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A little off the top Warm spring weather means the grass is growing and City crews are already out trimming parks and boulevards, including trimming the green space at City

Hall on Third Avenue North Monday afternoon. What is needed now is a spring shower to help ‘green’ things up a little.

Minister assures lab services will return By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer A provincial Minister assures that the move to carry out certain lab services in Regina rather than at the Yorkton

Regional Health Centre is only temporary, and that those services will return to Yorkton. “It’s temporary. It’s not a permanent step,” said Everett Hindley, Minister of Mental Health and

Addictions. Seniors and Rural and Remote Health told Yorkton This Week in an interview Friday. “... What we’re doing here is temporary ... The full intention is this is not a

permanent situation.” Hindley said both he, and Minister of Health Paul Merriman have been made keenly aware of local concerns over the change in services by local MLA Greg

Ottenbreit, and other MLAs in the region. Hindley said the shift in services to Regina has been a response to a temporary shortage of Medical Laboratory Technologists and

Medical Laboratory Assistants that is impacting microbiology processing in Yorkton - a sub-segment of the overall Lab Services conducted at the Hospital.

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Mother-son duo set Council abuzz By Calvin Daniels

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A mother, and her son, are hoping to start collecting honey from backyard bees in the city. Allison Henderson-

Hunter, and her eightyear-old son Ewan, appeared before the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday to lobby for changes to the city’s Animal Control Bylaw to allow for urban

beekeeping on a small scale. “Bees are cool,” enthused Ewan Hunter, adding that they have been kept for more than 4000 years. Earlier Ewan told

Yorkton This Week he has been interested in bees for some time. “I like them because they make honey and help plants,” he said. Henderson-Hunter told Council that honey

bees offer a number of benefits, from personal ones such as teaching the keeper and their family about where food comes from, to better pollination of local flowers in the area the bees are

kept. The duo were proposing a pilot project where they would be allowed to keep a single hive and their efforts could be monitored by the City

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City shows modest surplus in 2020 By Calvin Daniels

Staff Writer

Yorkton Council had a look at the City’s preliminary yearend for 2020 at its regular meeting Monday. And it was overall, good

news, said Ashley Stradeski, Director of Finance with the City, Stradeski began his report by noting “2020 is the strangest year we’ve ever encountered” and while initially he said he was “quite concerned”

regarding the potential impact the COVID-19 pandemic might have on City finances, the City did well. “Recreational facilities obviously took a huge hit,” he said, but many operations continued close to normal. “We

didn’t pave any less roads. Grass still needed to be cut ... Snow fell when it fell (and needed to be cleared). As for the numbers, Stradeski said, audit work on the 2020 year end is still progressing, with our auditors

working both on premises and remotely. The City is hoping to have its audited Financial Statements for Council’s review within the next few Council meetings.

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separate from these operations, recorded into the Rainy Day reserve. The net result, factoring out the funds allocated to the Brick Mill and including the COVID Safe Restart amount is $1,478,000, some of which has been allocated to the 2021 budget. When excluding COVID Safe Restart and funds previously allocated, the rainy day reserve fund will have $504,000 available.” Some highlights of the report included Deer Park having a $50,000 surplus to budget; this was due to increased green fee revenue as well as savings on salaries. While it is a self-sufficient utility Environmental Services had a great year. Revenues exceeded budget by nearly $1.2 million – this is in large part due to the revenue from the contaminated soil removed from the Public Works construction site. The remainder is general landfill earnings that were up by $400,000 due to increased compost and general usage. Water sales revenues were higher than budget by $758,000, despite the budget being increased by 7.6

per cent from prior year. Water use was particularly higher in our industrial users, utilizing $500,000 more than estimated. “It was one of the best years Deer Park has had,” said Stradeski. On the opposite side of the scale the water park and Gallagher Centre saw a combined deficit of $158,000, as virtually all operations at the Gallagher Centre were affected by closures due to COVID-19. Revenues in the water park were down by 67 per cent and while costs were cut as much as possible, operating a water park is costly and this is compounded when it has a reduced capacity, resulting in a deficit to budget of $45,000, said Stradeski. At the Gallagher Centre, aside from the Water Park, revenues were down by $435,000 due to closures and reduced capacity. Cost savings were seen across the board, with costs being cut to match the adjusted service levels, resulting in an overall deficit to budget of $113,000. Council was unanimous in approving the allocation of reserves as presented by Administration.

called for. “We see this as a sweet win, win,” HendersonHunter said, adding they are looking forward to when they can “. . . enjoy the sweet reward of a lot of hard work.” As it currently stands, the City’s Control Bylaw prohibits urban beekeeping, explained Nicole Baptist, Bylaw and Safety Supervisor with the City Monday. “Although Administration cannot be fully aware of the reasons that beekeeping was originally prohibited, it can be speculated that because beekeeping is seen as a form of agriculture and the keeping of other agriculture animals such as chickens or goats is prohibited, that it too would be prohibited,” she explained. “However, it is acknowledged by Administration that there are many differences between keeping chickens and keeping bees; and by properly looking into this, it may be possible to successfully permit urban hobby beekeeping. “ It’s important to clari-

fy that this report is only addressing hobby urban beekeeping on personal residential properties, as beekeeping for business purposes would need to be looked into much further from the planning perspective and business licence perspective, added Baptist. Obviously urban beekeeping has worked in other cities. “Administration has researched how other communities in the province handle urban beekeeping and identified that most communities do not prohibit or regulate urban beekeeping,” noted Baptist. “Bylaws are often a means of restricting actions that are detrimental to the function of a community and are also a way of managing a City’s liability. Some communities that are choosing not to regulate beekeeping may be handling it that way because they have not had any issues along the way or they may not have the resources to appropriately manage it. “A handful of communities such as Warman,

lines are followed. The draft LOU includes the proposed guidelines that the presenter suggested, as well as a statement that should the bees become aggressive or a nuisance in the community, they will be removed in the stated amount of time.” With a pilot project the local impact could be better determined, offered Baptist. “At the end of the beekeeping season, if it is determined that the pilot project was successful and Administration intended to move forward with recommending changes to the Animal Control Bylaw to permit urban beekeeping, Administration would seek feedback from Protective Services Committee and any other

shifts,” said Hindley. However, Hindley said it is his understanding a number of staff will be

returning after scheduled leaves, and efforts to recruit new staff are also ongoing. He said the expectation is once more staff are in place, services will return to Yorkton. Hindley said he has been in contact with Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley, Ottenbreit and others to explain the situation, and assure it is temporary. Hindley added Yorkton remains an integral cog in the province’s overall health care plan, noting funds to plan a new hospital have already been committed by the government. He said a new hospital’s “got to have a fully functional lab and it will have.”

That said the preliminary estimate of our 2020 yearend departmental surplus / deficits was presented. Overall the net surplus to budget was $799,719, but that was in-large part to the timing of a 2019 Gas Tax grant of $465,477, said Stradeski. The truer operating budget surplus was $325,281. As in previous years, it was recommended to transfer 50 per cent of any departmental surpluses to reserves depending upon which departments had net savings, said Stradeski. After those transfers to reserves it left $88,281, to go into the City’s ‘Rainy Day Reserve’ for unspecified use. “This surplus would add to the existing “Rainy Day” surplus of $716,000, for a total of $804,000 in the reserve. This does NOT include the $300,000 that Council has earmarked for the Brick Mill project out of the Rainy Day reserves, nor does it include the $974,000 COVID Safe Restart Funding,” explained Stradeski’s report to Council. “The entire COVID Safe Restart funding will be,

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before a permanent allowance for backyard bees was made. The idea of backyard bees is not a new one, noted HendersonHunter, with bees already allowed in Moose Jaw, Regina and Saskatoon. She added the City of Edmonton has very detailed requirements for urban bees, and she recommended Yorkton borrow heavily from what they have done. Those regulations limit the urban beekeeper to a single hive, with up to six supers (the sections honey is collected in), with the lone hive at least 25 metres from public spaces, and three feet from property lines, or behind a six-foot high fence. In addition, Henderson-Hunter said new keepers should be required to take a beekeeping course, and be members of a bee club, as well as registered with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. Proof that neighbours have been made aware of the activity was also

Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw and Martensville permit bees with a varying degree of requirements or parameters established in the Bylaws or policies.” Still there were concerns. “From Administration’s perspective, the two biggest concerns with urban beekeeping is swarming, when the queen leaves the hive to find a new home and bees becoming overly aggressive and territorial of their hive,” offered Baptist. “Should Council wish to move forward with the proposed pilot project, Administration will have the presenter sign a Letter of Understanding (LOU) to address the above noted concerns and ensure that the proposed guide-

committee desired by Council prior to bringing the Bylaw forward to City Council,” she said. Council was quickly on side with the bees. “I think that it’s a great idea ... a great thing to start in the city,” offered Councillor Dustin Brears. Coun. Randy Goulden said she liked that the bees help with pollination. The issue even had Mayor Mitch Hippsley quoting Albert Einstein, who had noted decades ago “once bees start disappearing society starts disappearing.” The pilot project was unanimously supported by Council, and even expanded to allow for a limited number of other beekeepers to take part by contacting the City.

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Asphalt tender gets green light from Council City pavement on 160-year replacement pace with 2021 investment By Calvin Daniels

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Yorkton Council was given an update on the City’s 2021 Asphalt Paving Program at its regular meeting Monday. The 2021 roadway improvements includes 50,500 square metres of asphalt milling and resurfacing at various locations throughout the City. Four tenders were received, and the recommendation was unanimously approved Monday to Fedorowich Construction Ltd. for $1,286,280. Trent Mandzuk Director of Public Works with City said funding for the tender would come from multiple sources. In 2020 the City of Yorkton received $2 million in funding from the Municipal Economic Enhancement Program (MEEP) intended for investment in municipal infrastructure. Of that $1.5 million of the MEEP funding and $560,000 from the City’s operational budget (surfaced streets contracted ser-

vices) has been allocated to roadway improvements for 2021. This will allow the City to triple the size of its annual paving for the 2021 construction season, he said. As background Mandzuk explained “the City of Yorkton has approximately 140 kilometers of paved roads within its jurisdiction having a total surface area of approximately 1.72 million square meters. These lengths and areas include all lanes and both directions of travel but do not include back lanes and alleyways.” Ongoing condition assessments of our City’s roadways are based on ASTM international Standard Practice for Roads and Parking Lots Pavement Condition Index surveys. “The standardized method rates the surface condition of each roadway segment by evaluating the type, extent and severity of pavement surface distresses, as well as smooth-

ness and ride comfort of the road,” explained Mandzuk. At the end of the assessment, a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) value is determined providing a numerical rating for the condition of a road segment where 0 is the worst possible condition and 100 is the best. Best practice suggests the collection of PCI ratings at regular intervals (3-5 years) to

best monitor roadway network performance and to determine the rate of deterioration. “This helps evaluate the effectiveness of pavement materials and designs, as well as the effectiveness of maintenance strategies,” said Mandzuk. Over the past 10 years, the City of Yorkton has conducted two roadway assessments with the most recent being completed in 2018. A large percentage of City’s roadways currently fall under the ‘fair’ condition rating,” explained a report to Council. “It should be noted that over the next 10 years all of these roads will shift to ‘poor’ condition,” said Mandzuk. At that time over 70 per cent of residential roadways will become problematic as will 60 per cent of the entire roadway network. “These statistics become more concerning when we recognize the replacement value of our City’s roadway network

is $89,921,037 (based on 2019 pricing),” detailed the Report. “The existing operational budget for the City’s overlay program is $560,000 which provides for a 160-year replacement cycle. In the last couple years, aggressive overlay programs have increased the scope of historical programs by more than double in efforts to tackle poor roadway conditions in high traffic areas.” However, caution needs to be exercised to avoid overinvesting in future asphalt overlay programs prematurely, warned Mandzuk, adding 2022 and 2023 underground inspection programs need to be fully executed prior to future asphalt overlay programs commencing. “Priority streets designated to receive asphalt overlays have been identified for the next five years and beyond but underground assessments are failing to keep pace with recent paving programs,” noted the report.

Sidewalk replacement tender approved Monday Current annual investment means 214-year replacement cycle By Calvin Daniels

Staff Writer

Yorkton Council approved a tender for the 2021 Curb and Sidewalk Replacement Program at its regular meeting Monday. The tender for $423,725 from North Star Concrete, was the only one received. The scope of work included for the 2021 program consists of approximately 415 meters of standard curb and gutter replacement, 1135 square meters of separate monolithic sidewalk replace-

ment, 90 square meters of commercial driveway crossing replacement and six pedestrian ramps, explained Trent Mandzuk – Director of Public Works with City at Monday’s meeting. Much of the year’s curb and sidewalk program is tied to other 2021 infrastructure replacement programs and all need to be coordinated accordingly, he added. This project will be funded from $240,000 from curb and sidewalk maintenance contracted services and $200,000 from the City’s Drainage and Storm Sewer Accounts.

While the tender covers a significant amount of work it does little to impact the overall deficit in replacing sidewalks and curbs in the city. The City of Yorkton owns and operates 141 kilometers or 213,000 square meters of sidewalk. At present Yorkton’s sidewalk network has a replacement value of approximately $51M (based on 2019 pricing), detailed a report circulated to Council. “The City’s annual operating budget for its annual concrete program is $240,000 which provides for a 214-year

replacement cycle,” noted Mandzuk. Curb and gutter remains a section of our City’s infrastructure that is commonly overlooked as it is less tangible to user groups in comparison to roadways and sidewalks, he added. There is however 226 kilometers of curb and gutter throughout the city with a replacement value of $40M. At present curb and gutter replacement is significantly underfunded with less than $90,000/year spent on renewal. Curb and gutter replacement lifecycles are 470 years based on current funding levels.

Council OKs Water Main Replacement Program Underground cast pipe on 170 year replacement pace By Calvin Daniels

Staff Writer

Yorkton Council approved a tender for the City’s 2021 Water Main Replacement Program at its regular meeting Monday. The tender went to KMS Construction Ltd. for $1,114,000 (plus taxes). Money for the project comes from the 2021 Water Main Replacement of $709,000, 2021 Sanitary Sewer Replacement of $278,000 and the 2021 Water Works MEEP of $500,000. As background Trent Mandzuk, Director of Public Works with the City told Council “a critical component to Public Health and economic well-being is our City’s drinking water which is distributed to users through a vast under-

ground piping system. “Since most of this network is underground it is out of sight and often overlooked in comparison to other infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks. “A 2018 study conducted by the Utah State University Buried Structures Laboratory indicated that water main breaks across North America have increased by an average of 27 per cent in the last six years. Cast iron (CI) pipes represent the largest pipe material inventory in North America. Eightytwo per cent of all CI pipe is over 50 years old and their break rates have increased significantly by 43 per cent since 2012 and are expected to continue to increase. Factors such as climate, pipe material, installation practices and soil types can greatly affect failure

rates. Economic impacts from water main breaks include loss of treated water, increased maintenance budgets, overtime for service personnel and damage to City and private property” Yorkton numbers are more concerning. “The City of Yorkton has experienced an increase of 150 per cent in water main breaks and a 363 per cent increase in service connection breaks over the past five years,” detailed a report to Council. The average water main break costs approximately $15,000 to repair and around $10,000 for a service connection leak. “In 2019, the average lineal meter cost of water main replacement was $1,493.48 making the replacement value

of the network $200 M in today’s dollars,” detailed the report. “The main replacement budget for 2020 has been increased 17 per cent from $545,000 in 2019 to $635,000. With this funding the distribution network is replaced once every 315 years.” Cast iron water mains account for 100 per cent of the failures in the past five years. “The average age of cast iron pipe in Yorkton’s distribution system is 75 years old. There is 40.4 km currently in the system which will take 95 years to replace based on current operational budget funding levels. This means that the last bit of cast iron pipe within the distribution network will be 170 years old before it is replaced,” noted Mandzuk.

June is Recreation and Parks Month By Calvin Daniels

Staff Writer

June is just around the corner, and with that comes the national initiative, June is Recreation and Parks Month (JRPM). In conjunction with the Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association (SPRA), the City of Yorkton has been promoting JRPM for many years, explained Julia Schofer, Recreation Services Manager with the City at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday. “COVID-19 has put society in a state that we could have never predicted,” she told Council. “It has left many in a vulnerable state. If this pandemic has shown us one thing, it is a reminder to not take anything for granted. Activities

and opportunities are reduced, the rules we are to follow are firm, and social interaction has never been so desirable. “COVID-19 has affected us all, in some way. “This is the time, and now more than ever, to celebrate the return of summer and to promote safe outdoor physical activities, outdoor recreation facilities and park spaces. JRPM is not only to showcase what park and recreational opportunities are available, but to highlight an important message that parks, recreation and leisure activities can improve our mental health and, overall, our general wellbeing. “By promoting June is Recreation and Parks Month, Yorkton will help acknowledge the impact that employees and volunteers have on the many

recreation and parks opportunities that we all use and enjoy. Elected officials, recreation and parks professionals, and community members can all promote the vital contributions of recreation and park services to our people, community, environment, and for the economic well-being of our province.” Some of the benefits as outlined by the Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association include: · Generating economic activity through social growth and community pride. · Promote personal development and social activity throughout the community. · Grow strong families and healthy communities. · Reduce the cost of health care by promoting healthy, active lifestyles.

· Improve the quality of life for residents through recreation and parks events and services. · Support ecological environments by promoting the importance of parks and greenspaces. · Connect people to nature and the outdoors. · Attract tourists and new residents to the community. · Enhance a sense of community by bringing people together, safely. While following guidelines provided to us in the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan, along with guidance from our local Public Health Officials, The Community Development, Parks & Recreation department has several activities and projects planned for this year: · Program planning for the S-CAPE (Summer Program

filled with Culture, Arts and Physically active Experiences) takes place in June, and the S-CAPE program runs through July and August. Registration is open and can be done online. Those wanting more information or want to register can visit www.yorkton.ca. · Pending restrictions, outdoor movies in our parks or outdoor facility spaces. · Offering pickleball and disc golf equipment to borrow from Guest Services at the Gallagher Centre. · Construction of a new Outdoor Basketball Court. · Continuing the paving of our pathway network, which includes a stretch of paving at Logan Green. · Backstop and lighting improvements at Lion’s Ball Park

Perspective We need healthy democracies to emerge from an unhealthy pandemic

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Politics If we only learn one thing from this pandemic, it should be why we need healthy democracies. That our democracy needs to be healthy is always a given, but COVID-19 should have given us greater insight into why that’s so crucial. For more than a year now, government decisions have had a more profound effect on us than at any time. Never before in our adult lives have most of us been told where we can and cannot go and what we can and cannot do and even what we can and cannot wear. Never has it been more important for us to follow a set of rules, but also never has it been more important to question those rules … or at least, question government decision-making. This should be heightening our need to be active participants in democracy and fully engaged in what goes on at the legislature. But the book is still out on whether this pandemic has made things better or worse. Consider the 2020 election, although perhaps less from the perspective of the outcome than how voters viewed this exercise. The unhealthy aspect was the voter turnout, which as grown increasingly unhealthy in the last four decades. Long gone are the days of the 1982 election when we saw a similar large majority of Grant Devine’s Progressive Conservative candidates elected after a decisive 75- to 80-per-cent turnout in most ridings. Not wanting to go out and physically cast a ballot during a pandemic was surely a factor, but we have long been on a downhill slide when it comes to the numbers voting. This needs to change and that change actually begins with a few things that went on in the 2020 election and before. Making mail-in ballots easier was a good step, but, given where snailmail is going, we need to move towards safe online voting. It’s time to make casting a ballot easier — not harder — because a vote is an investment into the process that should automatically lead to greater interest and awareness in what’s going on. That Saskatchewan — and especially rural Saskatchewan — overwhelming wanted Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party to return for another four years is not a comment on the health and viability of our democracy. What it really is, is a comment that a majority of voters simply viewed combination of the Sask. Party record and what it was proposing to be better than any other option including the governing party’s nearest rival, the NDP. We need to remember that the voters are always right. When we forget that, we get what happened at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6. In order to avoid that, we surely have to recognize not only the value of our institutions but the absolutely critical value of reason and grounded democratic debate where all sides are heard. That the October provincial election saw the rise of new political alternatives like the Buffalo Party — there were more votes cast for the 17 Buffalo Party than new votes gained by the NDP — should actually be seen as good thing. Less good is the party’s premise that prairie separation are viable. The notion that if you don’t get way in a democracy, you start your own government is pretty unhealthy. But that shouldn’t mean that any messages of frustration and discontent amidst a pandemic can be ignored. While coming from a completely opposite direction than the NDP, Buffalo Party voters did share a discontentment with government. We get into trouble when we start to accept that everything government does is beyond question because we might generally agree with the governing partys philosophy. A political party is healthiest when it goes out and earns support every day. The same should be said for a democracy. Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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Recreation more important in pandemic T

here seems to be days, weeks, and months, designated to celebrate everything from important things such as Remembrance Day and Canada Day to those frivolous days marking our love of bacon, or apple pie. With the increasingly long list of ‘days’ marking all manner of things it becomes more and more difficult to catch people’s attention when something worthy of our collective attention is marked. June is just around the corner, and with that comes the national initiative, June is Recreation and Parks Month (JRPM), an event marked at Yorkton Council but perhaps not of highest priority for many of use. Yet, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has put some extra focus on the importance of local recreation. On one hand, the closure of facilities hit many in the community. Being active for many has meant playing recreational hockey, curling, hitting the racquetball court, playing pickle ball, and other opportunities normally available locally. When the facilities closed it left a void that was felt by many, not just in terms of physical fitness, but getting out and playing sports is a way to clear our heads too, to get away from the mental strains of paying the bills, and heading to our jobs. As our world nears something more akin to normal, we look forward to our recreational facilities fully re-opening. When it comes to parks, Yorkton

has a rather broad range of outdoor opportunities, which perhaps have been more important the past year as we have been more or less homebound leaving many of us creating our ‘staycations’ as an alternative to travel. From tennis courts, to outdoor skating paths, to an active trout pond, to outdoor rinks, to the ecological preserve to the disc golf course and multiple playground equipment locations, people are able to get out of their houses, away from television and computer screens. That is always important, more so perhaps amid the pandemic. Fortunately, the City has generally been very proactive in the development of recreation and park facilities. You can cool off at local spray parks installed at Heritage Heights Park, Silver Heights Park and Ukrainian Pioneer Park, or grab your chess or checker set and play a game at one of the board tables around the city including the Gallagher Centre, Patrick Park, and City Centre Park. There is the wheelchair accessible play structure at Weinmaster Park. The aforementioned disc golf course and skateboard park and now consideration being given to a pump track, all of which add to the quality of life of our city. Hopefully, June will be a time we pause to appreciate what we have, and maybe look at what might still be created to continue the local recreation legacy.

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Local lab services are safe: Hindley Letter to the Editor:

I would like to take this opportunity to provide assurances regarding the future of lab services in Yorkton. We are currently dealing with a temporary shortage of Medical Laboratory Technologists and Medical Laboratory Assistants that is impacting our microbiology processing in Yorkton - a subsegment of the overall Lab Services conducted at Yorkton Regional Hospital. This has resulted in a large number of unfilled shifts and unsustainable overtime hours in recent months.

This has necessitated temporarily processing some microbiology samples out of Regina. This is not permanent and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will repatriate this work to Yorkton as soon as the appropriate personnel are recruited and in place. Lab Services are reliant on hard-to-recruit, highly-skilled personnel. While this can create service disruptions when key personnel leave, there is no patient impact as a result of this temporary change. In fact, some turnaround times for patients have been improved

through the access to molecular testing technology offered in Regina. We recognize that building local capacity is the key to ensuring stable, predictable access to health services as close to home as possible. That is why we are committed to the recruitment process and to continuing to strengthen Lab Services in Yorkton. For example, in May 2018 the SHA announced an improvement for patients in the Yorkton area that live with cardiac device implants. For about 300 cardiac patients in the area, new services in the

Lab enable them to avoid up to four trips a year to Regina for checkups. Not only was the initiative important for improving the quality of life for those clients by reducing travel time, it was representative of the larger commitment of the SHA to look for every opportunity to provide care closer to home. With the help of the local health foundation, their generous donors and other community partners, we will continue to strengthen health care services in Yorkton. Planning is underway for the construction of a new hospital in Yorkton, which will continue to serve

as a regional hub, providing an array of health care services - including a full suite of lab services. I would like to thank everyone who has reached out to my office, and the local MLAs who have raised this issue with me directly. Our government will continue to support and strengthen health care in Yorkton as it does in many other communities across Saskatchewan. Everett Hindley Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health

Heritage Heights not place for pumptrack Letter to the Editor:

Regarding “Residents propose pump track for city” April 28, 2021. As someone who regularly walks in Heritage Heights Park, I was surprised to see a proposal to build a pump track in that park. I oppose this short-sighted development because it will destroy the green space that residents of all ages currently enjoy. Since the proponents of this plan chose Heritage Heights Park as their premier location, my comments why this proposal is a bad idea are restricted to that particular park only. To be clear, I am not arguing for or against a pump track per se, just its specific location in this park. This “enormous amount of grass area”, as the advocates of this

plan refer to it, is not a useless space waiting for development. It is already a far more “perfect community thing” than the addition of a pump track would make it. This grassy area is being used by families to play soft ball and baseball, soccer and football, to fly kites, and was the location of a lacrosse tournament (the promoters of the pump track clearly did not notice the backstop nor the soccer/ football goal posts; or else they chose to ignore that). The notion that this project would “accommodate riders from five to seniors” is laughable hype. Can you imagine the elderly on “skateboards, scooters, or on inline skates! On the other hand, I meet many seniors who benefit from the

positive feeling to be had by walking in a natural environment. Seniors, and others, come to the park to enjoy a landscape that contrasts with the view of houses, concrete sidewalks and paved streets. Yet, this proposal seems insensitive to these advantages by stating that “… world’s best practice is tending toward lower maintenance surfacing techniques and materials such as asphalt….” I was reminded of Joni Mitchell’s song of decades ago when she sang “They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.” Degrading an urban green zone is a backward-looking policy. It was ironic to read in that same issue of Yorkton This Week that young people were planting trees in other city prop21054MM0

erties at the same time that a proposal was being made for a project that would replace grass with asphalt tracks and the proponents of that idea announcing that “It’s exactly what Yorkton needs….” The trio say of the pump track, “They’re the rage right now.” Rage and right now. We all know that rages come and go. Though currently there will be some interest, when the next rage comes along, this track might find few users as people move on to the next current rage and we will be left with something like a road to nowhere. On the other hand, baseball, soccer and football will

continue being popular; unfortunately, the ruination of the grassy area will handicap their enjoyment and will also leave walkers with an unsightly view of paved lanes and other remnants of the pump track. I am in favor of any family-oriented features being added to the Heritage Heights Park, but I object to despoiling the “enormous amount of grass area”. It is to the credit of the founders of the park who recognized long ago that a green expanse was a necessary, independent feature of the park, not something to be filled up with other constructions. Past city officials wisely located the ten-

nis courts, the skating rink, the crokicurl site, and the playgrounds outside the bounds of the walkway, signaling that the grassy region within that perimeter was an important component of the park in itself, not just a space to be crowded with “things”. I have only praise for the balance that currently exists in Heritage Heights Park and if a pump track should be built, then it should be in a more fitting space elsewhere. My advice to city council: don’t pave paradise, abandon any thoughts of placing a pump track in Heritage Heights Park. John D. Pihach Yorkton, SK.

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May 19, 2021 - May 25, 2021

Next Council Meeting Monday, June 7, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Fire Restriction for Yorkton

Construction Detour

As a result of the dry conditions, a Fire Ban has been issued for the RM of Orkney and RM of Wallace. A Burning Restriction has been issued for the City of Yorkton, and backyard fire pits are only permitted between 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. until further notice. This restriction does not apply to BBQ’s (propane, natural gas or briquette’s).

• Darlington East Reconstruction Reconstruction of Darlington Street East from the roundabout at Mayhew Ave to Dracup Avenue is under way. Road closures went into effect Sunday May 2, but initially the intersections at both Franco Drive and Delaere Drive will be open while the old roadbed from Delaere to Dracup Avenue is removed. The project is expected to be completed in June A new pathway will be constructed from Mayhew to Dracup as part of this project.

Fire Protective Services will be monitoring the situation and updating accordingly. Fire Ban status can also be obtained by calling the Provincial line at 1-866-404-4911.

Request for Proposals Gloria Hayden Community Centre Floor Refurbishing Proposal must be received before 2:00 p.m. on May 28, 2021 Please send sealed Proposal clearly marked with the above proposal name to cdpr@yorkton.ca Details of Proposal: The City of Yorkton is requesting proposals from interested venders for the refurbishment of the gymnasium flooring at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre, located at 279 Morrison Drive, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Specifications are available at: www.yorkton.ca/tenders Proposal shall remain open for acceptance by the City and irrevocable for thirty (30) calendar days following the date specified for closing. Proposal received after the date and time specified for closing will be marked late and returned unopened. Contact Person Enquiries regarding the proposal procedure and particulars can be directed to: Kurt Stechyshyn – Building Systems & Maintenance Manager Community Development, Parks & Recreation City of Yorkton Phone: 306-786-1750 Email: cdpr@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. Lowest or any proposal not necessarily accepted.

General InquIrIes: 306-786-1700 Mayor’s Office................................. 306-786-1701

After Hours Emergency ...................................... 306-786-1760 Building Services ............................. 306-786-1710 Bylaw Control .................................. 306-786-1725 City Clerk ......................................... 306-786-1717 City Manager ................................... 306-786-1703 City Parks & Green Spaces ............................................ 306-786-1780 City RCMP....................................... 306-786-2400 Communications ............................. 306-828-2424 Community Development, Parks & Recreation .......................... 306-786-1750

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

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

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Next Council Meeting Monday, June 7, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Public NoticePUBLIC NOTICE Assessment RollAssessment Roll

Summer Student Opportunity Deer Park Summer Student

As per subsection 187(1) of The Cities Act, the assessment roll for the City of Yorkton for the year 2021 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the Assessor from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days: April 1st to May 31st, 2021.

Community Development Parks & Recreation Department

Competition Number 2021-13

Bylaw No. 17/2003 required under section 184(2) of The Cities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment or classification to the Board of Revision is required to file his or her appeal with: Secretary to the Board of Revision - City of Yorkton P.O. Box 400 37 – Third Ave. N. Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W3 on or before 4:00 p.m. on the 31st day of May, 2021. For further information please contact, the Assessment and Taxation Branch - City of Yorkton at (306) 786-1736. Kim Durdin – Assessor City of Yorkton

This position reports directly to the Golf Course Superintendent.

Duties & Responsibilities  Operate golf course equipment as required in accordance with equipment operator’s manual

 Assist with minor repairs to course and buildings

 Moving hole placements on greens and changing tee markers  Laying sod

 Repairing and leveling drainage areas  Maintaining cart paths

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 Water flowers and trees, edge sand traps

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 Required to work outside in various weather conditions

Proposal must be received before 4:00 p.m. on May 21, 2021

Qualifications

Please email Proposal clearly marked with the above proposal name to: cdpr@yorkton.ca

 Returning to a post-secondary education in the fall of 2021

 Experience in the operation of mowing and other landscaping equipment would be

Details of Proposal: The City of Yorkton Community Development, Parks and Recreation Department is soliciting proposals from experienced and capable parties interested in operating the Jubilee Ball Park and Jaycee Beach Concession at Jubilee Ball Park and Jaycee Beach Ball Park. The purpose of this Request for Proposals process is to select the vendor or vendors to enter into an agreement with the City to supply concession services at the Jubilee Ball Park and Jaycee Beach Ball Park. The successful respondent will be responsible for providing concession, services to players, coaches, managers, spectators, officials and other members of the pubic, and operating and maintaining concession facilities. Further details about the Project and associated specifications requested by the City are set out in the RFP Documents. The proposing individual or company shall demonstrate the ability to perform in this type of business, clearly articulate achievable plans for operation, and document compliance with appropriate laws and regulations. Local non-profit organizations are eligible and encourage to inquire as a potential fundraising opportunity.

beneficial.

 Possess and maintain an RCMP Security Clearance as well as a valid Saskatchewan Class 5 Driver’s License.

Hours of work:

 Anywhere from 4:00am-12:00pm or 6:00am-3:00pm.  Shifts are on a rotating basis including weekends.

Interested applicants are invited to apply online at www.yorkton.ca. This competition closes May 21, 2021

The primary goals of the City with respect to the operation of the Jubilee Ball Park and Jaycee Beach Ball Park Concession services are: i. to develop a service-oriented and responsive food service program, which places customer satisfaction, facility cleanliness, consistent food quality, and revenue growth as its priorities; ii. to provide a high level of service to players, coaches, managers, spectators, officials and other members of the pubic and to work cooperatively with the City and the Parks Manager at all times; and iii. to ensure that the City receives adequate and appropriate compensation from the private business allowed to operate on public property.

Specifications are available at: www.yorkton.ca/tenders Proposal shall remain open for acceptance by the City and irrevocable for thirty (30) calendar days following the date specified for closing. Proposal received after the date and time specified for closing will be marked late and returned unopened. Contact Person Enquiries regarding the proposal procedure and particulars can be directed to: Julia Schofer, Recreation Services Manager Community Development, Parks & Recreation City of Yorkton Phone: 306-786-1750 Email: cdpr@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. Lowest or any proposal not necessarily accepted.

Street Sweeping Map

Street Sweeping Underway! Spring Street Sweeping got underway Monday, April 26, starting at the southwest corner of the city in Section 1 and moving eastward. It is very difficult to predict how quickly areas will be swept as conditions vary and equipment breakdowns sometimes occur. If possible, please do not park on the street until you see that your area has been swept, that will assist in efficient cleaning. Watch for updates on the areas currently being swept on FB. Please contact the Public Works Department at 306-786-1760 if you require further information.

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4-H Creators Club provides something for everyone By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer For over 50 years, the Yorkton Creators 4H Club has been giving kids ages 6 to 21 options for something to do in the area. The club offers many different programs, including cooking or crafts, photography, sewing, woodworking, a horse program, and the typical 4H projects. “You learn lot of things,” Vi Protz, with the club, said. “I joined when I was 12 years old,

and it’s served me well.” Protz has been part of the club for over 30 years, ever since moving to Yorkton, being a project leader and general leader since 1991. For her, sewing, knitting and curling have been her projects, all things she loves. While 4H is focused on kids, Protz said it’s for everyone. “It’s good for them to learn. The motto is learn to do by doing, and I’m still learning to do by doing, even though I’ve got this thing [a walker] now. I’ve told the kids, as long as you need me, I’ll

stay, and they keep needing me.” She noted that membership has been going down and believes that a lack of interest from youth and COVID is part of the problem. She is hoping that as the restrictions and guidelines ease up that membership will go up. The club recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, and while the milestone in Yorkton has been half a century, 4H itself has been around for over 100 years.

Vi Protz, left has long been involved in 4-H.

Dr. Brass receives over $10,000 for music program By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer The Dr. Brass Elementary School has received $12,000 for music equipment and resources for its students. The money comes from MusiCounts, a music education charity in Canada, which allocated $1 million worth of instruments, equipment, and resources to 95 schools across Canada through the MusiCounts Band Aid Program. The Dr. Brass School was one of six in Saskatchewan to receive funding (Bellevue, Leask, Stanley Mission, Muskoday, Saskatoon), and it’s the second time they had received funding with the other being in 2013 when they received $5,500. Scott Yemen, the band director at

the Dr. Brass School, said it’s humbling to receive the funding, and they are extremely grateful. “I think it can only enhance what we do, and the students will really enjoy them and appreciate them. I think it will lead us to offer a quality music education program, which is an important part of any school.” “Music to me is the ultimate multitasker in terms of studies. Music is made up of math, English, and science, and there is a physical aspect to it, and there is a social aspect, and it covers multiple intelligence in children. It gives them a safe space to be creative,” he continued “Not everybody is going to feel safe feel being creative athletically or creative with a pencil, so it gives a safe space for kids to work in group and work on personal relationships.”

Yemen said that they applied for the grant back in November. “To put the grant together, we had to inventory our instruments and give a description to the school and the demographics and why we felt that the accounts grant would be appropriate for us,” he said. “Dr. Brass is in a unique situation as we transition to the academy model at our schools with our lifestyles in dance, hockey, and fine art. We saw some need there, and also a general music teacher is kind of gone the way of the past. Schools used to have a dedicated elementary music teacher. Still, now those responsibilities are being taken on by classroom teachers. When you don’t have a dedicated specialist, you don’t know where to apply. Budget money is tight, so one of the real needs we saw was to improve the infrastruc-

ture of our elementary education program.” Yemen said that they have already started to receive some of the music equipment they have ordered. “We don’t have a lot of elementary equipment as it is. We had a few old maracas; a few old rhythms sticks kicking around, a couple of tambourines for our elementary kids,” he said. “Our band program is pretty well stocked, but for the individual school itself, we just didn’t have a lot of those elementary instruments. With us offering some popular music at the middle years level, a drum set is one of the things we’ve purchased some backline equipment like a sound system, amplifiers for guitars, basses, microphones, keyboards. we also ordered some large therapeutic drums for some of our programmings.”

Bike Safety Week being marked in city By Calvin Daniels

Staff Writer

Bicycle Safety Week 2021 is happening this week in the city. It is an initiative of the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute to stop disabling conditions from occurring by eliminating or modifying risk factors, explained Lisa Washington, Community Development Manager with the City at the regu-

lar meeting of Yorkton Council Monday. Washington was speaking on behalf of the Yorkton Active Transportation Collaborative – YATC. “Bicycle Safety Week is a week-long event for communities across the province of Saskatchewan to participate in promoting bicycle safety for children and youth,” she said. “This year, we are

encouraging everyone to access resources at the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute’s website – www.skprevention.ca” This year’s theme is “Ready to Ride”. Resources cover topics like: rules of the road, arm signals for cyclists, bike maintenance and proper helmet fit. There is even a PowerPoint presentation for parents and other educators, said

Washington. She continued by noting, “YATC remains committed to educating our community about the importance of bike safety and using active transportation responsibly. “With the nice weather, and because people currently have limited choice for physical activity, we have noticed more people outside walking and biking on our roads, multi-use pathways and

sidewalks. We would like to remind residents that safe bike usage falls under our traffic bylaw ... and as such, cyclists are expected to follow the rules of the road, just like motor vehicle drivers ... “We encourage everyone to get educated and ride safely.” The Yorkton Active Transportation Collaborative is a partnership that grew out of the Yorkton In Motion

LEGACY CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED CALL FOR DIRECTORS Legacy Co-op is part of the Co-operative Retailing System that serves more than 600 communities and more than 1.9 million members across Western Canada. Today, approximately 160 retail co-operatives own FCL, which provides central wholesaling, manufacturing and administrative services to its member-owners. Legacy Co-operative Association Limited boasts sales of more than $98 million and employs more than 225 employees. Sales outlets include a gas bar and food store in Kamsack, a food store and agro/home centre in Churchbridge, a cardlock and service centre in Theodore, an agro centre in Ebenezer, two gas bars, two cardlocks, an agro centre, a liquor store and a food store in Yorkton, cardlocks in Rhein, Esterhazy, and Langenburg and keylocks in MacNutt and Dubuc. We provide a variety of goods and services including: petroleum, food, lumber, general merchandise, crop supplies, feed, fertilizer, seed, bins and chemical. Legacy Co-operative is seeking progressive, forward thinking individuals with a good understanding of the retail climate who would like to ﬁll 3 vacancies on the Board of Directors in 2021. (Three 3 year terms) In accordance with bylaw 6.02(c) the name of each nominee to the position of director must be: 1. Submitted in writing by the nominee to the Co-operatives Nominating Committee at least 30 days before the date of the Annual General Meeting when the election will be held; and 2. Published by the Co-operative’s Nominating Committee with the notice of the Annual General Meeting Nomination papers can be picked up at any Legacy Co-operative Association Limited locations in Yorkton, Kamsack, Churchbridge, Ebenezer or Theodore or by contacting the following Committee members: Doug Barber PO Box 355, Yorkton, SK., S3N 2W1 (306) 621-9240

Kenneth Chyz 106 – 27 Erichsen Place, Yorkton, SK., S3N 3Z6 (306) 621-5687

Bruce Hansen 6 Wilson Crescent, Yorkton, SK., S3N 3Z9 (306) 786-6161

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Committee. The purpose of the YATC is to: Increase awareness of the community benefits received by providing physically active modes of transportation. Increase awareness of the individual benefits received by choosing physically active modes of transportation. Work towards creating a community environment that provides options for residents to choose physically active modes of transport in their daily lives.

Virtual grads likely to be held for 2021 graduates By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer With the end of May approaching, it will soon be grad season in the province, and for the second straight year, it looks like things will be virtual in Yorkton. The Sacred Heart High School principal, Rachel Sterzuk, said that they are making a virtual grad. “The mass in the morning is live-streamed; the commencements in the afternoon are being pre-taped,” she said. “We will send it home for families and such to watch.” As for the Yorkton Regional High School, Principal Mike Haczkewicz said they are planning a virtual grad for now, but with their ceremonies still more than a month away, they are still waiting to see if any of the guidelines will change by then. Currently the Government of Saskatchewan is still recommending virtual or live-streamed events instead of in-person events.

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Deer Park celebrating 100 years Deer Park Golf Course is 100 years old, and the centennial kicked-off Friday with a brief ceremony at the course. Mayor Mitch Hippsley and City Councillors, golfers, and several City of Yorkton staff to mark the celebration including unveiling a historical sign describing the history of Deer Park. The golf course officially opened on May 24, 1921. The course started out with nine holes out of the proposed 18 and neither a clubhouse nor a pro shop had been built. A granary was later moved on site and used as pro shop space. In addition to the historic sign unveiling, Hippsley announced a few special opportunities available for the golfing public. “Since the first round

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An event was held Friday at Deer Park Golf Course to unveil a plaque marking 100 years of operation. of golf at Deer Park took place on May 24, 1921, we are inviting people to golf like it’s 1921. On the 21st of each month, May through September, we will provide one round

of golf for $10 to anyone wanting to golf that day”, said the Mayor. “Anyone who participates in these special days will be able to put their name in a month-

ly draw for a basket of Deer Park Centennial merchandise valued at approximately $300.00”, he added. All season passes will still be valid on those

days and season pass holders will be automatically entered into an additional draw for a basket of Centennial merchandise. Plans for a ‘Centennial

Legacy Tree Project’ is in the works that will see multiple trees planted throughout the course, to help ensure it stays beautiful for another 100 years. The Deer Park Golf Course has been a drawing card for the city since inception, and is one of the top ranked courses in the province. It is also the only one of all Yorkton’s’ recreational venues that consistently comes close to paying for its own operation. The site is not only used by golfers, in winter cross country skiers enjoy trails maintained throughout the course by the Yorkton Cross Country Ski Club, and tobogganers love the steep run into the ravine. COVID-19 guidelines were followed for the event.

CAA highlighting school safety this month By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer

presented with a CAA School Safety Patrol Pride and Honour medal as a token of appreciation for the volunteer work in helping to keep students and school zones safe. There are approximately 4,600 patrollers in 160 schools from 70 Saskatchewan communities. To celebrate the successes of the thousands of volunteers of the CAA School Safety Patrol program, patrollers, coordinators, law enforcement, and valued partners will participate in the first-ever, virtual cross-Canada Patroller meet-up on May 19. The CAA Patroller Festival Brigadier will

The warm weather is in full swing, and drivers might be eager to speed, and because of that, the month of May has been proclaimed CAA School Safety Patrol Month in Saskatchewan. The entire month will be devoted to recognizing the thousands of patrollers for their work and dedication in promoting school zone safety in Saskatchewan. CAA School Safety Patrollers will be

include Patrollers from Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia from the comforts of home. The festival is an after-school virtual event designed exclusively to thank Patrollers for their valued volunteer work in helping to keep school zones safe. “We like to commend you for your ongoing commitment to safety and for providing an environment which allows students to contribute to a secure community,” Education Minister Dustin Duncan said. “CAA School Safety Patrol Month is a fitting way to recognize and

pay tribute to the province’s many safety patrols while developing its student volunteers into responsible young leaders.” Last year over 24,000 tickets were given out for speeding in school zones across Saskatchewan, according to SGI. Going 20 km/h over the limit carries a $310 fine and three demerit points. Drivers that don’t obey school bus safety lights can be hit with a $360 fine and four demerit points, drivers who do not follow a crossing guard’s instructions can get a $230 ticket, and a distracted driving ticket will cost $580 with four demerit points.

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SECON Maulers readying for fall By Calvin Daniels

Staff Writer

With the past season lost to the COVID19 pandemic restrictions, and uncertainty remaining about when they might be allowed to play games again, the Yorkton SECON U18 AAA Maulers are forging ahead with plans for the fall. Mauler head coach Ed Zawatsky said the situation of course has not been ideal, but they have adapted as best they can in terms of preparing a roster for the fall. “It’s a different type of atmosphere,” he said, adding the past year has been particularly difficult on players who would have been in their second year of U18 hockey. “I really feel bad

for the second-year Midgets,” he said, adding they are the player’s Junior teams often send back to U18 for a year of seasoning they may need to take the next step up in the game. Often those players might not be the most highly skilled, but they still show promise for Junior. “Their strength is their compete level,” said Zawatsky, and without games it’s hard to show that. “. . . We haven’t been able to do any scrimmages for a long time ... Compete is hard to see when you’re only skating around pylons.” As much as Zawatsky feels for past players, they must be ready for a hope for fall start to a new season. “The league has

mandated teams have a minimum of 15 players signed by June 1,” he said, adding “we do have 15 players.” But the process of selecting those 15 was not the usual spring camp process. “We saw as many kids as we could,” said Zawatsky, adding they were allowed to bring in players in smaller groups to skate. Typically they would dress up to 16, but have only eight in a group restricted to half the arena ice for whatever drills they could fit on the limited surface. In the end, Zawatsky said he ended up relying heavily on his network of contacts to determine who was a good fit for the Maulers. “A lot of it is based

right now on character, on having good kids,” he said. For example, there were players who traveled to multiple sessions to show what they had, which Zawatsky said shows determination just in the effort to be here in the midst of a pandemic. Over the summer Zawatsky said they will keep on contact with the 15 signed players and depending on regulations may bring them in small groups to Yorkton for some training sessions. Then in August the team hopes to hold a more traditional fall camp to determine who the final five are to fill out the roster. The Maulers play in the Saskatchewan Male U18 AAA Hockey League.

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Despite continuing uncertainty about whether games can be played the Yorkton Lady Gridders football program is gearing up for a spring season. “We’re trying to get something happening,” said coach Tyrell MacLean, adding “with COVID we don’t know what’s happening.” So the organization has decided to be ready. They are taking registration for girls Grades 7

through Grade 12, with the necessary form available at yorkton-minorfootball.sportngin.com There is always a place for new players too, noted MacLean. “Girls are always welcome to come and try it out,” he said. While actual games remain up in the air pending provincial COVID requirements, MacLean said they will hit the field “after the May long weekend” with what he termed a “developmental camp” for the players.

At the camp they will be restricted to groups of eight, social distanced from other groups, but MacLean said that actually “works well for football,” as they typically “break into smaller groups anyway.” MacLean added they will of course be sanitizing equipment and making it as safe as possible for the players. As for game play, MacLean said they hope the rules relax in June to allow for at least a couple of games this spring.

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Taking lacrosse to South Africa When it comes to lacrosse Chris Boushy, currently a member of the Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League, has approached things a bit differently. Boushy did not attend an American college, but rather played varsity lacrosse at Queen’s University in Ontario. But, he played well enough that at 19 he entered the NLL draft with a year of college eligibility left, and was selected 31st overall by the Saskatchewan Rush. “I remember going out there for camp in November and getting smacked in the face with the weather,” he said in a recent tele-

phone interview. Boushy didn’t make the Rush, being the last player sent home, but got a deal with Buffalo before he got back to Ontario. The year of college eligibility wasn’t exactly a good fit with the Bandits and he ended up a Roughneck in Calgary, playing half a season before being traded to Rochester for eight games before that team moved to Halifax. Boushy said playing in Halifax, limited as the time has been after the 2020 season was cut short due the COVID19 pandemic has been exciting. “I would go so far to say it’s kind of the same

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Sports vibe as in Saskatchewan (for the Rush),” he offered. Boushy said Halifax is another smaller big city in Canada that has a great sports culture. “The sports culture there is so vast. They’re very passionate sports fans,” he said, but added they had no professional team locally to follow. While they might not

know lacrosse well the arrival of the NLL was welcome, said Boushy, adding “it was a notbrainer to jump on the bandwagon.” While Boushy is excited by the prospect of returning to the floor with the Thunderbirds in front of a passionate fan base, he also has set himself on a path to take lacrosse to the coun-

try of his birth; South Africa. Boushy and his brother were both born in Johannesburg, his Canadian father in South Africa as a mining engineer where he married a local gal. Interesting father Boushy was not a lacrosse player, but instead played hockey with a passion he took to South Africa with him, noted his son. His father played on the South African National Team that was a Div. III IIHF silver medal in Mexico City in 2005, and coached the country’s junior team for a time too. Chris never played hockey in South Africa as the family moved

back to Canada when he was only four, and he gravitated to lacrosse. Now he wants to help lacrosse get a foothold in the country of his birth. “I’ve always had pride in my home country ... I’m very proud to be from a country with such a vast culture,” he said, adding his mother’s family remains there. He noted the family home has always been filled with South African memorabilia. “The fen shui of the house is very South African.” Lacrosse however is virtually unknown in South Africa, something Boushy hopes to change. Continued on page A16

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ASF in China a model to learn from When it comes to livestock disease the Canadian agriculture sector is keenly aware of how devastating they can be in terms of impacting trade. The Canadian beef sector was shaken to its foundation when Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) was initially found in a single Alberta cow in 2003. Trade in beef and live cattle exports ground to a halt, and the border closures ripples to the sheep and bison sector too. Imagine if the disease not only closed export doors over possible

human health impacts, but also led to massive deaths of livestock too. That is the situation that has occurred in China in the past year, or so, as African Swine Fever has ravished to pork industry. The disease hit the massive Chinese swine herd hard with a huge percentage of the heard lost. It had been suggested by the Chinese government that the disease was under control, and pig numbers on course to return to pre-ASF numbers, but that may be good old fashioned government rhetoric. Other sources

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Calvin Daniels reported in farm media suggest a third wave has taken hold, this time a mutated strain of ASF, that while less deadly has still reportedly contributed to loss estimates over the past winter and earlier this spring ranging from about 20 per cent of the

herd to more than 50 per cent. Whichever number is correct, it’s a lot of pigs given as of April 2021, China was home to the largest number of pigs of any country with 406 million head, according to www.statista.com The situation of ASF

in China is of interest to Canadian farmers for a variety of reasons starting with keeping a diligent eye on biosecurity to ensure the disease does not hit here and devastate the Canadian pork sector. The situation is also notable for Canadian grain producers because a return to pre-ASF numbers in China will mean a greater demand for feed grains, and Canadian barley and feed wheat, and potentially canola meal, are possible feed exports to meet the demand. Of course if ASF continues to lead to losses in China, then pork

exports from this country becomes a possible backfill for Chinese demand which is good for the agriculture sector here. And, finally, ASF rolling through the pig population on waves may provide some clues to how pandemics work, and while we might feel we are past the worst of COVID-19 in the human population, one mutant variant that has found its way past the current crop of vaccines could change that quickly. The more we learn of how a pandemic works in waves, the better off we will be.

Crop Report More farmers have been able to get out into the field this week. Seeding is up from nine per cent last week to 38 per cent this week. This is well ahead of the fiveyear average (2016-2020) of 22 per cent. Crops that have been seeded so far are slow to emerge due to cool temperatures and little soil moisture. The southwest region is leading the province, with 56 per cent of the crop seeded. Forty-four per cent of crops are seeded in the southeast, 35 per cent in the westcentral, 34 per cent in the northwest, 24 per cent in the east-central and 22 per cent in the northeast region. The southwest saw good amounts of precipitation over the past week that will hopefully improve germination conditions. The Admiral area recorded the most rain and snow precipitation at 25 mm followed by the Shaunavon and Rockglen areas which both reported receiving 20 mm. Little to no precipitation was reported in the other regions of the province. Moisture conditions

saw a slight drop between this week and the previous week. Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as zero per cent surplus, 31 per cent adequate, 45 per cent short and 23 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as zero per cent surplus, 22 per cent adequate, 45 per cent short and 32 per cent very short. Dry conditions are raising concerns about fires in both cropland and pastures, several rural municipalities

across the province have issued fire bans and producers are reminded to be extremely careful when operating machinery and equipment that have the potential to spark or get very hot. Producers continue working in their fields seeding, harrowing, rock picking and rolling. Very little weed emergence has allowed farmers to postpone spraying for the time being. Some producers have postponed further seeding as they wait for rain.

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Planting wheat Seeding is well under way across the province, including on the farm of Jeff and Kristina Just west of Yorkton. Jeff and daughter Jillian and son Matthew were planting wheat, and keeping a collective eye on the sky hoping for rain, as conditions are already dry in the area, and across most of the Canadian

Prairies. According to the May 4-10 Crop Report issued by the province seeding was up to 38 per cent complete, and with sunny weather the wheels have kept moving so the number will only be increasing. For the week the 38 per cent was well ahead of the five-year average (20162020) of 22 per cent.

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Northern SK. a gem for paddlers By Calvin Daniels

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If you have an interest in paddling as a hobby then Saskatchewan, in particular the northern part of the province, is a place to visit. And now there is a handy guide to some of the best places with the release of ‘Paddling Northern Saskatchewan: A Guide to 80 Canoe Routes’ by Ric Driediger. The book is a natural for Driediger given his career. “I have been a canoe guide since 1973,” he told Yorkton This Week. “I started a non-profit business called Wilderness Trails in 1976. In 1978 I started a for-profit business called Horizons Unlimited. That business purchased Churchill River Canoe Outfitters in the fall of 1987. I have owned and operated that business ever since. At present we have more than 7000 people come through CRCO every summer.” Of course Driediger didn’t start out sitting in a canoe. “I grew up on a farm near Drake, SK. I grew up watching Shamrock TV out of Yorkton,” he said. “As a kid I knew more about Yorkton than any other city in

Saskatchewan. “I looked after 16,000 chicken and 1000 pigs. It was assumed by everyone around, except my father and I, that I would be a farmer when I grew up. My father assumed I would be a doctor or professor, but not a farmer. “Instead, I became a canoe guide. Everyone around until I was well into my 40s kept asking me what I was going to do when I grew up, I guess now that I’m almost 70, I still haven’t grown up.” As for the book it wasn’t exactly a planned thing in a sense, said Driediger, who didn’t go in with any experience as a writer, but with a knack for telling stories. “I have no formal training in writing. I started telling stories to audiences about 25 years ago,” he said. “I’ve been hired as an entertainer at banquets and other events. I love telling stories. Of course in order to tell stories, I would first have to write them. So I’ve been writing stories for more than 30 years.” The book sort of evolved out of that. “I have done hundreds of canoe routes,” said Driediger. “For the past 35 years I have heard the stories of many groups coming off canoe trips. There is

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likely no one anywhere who knows more about canoe routes in northern Saskatchewan than I do. This information needed to be written down. It was all there in my head. So I wrote about 80 canoe routes in northern Saskatchewan.” But, it was a book that wasn’t exactly what the author wanted to pen, but he knew he had too.

“This isn’t the book I wanted to write,” said Driediger. “The book I wanted to write was a collection of stories of my own experiences and stories I’ve been told from groups coming off canoe trips. That book will likely be available in the next year. “This is the book I needed to write. I had to write this book of canoe

routes first because I felt this information should not be lost.” The result is a somewhat basic guide to the 80 routes, offered Driediger. “There is so much more that could be written on this topic,” he said. “Certainly what I wrote is not exhaustive information on these routes. It is an overview of these routes. On many

of these 80 canoe routes, I could write a whole book of information and stories from the various times I and others have paddled. “I could talk about the portages and the camping spots along the way. “I could tell about the time we caught trout off the point of a certain camping spot. Continued on page A16

Looking at the politics of the canoe By Calvin Daniels

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The canoe, and what it means in a broader sense than a recreational vehicle is looked at in a new book; The Politics of the Canoe, edited by Bruce Erickson and Sarah Wylie Krotz. “Popularly thought of as a recreational vehicle and one of the key ingredients of an ideal wilderness getaway, the canoe is also a political vessel,” detailed the back of the book. “A potent symbol and practice of Indigenous cultures and traditions, the canoe has also been adopted to assert conservation ideals, feminist empowerment, citizenship practices, and multicultural goals. Documenting many of these various uses, this book asserts that the canoe is not merely a matter of leisure and pleasure; it is folded into many facets of our politi-

cal life. “Taking a critical stance on the canoe, The Politics of the Canoe expands and enlarges the stories that we tell about the canoe’s relationship to, for example, colonialism, nationalism, environmentalism, and resource politics. To think about the canoe as a political vessel is to recognize how intertwined canoes are in the public life, governance, authority, social conditions, and ideologies of particular cultures, nations, and states.” But, why did you think the book was worth writing? “Canoes are really important agents of Indigenous culture, governance, and resurgence. They also shape local and personal histories,” Wylie Krotz told Yorkton This Week. “There is no single story that unites the chapters of this book, other than a commitment

to the idea that the canoe is political in that broadest sense of the word: canoes signify an array of profoundly important relationships, affecting

how people relate to each other, to the land and waterways, and to their histories. “Canoeing can be a very thoughtful activity

as well as a physical one: you have a lot of time to ruminate when you’re paddling in the bow for many miles. “We wanted to give paddlers and scholars alike a book that gave them lots to think about, as the canoe has the potential to help us think through important relationships. “We are both avid canoeists and we wanted to illustrate how thinking about the politics of the canoe has helped us better understand and enjoy canoeing.” The latest book evolved from earlier efforts, said Wylie Krotz. “The canoe is such a ubiquitous icon of Canadian identity,” she said. “In 2013, Bruce published his book Canoe Nation, which examines the history and political power of this icon. His work on this book left him wondering about all

the stories left untold -especially the stories that run against the grain of Canada’s appropriation of the canoe as its national icon. He wanted to showcase the canoe’s multivalent meanings for many different communities both inside and outside Canada. “I (Sarah) was a canoe tripper with Bruce many years ago, and we always shared an interest in these kinds of conversations. As an English scholar interested in the intersections between the stories we tell and the ways we engage with landscapes, I jumped at the chance to help him put this book together.” Wylie Krotz said the book was a one with lots of preparation work ahead of putting the book together. “It takes a lot of prep work to edit a book like this,” she said. “It came together over several Continued on page A16

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It’s hard to believe that we have not met in more than a year, but the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society is still not having meetings. By this time our meeting season would be just about over, because guess what, we’re all eager to be out in our gardens, just as you are! We know that you are missing our famous spring plant sale, too! We’ll have to hope for next year instead! But please check out our website at www.yorktonhort.ca and see interesting garden photos and news. Let’s have a quick cup of tea together. I know we are all praying for rain, and I did some homework about how we can garden better in dry spells. One thing that I learned was that we should use

mulch, if we can, to conserve moisture. And that led into reading some articles about compost. So let’s combine the two and talk about compost as mulch. Some of you might be envisioning large wooden bins or organic matter right now, but you can make compost in a container as small as an ice cream pail. There’s a basic recipe for compost, and whether you are making it in small batches or big batches, the ingredients and method is the same. My darling parents were composting garden waste decades ago. Daddy built compost bins from wooden pallets. One was for the “fresh” ingredients, and the other, right beside it, was where the broken down

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Gardener’s Notebook compost was forked into until it became the brown gold that is so beneficial to gardens. Some of you might have the space to compost on that scale, but most of us want something smaller. So first, let’s talk about the container. You can buy compost bins in various sizes, and they work just dandy. If you want to make your own, use a container with holes that allows for air circulation. It has to have a lid so that

you can turn or “rotate it”, mixing up what is inside. And what is inside? There are two ingredients for compost. One is “green”, things like vegetable and fruits peels, eggshells, and things like grass clippings (chemical-free only!). The green items give the compost the gift of nitrogen. Then, we use “brown” material, which gives carbon, and is dry organic matter like dried leaves and dried

grass clippings. You keep these two ingredients in roughly equal proportions, layered in your composter. They have to be turned about once a week, and in time, the breaking-down process begins to yield beautiful compost. It may take several weeks or a few months to achieve compost, depending how big the pieces of organic matter are, but it is worth the wait. Now, unless you have a real abundance of compost, many gardeners use compost as topdressing, rather than working it into the soil. This becomes an ideal mulch, because it slowly disperses nutrients into the soil, but also helps hold in moisture. And two points to remember: never put

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Don’t Give up on your Prodigals I wrote the paragraphs below a long time ago. Originally published as one of my early columns, they eventually landed in my second book, Practice by Practice. I sense today’s readers, at least some of them, need these words (lightly edited from the original) even more now. My earliest memories of my mother are all in the garden. She’s bent over. Dropping tiny seeds, pulling pesky weeds. Staking tomatoes, hilling potatoes. Her flowered dress billows in the breeze and a sun patch rests on her back. I think she’s beautiful, even with that dirt smudge on her chin. Mom grew one of the best vegetable gardens on the block. But she and Dad tended a more important garden at the same time. Planted seeds with every word. Pulled weeds with each gently

correcting discipline. Watered generously with love and tenderness. I was that garden. My parents paid vigilant attention to the soil of my life—to every budding desire, each sucker that would have stolen from my growing, greening edges; every small important stalk that needed staking before the contrary winds of life thrust it down. Even when I was grown, they tended from a distance. Their support and encouragement fertilized new growth, strengthened my firm roots, and helped me visualize what I could become. Until their deaths, they watered me frequently with prayer. When I left home in my late teens, I rebelled against their careful tending; a quietly dark rebellion of mind and spirit that wormed its insidious way into my

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Sunny Side Up behavior. Undercover, covert. My parents, unaware, never stopped praying. Eventually, likely because of those prayers, I came down where I ought to be. Some prodigals, thank God, do. Tangled webs haunt the soul of a prodigal’s parent. Questions and regrets. Sorrow and guilt. Unreasonable hope colliding with unspeakable fear. The remembered fragrance of baby skin and the sweet recall of days when night-time interruptions meant only a feeding and a diaper change. A soft lullaby,

perhaps. It’s tough, tending the soil of a prodigal’s life. And sometimes parents, weary of constant weeding and withering rejection, need parenting themselves. A hopeful word, a flesh-and-blood hug. I know this. Parents of prodigals, you who feel so flawed and forsaken in comparison to some others, know this: the Divine Gardener of the soil of our lives is the perfect parent, but he, too has rebellious kids. Because he gave us each the terrible gift of free

will. Terrible because it means we are free to choose wrong – and its eventual consequences; a gift, because we may also choose right. Like my parents, forever watering me with prayer, God continually bends over the gardens of his children’s lives. Tending, weeding, prun-

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LACROSSE Continued from page A10 He explained there was a South African Lacrosse Project but that effort petered out a few years ago. He hopes this time to set a more lasting foundation for the sport in the country of his birth. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do,” he said, adding now that he has

established himself as an NLL player with Halifax “I have a larger platform to do this from.” While COVID has slowed things, Boushy has taken his first steps, including applying to the international body for the sport to have South Africa become a member nation. Next, planned for this

year, will be a foray into South Africa with equipment, handbooks for players, coaches and officials, and similar resources to help get people playing. Boushy said he is also looking to find partners in South Africa to help with the effort. While South Africa has a strong sport cul-

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said, adding sport can be important in terms of being something inclusive for all regardless of a player’s background. As it stands lacrosse is played only in pockets in the whole of Africa, where six countries; Uganda, Kenya and Niger among them, having recognized sport organizations.

“They’re not very competitive but they have a structure in place,” said Boushy, adding he hopes South Africa will be on the list soon. You can follow Boushy and his efforts in South Africa on Instagram (@ chrisboushy) including when the South African Lacrosse Association website link drops.

one would need to paddle the route – that would take too many pages of maps. “So to find a balance between those two opposites was a challenge. “Also, I wanted to show by the maps how all these routes interconnected. So I not only needed to show the route I was talking about but all the other routes that connected. “I think in the end I accomplished all those things I wanted to accomplish.” The photographs add another element to the book. “The photos are good,” said Driediger. “I don’t know if they are the best aspect of the book.

“Certainly those who are not really interested in canoe trips only look at the photos. I think that’s great. “One of the big reasons I felt I needed to write this book is because I have the ‘unbiased’ opinion that northern Saskatchewan is the best place in the world to go canoeing. I think the book shows that quite well. “Most people who pick-up the book have no idea of what we have in our north. Even if one doesn’t read the book, the photos show it.” Ultimately Driediger is happy with what he created in the book. “Yes, I am pleased with the book,” he said. “The publisher I used – Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing out of Regina was amazing. She along with her editor gave numerous suggestions on how to make the book better than it first was. The format of the book, the paper stock, the cover stock, the look of the book, are all Heather Nickel. She is amazing! I think because of her, the book is far better than it would have been. “I am also very pleased to get a grant from

Creative Saskatchewan to publish and print the book. That grant covered roughly 30 per cent of the cost of getting the book from my hands to being printed.” As for an audience Driediger said it could be “anyone who is interested in our north.” “Certainly the primary audience are paddlers. But the book does give a very clear picture of what we have in our north. We are sitting on a treasure of far more value than the uranium and gold that is being mined. We have the best canoe country in the world. Those who are interested in what we have in this province will be interested in this book.” Paddling Northern Saskatchewan is available at most book stores in the province and most of the outdoor stores, said Driediger. It is available through Churchill River Canoe Outfitters. It is available through Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing, McNally Robinsons, Chapters and Amazon. “Of course it is best to buy it directly through Churchill River Canoe Outfitters. Then you get a signed copy,” he added.

NORTHERN Continued from page A14 “Or, I could tell the story the time we met a group from Quebec on their way to the Arctic Ocean on this portage. But that wasn’t the point of the book. The point was to give a feeling of what it is like to paddle the Wathaman River or the Snare River or what it is like to paddle in the McLennan Lake Canoe Area.” Driediger said he knew it was important to share what he has learned. “This information would not necessarily die with me, but with me the information is all in one place,” he explained. “For someone else to write this they

would have to do tons of research. I have done that for the past almost 50 years of my life.” Asked about the writing process, Driediger had an interesting view on the topic. “I did 48-years of preparation to write this book,” he noted. “Then in September of 2019, I sat down and wrote it. “It took about five weeks of non-concentrated writing to do this book. “I did very little research at the time. This information was in my head. I just needed to write it down. I also have the information about the length of the trip and the number of portages. I have to meas-

ure each trip on a map and recount the portages to make sure I got that information correct.” So, what was the most challenging aspect of the project? “The maps are what took most of the time,” said Driediger. “There are more than 100 maps in this book. I redid those maps several times because I was not happy with them. “In the end – I am now mostly happy with those maps. “That was the biggest challenge. They needed to show the complexity of the 100,000-plus lakes in our north and the river systems that connect those lakes. But they could not be in the detail

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LOOKING Continued from page A14 years: in 2017 we put out a call for contributors who then gathered i.n Winnipeg (at Fort Whyte Alive) to workshop their chapters. “That part was really interesting: everyone got to know one another and their work, and a number of wonderful new collaborations have come out of those discussions. The workshop also meant that, as different as many of these chapters are, they are all influenced by one another in some way. “From there, the authors completed their chapters and we crafted an introduction that both links the chapters together and expands on some of the areas that weren’t addressed in the rest of the book.” Making it all come together was challenging. “With many contributors and stories to tell, this book had many moving parts,” offered Wylie Krotz. “It’s a lot to organize and bring that many people and perspectives together, and to write an introduction that provides enough context for all of them. But this particular challenge was also what made this project fun and interesting.” At the same time have varied contributors are seen as the book’s greatest strength too. “The contributors are historians, anthropologists, literary scholars, canoe builders, community leaders, and Indigenous knowledge

keepers,” said Wylie Krotz. “The chapters are all interesting on their own, but read together they provide a kaleidoscopic view of a boat that many people think of as one thing. “It’s not one thing: it is many things -- and beings -- to many different communities.” And the editors are happy with what they have pulled together. “The chapters are wonderful and paint a rich picture of the ways canoes are important on a number of different levels beyond simply recreation and relaxation,” said Wylie Krotz. “We were definitely impressed with the diversity of stories that were submitted and the insight they have.” The diversity of voice also means a varied audience for the book. “Because of the different topics covered and the different voices within, it will appeal to all sorts,” said Wylie Krotz. “Obviously we think other paddlers will be interested in the book, but also people who are interested in North American history, environmental conservation and Indigenous knowledge.”

The book is published by the University of Manitoba Press, so it is easy to order from local booksellers. The University of Manitoba Press also has its own webstore at https://uofmpress.ca