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Terriers’ Teddy Bear Toss The Yorkton Terriers, true to their word, had teddy bears tossed on the ice for their first goal of the night. The bears were collected and donated to the Salvation Army, so a kid at Christmas would have a new fuzzy friend. Staff Photo by Cory Carlick
YBID announces new executive director By Devin Wilger Staff Writer The Yorkton Business Improvement District is gaining new leadership. Starting in 2020, Donna Brothwell will be taking the reigns as executive director from Phil de Vos, who is retiring from the role. Brothwell, who has been an active part of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce, both as executive director from 2000-2008 and as a current Chamber director, said that her goal
will be to bring optimism to YBID and the business community as a whole. “This role is going to give me the opportunity to use what I call my superpower, the power of positivity, to get the business community rocking and rolling again. We’ve got some work to do to bring us back.” The other goal is to get new and fresh ideas to the organization. She intends to go to businesses to get new people on the YBID board and bringing new ideas and projects. YBID’s legacy in Yorkton is clear,
whether it’s in the wide range of permanent projects it has supported across town, or in events such as the Santa Claus Parade, which it has ran for the past several years. Brothwell wants to continue that legacy, and thanks the former director for the work that he has done with YBID in the past. “I have some big shoes to fill, no pun intended! I think that with my experience and with my background, I can bring a lot of changes, a lot of positivity and enthusiasm, and new ideas.” Brothwell sees opportunity in men-
torship programs, more economic development, and working with organizations and businesses. She wants to get the business community back involved in Yorkton to get people back to shopping local. She said that the organization has a strong strategic plan, and a focus on improving and beautifying the business district of the city to make it somewhere people want to spend time and money. “Number one, we want to focus on the business district. Number two, we want to bring that business to Yorkton.”
Texting while driving fines double Feb. 1 By Cory Carlick Staff Writer Just pulling out your phone for a second? Think twice, because come February 1st, the fines nearly double. In October, Saskatchewan police have issued the most amount of distracted driving in the province’s history. With over 1,290 tickets that month, police and SGI have had enough. Tougher measures have become necessary to keep people safe, and those measures are going to be enforced even more. Take note, texters, the gauntlet is coming down. “When you see this many tickets being issued for anything, it tells you that enforcement is very strong, and has been for a long time,” said SGI spokesman Tyler McMurchy.
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“As we’ve learned last week, the provincial government is increasing the cost of the penalty – the ticket for distracted driving in February of next year. So, if you hear that the cost of the ticket is going up, and you’re aware that there are a lot of tickets being written, hopefully that will encourage many people to not use their cellphones or engage in other distracting activities while they’re operating motor vehicles. “The demerits aren’t new; that was always the case, as were the vehicle impoundments for repeat offenders. Some people might be under the mistaken impression that those are new, but the only thing that’s changing is the cost of the ticket. That’s not the only consequence that results. As of
February 1st, your first offense will cost you $580, and that’s if you violate either of the two distracted driving laws under the Traffic Safety Act. That’s either holding, manipulating, or using a handheld, mobile communications device while driving. Basically, if you’re holding a cellphone in your hand, or texting on it, with your hand, or using it – holding it up to your ear – you will get a ticket. “Now, the other one is ‘Driving without due care and attention’ [the name of the provincial charge], and there were a smaller number of tickets that were issued for that this past October. Typically the case is most of the distracted driving tickets are for the cellphones, but a smaller number every month are for driving
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without due care and attention. Now, that, is more of a catchall term, because you couldn’t write a law that covers every potential distracting activity. What police officers do is that they look for driving behaviour that indicates that that driver is not paying attention to the safe operation of their vehicle. While it’s not in the Traffic Safety Act that you can’t eat a bowl of cereal while driving, you can, you know, eat a chocolate bar, or a granola bar or a muffin while you drive. You can have a sip of coffee if you’d like. Just make sure that you’re in control of that vehicle. So in October, 142 people were ticketed by police for not doing that [being in control]. “For either of those, the consequences are four demerit points. So, for repeat offend-
ers, if you get more than one ticket within a year for using your cellphone while driving, you’re going to get your vehicle impounded for a week. And, of course, the registered owner has to pay for the towing and impound fees, so that’s another – well, several hundred dollars, likely, depending on how far the tow truck has to travel to take your car on its staycation.” So, take heed, drivers: not only will your wheels get hauled off to car jail, you’re going to be paying for both its trip as well as room and board. The statistics are sobering, looking at the numbers for October alone. Of the 1,290 tickets issued, 1,148 were for using one’s cellphones, and 142 under the ‘Driving without due care and attention’ charge.
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Grade 5 students from across Yorkton were at SIGN on Broadway to learn about their rights for International Day of the Child on Nov. 20.
Teaching kids their rights By Devin Wilger Staff Writer What are the rights of a child? On the International Day of the Child, grade 5 students from across Yorkton came to SIGN on Broadway to learn about their rights, with different organizations teaching the kids in a fun, interactive way. Organized by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area, the event sent over 200 kids through eleven stations to learn about their rights. Irma Van de BonNichol, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area, said the goal was
not only to teach the children their rights, but also do it in a fun, interesting way that engages the child. “It’s so every child does know their rights. Whether that’s their right to their name and nationality to one of the rights set out by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.” The other goal is to teach kids what they can do if those rights aren’t being met, connecting them with people and organizations in the community they can trust for health and support. When kids initially arrive, they draw a picture about what having rights mean to them at
the start of the day. They hope that teachers get kids to do the same once they return to school, to get an idea of how their perspective has changed, explained Van de BonNichol. Children were also given gift bags with information on their rights, and she said they also want children to go home and discuss their rights with their family and friends. Grade 8 students helped with the program, serving as group leaders and taking younger students between stations. Van de Bon-Nichol said that these kids are an example of the impact this event can have. “They remember in
Grade 5 when they got to experience this, so it’s something that children experience, but they remember, and they carry it with them in future years.” Those rights are: The right to a name and nationality, presented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area. The right to be brought up in the spirit of peace and universal brotherhood, presented by SIGN Sexual Assault and Counselling Program. The right to adequate nutrition, safe water, a safe environment and medical care, presented by SaskAbilities. The right to a quality
education and full opportunity to play and recreation, presented by Family Resource Centre. The right to be among the first to receive relief care in times of disaster, presented by Yorkton Fire Department. The right to protection against all forms of neglect, cruelty, and exploitation, presented by Shelwin House. The right to special care and support for any child who has a disability so they can lead full and independent lives, presented by Parkland Early Childhood Intervention Program (PECIP) The right to affection, love and understanding,
presented by Boys and Girls Club. The right to give your opinion. The right to find out things and share what you think with others by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way, presented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area. The right to enjoy these rights regardless of race, colour, sex, religion, national and social origin, presented by Kids First Alcohol and Drug Counselling. The right to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities, culture and the arts, presented by Parkland Valley Sport, Culture and Recreation District.
Multiple fatalities in Highway 10 collision On Nov. 24, 2019, at approximately 7:40 p.m., RCMP officers from White Butte and Fort Qu’Appelle Detachment; Regina, Balgonie, Fort Qu’Appelle and MacLean EMS; and Balgonie and Fort Qu’Appelle Fire Departments responded Heritage Heights Lodge Homey and Affordable
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taken to hospital with serious to critical injuries. The youngest of the female youth, who was 7 years old, later died of her injuries. The two male occupants of the truck received what were reported to be minor injuries. Highway 10 was closed for several hours while the collision re-constructionist was assisting with the investigation. The road conditions had been rapidly deteriorating in the area after a recent rainfall and dropping temperatures. 19115BS0 19115BS1
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Tearing it down A warehouse located on Smith St. is in the process of being torn down. That warehouse was most recently in the news in June 2018, when it caught fire. While there were no
injuries, there was a voluntary evacuation due to the level of smoke that the fire caused, which spread from Betts Ave. to Third Ave.
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Santa Claus Parade True to form, Santa Claus made his annual excursion to Yorkton. There were plenty of floats, and the City of Yorkton councillors and Mayor Bob Maloney led the brigade, followed by MLA Hon. Greg Ottenbreit. Staff Photos by Cory Carlick
Christmas Service of Remembrance Sunday, December 8 at 2:00 pm Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre (HWY #10 E.) This will be a non-denominational candle-lighting service for those who are grieving. The service will include words of comfort, special music, time for reflection and suggestions for experiencing peace and hope during the holidays.
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Politics We need to re-focus our attention on practical solutions to existing problems if this country is going to work. Also helpful would be to not create new, impractical problems for the purposes of scoring political points. That would seem to be the problem with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s notion of exploring a provincewide police force to replace the RCMP — a very expensive answer for a province that purports to be struggling with budgetary and financial constraints of our own. The country cannot and will not work if we are creating problems faster than we solve the many, many ones that naturally exist. So perhaps the focus of the federal Liberal government needs to be the 3,200 Canadian National Railway Co. workers that went on strike at midnight Tuesday — a direct threat to oil, potash and grain shipments in this province and across the country. Of course, one gets the right of conductors and yard operators to walk off their jobs at CN as part of the free and collective bargaining process. Given that a key point of this dispute is the working conditions that are directly related to public safety that’s party of moving any commodity on rail, one might even have a little sympathy for at least the concerns of railworkers that are striking. That said, one can not overstated how important it for a company that carries $250-billion worth of goods annually to be working efficiently. It is especially critical right now because the lack of pipeline capacity means we are seeing a bottleneck of petroleum and chemical products that account for 20 per cent of all CN annual revenue via moving 180,000 barrels a day. (By comparison, grain and fertilizer account for 16 per cent of CN’s business.) It is expected that CN Rail will supply 5,650 hopper cars per week throughout November and one can understate how important that is. Last week was unseasonably warm through much of Western Canada, which means now is the time to move grain, oil seeds and pulses before it gets colder. In December when shipping slows down, the weekly grain car allotment is expected to fall to 4,150 cars a week — a level it is expected to stay at until March. A prolonged rail strike will only feed into the existing problems. So one can understand why Premier Scott Moe and his Saskatchewan Party government feel the strike needs to be addressed immediately — possibly, through a recall of Parliament to before Dec. 5 to deal with back-to-work legislation. In fact, it might be better if the Sask. Party government and Agriculture Minister David Marit take other pre-emptive action like seeking more hopper cars in December and January to deal with a backlog in moving what still is a very large crop this year. Perhaps everyone is still holding out the hope that this railways strike will be resolved in days and weeks instead of weeks and months. Regardless, all this would seem to a perfect example where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could demonstrate good faith in the federation by recognizing the seriousness of this problem and putting resources to a quick resolution. One can understand the frustration when so much doesn’t work. Unhelpful is anger over problems that are then repeated on social media. We need to instead focus on solutions. Almost as unhelpful is acts that seem more about political statements that solutions to real problems, like Alberta’s exploration of its own provincewide police force to replace the RCMP. It would be more costly and hurt Saskatchewan where mounties are trained. We should be thinking about whether the alternatives are worse. And we should be focussing on solving problems in this nation that do exist. That’s how this country works. Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics for over 22 years.
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ith the changing of the guard at the Yorkton Business Improvement District (YBID), it’s a good opportunity to start thinking about what Yorkton retail needs to succeed. The most basic need they have is people, especially people with money to spend. YBID’s sponsorship of the Santa Claus Day parade has been a smart move. While they didn’t originate the event, they do recognize that it’s something that is extremely beneficial to the downtown as a whole. Downtown businesses benefit from the influx of people, and even just someone ducking indoors for a couple minutes to escape the cold could quickly become a customer if they see something they like. The clothing stores in the area would also be prudent in putting their cold weather gear in a prominent location just in case someone is under-dressed for the weather. But that’s a one-off. It’s an excellent one-off, one that Yorkton needs to be proud of, but it’s still one day a year. Same deal with the other big event for the downtown, the CP Holiday Train. An excellent event that is going to bring a ton of people downtown and really show off the city, but it’s still only one day. Businesses also operate the rest of the year. These one-off events are a great thing, and need to be encouraged, but the challenge for YBID’s new executive director, Donna Brothwell, along with the rest of the board, is going to be
the days between one-off events. What the business district needs is not just events, but it needs to get people downtown between those events. What the business district needs is to be a place people go when they’re not sure what they want to do. This is because people who don’t have a particular mission are a great way for people to discover new and interesting businesses. They’re inclined to look at new businesses and older ones they’ve never visited before. They don’t have a mission, or a particular place they want to go, which makes them great for discovering new businesses and spreading the word. These are people who will have conversations about a ‘cute little shop’ they saw one day. You build on the aimless. In a lot of ways, Yorkton is very well positioned for this. There’s a park in the middle that serves as a focal point and meeting spot. There are interesting buildings to look at and lots of places to stop. Part of the credit for this goes to YBID itself, which has sponsored things like benches to give people a place to catch a break when they are exploring. Now the question is not merely how to get people downtown, but how to make the downtown a place where people go without any real reason behind it. That’s a real challenge, but something businesses and YBID are going to have to collaborate to figure out. If they can do it, they could help the entire community.
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History Corner Derailment of Canadian Pacific Railway freight train Derailment of Canadian Pacific Railway freight train
Breakfast time
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The Yorkton Fire Services held a breakfast on Nov. 23 to kick off the Santa Claus Parade festivities occurring throughout the day. Jolly ol’ Saint Nick put in an appearance before the big parade in the evening.
Theodore, Saskatchewan, late August, 1956. It was mid-afternoon, when an eastbound through freight train ran into the back of a way freight that was in process of unloading at the station. The moving train, not fully in control collided with the caboose of the way
freight. The engine tipped sideways, smashing into the station. No one was injured. Source: John Maluga Fonds City of Yorkton Archives. This edition of History Corner originally ran in the Dec. 2, 2009 edition of Yorkton This Week. Terri Lefebvre-Prince
Chamber hosts lunch with SAMA and SHA By Cory Carlick Staff Writer The Chamber of Commerce’s Luncheon was held Thursday after-
Registered Nurse and HIV strategy co-ordinator for the SHA, held a presentation that outlined the way substance abuse support programs have a
noon, where both the Saskatchewan Health Authority and SAMA held presentations for members in attendance. Deanna Bartok, a
positive effect on those struggling with substance abuse issues, as well as how the programs themselves are structured. Bartok also discussed the
services available to educate and support those with (or seeking information on) Hepatitis C, HIV, and other related transferable diseases. Sheldon Stechyshyn, regional manager for SAMA, presented a detailed keynote to
Chamber members on how property values are assessed. The presentation also went into detail on the various methods used to determine how much municipalities should charge, especially for commercial establishments.
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Chamber seeks grain drying carbon tax exemption The Board of Directors of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce recently sent a letter to the Federal Minister of Agriculture & Agri-Food, Honourable MarieClaude Bibeau to exempt prairie farmers from paying a carbon tax on the fuel used by grain dryers to dry the 2019 crop. President Mike Stackhouse is very concerned about the effect the carbon tax is having not only on the farmers but also on the local business community. Using information provided by the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), Stackhouse indicated that the estimated additional cost of the carbon tax on grain drying costs is $0.36 per acre. On a 1,000 acre farm, this results in an additional cost to the grain drying of $360. The extra cost for a 6,000 acre farm is $2160; and for a 15,000 acre farm the extra cost of the carbon tax on the grain drying bill is $5400. “The carbon tax on the fuel for grain drying adds to the cost of production for the farmers”, said Stackhouse. “This in turn, negatively impacts local business as every dollar spent on the car-
tax from the cost of grain drying. “We don’t like the carbon tax at all but to add it to fuel necessary to dry grain harvested in less than ideal conditions is absurd”, said Stackhouse. “There is no alternative method for drying the grain.”
bon tax is not available to be spent on purchases of goods or services in our city or region.” Stackhouse added that in its letter to Minister Bibeau, the Yorkton Chamber urged her to have her government remove the carbon
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Invitation to Tender Name of Tender: Tax Title Property – 129 Myrtle Avenue Close Date: 12:00 p.m. C.S.T. on Friday, November 29, 2019 Submission: Tender must be submitted by Courier or in person to: City of Yorkton City Clerks Office, 2nd Floor 37 Third Avenue North YORKTON, SK S3N 2W3 Synopsis: Tenders will be received by the City of Yorkton for the following property: Civic Address: 129 Myrtle Avenue – commercial property Legal Description: Lots 17 & 18 Block 8 Plan S700 Parcel Size: 0.056 ha (0.14acres) 50ft x 115ft Description: Improved Commercial Property Zoning: C-1, City Centre Commercial Zoning information can be found at www.yorkton.ca/ tenders Reserve Bid: $34,000.00 Mandatory Site Visit: November 20, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. – call 306-786-1736 to register The property is to be sold on an “as is” basis. There are no warranties offered or implied on the condition of the property. Conditions of the sale: • all buildings on the property must be demolished within 3 months of the property transfer; or • the building may be retained after a full structural review by a Structural Engineer licensed to practice in Saskatchewan has taken place, at the bidders cost. It is recommended bidders contact the Planning Services Department to confirm the ability to develop the property with the intended use. Plans and permits for repair and Building Code upgrades are to be submitted to the Building Department for review within three months of the property transfer with construction to commence immediately thereafter. A certified cheque to the City of Yorkton for 20% of the amount of the tender must accompany the tender. Tenders submitted without certified funds will not be considered. Deposits will be returned to unsuccessful bidders. Successful bidder will have thirty (30) days to provide the balance of cash to complete the purchase. The deposit will be forfeited if the successful bidder does not finalize the agreement for sale within the required time. All legal costs, title transfer fees and applicable taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser and are in addition to the bid price. The City reserves the right to reject any or all tenders. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Ashley Stradeski, Director of Finance
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Construction of a new Bridge on Highway 9, one half mile north of York Starting M ay 2, 2016is the Roadways Reconstruction will begin onwill Dracup North from Darlington Road underway. The bridge allow to York Road. Please follow all road closures and detours. replacement of aging culverts beneath the highway with a Project much (York larger capacity Dracup Avenue North Completion Road to Darlington Street) open channel waterway. The culverts M ost underground infrastructure improvements and construction the new roadbed were currently handle most storm waterofoutflow completed in 2015. from Yorkton into Yorkton Creek, and can create a bottleneck heavy rain • Roadway preparation work began in mid during April, including replacement of the short section of water main at During the north end of the street and construction of traffic some additional of new events. bridge construction, catch basins. has been diverted to a temporary roadway • Grading and roadway preparation is slated to begin M ay 1 and is expected to take on the two east side of the highway, and is approximately weeks. • Concrete paving of the single roadway will then getonly. underway aroundis M aythe 24 and is expected alternating lane This to be completed by July 1, weather permitting. case in most highway bridge construction projects. Please be patient and obey ***Insert Dracup Avenue The North Reconstruction here signage. project isMapscheduled for completion the end of November. Dracup Avenue North
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Council Meeting Monday, December 2, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. Invitation to Tender
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Name of Tender: Tax Title Property – 133 Magrath Street Close Date: 12:00 p.m. C.S.T. on Friday, November 29, 2019 Submission: Tender must be submitted by Courier or in person to: City of Yorkton, City Clerks Office, 2nd Floor 37 Third Avenue North, YORKTON, SK S3N 2W3 Synopsis: Tenders will be received by the City of Yorkton for the following property: Civic Address: 133 Magrath Street Legal Description: Lot 26, Block 32, Plan 99Y04947 Parcel Size: 0.074 ha (0.18 acres) Description: Vacant Residential Lot Zoning: R-5, Mixed Density Residential Reserve Bid: $30,000.00 The property is to be sold on an “as is” basis. There are no warranties offered or implied on the condition of the property. A certified cheque to the City of Yorkton for 20% of the amount of the tender must accompany the tender. Tenders submitted without certified funds will not be considered. Tender deposits will be returned to unsuccessful bidders. Successful bidder will have thirty (30) days to provide the balance of cash to complete the purchase. The deposit will be forfeited if the successful bidder does not finalize the agreement for sale within the required time. All legal costs, title transfer fees and applicable taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser and are in addition to the bid price. The City reserves the right to reject any or all tenders. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Ashley Stradeski, Director of Finance
SNOW REMOVAL FOR 2019-2020 SEASON – TANDEM TRUCKS Tenders must be received before 4:00 p.m. on November 29, 2019 Please send sealed tender clearly marked: SNOW REMOVAL FOR 2019-2020 SEASON - TANDEM TRUCKS CITY OF YORKTON, PUBLIC WORKS PO Box 400, 85 York Road East Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W3 Scope of Work: The City of Yorkton will be accepting tenders for snow removal services. The proposed work shall be the hauling of snow from city streets, to the designated snow dump area which is located on 4th Avenue North & York Road dump site. Contractors will be contacted as required, in order of their tendered prices. If the truck is not available, the City will contact the next lowest bidder. The tender shall include a fixed hourly cost related to the provision of equipment and labour. All snow removal equipment shall be the responsibility of the contractor. Prior to conducting any work for the City, you are required to provide the following documentation: A copy of a valid City Business License, a letter of good standing with WCB, a copy of your COR certification or a copy of your Company’s Health and safety program. These items are to be submitted along with the bid form. All trucks must have and maintain a current Snow Dump Permit. Quotation forms will be available at the Public Works office at 85 York Road East. Contact Person: Enquiries regarding the tendering procedure and particulars should be directed to: Clayton Werner, Roadways Manager Cell: 306-621-7374 Fax: 306-783-5933 Email: cwerner@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all quotations. Lowest or any quotation not necessarily accepted.
Request for Quotation SNOW REMOVAL FOR 2019-2020 SEASON – GRADER Tenders must be received before 4:00 p.m. on November 29, 2019 Please send sealed tender clearly marked: SNOW REMOVAL FOR 2019-2020 SEASON - GRADER CITY OF YORKTON PUBLIC WORKS PO Box 400 85 York Road East Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W3 Scope of Work: The City of Yorkton will be accepting tenders for snow removal services. The proposed work will be to augment in the snow removal process in the City of Yorkton. This process will include the clearing of snow on residential and commercial streets. Hours of operations will vary due to amount of snow. The tender shall include a fixed hourly cost related to the provision of equipment and labour. All snow removal equipment shall be the responsibility of the contractor. Prior to conducting any work for the City, you are required to provide the following documentation: A copy of a valid City Business License, a letter of good standing with WCB, a copy of your COR certification or a copy of your Company’s Health and safety program. These items are to be submitted along with the bid form. All equipment must have and maintain proper warning devices (flasher and beacons). Quotation forms will be available at the Public Works office at 85 York Road East. Contact Person: Enquiries regarding the tendering procedure and particulars should be directed to: Clayton Werner, Roadways Manager Cell: 306-621-7374 Fax: 306-783-5933 Email: cwerner@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all quotations. Lowest or any quotation not necessarily accepted.
SNOW REMOVAL FOR 2019-2020 SEASON – LOADER Tenders must be received before 4:00 p.m. on November 29, 2019 Please send sealed tender clearly marked: SNOW REMOVAL FOR 2019-2020 SEASON - LOADER CITY OF YORKTON PUBLIC WORKS PO Box 400 85 York Road East Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W3 Scope of Work: The City of Yorkton will be accepting tenders for snow removal services. The proposed work will be to augment in the snow removal process in the City of Yorkton. This process will include the clearing of snow on residential and commercial streets. Hours of operations will vary due to amount of snow. The tender shall include a fixed hourly cost related to the provision of equipment and labour. All snow removal equipment shall be the responsibility of the contractor. Prior to conducting any work for the City, you are required to provide the following documentation: A copy of a valid City Business License, a letter of good standing with WCB, a copy of your COR certification or a copy of your Company’s Health and safety program. These items are to be submitted along with the bid form. All equipment must have and maintain proper warning devices (flasher and beacons). Quotation forms will be available at the Public Works office at 85 York Road East. Contact Person: Enquiries regarding the tendering procedure and particulars should be directed to: Clayton Werner, Roadways Manager Cell: 306-621-7374 Fax: 306-783-5933 Email: cwerner@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all quotations. Lowest or any quotation not necessarily accepted.
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Council Meeting Tuesday, December 2, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.
Call for Applications - City of Yorkton Council Commissions, Committees and Boards Would you like to contribute to advising City Council on various matters of interest to you? If so, the City of Yorkton is looking for volunteers to sit on the following Council Commissions, Committees and Boards in 2020: • Civic Recognition Awards Committee • Community Development, Parks & Recreation Committee • Municipal Heritage Advisory Sub-Committee • Development Appeals Board • Economic Development Committee • Environmental Committee • Planning & Infrastructure Commission • Protective Services Committee • Yorkton Public Library Board Information on the purpose of the Committee and Member duties are available on the City’s website at www.yorkton.ca/dept/admin/bylaws by choosing the specific committee bylaw. Further questions may be directed to the Mayor’s Office at (306) 786-1717. If you are interested in volunteering for one of these committees, please submit a brief letter (500 words or less) indicating why you are interested, and what you believe you can contribute to the Committee. Please include your full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, and the committee you are interested in sitting on), and submit by one of the following: 1. Email to cityclerk@yorkton.ca 2. Mail or Hand Deliver a submission to:City of Yorkton c/o City Clerk’s Office 2nd Floor – 37 Third Avenue N. P.O. Box 400 Yorkton, SK S3N 2W3 Forms available for download at www.yorkton.ca 3. Complete an online submission form Deadline for applications is December 30, 2019, 4:00 p.m. Those selected for appointment will be contacted by the Office of the City Clerk, and announced at the January 6, 2020 Council Meeting. **Committee member applicants should be residents of Yorkton, however those residing outside of City limits may be given special consideration.**
Request for Quotation SNOW REMOVAL FOR 2019-2020 SEASON – TANDEM AXLE SEMI TRAILER Tenders must be received before 4:00 p.m. on November 29, 2019. Please send sealed tender clearly marked: SNOW REMOVAL FOR 2019/2020 SEASON – TANDEM AXLE SEMI TRAILER CITY OF YORKTON, PUBLIC WORKS PO Box 400, 85 York Road East Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W3 Scope of Work: The City of Yorkton will be accepting tenders for snow removal services. The proposed work will be to augment in the snow removal process in the City of Yorkton. This process will include the clearing of snow on residential and commercial streets. Hours of operations will vary due to amount of snow. The tender shall include a fixed hourly cost related to the provision of equipment and labour. All snow removal equipment shall be the responsibility of the contractor. Prior to conducting any work for the City, you are required to provide the following documentation: A copy of a valid City Business License, a letter of good standing with WCB, a copy of your COR certification or a copy of your Company’s Health and safety program. These items are to be submitted along with the bid form. All equipment must have and maintain proper warning devices (flasher and beacons). Quotation forms will be available at the Public Works office at 85 York Road East. Contact Person: Enquiries regarding the tendering procedure and particulars should be directed to: Clayton Werner, Roadways Manager Cell: (306) 621-7374 Fax: (306) 783-5933 Email: cwerner@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all quotations. Lowest or any quotation not necessarily accepted.
Yorkton benefits from gaming grants The provincial government is providing approximately $1.7 million to more than 900 community groups across the province through the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority’s (SLGA) charitable gaming grant program. “The charitable gaming grant program provides a financial boost to the fundraising efforts of charitable groups and organizations across the province,” Minister Responsible for SLGA Gene Makowsky said. “Our government is pleased to be able to provide this support as it acknowledges and
enhances the good work these groups are doing in their communities.” Among the grants provided by SLGA this quarter: Yorkton and surrounding area received $122,455; Moose Jaw and surrounding area: $107,479; Humboldt and surrounding area: $87,514; Kindersley and surrounding area: $87,215; and Weyburn/ Estevan and surrounding area: $47,359. In Yorkton, some big beneficiaries of the grant include the Kinsmen Club of Yorkton, which received $25,107.50, The Health Foundation which received $10,389.10
and the Yorkdale School Community Council, which received $3,507.54. Charitable gaming grants are based on 25 per cent of net proceeds raised through licensed charitable gaming activities such as bingos, raffles, breakopen tickets, Texas Hold ’em poker and Monte Carlo events. Groups that conduct licensed charitable gaming activities and events do not have to apply for the charitable gaming grant. Charitable gaming reports submitted by the groups are used by SLGA to automatically calculate grants.
Changes coming in lobbyist legislation The Government of Saskatchewan has introduced amendments to The Lobbyists Act and The Members’ Conflict of Interest Act to promote transparency and enhance accountability among provincially-elected officials. “It is important for people to have confidence in government,” Justice Minister and Attorney General Don Morgan said. “This legislation will ensure the public knows who is lobbying and who plans to lobby elected officials in Saskatchewan and provide sensible guidelines for elected officials to follow regarding conflicts of interest.” The Lobbyists Act applies to individuals who are paid to lobby by a client (a consultant lobbyist) and organizations with employees whose duties include lobbying on their behalf (an inhouse lobbyist). The Members’ Conflict of Interest Act applies to members of the Legislative Assembly and members of Executive Council. The proposed amendments to The Lobbyist Act make the following changes: - Create a new provision prohibiting in-house lobbyists or consultant lobbyists from providing gifts, favours or other benefits to public office holders.
- Require non-profit organizations, without a charitable mandate, to register any in-house lobbyists. There will be an exception for non-profit charitable organizations with less than five employees who spend a total of less than 30 hours annually lobbying. - Reduce the threshold for registration as an inhouse lobbyist from 100 hours to 30 hours. The proposed amendments to The Members’ Conflict of Interest Act make the following changes: - Require that a description of the assets of a private company in which members have a controlling interest be included in the disclosure statement and the public disclosure statement. - Require former members to file a disclosure statement within 60 days of ceasing to be a member. - Allow a former member to request an opinion or recommendation from the Commissioner on his or her obligations under the Act for 12 months after he or she ceases to be a member. - Add a definition of “gift or personal benefit.” These changes are based on recommendations made by Conflict of Interest Commissioner and Registrar of Lobbyists Ron Barclay.
The opposition NDP has said that the changes do not go far enough. NDP Ethics and Democracy Critic David Forbes has criticized the government for failing to close a loophole in the legislation completely. “A smaller loophole isn’t good enough,” said Forbes. “Under the new threshold, a lobbyist could meet a Minister for coffee every single week for more than six months without anybody knowing. “These amendments let Saskatchewan people down by failing to fix the holes in our outdated rulebook. The Sask. Party just keeps looking out for the wealthy and well-connected instead of doing what’s right for Saskatchewan people.” New amendments to the lobbyist act have lowered the threshold at which a company needs to register as a lobbyist from 100 hours to 30. Forbes said the threshold should simply be eliminated, so that all lobbying activity is on the public record. Registrar of Lobbyists Ron Barclay has made the same call. “The Sask. Party has a long history of skirting the rules and falling short of what people expect,” said Forbes. “By failing to implement these long-overdue changes, the Sask. Party government is letting people down yet again.”
APAS welcomes tentative CN settlement The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan welcomes the announcement of a tentative agreement to settle the CN labour dispute and is calling for the railway to update its winter shipping plans for grain shipments. “The one-week strike has threatened the remainder of our shipping season,” APAS President Todd Lewis explained. “This is crunch time for our cash flow and producers need to move grain to get paid. We need to know how CN plans to make up the shipping shortfall. We can’t afford to have this problem drag on all winter and spring. Did you know.....all City News is also accessible on the City of Yorkton website. Just go to our website at www.yorkton.ca and scroll down to view the “City News” links.
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“The Canada Transportation Act requires the two major railways to file winter shipping plans with the federal Minister of
Transport. Our hope is that Minister Garneau will be asking for an
immediate update from the railway with a solid plan,” Lewis concluded.
YRHS Student of the Month of October Andrea Achtimychuk is a student at the YRHS who is a friend to all. She can be found in our hallways with the biggest smile on her face. She is always willing to help out those around her, even when she is called on by the vice-principal, Mrs. McBride. For example, she starred in our YRHS Promotional Video and helped cut out and organize the staff’s fall family bulletin board. She pays a lot of attention to detail and always gives 100% effort, no matter how much time or energy it takes her. Andrea emblazons our true Raider spirit and knows what it means to be a part of the ‘Family of Raiders’.
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What should a truck actually look like? The Tesla Cybertruck looks like it’s running on the 3DO. A massive silver triangle, it looks like something a seven year old would make out of cardboard for a school play. But it does raise a question, what should a truck look like? Established truck manufacturers have a pretty clear template for what they think a truck should look like. Three boxes, the biggest one at the back, and at the front you have a giant grille, usually made out of chrome, to show everyone what kind of truck you picked. All trucks look different, but all trucks look effectively the same, and have looked roughly the same
since flush sides were invented in the 1950s. This is an invitation to consider whether or not it makes sense that trucks have kept roughly the same shape for decades. Clearly, someone thinks that a truck can look like an enemy in Star Fox for the SNES. It effectively comes down to why you buy a truck. If you’re buying it to look cool, this is going to be a matter of taste, you might like having the appearance of driving around in a low-budget 80s sci-fi movie, and think the Tesla is great. If you want to look like you’re regularly near cattle, you’re going to want to a traditional truck. If you’re buying a truck because you want
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Thinking I do with words... to do truck things - carry or tow bulky objects, for example - then you start to understand why trucks look like they do, which makes the Cybertruck look significantly sillier. Which is an accomplishment because it already looks like a garden shed built out of scraps. A three-box design is needed because a truck needs to carry three
things, people, cargo and an engine. The engine isn’t a huge issue in an electric truck, electric motors being much smaller, but you still need to carry people and cargo. The big triangle design raises questions when it comes to carrying cargo. There would be no way to grab cargo over the side, for example, and it would be very dif-
ficult to install equipment a lot of contractors and tradespeople use while on the job. It would be neat to see SaskPower, for example, include electric trucks in their fleet, but you could never actually use the big triangle to carry all of the stuff they need. The other problem comes in towing. If you’re pulling a fifth wheel or cattle trailer, that big triangle is going to mean you’re going to have a very difficult time taking tight turns, as your trailer is going to hit the edges of your triangle. While an electric truck can, theoretically, tow a huge trailer – electric motors have all the torque you’ll ever need – a truck in a strange shape would be physical-
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ly incapable of doing the same. I think an electric truck is a great idea that would make sense for a great many people, especially as battery technology is steadily improving. Tons of trucks are used as work vehicles that make important but relatively short trips, and an electric could easily save money while being relatively clean. But if you’re going to make an electric work vehicle, it has to actually work, and the Tesla design is just a reminder that trucks haven’t changed their shape for a good reason. Also the Tesla looks like a bunch of bad jokes about old computer games and unsuccessful DIY projects.
Celebrating manufacturing week Saskatchewan’s manufacturing sector continues to play a key role in growing and diversifying the provincial economy. Today, the Government of Saskatchewan proclaimed November 25–29 as Manufacturing Week to celebrate the contributions made by industry partners, businesses and communities. “The Government of Saskatchewan is proud of our many manufacturing businesses that continue to innovate and grow our province’s economy,” Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “Our manufacturing sector is a vital player in keeping Saskatchewan competitive in both domestic and international markets across many sectors.”
Saskatchewan’s manufacturing shipments (sales) and exports have shown strong growth since 2008. The value of Saskatchewan manufacturing shipments in all subsectors has increased from $13.2 billion to $17.9 billion. Food manufacturing is the largest subsector with shipments valued at $4.9 billion in 2018, an average annual growth increase of 6.3 per cent. Since 2008, manufacturing exports grew 50 per cent to $6.5 billion and account for over 20 per cent of the province’s total exports of goods. In 2018, the manufacturing sector in Saskatchewan contributed $5.3 billion, or 6.4 per cent, to the province’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Saskatchewan’s manufacturing pro-
ductivity ranks second highest among the provinces, measured as real GDP per worked hour at $90.33. As of December 31, 2018, Saskatchewan had 1,908 manufacturing businesses and establishments, with more than 28,100 people employed by the sector. The Government of Saskatchewan continues to offer various incentives to grow the manufacturing sector, including: • a corporate income tax as low as 10 per cent on manufacturing and processing profits; • the Saskatchewan Commercial Innovation Incentive – the first “patent box” style incentive of its kind in North America; • the Saskatchewan Value-Added
Agriculture Incentive – to assist with new or expanded value-added agricultural processing; and • provincial tax exemptions for investments in eligible machinery, equipment and materials. In Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan: the Next Decade of Growth 2020-2030, the province announced its goal of increasing the value of Saskatchewan manufacturing exports by 50 per cent by 2030. The growth plan outlines a number of actions to ensure Saskatchewan has a competitive tax and regulatory environment for manufacturing investment, and to expand access to Canadian and international markets for Saskatchewan manufactured goods.
Trouble at the Gallagher Centre
One of the latest examples of disrespect in our society was on display at the Yorkton Terriers game on Friday night when a young man, who appeared to be in his late 20s (not a kid), was approached by an elderly security official from the Gallagher Centre. The young man was standing for the national anthem, but he had a hat on and a hood on over top of his hat. The security official politely asked him to remove his headwear during the anthem and the young man shot him a condescending grin and informed him he would not be removing his headwear. I know some of you reading this will say that’s why our veterans served. For our right to disrespect the flag when we want to. But, that’s not at all how I view it. It’s situations like that where I wish we lived in a different country. One where that young man would not have been asked to remove what he had on his head. But, rather his entire body would have been removed from the game and maybe he’s never seen again. Extreme, sure. But, just take your hat off. While on the topic of the Gallagher Centre, am I the only person who has trouble with the ATMs? Sometimes they don’t respond, sometimes they take an eternity to dispense the cash. Now, I
realize it could be that the bank just needs a bit more time to determine whether or not I actually have a balance; but can we get faster machines if they are going to gouge you $2-$3 per transaction? The least we could have is fast service while they make off with charging you a fee to take money that belongs to you anyway. In Quebec, farmers are pressing the Trudeau government to ensure they get propane shipments while 3200 CN workers are off on strike. Yes, you read that correctly. There is no end to liberal hypocrisy. A province full of people who say there is no social license for pipelines and support a federal government that is focused on eliminating Canada’s dependence on fossil fuels, is in panic mode over having to find alternate means to sustain their livelihood. One farmer says, “Everything is still in the field. I’m also a grain elevator owner, so that means I dry corn for other farmers and they have to leave their crops in the field because I can’t dry their crops. That’s really stressful for them, for me, for our family, for everybody.” The farmer goes on to say less corn would mean less feed for animals and less material for ethanol production and starch production, which have uses beyond food, such as in pharma-
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standing up for these crucial resources that keep so many Albertans employed on a national scale for the entire country to see is the responsible thing to do. Having said that, this is where I tend to veer off the beaten path when it comes to the oil and gas sector. Part of the issue here is corporate greed. I’m all for supporting industries that employ Canadians, but I’m not alright beating the drum without pointing out there are a lot of people wearing suits who make gobs of money that take advantage of the general public’s need of oil and gas. The simplest example I have is that it used to be there was a fairly close
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widely, deemed by even friendly Liberal media to be one of the most incompetent politicans within Trudeau’s inner circle and he gets a title that is important to those of us who live on the Prairies. To top it all off, Mona Fortier has been named head of a new department called Middle Class Prosperity. Fortier will be paid the upper middle class salary of $264,000 per year. But, the thing I’m more interested in pointing out is that Fortier saved Trudeau’s skin this Spring when she was one of six Liberal MPs that voted to shut down investigation of Trudeau’s office in the SNC Lavalin affair. She’s rewarded with a portfolio she can’t even describe, other than to say she feels parents with kids in hockey are middle class people. Great. Nice people this week: Kent Esplin, Kenda Kohut, Kendoll Rockthunder, Jack Verstraete, and Brad Bohn.
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correlation between the price of oil per barrel and the price of gas at the pumps in cents. Which is to say, if oil is $60 a barrel, gas was $0.60 per litre. There is no argument that doesn’t bring me great skepticism other than your standard greed and demand as to why this is no longer the case. Trudeau unveiled his new cabinet last week and if it wasn’t already evident he is trolling the west then it became crystal clear with some of his appointments. First of all, he named Jim Carr to a special position outside of cabinet in which Carr is tasked with rebuilding relations with western Canada. Carr, however, was recently diagnosed with a form of blood cancer. What kind of a human being is going to be critical of Carr while he fights the battle of his life? Can Carr even be the representative needed here? Frat boy friend Seamus O’Regan is the new Natural Resources Minister. O’Regan is,
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Javentud Guerrera breaks down “The Juiceâ€? By Cory Carlick Staff Writer For those growing up in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the WWE and WCW had some legendary wrestlers. Some, of course, were more legendary than others. Enter Javentud “The Juiceâ€? Guerrera. Born Eduardo AnĂbal GonzĂĄlez HernĂĄndez, he started his wrestling career with the Lucha Libre (AAA) in Mexico. His stage name, ‘Javentud Guerrera’, literally means ‘Youth Warrior’. Juvi, as he is also
known, had his American debut in the ECW before moving on to WCW and, of course, Vince McMahon’s famous WWE. Now, The Juice brings his legendary brand of wrestling to his legions of fans in the Canadian CWE, currently on a cross country tour. Yorkton, well known as one of the CWE’s favourite stops, wasted no time in putting on a spectacular show as they always do when they come to town. Yorkton This Week caught up with Juvi during his Western leg of the CWE’s tour,
to discuss the man, the legend, what was, and what happens next. The decision to join CWE wasn’t a hard one to make for Guerrera. “Actually, it was through a friend of mine -- Psicosis,� Guerrera said. “He was doing this tour. [To join CWE] I was just trying to get the dates for the tour, and Danny got in contact with me. We agreed to do the tour, and now I’m here! I’m happy to be doing this tour, and with the cold weather...well, it’s still juicy,� he says with a laugh. Speaking of per-
forming in Canada, he doesn’t hold back. “The people, the kindness, and the juicy love I’ve been getting -- is very comfortable. “I’m enjoying myself doing a big show -- a small show, a TV show -- you know, it doesn’t really matter. For me, I have the blessing to be able to perform in the ring, and getting contact with people -- with these shows, you just get more connected with the people. That’s one of the unique things I like about independent shows. It’s more intimate. I like that; you can see a
lot of good performances from everyone involved with the company.� The crowds are appreciative too, he says. “They’re very juicy,� he said. “Obviously, they remember my time in WCW -- for them, seeing a performance is like a
dream come true, and that’s what it’s all about, wrestling, right? Making people happy, and dreams come true. “I like that connection, you know? That’s the thing that gets me excited to wake up and perform every day. It’s gonna be tough, but it’s gonna get juicy.�
TO SELL OR NOT TO SELL? LISTING YOUR HOME IN A BUYER’S MARKET What does listing (selling) your home in a buyer’s market mean? It means:
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#1. There is more inventory on the market to choose from.
Selling in a Buyer’s market and buying in a Buyer’s market is like buying and selling in a Seller’s market. Things balance out.
#2. DOM (days on market) are longer because of excess inventory.
Your home can be the ONE.... when it just needs to be priced right and show ready.!!!!
#3. Fewer buyers are looking.
Work with your REALTORŽ�, trusting that although it may not be easy, they are working for you.
#4. Buyers qualify for lower mortgage amounts than in years past. These factors allow buyers to take longer to make decisions. They look at multiple homes before choosing their top three. (Then take more time to decide on their top three). Technology also plays a factor.... with more and more access to online information (both true and
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Focus on profits above yields Yield has always been the first measuring stick for success on the farm, and is still generally promoted as the goal, but the question that should be asked is if added production is achieved at an assured cost of production that leads to profitability. For example the Canola Council of Canada has an established a 2025 goal of 26 million tonnes of seed production based on an average prairie yield of 52 bushels per acre. The push by producers to boost production has generally been in the right direction in recent years. Since 2011-12 yields have risen from an aver-
age of 34 bu. per acre to a 2016-18 average of 41, according to a recent Western Producer story. While yields are up, with only five years to go to get to the Council goal of 52 bushels, things would need to jump massively in those few years. As canola has taken over as the main cash crop across much of the Canadian Prairies, acres devoted to the crop have increased, and that at times has meant pushing rotations, and putting canola fields in close proximity to other canola fields. Such conditions are among reasons for increasing pressure from weeds, bugs and
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Calvin Daniels disease which puts pressure on keeping yields increasing. To deal with weeds, bugs and disease producers generally turn to crop protection products, but there are new pressures on that side of things too, new regulations regarding longused standbys such as glyphosate.
Moving forward farmers are going to face greater regulations when looking to the farm sprayer to fix infield issues. And as some longused chemicals are restricted, expect new replacements to cost more. With any application of chemical whether to
control weeds, bugs, or disease, add to the cost of production for a crop and that can narrow the profit margin, especially if yields are still impacted. There is a balance between price received, yields produced and the cost to produce those yields in terms of a farmer actually making money. Yields whether 30, 40 or 52 bushels per acre is not a guarantee of profit. There are other variables that the aforementioned Council goal does not address in terms of the farmer. The yield goal does automatically favour the bottom line of seed companies, fertilizer sellers,
and chemical companies since such a yield will require maximizing nutrient levels and applying chemicals to protect every bushel of potential yield. But, in spending to maximize production the producer also increases a risk. When weather -- still the key element in production -- impacts things in a negative way, the bills for fertilizer and chemical must still be paid, regardless of the lower yield. While yield increases are a measuring stick, without an eye of profits over cost-of-production, those yields might not be as positive as a quick look might suggest.
Government opening international offices The Government of Saskatchewan is opening new international trade and investment offices in key markets to increase exports, attract more investment to the province, and strengthen relationships with international partners and customers. “Our government has made it a priority to increase our exports and enhance trade and these new offices will be an important tool to helping achieve those goals,” Premier Scott Moe said. “Recent trade actions in key markets have made it more important than ever to ensure we have on the ground presence to tell our Saskatchewan
story.” In 2020-21, the Ministry of Trade and Export Development will open offices in Japan, India and Singapore. Establishing these offices will allow the province to have officials on the ground with a focus on: • diversifying markets; • facilitating connections between Saskatchewan businesses and international buyers; • increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) in Saskatchewan; • establishing ongoing relationships and business partnerships; and • providing exporters an understanding of the
business environment, rules and regulations in these markets. “Our economy and quality of life in Saskatchewan are dependent on trade and, as government, we play a vital role in helping to get our products to international markets,” Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “Our people, businesses and industries provide the products a growing world needs with a track record of environmental and economic sustainability. Having Saskatchewan staff in these offices will help ensure we are able to export our products across the globe.”
“Canpotex’s customers are located in 40 countries overseas and our exports create jobs and deliver benefits right here in Saskatchewan,” Canpotex President and CEO (Acting) Derek Gross said. “Given the importance of exports to Saskatchewan’s economy, it makes sense for the province to have a strong international profile in markets where there are growth opportunities.” “These offices are good news for Saskatchewan canola growers, the value chain, and the entire agriculture sector in the province,” Saskatchewan grain and oilseed producer and President of the Canadian Canola
Growers Association Bernie McClean said. “I was in Japan the past few days with industry colleagues working to maintain our canola market there. Three new Saskatchewan offices in Asia are going to help farmers and industry grow new markets and expand others, all with the goal of driving the value of our exports, which is essential to the province’s economy.” “As we have seen with the challenges with China, it is important to have a strong working relationship with government officials in key markets around the world,” Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association
Chair Rick Toney said. “It is fantastic to have our Saskatchewan Government open offices in Japan, India, and Singapore. There is great growth potential for the beef industry in Japan and it will be very beneficial to have Saskatchewan officials on the ground, looking out for our interests in these important markets.” Saskatchewan exports approximately 67 per cent of the products it produces. Total exports in 2018 were valued at approximately $31 billion. The province’s top exports include oil, potash, agricultural products and uranium.
Mentorship program receives funding The Next Gen Agriculture Mentorship program is ready to engage a new group of young agriculture leaders. The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced $100,000 in renewed funding for Next Gen Agriculture, a Saskatchewan agricultural mentorship program delivered by Canadian Western Agribition. “Canada’s youth play a critical role in the continued growth and prosperity of the agriculture sector,” Minister of Agriculture and AgriFood Marie-Claude Bibeau said. “Our government is proud to
support initiatives, such as the CWA’s Next Gen Agriculture mentorship program, that give the skills and experience needed to attract and retain our future leaders.” The objective of the program is to develop the leadership capacity of young people in agriculture to prepare them to take active roles in industry leadership, governance and efforts to build public trust. This renewed funding will allow eight new mentees to enter the program. “Saskatchewan has outstanding leaders in the agriculture industry, and their willingness to
share their knowledge and expertise is an invaluable resource,” Agriculture Minister David Marit said. “The program builds capacity in future leaders who want to expand their networks and grow their skills to bring Saskatchewan’s agriculture industry into the future.” Next Gen Agriculture is funded through the Public Trust Pillar of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a five-year, $388 million investment in strategic initiatives for Saskatchewan agriculture by the federal and provincial governments.
“Agribition is honoured to take an active role in building the next generation of leaders in agriculture,” Canadian Western Agribition President Chris Lees said. “We are committed to supporting the development and education of this industry for the whole of Saskatchewan because leaders in agriculture here at home will be leaders of the industry around the world.” Eight applicants will be selected and paired with a mentor for an 18-month mentorship experience beginning in February 2020. Applicants should have
clear developmental goals and objectives and exhibit strong leadership potential.
More information about the program is available online at www. saskatchewan.ca/CAP.
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Yorkton connection to A Christmas Story By Devin Wilger Staff Writer A Christmas Story is a Christmas classic, and its place in the canon of great Christmas films has been secured. Fans of the film will have a chance to see it on the stage, with SaskExpress presenting A Christmas Story: The Musical, a retelling of the story with song and dance. Two performers in the production spoke to Yorkton This Week about the upcoming show. Mark Claxton, who was once a reporter with Yorkton This Week, takes the role of the narrator, while young actor Dan Luzar takes the lead role of Ralphie. Tackling a well known story brings some pressure, Claxton admits, but doing it as a musical changes things as well. “Because it’s not the movie but does something different, it adds to the movie. There’s a confidence that people will get all of the things they’re expecting to get if they’re fans of the movie, but also extra jokes, some great music and some extra gifts.” Claxton said that doing it as a musical enhances what people love about the original, heightening the emotions. “We’ve got a lot of great energy and humour, and some tremendous, catchy up-tempo musical numbers that, I think, really ramp up the humour and the poignancy of the movie, all of the
things people loved about the movie, I think the musical does a great job of bringing that out.” For Luzon, his favorite part is the message about family, and he likes being in a story about a supportive family. “You know that they support you, even if you get in a fight, your mom and dad will support. When you shoot your eye out, your mom will be there.” Family is also what Claxton loves about the role, not only from the story, but this specific production as well. Claxton will share the stage with his eleven year old son. He said that having family on stage in a family story is a special experience. “Families today are a lot different in many ways from what they were in the 1940s in this story. But, some things are the same too. Kids having to navigate their parents and parents navigating their kids, that special togetherness that hopefully many of us have memories of.” As a young actor, a lot of the story was new for Luzon. “You can experience [what] they experienced in the 1940s. You can learn a lot, and lots of things have changed, like soap in your mouth and getting beat up... A lot of stuff has changed.” The Anne Portnuff Theatre is an important one for Claxton, as he said it was the place where he rediscovered
his love for theatre. “I think it has probably been 15 years since I was on that stage, and it has been such an incredibly important, pivotal period in my life, my years in Yorkton, rediscovering my love of theatre and acting. It really set me on an important path. So to be able to be back in that community and be able to share that with my son, Logan, feels like a pretty magical, fullcircle homecoming.” Luzar is also formerly from Yorkton, and he describes it as amazing to be back in town. “I have family and friends there, and they already have tickets, so they’re coming to watch and support all of us.” The full cast is: Mark Claxton as Jean Sheperd who is the Narrator, Dan Luzar as Ralphie, Scott Perrie as the Old Man (Ralphie’s dad), Miranda Sheepwash as the Mom, Dylan Moore as little brother, Randy, Ben Redant as Santa Claus, Matthew Scherman as Scut Farkus, Jennelle Hubick as Miss Shields, Logan Claxton as Schwartz, Toren Senyonga as Flick, Harlow Ladoudakis as Grover Dale, Elizabeth Thomas as Esther Jane, Emma McNaughton as Mary Beth along with performers Jenna Brown, Elaina Culbert, Jaida Hoa, Kelsey Howatt, Aren Okemaysim and John-Mark Smith as various characters in the ensemble.
The family in the SaskExpress production of A Christmas Story: The Musical. SaskExpress will present A Christmas Story: The Musical at the Anne
Portnuff Theatre on Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Saddles and
Steel and Fuzztone Music, as well as saskexpress.com.
Exploring musical roots with meagan&amy By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Inspiration can come from many sources, and centuries of music history are often reflected in the music composed today. The duo of meagan&amy, consisting of violinist Amy Hillis and pianist Meagan Milatz, explores that idea, featuring contemporary Canadian composers and the music that inspired them, on a panCanadian tour. The Yorkton stop of the tour, presented as part of the Yorkton Arts Council’s Stars for Saskatchewan series, takes place on Dec. 2. This tour is a total of fifty concerts, going to every province and territory, organized in partnership between three organizations, Prairie Debut, Jeunesses Musicales Canada and Debut Atlantic. They are honored to be able to travel the country, and Hillis believes it’s important to get to as many places as they can with it. “This music is for all parts of Canada. Even if you grew up somewhere that classical music is not part of your every day
life, the fact that these are composers who live in Canada who wrote this music for their fellow Canadians... I think that as Canadians we share experiences and we share values, and the music actually can represent that.” The show is unique, showing contemporary composers and their inspirations. Hillis explained that they started by picking three contemporary pieces that they believe every Canadian should hear. From there, they went back, picking pieces from more traditional composers like Debussey and Mozart, composers that the Canadians were inspired by. “It gives them a context for their type of style and sound. It also shows how the Canadian composers went in a different direction.” It began with the idea of what they wanted to take across Canada, Milatz said, and they wanted to give people an entry point for newer works. If they connect it to a more familiar composer, like Mozart, they could establish a connection between new and
Meagan Milatz and Amy Hillis are touring Canada and will stop in Yorkton. old, said Milatz. The project also includes an album, Roots, which will be available on the tour. Work began two years ago, and it was released in September of this year. The title of the album came from showing the roots of the composers, but also their own roots as musicians. It’s an extension of the live performance, explained Milatz. “It’s a privilege to be
able to make a disc that represents the music we feel should be listened to all the time.” The Saskatchewan leg of the tour is special for a number of reasons. First, the province is where one of the composers, David McIntyre, lives and works. Hillis said that he has told them that his piece shows his heritage. They’re glad to be able to play his pieces in the province, including for
McIntyre himself. “He thinks that his piece would be quite different if he lived elsewhere.” It’s also a homecoming for both Hillis and Milatz. Hillis is from Regina, and has played with the Regina symphony, while Milatz grew up on a farm near Stoughton. Both women now live and work in Montreal, but the tour is going back to their
own roots. “There’s something about driving on the prairies. It’s so beautiful and you don’t get the scenery and sense of space and openness, and the blue skies you see, you don’t get that in Quebec or the Maritimes. It’s unique to Saskatchewan and it really feels like home,” Milatz said. To learn more, visit www.meaganandamy. com or yorktonarts.ca.
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Community Spotlight Get into the spirit of Christmas at Yorkton Public Library. Make your Own Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses, Mon., Dec. 2 at 3:45 p.m. Must pre-register 306-783-3523. Family Christmas Movie, Wed., Dec. 11 at 6:00 p.m. Christmas Storytime, ages 3 & up, Thurs., Dec. 12 at 10:30 a.m. Christmas Crafts, ages 5 & up, Mon., Dec. 16 at 3:45 p.m. Kids Christmas Movie, Wed., Dec. 18 at 3:45 p.m.
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Christmas Bake Sale, Sat., Dec. 7. Time: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Ukrainian Orthodox Transfiguration Church Yorkton, lower level, 39 Bradbrooke Dr., Yorkton.
Join us for Tea and a Bake Sale! All are welcome! More: https:// w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / events/706346643202742/
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Library Social Worker available on Wednesdays 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.; Thursdays 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Saturdays 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Support, Connecting with community programs, Information about community services, Assistance with forms and referrals. Please check in with reference desk or leave your means of contact.
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The Ladies of Grace (formerly the Dunleath Presbyterian Ladies Aide & Knox Presbyterian Ladies Guild) Annual Christmas Bake Sale Sat., Nov. 30, 9:30 a.m. at Parkland Mall.
Calling All Musicians! Yorkton Community Band fall season on Tuesdays 7:00 pm at Yorkton Regional High Band Room. Woodwind, brass and percussion performers needed. Previous experience required. Everyone welcome! For more information call Larry 306.621-0523
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Cookie Walk - St. Andrew’s United Church, Yorkton. Sat., Nov. 30 at 12:30 p.m. Use south hall entrance. All kinds of homemade cookies. $7.50 per pound. Stock up for Christmas, lunches, parties. Please bring your own ice cream pails if possible. Everyone welcome.
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New Horizons Friday Night Dance, 78 First Ave. N., Yorkton. Come and have a great time! All ages are welcome. Time: 7:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Music by: Nov. 29, Len Gadica. Admission $10.00. Contact Peter 306-782-1846. To rent hall 306-783-6109, 306782-5915.
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Raise the Woof Christmas Gala Fundraiser Event - St. Mary’s Cultural Centre, Yorkton, Dec. 7. Doors open 4:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m. Cocktails, 6:00 p.m. Supper, 7:00 p.m. Comedians, dance to follow. Tickets $55 available at the following locations: SPCA 306783-4080 (Visa/debit card accepted); Fins, Feathers & Fur 306782-7387; KM Auto 306782-2638. For more info please contact the SPCA 306-783-4080. E-transfers available - please contact.
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Yorkton Holy Trinity Anglican Church Women (ACW) invite you to share in their Christmas Tea and Bazaar - Sat., Nov. 30, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Holy Trinity Anglican Parish Hall, corner of 2nd Ave. & Darlington St. Please use the Main Church entrance on Darlington St. Bake sale, white elephant & craft table.
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The Yorkton duplicate bridge club meets for an afternoon of FUN every Wednesday afternoon at the Yorkton Public Library at 1:00 PM. Our season runs from September 4 to the end of June 2020. We welcome new players and encourage all of those who play bridge to come and join us. Contact information Sharon at 306-782-1689 or Allona at 306-6206605.
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Come see our new Royal Canadian Legion branch located at 387B Parkview Rd. next to the Loaf N’Jug. Office hours are Mon., Wed. and Fri., 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Our lounge is open Sat. at 3:00 p.m. with meat draws at 5:00 p.m.
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Attention all crib players - come join us at the Yorkton Public Library on Friday at 1 p.m. All are welcome. Please use the back door.
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Citizens on Patrol Program Yorkton COPP the eyes and ears of your community is recruiting new members. For an application or more info please contact COPP at 306783-5022 or 306-6209889 or The Yorkton City Detachment of the RCMP at 306-786-2400 or Box 153, Yorkton, SK S3N 2V7.
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Club 55+ Golden Age Bowlers are looking for new members. Leagues are Mondays and/or Wednesdays at 1 p.m. First time Bowlers are welcome! Drop in at 12:30 p.m. on those days or call Brad at the Yorkton Bowl Arena 306-783-5183.
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The York Colony Quilter’s Guild meets every Wed. at 9:30 a.m. at the Western Development Museum. Experienced and novice sewers are welcome. There are group activities and classes to learn new techniques, as well as work on charity projects. Come and check us out to enjoy some stitching time with a welcoming group.
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We need you to share your talent! Play guitar, piano, dance or sing? We would like to invite you to perform in our facility! Please call Suzanne Beck at 306-786-0815, I’d be happy to have you join us. Yorkton & District Nursing Home, 200 Bradbrooke Dr.
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Donate at the following Canadian Diabetes Association Clothesline® drop boxes and help the more than 9 million Canadians living with diabetes and prediabetes: SIGN Family Support, 345 Broadway St. W. Clothesline® drop boxes happily accept all cloth based items, shoes, hats, belts and more.
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Attention all lovers of boardgames; chess, ot hello, checker s, backgammon, go, Camelot etc., join the Yorkton Boardgamers Guild, a new group forming to promote gat her i n g s t o play boardgames and have fun. For further information call 3067 8 2 -17 8 3 o r e m a i l yorkton_boardgamers_ guild@hotmail.com.
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Celebrate Christmas with a cactus Christmas is less than a month away! So is the shortest day of the year, on Saturday, December 21. It seems like we’re plunked in the middle of seasons, so it’s no wonder that blooming plants are so appealing and give us such a lift at this time of year! The Christmas cactus has always been a favorite plant of the season, and it’s a winner for several reasons. With proper care, it has a long blooming time; it has a beautiful range of colors, from pink to white to purple; and you can get a lot of beauty “pop” even from a small Christmas cactus. Many enjoy the showy poinsettia, but they can be too large for some spaces. Likewise with the gangly amaryllis. But like the three bears, the Christmas cactus can be just right! The plant is very pretty, with flat, glossy succulent-type leaves, edged like a saw, and blooms that look like tiny floral chandeliers. This plant originally came from Brazil, and has the official name “schlumbergera”. I did a bit of homework and if we took a trip to Brazil and went on a hike to find these plants, we would find them growing in rocks or in trees. (Pop quiz, gardeners: what are plants that grow in trees called? They are epiphytes, like orchids. But when plants grow on or in rocks, they are called epilithic, and get whatever nutrients they need from rainwater). And one more factoid: we’ve all heard of Thanksgiving or Easter cactus: they are the same family but have different blooming times. How do we care for our Christmas cactus? They are not fond of very high room temperatures, preferring an average house temperature. We should keep the soil moist, not wet, and the plant would enjoy occasional misting, too. If we wanted to give the plant’s buds an extra boost, we could give it a little fertilizer every couple week. And where to put our cactus? Keep it away from drafts
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Gardener’s Notebook and furnace heat, but we should place it where it gets bright but indirect light, an east window would be great. And if our plant’s buds begin to drop then the two trouble-shooting areas we should check first are if the plant is thirsty, and if the plant has been exposed to cold and heat fluctuations. As time goes on, if we decide we need to transplant our Christmas cactus, we should remember that they like welldrained soil, and they like to be cozy in their container. They don’t need or want a large planter. When the blooming season is over, we can give our plant a weak fertilizer every two or three weeks until fall, and then it will start getting ready for another blooming season, just in time for the holidays! But wait! It needs our help in one more area. I also read that in the fall, we should
cover our plant with a box or keep it in a dark room for several weeks until the tiny buds start to appear. Then we’re set for another bright and beautiful display! Curl up on a chilly winter’s evening with a wonderful collection of “The Prairie Garden” books, from 1977 to 2018 (only missing 1984). This collection is available if you are interested. And are you interested in growing and exchanging heirloom beans? Visit the Yorkton Horticultural Society website at www.yorktonhort.ca and please leave your name and number if you would like to find out more about either of these items. The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will not be having a meeting in December, so visit us at our website, www.yorktonhort.ca for interesting information from the group. Have a great week!
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The Gen. Alexander Ross branch of the Royal Canadian Legion monthly meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month, nine times a year. Your participation, as Legionaires, is critical to the future progress of our organization.
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Yoga Classes for Seniors - New Horizons Senior Centre, 78 First Ave. N., Yorkton. Come out and get fit every Tuesday and Friday Sept. 17 to Dec. 13. Resume Tues., Jan. 7, 2020. All ages are welcome. Pre-registration not required. 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. (45 min. session). $5.00 a person. Please bring your own mat. Contact for more info 306-783-8891, 306782-5915.
Al-Anon meets Monday nights, 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 73 Smith St. and Wed. nights, 8 p.m. at Westview United Church (355 Bradbrooke Dr.). Alateen also meets on Wed. night, 8 p.m. at Westview United Church. Adult children of Alcoholics Al-Anon meeting every Thursday night at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 73 Smith St.
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Advent Tea & Bake Sale, Sat., Dec.7, 2019, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, 73 Smith St. E., Yorkton. Event fee: $5.
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Festive donation The Dance Innovations Performance Troupe was proud to make a non perishable and monetary donation to SIGN. Items were collected at last weekends Festive Finds Tradeshow which included 46 unique vendors, organized by the parents of the dancers. The performance troupe includes 17 senior Dance Innovations dancers who will be traveling to New York this summer to further their dance education. Submitted Photo
Don’t let your regrets pull you under Sinkholes spook me. Especially the largest one — regret. It sucks us all in sometimes. “Man, I wish I’d have....” I’ve said, all too often. If I permit myself to dwell on them, I’d spend entire days gnawing on things I would change about my past, large and small, if that were possible. The major decision that proved wrong. The conversation that waited too long. That thing I did or said and shouldn’t have; and the thing I should have done, but let the moment slip. The embrace I didn’t give when I had opportunity, the note I should have written, the visit or call I
never made before it was too late. The regret pit, like most sinkholes, grows. If I loiter long at its edge, eventually I sigh and toss in a few more specific regrets. The small repair — relationship and other — I should have made before it became too large to do so. The organization I should have joined, but didn’t. The possession I bought, but shouldn’t have. The small weeds I should have eliminated before they took over. The notes of thanks to people who don’t know that in some small way they changed my life for the better.
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Kathleen Gibson (www.kathleengibson.ca) is a Yorkton-based author and speaker.
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But a nudge from the Holy Spirit reminds me I have options. I could, in self-pity, devour all the chocolate in the cupboard (in one go), then dive into my personal regret pit and let it take me down. Or I could shove away and remember who I am — and who I belong
to. A believer, a child of Jesus. The Saviour, who when I ask, is able to forgive every act I bring to him in repentance. Regret, I’ve learned, can become a subtle form of pride. Like pride, it’s never productive. So I choose to change my focus. Yes, I have a pit of
regrets, but I don’t need to spend my life sulking on its perilous edges. Dwelling overlong on an unchangeable past denies me the present and future that God, because of His forgiveness and amazing grace, guarantees. A life of freedom and joy, released, though not from consequences, at least from unproductive regrets. The Apostle Paul who, before his dramatic conversion, persecuted Christians to their death, had more cause to regret his past than most. When physically confronted by the blazing light of Truth, he repented and turned.
God not only covered Paul’s past with mercy and grace, he did something even more astounding. For centuries, he has used Paul as an example of his love and patience with sinners like me and you. 1 Timothy 1:16 explains it in almost those exact words. If you’re poised on the edge of your own regret pit, know this: whatever your past, God is able to do the same for you. So when Satan invites you to chew on the bitter husks of past regrets, take them to Jesus and exchange them for a sweet feast of grace and forgiveness. That’s even better than chocolate.
When Silence is Sinful “If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.” — James 4:17 NIV Church of God in Christ
MENNONITE, AT SALTCOATS Pastor Laurel Wiebe — 306-898-2099 Pastor Tim Warkentin — 306-744-8133 Sunday Morning Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:40 a.m. Worship Service EVERYONE WELCOME
Zion Lutheran Church (Church of the Lutheran Hour) (GX Radio 9:00 a.m. Sunday) 234 INDEPENDENT ST., YORKTON 306-783-5589 Pastor Andrew Cottrill
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Worship and Sunday School Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Matins (Prayer), and Devotion
First Baptist Church SMITH STREET & THIRD AVENUE Pastor Steve Rosluk; Office 306-783-3119
Worship Service & Children’s Time at 10:30 a.m. A CARING CHURCH… WELCOMES YOU
PRAIRIE HARVEST CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE
72 Melrose Avenue • PHONE 306-786-6840 Senior Pastors Des & Cheryl Klingspon Employment Program 306-786-1840
Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. • Contemporary Worship • Children’s Ministry • Youth Ministry phclc.org “Changing our world with the love of God.”
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Free Pentecostal Church 20 BRADBROOKE AVE.
Pastor E. Richardson
306-783-5663
Services:
Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Orthodox Church 89 Bradbrooke Drive, Yorkton, SK S3N 2Y2 306-782-2998 Father Michael Faryna 306-601-9043
Sunday, December 1st Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m., Yorkton “24th Sunday After Pentecost”
St. Andrew’s United Church St. Andrew’s United Church
SECOND AVENUE AND SMITH STREET Office: 783-4157 OFFICE 306-783-4157 MINISTER REV. JEN DRESSER Website: http://www.standrewsyorkton.ca Facebook: St. Andrew’s United Church
Second Avenue and Smith Street
Website: http://www.standrewsyorkton.ca
Minister: Rev. Cordelia Karpenko Worship Time: Sunday at 10:30 a.m. (insert what is happening this week at the church)
Listen to CJGX Radio every Sunday at 8:45 a.m.
Thurs., Nov. 28: Weight Watchers 6:00 p.m. elcome Fri., Nov.Everyone 29:WCommunity Food Shelf 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; Communion at the Bentley 2:00 p.m.; NA (Fight for Change) 6:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 30: Cookie Walk 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Sun., Dec. 1: Worship 10:30 a.m.; Silent Auction 12:00 p.m.; LOGOS 5:00 p.m.; NA (Bank of Recovery) 6:30 p.m.
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Terriers win 3-2 after late La Ronge push By Cory Carlick Staff Writer The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers have the makings of greatness this year, but despite a 3-2 win Friday night against La Ronge, Yorkton got close to letting the opposition take the game. It isn’t the first time this has happened, either. As of late, Yorkton has a trend of gaining a strong lead by the second period, followed by the visiting team getting a shot in later in the game, tying it up. After a scoreless first, an even strength goal by Keenan Taphorn, his first since joining the Terriers and a powerplay goal by Alec Zawatsky had the Terriers up 2-0 in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League contest. Sure enough, La Ronge was bolstered by their first goal mid way through the third period, a powerplay marker by Nolan Doell. Then building on momentum from that effort scored a late goal from Jake Gudjonson at 19:19 to tie the game on an effort the Terriers would no doubt have liked to prevent.
And when extra time did not answer the question of who was the better team that night, the shoot-out would. Yorkton finally got its winning goal, courtesy Chantz Petruic, in the one-on-one battle. Of note on Yorkton’s side was the mighty fine goaltending of the Terrier’s own Ryan Ouelette. Ouelette’s eagle eyes and quick reflexes have made home net a force beholden to those daring to score, and on Friday he stopped 36 of 38-shots sent his way. The talent is there. But at times one can see a degree of hesitation on the ice -- all the Terriers really need to do at this point is realize their greatness and manifest that into the confidence they’ve every right to have on the ice. There weren’t a huge amount of penalties, which was interesting. Petruic was nailed with a two minute penalty at around two minutes in the second period. Kaeden Taphorn was also sent to the bighouse for committing the same sin, tripping, at just under eight minutes in the third, while left winger Brett Legrandeur
A valiant save attempt, but the Terriers got it in the net. got yanked for slashing at 9:21. La Ronge’s penalties were a little more inter-
esting - Stewart Pond was collared for a rather nasty cross check, while Jordan Mish took two-
minutes for tripping and Aaron Greyeyes got a two-minute heave-ho for goaltender interference.
A bench call was made for too many men on the ice, served by Nolan Doell.
The Yorkton Secon Mauers got a much-needed win against the Notre Dame Hounds on Nov. 20 (left), but the Saskatoon Contacts got the better of them on Sat (right).
Maulers had mixed luck last week By Devin Wilger Staff Writer The Yorkton Secon Maulers started the week strong. The SMAAAHL team won its second game in a row on Nov. 20, finding themselves on top of the Notre Dame Argos. The Maulers hit the board first in the first, with a powerplay goal from Connor Hvidston assisted by Daitan Dmytriw and Carter Dereniwsky. They increased their lead in the second, with a goal from Rhys Maskimow assisted by Mason Ziola and Daitan Dmytriw. But the third period was the one where the scoring really took off. Prescot Senger kicked it off with help from Kai Joorisity. Then Maskimow got his second goal of the night, a power play
goal assisted by Brady Grasdal and Connor Hvidston. After letting the Maulers get four up, the Argos then woke up. A power play goal from Jaryd Sych, assisted by Trey Whitney got the visiting team on the board. This was followed by Philip Fath assisted by Kevin Gould and Avery Kirkup. The momentum continued with a goal from Logan Kroyman assisted by Trey Whitney and Kevin Gould. But the Argos’ charge was short-lived, as the buzzer went soon after. The Maulers survived their late-game surge to wind up on top with a score of 4-3. Kael DePape was tagged with the win in net for the Maulers, saving 20 of 23 shots. Nikita Evstratov had the loss for the Argos, saving 32 of 36
shots on goal. The Maulers then met the Saskatoon Contacts on Saturday, Nov. 23. Unfortunately, the Contacts were determined to put a stop to the Maulers’ momentum. The scoring began with Matthew Hodson assisted by Riley Heidt and Brayden Yager, putting Saskatoon on the board. The Maulers responded with a power play goal from Connor Hvidston, assisted by Carter Dereniwsky. The period ended with Saskatoon getting one up on the Maulers in the final seconds of the period, scored by Rylan Jockims assisted by Alex Bernauer. The Contacts extended their lead in the second, with Jacob Visentini assisted by Riley Girod and Ty Albrecht scoring first. They followed this up
with a shorthanded goal from Girod assisted by Kevin Korchinski. That was the end of the scoring, but it was enough to give Saskatoon a win at 4-1. Chase Hamm with the Contacts got the win and the star of the game, saving 31 of 32 shots. Rookie goalie Ty Shumanski was tagged with the loss for Yorkton. On Nov. 24, the Maulers hosted the Prince Albert Mintos at the Gallagher Centre for an afternoon match up. The two teams kept a tight contest over the course of the game. The Mintos hit the board first, with a goal from Dawson Springer assisted by Cooper Chisholm and Ty Bahm. Yorkton responded with an unassisted goal from Massen Ziola. In the second, Yorkton saw
Massen Ziola this time assisted by Blake Duquette, put them in the lead for the first time of the weekend. The Mintos responded with a power play goal from Zane Florence assisted by Kayden Skulmoski and Chase Bertholet. PA took the lead with a goal from Chase Pauls, assisted by Zane Florence and Dawson Springer. That ended the scoring, with the third period being blank. The result was a narrow loss for Yorkton, with the Mintos taking the contest 3-2. Kael DePape was tagged with the loss for Yorkton, while Joel Favreau got the win for the Mintos. Next action for the Maulers will be at the Farrell Agencies Arena at 2:00 p.m., when the Maulers host the Swift Current Legionnaires
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Connie Zazula 186 Cassidy Sobkow 275 Blake Holstein 249 Glenda Lazurko 192 Susanne Hack 207 Doris Haslbeck 224 Toni Gromnisky 210
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Scott Weinheimer 258 Regan Kitz 733 Cam Louttit 821 Adam Becker 669
Colleen Haider 241 Nadia Semenuik 204 Barb Bencze 249 Jennifer Haas 285 Kayla Exner 327
Karen Mehling 647 Stacey Pasloski 441 Janice Zwirsky 573 Jennifer Haas 721 Kayla Exner 753
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Big surprise at the Grey Cup
To start this week a tip of the hat to whoever came up with the original teddy bear toss at a hockey game during the holiday season. It’s always a special event for the local Junior ‘A’ Terriers with some added anticipation of the first home goal which sends plush toys raining down to the ice, as was the case Friday. The Terriers deserve a pat on the back for holding the event, one copied in arenas far and wide, such as the WHL Calgary Hitmen where they are advertising to hit 25,000 toys. The Grey Cup The chili was in the oven, a huge pan of it to be honest, and friends were over, two sure signs it was Grey Cup Sunday. As is often the case when you cheer for Saskatchewan, I didn’t have a favourite in this one, although I can’t ever cheer for Winnipeg the nemesis of our Roughriders. I was also expecting Hamilton to walk away with this one. And now as I sit here stuffed with chili, I admit I didn’t see a 33-12 Bomber win. It was unexpected. But credit Winnipeg, their defence was staunch. They stymied the Roughriders repeatedly in the west final, and did it again against the TiCats; full credit for the win. A big congratulations to Andrew Harris who ran for more than 130 yards in a dominating effort that had him named the first ever Most Outstanding Player and Top Canadian. He is a special talent. Now it’s Roughriders for the win in 2020. Canadian college sports The Vanier Cup was held Saturday. For someone who followed the universities of Saskatchewan and Regina through the Canada West season thanks
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Sports to games being broadcast on SaskTel Max, I was keenly interested. The University of Calgary won its first title in 24-years over the Montreal Carabins 27-13, in a game that was entertaining if not outstanding. Having watched a fair amount of Canadian college football the last two years, probably 30 games, I find it a shame we don’t see more college sports on our Canadian sports channels. I watched the Canadian rugby finals tourney last week too, and again was well-satisfied by the quality. The college level of hockey in Canada is second only to the pros because players are 21+ with many having time in major junior to develop their games. And, given our growing relationship with basketball thanks to the Raptors, Canadian college ball would seem a natural for some channel to jump on in Canada. It’s too bad their mandate was not to promote domestic sports more. Underappreciated sport I suspect for most the start of the Major Arena Soccer League season on the weekend went
unnoticed, which is unfortunate if you are a fan of sports. This is not the one goal and a long nap outdoor form of soccer. The arena game is much more about scoring. Opening day four games were played and they averaged 12 goals scored. If you like hockey, or box lacrosse, then you should check out MASL. Given the game’s general similarities I am left to wonder what went wrong with the Mississauga Metrostars. The team was an expansion team in the MASL last season, and while they did not win often, the fate of expansion sport franchises unless you are Las Vegas where the NHL Commissioner orchestrated a system to ensure his gamble succeeded, the Stars were entertaining. However, they never found a fan base, and as the league launched its 2019-20 season the team folded. As a fan of Canadian teams that was a sad announcement for me, as it will make another try at a team in this country hard to launch. Thankfully Milwaukee is powered by some key Canadian players so I will still be tuning in to MASLTV. Rush season launches Friday Speaking of new seasons the Saskatchewan Rush start their new season this Friday heading to Colorado. Their first home game sees the Rush host New England Dec. 14. This is another big year for the National Lacrosse League with New York and Halifax home to teams for the first time in years (NY had a team ages ago). The league continues steady growth and with each new team interest seems to grow. If you have attended a Rush game, it is a blast that is easy to recommend.
Skate Yorkton does well at sectionals By Devin Wilger Staff Writer The competitive team of Skate Yorkton had a good showing at the recent 2020 Skate Canada S a s k a t c h e w a n Sectionals. The team was led by a strong showing by 14-year-old Sydney Kotzer. “I was the novice winner,” she told Yorkton This Week with a smile, adding that even though barely a teenager she was a veteran of the event. “This was my
eighth time at sectionals.”
a short-program and then a longer program.
Kotzer also went into the event knowing how to win as a two-time Juvenile Pre Novice medalist, and the 2020 Skate Saskatchewan Summer Series Novice Champion.
In the end though Kotzer said she just enjoys skating, which keeps her competing in spite of the nerves.
But even with that background Kotzer said there is pressure when she skates. “It’s definitely nerveracking,” she said. In the event Kotzer performed two routines,
“It’s really challenging. I like to be challenged every day with something new,” she said. The recent success will now see Kotzer heading to the 2020 Skate Canada Challenge Championships, Nov. 17th-30, in Edmonton AB. Addison Tribe, 10, also
had a good Saskatchewan Sectionals as the Saskatchewan PreJuvenile Champion to go along with her 2020 Skate Saskatchewan Summer Series Championship. “It’s just really fun to do. I like doing it a lot and I’m committed to what I do because I like it a lot.
Juvenile U11: Abigal Haas – 4th Jersey Bilokreli – 9th
Juvenile Ladies U14: Emma Erickson – 2nd
Juvenile U12: Aya Burrell – 2nd Kensie Wawryk – 3rd Haily Haas -- 5th
Pre Novice Ladies: Madison Bowtell – 4th Drew Martinook – 7th Yuka Burrell – 9th
Other placings at the 2020 Skate Saskatchewan Pre-Juvenile Champion 2020 Skate Saskatchewan Summer Series Champion include;
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The opening of Judy Niebergall’s exhibit, Fearless Explorer at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery.
Judy Niebergall reflects on art By Cory Carlick Staff Writer You can’t say that people don’t know her art, and that’s putting it lightly. Local artist Judy Niebergall is a celebrity of sorts; one quick look around the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery confirms it. During her Fearless Explorer exhibit, there are throngs of art lovers; the hall is wall-to-wall packed with people. This isn’t anything new for Niebergall. All her showings are like this. The well-loved artist sat down with Yorkton This Week to talk about her remarkable 50 years of art. Known for her vivid hues in watercolour, Niebergall takes her inspiration from a wide variety of subjects. By no means does she work exclusively in watercolour. As part of her remarkable career in the visual arts, the Gallery put on an exhibit of her extensive portfolio. “Well, Don [Stein, of the Godfrey Dean Gallery] asked me to do a retrospect of different kinds of work I’ve done throughout my life, and he came out to the farm and picked out what he wanted. [He] made a few trips to gather up what he wanted. He also just
curated the whole show and put it all together. I didn’t have anything to do with that part of it. He is an expert at it, and he did a good job at it. “I painted since I was young at home. At Christmastime, my parents asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I said paint by number because that was the only way I could get paint,” she laughed. “Then, I’d paint very thin paint with [the] paint by number so I’d have paint leftover to do my own thing. I liked the acrylic paint, but I also like watercolour and I’ve explored a lot of other mediums, too. Ink, and pastels. I just like to try everything.” Watercolour in particular, however, is something that this artist gravitates toward. “I just like the flow of the watercolour and you can tip your paper in different ways to attach it to a board. For example in the one [painting] with the fish, the water looks like it’s running down the page. It’s just experimenting with a lot of different mediums and mixing up my own paint from pigments. It’s just really been a lot of fun.” Inspiration for her art comes from close to home, too.
Judy Niebergall “Life on the farm. I’ve explored different kinds of ideas. Just, life in general and I know I like to have a sense of humour about it. I started the penguin cartoons, and painting watercolours and going to craft-
shows. I really enjoyed the craft shows. I enjoyed the craft shows so much, there were so many nice people, in three different provinces and I got to be friends with them. It was a lot of fun going to craft shows. I would
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trade my work for pottery, and stuff like that. That’s what artists do, at the end of a show. They trade what they do – trade somebody’s work
for something they don’t do. It just was a really fun way to do things and it worked out really well with farming because we farmed all summer and we had all winter to go to craft shows and meet people. It was a lot of work though, for my husband,” she laughs. “Carrying boxes for everybody. But he never complained, ever, and we tried to build a stand a few times. The first time I had a show in Yorkton, it was in the street here – and we had a street fair. Somebody said, ‘Well, why don’t you go to Regina with this art?’ So, we packed up the paintings and we framed, packed all this up and we got there. But because we didn’t know what we were doing, we didn’t take a stand. We didn’t Continued on Page A18
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Learn about causes of adult hearing loss By learning about what impacts hearing loss, people can make changes to prevent damage. Hearing loss is quite common and can impact people’s lives in profound ways. Although there are some treatments that can improve one’s ability to hear and communicate, many people are interested in learning about the ways they may be able to prevent hearing loss in the first place. Medical experts advise that hearing loss can be caused by different factors. Learning about these causes can help individuals make smart decisions at a young age to prevent future hearing loss when possible. In certain circumstances, hearing loss may be unavoidable. In such instances, audiologists, or doctors specializing in hearing, can help.
Conductive hearing loss Conductive hearing loss refers to problems with the ear canal, ear drum or middle ear and its bones.
ible. Age-related hearing loss is called presbycusis and is marked by muffled or unclear speech. Treatment with assistive hearing devices can help improve hearing. • Trauma to the ear or head may impact hearing. Wearing protective gear during sports or
other activities can protect against neurological damage that may cause hearing loss. • Damage to the inner ear can result from prolonged exposure to loud noises, states the Mayo Clinic. These noises cause wear and tear on the hairs or nerve
cells in the cochlea that send sound signals to the brain. When these hairs or nerve cells are damaged or missing, electrical signals aren’t transmitted as efficiently, and hearing loss occurs. Using hearing protection and turning down the volume can help. • Ménière’s disease is an inner ear problem of unknown origins. It usually starts in people between the ages of 30 and 50. Dizziness and ringing of the ear are common, and hearing loss comes and goes. Some loss can become permanent. • Viruses and diseases as well as family history also may play a role in SNHL. In some instances, hearing loss may be the result of a combination of factors. Anyone finding their hearing has become less acute should visit with an audiologist.
want to live anywhere else. “For me, it’s perfect, living on the farm. Driving is easy here. When we lived in Calgary, I used to drive in Calgary but we went back on the farm. There’s no way I’d drive in Calgary now because of the weather changes, the fast traffic.” What’s next for Niebergall is a special permanent exhibit. “I thought what I’d like to do with my paintings, because if your house is full, it’s hard to add on – I spent a lot of time with
my mother and my mother in law when they were in the nursing home, and there’s a room. They have a long hallway and we’d walk up and down [this hallway]. You know, when you go, it’s where they take [the residents] for exercise. They have this wall, called ‘Artist Lane’. But there’s only five pictures in it, and it never changed. They were done by somebody I know, but he just left them there; he was in one of my classes. So I went, you know, I’m going to fill that hallway up with paintings so that
people that live there and people that visit, have somewhere to go and talk about the paintings. If I keep them, it’s sort of, I don’t just paint for myself. I’m not just decorating my house. I’m painting because I paint. And if the house is full of paintings, what am I going to do with them? So, I thought I would really like to that with them. “I did talk quite a while ago with one of the directors there, and she said ‘We would love to have those paintings.’”
Some of the causes of conductive hearing loss include: • Otitis media is an infection of the middle ear in which fluid accumulation can interfere with the movement of the eardrum and ossicles. • Impacted earwax also can cause hearing problems. • Fluid in the middle ear may obstruct hearing. • Otosclerosis, which is a middle ear disease, can make it difficult for the tiny bones in the middle ear to move. Surgery can correct the problem. • Malformation of the outer ear, ear canal or middle ear structure can impact hearing as well.
Sensorineural hearing loss Sensorineural hearing loss, or SNHL, occurs due to problems of the inner ear. It is often referred to as nerve-related hearing loss. • Aging is a common cause of hearing loss that may not be revers-
NIEBERGALL Continued from Page A17 take anything to hang the paintings on! So we hung them on what was a wire fence, that we were allowed, so we hung them on the fence. Got the job done, and I sold lots of paintings that day. It really encouraged us to keep on going, and like I say, I couldn’t have done
it without my husband helping me all along the way. Carrying all this stuff, and hanging, and bringing it all home. I met so many nice people. “Then, I was asked to do all these private shows in houses in Regina. Did that for a while, too. Then we started going to different places and meet-
ing people. You know, it’s been good.” Support has also been crucial. “[With this exhibit], so many people came in the cold weather. Because I’ve lived here almost all my life, I know a lot of people. They’re wonderful people, and I wouldn’t
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All five senses matter as we feed our seniors Written by Chef Michael Smith Fortifying our bodies and minds with healthy food and engaging conversation is critical to elevating the daily life of seniors. And when it comes to ensuring seniors gain the utmost enjoyment of their food, we need to pay close attention to how we respond to each of their five senses. It’s no surprise that, as we age, our senses change. It’s not just our hearing and sight that become less acute. All five of our senses diminish as we move through time, altering the way we experience the world. A research project by Sodexo and the University of Ottawa called the Five Senses Study was initiated to develop best practices to support seniors. The study focused on ensuring that the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and touches they experience everyday translate into improved quality of life and well-being. The issue of food and aging is close to my heart, not only because I’m a chef, but because my dad lives in an assisted living facility. Fortunately, he resides in a residence
that takes food, nutrition and fellowship very seriously. As a result, mealtime is the highlight of his day. For him, the enjoyment is mostly centered around social interaction with residents and staff. The healthy and tasty food on offer is the icing on the cake. By being intentional and carefully considering how we feed our seniors’ souls, minds and bodies, we can enhance their quality of life. In November, I’m joining a group of residents at a retirement community to share a family style meal and raise awareness of the various ways communal eating and the five senses connect us to food. The Five Senses Study sends a clear message about seniors’ care: simple things make all the difference. Taste, of course, is the sense we think of most when we talk about food. And while routine and familiar foods can be comforting, introducing new flavours, spices and ingredients keeps things interesting. We also need to think about temperature and texture, and pay attention to what our palettes respond to, whether it be sweet,
Chef Michael Smith has some advice for cooking for seniors. savory, spicy or sour. Aromas are the quickest way to send our minds back to childhood. For me, whenever I pull a carrot out of the ground on my PEI farm, I think of my grandma. From the smell of the soil, I can taste the flavour of the
carrot before I’ve even washed it. As we age, our sense of smell often diminishes, lessening our ability to taste. At home, putting a pot of water on the stove with cinnamon sticks creates a comforting environment. In retire-
ment facilities an open kitchen area helps residents better smell food — which can stimulate appetite. Seniors with low vision often have difficulty distinguishing between similar colors. Long-term care communities can compensate with meals featuring high-contrast colors to help residents see the different items on their plates. We know there is a direct correlation between a colourful diet and healthy eating. In general terms, the more colourful the plate, the more nutritious it is. A beautifully laid out salad bar, for example, is full of colour, textures and stimulating taste combinations. Hearing loss is an issue for many of our seniors. And since we want to encourage social conversations along with a healthy meal, we need to consider the sounds around the table. The many benefits of communal eating can be nullified if ambient noise levels are high. By minimizing background noise from heating and cooling systems, equipment and cleaning services, we make it easier for residents to connect with conversation.
The fifth sense is, of course, touch. When preparing meals for seniors, paying attention to the texture of food and how it feels in our mouth is important. When flavour is released slowly with every chew, people are encouraged to eat more. A good balance of crunchy vegetables, nutty whole grains, silky soups and tender lean proteins makes for a more interesting meal experience. One thing I know with certainty is that who’s at the table is every bit as important as what’s on the table. The act of sharing, passing the bread, connecting with each other as we touch our glasses and celebrate the bounty of food is wonderful for the soul. I learned the power of the table from my father and for that, I am forever grateful. About Chef Michael Smith: Chef Michael Smith, one of Canada’s bestknown chefs, is a passionate advocate for simple, sustainable home cooking and an inspiration for families creating their own healthy food lifestyle. He has been an active supporter of Sodexo’s Stop Hunger Foundation for 15 years.
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ZUNZYAK - It is with great sadness that the family of Yevdokiya Zunzyak announce that she entered her eternal home at the age of 95 on Tuesday, November 19 at the Theodore Health Care Centre. Yevdokiya was born on July 4, 1924 in Ukraine where she was raised and spent her working years as an accountant for several department stores. She married Dmytro Zunzyak and they were blessed with one daughter, Tamara. In February of 2003, Yevdokiya came to Canada to live permanently with her family. She was a mom, grandmother and greatgrandmother. Yevdokiya was a kind woman with a sweet and gentle manner. She was predeceased by her husband Dmytro, her parents, and a sister. She will be lovingly remembered by her daughter Tamara, son-in-law Yaroslav, her grandchildren, Anatoli (Danica), Serge (Chantal) and great-granddaughters Stella and Morena. The funeral service was held on Saturday, November 23, 2019 from Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Yorkton with Rev. Michael Faryna, Celebrant. The responses were led by Yvonne Panchuk, assisted by members of the Parish Choir. The Cross bearer was Ivan Bachynckyy. The interment took place in the Theodore Cemetery with Anatoli and Serge Morgotch, Yuriy Kitsul, Heorhiy Kavchuk, Petro Mysak and Mike Zanewich serving as the casket bearers. Memorials were to the Theodore Health Care Centre. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com.
HALUSHKA - Walter Halushka of Langenburg passed away on November 9, 2019 at the Centennial Care Home at the age of 70 years. Walter, the eldest son of Metro and Mary (nee Hull) was born on March 13, 1949 on the family farm in the Willowbrook district. He attended Cherryfield School. Later he moved to Yorkton with his parents. As years went by Walter needed special care. When his parents could no longer take care of him they moved him to the Langenburg Care Home. There he attended a workshop where he did a lot of crafts made out of wood. He loved fishing with his buddies. He was predeceased by his parents, Metro and Mary and a step mother Rosie Halushka. He will be sadly missed by his brother Vincent and wife Bernadette and their children Mary (Damian) Goebel and their sons Brayden and Noah; Robert; Brenda Halushka (partner Mel Mancego) and their daughters Danica and Daelyn. Along with the Halushka and Hull families and Walter’s fishing buddy Brad Koch. The Funeral Service was held on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Rev. Father Leonid Malkov of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church officiating. The responses were led by Lorne Stechyshyn and members of the parish choir. Everyone who knew and loved Walter were recognized as Honourary Bearers. The interment followed in the Garden of Gethsemane at Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Robert Halushka, Damian Goebel, Terry Hull, Carl Halushka, Brad Koch and David Hull serving as the casket bearers. Memorials in Walter’s memory may be made to the Centennial Care Home in Langenburg. A special thank you to all the staff who took care of Walter in Langenburg, first in the Group Home and in the Care Home during his final days; as well as his fishing buddies. Brother Vincent and wife Bernadette and their families. Arrangements were entrusted to Bailey’s Funeral Home and Cremation Care - Yorkton.
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RUSNAK - Peter Rusnak, resident of the Yorkton and District Nursing Home, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019. He was 85 years of age. Peter was born to Chris and Dora (nee Rupchan) Rusnak at Wroxton, SK on April 7, 1934. Peter farmed and was involved in sales for most of his working years. He is survived by his wife Dorothy (nee Suppes) of Yorkton; sons: Curtis (Cori), Kevin (Monica), Gary (Cathy) and Kelly; as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service is being planned for the spring of 2020. Memorials to the Alzheimer’s Society would be appreciated by the family. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com.
MACLEOD - It is with great sadness that the family of Linda MacLeod announce her passing on November 20, 2019 at the age of 72. Linda was born on July 4, 1947 in Tisdale, SK, the youngest child of eleven born to James and Mary Lee. Left to cherish Linda is her husband Finlay, daughter Lorrie, son Ryan (Adrienne), grandchildren Cameron and Hayden, four siblings and respective brother-inlaw and sister-in-law and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Linda worked for SaskTel for 32 years. She enjoyed travelling, gardening and spending time with her family and friends. The family would like to thank all the medical professionals in Yorkton and Saskatoon that cared for Linda during her illness. A celebration of Linda’s life was held on Friday, November 29, 2019 at 2 pm at Christies Funeral Home in Yorkton. Memorial donations may be made to the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan or the charity of your choice. Condolences can be left at christiesfuneralhome.com.
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BUNGALOW W/ATTACHED garage. Reduced price $142,900. Clean & new: laminate floors, stove, dishwasher, window coverings, recent paint. Basement w/cold storage area, plenty of cupboards and shelves throughout. Garage w/workbench and large raised cupboards. Electric garage door opener with remote. Yard fully fenced. Fruit trees, garden area and RV storage. Shed/workshop has power. 329 - 4th Ave. N., 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, 786 sq. ft. Built in 1961. Open House Sat., Nov. 30 & Sun. Dec. 1, 1:00-4:30pm. Call 639-931-7007.
BATHROOM SINK, Avon doll bottles, 48” bed frame, Ukrainian records, china, cups & saucers, lamps, a large picture, plants, new luggage, paper shredder, quilting fabric, Eaton’s catalogues. Phone 306-782-2127.
GREAT PRICES on new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check us out at www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca. Thickett Engine Rebuilding. Ph. 204-532-2187 Russell, MB.
Open Houses OPEN HOUSE. 356 Parker Cres. Canora, SK. Dec. 7 & 8, 2pm5pm. Canora Housing Cooperative 2000 Ltd. for 55+ has one unit open for immediate sale. Call Anita at 306-563-4816 or Pat 306563-5717.
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Houses For Rent 118 STEWART CRES. 2 bedroom $500/month per room, all utilities included. $750 for basement. Washer/dryer available. Close to MC Knoll and parks. Walking distance to mall. No Pets, No Drugs, No Smoking in the house. Available Immediately. Phone Brandon Streck 306-516-0485. BEAUTIFUL 2 or 3 bedroom townhouse; 1200 sq.ft., close to schools & hospital. Pictures can be viewed on Kijiji under Houses For Rent Yorkton. Call George at 306-537-3228 or Ryan 306-6205489.
Rooms DO YOU need a room in Yorkton for a day, a week or longer? For more information call 306-620-9920.
Suites For Rent FOR RENT: Two Bedroom Suite in North East Yorkton. $850/month including utilities. 1,000 sq.ft., heated floor, private entrance, gas fireplace. No Pets or Parties, No Smoking Available Immediately. Phone 306-783-7973 or 306-7308490. LARGE 2 bedroom suite in quiet 4-plex. Fridge, stove, washer, dryer, water softener, air conditioner included. Private entrance with your own furnace, 55+. Available Dec. 1/19, $850/mo. plus utilities. 306-621-1103 anytime. SPRINGSIDE HOUSING Authority is currently accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom Senior Suites at the Heritage Place. Fridge and stove included. Central laundry with two washers and dryers. Well kept, ready for rent. Rent is based on income. For more information and applications please call Morlie at 306-792-2222 or 306-621-7815.
Antiques WE BUY & SELL Rock ‘n Roll vinyl records. Come in and see our inventory. Frameworks on Broadway. Call 306-782-8282.
BUSINESS CLOSEOUT. 6x6 walk in cooler, Kelvinator freezer, Billboard highway sign, meat/bakery racks, cash register, 2 debit machines (1 portable), fax machine. Call 306-745-3484. CHRISTMAS CAKES 1lb, 2lbs; Men’s new jeans; new winter jackets, skates, hockey equipment. 306-675-4924. Butcher pigs $1.25/lb live, $2/lb dressed. 306795-7321. FOR SALE: Club Cadet 1054 26hp lawn tractor, 54” cutting deck, 267 hours asking $2,200 OBO. & two 20’ Koenders pond aeration windmills $1600/each or $3000 for both. 306-641-5994. FOR SALE: NEW Airlift kit 5000, load levelling kit system for 2015 2019 Ford 150. Asking $375. Call 306-533-3737. FOR SALE: New Mack combination oil/wood/coal furnace, 2-door with shaker grates, twin blowers, 96,000 BTU’s. Also fuel tank 5 yrs. old. Asking $3,500 for pkg. Phone 306-594-2614. FOR SALE: Wood splitter, wood elevator, 5’ rotary mower. Call 306-814-8090. HOMEMADE GARLIC Dryer; 1984 Ford F-150, 300 motor, four tires and rims 15”. Phone 306-8148090. PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS. Reach over 550,000 readers weekly. Call this newspaper NOW or 306-649.1405 for details. Taking orders for cabbage rolls and perogies. Call Shirley at 306782-8280. TANNED HIDES for sale. Foxes, martens, skunks, racoon, wolverine, wolf and others. Really decorate your living room, rec room or cabin with these on the wall. Anybody can hang up a picture. 306675-4424.
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Trucks & Vans FOR SALE: 2010 Silverado Truck, 139,000kms, new tires. Phone 306-783-6920.
RVs/Campers/Trailers 2014 PUMA cabin-style 25 ft. camper, c/w slide-out, AC, sleeps six, excellent condition, $14,000. Phone 306-783-6920.
Farm Implements 1270 CASE 12’ blade, good tires, 18” x 38”, 36’ Bourgault cultivator, walking axle, 2” spoons and press, 2155 tank, 2 x 12 IH seed press drill with grass attachment, 8900 White combine, 354 Perkins motor, Vers 400 18’ swather complete for parts, Ford 300 6 cylinder gas motor, ‘80 Chev 3 ton, 8.2 Detroit diesel grain truck box and hoist, auto trans., ‘65 Ford 3 ton, 14’ box/roll tarp. Call 306-548-2160 GOOD’S USED TRACTOR PARTS (204) 564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734 Roblin, MB Wanted: Massey #36 Discers Any size. Any shape. Parts discers too! Call: 306-946-7923
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WINE MAKING Equipment: 3carboys, 2 primary’s, floor style corker: English Ironstone China: (rose pattern) 8 place settings. 306-7837014.
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Oceans hold a lot of mystery, even for people who study them. But it’s no mystery why they’re in trouble. We’ve been using them to hide our waste — dumping oil, plastic, toxic chemicals, radioactive sludge, sewage and fishing gear into them for decades. Oceans also absorb much of the atmospheric heat from our indiscriminate fossil fuel burning. And we’ve been taking everything we can from them, including fish, seaweed, plankton, minerals and oil. We’ve exploited many fish stocks to levels so low they can no longer be harvested. Ocean acidification and warming water from climate disruption are wiping out corals, shellfish and reef fish at a rapid rate. We depend on oceans for so much, including half the oxygen that keeps us alive! They’re also a primary source of protein for millions of people worldwide. If we want to continue to enjoy all that oceans provide, we need to do everything we can to protect them and the life they support. We can ensure the seafood we eat is caught and produced in ways that don’t compromise stocks, the environment or human rights. I still eat fish and have fished all my life. When I was young, my dad and I would catch salmon, sturgeon and halibut from the shores of English Bay
and the Fraser River. Now there aren’t enough fish left. I don’t fish as often as I used to, and I make sure I catch from sustainable stocks and use the entire fish, but as populations plummet there are fewer sustainable options. Of course, not everyone is lucky enough to be able to catch their own fish, which means having sustainable options at the store is critical. As public and corporate awareness about the risks posed by overfishing and uncontrolled aquaculture expansion have grown, food retailers in Canada have developed sustainable seafood policies and commitments. Many started sourcing ecolabelled products so consumers could see which products were the best choices. Despite promising first steps, some sellers and suppliers have become complacent about seafood improvement plans. To help provide incentives to retailers and information to seafood lovers, SeaChoice (a collaboration between
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Town of Wadena is seeking a qualified Community Recreation Coordinator (CRC) to manage, program, and schedule the arena, pool, fitness centre, campground and community hall as well as collaborate with community organizations to facilitate programs and/or special events that meet the needs and interests of the community. Ideally you have prior and significant knowledge and experience in pool management operations, arena 100 LARGE Round alfalfa/grass and community hall scheduling combined with sound bales. Average weight 1600+ organizational skills, experience in staff supervision and SWNA-WestcanFeed_1x33.L27_R0011766858.indd pounds. No rain. 80 Large Round working with volunteer groups. Experience in grant writing •barley/straw prod1/kkbales. • ytwPriced nov27,2019 to sell. • classified and a working knowledge of community development Can deliver. Contact 306-621values and principles, and/or post-secondary education 1991. in recreation and/or community development would be an Give us a call soon. We’d like to asset. Hay/Bales For Sale
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Livestock FOR SALE: Polled Purebred 2 year old and yearling Charolais bulls. Some red factor. Phone 306435-7116. King’s Polled Charolais.
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If you meet the minimum skills and qualifications, the salary range for the CRC is $45,000 - $55,000/annum plus benefits in accordance with Town policy. In confidence, qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their resume, a covering letter, three work related references, and salary expectations to the following email address by no later than 4 p.m. December 16, 2019 to: wadadmin@sasktel.net RE: Town of Wadena - Community Recreation Coordinator Competition Inquires may be made to: Ms. Jennifer Taylor, RPP RMA Chief Administrative Officer 1.306.338.4258 A position description is available upon request. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Sports Utilities & 4X4s 2014 JEEP COMPASS, 76,000kms, air/cruise/tilt, newer tires, 4x4, asking $13,500. PST Included. Call or text 306-316-1064. Pics available.
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the David Suzuki Foundation, Ecology Action Centre and Living Oceans Society) has developed Seafood Progress, an online resource. It makes it easier for consumers in Canada to find out retailers’ policies on sourcing sustainable seafood, whether they’re adhering to those policies and how they’re performing compared to their peers. In its recent second assessment, Seafood Progress found retailer performance improved. Some was due to increased transparency, including two new companies that signed on to provide previously unpublished information. Positive new initiatives also helped, including more regular disclosure of performance against commitments, publishing information about where products come from and how they’re produced, and new actions to support improvements for seafood commodities that continue to have sustainability concerns. But retailers must do more to ensure their seafood products are environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. This means expanding the scope of their commitments to cover all seafood products they sell, in all their stores. Canada’s major retailers have a responsibility to meet their customers’ expectations that seafood production doesn’t take more fish than can be replenished, harm or kill marine animals unnecessarily, pollute watersheds and wetlands or exploit vulnerable people. Meaningful commitments to sustainable procurement by Canada’s largest seafood businesses will go a long way toward achieving this. Seafood Progress has invited seafood retailers, suppliers and consumers to join in pushing to achieve this goal. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor and Writer Ian Hanington. Learn more at davidsuzuki.org. Trucking & Transport
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Squarriors looks like a stunner Among the members of the tiny Meeple Guild we own literally dozens and dozens and dozens of games. None among the plethora are more visually stunning than Squarriors: The Card Game. From the box top that screams ‘look at me’ if it were sitting on a game store shelf, to the art on each card gleaned from the comic book series of the same name, to the embossed card backs to the rulebook, this game is gorgeous to the max. I have no qualms in calling it the best looking game in our collection. In fact, as you thumb through the cards provided, it’s easy to get lost in the art, a number of card depictions being so cool they’d make great art prints for a games room wall. Aesthetically, from box top, to rulebook, to cards, few if any games have done it better than
Squarriors. This one is gorgeous to the max. So how does the card game from Ash Maczko play? Well, to begin with Squarriors: The Card Game is a tabletop game based off of the comic book series, Squarriors, which I actually reviewed at one point. The book has a bit of Watership Down feel for sure, with a dash of the Secrets of Nimh mixed in. I totally loved it. In Squarriors TCG, there is no deck of cards to draw from, instead all cards start either in play or in your hand, which is neat aspect, as it lessens the ‘hope’ factor of drawing the card you need. Your ‘deck’ (known as your Tribe in S:TCG) consists of 20 points worth of creatures, three domains to defend (your Council, Army, and Vanguard), and 10 Tactic cards that start in your hand; all of which are chosen by the
THE MEEPLE GUILD (Yorkton) meeple.guild@gmail.com player. So a key aspect of this one is card selection, discovering which cards have synergies, and putting together the winning selection of cards from the many provided. That effort will make the game for some. Certainly old Magic: the Gathering fans will enjoy the ‘building’ aspect which almost creates a solo element to the game. And it will be a turn off for others who want to just play the game. At any given time, each of your creatures are on the battlefield
in one of your three domains, and each of these domains have a power variable that will be modified as the game progresses. If a domain reaches zero power it is destroyed and creatures there must move to one of the remaining domains controlled by that player. When a player has lost two of their three domains, they are eliminated from the game. This is not a new mechanic, the idea of defending and attacking ‘sites’ to win and lose a card game. It remains a very workable scenario
and certainly fits with the story as portrayed on the comic (not that reading Squarriors is required to play the game). Each creature has several base statistics and many various abilities, keywords, and game texts. These creatures can take various actions and make different types of attacks depending on what domain they are in. Again this is sort of boilerplate stuff in terms of such card games, but again it works to the theme. Tactic cards, which start in a player’s hand, serve two functions. Initially, they can be used as an action, trap, instant etc. But after they have been played, they serve a second function by being added to your strategy. Each of your three domains can host a strategy chain and each chain adds more layers
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of abilities and enhancements to your tribe. Each card in a strategy chain can gain new abilities or functions depending on the other cards connecting to them in the chain, explains the rules. This is the most interesting aspect of the game, the one that plays to good ‘deck-building’ and wise card play. Overall, this is a game that you will get as much out of it as you put in. The more you play, the better you will understand what works, and that will allow more creative card building, and ultimately a better game experience. This is not a game that will be loved out of the box, but like a good relationship, put the time in, and you might indeed be in love. Check it out at www. shopcoldwar.us Thanks to fellow Adam Daniels for his help in running through this game for review.
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Futsol in the Parkland Yorkton United Football held a multi-level tournament this weekend in the Flexihall at the Gallagher Centre.
MC Knoll does well in volleyball By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The M.C. Knoll School Knights volleyball teams are very proud of another successful season, reports principal Phil Adams.
Both the M.C. Knoll Boys and Girls volleyball teams won the Yorkton YESSA volleyball ‘A’ side championships, following “hard-fought finals again St. Paul’s school,” he said.
The M.C. Knoll Boys team and coach Jessica Smith have now won four straight city championships. “Another source of pride is the girls blue team,” said Adams.
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“They made it all the way to the conciliation final. This is their first year as a team.”
“A huge thank you goes to Donna Phillippi, Alyssa Kuschak, Kristen Nagy, Brook Andres, and
Don Pfeifer for their contribution to this season and previous seasons,” added Adams..
Yorkton Hearing Services is helping you to give the gift of hearing this Christmas.
Anne Portnuff Theatre Yorkton Regional High School 150 Gladstone Ave. N.
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