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Canada Day might have been July 1, but a Smudge Walk held in the city that day was about remembering the children of residential schools.

Smudge Walk held for the children

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yellow Thunderbird Lodge held a Smudge Walk in Yorkton on July 1.

The Walk was for ‘the children found and those yet to be found.

Tribal Chief Isabel O’Soup said the walk was a time of reflection.

“I was sitting here thinking about residential schools and the effect it had ... on our people all

“We need to become better at working together, . . Let’s build a better future for our children.”

— Cathy Bear, Yorkton Tribal Council across the country,” she said.

And it was a time to think about Canada on a day that usually marks the country’s birth-

day with celebrations.

O’Soup said that this is not the time to celebrate, given the recent discoveries of unmarked graves at former residential

school sites.

“We’re honouring children that never came home from residential schools,” she said.

When you think about those children, celebration isn’t appropriate, offered O’Soup, adding it is a time when many are dealing with a range of emotions, including anger.

“It’s hard not to be angry,” she said, adding we must all get past that to build toward a better

future. “. . . It’s not the people today ... it was their ancestors.”

Today, people need to come together, said O’Soup.

“We need to find a better way with it without violence,” she said, adding their ancestors would want a peaceful solution to be found, a kind and loving way because “that’s the way that we are.”

It starts with making sure the current genera-

tion know their language and culture, things residential schools were meant to take away, said O’Soup. That process can start by learning “one word a day as our elders say.”

Cathy Bear with the Yorkton Tribal Council said it’s certainly a time to come together.

“We need to become better at working together,” she said, adding it’s

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St. Mary’s monastery to be demolished

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer One of the most iconic heritage buildings still standing in the city appears destined for the wrecking ball in the coming months.

The Redemptorists are in the process of divesting themselves of assets within the Eparchy of Saskatoon,

and that includes St. Mary’s Ukrainian Church and related properties.

Among the associated buildings is the monastery, built in 1914, which once was home to monks working in the city – one priest still resides there. The building, in particular its interior, is in deteriorating condition, and a decision dating back to 2012 was made

to demolish the building.

Over the ensuing years, options to save the building were looked into, but none were found to be viable.

Meanwhile, the cost of maintaining the building is significant, including utilities and property taxes.

As a result, demolition is seen as the best solution, said Fred Schrader, Parish Council

President.

Schrader explained the Redemptorists are prepared to pay for the demolition costs of the monastery.

The entire property, including St. Mary’s Cultural Centre, the Redeemers Voice building and the church, would then be turned over to the Parish, where decisions could be made locally pending Bishop

approvals.

“The Parish and the Eparchy have agreed to take ownership of the property,” said Schrader.

The Redemptorists had suggested demolition as early as this fall, said Schrader, but the local Parish still has details to discuss, which is likely to push the work until the spring of 2022, said Schrader.

P & H announces new facility for city Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) has announced a new grain facility for the Yorkton area.

Already under construction, it is expected to be complete and receiving grain in June of 2022.

This facility will

replace its current one, which has been in operation since 1980.

To complement the existing 6,000-tonne fertilizer shed and 7,800 ft2 AWSA heated chemical shed, the new structure will include 25,000 tonnes of grain storage and a 150 car CN loop

track for continuous grain loading and movement to serve customers in the surrounding area.

“We look forward to opening this new facility,” said John Heimbecker, Chief Executive Officer, P&H. “This build confirms our commitment to investing

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Yorkton sees record highs after heatwaves

By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer The recent heatwave has looked like it has passed, with maximum temperature records

being set all throughout Western Canada.

In Yorkton, the heatwave saw ten consecutive days with the temperature reaching over 25°C, including five straight days of over 30°C.

Both July 2 (34.7°C) and July 3 (35.6°C) had record highs in Yorkton.

The heatwave was just a wrap to an already hot June, with June 2 and June 3, also seeing record highs of 31.7°C and 33.5°C.

Though it was hot in Yorkton, other parts of Canada were feeling the heat as well as a new alltime record high temperature for Canada of 49.6° C being set in Lytton, BC on June 29. Lytton set a

new all-time high for Canada on three consecutive days, with highs of 46.6, 47.9, and 49.6°C on June 27, 28, and 29. These extreme temperatures beat the long-standing record high for Canada of

45.0°C set on July 5, 1937 in Midale and Yellow Grass, SK. After this heatwave, 14 of the 15 hottest temperatures in Canadian history were now set between June 27 to 29.

City of Yorkton earns award from FCM

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The City of Yorkton is the recipient of the 2020 Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Award for Outstanding Institutional Contribution to the organization’s international programs.

The award, unveiled locally at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday, “recognizes the excellent work performed by the City of Yorkton’s staff and elected officials in supporting Jordan’s local government to deliver municipal services more effectively through the Jordan Municipal Support Project,” detailed a letter circulated Monday.

In 2018 the City of Yorkton entered a project with FCM and Global Affairs Canada, and working with Canadian partners: County of Colchester NS, Govt of NS, Capital Regional

District of BC, Sylvan Lake AB, District of Squamish, City of Calgary, and Collingwood Ontario, explained FCM representative Randy Goulden.

In addition, the work was supported by a FCM staff team in Ottawa and on the ground in Jordan, working collaboratively with the Jordanian Ministry of Municipal Affairs.

“The Jordan Municipal Support Project (JMSP) supports Jordanian municipalities through improved municipal services and solid waste management. This initiative also works to promote social cohesion through inclusive community engagement, strategic planning and implementation,” said Goulden. “JMSP works with Jordan’s Ministry of Local Administration (MoLA) and 12 partner municipalities in south and central Jordan, to help municipalities carry out their responsibilities more

effectively and efficiently, leading to better delivery of essential services and to the building of a stronger foundation for the continued development of Jordan’s municipal sector.

“Canadian and Jordanian municipal practitioners provide peer-to-peer technical assistance to elected municipal officials and municipal staff, MoLA staff and community members, including women and youth. “ The award for Outstanding Institutional Contribution to FCM International programs recognize Canadian local governments and local government associations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment and leadership in the scope of their participation in FCM’s international programs. The projects in which they participated distinguished themselves in terms of

innovation, support from their council or board, and their lasting impact in their partner community.

The City of Yorkton and the City of Montreal were nominated for this award.

“In everything it does, the City of Yorkton team brings technical expertise and real commitment to the table. It also has a professional, friendly, and positive approach that is always appreciated by the JMSP team and Jordanian municipal peers,” said Goulden, quoting from Lynda DeGuire, Project Manager at FCM. “As a council member and a FCM board member it gives me great pride to acknowledge the Yorkton team of Michael Buchholzer, Aron Hershmiller, Jessica Matsalla, Darcy McCloud, and Lisa Washington have been outstanding in this project and in doing so, work-

ing with Canadian municipal partners, federal and provincial governments and international partners have brought best practices back to integrate in the work they do for the residents of our city,” added Goulden.

“Our team now has the ability and the connections to have one on one conversations with people across Canada and internationally.”

“Along with enhanced skills and expertise in building inclusive communities, JMSP has increased knowledge sharing, community engagement, and most importantly strengthening the resiliency of our community.

“We applaud and recognize their service to municipal governments and thank them for their outstanding work representing the City of Yorkton and the people who call Yorkton home.”

Feds announced recovery dollars As more and more Canadians are getting vaccinated and we finish the fight against COVID19 and begin to safely reopen, the Government of Canada is committed to supporting small businesses from coast to coast to coast.

With that in mind the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister and Special Representative for the Prairies and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre, and Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic

Development and Official Languages (Western Economic Diversification Canada) and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, announced that an investment of up to $7.2 million will be going to Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta to encourage people to shop locally and support businesses in their community as they reopen. This will help businesses stay open so they can thrive as the economy recovers.

This is part of a national investment of $33 million to support Shop

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“We know recovery is going to look different in every region and will require different programming that responds to local needs.

As our economy begins to safely reopen, these investments will encourage Canadians to support their local small businesses, helping them recover quicker. By partnering with chambers of Commerce, we can reach more businesses to stimulate local economies, create jobs and improve the quality of life for people in the Prairies and across Canada,” said Carr.

The funding will be provided through provincial and territorial chambers of commerce to support awareness-building campaigns that promote consumer confidence and local businesses.

The amount of funding allocated to each chamber is based primarily on the percentage of small businesses in its region.

The breakdown for the Prairies is as follows: • Alberta: up to $4,950,000 • Manitoba: up to $1,100,000 • Saskatchewan: up to $1,155,000 Chambers may use this funding to support a range of activities that encourage consumers to shop locally in a way that is safe and aligns with current public health guidelines. Chambers

may solicit applications directly from local organizations or associations or have open calls for proposals that promote consumer awareness and demonstrate benefits to the broader business community. For example: • shop-local branding and digital content • seasonal campaigns intended to direct shoppers to local small merchants • promotions of online shopping, curbside pickup and delivery, as well as public health measures being implemented to make retail spaces safe and raise consumer confidence • marketing materials such as videos, social media visuals, and radio and newspaper ads that encourage consumers to buy from local businesses and patronize local restaurants and attractions.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce sees the funding as a positive initiative.

“The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce is pleased to be a part of this initiative and is looking forward to rolling out its ‘Shop Local’ campaign. A key feature of the campaign will be one hundred plus videos of member businesses which will showcase their businesses and encourage viewers to shop local,” stated Juanita Polegi, Executive Director of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce in a release issued Monday.

“This program allows Saskatchewan businesses to prioritize opportunities for digital market-

ing and eCommerce to meet the growing consumer demand to shop online. We are confident this initiative will create more awareness around the thousands of great local businesses in this province and encourage a ‘Shop Local’ mindset,” noted Steve McLellan, CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce.

This investment will be flexible to respond to the unique circumstances in regions across the country and allow chambers of commerce to tailor campaigns to local needs and priorities, ultimately helping small businesses as they recover from this unprecedented public

health and economic crisis.

Shop Local is an important initiative to supplement the Government of Canada’s ongoing and comprehensive support for small and local businesses— programs such as the new Canada Recovery Hiring Program, the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy, Lockdown Support and the Canada Emergency Business Account— so they are able to get through this pandemic to the economic recovery and growth that will follow in the months and years to come.

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SMUDGE Contined from Page A1 no longer appropriate for decisions to be made about First Nations children without their people being part of the discussions.

Bear said it certainly did not work with residential schools and we need to learn from that.

“Let’s build a better future for our children,” she said.

As for the recent discoveries of unmarked graves, Bear said as a country something needs to be done.

“Canada you need to make this right,” she said.

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley said being there for the walk was something he saw as important.

“It’s an honour to walk with you today,” he said, adding we need to recognize that what is still a great country in Canada is in large part because the land was cared for by First Nations peoples for generations before settlers arrived.

“We live in the best country on the planet because of you,” he said.

The walk took place along Broadway Street from Fifth Ave. to Bradbrooke Drive.

Memoir of hockey legend Fred Sasakamoose released

By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The expression ‘home is where the heart is’ certainly applied to Fred Sasakamoose.

He is remembered by many as a hockey star. He became the first player with treaty status to make it to the National Hockey League, suiting up for 11 games with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1953-54 season.

But by reading Sasakamoose’s memoir titled Call Me Indian, released this past month, readers discover his life was about much more than hockey.

Toronto writer Meg Masters helped Sasakamoose write his memoir. The book was completed before Sasakamoose, who was 86, died this past November in a hospital in Prince Albert, Sask. from COVID-19 complications.

Sasakamoose was a residential school survivor. He went on to serve as the chief of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation (formerly Sandy Lake Indian Band) in Saskatchewan after spending 35 years as a councillor for the First Nation. He was a

huge advocate of youth sports. And he became a member of the Order of Canada in 2017.

In the epilogue of Call Me Indian, Sasakamoose wrote about where his heart truly was.

“Ever since I was taken away when I was seven, all I wanted to do was go home, to be in the arms of this land,” he wrote. “No matter how comfortable I became in Moose Jaw. No matter how much I dreamed of an NHL career. In Toronto, Chicago, New York, with all the lights and excitement. Standing toe to toe, at centre ice, looking my hockey heroes in the eyes. Flying over the big ice while tens of thousands of people watched.

“All that time, part of me was back here, in Sandy Lake. Back where my mother and father lived. Back where my moosum held my hand during those long, silent walks. I always felt this place was waiting for me.

Always.”

Sasakamoose wrote he doesn’t remember much of what happened on the day he deemed the beginning of that last day of his childhood. He was seven. His brother Frank was two years older. Both were taken away from

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Fred Sasakamoose spoke to the Yorkton Terriers on a visit to the team. their family and sent to residential school.

“Everything is a bit cloudy until the moment a huge canvas-covered grain truck appears in front of our little cabin,” Sasakamoose said.

“Three men get out of the cab. One I recognize, the reserve’s Indian agent.

Another is wearing a uniform. An RCMP officer.

And the third is a pale white man with a hard face. He is wearing a long black robe that billows slightly behind him as he walks.

“He’s talking to my mother and my father is coming around to the

front of the cabin, but I can’t make out what anyone is saying. All I can hear is the sharp, jagged sound of crying. Crying children. It’s coming from under the canvas of the truck.”

Within seconds Sasakamoose and his brother are forced to join the other children. And after a terrifying trek, the Sasakamoose boys and about 30 others, who were squeezed into the truck with them, arrive at the St. Michael’s Indian Industrial Residential School in Duck Lake.

Though, like others, he was abused at the school,

Sasakamoose blossomed into a talented hockey player.

He left the school at age 15 and joined the Moose Jaw Warriors’ junior club, a franchise of which he would become the captain.

But even while he was excitedly preparing for his first NHL game with the Blackhawks, Sasakamoose couldn’t help but think of his enjoyable early years of life at his real home.

“To me, Chicago was pure chaos,” he said.

“The streets were choked with cars. Horns honked every minute. The side-

walks were crammed with people – who walked within inches of each other even though they were perfect strangers…

It wasn’t just the buildings and all the people that made the city feel different than anywhere I had been before. The air itself was foreign – grey and heavy with soot.

It smelled of car exhaust and something else I didn’t recognize.”

Seven-time Stanley Cup champion Bryan Trottier, who has Cree, Chippewa and Métis ancestry, wrote the foreword for Call Me Indian.

Trottier summed up the importance of getting Sasakamoose’s memoir out into the public domain.

“We are all so lucky that Fred decided to write some of his stories down in this memoir, so we can return to them again and again,” Trottier wrote. “The legacy that Fred has left on the ice is really important and lasting but everything he has done after retiring is monumental.

“He inspires so many people and takes the time to make everyone feel important. He takes such pride in being Cree, it’s infectious. It makes us all proud to be First Nations.”

Perspective Residential schools shake Canada’s pride and history

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Politics It’s hard to celebrate our past in the way we once did.

There was a time when we could be comforted by whatever we were taught in our school history books.

Modern times are changing that.

Those who once had no say in what was written about their ancestors are now getting their say. And new technologies are backing up their stories.

This is the reality after the “discovery” of Indian Residential School gravesites across the country like the one at the Cowessess First Nation.

Ground-penetrating radar is confirming the stories First Nations people and many others have long known about. And it’s making many very uncomfortable. For may it made for a very different Canada Day — a day in which we are supposed to revel in our history.

Canada Day celebrations that were already enduring the pallor of COVID-19 restrictions were cancelled in places like Melville, Meadow Lake and La Ronge.

This obviously did not sit well with some people who are struggling with this history.

Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme actually did his best to keep the findings in a factual perspective.

Delorme, during his online press conference that drew the attention from reporters around the world, repeatedly stressed this was a gravesite and not a “mass grave.” He further noted that the ground-penetrating radar has a margin of error of 10- to 15-per-cent, so he estimated the numbers to be in excess of 600 rather than the 751 graves most often stated.

He also noted some of the interned may be adults — perhaps buried prior to the opening of the Marieval Indian School in 1899 or during its existence that lasted until 1997.

And he factually stated that there were once grave markers at the site, but they were removed by officials of the Catholic Church in the 1960s.

All this has drawn some skepticism from those who just don’t want to let go of their views.

One gets this. It’s no easier to deal with negative history than a negative news story in the present.

But Delorme’s fair-minded assessment isn’t causing to doubt what was the reality.

Yes, it’s possible that the graves are not all children and that many children died of things like the Spanish flu or tuberculosis rather than more violent means. Maybe the grave markers were removed from the church and never replaced for less-than-nefarious reasons.

But the reality is, no on one should expect their child to die at school, have them buried there and never be told about it. If even a single died at school today, it would be the biggest story of the day.

Thousands of these children died at residential schools over their existence — likely, far more than even the Truth and Reconciliation Commission estimated.

It is a fact that these children were taken from their families under the threat of arrest or cutting off food rations. And even if some First Nations families (especially in later years when the schools became less harsh) did voluntarily send their children there, it is a fact that children were treated poorly — often, brutally.

It’s undeniable that the schools’ long-standing purpose was to remove First Nations children from their language, culture and religion.

In a poignant moment, Premier Scott Moe said last week this is our history that we also need to reflect upon on Canada Day. But Delorme likely put it best: “We all inherited this. Nobody today created residential schools. Nobody today created the Indian Act. Nobody today created the ‘60s Scoop. We all inherited it, and we have to acknowledge that people are healing and people are hurting.

Let’s do something about it.”

Maybe being Canadian is this pursuit of understanding who we are so we can be better.

It doesn’t sound lofty, but it’s so Canadian.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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Let's learn from the pandemic regarding community health S o we are only days away from the restrictions placed to help curb the spread of COVID-19 come off in Saskatchewan.

Certainly, the numbers in terms of new daily cases have been far smaller of late, with only 21 reported July 2 and 20 on July 5.

Sadly, however, there are still those succumbing to COVID-19, with the death toll in Saskatchewan edging toward 575 – it sits at 568 as of July 5. To put that in some perspective, that is more than the entire community of Springside lost to the pandemic.

Across Canada, the deaths have surpassed 26,000.

It has been a difficult 16 or so months, to say the least. We have had to change the way we have done many things in the fight with the pandemic, and it hasn’t always been easy, especially as some have been against mask-wearing or getting the vaccine.

But we seem to have it under control at present, and you can certainly sense that people want to return to normal for summer. There is a pent-up energy that is near palatable that many among us just want to get out and do things with friends, families and neighbours.

So when events such as chuckwagon and chariot races happen in the city, or mud flings in Theodore, or fairs in Kelvington, Invermay, and Preeceville take place this summer, this is a definite likelihood they will be well attended because people just want to get out and do something.

It will be good to get back to a level of normalcy, but we should also remember normal is a state which is always in flux. It changes as time passes.

And there are perhaps some good lessons we should have learned through this pandemic that we might not want to forget or abandon just because the province says it’s over.

For example, is pumping fists or elbows perhaps better than the tradition of shaking hands?

Shaking hands has long been a way of saying hello, or sealing a deal, but is it the least sanitary action?

Have you ever been in a public washroom, at a sports event or even a restaurant and noticed how many people leave without having washed their hands? Do we really want to shake their hands after?

And the plexiglass shields, which now protect people working tills, seem like an idea that should have been thought of long before COVID-19. There are sneeze guards in place at restaurant buffets to protect the food from being doused in spit. Affording some protection for staff not to be breathed on, coughed at and showered by sneezes just seems to be rather common sense.

Even the dreaded mask might not want to be totally forgotten. Is it a bad idea to wear a mask when headed to a doctor’s office or emergency ward where you know those with bad colds and flus are congregating?

And, if you are feeling sick but have to go out for a prescription or to buy groceries, would donning a mask not be a good thing to do to protect others from getting what is making you feel sore, tired and achy?

It does seem as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, normal should mean working a bit more to keep the community healthy.

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Provincial parks continue to add accessible features throughout parks system The Government of Saskatchewan continues to invest in park infrastructure projects that include barrier-free enhancements for all visitors to enjoy.

“Provincial parks are for people of all ages and abilities,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Laura Ross said. “By identifying and removing barriers throughout the parks system, we are ensuring that all families have the opportunity to get out in nature to explore, play and relax.”

This year, the government is investing $18.1 million into Saskatchewan Provincial Parks. Recent improvements include more accessible trails and pathways, wheelchair accessible picnic sites and campsites within campgrounds, as well as public facilities with accessible washrooms, showers, front desk reception areas and ramps. A new standard service centre design has also been developed that includes universallyaccessible family change rooms and washrooms to accommodate visitors with limited mobility and their caregivers.

In addition, new play

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structure installations that are barrier-free and provide sensory experiences for children of all abilities will be integrated into some playgrounds. The addition of natural playgrounds in parks will include some accessible routes and grading that will allow play experiences to be reached by wheelchair.

Sask Parks offers fourteen beach wheelchairs across the province that can be reserved in advance at any provincial park and borrowed by visitors free of charge.

The beach wheelchairs help improve the beach experience of park visitors with reduced mobility.

The Government of Saskatchewan is fulfilling its commitment

to make Saskatchewan a more inclusive province by introducing new legislation aimed at removing and preventing accessibility barriers that people with disabilities experience every day.

To learn more about what the government is doing to implement this legislation and better support people living with disabilities, please visit www.saskatchewan. ca/accessiblesk.

worker is happy to offer a well-balanced menu that allows the students to have healthy options. Yorkton Kinsmen member Lawrence Klemetski, left makes the presentation to Principal Lana Klemetski and Cheryl Villeneuve.

Fort Qu’Appelle students win Heritage Awards

By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer A pair of students from Fort Qu’Appelle was a part of this year’s 2021 Virtual Heritage Fair winners.

A total of 353 students from Grades 4 to 8 produced projects about Saskatchewan or Canadian-based heritage topics.

Grade 7 students from the Fort Qu’Appelle Elementary Community School, Hailey Tulik and Ruby Halbgewachs, were among the winners.

Tulik and her project about Fort Sanatorium project won Best Overall Score and also won Best Mixed NonVideo Presentation.

Halbgewachs won the Digital Media Award for her project about the Grasslands National Park, and she also had the second-best video presentation.

The Heritage Saskatchewan website features a project gallery so everyone can enjoy students’ projects that showcase their research skills and knowledge and their creative talent. The gallery will be live all summer long.

The importance of youth mentoring – Changing two lives Even though the past year and a half has had its challenges, our mission has remained the same: to inspire, empower and enhance the lives of young people through quality volunteer-based mentoring. We are so thankful that we were able to move forward and offered mentoring on a virtual platform this past school year.

When we asked the Mentors about a success or accomplishment this year, the most common response was being grateful that trust was

developed quickly as their mentee opened up to them and became more comfortable with them after only 2 – 3 visits. We recognize it may have been intimidating for both the mentor and mentee to develop a connection over a virtual platform and we are happy to hear that it’s not only possible, but still incredibly beneficial.

The Mentees reported that they liked having someone to talk to which made them feel happier and boosted their confidence. Additionally,

mentees indicated that having an in-school mentor made them feel more comfortable at school.

The matches were able to access unique online resources to help build their relationship.

It allowed the mentors to choose online educational games to play with their mentees, particularly to aid in their mathematical and reading/ writing skills, as well as communication skills.

We profess that inschool mentoring, whether virtual or in-person, is mutually beneficial and

Legacy Co-operative Association Limited

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Thursday, 22 July 2021 | 7:00pm | Gallagher Centre, Yorkton, Sk. Agenda: All business to come before an Annual General Meeting including: • • • • • • • •

Call to Order Board of Director’s Report General Manager’s Report Auditor’s Report and Financial Statement Proposed Bylaw Changes Appointment of Auditors New Business Adjournment

Motions to Put Forward at the Legacy Co-op Annual General Meeting

remains a great way to bridge the gap between the younger and older students within the school.

It takes as little as an hour a week to spark the potential in a young person. Would you please consider the impact you could have on a young person’s life by becoming a mentor, either virtually or in-person?

Please contact our office at 306-782-3471 or visit our website at yorkton.

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Notice of bylaw change: bylaw 3.02 to read: Approval of Membership 3.02 A person may become a member of the Co-operative by: a) Submitting a written application for membership or; b) Completing an online membership application, utilizing a check box consent for signature and submitted via Legacy Co-op’s website. c) And the said application has been approved by the Board of Directors Notice of bylaw change: bylaw 4.01 to read: Place of General Meetings 4.01 (a) General meetings of the Co-operative shall be held at such locations in Saskatchewan and in the trading area of the Co-operative, as may be determined by the Board of Directors. (b) Directors may participate in committee or Board meetings by telephone, electronic or other means. All participants, however, must be able to communicate adequately with each other. Directors participating in such meetings are deemed to be present at the meetings. (c) The Board of Directors may call an Annual General Meeting or General Meeting of the members using electronic means provided all participants are able to communicate adequately and are able to vote on motions and elections. All attendees in such meetings are deemed to be present at the meetings.

The Nomination’s Committee would like to bring forward the following names for election to the Board of Directors of Legacy Co-operative Association Limited: • • • •

Clark Anderson, Retired Farmer Judy Charney, Self-employed William Prybylski, Farmer Cordell Schaan, Farmer

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Next Council Meeting Monday, July 19, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

Construction Detour Darlington East Reconstruction • Reconstruction of Darlington Street East between Mayhew Ave and Dracup Avenue, continues and is expected to be completed in early July.

• The intersections at Delaere Drive and Franko Drive will be closed on Tuesday, as work on that section of Darlington Street resumes.

• A new pathway will be constructed from Mayhew to Dracup as part of this project.

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Roadway Crack Sealing Underway The annual roadway crack sealing program gets underway this week, and will continue throughout the summer. It will start on the west side of the city and move eastwards.

Crack sealing involves spreading gravel then oil over asphalt road surfaces, and this is an important part of the city’s road maintenance program. The process prevents water intrusion leading to potholes, and greatly improves the lifetime of asphalt road surfaces. For a list of locations where we will be crack sealing this year visit: https://www.yorkton.ca/en/news/2021-roadway-crack-sealing.aspx

GENERAL INQUIRIES: 306-786-1700 Mayor’s Office................................. 306-786-1701 After Hours Emergency ...................................... 306-786-1760 Building Services ............................. 306-786-1710 Bylaw Control .................................. 306-786-1725 City Clerk ......................................... 306-786-1717 City Manager ................................... 306-786-1703 City Parks & Green Spaces ............................................ 306-786-1780 City RCMP....................................... 306-786-2400 Communications ............................. 306-828-2424 Community Development, Parks & Recreation .......................... 306-786-1750

Economic Development .................. 306-786-1747 Engineering Department...................................... 306-786-1710 Farrell Agencies Arena Booking ........................................... 306-786-1740 Fire Hall ........................................... 306-786-1795 Gallagher Centre Water Park & Meeting Rooms/Convention Centre Booking ............................... 306-786-1740 Gloria Hayden Community Centre .............................................. 306-786-1776 Godfrey Dean Meeting Rooms Booking ........................................... 306-786-1780

Kinsmen Arena & Blue Room Booking ........................................... 306-786-1780 Library Rooms Booking ........................................... 306-786-1780 Property Sales ................................................ 306-786-1747 Public Works .............................................. 306-786-1760 Sports Fields & City Centre Park Bookings ......................................... 306-786-1780 Tax Department ............................. 306-786-1736 Water Billing Department...................................... 306-786-1726

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Next Council Meeting Monday, July 19, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

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New look train The classic metal train at the Tourism Yorkton Location has been transformed with a colourful yarn-bomb. According to Wikipedia, “Yarn bombing (or yarnbombing) is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk. It is also called

wool bombing, yarn storming, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting, or graffiti knitting. The train art was knitted and created by Tonia Vermette and Michelle Easton., who are seen left, and above with Randy Goulden of Tourism Yorkton.

July 7 , 2021 - July 13, 2021

Next Council Meeting Monday, July 19, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

Request for Proposals Recreation & Community Services Rooftop Replacement Program Proposal must be received before 2:00 p.m. on July 9, 2021 Please email Proposal clearly marked with the above proposal name to: cdpr@yorkton.ca Details of Proposal: The City of Yorkton is requesting proposals from interested vendors for the removal, supply, and installation of two (2) roof top HVAC units, comprised at a minimum of: i. Two (2) replacement roof top HVAC units ii. Curb adapters iii. Economizers for “free” cooling iv. Drain kits v. Programmable thermostats at the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre (“GDCC”) located at 49 Smith Street East in Yorkton

Specifications are available at: www.yorkton.ca/tenders Proposal shall remain open for acceptance by the City and irrevocable for thirty (30) calendar days following the date specified for closing.

Proposal received after the date and time specified for closing will be marked late and returned unopened.

Contact Person Enquiries regarding the proposal procedure and particulars can be directed to: Kurt Stechyshyn, Facilities Manager Recreation & Community Services City of Yorkton Phone: 306-786-1750 Email: cdpr@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. Lowest or any proposal not necessarily accepted.

Recreation & Community Services Window Replacement Program Proposal must be received before 2:00 p.m. on July 14, 2021 Please email Proposal clearly marked with the above proposal name to: cdpr@yorkton.ca Details of Proposal: The City of Yorkton is requesting proposals from interested vendors for the removal, supply, and installation of ten (10) insulated glass units at the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre, located at 49 Smith Street East, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

Specifications are available at: www.yorkton.ca/tenders Proposal shall remain open for acceptance by the City and irrevocable for thirty (30) calendar days following the date specified for closing.

Proposal received after the date and time specified for closing will be marked late and returned unopened.

Contact Person Enquiries regarding the proposal procedure and particulars can be directed to: Kurt Stechyshyn, Facilities Manager Recreation & Community Services City of Yorkton Phone: 306-786-1750 Email: cdpr@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. Lowest or any proposal not necessarily accepted.

Did you know.....all City News is also accessible on the City of Yorkton website.

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New name, same services for BGC Yorkton

By Tanner WallaceScribner Staff Writer For 27 years, the Boys and Girls Club in Yorkton has been helping youth through a variety of programs, and now the club that so many have grown up with and participated in is undergoing a change.

Boys and Girls Clubs throughout Canada are changing their name to BGC. Lorraine Moeller, the executive director of BGC Yorkton, said that it had been something that has been a topic of discussion for a while.

“For years, it’s been a topic that has come up when we’ve met with our peers from across the country; what about this name? It has over 100 years of history; however,

not everyone identifies as either a boy or a girl, and not everyone by the limit of their age wants to be called a boy or a girl,” she said. “When we are serving up to the age of 18, 18-year-olds don’t really want to be called boys and girls. More and more, we are seeing youth come forward involved in the LGTBQ2+ umbrella.”

Erin Roussin, program manager BGC Yorkton said it’s something they felt was something they had to do to be inclusive of everyone.

“It’s not to be trendy, but it is to modernize the name and just to be inclusive of who walkthroughs our door. We can make sure that every time you enter the BGC Yorkton, that you feel welcome and accepted and that

your voice is heard. It’s really a great way for us to be inclusive of who comes in.”

Moeller notes that this isn’t the first name change in the club’s history.

“Way back when the club started, it was called The Boys Club because that was what the clubs were doing at times was responding to a need for activities for boys, and as times changed, girls needed a safe place to be too. It’s just modernizing, sticking with the times, and being conclusive and a reflection of who your audience is.”

As for a total brand change, it will still be the same logo, and the change is in its early stages, so it will still be a while before the whole BGC Yorkton is rebranded.

Lorraine Moeller, left, Executive director at the BGC of Yorkton, and Erin Roussin, Program Manager talked about the name change. (File Photo)

Dozen southeast students receive apprenticeship scholarships

By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer One hundred high school graduates from 79 communities across the province, including 12 in the southeast region, are receiving Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship (SYA) Industry Scholarships.

The scholarship program, which launched in 2009, is managed by the S a s k a t c h e w a n Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC).

The scholarships are presented to SYA program participants who plan to pursue careers in the skilled trades.

Students redeem the

scholarships for $1,000 within two years of graduation by actively embarking on a career in the skilled trades, either by registering as an apprentice and completing Level 1 technical training or by completing a pre-employment course in a trade designated in Saskatchewan.

There are more than

Stay safe on the water - watch for blue-green algae The Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health are advising the public to avoid direct contact and intended or unintended consumption of any surface water where blue-green algae blooms are occurring. Pet owners and livestock producers are also advised to keep their animals away from such water.

Algae blooms are heavy concentrations of blue-green and green algae which often give the water a shimmering, foamy and pea soup like appearance. The blooms may be blue-green,

bright blue, grey or tan in colour. The recent warm temperatures in the province may result in the quick formation of algal blooms.

Algal blooms commonly occur during calm, hot weather in areas of lakes and reservoirs with shallow, slow moving or still water that has sufficient nutrients. The blooms can last up to three weeks and can be pushed around the lake or reservoir by the wind.

Direct contact or unintended consumption of algae-contaminated water can cause red skin, sore throat, cramps, nausea, vomiting and diar-

rhea. If you have any concerns, consult with your health care provider. Caution should be taken when considering the consumption of fish or shellfish caught in areas of a water body where a bloom exists; the internal organs of the fish should not be eaten.

If you have healthrelated questions about blue-green algae, please contact your local Saskatchewan Health Authority environmental health office.

For more information on public beaches in Saskatchewan, please refer to the Healthy Beach Program updates.

Whiskers & Tails How to correct your dog’s bad behaviour Does your dog bark too much, jump on your guests or climb all over your furniture? If so, you may be wondering if simply ignoring this type of conduct is the right thing to do. Here’s some advice to help you correct your dog’s bad habits.

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If you allow your dog to chew on your shoes or dig holes in the backyard, it may think you approve of this type of conduct. This is why ignoring your dog when it behaves poorly may not be the best solution. Instead, try to divert your dog’s attention by encouraging it to play with its toys.

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If you need help keeping your dog’s behaviour in check, reach out to a local dog trainer.

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300 schools and nearly 4,500 students currently registered in the SYA program.

Look at the students who received the scholarships Brandon Olm Churchbridge Churchbridge Public School - Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Christaan Louw Esterhazy - Esterhazy High School - Heavy Duty Equipment Technician/ Industrial Mechanic Riley Blanchard - Fort Qu’Appelle - Bert Fox Community High School - Carpenter Keegan Speidelsbach

- Grenfell Grenfell High Community School Truck and Transport Mechanic Bryce Hollinger Lemberg - North Valley High School - Agricultural Equipment Technician Clark Huber - Lipton Lipton School - Welder/ Metal Fabricator (Fitter) Shelby Wallin - Margo Invermay School Agricultural Equipment Technician Janis Stepanovics Raymore - Raymore School - Construction Electrician Annabelle Korth Wapella - McNaughton High School -

Construction Electrician Christine Vennard Whitewood - Whitewood School - Automotive Service Technician/ Carpenter James Fortin Wolseley - Wolseley High School - Agricultural Equipment Technician / Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Kohl Bjarnson Wynyard - Wynyard Composite High School Automotive Service Technician/ Heavy Duty Equipment Technician John Cookson Yorkton - Sacred Heart High School -Construction Electrician

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ART • ENTERTAINMENT • COMMUNITY

Staff Photos by Calvin Daniels

Parading for Seniors It was a parade around the Yorkton and District Nursing Home Thursday as residents and staff gathered on the grounds to watch it pass by Wednesday afternoon (June 30). The event attracted vintage cars and trucks, old tractors including one representing the

Threshermen’s Show, new cars from local dealerships, horse and riders and horses with carts, youngsters on bicycles, the RCMP in their cruisers, the Yorkton Fire Protective Services, Yorkton MP Cathay Wagantall and local MLA Greg Ottenbreit.

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Burning dry and thirsty —Canada needs water

Our soil is dry as the flour in our canister. I tried to water the front lawn the other day using one of those demented sprinklers that poke into the ground, the ones with multiple steely things that direct the spray. I fiddled long, but never got it right. Before I stopped trying, I’d watered the Preacher, our own and our neighbours’ windows and decks, the car and myself. I finally collapsed against the house in laughter. Even the neighbours came out and hooted. We saturated the street with the sweet sound of merriment. We needed that, all of us. The pandemic and other bad news has

stripped the oil of joy from us all.

The early summer heat assaulting our country as I write reminds me of the vaulted summer temperatures of our Winnipeg days. Rick and I met in college there in the midseventies while earning our bachelor degrees.

After we married, we lived on the second floor of a hot, but cozy, onebedroom apartment on Pembina Highway.

On the most scorching days, I locked the apartment door, filled the tub with cold water, then stripped and dipped all day. That kept me reasonably cool. When the water got too warm, I

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Sunny Side Up drained it and filled the tub with cold again.

I remembered all that last evening, over four decades later. I stood on our front porch in Saskatchewan, paintbrush in hand. It had been too hot to paint earlier. Now dusk made it harder, but the job needed doing. “This heat feels just like our

Winnipeg days,” I told the Preacher later.

“Except now we have air-conditioning.”

Before the current umbrella of heat over Western Canada, I’d never heard the phrase ‘heat dome’. As I type, fires threaten entire cites and villages, with daytime highs of nearly 50 degrees. Charred

timbers and ashes are nearly all that remains of tiny Lytton, BC, population 250. Our family passed through that village often during my BC childhood. I recall my father telling us it was the hottest place in BC. I was sure it must be Hades. We didn’t have air conditioning. My siblings and I squeezed like one clump of melting flesh in the back seat.

It’s bad, this heat.

But there’s something infinitely worse than scorched earth— parched and thirsty souls. Our country needs a shower as refreshing as the dousing I got when I tried to manage

our contrary sprinkler.

But it’s soul-rain Canada needs most. Healing from years of emotional wounds. From fear and worry and anger and sin.

From the consequences of ignoring the only thing that can really quench a thirsty soul.

We need what Jesus offered the woman at the well, Living Water that springs from the heart of God himself. “Whoever drinks the water I give them,” Jesus said, “will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. John 14:4 TLB” He still offers that water to anyone who asks. Help yourself.

The vigorous clustered bellflower Sometimes when gardeners hear about a perennial being “vigorous”, warning bells go off and we think they might be invasive. Sometimes “vigorous” means just that: a hardy, easy-care plant that does well without being fussy.

So...hands up for those who think that clustered bellflower (campanula glomerata) is vigorous?

And who thinks it is invasive? I’m guessing that most of us think it is a bit of both, and we’d all be right!

Years ago, campanula glomerata was just one of many perennials that Mom gave us for our new garden. As gardens often do, the perennials ebbed and flowed. One year the campanula seemed to dominate and thrive in the perennial patch, the next it seemed to fade into the background. But it never completely dis-

appeared. It gave us a bright and cheerful show of deep purple clusters of bell-shaped flowers, great for cutting, and it filled in little corners that other plants may not have enjoyed.

This year, it has been totally delightful. The blooms were a vibrant purple that seemed almost electric. The ballshaped clusters were there in abundance. It was lovely!

So let’s talk about the “pluses” of plant; it is very easy to grow, will do well in full sun or part shade, and is not very fussy about the soil. It probably would not like very heavy clay-like soil, but otherwise it is very agreeable. It will bloom again if we dead-head it.

On our continual quest to attract bees to the garden, it is a favorite for bees and butterflies.

And I read somewhere

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Gardener’s Notebook that it is deer-resistant.

It is also very easy to divide in the spring or fall. Also, the campanula comes in a delicate pink, or white, as well as the dark purple.

The “negatives”?

All right, it can be so vigorous that we might consider it invasive. But gardeners might think this is a problem easily solved because it is easy to dig out. Of course if we don’t keep a watchful eye on it, it can spread very quickly indeed.

But if we are vigilant, it

can be contained in an area where we want it to be, and it will reward us with amazing color around this time.

Seeing this year’s campanula display took me back to Mom’s beautiful garden. Imagine how thrilled she’d be to know that decades later, those plants are still putting on a stunning show.

There, I’ve presented both sides, so you have to decide for your own garden whether the campanula is invasive or vigorous! But it is a plant we enjoy and find to be very beautiful.

It’s such a treat to be outside; please be sure

to take a garden tour each day and see what is new. There is always something, all you have to do is slow down and look!

Visit the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society at www.yorktonhort.ca for photos, tips and more.

Thank you to our friends at Yorkton This Week for their ongoing hard work, even in this heat! Have a good gardening week, and be sure to wear a hat!

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Establishing Ministries and Releasing Destinies

Online Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m will be on our Facebook page

Every Sunday - Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.

Every Wednesday - Bible Study at 7:00 p.m.

Last Friday of each month - Prayer Meeting at 7 p.m.

For more information please phone 306-782-2427

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109 Maple Avenue, Yorkton Senior Pastors Dag & Bukky Lawale

“A Place of New Beginnings”

Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Orthodox Church 89 Bradbrooke Drive, Yorkton, SK S3N 2Y2 306-782-2998 Father Michael Faryna 306-601-9043

St. Andrew’s United Church

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155 CATHERINE STREET 306-783-4594

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Conducted by Ukrainian Redemptorist Fathers Phone 306-783-4594 or 306-783-7778

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Saturday - 5 p.m. (English) Sunday - 9 a.m. (Ukrainian) - 11 a.m. (English)

Divine Liturgy - Sunday, July 11th - 10:00am

information or call the church office at 306-783-4157.

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MENNONITE, AT SALTCOATS Pastor Laurel Wiebe — 306-898-2099 Pastor Tim Warkentin — 306-744-8133

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Sunday Services are being held on Zoom (landline/cell phone or online), Facebook and YouTube. All services can also be viewed

We have resumed Church Services

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Services: • Sunday, 10:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Listen to CJGX Radio every Sunday at 8:45 a.m.

through Facebook and YouTube at a later date as well.

Orthodox Church (OCA) 160 Betts Ave, Yorkton, Sask www.stmarkyorkton.ca

Saturday, July 10th- Vespers 6:00 PM Sunday, July 11th - Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM

All services and activities are cancelled until further notice. Please contact Pastor Laurel or Pastor Tim for further inquiries.

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Rush player goes to Panther City in draft Saskatchewan lacrosse fans might look at Matt Hossack as a player with a level of still to be unlocked potential.

While Hossack is now 27, the Port Perry, ON. product has never quite risen to be ‘the guy’ on the Saskatchewan Rush defence.

But there have always been reasons to expect he could be ‘the guy’.

Hossack played college lacrosse at Rochester Institute of Technology and was named NCAA Div. III Most Outstanding Player and Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year in 2015, so the college pedigree was solid, although coming out of Div III you might have expected it would take a couple of years to develop at the National Lacrosse League level.

The Rush selected

Hossack in the second round of the 2016 draft, 14th overall.

But, in his first NLL regular season he finished with a perfect shooting percentage (5 goals on 5 shots), and there was more hope for him developing.

Now, to be fair there has never been a great deal of floor time afforded Hossack on a team that has defenders such as Kyle Rubisch, Chris Corbeil and Mike Messenger, so his potential has perhaps not yet been fully plumbed yet.

Still when it came time for the Rush to decide who to protect and who not too for the recent expansion draft for Panther City Lacrosse (Fort Worth), Hossack was left unprotected.

“Actually I expected to be one of the guys on the bubble. It just depended on who they

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Sports decided to protect,” Hossack said in a recent interview.

Hossack said he had had a conversation with Rush general manager Mike Keenan “and he have me a bit of a head’s up about what his plan was.”

While there are often moves made ahead of an expansion draft that can change things Hossack knew that he was going to be available to Panther City.

And the NLL’s newest franchise were quick to look at Hossack and

that potential not fully tapped yet and made the Rush defender their first pick in the expansion draft.

“It was exciting to be picked by Panther City number one overall.

They’re really excited about having me there and I’m excited by the opportunity,” he said.

Hossack said it’s not easy leaving the Rush, a team with what he termed “a culture second to none, but he is “super excited” about Texas too.

The Saskatchewan

experience was a great one said Hossack, the team finding success from day one of its arrival in Saskatoon for the 2016 season.

“Saskatoon really has turned out to have been the perfect storm in how it (the game) blew up,” he said.

Now Hossack hopes to take some of the things he learned with the Rush – some of that positive lacrosse culture – to Fort Worth.

Hossack said the numbers of youth playing lacrosse in Texas are growing, and that can be a foundation for Panther City to build on.

“It starts with that,” he said, adding teams must now create an exciting experience for the fans.

As for the team on the floor it will be some 20 players coming together and having to find a way to mesh into

an effective unit.

Looking at the expansion draft selections Hossack said “there’s a handful of guys, (Liam Byrnes and Jordan Trottier), I know personally,” and most if not all he has played against at one time or another.

The selections included Patrick Dodds #6 from Calgary, Sam Clare #7 from Vancouver, and Ryan Benesch #10 from Halifax.

“There’s definitely a lot of potential with this group,” proclaimed Hossack.

Now it’s just waiting for the NLL season, set to launch the Dec. 3-4 weekend.

“It’s definitely something I’ve got marked on my calendar. I think everybody is itching to get going,” said Hossack. “. . .I’m definitely counting down the days for sure.”

Safe at third Owen Cook, who went 3-for-10 at the plate over the weekend while also driving in 3 RBIs, slides into third against the Pirates in Game 2 of their doubleheader on Sunday.

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Saskatchewan’s Free Fishing Weekend is July 10 and 11 The 2021 summer Free Fishing Weekend takes place July 10 and 11. During Free Fishing Weekend, Saskatchewan residents and visitors are invited to try the variety of sport fishing opportunities available on any public waters open to sport fishing, with no licence required.

“I am always amazed at the diverse angling opportunities we have here in Saskatchewan,” Environment Minister Warren Kaeding said.

“Whether it’s largemouth bass at Boundary Dam or catfish in the Qu’Appelle River system or any of the many world-class fishing opportunities we have in our northern water-

bodies, Free Fishing Weekend gives people the chance to try something new, enjoy time with family and friends, and maybe even explore the province. It is a good weekend to create some memories and enjoy the beauty of what our lakes, streams and rivers have to offer.”

A Saskatchewan summer tradition since 1989, Free Fishing Weekend serves to increase public awareness about the rich and diverse angling opportunities available in the province.

With more than 250,000 people sport fishing in Saskatchewan each year, Free Fishing Weekend is the perfect time for those new to fishing,

or those interested in developing their skills, to drop a line.

Free Fishing Weekend does not apply in national parks, where a federal licence is required, and anyone planning on taking fish out of the province must purchase a licence.

During Free Fishing Weekend, anglers are required to follow all COVID-19 public health orders. Anyone planning to take part in Free Fishing Weekend should note that all catch limit and size regulations remain in effect. For more information, or to view the 2021-22 Saskatchewan Anglers Guide, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/fishing.

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MEHLING - Emily Mehling was born June 11, 1924 to George & Mary (nee Haberstock) Erhardt on the family farm in the Stornoway district of Saskatchewan. She was the middle child of five, having two brothers and two sisters. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stornoway. After her education at the Stornoway School, Emily remained on the family farm, helping her parents as well as neighbors and friends in busy seasons. On November 16, 1947 Emily was united in marriage to Arnold Mehling at Stornoway by Rev. E. Mayan. The couple settled on the Mehling family farm and were blessed with four sons: Barry, Orest, Randall and Reginald. They farmed for many years.

Emily worked tirelessly raising her boys, gardening and doing whatever was needed on the farm. In July of 1988 Emily & Arnold flew to BC and drove down to California with her sister Linda and husband Wallace. They met Emily’s brother Dave and wife Mary and they continued to drive to Mexico. This trip was their largest vacation and was enjoyed by all and talked about for many years. Arnold’s health started failing in 1990, so they retired and moved to Yorkton. They enjoyed city life and coffee row at the mall. They met many new friends. Following Arnold’s death on March 19, 2004, Emily moved to Queen Elizabeth Court.

She enjoyed the fellowship of the people in this building. Afternoon coffee on the third floor common area and birthday parties were very enjoyable.

Emily was a very gentle and kind soul. A very loving wife, mother, grandma and great-grandma. She will be missed by all that knew her. Emily passed away on June 27, 2021 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre following a brief illness. She was 97 years of age. She was predeceased by her parents, George (1980) & Mary (1996) Erhardt; brother David (1996), husband Arnold (2004); sister Alvena Guenther (2014); nephew Warren Guenther (2017); and by her brother Albert (2020). Emily leaves to cherish her memory her children: Barry; Orest; Randy (Barb); and Reg. Grandchildren: Craig (Mandy), Cameron, Lee, Bryce (Rodo) and Tori; great-grandchildren: Matthew & Payton. Also a sister, Linda (Wallace) Wotherspoon of Maple Ridge, BC; and numerous nieces, nephews, and her many other relatives & friends. The funeral service was held on Saturday, July 3rd 2021 from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Yorkton with Rev. Jailyn Corbin officiating. Craig Mehling gave the eulogy. Organist Verna Liebrecht led in the hymns ‘Softly and Tenderly, Jesus is Calling’, ‘Amazing Grace’, and ‘Precious Lord, Take My Hand’. Soloist, Ray Yost sang ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’. The interment followed in the Garden of St. Mark with Reg, Craig, Cam & Lee Mehling, Bob Nicholson and Harvey Guenther serving as the casketbearers.

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SPILCHEN - Paul Spilchen of the Orcadia district passed away at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre on June 30, 2021 at 76 years of age. Paul Vincent Spilchen was born at the Yorkton Union Hospital on September 9, 1944 to Nick & Pearl (Stefanyshen) Spilchen. The family lived in the Whitesand District until 1945. He grew up on the family farm in the Orcadia District and received his education there.

In 1962, he started working for a contractor in Yorkton during the summer months and also worked part- time for local farmers. During this time, he lived with his brother Henry as they bached together for a few years. In 1968, he started working at Morris Industries where he was employed for 35 years and lived with his parents in Yorkton.

Paul then moved back to the farm in the Orcadia District where he lived on his own. When he retired in 2003, he enjoyed gardening and good company. In his younger days he enjoyed curling, horseshoes, fishing and snowmobiling. He enjoyed watching sports like hockey, baseball and curling on TV and was also a beloved Yorkton Terrier and Boston Bruins fan. Paul was predeceased by his parents Nick and Pearl; brothers Mike, Pete, Steve, George and sister Madeline. Stepbrothers: Metro, John, Fred and Bill; stepsisters: Marie, Pauline, Annie and Katie. He is survived by his brother Henry (Shirley) of Orcadia; sisterin-law Pauline Spilchen of Yorkton and many nieces and nephews.

The Funeral Service was held on Monday, July 5, 2021 at Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Rev. Father Yevhen Zadorozhnyi, C.Ss.R. of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church officiating. The responses were led by Lorne Stechyshyn and assisted by choir members. A eulogy was presented by Michelle Spilchen. The interment followed in the Garden of St. Luke at Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Darcy Spilchen, Brian Spilchen, Brandon Spilchen, Terry Spilchen, Walter Spilchen and Barry Herman serving as the casket bearers. Memorials in Paul’s memory may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society as gifts of remembrance.

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BECKER - Marlene Becker (nee Rathgeber) was born October 19, 1942 in Yorkton, SK. She was the daughter of Rudolph and Elizabeth (nee Schappert) Rathgeber. She was the oldest of 3 children. She met Roland Becker and they were married April 4, 1961. They were blessed with 3 children, Marilyn, Tammy and Walden. From 1961 until their retirement in 2015, they lived and farmed in the Stornoway area. Marlene enjoyed gardening and having a very manicured yard.

She always had her yard decorated with ornaments. She drove bus to the Rhein School for 13 years.

Marlene never forgot a birthday or anniversary. She loved having her grandchildren over for visits and in later years was very proud of her 11 great grandkids. She would tell anyone and everyone about each one of them. Marlene loved to do puzzles, the harder the better. In 2015 Roland and Marlene moved into Yorkton where they were able to enjoy their twice weekly coffee visits. Marlene was an avid curler in her younger years and later enjoyed watching every curling game on TV. Her faith was very important to her.

She and Roland attended the Stornoway Lutheran Church while on the farm, the Zion Lutheran after they moved to Yorkton. Marlene was predeceased by her parents Rudolph and Elizabeth, as well as a sister Doreen as a child. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Roland; her daughter Marilyn (Terry) Peppler and their children Bret & Nicole (Jason); her daughter Tammy (Robert) Herman and their children Blair (Lindsey), Bryan (Ronna) & Robin (Chris); her son Walden (Theresa) and their children Racheal, Neeja and Amber; 11 great grandchildren; her brother Wes (Alice) Rathgeber and their 3 children; as well as numerous other relatives and friends. Cremation took place at the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Crematorium. The funeral service was held on Saturday, July 3rd 2021 from Zion Lutheran Church in Yorkton with Rev. Andrew Cottrill officiating.

Lawrence Kitz sang ‘I’m But A Stranger Here’ and ‘How Great Thou Art’.

Verna Liebrecht provided prelude and postlude music. The interment followed in the Stornoway Cemetery with son Walden serving as the urnbearer. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com

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HARASYMUK - With her loving family by her side Violet Elizabeth Harasymuk (nee Harrick) entered eternal life in the late evening of Sunday May 23, 2021 at the age of 89. She was born to her parents Joe and Polly Harrick (nee Kravich) on June 15, 1931 on the Harrick Homestead in District of Plainview, Sk. In her early years she attended Plainview School until Grade 9 when she then moved to Melville and was employed with Swift’s Foods and helped out on weekends at the family farm. She then moved to Winnipeg where she was employed for over 20 years in the Administration Department for Sherwin Williams Paints.

She enjoyed the many years with the company meeting many colleagues and friends. During this time she had the privilege of living with sisters Lena, Hattie, Betty & Rose who over the years had moved to Winnipeg as well. She always loved these times of being in the city with her family and reflected on the good times they all had being together. On October 6, 1962 Violet would marry the love of her life William Harasymuk at Decent Of The Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church in Plainview, SK. They were blessed with 57 years of marriage until William’s passing in August of 2019. In January of 1972 Violet and William were blessed with their only child Matt, and the strongest of bonds was created for nearly 50 years.

Violet cared very deeply about her family and always sacrificed to make sure they were always provided for. Family was always first. In 1974 her and William fulfilled their dreams of becoming business ownership when they purchased the Empress Hotel in Togo, SK. Over the years in Togo they made many lifelong friends and enjoyed living in the little community.

In December of 1977 they sold the business and in June of 1978 purchased the Homestead Motel in Grenfell, SK. Violet loved the Motel business and the community of Grenfell. She would often reflect that those years were some of the happiest times of her life. In 1988, her and William would make one final move to Yorkton, SK in which they continued in business with a painting contract company M & W Painting taking on the book keeping and estimating administration for the company. Feeling for a change she worked for the City of Yorkton from 1988 to 1992 in the Food Services Division. She enjoyed meeting many new faces in the community in her new job. In the summer of 1993 she retired and began enjoying many outings with family and friends that included many late night games of cards and socializing. As mentioned family was everything to Violet and she was so proud in August of 1997 and November of 2001 with Matt and Tracey blessing her with the other loves of her life Grandson’s Brett and Tyler. She loved them so much, and even up to her final hours always asked how they were and how much she missed them.

Over the past few years Violet’s health diminished and after William’s passing in 2019 she became a resident of the Yorkton District Nursing Home. She was very loved by the nursing staff and always had a smile and laugh for them. Violets love of food especially Chinese food and BBQ ribs brought a huge smile to her face every time Matt, Tracey or her Grandsons would bring in supper to share. Conversations on the phone and visits with family and friends, especially her sisters and nieces and nephews always warmed her heart. Family no matter what, that’s what she was all about. Violet was predeceased by her husband William, parents Joe and Polly Harrick (nee Kravitz), Father and Mother In Law Nick and Katie Harasymuk (nee Wuchenny), Brothers - Paul (Mary) Harrick, Walter (Liz) Harrick, Matt Harrick, William Harrick (infancy), Brother In Law - Mike Kolanko, Sisters - Lena (Ken) Schram, Francis (John) Zazula, Betty (Steve) Fedyk, Brother and Sister In Laws - Steve (Carol) Harasymuk, John (Anne) Harasymuk, Brother In Law - Pete Dratwa. She is lovingly survived by her son Matt (Tracey) Harasymuk of Yorkton, SK, Grandsons Brett Harasymuk of Oshawa, ON & Tyler Harasymuk of Kelowna, BC, Sisters - Hattie (Paul) Hnatiuk of Saskatoon, SK, Rose Kolanko of Ituna, SK, a brother Harvey (Elaine) Harrick Yorkton, SK; Sister In Laws - Anne Dratwa of Napanee, ON & Irene Harasymuk of Winnipeg, MB and Brother and Sister In Law - Allan & Beverly Harasymuk of Winnipeg, MB as well as many dear nieces, nephews and friends. We will miss Violet, Mom, Grandma and her kind and loving nature so much and know she will never be far from our hearts. She is now at rest and back with William and her memory for us will always be eternal…..Vichnaya Pamya.

Prayers for the late Violet Harasymuk were held on Tuesday June 29, 2021 at 7:00 pm from St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church with Fr. Leonid Malkov officiating. Mass of Christian Burial took place on Wednesday June 30, 2021 at 10:00 am from St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church with Fr. Leonid Malkov officiating. Interment followed in the Garden of St. Luke at Yorkton Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations in memory of Violet may be made to Plainview Ukrainian Catholic Church Cemetery Maintenance Fund c/o Bryan Stadyk Box 848 Melville, SK S0A 2P0

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Remembering the fairs of my youth For this journalist the arrival of July has long been a time of reflection on my childhood and some of the best memories of those years up to and through my teen years.

While there are fishing trips, and favoured books, and learning chess, Christmas presents and school friends – I suppose the usual things for many farm boys growing up through the 1960s and 70s – attending summer fairs was such a huge part of my summer holidays that the summer season brings back so many memories.

And increasingly they are memories of a time now past.

Summer fairs of course still exist today – a few returning after 2020 saw all cancelled due to COVID-19 – but they are not the fairs of my youth.

For me, summer fairs were largely about agriculture, with the ability, after chores were done at the barns, of hitting the midway to ride the bumper cars, or to eat a corndog.

I recall a time when the Yorkton Fair – my home base for 30-plus years now – had cattle shows, dairy too, heavy horses, swine and sheep.

The barns, most still standing – a few barely – were full for all three days of the fair.

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Calvin Daniels cers from a large area packed up their trailers and brought out their best stock to have it judged against others.

It was an advertising tool for producers – a championship rosette was marketable when someone came looking to buy stock. A wall covered with first place red ribbons, interspersed

with a few trophies in the office was a rather obvious billboard proclaiming the herd had shown well over the years.

And, back then the farm community – still mostly mixed farms in that era – headed to the fairs for a day away from the usual work. They walked the machinery

rows to see the latest offerings from a range of dealerships.

Then it was off to the barns to look at the stock, and talk to the producers. I don’t recall a lot of “at fair sales” but it was a time to set the seed that when they needed their next stock to give Dad a call.

It sounds business like, and it had that aspect, but there was a camaraderie at the fairs too. It was old friends gathering at each fair to enjoy a cold drink, to talk bloodlines and weather and Roughriders.

Along the way you met people who became important for life – my first wife and mother of our children – being the

most obvious.

A certain sheep shepherdess now living in Australia was another, she and I getting into more water fights that I can even recall.

Today, livestock is all but gone – light horses being a general exception – are gone from shows from Saskatoon to Yorkton to Melfort to Connaught and Invermay and Dauphin.

Fairs are simply different now. You can’t spend six-eight weeks as gypsies going one to another showing swine, sheep, goats or chickens – over the years I showed all – but when July hits each year I sure wish I still could hit the fair trail.

Haying gets going in the province The majority of crops in the province are in fair to good condition.

Provincially, 56 per cent of fall cereals, 61 per cent of spring cereals, 58 per cent of oilseed crops and 60 per cent of pulse crops are at their normal stages of development for this time of year.

Most of the province received rainfall this week, but it was not enough to improve soil moisture conditions or to offset the effects of the current heat wave.

Cooler temperatures and a good wide spread rain is needed for the entire province.

Rainfall in the province ranged from nothing to 28 mm in the Vonda area. Moisture levels sharply declined this week. Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as zero per cent surplus, 31 per cent adequate, 42 per cent short and 27 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as zero per cent surplus, 24 per cent adequate, 36 per cent short and 40 per cent very short.

Haying operations are

off to a delayed start in the province due to cool temperatures and moisture limitations early in the season. For most producers this year’s hay crop did not reach a satisfactory quantity or quality. Hay quality is currently rated as seven per cent excellent, 38 per cent good, 45 per cent fair and 10 per cent poor.

Producers hope that the heat will break. Rain is needed to improve crop and pasture growth, especially in the areas that did not receive much rain prior to this week.

The majority of crop damage reported was from heat, dry winds, extremely dry soil conditions, insects and gophers.

Producers are busy finishing crop herbicide applications, moving cattle to market, scouting for pests and fixing equipment and beginning haying operations in some areas.

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 Even though the region has received some localized rain showers the crops are slow to develop because of the high day time temperatures and overall lack of moisture.

The east-central region requires more rain and mid to low 20 degree temperatures to improve crop development.

Areas that received rain have reported that crops are looking better, but more is needed.

Sixty-one per cent of the fall cereals, 64 per cent of the spring cereals, 62 per cent of the oilseed crops and 82 per cent of the pulse crops are at their normal stages of development for this time of year.

Crop conditions range from fair to good in the region, with 37 per cent of the canola, 55 per of the spring wheat and 84 per cent of the lentils being in good condition at this time. There have been reports of cereals heading and flowering in

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canola and pulse crops.

Rainfall in the region ranged from nil to 15 mm in the Kuroki area; the Elfros area 13 mm, the Semans area eight and the Raymore and Lipton areas received three mm.

Moisture conditions have dropped in the region. Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as 21 per cent adequate, 69 per cent short and ten per cent very short.

Hay and pasture land

topsoil moisture is rated as 16 per cent adequate, 70 per cent short and 14 per cent very short.

Haying has started throughout most of the east-central region, but progress has been very slow with only two per cent cut and one per cent baled.

Hay quality is rated as 44 per cent good, 56 per cent fair.

Much of the region is very dry, which has

resulted in delayed and reduced hay and pasture growth.

The majority of crop damage this week was from dry conditions, wind and gophers, as well as some damage from insects such as flea beetles, cutworms.

Producers are busy getting ready to start haying, wrapping up in herbicide applications and scouting for crop damage.

USask agricultural researcher receives $2.5 million in support Saskatoon – University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Yongfeng Ai (PhD) has been awarded $2.5 million through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to improve the processes of transforming pulses into novel food ingredients, new bioplastics, and high-value biomedical materials.

“Today’s investment will stimulate further development and growth in the Saskatchewan pulse and value-added industries by identifying new ways to process pulse starch,” said Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Dave Marit.

“This research will bring us closer to a number of the goals outlined in Saskatchewan’s Plan for Growth. These include our targets to process 50 per cent of Saskatchewan pulse crops in the prov-

ince and increase valueadded agriculture revenue to $10 billion.”

The funding is part of Saskatchewan’s Strategic Research Initiative Program, which announced its theme of Pulse Starch Utilization in 2020.

“This project will build the university’s reputation as a leading research institution, working to highlight Canada’s innovation ecosystem on the global stage,” said USask VicePresident Research Baljit Singh. “Dr. Ai’s work demonstrates the clear potential for the development of valueadded pulse products to industry and the public at large.”

Pulse starches display a wide variety of traits that make them unique from other botanical sources. They can develop into biogels of

various physical forms, tolerate high-temperature processing, and are a good source of resistant starch - a new type of dietary fibre and prebiotic. The strong gelling and film-forming ability of pulse starches can make them useful in bioplastics and biomedical materials, such as packaging materials, fabric fibres, hemostasis materials, and wound dressing.

More importantly, the derived bioproducts are highly biodegradable and compostable, which can make them a sustainable option for producing easily disposable products in the future.

As a faculty member in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources and the Ministry of Agriculture Endowed Research Chair in Carbohydrate Quality and Utilization,

Ai will explore these new applications for Saskatchewan pulse starches, and streamlining the conversion processes from newly harvested pulses, including peas, faba beans, lentils and chickpeas, to high-value food, bioplastic and biomedical products.

The research will be conducted in USask laboratories, and in conjunction with USask’s Crop Development Centre, Departments of Animal and Poultry Science and Chemical and Biological Engineering, Food Pilot Plant, Fermentation Pilot Plant, and Bioprocessing Pilot Plant; Saskatchewan Pulse Growers; Saskatchewan AgriFood Innovation Centre; University of Manitoba; Alberta Food Processing Development Centre; and the Canadian

International Grains Institute.

Other USask researchers involved in the project include professors Dr. Michael Nickerson (PhD), Dr. Tom Warkentin (PhD), Dr. Bunyamin Tar’an (PhD), Dr. Bishnu Acharya (PhD), Dr. Darren Korber (PhD), Dr. Takuji Tanaka (PhD), Dr. Denise Beaulieu (PhD), and Dr. Malcolm Xing (PhD; University of Manitoba).

The aim of Saskatchewan’s Strategic Research Initiative Program is to advance priorities within the agriculture industry and to foster the development of Saskatchewan’s agricultural valueadded sector. Funding is awarded annually by the Agriculture Development Fund Advisory Committee.

These USask-led agricultural projects were

also awarded funding through the Government of Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture: • Crop Development Centre – Enhanced Breeding and Soil Science Facilities • Dr. Bobbi Helgason (PhD), Department of Soil Science – Saskatchewan Case Studies in Regenerative Agriculture • Dr. Jill Hobbs (PhD), Dr. Eric Micheels (PhD) and Kathy Larson, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics – Evaluating price impacts of stated weaned calf traits and value-added management • Dr. Pierre Hucl (PhD), Department of Plant Sciences – Agronomic Tools to Increase Stem Solidness for Protection from Wheat Stem Sawfly.

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Saskatchewan welcomes new fertilizer production facility to province Recently the Government of Saskatchewan welcomed the new investment by Northern Nutrients to build a sulphurenhanced urea fertilizer

manufacturing facility near Saskatoon.

The facility will be the first in Canada to utilize the innovative Shell Thiogro technology, a patented process to make

high-quality sulphur/ urea prills for crop production, while enhancing the sustainability of fertilizer production here at home and abroad.

It will be the first non-

potash fertilizer manufacturing plant built in Saskatchewan since 1992.

“Saskatchewan is a global leader in the production of food and fertilizer, and this

investment by Northern Nutrients will further strengthen our competitive advantage in agriculture,” Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said.

“This facility will be another strong complement to our burgeoning ag industry, creating good local jobs and helping to grow the value of our manufacturing exports in the months and years ahead.”

Construction of the new $25 million fertilizer manufacturing facility will begin in July 2021 with an expected completion in early 2022, producing at an initial annual capacity of 28,000 tonnes for domestic and export markets.

The company expects to hire about 30 new employees when the plant is operational, and at full capacity it should supply 15

to 20 per cent of Western Canada’s Sulphur fertilizer needs.

“We’re excited to be building this new fertilizer manufacturing facility in Saskatchewan, bringing this sustainable fertilizer technology to Canada for the first time,” Northern Nutrients President and Co-Owner Ross Guenther said. “Saskatchewan is a perfect fit, being in the heart of crop production in Canada along with a competitive business environment.”

The facility will help Saskatchewan achieve ambitious goals in the Growth Plan, including increasing crop production to 45 million metric tonnes, increasing the value of exports by 50 per cent, and growing private capital investment in Saskatchewan to $16 billion annually by 2030.

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Play ball The un-official opening of the new ball diamond and picnic area on the Kuroki Community Club property at North Shore (aka Saskin Beach) was held the evening of June 30. An official grand

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