combine Halloween fun and giving back to the community

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By Brandon Harder

The students and teachers of Canora Composite School took part in a town-wide clean up mission in an effort to clean up leaves and weeds around the com munity.

The cleanup quest occurred during the morning hours of the school day. Students from Grades 5 - 12 put their raking skills to the test at various resi dences, including Cummings Court and the park next to the curling rink. CCS staff and stu dents were so diligent that officials from the town had to deliver and provide more garbage bags. In the end, over 60 bags were filled with leaves. In some cases, residents rewarded stu dents with candy, ice tea, and cookies. After three hours of cleaning, the students converged on King George V Kiwanis

Park for a group photo. One of the residents of Cummings Court stated, “It’s all about giving back to the commun ity,” reinforcing what it means to be contributing citizens of Canora to help others that need help in our community.

Many people across Canada believe that as soon as Canadian Thanksgiving is over, Halloween is very close and that it is time to prepare. CCS started the school’s traditional Halloween lead-up fun with the annual Canora Composite Scare Away Hunger Competition. The competition began on Oct. 17 with a two-week campaign to help the local foodbank by donat ing non-perishable food items like ramen noo dles, cans of beans, etc. The homeroom to gather the most items within the two-week span will win a prize. As of Oct. 27, the Grade 5 group was blow ing away the competition in both the junior and

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Continued from Page 4 products from 5A at 386 total points and 5B with 226 total points. Meanwhile, in the sen ior end of the competi tion, the Grade 12s were at 158 total points as of the afternoon of Oct. 27. The point totals from the donation challenge will be added to the class total from other challen ges the school is hosting.

Along with the return of the Scare Away Hunger came the return of the pumpkin-carving contest, where each homeroom class had to put their artistic skills to the test by designing spooky pumpkins for the Halloween season. Each homeroom class had four days to complete their pumpkin-carving project before setting up their finished pumpkins in the main hallway. There were two separate pump kin carving competitions with grades 5 - 8 compet ing against each other, and grades 9 through 12 doing the same. The jun ior end teachers voted for the senior end pump kins, while the senior end teachers voted for the junior end pumpkins. The designs on the pump kins were quite creative. For example, the Grade 10 students based their design on a character from the popular kids cartoon, Teen Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Grade 11s based their design off the Quagmire character from the popu lar television program, Family Guy. The contest was considered a big hit and is destined to make a return in future years.

The spooky festiv ities continued at 11 a.m. on Oct. 28,with a Halloween-themed assembly hosted by the Student Representative Council. This was the first assembly in three years, because of the COVID-19 restrictions that were put in place by the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the gov ernment. The assembly saw a number of classic games with a Halloween spin. There were six games with the prize being a box of candy for the winning homeroom class.

Game 1 saw both 5A and 5B face off in a race to land six skittles pack ets into six pumpkins with 5B securing their box of treats. The second game saw 6A and 6B face off against each other to see who could land the most skittle packets into the pumpkins, with 6B claiming victory. 7A and 7B competed in the third game with 7A winning that round. The Grade 8 students competed in a golf-style tournament with 8A winning by one point. The Grade 9 stu dents faced off in a bowl ing competition, which saw the 9A class, roll their way to victory. The last game was a relay competition between the Grade 10, 11, and 12 stu dents who had to dress

up like mummies using toilet paper, carry an eyeball on a spoon, run across the auditorium on a broom, land six skittles packets into six pump kins, and find four gum mies in a container full of spaghetti using their mouths. The Grade 12s were in first place for a majority of the minigame until the Grade 11 group came from behind and found the fourth gummy, securing their box of treats ahead of the Grade 12 students by just a few seconds. The assembly ended with a massive thank you from the staff to the students for donating the non-per ishable food they could

gather. The Halloween assembly is set to return in 2023.

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Waves of condol ences are flowing into the Asian country of South Korea, after a crowd surge and stam pede during Halloween festivities in a district of Seoul with shops and nightclubs. At least 153 people were killed from suffocation, cardiac arrest, and from being trampled in the rush to escape. Over 150 others were injured, some were rushed to trauma centres in the capital, as rescuers pulled trapped survivors to safety and performed

CPR on several victims.

According to CNN reporter Will Ripley who was covering the story in Seoul, thousands of people were cramped together on a busy and narrow side street partying and enjoying themselves during the Halloween fun when a group of people noticed a popular Korean celeb rity, which led to scream ing and caused a stam pede.

The country’s president has declared the tragedy a national disaster and demanded an inspection of all arenas and centres that are prone to have large crowds of people.

South Korea has entered a National period of mourning following the disaster, which comes just over a month after a crowd surge and stam pede caused by riot police launching pro hibited tear gas at a soc cer stadium in Indonesia, killing at least 130 people including 40 children. The investigation into the stampede is under way and is expected to take weeks or even months before crim inal charges into pos sible negligence can be ruled out. The festival was the first Halloween event to be hosted in the city after three years of Coronavirus restrictions.

Brandon Harder, a Grade 11 at Canora Composite School, is the new CCS reporter for The Canora Courier. He volunteered for this position as part of his plan to become a journalist. During his spare time Harder runs a YouTube channel called RadioRanger12 while during the sum mer he works as a casual lifeguard at the Canora Swimming Pool.

Canora Composite School students from grades 5 – 12 were out in full forces, raking leaves and cleaning up yards around town.

CCS students enthusiastically took part in a number of Halloween-themed games leading up to the big day, includ ing a race involving the very tricky task of finding four gum mies in a container full of spaghetti using only their mouths.

The older I get the more I realize that I have little control over many of the moments in life that surprise me, but what I do have control over is my reaction to those moments. My response to these “special” occur rences may vary. I might, almost understandably, get fired up, feel sad or allow my anxiety to ele vate. As I age, however, I’m finding that if I don’t, I definitely want to take things more in stride and … with a perspective of humour.

I recently saw a spe cialist who noted very limited range of motion in the area of my concern and although he com mented on it he offered

A choice in the pause

no solution to my plight. Then he told me, rather abruptly, that I was too young to be retired, no matter my discomfort or bodily challenges. This almost felt like a com pliment until he finished with, “You should get back to work because we’re short on nurses.”

I made a choice then.

Instead of informing him of the list of things I feel I’m accomplish ing at present (you know — to still validate my very existence on earth) I decided that a small smile, before my depar ture, would have to suf fice.

That conversation compelled me to reflect on previous comments

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I’ve heard, which have also made me pause for a second, before responding. Lets call this “the choice in the pause”.

The following quotes have been experienced by either myself person ally, or others who have kindly shared their own with me.

Doctor (phoning patient a few days after his appointment) - “Did you have that prescrip tion filled yet? I may have written you the wrong one.” (Jokingly) “If your voice suddenly sounds higher or you begin losing an abnormal amount of hair … we’ll know.” (Silence where

after patient reads the name of the medication he’s been taking for more than a few days) Doctor - “Seriously - please stop taking that now.”

Surgeon (to patient after surgery is com plete) - “There’s no easy way to say this but … we seemed to have lost an instrument. An x-ray of your body will show us where.”

Surgeon (when patient is awake during surgery)“Oops!”

Doctor (about to per form a procedure) - “This won’t hurt much.” Nurse (standing beside doctor with eyes on patient)“Hmm … this is actually going to hurt quite a bit but … take a few deep breaths.” (What she real ly means is: breathing will lessen your chance of passing out during the horrendous pain you’re about to experience. Admittedly, this may not be a laughable moment.)

Lab Technician - “I can’t see any of your veins. I’ll have to dig a bit.”

Dentist (after the pro cedure) - “Thank good ness you can close your mouth. I thought your jaw might’ve broken just then.”

Dental Hygienist“Do you ever floss? It’s lookin’ like a blood bath in here.”

Hairdresser - “This

isn’t at all like the picture you showed me but … it’s still good.” (It wasn’t)

Pastor - “You might not be forgiven for that.” Sibling, child or any family member whom you thought loved you (after seeing you trip and fall) - “There’s the hole I was going to warn you about!” (Then she laughs and laughs and … snaps a quick pic before helping you up)

And from the all-time BEST “Fortune Cookie” I’ve EVER broken open - “Enjoy your own com pany. If you don’t, who will?” (I keep this in my wallet at all times, in case I ever feel unhappy about myself)

We’ll never control everything or everyone around us but our reac tion to the uncontrol lable is within our power. Admittedly, there are times that laughter would be hugely inappropriate but as a wise person once told me — whenever pos sible, find the comedy in your life.

Cheers to making a choice for humour, in at least some of our life’s toughest pauses.

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Sheep among highlights at Ag Ex

By Miranda Leybourne, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Brandon Sun)

For the first time in its 49-year existence, the Manitoba Ag Ex is hosting sheep and lamb at its annual show at the Keystone Centre in Brandon.

The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba partnered with members of the Manitoba Sheep Association to include a Jackpot Market Lamb Show on the event’s final day, Saturday, from 2 to 3 p.m.

The sheep and lambs have made a “good addition” to the lineup of events, said Ag Ex co-chairperson Dallas Johnston. He said he especially enjoyed see ing the children take part in EweMania.

“It’s just another way to educate the public on where their meat sources come from,” Johnston said. “Kids are enjoying it.”

Yesterday’s EweMania gave local students a chance to learn more about the sheep industry. Events will continue with a moderated sheep pro ducer panel today from 2 to 4 p.m., followed by a roast lamb banquet from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

On Saturday, the fanfavourite lamb selection

will take place from 9 a.m. to noon, with sheepshearing demonstrations at 10 a.m. From 1 to 2 p.m., the Canadian Sheep Federation will unveil and test its new sheep facial identification technology, and every thing wraps up with the Jackpot Market Lamb Show.

Sarah Lewis, a sheep producer who farms near the ManitobaSaskatchewan border, echoed Johnston’s senti ments.

“It’s exciting to have sheep at an event in Brandon,” she said. “The sheep industry is grow ing, not only in Manitoba but Saskatchewan.

“It seems to be strong.”

Manitoba is the fifthlargest sheep and lamb producing province, with eight per cent of the total ewes in Canada, according to the prov ince’s website. There are approximately 490 sheep producers throughout Manitoba, and in 2020 there were around 88,000 head of sheep and lamb, a decrease of 7.3 per cent over the previous year.

Lewis is among the sheep producers eagerly awaiting the Canadian Sheep Federation’s new technology that scans individual sheep’s faces to improve autonomous traceability in data

Twin Flames set to heat up Anne Portnuff

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Twin Flames will be live at the Anne Portnuff Theatre in Yorkton Monday, Nov. 7.

The performance is part of the new Yorkton Arts Council presents ... series (formerly Stars for Saskatchewan).

“Twin Flames is building bridges across cultures, continents, and styles,” noted a YAC release, noting the duo “bring together a rich ness of personal history and musical experience.”

From the beginning, husband and wife duo Chelsey June and Jaaji have chosen to let their music speak for itself and when considered along side the 30-plus various music awards and nomin ations they have accumu lated over the past seven years as Twin Flames, details their website at www.twinflamesmusic. com.

“Jaaji, (Inuk from Nunavik and Mohawk Kanien’keháka from Kahnawake) and Chelsey June, (Métis, Algonquin, Cree and settler herit age) from Ottawa, are part of an Indigenous renaissance. Their cul tural backgrounds span

Canada’s geography and their songs, delivered through a mix of English, French and Inuttitut, have helped them earn a unique place among con temporary music mak ers from coast to coast to coast. Their humour on stage serves as welcome comedic relief when dis cussing tougher issues. They possess impeccable storytelling skills and allow audiences to feel a truly human connection,” explains the website.

Before combining their talents under the title of Twin Flames, Chelsey June and Jaaji had their own respective award-winning and nom inated careers; they met on-set during the filming of APTN’s TAM (Talent autochtones Musical) in 2014.

Since joining together, both professionally and as a couple, Twin Flames have released three fulllength albums which have charted in Canada and abroad. They’ve had two #1 Hits on the Indigenous Music Countdown’s Top 40. The duo was selected as artist-in-residence for the 2019 Folk Alliance International confer ence and partnered with

UNESCO to write Human the official song to cele brate 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages. Human was also a part of CBC’s Music Class Challenge in 2020 and reached #1 on the Indigenous music count down.

Blending together Indigenous and western instruments, as well as their own unique sonic creations, this multiaward winning duo effort lessly floats between Inuktitut, French, and English leaving audi ences fascinated and inspired, continued the release.

“Twin Flames cre ate a sonic landscape that spans Canada’s vast country, they transcend cultural boundaries and inspire unity while hon ouring their ancestor’s history and Indigenous backgrounds,” stated the release.

Their music video for Broke Down Ski’tuuq was the first and only all Inuttitut music video to be featured on MuchMusic and their songs have been featured in mov ies and television series such as CBC’s Tallboyz (Grace Too), Trouble in

the Garden (Plane Song), David Suzuki’s Nature of things; Trapped in a Human Zoo (Isuma) and The Documentary Okpik’s Dream (Nunaga) to name a few. Their music videos “Taanisi” and “Porchlight” were chosen among the films screened at the INDIANER INUIT: DAS NORDAMERIKA FILMFESTIVAL, in Stuttgart, Germany

January 2018.

The couple is well on its way to becom ing a Canadian house hold name. They have now played more than 2000+ shows throughout Canada, Greenland, the United States, Australia and France.

Prepare to dive into the hearts and minds of the beloved couple, we guarantee a journey like no other.

Tickets are $35 for adults, $15 for students (12-25), and $5 for children (11 & under) and are avail able from the Yorkton Arts Council or online at www.ticketpro.ca.

Twin Flames are also scheduled to perform in Canora Tuesday, Nov. 8, Sturgis Nov. 9 and Langenburg, Nov. 12.

Visit www.yorktonarts. ca for more on the YAC Presents... series.

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The tracing tool that will be on display tomorrow fea tures cameras on devices such as smartphones and tablets and artificial intel ligence that can identify ani mals via facial recognition technology, Patterson said.

“For us, it was really important that the technol ogy was accessible, was easy to use in real settings and can be done on the go so that you mitigate the need to sit down at the end of the day and start inputting all these pieces [of data] you’ve col lected,” she said.

Up until Thursday, the technology had only been tested on a computer with pictures. Patterson started trying it on live sheep yester

day afternoon and reported positive results.

“So far, so good. It can pick up the animals that we put in. We just need to refine the output, which are the reports that you look for to be able to use the data. It’s there, but popping it up on the phone while you’re using it is exactly what we want to complete.”

This is the first time across the entire agriculture indus try in Canada that this type of technology has been used in “livestream” fashion, rather than scanning saved videos and pictures, Patterson said. She expects the new tracing system and facial recogni tion technology will be avail able for producers in roughly six months.

Until the Canadian Food Inspection Agency approves the sole use of that kind of technology, however, produ cers will still have to cross-

reference their official data using identification tags.

Pam Heath, with Heritage Livestock Canada, came to Ag Ex with a sobering mes sage to share with producers and attendees. Heath said it’s getting “close to the wire” when it comes to the num ber of heritage livestock ani mals that are close to extinc tion, including Kerry cattle, Lacombe swine, Hungarian Yellow poultry and more.

“We have animals on our conservation list that are so close to extinction, it’s not even funny,” Heath said.

Getting producers in Manitoba to buy in to endan gered breeds is the key to ensuring genetic diversity in Canada’s agriculture indus try, she noted.

The Manitoba Sheep Association didn’t respond to a request for comment by press time.

Dr. Pieter Maree of Hudson Bay honoured as SMA 2022 Physician of the Year

Hudson Bay family physician Dr. Pieter Maree was “completely sur prised” when informed he is the recipient of the Saskatchewan Medical Association’s (SMA) 2022 Physician of the Year Award.

“My colleagues kept their nomina

tion a well-guarded secret,” he said. “From my perspective, I simply count myself very fortunate to be working with such wonderful people, both at the clinic and at the hospital, on a daily basis.”

The 2022 Physician of the Year

Award was presented Friday during a ceremony held as part of the SMA’s 2022 Fall Representative Assembly, which runs Oct. 28-29 in Regina. The SMA also recognized outstanding achievement in leading Saskatchewan’s medical com munity by presenting three awards on

Friday. The recipients are :

• 2022 SMA Physician Leader of the Year: Dr. Justina Koshinsky

• 2022 SMA Resident Leader of the Year: Dr. Ingrid Tam

• 2022 SMA Student Leader of the Continued on Page 11

5 winter hazards seniors should know about

Seniors are at risk for injury and illness in winter, and as the days get colder, it’s important for them to be aware of potential hazards. Here are five threats the elderly face in winter.

1. HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE

Seniors lose body heat more quickly than younger adults. Plus, thyroid issues, dia betes, Parkinson’s disease and some medi cations make it difficult for them to detect when they’re getting too cold. Therefore, sen iors should make sure to bundle up before heading outdoors and avoid being in the cold for long periods.

2. FALLING

Seniors have a high risk of falling, and it’s essential they take extra precautions in win ter. They should avoid walking at night, wear boots with non-skid soles, ensure steps and sidewalks are clear of snow and place an ice pick or rubber tip on the end of their cane.

3. CAR ACCIDENTS Roads can be treacherous in winter. If

driving, seniors should have winter tires on their vehicle. In addition, they should keep a charged cell phone in their vehicle as well as an emergency kit with jumper cables, blan kets and first aid supplies.

4. HOUSE FIRES

Using space heaters, candles and fire places increases the risk of having a house fire. To prevent this, ensure heaters are placed sufficiently away from furniture and curtains, and never leave a fire unattend ed. Additionally, smoke alarms should be inspected regularly.

5. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

Turning on your furnace could trigger a carbon monoxide leak. It’s a colourless, odourless gas, so you need a carbon mon oxide detector. Symptoms of CO poisoning include a dull headache, dizziness, shortness of breath and nausea.

By being aware of winter hazards and tak ing steps to prevent mishaps, seniors can stay safe throughout the season.

National Senior Safety Week takes place from November 6 to 12, 2022. It’s one of eight annual campaigns run by the Canada Safety Council. For more information, visit their website at canadasafetycouncil.org.

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Pam Heath of Heritage Livestock Canada pets a Shetland ram at the Manitoba Ag Ex at the Keystone Centre on Thursday. This marks the first time that sheep have been included in the event, which has trad itionally consisted exclusively of cattle shows.

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GAWRYLIUK — Elaine. In loving memory of a dear sister who entered God’s Heavenly Kingdom on September 26, 2011.

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However great or small To have had you for a sister Was the greatest gift of all The family chain is broken now And nothing seems the same But as God takes us one by one The chain will link again.

— Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by brother Ed, sisters Sylvia & Lorraine and their families.

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The family of the late Kirk Neibrandt wish to extend our heartfelt thanks for the numerous cards of sympathy, flowers, gifts of food, the generous donation Education Trust Fund, visits, phone calls and support from relatives and friends following the loss of my husband and our father. Thank you to the Doctors, Nursing Staff of ICU and 1st West, Home Care Treatment Nurses and Palliative Care of the Yorkton Regional Health Centre. The Doctors and Nurses of the Allan Blair Cancer Centre, Regina, Regina General Hospital and the Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, for their care of Kirk. A special thank you to Dr. van Heerden and staff and Louck’s Pharmacy also. We also wish to express our thanks to Vern and staff at Christie’s Funeral Home for their professional service, Pastor Dan Moeller for officiating the service, Jackie Guy - soloist, for her special songs, the Rhein Lion’s Club for the use of the hall and the many people who helped with set up of hall, lunch and clean up. Thank you to everyone who shared with us and our families, Kirk’s Celebration of Life on August 15, 2012. Your support was overwhelming. “You can shed tears that he is gone, or you can smile because he lived; Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.”

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Provincial liquor stores closing

The Government of Saskatchewan will com plete the transition of liquor retailing to the private sector in 2023.

“With year over year declines in net revenue at SLGA retail, our gov ernment has made the decision to get out of the business of sell ing liquor,” Minister Responsible for SLGA Lori Carr said. “We believe now is the time to complete the transi tion to the private sec tor to free up financial resources for other pri orities and to mitigate future losses.”

In 2018-19, prof its were $9.4 million and in 2021-22, profits declined to $3.2 million. SLGA Retail’s projected

net income for 2022-23 is $395,000. In order to maintain profitability, many of SLGA’s cur rent stores need to be relocated or physically adapted to better meet customer needs, at a sig nificant cost to taxpay ers with no guarantee of recouping those costs.

Actual closing dates for stores will vary, with all stores being closed by March 31, 2023. Physical assets, includ ing 19 buildings owned by SLGA, fixtures and equipment will be sold in a separate process. SLGA will work with the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) to negoti ate a workforce adjust

ment plan for affected employees.

The retail store per mits associated with the 34 stores will be sold via a public online auction process begin ning in early 2023. As per usual process, suc cessful bidders must still qualify to hold a commercial liquor per mit. Additional details about the auction pro cess will be available later this year.

The announcement will not impact SLGA’s Distribution Centre. SLGA will continue to operate as the whole saler of beverage alco hol for the province as well as the regulator of liquor, gaming and can nabis.

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Lady Gridders lose league final

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

YORKTON – The Lady Gridders hosted the Regina Victorias in the Prairie Girls Football League final on the evening of Oct. 27 under the lights at Kinsmen

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Century Field.

“I was disappointed with the outcome—we worked really hard to get through the year undefeated and then just to lose in the final—it’s unfortunate,” said Tyrell Maclean, Head Coach for the Lady Gridders.

The Gridders fell 24-8 to the Victorias after going 4-0 in regular sea son games and winning their semi-final match.

“Regina’s a good team – we have to give them credit too,” said Maclean, adding, “they were just better than us on that day.”

The Lady Gridders consists of female youths from grades 7 to 12, but Maclean said there is a junior program as well.

“We did have some of those players that were playing on the junior team that played with

our senior group and I think they did very well for themselves,” said Maclean.

Maclean remained positive about the sea son and the future of the team.

“You always want to win your last game of the year and unfortunately we didn’t, but I hope we’ll be back next year just as strong.”

The Gridders fell 24-8 to the Victorias after going 4-0 in regular season games

winning their semi-final match.

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“Developing physician leaders is a key strategic priority for the SMA,” noted SMA president Dr. John Gjevre. “The SMA is pleased to hon our this year’s recipients, who are an inspiration to their colleagues and Saskatchewan’s entire medical community through their leadership and their work on behalf of physicians, residents and students.”

“Success is a team sport,” Dr. Maree con tinued. “It requires hard work, a little bit of luck, and people around you who are dedicated and supportive. I am fortun

ate to not only be working with wonderful people, but also to be living in a community full of won derful people. As such, the award should really go to the whole medical team in Hudson Bay, as well as the town itself.

Dr. Maree was born and raised in South Africa and came to Canada in 2003 to prac tise rural medicine. He is a family physician with the Hudson Bay Primary Health Care Clinic.

“He is a knowledge able physician, reli able colleague and kind human being and has been a valuable mem ber of the community

for more than 20 years,” one of his nominators wrote. “I have witnessed him come to the hospi tal to do elective proced

ures for patients and do house calls for palliative patients during his time off work. I have seen him go to extraordinary lengths to help vulner able families in difficult situations.”

Another nominator noted Dr. Maree is end lessly accommodating to others. “I only wish that other communities could benefit from a col league like him with his strengths, knowledge, support, and friend ships.”

Another wrote that Dr. Maree is a tremendous asset to health care work ers in Hudson Bay, and to the broader community.

“He is a strong leader in our clinic and hospi tal and goes above and beyond to aid others in their health knowledge and care, to assist col leagues, and to support and encourage all health practitioners and staff at the clinic and the hospi tal. He is always happy, accommodating, and sup portive.”

Dr. Gjevre noted a common theme among the comments by nomin ators. “Dr. Maree embod ies the best in family medicine,” Dr. Gjevre said. “He does all he can for his patients and coworkers.

He navigates his patients through the com

plexities of the health system. He has been known to ride with EMS to assist victims at trauma scenes. He is dedicated to his profession and to the well- being of his col leagues. He makes a dif ference to the community of Hudson Bay through his inspiring leader ship.”

When not working or on call, Dr. Maree spends his free time on his sheep farm. He works with local farmers to assist them and in turn to learn traditional farming tech niques. He is described as a community builder who also encourages chil dren and youth in organ izations such as 4-H.

AMC elects first woman grand chief

By Miranda Leybourne, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Brandon Sun)

Cathy Merrick made history Wednesday when she was elected the first woman grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.

Merrick was elected following two rounds of voting by the chiefs, who were in attendance at the AMC’s 34th annual general assembly at the Wyndham Hotel on the Long Plain First Nation urban reserve. She beat out Eugene Eastman, Jennifer Flett, George Kemp, Cora Morgan, Sheila North and Darrell N. Shorting for the advo cacy group’s top spot.

In the first round of

voting, 59 votes were cast, including 17 for Merrick, 13 for Kemp, 10 for North, seven for Eastman, five votes apiece for Shorting and Flett, and two for Morgan.

According to the AMC’s requirements, the winning candidate need ed at least 11 votes to advance to the next bal lot, so the second vote’s candidates were nar rowed down to Merrick and Kemp. Out of 59 total votes cast, with a min imum of 30 needed to win, Merrick received 37 votes, beating out Kemp, who received 22.

Merrick, a council lor and former chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation (also known as Cross Lake, located 551 kilometres north of Brandon) acknowledged

that her election was a first for the AMC.

“You should all be proud. I’m the first woman chief for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.”

In a news release post ed on the AMC’s website, the group congratulated Merrick.

“We look forward to your advocacy and leadership,” the release said.

Taking care of her people will be the core of the work Merrick will undertake as grand chief, she said on Wednesday. This will include tackling issues such as cost of liv ing for elders, violence in First Nations commun ities and seeking justice for missing and mur dered Indigenous women

and men.

“I will work hard for our people,” she said after she was declared the winner. “I will work hard for our nations to be represented in the assembly.”

The byelection came after the AMC removed previous grand chief Arlen Dumas over sexual harrassment allegations.

Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson con gratulated Merrick in a press release Wednesday afternoon, highlighting Merrick’s role as the first female grand chief of the AMC.

Merrick will provide “great leadership” and advocate on pertinent issues as well as advance the priorities of Manitoba

First Nations, Stefanson said.

“As the first female premier of Manitoba, I look forward to working together with the first female grand chief of the AMC,” she said.

“I welcome this chap ter and am optimistic and excited about the future of our province and growing the relation ship and collaboration between the Manitoba government and the AMC under the leadership of Grand Chief Merrick.”

The AMC was formed in 1988 by a group of Manitoba chiefs to advo cate for issues that affect ed their First Nations, where Anishinaabe (Ojibway), Nehetho (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene and Dakota peoples res ide.

River Valley Archery Club begins winter season

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The River Valley Archery Club, now in its fifth sea son of fostering the development of archery skills for its members, has begun its winter season with shoots being held in the Veregin arena.

“To date, we have 14 youths, between the ages of five and 21, registered for the season,” said Scott Green, club president. Registration for adults has not yet been completed.

The youths meet at the arena once a week; with seven attending practices on Thursday evenings and seven on Friday evenings, when he and his wife, Wanda attend as coaches.

“We practice from about 6:30 p.m. to about 8 p.m.,” he said. Youths pay the club $90 a year plus $20 for the Junior Olympic Program (JOP) which is a program offered by clubs affiliated with the Saskatchewan Archery Association.

In the JOP, students shoot 10 rounds of three arrows per round at 10-round targets and their scores are

recorded, he said. Students advance as they progress and shoot from an increased distance: 10 metres to 15 metres then 18 metres. At the end of the year, students may advance to a provincial tournament where they compete against others in their scoring category.

Last year, when the tournament was held at Prince Albert, the River Valley Club had three of its mem bers participate and they did well, he said.

The adults will probably meet Wednesday even ings, he said. Last year the club had 14 adults and it is expected about the same number will be registered for the 2022-23 season.

With practices in the arena, club members use tar gets as well as some of the older 3-D targets that had been used for outdoor shoots, he explained. Outdoor shoots using the club’s 3-D targets are normally held at a location north of Veregin.

Green said that during the summers he and other club members often attend various shoots on their own, and not necessarily as a group from the club.

“I go out for the fun, experience and practice.”

The club’s first fundraiser of the winter season was held on Saturday. It was a Halloween wing-and-rib night when Rocketbilly, which is the band headed by Cole Smith of Kamsack, performed, and club mem bers worked in the kitchen, preparing and serving the wings, ribs, onion rings and other popular fare.

“We hold these wing-and-rib night fundraisers about every three weeks,” he said. The money raised goes towards supporting the club, paying for heat and power in the arena, and for such costs as the purchase of competitors’ medals.

An indoor 3-D shoot is planned for Nov. 26 and 27 when about 30 archers are expected to compete, hoping to win medals in their categories.

“These events bring people in to the area from all over.”

The club will be hosting a coaching clinic Nov. 19 and 20 when the Saskatchewan Archery Association will provide an instructor, he said. “We expect that three or four of our club members will be attending in order to obtain their coaching certification.”

Also required to attend regular shoots along with the coaches are range safety officers, of which Green is one.

“We’re very happy to have access to the former Veregin ice rink,” he said. “Many other clubs are not so fortunate to have such a facility to practice in dur ing the winter, and if they shoot during the winters, it is often by using school gymnasiums.

After the club was able to have a foam insulation sprayed on the arena’s walls last year, archers were able to shoot in short-sleeved shirts during the winter, even when the temperature outside was 40 below.

“This year, we’re working on improvements to the kitchen, including switching the deep fryers from electricity to natural gas.”

In a few weeks, the club’s next fundraiser will be a pre-Christmas wing and rib night, he said.

Persons wishing more information on the club or wanting to join are asked to contact the club through its Facebook page at Kamsack River Valley Archery Club.

Dr. Pieter Maree

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Chief Cathy Merrick of Cross Lake First Nation was elected as the Assembly of Manitoba’s first female Grand Chief on Wednesday.

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