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In unison The Gridders Cheerleading Club held a performance at Yorkton Regional High School for the local community to show what they have been working on all

season. The event featured athletes from age four to 19, many who have attended competitions across the province. (See Page A8 for related story.)

Goulden elected SUMA president

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Long-time Yorkton City Councillor Randy Goulden is the new president of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association.

Delegates to the recent SUMA convention elected Goulden over Shaunavon Mayor Kyle Bennett.

“It’s a little overwhelming to get all the support that I did,” Goulden told Yorkton

This Week after she had returned from the convention.

Goulden said it was also gratifying that so many people she had made connections with over her 20-years on the SUMA board supported her election bid.

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley said it was great to see a local councillor get the top job with SUMA. “We’re extremely excited and happy for her,” he said.

Hippsley said the real

winner is Saskatchewan.

“She’s going to be excellent for the province. Because she knows small towns,” he said, adding that will make her a fine advocate for communities across Saskatchewan.

“It’s huge for the province of Saskatchewan to have her on board.”

Goulden has been acting as interim president of SUMA since the resignation of Rodger Hayward after just a year in the role.

Hayward, mayor of

Randy Goulden Naicam, departed as president in February after accepting a promotion at United Agri

Products Canada Inc., his regular employer.

Hayward had defeated incumbent Gordon Barnhart during the 2021 SUMA election.

Goulden had been interim president in 2016 for a short time as well, but did not seek the top spot then.

“The first time I wasn’t ready,” she said, adding that this time she knew “from the bottom of my heart” that she “was ready” to take on the top role.

“I have the time, the

energy, to take on this role.”

While Goulden said she is not the sole voice for SUMA, with an active board to support her, she will be the face of SUMA as it deals with a number of key issues.

From the outset Goulden said it will be about creating a team atmosphere.

“It’s about cooperation and collaboration with our members and with our partners,” she said.

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Council hears water contamination concerns

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer A pair of property owners have concerns a neighbouring fertilizer handling facility has contaminated their land and the subsoil groundwater.

Monday they took those concerns to Yorkton Council where Ward Brown made a presentation outlining their concerns.

“We are not experts,” offered Brown, who added he was at Council “to speak on behalf of the property owners: Donna Brown and L. & V. Enterprises Ltd. “The property owners want

“Yorkton is reliant on groundwater for its water supply for drinking water and industry. Protecting the water supply supports economic development in the region.”

— Ward Brown at Yorkton Council to share what has been learned and communicate concerns about contamination east of the City of Yorkton.”

The fertilizer plant has

been on the location for years.

“A fertilizer plant has been in operation on the Imperial Oil site in excess of 18 years – currently operated by

Nutrien,” said Brown.

The properties in questions are on the east side of the city along Highway #10, in the neighbouring Rural Municipality of Wallace.

In addition, the Yorkton Creek is approximately 175 m from the Imperial Oil site.

Brown noted, “this means the maximum allowable levels of chemicals are lower because of aquatic life.”

Also, drinking water wells are within a 500 m radius of the Imperial Oil site, said Brown.

Brown acknowledged in the past monitoring was carried out.

“The Imperial Oil site management plan for more than 14 years included taking soil and groundwater samples twice a year on the Imperial Oil site and the Donna Brown and L. & V. Enterprises Ltd. properties until they stopped in 2019,” he said.

The chemicals measured include ammonia, calcium, chloride, magnesium, nitrate, nitrite, sodium, sulphate, total dissolved solids.

Then in 2016 a problem arose.

In 2016 L. & V. Enterprises

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City hopes for grant for work on arenas

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The City of Yorkton is hoping for some grant dollars to help offset planned work at the Gallagher Centre and the Kinsmen Arena.

At the Feb. 14, 2022 Council meeting, Council approved the 2022 and 2023 Capital budgets, which included the Arena Improvements Project, a total value of $3,860,000; $1,085,000 for the Gallagher Centre and $2,775,000 for the Kinsmen Arena, explained Lisa Washington - Manager

of Community, Culture & Heritage with the City at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.

“More specifically the projects will see the replacement of the ice plant, and related code improvements at the Gallagher Centre, which supports both the Westland Arena and the Curling Rink. The Kinsmen Arena will receive a new concrete slab with header trench and related piping; new arena boards and glass and improvements related to dehumidification, as well as code related improvements,”

she said.

Following unanimous support from Council the dual projects will be the basis on a city application for Investing in Infrastructure Program (ICIP) dollars, said Washington.

Through ICIP …the program will provide more that $900 million in federal funding for all type of Saskatchewan infrastructure projects over 10 years until 2028, she explained.

“These projects will be costshared by the federal and provincial governments, municipalities and other eligible recipients,” said Washington.

ICIP funding is divided into four streams, each with their own allocations, eligible projects and defined outcomes.

The streams are: • Public Transit Infrastructure - $308 million • Green Infrastructure $420 million • Community, Culture and Recreation - $56 million • Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure $116 million The application for the arena work is being submitted under the Community, Culture and Recreation stream.

“The levels of federal and provincial contribution, for municipal projects are: federal contribution at least 40 percent and provincial contribution up to 33.33 percent. Only projects with eligible costs between a minimum of $100,000 and a maximum of $10 million will be considered during this intake process,” said Washington.

“If we are successful in receiving this grant, the overall cost of these projects to the City would be reduced and could be re-allocated by Council to other recreation projects,” she said.

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Volunteer efforts marked by week

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer National Volunteer Week is being marked in Yorkton.

The week “is a time to recognize and thank volunteers in and around Yorkton, in Saskatchewan and in Canada for their time and energy, contributing to causes that benefit our communities,” said Lisa Washington, Manager of Community, Culture and Heritage with the City in a presentation at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.

This year, during April 24 – 30, it is a celebration of the contributions of Canada’s millions of volunteers: their actions, their understanding, and their genuine concern for the world around them As background Washington told Council, “Since 1977, Volunteer Canada has collaborated closely with volunteer

centres, businesses, non-profit organizations, government departments, and educational institutions to promote and broaden volunteering. Their programs, research, training, resources, and national initiatives provide leadership on issues and trends in Canada’s volunteer landscape.”

As in the past the week has a specific focus.

“The theme this year, “Volunteering is Empathy in Action”, affirms the strong connection between volunteerism and empathy. This profoundly human connection is at the heart of healthier individuals and stronger communities,” offered Washington.

“Volunteering helps us develop empathy, to see the world through the eyes of others. Empathy is a quality where people can relate to others and build awareness around different experiences. Volunteering connects people in ideas and actions and helps

create bonds forged in common goals and aspirations. It connects people from diverse backgrounds and life experiences, expanding our views. It builds our capacity to work collectively and contribute to a vibrant, inclusive society. Volunteering, putting empathy into action, builds communities where people feel happier, healthier, and more welcome – creating a stronger, more connected city, province and country. The empathy, compassion and generosity of volunteers creates connected communities and builds a stronger Yorkton, a stronger Province and, a stronger Canada.”

In addition, National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate and thank Canada’s 24 million volunteers.

“Locally, volunteers in Yorkton mentor our children, support those feeling isolated, beautify our green spaces, and fundraise for our charitable organizations. Volunteers locally have stepped

up during the COVID-19 pandemic to support families, friends, neighbours, and strangers, people standing up to systemic racism, and people sharing insights on how to create a more just and equitable society. Yorkton’s volunteers are individuals, families, workers, retirees, community members of all ages and backgrounds. Numerous sport, culture, recreation, health and social justice organizations in Yorkton rely on volunteers,” said Washington.

“We ask our residents to stop and reflect on the contributions of our community’s volunteers and volunteer organizations and thank them for their time, energy and commitment to the betterment of Yorkton.”

“From formal and informal settings, volunteers create caring, collaborative, and compassionate communities, the collective result helping make Yorkton a more desirable place to live, work and play.”

GOULDEN Continued from Page A1 Goulden said SUMA will also be strongly advocating to be part of discussions when the senior levels of government, national and provincial, talk about issues and policies which impact municipalities.

“We need a seat at the table with other levels of government,” she said.

As for specific issues, there are a number which were discussed over the convention, said Goulden.

For example, she said municipalities are finding they have a role to play in the area of mental health and addictions in their communities.

“Health has never been a municipal respon-

sibility,” she noted, adding that is the role of the federal and provincial governments, but the area of mental health and addictions is being felt at the community level. “I heard that loud and clear it’s an issue happening in our communities.”

There were also concerns about provincial revenue sharing, which

is tied to provincial sales tax and as a result declined last year. It’s a decline in funding which will affect what municipalities can do.

Goulden said SUMA has asked the province “to freeze” the transfers in the budget,” but added “we didn’t see that.”

There was also general concern from muni-

cipalities of all size regarding the impact on a new RCMP contract which will significantly increase annual policing costs, and immediately hits municipalities with a hefty payout for back pay.

“RCMP costs are absolutely a concern . . . We’re hearing it from all our members,” said Goulden.

Goulden was first elected to Yorkton Council in 1997, and has sat since, except for one three-year hiatus. She has been active in leadership roles with SUMA for years. She has been on the SUMA board for two decades and has been a representative with Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

CONTAMINATION Continued from Page A1 Ltd., which had clear title to its property, went to a financial institution to obtain financing and were asked for an environmental study on the L. & V. property, said Brown.

“L. & V. received a Phase II report from Imperial Oil and forwarded it to the financial institution – they called shortly thereafter to say that the L. & V. property is contaminated and could not be used for security,” he said.

As background Brown explained, “Groundwater is water found underground in cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rock. It is stored and moves slowly through aquifers. Groundwater supplies drinking water and recharges lakes, rivers and wetlands.

“Yorkton is reliant on groundwater for its water supply for drinking water and industry. Protecting the

water supply supports economic development in the region.”

Brown said contamination of groundwater is a serious concern.

“Once groundwater is contaminated it can be very expensive or impossible to clean up. Once an aquifer is contaminated it can be unusable for decades,” he said.

In terms of groundwater quality Brown asked that the city ask for monitoring of the properties to once again be undertaken on a regular basis.

Mayor Mitch Hippsley assured that well water testing is carried out regularly.

Brown countered that is not sufficient, because it’s too late if a contaminant is already a well source.

There needs to be testing of soil on the properties to see if they are moving toward groundwater sources.

“You’ll be hearing from us in the future,” assured

the Mayor.

“Historical data shows contamination levels higher at or near the fertilizer site, and levels gradually decreasing toward the creek. The groundwater flows from west to east toward the creek,” said Brown. “. . .

The 2019 groundwater samples show elevated levels of contaminants on the Imperial Oil property, and the Donna Brown and L. & V. properties – including from sample locations very close to the Yorkton Creek.

“The Ministry of Environment, Government of Saskatchewan wants to close the file, and is no longer requiring monitoring.”

Brown added, there have been no groundwater samples taken on the Donna Brown and L. & V. properties since October 2019.

At this point Donna Brown and L. & V. Enterprises Ltd. launched a lawsuit against Imperial Oil in 2018.

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Propp Business Leader of Year recipient

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Kenn Propp was presented the Business Leader of the Year Award at the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce Celebrate Success Business Awards.

Propp “is the president of Harvest Meats. He has worked for the company since he was 12, but being a family business, he didn’t receive his first pay cheque until he was 16,” read Donna Brothwell from the award citation at the Wednesday awards dinner.

It was an award Propp told those at the ceremony he was surprised by.

“I must admit I was flabbergasted. I didn’t know what to say,” said Propp, adding he initially asked for a day to think over whether he would let his name stand for the award.

After some thought he said yes, in large part because of the difficulties his staff have faced through COVID, being a high risk environment given the close proximity of staff.

“We had to change almost everything we did. Our employees had to change everything they did. We had to adjust quickly,” he related.

And, with that in mind Propp said he saw the award as being for the broader staff.

“Our employees are the real heroes ... I accept this on behalf of our employees,” he said.

Later Propp would tell Yorkton This Week that much of his success is rooted in his early years when he “worked on the floor shoulder-toshoulder,” with the core staff. He said that gave him an early understanding of the importance of workers.

“They (staff) are the industry ... They made this company what it is,” he said, adding he sees the award he received as more of a nod to the team at Harvest Meats than an individual accolade.

Certainly something has worked at Harvest Meats as Propp noted, “When I started we had 12 employees,” and today the number is 330.

The citation fills in some of the background on Propp’s 50-year career.

Kenn Propp accepting his award.

“After completing his university education in 1974, Kenn returned home to help his parents with the business, which was known as Midwest Packers at the time,” read Brothwell.

“The more he worked, the more responsibility he assumed. In 1979, he purchased the outstanding shares in Midwest Packers and changed the name of the company to Harvest Meats. Under

Kenn’s leadership, the company has grown to employ over 300 people and is a player in international markets. Every food item carrying the Harvest Brand is manufactured in Yorkton.

“Kenn has enjoyed his long tenure with the business. He says life is too short not to enjoy the work you do everyday.

The company values its employees and believes it’s important to support

the staff by sponsoring their events and activities. In turn, this has led to sponsorship of over 200 events per year in the community.”

When asked what advice he would offer a young entrepreneur, Propp told Yorkton This Week one of the keys is to make sure you like what you are doing.

“You really have to enjoy what you’re doing,” he said, adding not every job fits every person, so if you aren’t enjoying it, try something else.

“Enjoy what you do. It isn’t work if you enjoy it.”

Propp, with his decades in business has insights into what it takes to be successful, and he has been willing to share those.

“Kenn has served his industry as a founding member of the Sask Meat Industry Safety Association and a Designate to the Food Processors of Canada Association,” read Brothwell.

Propp said later it has proven to be a very successful process internally within the company to share ideas.

“It helps solve prob-

lems very quickly,” he said, adding someone has often faced a similar problem and already found a workable solution.

Propp has also served his community as a Director of Yorkton SnoRiders, council member of his church, Director of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce and a member of Toastmasters International, noted the citation. “Kenn was a founding member of the Yorkton Economic Development Commission that helped establish the importance of economic development to the city. It was the work of this commission that ensured the Painted Hand Casino located in Yorkton. Kenn also served as Chair of the Yorkton Community Bond Corporation.”

Propp looks back on the work to secure the casino for Yorkton as being an important effort, noting had Yorkton said no, it would have been built in Melville.

“There was a lot of resistance, racial prejudices, but we just navigated through it,” he said.

Construction firm takes award

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer N. L. Construction Inc. was announced as the recipient of the Large Business of the Year at the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce’s Celebrate Success Business Awards.

“It’s a little bit overwhelming,” said Dustin Nehring, co-owner of the Yorkton-based business along with Taylor Lang.

Interviewed the morning after the award was presented, Nehring said he has a little time to reflect on the award, and he has realized just what being singled out means.

He said on the stage he was looking out over the audience at St. Mary’s Cultural Centre seeing more than 400 people involved in business.

Then as he drove to work Thursday Nehring said he noted all the businesses on Broadway Street and along York Road and across the city.

“You see just how many businesses are in Yorkton,” he said, adding to have someone choose their company as Large Business of the Year “is extremely humbling and

super exciting.”

Hearing the business name called sent “chills down the spine,” said Nehring, adding that was a surprise and nice to know he could still feel so excited about an honour such as the award.

In terms of recognition the award was not N.L. Construction’s first.

In 2014 they were the Celebrate Success Award winner as Young Entrepreneur of the Year, followed in 2016 with the Education & Training Award and in 2018 the Business Growth & Expansion Award.

Provincially the company was presented the Growth and Expansion Award at the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce Achievement for Business Excellence Awards in 2014, and were finalists for the Service Award in 2015, Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2016, and winning the award in 2017.

The company began in April 2009, Nehring and Lang “embarked on a venture to make their dreams a reality,” noted the company website.

N.L. Construction partners Dustin Nehring and Taylor Lang.

“They started out of their homes with their own half-ton trucks and the necessary tools to build decks, residential renovations, and anything else that allowed them to build their knowledge and gain experience in the construction industry. In the following years, they carefully grew by adding a few employees and taking on bigger and bigger projects.

“In the last 10 years, the company has evolved from a two-man crew to a

team of 25 with multiple trucks, trailers and lifts, a 6300 sq. ft. office building and a new 7200 sq.ft. building with an interior finishing shop and multiple storage bays.”

So, was the growth something they expected back in 2009?

“It’s tough to predict that,” said Nehring Thursday. “Could we get there? The dream was to get there one day.”

“Has the dream expanded? Yes.” Nehring said it cer-

tainly didn’t come easily, adding people not involved in business probably “don’t realize how much hard work and effort goes into business.”

Along the way there are always bumps on the road too, offered Nehring, adding a key to success “is how quickly you get over those bumps.”

In that regard it often comes down to having the right people to maneuvre through the bumps. He said in that regard they feel they have “some pretty talented people, the right people in place to get over the hurdles.”

It’s part of a team approach Nehring referred to when accepting the award from Ryan Hoffman of Baker Tilly who sponsored the Large Business of the Year Award. As it turned out Hoffman was Nehring’s coach in Midget hockey.

“As I was walking up to the stage I realized it was 20 years ago I played for him,” said Nehring. “I wasn’t the greatest hockey player at that time, (as a first year Midget), but he gave me the opportunity.”

By his second year in the program Nehring was shining and he went on to a fine Junior career with the Yorkton Terriers.

It was a time when he embraced the idea of ‘team,’ and it stuck with him.

“I have always pushed team here at work,” adding it came from Hoffman who was always working on team structure to be successful on the ice.

“When you win something you strive to win more,” he added.

The Large Business of the Year Award was another win for the company, one that helps validate what N.L. Construction has been doing.

“I think it helps. It feels like we are doing a lot of good things, but you can get in a rut,” said Nehring. The award is a chance “to give yourself a little pat on the back.”

But, he added he was still at work readying for the day at 6 a.m.

Thursday, although with maybe a little more confidence they need to keep doing what they have been doing to grow and be successful.

Pharmacy wins business award

By Tyson Off Staff Writer YORKTON – The Medicine Shoppe was selected as the Small Business of the Year last week by the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce for the Celebrate Success awards.

“I was a finalist in two categories- for customer service and community involvement,” said Tricia Klassen, owner/operator of The Medicine Shoppe, adding, “from all of the eligible finalists they choose a small business of the year, and so I was chosen for that category.”

Klassen grew up in Esterhazy and went on to further her education at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon where she graduated from the college of Pharmacy and Nutrition in 2004.

Prior to opening the Medicine Shoppe in 2018, Klassen had spent 14 years working for Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacies in Brandon, MB and Yorkton.

Klassen said she chose to open the Medicine Shoppe in search of a better work-life balance. “[It] doesn’t always happen as a business

owner, but I’m still more in control of my schedule and my time,” said Klassen, adding “my husband Brad works here as well doing front store merchandising, books, deliveries and whatever I need him to help with.”

Klassen said she was surprised with the win.

“The evening was a bit disappointing as I didn’t win in the other categories,” said Klassen with a smirk, “but then they saved [the small business of the year award] for the end and kind of turned around the excitement.”

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Tricia and Brad Klassen of the Yorkton Medicine Shoppe pictured here with their Small Business of the Year Award.

Perspective NDP haunted by hospital closures

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Politics The list of all the problems the NDP have in rural Saskatchewan is too long for just one column.

But its biggest problem boils down to one of credibility — specifically, credibility in accounting for its past and providing solutions for the future.

We were reminded of this again last week when NDP leadership hopeful and Regina Lakeview MLA Carla Beck — one of now two people vying to replace Ryan Meili along with Saskatoon lawyer Kaitlyn Harvey — raised the issue of emergency care in rural Saskatchewan closing on weekends because of lack of staffing.

One supposes that on this list of NDP problems would be the reality that the NDP has not had an elected leader representing a seat outside Regina or Saskatoon since Woodrow Lloyd a half century ago. By contrast, the Saskatchewan Party has never had a leader from Regina or Saskatoon.)

It wasn’t as if Beck’s points in the assembly weren’t good ones.

In fact, they were the very concerns raised to her by rural municipal leaders, which is saying something.

Such is the Sask. Party’s stranglehold in most of Saskatchewan that many people — even elected municipal leaders — are afraid to speak up.

If rural people are complaining about something this Saskatchewan Party government is or isn’t doing, you know it’s got to be a problem.

Moreover, it’s not just rural residents fearing a health care disaster that are frustrated by the lack of emergency services issues.

Beck was also tapped into sentiments of “tired, burned out” health care workers feeling “disrespected.”

A recent internal poll by the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses suggested that three in five have said they have considered quitting the profession.

But, the first problem for Beck and the NDP is what they would actually do that is different to address these issues.

Asked about this after question period, Beck called for more intensive recruitment of doctors and nurses — pretty much the same approach Health Minister Paul Merriman had cited moments earlier and certainly what Harpauer talked about in the March presentation of 202223 budget.

Doctor and nursing shortages have been a problem for years — and has worsened in the past five years.

But the Sask. Party government is not wrong in saying that there is still far more of both since it came to power in 2007.

Moreover, the Sask. Party eagerly cites the 36 per cent raise it gave the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses in 2008 and creation of STARZ ambulances in response to rural emergency situations.

As Beck suggested it’s still not enough to address the rural health care problems.

But she and the NDP should surely have to come to legislature with solutions to problems like this.

In fact, it’s critical for the NDP to do this, given that a big contributing factor to all of this was the last NDP government’s momentous decision 29 years ago to close 52 rural hospitals and the Plains Health Centre on the outskirts of Regina.

“I expected when I asked the question today that would be the retort from the minister,” Beck later told reporters. “I understand that plays in the legislature, but it doesn’t play (for those) who drive up to their local emergency room experiencing symptoms of a heart attack and find out they have to reverse course and go down the road to another emergency care room that is open.”

No, it not just an issue in the legislature.

But rural people know the reason they must drive further for emergency or any other care is because there are less rural hospitals.

New Democrats can argue closing costly hospitals was a needed financial choice at the time, but they can’t just argue that the problem is the rural hospitals are gone.

The NDP’s problem? They need to propose better alternatives.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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Terriers need playoff fans in fall T

he playoffs are, much like the start of a new season, a time for optimism.

For the Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League the recent playoff run has a double reason for hoping for a better season when they return to ice in the fall.

While the team ended up being swept in their semi-final series with Estevan, the results were frankly better than most would have expected at the start of the season.

Terrier head coach and GM Mat Hehr said after the Bruins completed the sweep Thursday he had told his board it was likely to be a rebuild year, and a playoff spot would be a bonus.

Through the year he focused on youth looking to 18 and 19-year-old players that could be back next season, but the team jelled, and a semi-final berth was a bonus.

And while Estevan won in four, the Bruins have been focused on hosting this year’s national championship, so were a veteran squad built to win, and they are now in the league final where most had them favoured to be all season.

Already looking ahead to next season Hehr said he expects a defensively sound squad with some talented young players already signed to come which has him thinking anything short of a return to the semi-finals would be a disappointment.

That’s good news, and is more than a coach putting a positive spin on a sweep, when you consider netminder Kael DePape should be back in the fall, and he was a stalwart responsible for anchoring the Terriers this season.

But, the question is, will enough local hockey fans care if the team is playing well to turn out to games?

The Terriers have found it a struggle in recent years to turn a profit, a situation which predates the COVID pandemic.

In fact, grants available through COVID actually helped out the team get back into a far stronger financial position than they were before the pandemic shutdown the SJHL. The problem though is that crowds this year were generally rather thin.

Six homes games through the month of February saw an average of only 469 fans according to numbers posted at sjhl.ca Sub 500 crowds make it difficult for a Junior team to stay in the black these days, and the situation is likely to get worse.

The cost of fuel has to be passed onto the teams if charter bus services are to survive and restaurant food is inching up too. It just means the cost of operating a Junior hockey club is going to rise.

There was however, a silver lining of sorts in the playoffs. The Terriers saw crowds of 1,263 and 1,211 for Games 3 and 4 of their series with Estevan.

So some 750 fans who didn’t generally attend games in February when the Terriers were playing their way into playoff contention, were willing to spend $15 for a ticket to watch them in April.

There is a larger fan base, if the Terrier Board can just convince all the playoff fans to attend games in December and January and February.

If they can’t attract those fans to far more games through the regular season,

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Hippsley discusses SUMA issues

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley said the recent convention of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association was a good event because it provided a sense things were returning to normal after two years of dealing with a health pandemic.

“I think everybody was just happy being out and about and networking again,” he said after returning from the event.

Certainly the response of attendees was good, with Hippsley noting numbers were down only about 10 per cent from pre-COVID conventions.

The mood was also generally upbeat.

“There was a very positive, optimistic view of what’s going to happen in Saskatchewan,” offered Hippsley.

Of course there were issues delegates wanted to discuss too.

There were actually 24 resolutions put to delegates this year, which Hippsley said was the highest number in the history of SUMA. “So there were lots of things coming to a head,” he said, adding it was good to see delegates “giving feedback” on the various resolutions.

Two areas Hippsley hit on as perhaps the most significant were

growing municipal concerns over mental health and addictions and with the property tax assessment.

In terms of assessment, Hippsley said everybody seemed to have concerns and there was a definite signal that assessments should be on a shorter cycle; three years instead of four, to mitigate the massive swings some property owners are faced with.

The Yorkton Mayor said it was good that “SAMA was also there,” and that they suggested a desire “to fix it to.”

However, how tax assessments are carried out “is legislated by the province,” so until they

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley change the requirements SAMA can not change the current process.

That means the province needs to make changes.

“Now I think they’re hearing us. Maybe we’ve

got the ball rolling,” said Hippsley, but he added change will not come quickly noting SAMA is already into the next assessment cycle so change will “take six, eight years.”

Still the process of change has to start.

“We just can’t keep kicking it down the road,” said Hippsley, adding it’s an issue from Regina to Springside.

As for mental health and addictions, Hippsley said since he sits on a city mayor’s committee on the issue he is very aware of its seriousness.

“It’s been an ongoing issue and COVID has added to it,” he said, adding it effects everyone

from students to business staff, as they dealt with the pandemic on top of other issues.

“We on the municipal level see it. It’s not our responsibility. This is a health issue, but we recognize that it’s real.”

It is now important the province too recognize the seriousness of the issue and provide supports to deal with it.

“It’s getting government to recognize that it’s way bigger than they realize,” said Hippsley.

Locally, Hippsley said Yorkton is fortunate that it has SIGN which provides a range of supports for those facing mental health and addictions issues.

SUMA resolutions all passed at convention John Cairns SASKYODAY.ca REGINA - The resolutions before the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Convention proved popular this year.

All 24 of the resolutions before the convention delegates passed on Monday afternoon. Instead of delegates using voting cards in the hall, the resolution session was conducted electronically this year, with some attendees allowed to attend the session and vote virtually.

Most made it through the electronic voting process by overwhelming “yes” votes, but there were some more contentious votes.

One of the closer votes was on speed limits when passing emergency vehicles. By a close margin, delegates approved the resolution that SUMA advocate the provincial Ministry of Highways is an infrastructure to further reduce the speed

limit when passing emergency vehicles to 40 km an hour.

Right now the speed limit is set at 60 km an hour when passing emergency vehicles with their lights on.

While that resolution carried there was sentiment on the floor to reduce the speed limit even further. An amendment was voted on that would have called for the speed limit to be reduced to 30 km an hour when passing vehicles, but that was defeated.

On a related note SUMA passed a resolution advocating that SGI have all emergency vehicles equipped with blue flashing lights when emergency vehicles are stopped on scene, and that all emergency vehicles display flashing lights while on scene. That carried easily.

Healthcare was a particular issue raised at the convention. One resolution called for SUMA to advocate for the immediate development of long-term recruitment and

retention plans to adequately provide and maintain healthcare across the province.

The resolution noted that the Saskatchewan Health Authority “does not allocate sufficient resources towards recruiting and retaining RNs and LPNs.” The main motion passed 287 to 12.

Another resolution advocated for the provincial government to “break the cycle of problematic mental health, addiction and homelessness issues by coordinating provincial ministries, police services, community agencies and Indigenous organizations and governments in order to ensure effective, evidencebased responses that address all of these issues.”

That resolution also called for the province to increase drug, alcohol, addictions and homelessness funding for organizations and municipalities. That also carried.

Libraries also were a major issue. Delegates passed a reso-

lution calling on the province to adequately fund the public library system to keep pace with inflation and to ensure funding is increased annually to improve and support library services in both large and small communities. The resolution also called for SUMA to participate fully in any government reviews, meetings or discussion.

The issue of cleanup of abandoned hydro-carbon sites seems to be a familiar one at SUMA conventions and it came up again this year.

Delegates passed a resolution calling for the province to “take immediate action to more frequently and fully enforce The Environmental Management and Protection Act and Regulations,” requiring owners of abandoned hydro-carbon sites to decommission and remediate contamination in a timely manner.

SUMA delegates called for the provincial government to create a separate fund, out-

side of Municipal Revenue Sharing, to assist in the disposal of demolition materials including asbestos from derelict buildings.

SUMA delegates passed a resolution calling on the provincial Ministry of Corrections, Policing, and Public Safety to enforce enhanced policing agreements, develop policy requiring the RCMP to adhere to specifications in the contract regarding allotted amount of time policing occurs within municipal boundaries, and provide additional police officers for outlying areas.

SUMA delegates also supported a resolution to advocate the Government of Canada to maintain responsibility for body-worn cameras for the RCMP and absorb costs related to them; and to advocate the federal government and RCMP to “engage in meaningful engagement and consultation with municipalities when making decisions that will direct affect them.”

Get ready - provincial park campsite reservations begin next week Sask Parks is reminding campers to prepare for 2022 campsite reservations, set to begin April 18 for seasonal campsites and April 19-26 for nightly, CampEasy and group campsites.

“With reservations right around the corner, now is a great time for campers to ensure they’ve got their account set up,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Laura Ross said.

“This year, we’ve added some new features on the reservation site, including Campsite Favourites, which will allow campers to create and save a list in their online account instead of writing site numbers down, or saving photos on their phone.

Campers have been asking for this feature and we are excited to be able to offer it this season!”

Here’s a full list of what’s new this year: • Campsite comparison - compare up to three sites online to assist in deciding the site that best suits your needs; • Campsite favourites - create a list of favourite sites that will be saved in your online account; • Print-at-home entry - speed up the check-in process when you arrive at the park by printing your own daily or weekly entry permit at home. Annual entry permits purchased online will be mailed the next day (a printable temporary pass is available and valid for three weeks from purchase); • Upgraded maps in response to campers’ requests for better maps on the reservation site last year, geographical information system maps

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have been added to the site. Maps are based on geographical coordinates for campsites and amenities across the province; • Four new day-use pavilions - available to reserve for dates starting in July at Blackstrap, Buffalo Pound, Echo Valley and Pike Lake Provincial Parks; • New Pine Hill campground at Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park - can be reserved for dates starting in July; • Six new CampEasy yurts - available in various provincial parks with upgraded queen beds; and • Hammock camping at Buffalo Pound Provincial Park - campsite includes a Weaver structure that holds up to six hammocks.

Campers are also reminded to check out the numerous programs and special events that are scheduled across 21 parks for the 2022 season.

Engaging and educational recreation programs include guided hikes, geocaching activities, canoeing programs and more.

New this summer, Sask Parks will offer themed days on weekends, which will include unique programming, special guests and hands-on experiences that are centered around the weekly theme in each park.

Programming details are available at http:// parks.saskatchewan.ca.

The complete reservation schedule for 2022 is as follows: Seasonal campsites: • April 18: all parks

participating in the seasonal camping program Nightly campsites: • April 19: Saskatchewan Landing, Good Spirit Lake, Candle Lake, Meadow Lake • April 21: Echo Valley, Douglas, Pike Lake, Narrow Hills, Makwa Lake • April 22: Rowan’s Ravine, Danielson, Greenwater Lake, Great Blue Heron, The Battlefords • April 25: Moose

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Tourism Yorkton likes new funding

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Government of Saskatchewan has announced support of $1 million to Hospitality Saskatchewan to help them promote careers in Saskatchewan’s hospitality and tourism sector.

Saskatchewan’s hospitality sector, like many other jurisdictions in North America, was one of the first and hardest hit by the global pandemic over the past two years, resulting in a labour shortage in the province.

“The hospitality and tourism sector is driven by small and mediumsized businesses that are at the heart of Saskatchewan’s economy,” Immigration and Career Training Minister Jeremy Harrison said in a release. “This $1 million investment, along with other programs like the recently launched Hard-To-Fill Skills Pilot and the Re-Skill Saskatchewan Training Subsidy, will assist in attracting, training and retaining employees needed to accelerate recovery of the hospital-

ity sector.”

Locally, Tourism Yorkton Executive Director Randy Goulden said the funding is welcomed.

“As we know, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the tourism industry very hard, recruiting and retaining staff has been deeply impacted,” she told Yorkton This Week.

“This funding program will assist in the recovery of the tourism sector.”

Goulden said training, upskilling and advancement “is critical for the recovery,” and the new funding is targeted at those key areas.

The funding will enable Hospitality Saskatchewan to launch an aggressive recruitment strategy, Belong Saskatchewan. “Belong Saskatchewan” will target the attraction of domestic and international workers. This program will leverage the Hard-To-Fill Skills Pilot to target individuals living and working in Canada under restricted or temporary conditions and are eager to achieve permanent residency.

“This is yet another

example of the Saskatchewan government’s steadfast commitment to the hospitality and tourism sectors and those that work in it,” Hospitality Saskatchewan President and CEO Jim Bence said in the release. “The pandemic hit us first, it hit us the hardest, and now the acute labour crisis is contributing to a slowing of our recovery. This type of support will allow us to showcase the vibrancy of our industry and attract workers from across Canada in an innovative and creative way. There has never been a better time for training, upskilling, and advancement than there is right now in hospitality, and we applaud the Saskatchewan government for their continued support.”

April 13, 2022 - April 19, 2022 Next Council Meeting Monday, May 9, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.

There are currently thousands of job postings in the hospitality sector on saskjobs.ca For more information on career opportunities in the Saskatchewan hospitality sector, please contact Info@hospitalitysk.ca.

Volunteering is Empathy in Action Staff Photo by Calvin Daniels

Volunteers Bring Heart to Canada’s Communities

Tasty treats It is the time to stock up on some pre-Easter baking. Instead of spending a Saturday afternoon covered in flour, and watching the timer on the oven, many chose to stop by St. Mark the Evangelist Orthodox Church in

Yorkton for a spring bake sale. The sale saw steady sales, and tables were soon down to only a few items, for those trickling in toward the end of the sale Saturday.

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A public performance was held Saturday.

Gridder Cheerleading perform for community

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The cheers from the full bleachers at the Yorkton Regional High School gymnasium Saturday were for the cheerleaders.

The Gridders Cheerleading Club held a performance “just for the community,” explained

coach Jennifer Ingham.

With the bleachers full Ingham said they were happy with the support shown.

“We had a great turn out. We were certainly pleased,” she said.

Through the year the club performs at various competitions, all of them outside of Yorkton, so the event Saturday was

a chance for local friends and families to see the athletes perform the routines learned throughout the season.

The club began back in 2012.

“We ran it out of the school the first couple of years,” said Ingham.

In 2014 the club moved to the Springer Gymnastics building,

staying there until they found their own building in 2019.

“We’ve been operating independently since then,” said Ingham.

The club’s 120 participants encompasses a range of athletes, with recreational and competitive programs.

Of course the COVID pandemic limited com-

petitions the last couple of years, including 2021, with athletes being limited to virtual events focused on small groups doing individual moves.

This year the novice/ prep group has attended three competitions, with the older athletes going to four, including one in Calgary.

“The youngest athlete

was four-years-old,” said Ingham. The oldest participant is “19 right now in her first year of university.”

While based in the city, athletes are from across the east central region, with participants travelling in from Invermay, Langenburg and Melville.

Fourth dose booster expansion starting April 11

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Seasonal fare An Easter Bake Sale was a popular event to visit in Yorkton Saturday.

The tables at the event hosted at the Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Orthodox Church were quickly emp-

tied by eager shoppers, who were stocking up goodies for the season.

The fare included everything from tarts to muffins to squares and of course Easter bread.

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Starting Monday, April 11, Saskatchewan residents most at risk for severe health outcomes due to COVID-19 will be eligible to receive their second booster dose (fourth dose) four months following their third dose.

Including: • All Saskatchewan residents 70 years and older • All residents of First Nations communities and the Northern Service Administration District 50 years and older This is in addition to all residents of long-term and personal care homes and those with designated health conditions who have been eligible for fourth doses since February.

Eligible populations may start booking fourth dose appointments with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) through 1-833-SASKVAX (7275829) and with participating pharmacies. The SHA’s online booking system is not available to book appointments for

this group at this time.

It is anticipated that Saskatchewan will offer fourth doses to all residents 50 years and older by the first week in May. Further expansion of the booster dose program will be publicly announced.

Booster Dose Interval Updated All Saskatchewan residents 12 years and older are eligible to receive their third dose.

Those groups may now receive their third dose four months after their second dose. Groups eligible for fourth doses can receive it four months after their third dose.

Saskatchewan was previously using a five month interval.

Severely immunocompromised individuals may still receive their fourth dose three months following their third dose.

Information on intervals for all residents eligible for third and fourth doses is available at saskatchewan.ca/covid-19.

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Your Vaccination Series While Saskatchewan is targeting those most at risk for severe COVID19 outcomes with fourth doses, it remains critical for all residents 12 years and older to complete their primary COVID19 vaccination series including two doses plus the booster dose.

COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in Saskatchewan remain highest among unvaccinated populations.

Receiving the first, second and booster dose provides optimal protection against the Omicron variant, even if you have contracted and recovered from COVID-19.

When vaccination is layered with best practices including wearing a mask, regular rapid testing, regular handwashing, and staying home when ill, we can prevent COVID-19 transmission and reduce the pressures on our acute care system.

It matters and it’s never too late. Book your vaccination appointment today.

PHARMACY Continued from page A3 As well as providing pharmaceutical services to the community, Klassen said the business sponsors multiple organizations.

“We focus on both physical and mental health in the community,” said Klassen, “so we support Yorkton Minor Hockey, Senior Curling League - we’re a sponsor for that, and we also sponsor York Lake Golf Course.”

“Every year, with the exception of last year,

we do a mental health walk in conjunction with SIGN (Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbors) and their walk-in counselling clinic,” said Klassen.

Klassen, who is also a member of the Yorkton Lions Club, said she is willing to support or volunteer with anyone who requests it.

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an “uphill battle,” noting the last two years were especially busy.

“Helping patients navigate [the pandemic] and providing vaccines and doing what we could to help our community,” said Klassen, noting, “people started to realize that shopping small was not only maybe a bit safer during the pandemic, but they also wanted to support the smaller businesses in the community that are also supporting the community.”

Klassen urged people who want to support small businesses to check out her store on Hamilton Road.

“If you haven’t been to the Medicine Shoppe, stop by,” said Klassen, adding, “if you’re able to – support all the local businesses that are part of the chamber and involved in keeping our community growing.”

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Terriers swept in SJHL semis

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yorkton Terrier season is over.

The Terriers went into Game 4 of their best-ofseven series with Estevan needing to win to extend the SJHL semi-final, but it was not to be.

The Bruins who led the Viterra Division by 26 points over the Terriers at the end of the regular season swept the series defeating the Terriers 7-2 at the Westland Insurance Arena Thursday.

Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said the game was not quite as lopsided as it might seem.

“I thought we played well, and had our chances. I don’t know if our effort reflects a 7-2 score,” he said.

And while the Terriers were down 6-0 headed to the third, Hehr said his players never quit.

“They even found a way to score a goal in the last 30-seconds,” he said.

“I’m proud of the guys.”

Hehr said in his mind the series might well have been two games apiece instead of the Terriers being swept.

“I thought we played well enough to win games

two and three, we just couldn’t find a way to get that win,” he said.

“We could be heading to Game 5 two-two.”

“I think we deserved a better fate than getting swept and losing (this one 7-2).”

Estevan started the game hot, leading 3-0 before the 10-minute mark.

Keagon Little scored only 3:20 in the start things for the Bruins, with Eric Pearce adding to the lead at 5:12 and Olivier Pouliot adding the third goal at 8:06.

The Bruins would get a fourth goal, this one from Mikol Sartor at 16:24 to make it a 4-0 lead heading to the dressing rooms after 20-minutes.

It was more of the same in the second period as a goal by Billy Sowa at 4:56 made it a 5-0 score.

A powerplay marker by Aleksa Babic extended the lead to 6-0 at 15:41.

The Terriers finally got on the board when Kishaun Gervais scored 11:07 into the third period.

Erik Houk responded with the Bruins’ seventh goal at 12:30.

The final goal of the Terrier season was scored by Colby Vranai at 19:38 to make it a 7-2 final.

Kael DePape was in net to start the game for the Terriers, before being relieved by Tresor Wotton late in the second.

The tandem faced 33-shots with DePape allowing five on 15 shots and Wotton two on 18.

Boston Bilous guarded the twine for the Bruins to start stopping all 30-shots fired his way, before being relieved at the media break in the third period by Cam Hrdlicka.

In spite of being swept, Hehr said the Terriers had a good season, considering the uncertainty at the start of the season.

Heading into the season, coming out of the COVID shutdown, “we didn’t know what to expect from our roster.”

Hehr said he had told his board it was likely to be a rebuild year, and a playoff spot would be a bonus. Through the year he focused on youth looking to 18 and 19-year-old players that could be back next season, but the team jelled, and a semifinal berth was a bonus.

The Yorkton Terriers hosted Estevan in playoff action last week.

Already looking ahead to next season Hehr said he already expects a defensively sound squad with some talented young players already signed to come which has him thinking anything short of a return to the semifinals would be a disappointment.

The Bruins move on to the SJHL final against either Humboldt or Flin Flon who are matched in the other semi-final with the Bombers up two-games-to-one as Humboldt avoided being swept with a 3-2 overtime win in Flin Flon Saturday.

Game 5 was set for

Humboldt Tuesday, but too late for press time.

Game 3 Trailing their bestof-seven series with the Bruins the Terriers were hoping home ice would turn things in their favour tonight, and it proved a nail biter.

The game at the Westland Insurance Arena was a defensive affair early, as DePape in the Terrier net and Bilous in goal for the Bruins kept it a scoreless affair through a first period where the teams managed only a ‘baker’s dozen’ 13 shots combined.

A powerplay opportunity finally resulted in the game’s first goal, and it was for the home side. Erik Boers put the Terriers on the board at 6:33 of the middle stanza.

The Terriers held the one-goal lead until the 8:07 mark of the third period when the Bruins went on the powerplay and Eric Pearce scored to knot the score 1-1.

At 15:07 Mikol Sartor scored the only evenstrength goal of the night giving the visiting Bruins a 2-1 lead, which would hold until the final buzzer, giving Estevan a three-games-to-one lead Continued on Page A18

Arrows veteran happy to be back in TO It was one of the most notable days in pro sports although many sport fans probably were not aware it happened.

When the Toronto Arrows took to the field to host a Major League Rugby game April 2, it was quite likely a record of the weirdest nature.

After 1035 days and 30 matches away from the city, the Arrows were back on home turf at York Lions Stadium.

While visiting Rugby ATL of Atlanta spoiled the homecoming with a 20-14 win, it was still a triumphant return in terms of the perseverance of the Arrows. (TO has since defeated Old Glory DC 32-27 April 9).

“The emotions were incredibly high,” Arrows captain Mike Sheppard told Yorkton This Week, adding having cheering fans behind the team was uplifting, which at times was a positive and maybe at times a bit of a negative.

“It definitely helped in some cases,” he said, adding at times the added adrenaline might have led to a few miscues.

But in the end being home for the first time since 2019 “was nothing less than fantastic.

It was amazing,” offered Sheppard.

Sheppard said it is simply a different atmosphere at home, even just coming onto the field to warm-up and “hear people cheering and see them with signs. It’s a huge impact.”

And in-game the fans can give players the occasional boost they need via a big cheer as an Arrow breaks through the line and goes for a big run, or a player lays a big hit on an opposing ball carrier, said Sheppard.

“You feed off that. We

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Sports feed off our fans,” he said, adding after so long away “It was a weird feeling (to have fans again).”

Of course Sheppard has seen it all as an Arrow.

In many ways he has been a cornerstone of the franchise since day one.

Sheppard, 33, is in his fourth season after featuring in 32 matches (25 starts) for the club since 2019.

Going into the 2022 season the big lock led the franchise in several statistical categories, including tackles (326), dominant tackles (22), and carries (258).

Sheppard has accumulated 1,109 carry metres, 14 lineout takes, nine tackle breaks, seven offloads, five linebreaks, and one lineout steal over his three years with the team. His eight tries are the most amongst forwards in club history.

Given the numbers and experience it’s not surprising he was named team captain ahead of the current campaign.

“It’s really heartwarming to be chosen by teammates for this role,” said Sheppard in a release at the time of the captaincy announcement.

“Earlier this preseason, our team got together for a player-based vote, and we wrote down traits that we admired about one another. A collective of guys emerged as the team’s core leadership group – a group made

up of teammates that I respect and am proud to lead alongside – and it’s an honour to know my teammates back me to go and fight for them.”

Sheppard at least gets to lead the team through a season more normal than they have experienced recently.

In 2021 the team played, but were living in Atlanta and playing ‘home’ games there because of issues teams faced crossing the border because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Looking back, Sheppard said it was a crazy season.

“I sort of blanked it (the season) out. It was just uncomfortable in every sense of the word,” he told Yorkton This Week.

Sheppard said it was an unusual situation living with the team all season.

“You never had that separation from rugby and life,” he said.

But, that is in the past, and Sheppard and Arrows are now focused on being among the top three teams in the east as those make the playoffs.

It won’t be easy considering how competitive the MLR has become, said Sheppard.

“I’m pleasantly surprised by the parity in the league. It’s kind of anybody can win on a given day,” he said, adding in the early year’s certain teams – such as

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Seattle – dominated.

Now with an influx of international talent and developing North American base, the growing league is competitive from top to bottom. And, the league is expected to grow again, with Chicago and St. Louis rumoured to join in 2023.

“That’s all I’m hearing too,” said Sheppard, regarding the possible locations for new teams.

He said any growth is hugely positive.

“It shows more people want to be part of the league at the ownership level,” he said.

As the MLR grows at the professional level, it has a trickledown effect in growing the sport across North America.

When asked about the

Mike Sheppard Photo by Erich Eichhorn importance of the league in that regard Sheppard replied, “probably as important as it can be.”

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Whiskers & Tails “You should know, I’m not a rodent.”

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Although my teeth constantly grow, I’m not a rodent. I’m a lagomorph. I’m different from rodents like mice, rats and beavers because I have an additional pair of incisor teeth.

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If they could talk, your rabbit could teach you some surprising things.

we’ll need a spacious cage to avoid stepping on each other’s toes.

As strange as it may seem, I’m a very clean animal but hate taking baths. You can simply let m e g ro o m my s e l f .

However, you can brush me when I’m moulting. I’d also like to remind you (It’s the noise I make that you must regularly when I’m happy empty my litter box and clean my cage to limit foul to see you) odours. I like living in a clean and tidy space, just like you.

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Yorkton Business Awards Night

Baker Tilly presented the Large Business of the Year Award to NL Construction.

Baker Tilly presented the Small Business of the Year Award to The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy.

BMO presented the Business Growth & Expansion Award to Grain Millers Canada.

Community Futres Ventures presented the Marketing Award to RCM Outdoors.

Credence Construction accepted the Peoples’ Choice Award presented by the Yorkton Chamber.

Kenn Propp accepts the Business Leader of the Year Award sponsored by YBID.

Key Auto Group presented the New Business Venture Award to Yorkton Dental.

Mr. Mike’s Steakhouse Casual accepted the Community Involvement Award from Cornerstone Credit Union.

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Nicole Campbell, Yorkton Concrete 2012 accepted the Young Entrepreneur Award from TD Canada Trust.

Parkland College presented the Award of Excellence to D’s Signs & Designs.

Parkland College presented the Award of Excellence to Truck Pro.

Parkland College presented the Award of Excellence to Under the Covers.

RBC Royal Bank presented the Customer Service Award to Hearn’s Westview Pharmacy.

Triple A Directional Drilling accepted the Safety Award sponosred by WorkSafe Saskatchewan.

Yorkton Animal Health Centre accepted the Property Restoration Award from the City of Yorkton.

Yorkton Exhibition Association accepted the Community Merit Award from SaskTel.

Yorkton Lions Club accepts Community Merit Award sponsored by SaskTel.

Yorkton Nursery School Co-operatvive accepts Community Merit Award sponsored by SaskTel.

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YRHS football players commit to Kodiaks

By Tyson Off Staff Writer YORKTON – Three athletes from the senior Raider football team are headed to BC to play in the Candian Junior Football League.

Grade 12 students, Brayden VanSomeren, Noah Schneider, and Kaleb Larsen of the YRHS have committed to joining the Prince George Kodiaks.

“They are a new team this year and are looking for players, so we all sent our stuff in and we got asked if we wanted to commit,” said Schneider, running back for the YRHS football team.

“The CJFL and Kodiaks Football Club in Prince George are proud to announce that they have been granted an expansion Junior Football franchise by the British Columbia Football Conference.

The Kodiaks will take the field starting in 2022 and become the seventh team within the BC Conference and 19th across the CJFL,” read a statement on the CJFL’s website.

“A lot of these guys [who play in the league] get asked to go to the CFL, so you’re looking to play a lot of high-level football out there,” said VanSomeren, who was played wide receiver for the senior team.

“Not many kids get to go out and do this kind of stuff, so when you get the opportunity to do it you just run with it,” said

VanSomeren.

“It’s a big leap from home, but the new opportunities are going to be fun,” said Larsen, defensive lineman.

Larsen said he’ll also be attending the University of Northern British Columbia.

“I’m going to the UNBC and we’ll see what happens from there.”

The trio reflected on their time with the high school football team and thanked the people who supported them throughout their endeavours.

“I’d like to thank my parents, both my mom, dad and step-dad,” said Schneider, adding, “they’ve been super supportive throughout the whole thing.”

VanSomeren thanked his mother “She’s always been my right-hand man, I couldn’t have done it without her,” said VanSomeren.

Larsen credited his family for the support they offered him.

“My dad - I said to him that I was done with football and he was like ‘No way. You’re not. You can do more’,” adding, “my mom has been really supportive, she’s been at every game - same with my step-dad and my stepmom, they’re always there.”

Of course, the teammates also took the time to thank their past coaches.

“Coach Boyda gave me the opportunity to play up and put me in the position I was to [be

Kaleb Larsen, Brayden VanSomeren and Noah Schneider signed their commitments to the Prince George Kodiaks. able to] succeed,” said Schneider, adding, “I’d also like to thank Coach Kyle, he was our junior coach - we had a really good season - my last year of junior we won the whole thing.”

“Even when [the games] weren’t close, he would always tell us to stay sharp and push us hard the next week to make sure we never let off,” adding, “two years ago was my second year playing junior - that was the first time our junior team at this school had ever won the league.”

“It felt pretty good to be able to bring it home for Coach Kyle for the first time,” said Schneider.

“I wouldn’t be playing football if it wasn’t for Coach Boyda,” said VanSomeren, who had taken a break from the sport when Boyda approached him after a basketball tournament

and asked him to come back.

“Boyda for sure -- without him none of this would happen,” said Larsen, adding, “same with Mr. Kyle - he convinced me to play - I played for the high school when I was in grade 8 because I didn’t meet the weight limit for peewee, so I played bantam.”

“Throughout the past four years all the coaches here have made it a super good place to be,” said Schneider, adding, “”they have created an amazing environment for football and in school they’re always making sure that we’re doing the best we can both on and off the field.”

“Last season, due to COVID and everything - we didn’t get our season, but the coaches put together a small spring league for us, and we got to go on one last ride with our grade twelves last

year,” said VanSomeren, adding, “that was something really nice that the coaches put together for us.”

The trio also reflected on past achievements.

“The provincial championship - that was fantastic,” said VanSomeren, “25-years in the making- that’s what they told us before the game - and after the game it sure felt like it.”

Schneider recalled his time in the Selects Football program.

“We went down to San Antonio - we didn’t do the best, but this year I went back to the program - we went down there again and we won the tournament this time around, so that was pretty exciting.”

Larsen also reminisced of the championship game the team won.

“The championship game for junior - we were always up all the time - it

was a really good feeling when we won. We blew them off the board,” said Larsen, noting, “that was the first time in 22 years that [the YRHS] had won.

It was awesome because no one thought that we were going to win.”

The three also thanked Yorkton Minor Football.

“Shout out to the Yorkton Minor Football program as a whole,” said VanSomeren, adding “every year we always have people coming in and out of this program, and every year it seems six or seven guys are always going off to university.”

“Huge thanks to all the coaches who put in the time and effort throughout going and teaching and working their jobs then coming out and coaching us - it’s phenomenal - for us to repay them with going on to play in university and getting our time on the map - it’s awesome,” said VanSomeren.

Larsen agreed that YMF played an important role in their success.

“It’s more like a family, they always said that football is family and stuff like that, and ever since I started playing - I have buddies that I wouldn’t have had if it weren’t for football,” said Larsen.

Schneider also agreed.

“It’s been one of the best environments I’ve been a part of and I can’t wait to see what they can do in the future.”

CWE holds event in Yorkton

By Tyson Off Staff Writer YORKTON – Athletes from Canadian Wrestling’s Elite were in the city on April 6th to perform a show and pay tribute to a friend of the promotion.

The event had six matches with a battle royale main event in honour of Run Rurak - the “Rumble for Ron”.

“Ron spearheaded wrestling [in Yorkton] for us, and we’ve been riding it ever since,” said Danny Warren, owner of

the promotion, adding, “wrestling wouldn’t be happening in Yorkton if it wasn’t for Ron.” Warren said that Rurak lost his battle with cancer last fall.

The promotion had previously held events in support of Rurak throughout his battle

EZ Ryder gets the squeeze from “Headline” Shawn Martens.

with cancer.

“This is our first event back in Yorkton since his passing,” said Warren.

Warren said that Rurak would referee matches for the CWE and that the performers would stay at his home when

shows were hosted in the city.

“We would all stay at Ron’s place when there was an event in town,” said Warren, referring to the Rurak home as a “hotel for wrestlers.”

“The night in whole [was a] tribute to Ron,” said Warren.

“The Boston Bruiser” Kevin O’Doyle slams “Tasty” Travis Cole to the mat during the rumble.

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SOLONENKO - Matt Solonenko of Rhein passed away at Skinner Place, Yorkton & District Nursing Home on April 2, 2022 at the age of 87 years. Matt was born to Mike and Mary (Mysko) Solonenko in Yorkton on October 28, 1934 and he is the second youngest of five children. Matt was raised on a farm north of Stornoway and attended the Stornoway School in his early years. He often talked about the tasty lard sandwiches with salt & pepper, that he would take to school.

Matt completed his grade 12 at the Yorkton Collegiate Institute in Yorkton.

Shortly after he found work in Kitimat, B.C doing the mail run. He saved his money and purchased a 1953 Chev a year later. Matt drove his car back to Yorkton where he met and married Josephine Kostur on July 17, 1955.

Their married years would include residing in a number of locations – Toronto, Estevan, Moose Jaw, Regina, Maryfield, Thompson, and eventually settling on a farm 6 miles north of Rhein. Matt experienced a number of employment opportunities such as a time keeper for Brademore Construction, he delivered bread for McGavins, owned & operated the Model Café in Maryfield, worked in the nickel mine in Thompson, owned & operated two taxi cabs in Thompson called Nickel City, farmed, and drove School Bus from Rhein for 26 years. He always had a job. When Matt had time he enjoyed, fishing, watching a good western movie, playing cards and sitting outside during the summer to take in mother nature’s wonders. He loved to socialize at various functions and often would be moving from table to table, touching base with family and friends. He was an excellent dancer and even enjoyed taking the microphone to sing along with the Ukrainian melodies or say a few words. Matt always loved a homecooked meal and homemade canning. His favourite treat were smarties. During Matt’s later years, his dementia had progressed so much that his residence changed to the Wallace Unit at the Yorkton & District Nursing Home.

For a period of time he managed to get around and participate with the weekly activities. Matt is predeceased by his parents Mike & Mary Solonenko, his brothers Steve Solonenko & John Solonenko, a brother, Nicholas in infancy, brothers in law, Bill Stupak and Walter Shwaga; his nephew Dennis Solonenko and sistersin-law, Ann Solonenko and Susan Solonenko. He leaves to mourn Josephine Solonenko, his sisters – Olga Stupak and Emily & Peter Pryszlak, his children & grandchildren - Barron & Valerie Stricker (Solonenko) and their children Christopher & Kara Stricker (Eggie), Wayne & Christine Connolly (Stricker), Richard Solonenko & Sandie (Hamilton), Cheryl Solonenko & David MacNeil and Christina, Debbie Solonenko and Samantha & Alexandra, Robin Solonenko and Tyler, Godson Larry Solonenko, great grandchildren Aubrey, Wayne, Gage, Jesse, Blayre, Gabriel and Violet, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. The Funeral Service was held on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Rev. Fr. Yevhen Zadorozhnyi, C.Ss.R. of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church officiating. The responses were led by Lorne Stechyshyn and members of the Funeral Choir. The soloist, Sandie Solonenko sang Amazing Grace. The eulogy was conveyed by Christine Connolly. Honorary pall bearers were Barron Stricker, David MacNeil, Peter Pryszlak, Emil Strutynski, Emmanuel Oystreck, Glen Semenuik, Larry Markham and Richard Zulyniak. The interment followed in the Garden of Crucifixion at Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Richard Solonenko, Robin Solonenko, Christopher Stricker, Larry Solonenko, Devin Solonenko and Jeff Shwaga serving as the casket bearers. Memorials in memory of Matt may be made to the Dementia / Alzheimer’s Society as gifts of remembrance. Condolences to the family can be posted at baileysfuneralhome.com The family would like to sincerely thank the Skinner & Wallace Unit for their care and attention during Matt’s last days. In addition, the family would like to thank Bailey’s Funeral home for their service and kind words. Although our father has passed, we rest in comfort knowing that he is in the Lord’s house and is at peace. Вічная Пам’ять - Eternal Memory

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DOZOREC - Henry was born on May 13, 1945 at noon on Mother’s Day at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He took great pride in saying he was mother’s first Mother’s Day present. His parents were Steve and Anne Dozorec.

They began life at Stornoway then settled in the Calder area. He attended Verboska and Golden Jubilee schools, then the family moved to Yorkton where he attended St. Joseph’s College. After graduation Henry spent 5 months in Meadow Vaille, Ontario as a noviciate.

A hip necessitated his move back to Yorkton. He then became an optician apprentice where he learned to make eye glasses. Henry began working for the Department of Highways in 1965. On February 4, 1967 he married Lorraine Margaret Brewer, a young nurse working in Langenburg. The young couple moved to Esterhazy then Yorkton. Four mobile homes later they decided to move to Wroxton, where they bought a farm in 1976. This began Henry’s side career of farming which saw crops of wheat, barley and a few cows over the years. He retired from Highways in 1996 after 30 years. He continued to work in the summer for Warner Brothers for the next 12 years. He has been an active member of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kamsack. Henry spent many years with St. John Ambulance teaching classes and working the Terrier games, patching up hockey players. Henry was very community minded and very active to help establish the Wroxton Recreation Center. He spent many volunteer hours working the door and bar at dances and weddings and running the bar above the office where he was affectionately known as “Boss Hogg.”Henry loved to spend his spare time tinkering in the shop, smoking and visiting, giving his opinion in matters of importance- well actually all matters! He also loved family get togethers. Family camping trips he made sure the woodpile was well stocked and had a large supply of what his grandchildren called “Gido starter” to get a fire going no matter the weather! He was very proud of his children and grandchildren trying to attend every single event from Christmas concerts, graduations, hockey games, football, volleyball and constantly monitored everyone’s whereabouts on Facebook. Henry also watched over the farm cemetery at Wroxton, keeping track of everyone’s plots, organizing annual mass and ground keeping. He always had a story to tell and an opinion to give, he will be missed. Henry was predeceased by his parents Steve and Anne (Yasinsky) Dozorec and brother James Dozorec. He leaves to mourn his wife Lorraine, son Bryan (Valerie) Dozorec and their children; Christine Dozorec (Ella , Addilyn), Kim (Chad) Desrochers (Chloe, Xander), Mandy (Mike) Desrochers (Talyn, Radley), daughter Deanna (Terry) Johnson and their children; Jamie (Roderick) Gerein (William), Justin Johnson, daughter Susan Dozorec and her children; David (Kristen) Dozorec, Aaron (Stephanie) Dozorec (Faye, Lexa), Andrew Labossiere, Joseph Dozorec, Nicolas Unick, son Gregory (Tammy) Dozorec and their children; Brooke Dozorec, Shelby Dozorec and Jesse Dozorec. A visitation for family and friends was held on Friday, April 8, 2022 from the Chapel of Bailey’s Funeral Home, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The Funeral Liturgy was held on Saturday, April 9, 2022 from St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church, Kamsack, Saskatchewan with the Very Rev. Fr. Joakim Rac officiating. Kathy Derworiz led the responses with assistance from the church choir. The cross bearer was Christine Dozorec.

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PISIAK – Susan Pisiak of Yorkton entered eternal rest on April 1, 2022 at the Yorkton Nursing Home at the age of 97. Sophia “Susan” Pisiak was born near Stornoway, Saskatchewan on January 18, 1925; the youngest of Anastasia (Diduck) and Nicholas Zawada’s five children. She enjoyed a happy childhood, growing up on the family farm. Upon completing her schooling at Stornoway, Susan began a long career in retail. Her first job was at a country grocery store north of Roblin, Manitoba. Soon, she ventured to Dauphin, where she worked for the Metropolitan store. It was here in 1945 that she met a handsome baker who would become her lifelong partner. On July 12, 1947, Hnat “Ned” Pisiak and Susan married at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Yorkton.

In November 1948, they moved to Yorkton where Ned continued to work for a bakery and Susan transferred to the local Met store. After 25 years at the Met, she retired in 1971. Her retirement years were spent volunteering, socializing, looking after her parents and enjoying her many hobbies. Ned’s retirement in 1985 made way for adventures to places such as Hawaii, Canada’s East and West Coasts, and even more time at their Good Spirit Lake cabin. Susan was deeply devoted to her faith and St. Mary’s Church. She sang in the choir, altered and embroidered clothing and ceremonial linens, and held various UCWLC positions including President and Secretary-Treasurer. Her hard work was recognized in 2020 when Susan received her 70 year service pin. If Susan was not working or coordinating at St. Mary’s Cultural Centre, you could find her working in her garden and yard, doing Ukrainian embroidery, crocheting, bowling, picking mushrooms, camping or fishing. She was particularly proud of the dolls whose traditional Ukrainian clothing she would create and the fact that her dolls were located across Canada and in Dublin, Ireland. In 2007, Susan and Ned celebrated their 60th anniversary. They would enjoy three more years together, until Ned’s passing in 2010. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Gladstone Seniors residence where she developed many good friendships. Earlier this year, she moved to Yorkton Nursing Home where she spent her final days.

Susan was predeceased by her husband Ned, her sisters Annie and Mary and brothers Mike and Alec. The Funeral Liturgy was held on Friday, April 8th at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Yorkton with Rev. Father Leonid Malkov and Rev. Father Demetrius Wasylyniuk as Concelebrants. The responses were led by Lorne Stechyshyn and members of the Funeral Choir. The cross bearer was Marin Habbick and the epistle reader was Jill Dombroski. Members of the Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League led the Rosary and participated in an Honour Guard.

The interment followed in the Yorkton City Cemetery with Warren Dombroski, Shayne Dunlop, Metro Zawada, Jann Habbick, Raylene Stewart and Karen Koshman serving as the casket bearers. Memorials in Susan’s memory may be made to St. Mary’s Church Building Fund as gifts of remembrance. Вічная Пам’ять - Eternal Memory

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April 29, 1984 - April 4, 2020 One day as you’re brushing the hair out of your little boy’s eyes, or wiping the jelly from his sticky fingers; he looks up and gives you a smile that lights him up from the inside out, and you think to yourself… “It doesn’t get any better than this”. But it does, because he grows up and becomes a good man and a good friend and his smile still lights up the world. Love you Son! Love Mom & Dad xxoo and a couple raspberries!

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GRAHAM - Shirley Diane Graham passed away peacefully with family by her side early Sunday morning, April 3, 2022. She was born in Willow Bunch, SK on March 10, 1949, the eldest child of Robert & Doris Radom [nee Moe].

Shirley grew up in Moose Jaw and spent time with her beloved Grandma Moe as often as possible. After completing her education in Regina where she earned her teaching diploma at the university, she married Allan Graham, the love of her life, in 1971 and they settled in Yorkton. Jodi was born a year later in 1972, followed by Shawn in 1974. Shirley was a loving and hardworking wife and mother who cared for her husband and children devotedly through Allan’s lengthy challenge with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis until his passing in 1980. She then started teaching full-time and enjoyed a long career teaching grades one and three students the joy of reading only on days that end in ‘y’. As a young woman, Shirley made her choice to serve God. Her love for God and fellowship kept her through some difficult years as a single mom. She had an abiding thankfulness for the mercy and kindness of God which only deepened through the varied experiences of life. The travel bug bit Shirley when she visited Jodi three times in the Sultanate of Oman and after her retirement she travelled to Ukraine, The Netherlands and numerous countries in West Africa several times for long visits. She kept in touch with her friends in various corners until her passing even though her five-year challenge with lung disease meant she became an armchair traveler instead. The only role Shirley enjoyed more than those of Mom, friend and teacher was becoming ‘Nana’. She was keenly interested in what her five grandkids were up to and loved to visit with them all. Shirley enjoyed hosting family and close friends in her home where coffee and chocolate were at the ready. Guests knew where to find their favourite pottery mugs in her large collection. Whether reading, playing Scrabble or crokinole, doing large jigsaw puzzles in record time, puttering in her perennial beds or soaking up the sun on her patio, Shirley enjoyed the simple things in life. She taught her kids how to be thankful for having enough when it wasn’t much and to keep first things first even when it was costly. Her final lesson was accepting the loss of her independence so graciously through her hospital stay and showing her family the beauty in letting go of the things of time. Shirley was predeceased by her parents and her husband Allan. She is survived and lovingly remembered by her children Jodi Cobb (Jeff) of Fort Qu’Appelle and their girls Merra and Nella and Shawn Graham (Katherine) of Elbow and their children Abigail [Shawn Puffalt], Brennan and Dillan. She also is remembered by her siblings: Bev Taylor (Gary), Rick Radom (Heather) and their children and families and Barb Fisher (Michael) and their children and families as well as numerous brothers- and sisters-in-law, cousins and friends scattered around the world. Shirley and her family appreciated the kind care she received from family, friends and medical staff over the past weeks. The funeral service was held on Saturday, April 9th 2022 from St. Mary’s Cultural Centre in Yorkton. Jack Reddekopp, Margaret Hanson, Holly Goldsmid and Shanae Clark led the service and Caroline Puffalt was the pianist. Hymns were ‘Moments of Blessing’, ‘Thanks to God for My Redeemer’. ‘Life’s Short Day’, and ‘Til Breaking of the Day’. Ushers were Jayden & Jolan Cobb, Ron Hermanson and Rocky Munro. Attending the guest register was Val Blades, Bonnie Cobb, Brenda Hermanson and Marlo Munro. The interment followed in the Garden of St. Mark at the Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Brennan and Dillan Graham serving as the urnbearers. Memorials were to the ALS Society. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com

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Pandemics in crowded populations Disease pandemics of course are not new, the 1918 influenza pandemic perhaps being the most notable with some estimates putting the death toll as high as 50 million, and of course there was the bubonic plague in the mid-1300s which killed millions more.

And, now of course we have been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic which has touched just about every locale on the planet and a death toll of more than 6-million.

What is perhaps more concerning than the impact of COVID, and certainly it has fundamentally changed our lives the last 30 months or so, and continues with people

still dying, is how the human-pandemic has occurred at the same time of a couple of major livestock diseases happening too.

Most recently in Canada there has been an outbreak of avian influenza being found in three flocks in Alberta.

The Alberta outbreak came only a short time after the flu spread across southern Ontario with the East Coast reporting cases earlier this year.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, (www.cdc.gov), “highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses cause severe disease and high mortality in infected poultry. Only

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Calvin Daniels some avian influenza A(H5) and A(H7) viruses are classified as HPAI A viruses, while most A(H5) and A(H7) viruses circulating among birds are LPAI A viruses. HPAI A(H5) or A(H7) virus infections can cause disease that affect multiple internal organs with mortality up to 90 percent to 100 percent in chickens, often within 48 hours.”

While the good news

is bird flu viruses do not normally infect humans, the disease is concerning in terms of what it might mean to the chicken industry.

And, we need only go back a couple of years to recall that African Swine Fever devastated the swine herd in China through 2019 with thousands of animals dying and more than a million culled in an attempt to control

the disease.

Even with control measures African Swine Fever spread to Southeast Asia and eastern Europe, with cases found in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Korea, Myanmar, the Philippines, Poland, Belgium and Bulgaria.

African Swine Fever is not a threat to human health and cannot be transmitted from pigs to humans.

But ASF is highly contagious and a deadly viral disease affecting both domestic and feral swine of all ages.

What is interesting in terms of COVID, ASF and Avian flu is how it affects populations which are today very much concentrat-

ed, and highly mobile allowing for rapid spread of the disease.

Human populations are increasingly clustered in huge urban centres with significant travel connections on an almost hourly basis.

Pigs and chickens are highly concentrated livestock with huge enclosed populations, and while there are typically tight biosecurity measures, still much interaction from country to country with the import and export of pigs, pork products and feedstuffs.

While the three are obviously independent incidents the commonality of crowded populations should at least be a possible red flag.

Local stewardship organization preserving our waterways

By Jessie Neilsen Manager, Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association The site of a herd of cattle wading in the river on a hot summer’s day isn’t exactly the kind of image most ranchers want to portray when it comes to good agrienvironmental stewardship on their farm.

Yet, such sites are far more common along creeks, streams, and rivers in the Assiniboine watershed than one may think.

Ranchers will sometimes use waterways not only as a water source for their cattle, but also as a natural fence for their adjacent pasture.

Such a practice has its share of risks from an animal health and safety perspective, as cattle may be required to navigate muddy, sloped banks to access the water.

In addition, the dry conditions we’ve been experiencing the past couple years has meant many of these creeks

Fence going up along the Assiniboine River. and streams, or even rivers, that in the past were deep enough to deter cattle from crossing over into the neighboring land, have now dried up to the point where many ranchers are having to deal with cattle “testing the water” and getting out of pasture.

From an environmental perspective, cattle having direct access to surface water increases the risk of streambank erosion, degrades the vegetation along the bank, and increases the likelihood that nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus in manure will get into

the water, which can lead to increased algal blooms in downstream waterbodies.

Luckily, the Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association (AWSA) is working to make such sites a thing of the past. The nonprofit water stewardship

group out of Yorkton, Sask. implements a variety of projects and programming aimed at protecting the health of the watershed that the residents of east-central Saskatchewan call home.

The AWSA was successful in a proposal to Environment Canada’s Lake Winnipeg Basin Program to receive grant funding to provide an incentive for ranchers to eliminate direct access of their cattle to creeks, streams and rivers through cost-shared funding for exclusion fencing and remote offsite watering systems.

Three ranchers were chosen to receive 50 per cent cost-shared funding to implement their projects. The projects were along the two major rivers in the watershed, the Assiniboine River and the Whitesand River.

Northwest from Yorkton along the Whitesand River, one rancher installed 1.1 miles of permanent four-strand barbed wire fencing and dug a new dugout that will be used

as the cattle’s new water source.

One rancher, located West of Endeavour, installed 1.2 miles of the same type of fence along the Assiniboine River. This rancher also chose a new dugout as the new water source for his herd. Downstream on the Assiniboine River, North of Canora, a rancher installed 1.25 miles of electric fence.

This rancher purchased a solar powered float pump watering system that will be used as the water source while grazing on the pasture.

The AWSA would like to acknowledge the financial support from Environment Canada’s Lake Winnipeg Basin Program for making these projects possible and thanks each of the ranchers for doing their part to be good stewards of the watershed.

If you’re interested in doing stewardship projects such as these on your farm, please call Jesse or Amber at 306783-1696 for more information.

Take precautions against hantavirus during spring cleanup Saskatchewan residents are being reminded to take precautions against hantavirus as they start spring cleanup of enclosed buildings or vehicles.

Hantavirus infection is caused by breathing in contaminated airborne particles from the droppings, urine and saliva of infected deer mice. It can cause a rare, but potentially fatal lung disease known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

“Exposure most often occurs when cleaning up sheds, barns, garages, cabins, or vehicles after winter,” Saskatchewan’s Deputy Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Julie Kryzanowski said.

“Particles can become airborne after sweeping, but it’s also possible to get the virus by touching something that has been contaminated, and then touching your nose, mouth or eyes.”

Symptoms usually start within one to six weeks of exposure. They include fever, muscle aches, cough, headaches, nausea and vomiting.

Some people develop severe symptoms that can be life threatening.

Seek medical attention immediately if you have a cough, fever and shortness of breath.

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Deer mouse ing by opening doors and windows, and then leave the area for at least 30 minutes before cleaning; • avoid using dry cleaning methods such as dusting, sweeping, vac-

uuming or air-hosing; • use wet mopping methods and wear rubber or plastic gloves; • wear goggles and a well-fitting N-95 type filter mask when cleaning

areas contaminated by droppings; • dampen areas contaminated with rodent droppings with bleach disinfectant and remove droppings with a damp mop or cloth; • steam clean, shampoo or spray upholstered furniture with a detergent, disinfectant or a mixture of bleach and water; and • wash exposed clothes and bedding with detergent in hot water.

Prevention is also recommended to reduce rodent infestations: • block openings that might allow rodents to enter a building; • store human and animal food, water and

garbage in pest-proof/ resistant containers with tightly-fitted lids; and • move woodpiles or other potential hiding places for mice away from your home.

Between 1994 and 2021, 36 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome were reported in Saskatchewan; 12 of those cases were fatal.

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Big play captures big success

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Paper Bag Players are exhaling this week after months of preparation culminated in a successful weekend run of its dramatized version of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

“I am absolutely thrilled it has been completed,” offered director Teresa Weber Monday, adding all the work was worth it thanks to “a wonderful audience” in attendance.

“Lots of families with kids came out,” said Weber, adding having youth in the audience was a little different for the long-running theatrical troupe, which has generally produced shows for an adult audience.

Weber said they knew they were taking on a bigger project with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, which had a core cast of 16, and actually had 30 involved

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The cast of the Paper Bag Players production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. on stage.

“We were coming back to live theatre, (post COVID-19), and we came out with a bang,” she said.

Of course the pandemic was a challenge for

Paper Bag Theatre.

“The difficulty was working around COVID,” said Weber, adding the performance was originally intended to take place in February, but was postponed due to the

venue being located at a high school that suffered a COVID outbreak.

And even with new dates set for April “there was nervousness if there was going to be another wave,” said Weber.

But, at least by waiting they avoided having to ask for proof of vaccination, or have theatre goers wear masks, although they were available for those who wanted them, said Weber.

As for the performance itself the director was more than pleased.

“Absolutely it was what my vision was to begin with. What people saw on stage was what I had seen in my imagination,” she said.

Weber was also quick to thank not just the cast for helping fulfill her vision, but all the volunteers who helped make it a reality.

“It’s like an iceberg, you only see the top, you don’t see the hard work underneath,” she said.

So would Weber take on another ambitious show like The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?

“Right now; no, I need some sleep,” she said, then quickly added the way the show went over in the community, there were 300-plus at Sunday’s matinee, another family friendly show will certainly be discussed.

“Yorkton did come out for this play,” she reiterated.

CWE wrestlers speak at local school

By Tyson Off Staff Writer Performers from Canadian Wrestling’s Elite visited St. Paul’s Elementary on the afternoon of April 6th to talk to students about bullying.

Wrestlers Travis Cole, ‘The Headline’ Shawn Martens, and Tyler Adams of the CWE spoke to a group of students about the effects of bullying and what they can do to combat it.

To start, Martens read to the children from a book entitled ‘Bully Beans’ by author Julia Cook. The story describes the hardships of children who are terrorized by a bully at their school.

Eventually the children band together to stop the bullying and they are able to live their lives in peace.

At the end of the talk, Cole asked students how many of them had been bullied to which many raised their hand.

“Stand up and say something if you’re being bullied,” said Martens.

“If you have the courage to stand with your friends, you can make your school and your community a better place,” said Cole.

The wrestlers then took questions from students in the audience.

One of the students asked how long it took them to become wrestlers.

Cole replied that he has been wrestling for 12 years and trained every day for six months before getting into the ring.

“You’re never done learning wrestling,” said Martens, adding that he trained for a year before his first match and that he constantly strives to be the best version of himself.

“You have to train yourself as much as you possibly can,” said Adams.

The wrestlers then informed the students, to applause, that they were all welcome to attend their show, to be held later in the evening, for free, as long as they were accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Canadian Wrestling’s Elite performers Tyler Adams (left), ‘The Headline’ Shawn Martens (center) and Travis Cole (right) talked to students on April 6th about the negative effects of bullying.

GDG makes call for local art

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Godfrey Dean Gallery in Yorkton is presenting Local Artist Show 2022, and are making a call for submission from area artists.

The annual show welcomes anyone in the community or with ties to the community to submit and show artworks in an exhibition on display through the month of June.

Building on last year’s enthusiastic engagement by more than 50 local artists, the gallery will again welcome any kind of art, craft, or hobby, reflecting the diversity of creativity and expression in the community.

The call for submissions is open to all artists, artisans, and craftspeople of any age and with any level of experience -- professional, beginner, or hobbyist.

Submission forms are at godfreydeangallery.ca or at the gallery.

Artists must register before May 25, and drop off their artworks between May 18-25.

Full details are on the website or by contacting the gallery.

New show at pARTners Gallery

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Now display until May 23, 2022 at the Community pARTners Gallery located in the Yorkton Public Library is Edie Marshall: Moving Landscapes.

The show is touring through OSAC’s Arts on the Move program.

Marshall is an established Saskatchewan landscape painter of sensitivity and skill, notes an OSAC release.

“Over her career she has explored different ways to interpret landscape, movement, and the passage of time. It is immediately apparent in her paintings that Marshall is not a tourist on the prairies, but someone who has a long term, intimate relationship to this place. Her particular talent lies in her ability to evoke

multi-sensory experiences for the viewer, allowing them to be fully immersed in the landscapes of our prairie home,” it states.

Marshall’s paintings beautifully capture the experience of time; like in a time-lapse photograph, one can trace the movement of plants, grasses, trees, and creatures, as they sway and travel through the picture plane.

“The organic textures of the under paintings, and her graceful use of gesture, bring life and energy to the works.

Her technique relies on “plein air” sketching, making multiple drawings from many perspectives in a setting.

These bits and pieces are then stitched together by way of paintings, into a cohesive whole.

The result is a well-

Moving Landscapes. organized kaleidoscope of a singular landscape.

These works are not snapshots taken in passing and then faithfully rendered (though, she has utilized this process

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in earlier works), but a series of moments eloquently strung together into a narrative in which she recalls her travels for the viewer,” states an exhibition essay titled

Landscape in Motion by Madeleine Greenway, in the release.

Marshall is a Saskatchewan painter who is interested in the environment, the history and culture of the land.

Most of her work is about the prairies where she finds an unlimited and often overlooked source of colours and shapes, ideas and images.

Marshall paints large energetic canvases and small intimate ones as a way to describe the vastness and energy of the land with its diverse and unique ecosystems.

Marshall received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan in 2004 with Great Distinction. She has work in public collections at the University of Saskatchewan and St. Thomas More Gallery

in Saskatoon. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in private collections in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe and Australia.

Marshall worked as the Program Coordinator at the Art Gallery of Regina and at CARFAC SASK. She is an advocate for visual arts and artists and has served on the CARFAC Saskatchewan and National Boards, the board of directors for the Art Gallery of Regina and the Saskatchewan Arts Board. She taught painting at the Neil Balkwill Civic Art Centre for three years and continues to teach workshops in Regina and Moose Jaw. Marshall currently lives in Riverhurst, Saskatchewan where she has her studio practice.

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Easter speaks of God’s eternal love I’ve seen funny things happen the moment a baby’s last little toe exits the birth canal. Freshly grown youngsters with the moon in their eyes and their heads in the clouds launch with rocket speed onto the planet called parenthood.

Mild young women become instant she-bears; tough-talking, macho young men, mushy teddy bears.

Our babies take us prisoner. When first placed in our arms, they immediately grasp the raw end of our emotional chords and never surrender them. Our entire lives, they yank and fray and tease and play with those chords.

My son turns 43 today.

When I see his long fingers stroking his guitar strings, I recall the sweet memory of those fingers curling around mine for the first time.

His younger sister, though a mother of six, is still my baby. My 95 year old mother, in her dying days, still worried that I wasn’t eating enough. Parenting is a life sentence.

Someone once said that having children is like giving your heart permission to go gallivanting about on its own. If you’re a parent, you know what that means. Loving parents never feel fully whole until surrounded by their children and grandchildren.

“I thought I knew

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Sunny Side Up what love was,” I’ve heard, “until I had my child (or grandchild).”

And from between trembling lips sometimes comes, “I thought I knew what grief was, until I lost my child.”

After a friend miscarried, her sorrow for the child who had rested far too briefly under her heart, was not diminished in the least by the brevity of

that wee life. I ached for her empty arms and deflated dreams.

I know people with a Grade 12 education who became medical specialists after their child received a sobering diagnosis.

Tenacious as hounds, they researched the latest developments and treatment. Some travel far; learn so much that their doctors

come to them for information.

The ache of children torn from their parent’s protective care in wartorn Ukraine has resonated around the world, even as it echoes the pain of children sent from home to safer shores during earlier wars. “I had to do it,” their parents said. “I’m the mom. I’m the dad.”

I’m the mom. I’m the dad. Those words are the reason that love will never abandon this old planet. In the quiet of those words, countless slivers have been plucked, boogers removed, messes tidied, sorrows soothed, terrors faced, and sleepless nights endured. In the strength of them,

mountains have been conquered, dragons slain, universes traversed, and flames quenched.

God knows about parenting. He had a baby too. Jesus Christ, part of his heart, one with his very self. Jesus – destined to leave heaven to go gallivanting; to make a cross-shaped bridge between us and our Heavenly Father.

It’s at Easter I think about my parent-God most—his love for Jesus and his agony at the waywardness of his creation. And soaring through the blackness of Good Friday into the brilliant rejoicing of Resurrection Day, I hear these words: “Because I’m the Dad.”

Compost adds to garden The snow is disappearing nicely, slowly but surely, and I’m sure many of us are able to see small patches of the garden appearing. I know we’re all thinking about this year’s planting list, but no matter what we are planting, we want to aim for providing the best soil possible.

So, it’s time to talk about compost. Compost is natural, organic, pure brown gold that will leave your entire garden saying “Wow!”.

And it doesn’t matter how big or small your garden is, or whether it is a new garden or an established one. Soil can always benefit from amending.

Composting is easy to do, and a valuable way to “recycle” organic material that might otherwise end up in gar-

bage bags in the landfill. Compost is decomposed organic matter.

It is rich in nutrients, helps to improve soil structure, and improves soil fertility. It improves the condition of your plants and increases yield. And best of all, it costs practically nothing to make!

By mixing the right recipe of material, air, moisture and heat, you can speed up the composting process that occurs naturally outdoors every day.

Compost bins come in all sizes and shapes, bought or homemade.

It makes no difference; the process happens the same way. If you don’t have a lot of room for a large compost bin, the drum composters are very handy.

What goes into the compost pile? We put

DEBBIE HAYWARD YORKTON AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Gardener’s Notebook all kinds or organic waste in our bin, from potato peels, apple cores, banana peels, grass clippings, and leaves. It’s simply a matter of layering green material (fresh material like fresh peels or grass clippings) with brown material (dry leaves and even some finely shredded newspaper) to encourage aeration.

If we have some peat moss left over, we sprinkle that in the mix.

After you’ve begun and have the various

layers, there is nothing much more to do than wait. A couple times a year, you will have to get your garden forks and turn your compost pile over, to allow air and moisture to circulate and to have the less-composted top of the pile now at the bottom. You also want to make sure that the compost pile is moist, but not wet. You will have some usable compost in about a year. It will be the texture of rich, dark peat moss and just

loaded with nutrients!

Remember, certain things should never go into a compost bin. Do not add any dairy items, or meat or fish scraps.

These will smell and might attract visitors you don’t want to have!

Never add anything that has been sprayed with chemicals or pesticides.

If you have the idea that compost piles are smelly, that is completely incorrect—a healthy compost pile smells like a freshly opened bag of peat moss—a nice earthy smell. If the compost pile has an unpleasant aroma, it is time to investigate, because maybe you have too thick a layer of green matter, or too much moisture. You do want your compost to decompose, but not rot.

There is a difference!

Compost is a treas-

ure for your garden. If you have a lot of compost, you can mix it into your soil before planting. If your compost supply is a little sparser, you might want to just top-dress certain plants. Either way, you will be doing your garden and the environment a favor!

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be holding a live meeting on Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 PM at the Yorkton Public Library. (Please use the back entrance) Our guest speaker will be Allona Zeiben doing beautiful spring flower arrangements.

The meeting will be maskfriendly. Everyone welcome.

Thank you to our friends at YTW for their fine work. Have a blessed Easter.

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TERRIERS

ARROWS Continued from Page A9 to a career in rugby at home that has not existed before.

Continued from Page A9 in the series.

The game was one where Terrier head coach Mat Hehr liked almost everything he saw, except for the final score.

“You can make something of it if you like rugby,” he said, adding even when he was young if you dreamed of a pro career in sport it was hockey, or football or baseball, not rugby. The MLR has created that dream for the sport.

“I am very happy with our effort,” he said in a post-game interview with Yorkton This Week. “. . . For almost 60-minutes we got the effort we wanted.”

Hehr said it came down to two miscues, and the Bruins turned both into third period goals.

Game 4 of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League series goes Thursday evening in Yorkton.

So how do the Terriers win the next game?

“We need to play similar to how we played games two and three. Very easily we could be up two games to one,” said Hehr.

The Terriers have also proven able to rebound this season.

“There’s no quitting. We’ve been resilient all

That will hopefully mean “more and more talent will get drawn to the sport,” he added. year. We just the need to same effort,” said Hehr, adding if they continue to work hard a bounce will come their way eventually, pointing to a couple of late-game efforts where the puck just bounced over a stick. “I thought we had our chances.”

Having a place to develop at a pro level will hopefully get the Canadian National Men’s Team back on track after failing to the qualify

for the upcoming World Cup – the team’s first time sitting on the sidelines as spectators at the event.

Sheppard has been part of the national program earning 11 caps for Canada since making his international debut against Kenya in November 2018.

He represented Canada at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which he looks back on the highlight of his career.

“It was the only one I’m going to get. I’ll never have that experience again,” he said, adding their is nothing like a crowd of tens of thousands cheering a game of rugby.

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ATTENTION ALL RECREATION RIDERS:

The Yorkton Sno-Riders Snowmobile Club would like to inform the public that the snowmobile trails are now closed for the season. We ask that summer recreation riders not use these trails at all during the summer. An annual signed agreement between the Snowmobile Club and the Landowners authorizing the use of their private land, is for winter recreation only. Please respect the private property of our landowners and keep off these trails. We ask for everyone’s cooperation throughout the summer in order to prevent damage to crops on private land along our snowmobile trail system.

The Yorkton Sno-Riders Snowmobile Club

WANT TO GET MORE INVOLVED AND TO HELP OUT? Yorkton Sno-Rider Club Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of every month. For more information email yorktonsnoriders@gmail.com