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Practical strategies to improve your mental health

drinks with a friend. You could also try expanding your network of friends by signing up for a group activity. The sense of belonging and the bonds you create can help improve your mental health.

2. Move your body Exercise reduces stress, gives you energy and makes you feel good. Try out various activities to find the ones you like and practice them regularly. For example, you can garden, dance, run, do yoga or play frisbee; the possibilities are endless.

3. Gain new knowledge

Learning promotes self-confidence and contributes to a sense of well-being. You can register for a course or introduce yourself to hiking, try a new recipe, watch tutorials or subscribe to a magazine on a topic that interests you.

Finally, set aside some “me-time” and use it wisely — whether taking a nap or singing aloud.

How understanding your emotions can improve your mental health

World Mental Health Day, which falls on October 10, is an annual opportunity to raise awareness about mental health issues and take steps to improve your well-being. One important part of strengthening your mental health is learning how to better identify and understand your emotions.

What is emotional awareness?

It can be useful to think of your emotions as messengers. They tell you something about yourself, your needs and your situation. Emotional awareness is the ability to acknowledge and make sense of these emotions so you can express and act on them in a healthy way. For example, recognizing when you feel stressed can help you identify the source of this strain and allow you to make decisions to improve your current circumstances.

Additionally, a crucial component of emotional awareness is learning to accept how you feel without judgement. While some emotions can feel positive and others negative, all emotions are normal. Rather than ignoring, repressing or judging your emotions as good or bad, you can greatly improve your mental health by simply accepting how you feel.

Why is this important?

There are numerous benefits to being able to understand and accept your emotions. In addition to

helping you work through difficult feelings, increasing your emotional awareness can help you improve the way you express yourself and communicate with others. Being more in touch with your emotions can also help you recognize how others are feeling, thereby improving your personal and pro-

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It’s important to remember that building emotional awareness takes time. If you’re having trouble managing your emotions, don’t hesitate to confide in a trusted friend or family member or reach out to a mental health professional for help.

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Thanksgiving

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

The new teepee sculpture announced earlier this year for City Centre Park in Yorkton has been installed, and was offi-

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

A ‘Read Indigenous’ space was officially opened with an event at the Yorkton Public Library Thursday.

“This is a very exciting day for us,” said branch manager Amber Harvey, adding the opening was a celebration of culture.

The Read Indigenous space is a partnership project that was in the works for the past year and is a partnership between the library and the Yorkton Tribal Council.

The space “includes books, resources, technology, as well as distinct art and furniture to create

cially ‘opened’ at a ribbon cutting Thursday afternoon.

“I’m trying not to be emotional, but when we blessed this ground . . . I dedicated it to our ancestors,” said Yorkton

a welcoming area to honour Indigenous Culture and continue sharing and learning for all community members,” detailed a YPL release.

The YTC donated $7,500 to the library for the purchase of new books, in particular some 250, which have been identified nationally as important in terms of efforts toward truth and reconciliation.

“These are going to be a showcase item,” said YTC Indigenous Cultural Liaison Cory Cadotte, adding the books are “must reads.”

In terms of reconciliation Cadotte said the library space is part of that process.

Tribal Council Tribal Chief Isabel O’Soup, adding it was for all people’s ancestors.

The reason, the teepee is to be “a symbol of us working together,” she said. “We want to move

forward in a positive way for all of us. It’s my hope, my plan, my dream, that this will be a symbol of that.”

The teepee is also a way “to put some First Nation representa-

tion into the park,” said O’Soup, noting that the mural has only a small teepee in the background which is difficult to notice.

YTC Indigenous Cultural Liaison Cory

Events marks teepee installation Library unveils ‘Read Indigenous’ area

Cadotte said the teepee is the most recognizable symbol of First Nations people there is, and they hope to use that recognition to draw people to it and learn from it.

“This is what reconciliation looks like,” he said, adding it is projects like the one at the

library which show how people can work together to move toward a better future. “Because we are

all treaty people.”

Isabel O’Soup, YTC Tribal Chief said the funding was part of an

ongoing effort to be a partner in the community, with a particular focus on preserving history. She said we all share a history.

O’Soup likened the new library space to a seed that when watered will grow.

“We’re just grateful the day is here,” she said, adding “one day a 100 years from now future generations will be looking back and celebrating what we’re doing today.”

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley called the new space “a significant resource,” which people in the city will be able to access “to learn about our past.”

Truth and Reconciliation day in city

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

A National Day of Truth and Reconciliation was marked in Yorkton by an Orange Shirt Walk down Broadway Street

followed by an afternoon presentation at City Centre Park.

Ivan Cote with event organizing Yorkton Tribal Council, and MC throughout the day said it was good to see the day

being “more promoted in Saskatchewan,” adding it was supportive to see some businesses close to mark the day, something he hoped would grow with more closing in the years ahead.

Cote said it was important to see so many people out for the walk wearing orange given the story behind the coloured garment – the story of Phyllis (Jack) Webstad.

“I went to the Mission

for one school year in 1973/1974. I had just turned 6 years old. I lived with my grandmother on the Dog Creek reserve,” read Cote of Webstad’s story. “We never had very much money, but some-

how my granny managed to buy me a new outfit to go to the Mission school. I remember going to Robinson’s store and picking out a shiny

A ceremony was held Thursday to officially mark the installation of the teepee sculpture in City Centre Park.

YTC Tribal Chief Isabel O’Soup

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“When I got to the Mission, they stripped me, and took away my clothes, including the orange shirt! I never wore it again. I didn’t understand why they wouldn’t give it back to me, it was mine! The color orange has always reminded me of that and how my feelings didn’t matter, how no one cared and how I felt like I was worth nothing. All of us little children were crying and no one cared.”

Webstad’s story inspired the shirt to become a symbol for the walk in memory of children who died in residential schools, survivors of the schools, and their families.

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley said he saw the walk as an opportunity to learn.

“I am proud to walk, listen and learn with you today,” he said, adding in learning it must be truth.

“Truth comes first before reconciliation can begin.”

Hippsley added he feels that reconciliation “is all about healing,” so that we can all build a more vibrant community by “walking together in a good way.”

Vice Chief Heather Bear of the Federation of Sovereign Indian Nations said being in the park in

the shadow of a new teepee sculpture was moving, suggesting she was “getting goose bumps on my goose bumps.”

And, also because the walk “recognizes an important day that all our children matter.”

Bear said it all started to become public with finding in B.C. where children, “loved ones that went missing,” were discovered in a “mass grave.”

From there other discoveries were made and a movement was born.

Through it all though First Nation people have persevered, said Bear.

“We are strong. We are resilient,” she said.

And now the young people of today are tasked with moving forward to a better future, a future that includes reclaiming their language and ceremonies.

It’s a path to reconciliation which is “about justice . . . forgiveness . . . about getting things right. It’s about treaty,” said Bear.

Bear said treaties cannot be forgotten or ignored, adding when the signatories “touched the pipe” it was a sign of commitment to those treaties and with the Creator and that included “to get along” with white settlers.

Chief Clinton Key of the Key First Nation took things back to the children who died in residential schools.

“I believe all our lost

children are true warriors of our time,” he said.

Key questioned whether people would be gathered together on a day like Orange Shirt Day, coming together without the lost children as an impetus?

“I believe our children didn’t die in vain. We are here today because of them,” he said.

The event in Yorkton followed the official dedication of a large teepee sculpture in the downtown park Thursday, an installation funded by the YTC. Cote said it was only the second teepee installation on municipal land, calling its installation “a step in the right direction.”

Cote said there are those who have not been supportive of the teepee, but said they need to be ignored and the symbol accepted as a positive in the city.

Yorkton Tribal Council Tribal Chief Isabel O’Soup picked up on the story of the teepee.

“It is a great day, and an even greater day because we can see our teepee. I’m so pleased to see it every time I drive by,” she said.

O’Soup said the teepee should be a symbol to bring people together, but there are people on social media who have the installation story wrong, and on a day based on learning

truth, she said she had to address that.

For example, the City of Yorkton did not pay for the sculpture. It was funded by the Yorkton Tribal Council, said O’Soup.

It’s important to learn truths, she continued.

For example, the land was not taken from First Nations. First Nations

signed treaties that signified “we would share the land (in exchange) for certain benefits, said O’Soup, adding First Nations leaders at the time “believed the treaties they signed were a benefit for their people for the future.”

And, because both peoples signed the treaties O’Soup reminded “we

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For example, a QR code is on-site that people can access which will take them to a YTC video telling the story of the teepee, he explained.

As part of the event 15 individuals including the Mayor, Tribal Chief, an RCMP officer and others were selected to give a word of meaning to each of the poles, which were then blessed.

The first pole was kindness, the second to be proud of who you are, the third was peace for all, with others including respect, hope, acceptance, wisdom, honesty and love.

With the installation, O’Soup said everybody worked together, YTC and the City, to see it happen.

“Everybody worked to make this happen. We are making history today,” she said.

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley picked up on

the theme noting he was proud to be part of the historical unveiling.

“The landscape of Yorkton has changed,” he said, noting that is not just visually because of

are all treaty people.”

Similarly, First Nations people pay taxes, even if some believe that is not the case, continued O’Soup. Those living off reserve pay property tax on homes, income tax on earnings, and sales tax on goods bought in off reserve stores.

“I say to people learn the truth,” she implored.

the teepee, but because of what it symbolizes. In that regard Hippsley said the teepee was a symbol “of how we choose to work together toward a much better future.”

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

YORKTON—The Yorkton Secon Maulers hosted back-to-back games against the Saskatoon Blazers on the afternoons of October

Seniors,

1st and 2nd at Westland Arena.

Game one In their first game of the series and season home opener, the Maulers came up short against the Blazers in an

8-4 loss.

The first period of the match saw two goals come by way of the Blazers off the sticks of Like Dahlen and Coban Almen. 2-0 Blazers going into the second period.

The second period saw the Maulers take the lead with four consecutive goals coming by way of Tegan Kerr, Jaxon Sperling and two

off the stick of Edward Knittig. Tyson Yaremko scored the lone goal for the Blazers. 3-4 Maulers heading into the third.

The Blazers fired back in the third with 5 consecutive goals by way of Cole Reschny, Raiden Zacharias, Like Dahlen, and two more from Reschny with the Blazers taking an 8-4 win.

The Blazers had 39

shots on goal with the Maulers holding their own with 34.

Game two The Blazers made quick work of the first period with four goals coming by way of Josh Knittig, Tyson Yaremko, Corban Almen and Reese Hamilton, making it a 4-0 game going into the second.

The second period would see three more goals from the Blazers coming off the sticks of Lee Shurgot, Leo Seitz

coming from Shaden Duliak. 7-1 Blazer heading into the third.

The Blazers’ Reese Hamilton would open up the scoring in the third period with Duliak once again scoring the lone goal for the Maulers.

Final score, 8-2.

The Blazers had 36 shots on goal throughout the match with the Maulers taking 23.

The Maulers will host the Swift Current Legionnaires in backto-back matches at Westland Arena October 15th at 3:30 p.m and October 16th at 2:00 p.m.

A Truth and Reconciliation ‘Orange Shirt Walk’ was held that ended up traveling down Broadway Street to City Centre Park.

Up Front

Third year of Legion banner program marked

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

The Honour Our Veterans Banner Program officially launched its third year with a brief ceremony Saturday.

Ken Gordon with the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #77 said the project continues to grow with 34 more banners “to be displayed on the streets of Yorkton.

With the new additions there are now 205 veterans commemorated on banners.

To make the project as successful as it has been Gordon said the committee behind the scenes has worked hard.

“We have an awesome committee,” he said.

But the key thank you went to the veterans honoured.

“The most important people to thank today are our veterans,” said Gordon, adding it is the veterans, includ-

ing peacekeepers, firefighters, RCMP officers and EMS staff who have worked “to keep us safe.”

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley said as those assembled stood at attention for O’Canada, he thought about how important it is “to sing it as loud as we can,” because it shows pride

in a country that is “the greatest nation on earth,” because of the efforts of veterans like those honoured on the banners.

Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit said in honouring veterans it is important “to remember what they went through, and why,” so that we might learn from it, and

not repeat it.

The Honour Our Veterans banner project gives Yorkton citizens and visitors the opportunity to honour, respect and celebrate veterans from all walks of life and all times of service to the country.

The Legion and city welcome banners for all

veterans who have a link to our community and Treaty 4 area. That may mean they lived here, worked here, or have friends or relatives here who want to recognize them.

The program is for any veterans, past or current, from any war, conflict or mission including mil-

itary, medical, firefighters or RCMP.

Installation of the banners has already begun, with the 34 new ones going up soon.

Yorkton is not the only community with banners. Watson, Kelvington and Canora in the local region are doing similar projects.

Ag in classroom includes historical aspect

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

It was a big night for the Yorkton Mill Heritage Society as it held its annual fundraising dinner.

Not only was it a night for a full house to hear guest speaker Sara Shymko talk about the importance or teaching agriculture in the classroom, but two major donations were announced.

Grain Millers has taken naming rights on the planned interpretative centre at the old mill

for a donation of $100,000, and Ernie Aniuk has made a donation in a similar amount.

The dual donation push mill fundraising efforts past $1 million, about one-third of the amount the project will need.

In her presentation Shymko, who is executive director of Agriculture in the Classroom, said the interpretive centre can be an important local spot in terms of offering education to students about farming.

Shymko said teaching the history of farming

connects directly to the history on Saskatchewan and “it matters.

“Learning about the history of milling (at the proposed centre); it’s going to inspire them.”

Shymko grew up on a mixed farm in Saskatchewan, and while she said she was “so privileged to grow up on a farm,” increasingly youngsters are not from a farm background.

Shymko related how in her role with Agriculture in the Classroom she was handing out seeds students could take home and plant when one young student came up and asked for seed for cheese. At that moment she said she fully understood the need for her organization.

“It’s more important than ever this generation learns where food comes from,” she said. “. . . There’s a growing disconnect between farms and kids.”

We are now at a point where Shymko noted there are youngsters in the province who have “never seen a cow.”

So when those youngsters have an opportunity to visit a dairy and see a cow milked it is really

about understanding where their food comes from, and the importance of the farmers doing that work.

“Milking a cow -- even if they know milk comes from a cow – is mind blowing,” she said.

Or “the miracle of an egg hatching, is pretty cool to see.”

Hands-on learning makes a huge difference.

“It connects the dots a little,” said Shymko.

And it’s not just children that need more agriculture education.

Shymko said an adult in Osler, Sask. was heard to say she “didn’t care what happened to farm-

ers because she bought her food at a grocery store.”

Back to youth, Shymko said they require more agriculture education because they are the ones who must grow up to find solutions to farm issues such as climate change.

“The next generation of decision makers and big thinkers are in classrooms now,” she said, adding that they need to be interested in agriculture since the sector accounts for one-in-eight jobs in Canada.

“We need young people today to be the solution to problems

we’re facing today.”

So, Shymko said it is very important “to inspire youth to care about their food.”

It can all start with something as simple as students rolling out canola seed to see the oil that comes from it.

Or, having a school garden where they can grow lettuce and tomatoes and herbs to create salads.

“It makes a difference,” said Shymko, reiterating education about agriculture is critical. “. . . It’s not nice to have, it’s a need to have.”

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A brief ceremony was held at City Centre Park Saturday.

Displays were part of the evening as the Yorkton Mill Heritage Society held is fundraising supper.

Sara Shymko is executive director of Agriculture in the Classroom

Perspective

Understanding Orange Shirt Day a step forward

Politics

It’s really too bad Truth and Reconciliation Day has been caught up in a lot of things distracting us from what this day should really be about.

Of course, one gets why people get hot and bothered over whether Friday, September 30 should have been a federal statutory holiday. (It wasn’t, anywhere except in Ontario.)

What’s important to people is what most immediate affects them. Whether it’s as an employee wanting a badly needed day off with pay or an employer having to shell out a day’s salary, one gets why this becomes an issue.

And then there are some who are selfemployed or are farmers still out in the fields trying to get their crops. They likely roll their eyes at this debate of a statutory day off.

But what’s unfortunate is that such debates Truth and Reconciliation Day — or Orange Shirt Day, as it’s also known as —overshadows why we need to commemorate.

Taking stock in our historic relationship with First Nations people is undoubtedly the first step in better understanding why we have the problems we have today.

Again, that’s not top of mind for most of us on most days of the years.

Even on this one specific day, there’s an interesting argument whether we’d be better off by simply taking the cost of a statutory day off and putting it towards addressing the real issues of Indigenous people.

Still, others question why anyone today should feel responsible for wrong-headed policy decisions of the past like Indian residential schools that they had no part of.

And others stubbornly continue to argue that residential schools were not as bad as claimed, although a deepening understanding today of what really went on in the church and government is thankfully making those arguments fewer and farther between.

Perhaps Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme put it best:

“We all inherited this,” Delorme said in 2021 when potential gravesites of residential school student graves was revealed on his reserve.

“Nobody today created residential schools. Nobody today created the Indian Act. Nobody today created the Sixties Scoop, but we all inherited it and we just have to acknowledge that people are healing and people are hurting. Let’s do something about it.”

These are wise words to which we all should be able to relate. It’s what we do as human beings.

If we see anyone in our society behaving badly or struggling, our general reaction is to seek out and discover why.

This doesn’t mean justify inappropriate behaviour. But as it happens in our everyday interactions with people or as our courts do during sentencing hearings, we do delve into the background of people to better understand why they do the things they do.

Orange Shirt Day started in 2013 as recognition of the struggles of one residential school survivor — homage to the story of what happened to a B.C. woman 40 years earlier.

In 1973, Phyllis Webstad of the Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) band was six years when her grandmother bought her a bright orange shirt for her first day of school.

She proudly wore that shirt that first day, but when she arrived at school teachers made her take it off. She said she never saw that shirt again.

“I didn’t understand why they wouldn’t give it back to me, it was mine,” Webstad said, according to the Canadian Encyclopedia. “The colour orange has always reminded me of that and how my feelings didn’t matter, how no one cared and how I felt like I was worth nothing. All of us little children were crying, and no one cared.”

This isn’t the most egregious residential school story. But it’s a moving story that offers insight into how people were affected.

Understanding that might help us better understand the problems of today.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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Teepee can be a symbol to a better future

TheNational Day of Truth and Reconciliation was marked in Yorkton Friday and it was again an eye-opening experience to listen to the survivors of abuse at Indian Residential Schools told their stories.

They were of course sad tales, one which made one’s heart go out to all those who were forced into such terrible circumstances, both those who lived to tell their stories and those who died, often left to an unmarked grave.

It’s a dark chapter in the history of our country.

The idea of taking children from their families, isolating them from those families, their communities and their culture in a clearly racist attempt to eliminate the First Nations culture was reprehensible.

Which in that process the children were all too often handed over to those who abused them in mental, physical and sexual ways only deepens the tragedy.

The result is a deeply scarred community which is even now dealing with the effects of a generation of youth untethered from their culture, and dealing with the effects of abuse.

The situation is one which will forever be a time where Canada failed as a nation.

But, there is also a story here of

resilience, and that is the positive we have to hold on to as we move forward as a community.

The First Nations people did not wither and die with the abuses of residential schools. They have persevered, and are now regaining what was lost, their languages, their ceremonies, their culture, their families.

In Yorkton last week a symbol of that resilience was officially unveiled in City Centre Park, where a stunning teepee sculpture now stands.

The sculpture is very much a symbol of First Nations people, those who were here first, but it is also about the hope of a better future.

We need to focus on that. We need a future that is better for everyone, and thanks to the Yorkton Tribal Council who funded the teepee project, we have something we can look to locally as something of a beacon calling us all to a better future.

We cannot forget the atrocities of the residential schools and their impact on the First Nations peoples of Canada, but as we come to learn the dark truths more fully, we must find a way to reconcile our differences and move forward as a stronger country.

May the teepee remind us of the importance of that journey.

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Speakers share their ‘truths’

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

The first step in efforts toward truth and reconciliation is truth.

But that truth is not always easy to share or hear, as those attending National Day of Truth and Reconciliation presentations in Yorkton Friday learned.

“I’ve carried this, heavy, heavy burden for many years,” said speaker Geraldine Mecas, a residential survivor.

She said it took years and in 2004, many years after attending the

school, she put all the hurt into a poem about “the man in the black robe who did the magic tricks.”

The man in the robe would draw her in with tricks like pulling a quarter from behind her ear.

“We were awed by the man in the black robe who did magic tricks,” she said.

But then the man

“lured us to secluded places,” she said, and in those secluded places he stole from her – her innocence, her goodness, her joy, her love, her hope and her tears.

At the Yorkton Tribal Council organized event Barry Kennedy picked up on the theme of how teachers in the school lured children.

“In Marieval (Indian Residential School) they used marbles,” he said, adding the shiny orbs were something that easily lured kids away.

Kennedy said being a survivor – the very word tells a truth.

“The word survivor means someone who has lived through an event where others have died,” he said.

Kennedy survived years at the residential school at Lebret.

“I was gone from my family for seven years,” he said, adding it was something his great grandparents, his grandparents, mother and neice all faced through the years, but never discussing it.

“There were always the secrets – the shame. It was shame. Something you never wanted to talk about,” he said.

But in time Kennedy knew he had to talk about it.

“I needed to tell my story – tell my truth,” he said, adding it was important so his children “never have to live what I survived.”

What he survived

included being one of the students called to help bury another student.

Kennedy related he was only eight, or nine, and the “body wrapped in a sheet” was his “first introduction to death.”

The priest said a few words, and the body “was put into the ground,” with Kennedy saying he didn’t even know if it was a boy, or a girl.

“It really hit me hard,” he said.

Kennedy said being hit hard was part of going to the school too. It was a near daily occurrence to be “slapped, kicked, punched to the floor.

“It was not a nice way to raise kids . . . Indian Residential School, there was nothing nice about it.”

Given the abuses suffered in residential schools, Kennedy said it’s not so surprising abuse happened for many once they became adults.

“It’s something we took home, something we practiced at home,” he said.

That is why the day is important, to tell the truths of the past, but it is only part of a journey, said speaker Peter McCallum who worked as Indian Residential Schools Coordinator for Indigenous Services

Canada.

“This is all about survivors and the work we have done in the past,” said McCallum, who added the efforts have been important for “some of the help being provided to our people.”

McCallum said the process has not always been easy, and work still needs to be done, there are now programs and funding to help survivors.

While retired officially, McCallum said he still works to move things forward where he can to help people.

“I will continue to

advocate,” he said, adding it is important supports be there for when survivors reach out for help.

That help often starts with simply being there to listen as a survivor finally feels it is their time to share their story, their truth.

“There’s a lot of tears. It’s really difficult to learn a survivor, an 80-years old, saying this is what happened to me,” he said, and then they add “can you help me.

“You do as much as you can to get services to them.”

Peter McCallum

YTC Chief Isabel O’Soup.

Beaver Morrison performs a hoop dance.Lady’s traditional dance was demonstrated during the afternoon.

OPEN Cinema screenings return

The Yorkton Film Festival has announced that after a two-year hiatus, its OPEN Cinema screening program is returning for 2022 – 2023.

OPEN Cinema celebrates some of the best films submitted to the festival, drawing on our extensive back catalog of films, in an organized screening program which is held from October until March.

“We are proud to continue to bring great short films to our community,

and to present these screenings in partnership with the Yorkton Public Library” said YFF Executive Director Randy Goulden in a release. “We have a wonderful group of regulars that seems to grow each year, and I think we’ve put together a great program of films for this year’s screenings that our audiences are just going to adore.”

OPEN Cinema returns Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Yorkton Public Library starting at 7:00 p.m. with a screening in

association with the Parkland Filipino Canadian Association Kalinga .

Kalinga is a short documentary which explores the topic of Filipino caregivers in Canada.

“Kalinga tells the story of several Filipino caregivers and nannies in Canada, sharing their struggles and sacrifices to be reunited with their families while helping filmmaker Kent Donguines understand why his mother left him to be a nanny at six

years old”.

This will also be a chance to collect a screening sticker as part of this year’s OPEN Cinema Passport program. Collect four out of the six possible screening stickers to have your passport be eligible to win two tickets to the 2023 Lobsterfest event at the Yorkton Film Festival!

OPEN Cinema is presented 100 per cent free of charge and open to the public.

When drivers weren’t focusing on the road, police were focusing on them

The results of the August Traffic Safety Spotlight on distracted driving are in.

Police issued 646 tickets to drivers using a mobile device while behind the wheel, and 122 tickets for driving without due care and attention.

Distracted driving is one of the top contributors to injur-

ies and death on Saskatchewan roads, which is why law enforcement and SGI were reminding drivers to put away their phones, eliminate distractions and #JustDrive.

Other results from the August spotlight include:

• Impaired driving - 488 offences, including 304

Criminal Code violations, • 5,454 tickets for speeding and aggressive driving. Remember, effective Oct. 1, 2022, tough new penalties for stunting and street racing come into effect and, • 442 tickets for not wearing a seatbelt or having a child improperly restrained.

It only takes a moment to #MakeItClick – a moment that can save your life.

The Traffic Safety Spotlight is a partnership between SGI and Saskatchewan law enforcement to focus resources on education and enforcement of traffic safety. The spotlights are themed quarterly and

monthly around traffic safety campaigns such as impaired driving, distracted driving, speeding and seatbelts.

For more information please visit the SGI website and check out our social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as our new TikTok.

FPS takes affirmative approach to hiring

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

YORKTON – Yorkton

Fire Protective Services announced a training program delivered through YFPS to aid in recruiting new firefighters.

Yorkton This Week spoke with Chief of Yorkton Fire Protective Services, Trevor Morrissey, about the upcoming program.

“There’s a lack of training in the area with the fire colleges— the number of recruits or the number of qualified individuals applying is decreasing,” said Morrissey, noting that attrition rates in the province are going up as well.

“We’ve had to come up with a creative approach to how we’re going to do this,” said Morrissey, adding, “we’re going to put the professional qualifications for firefighter training on here—we’re going to do it ourselves.”

“It’s a certified program, so we’re going to put people through the program with the expectation that it’ll be for our hiring,” said Morrissey.

Morrissey said that the program will take people with no training or experience and give them the knowledge and skills required to apply for positions within YFPS.

“The idea behind our acceptance into this program—we’re looking for that local flavour I guess,” said Morrissey, adding, “when you’re hiring people from Alberta—well—you know they want to go back to Alberta.”

“We know that there’s a lot of local guys or local young fellas who maybe didn’t want to go to university or college and are more than qualified to complete the training,” said Morrissey, adding, “those are kind of [people] we want to target.”

“The application process for the program will be just like hiring on here—there will be an interview process, there will be a physical fitness test and then there will be ongoing examinations throughout the program—it will be like us running our own college program right here in the department,” said Morrissey.

Morrissey said that the announcement has garnered the public’s interest.

“We’ve got 10 people signed up to come for the information night,” said Morrissey, noting that numbers for the program will be limited.

“It’s got to be manageable for us—with this kind of program you need numbers so that people can work together,” said

Morrissey, adding, “it’s not the kind of program you can run on your own—it’s pretty hard to run a team scenario with one person.”

Though no definite timeline was available, Morrissey anticipated the educational program would last from five to six months to receive professional qualifications once implemented, noting that “a lot of that is dependent on the province and when they can do the actual certification.”

“The province has the ability to certify so they come in and do independent evaluations and that evaluation gives [the trainees] IFSAC (International Fire Service Accreditation Congress) certification— which is the same certification you would get from Parkland College or Brandon Fire College,” said Morrissey.

“The nice thing about it is we can use our equipment and we can train people on everything around here and how our department works specifically—which only makes them better suited for hiring,” said Morrisey.

An information night for the program is scheduled for Oct. 13, at 6:00 p.m at the Yorkton Fire Hall. Individuals interested in the program should contact YFPS at 306-786-1795 to make arrangements to attend.

Staff Photo by Calvin Daniels

Sidewalk art Culture Days, are a national celebration of arts and culture, and in Yorkton there are a long list of activities planned. Among those activities was an afternoon of sidewalk chalk art creation held Saturday afternoon in front of

the Godfrey Dean Gallery. The event was organized by the gallery, which will next be holding an ‘active painting’ night at the gallery Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. This year Culture Days run locally until Oct. 16.

Yorkton Fire Hall

Artist presents at pARTners Gallery

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

A reception and artist talk by Saltcoats artist Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson was held at pARTners Gallery in Yorkton Saturday.

The event was held in conjunction with the show at the gallery in the Yorkton Public Library -Gaia Symphony & Light from Water – which has selections from two previous exhibitions.

Gaia Symphony invites the viewer to listen to the symphony played by Gaia, our planet earth. Viewing this presentation of Gaia with our eyes, we

are enabled to hear the music of Gaia with our ears and ultimately our inner being.

The works in this exhibition use antique kimonos including the artist’s mother’s kimono.

Light from Water involves production of a series of embroidered representations of crystallized water drawing on the work of Japanese scientist/author, Dr. Masaru Emoto.

The show will hang at the gallery in the Yorkton Public Library through until Oct. 30.

In addition, Yokozawa Farquharson noted she will be holding an online presentation called

‘Message from Water’ with Michiko Hayashi from EMOTO PEACE PROJECT at the Culture Days Yorkton event Sunday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m., connecting Japan and Saskatchewan.

There will also be a free event called ‘Heal the Earth’ as one of the Yorkton Arts Council’s Culture Days Yorkton events, an in-person event combining the performance of crystal singing bowls and light language healing Saturday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. You can make a reservation if interested in this event at CultureDays.ca/en/ events.

New Saskatchewan housing benefit streams to support people in housing need

Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home.

Recently, Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, and Social Services Minister and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Housing Corporation (SHC) Gene Makowsky, introduced two new streams of the Saskatchewan Housing Benefit (SHB) to offer more financial support to people in vulnerable living situations.

Announced as part of the National Housing Strategy, the SHB, with up to $11.5 million available in 2022-23, was codeveloped by the federal and provincial governments through the

Canada Housing Benefit initiative. All funding is cost-matched between the federal and provincial governments.

The SHB is a monthly benefit that helps Saskatchewan renters cover the costs of their rent and utilities. The two new streams, the Seeking Safety from Interpersonal Violence Stream and the Supportive Housing Stream, will provide more support for people in vulnerable situations to access housing and live independently.

The Seeking Safety from Interpersonal Violence stream is available to people leaving interpersonal violence situations to help them find a new place to live

independently and safely. People who are in the process of leaving transitional housing, emergency shelter or secondstage housing or who may have an unstable living situation may be eligible for the Seeking Safety stream of the SHB.

The Supportive Housing stream is available to people who need support services to live independently, including those experiencing mental illness, addictions or behavioural challenges.

To be eligible for this stream, the support services must be recognized by SHC and provided to the client alongside a physical housing unit.

The supportive services can be provided by a third party or directly by

the housing provider.

For both streams, eligible clients will receive a monthly benefit amount that is based on the size of their household:

• One bedroom - $225 per month

• Two bedrooms - $275 per month

• Three or more bedrooms - $325 per month

Approved communitybased housing or service providers will connect applicants to the new SHB streams through a referral. Clients of the Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS) or Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID) programs may be eligible for benefits through the new targeted streams. Information about eligibility and the

referral process is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/housing-and-renting/rentingand-leasing/saskatchewan-housing-benefit.

“Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Through the Canada Housing Benefit, our government is taking steps to make this a reality,” said Hussen.

“Every day, some of Saskatchewan’s hardworking families and its most vulnerable residents face housing instability and these two new streams of the Saskatchewan Housing Benefit will help lift people up during these challenging times and offer some relief. This is another example of

the National Housing Strategy at work to provide results for Canadians.”

“The two new streams of the Saskatchewan Housing Benefit bolster our ability to help people in vulnerable situations find safe and independent housing,” Makowsky said. “By working closely with community-based partners, people in need will become connected to financial support that will help them live in a safe home that meets their needs. I am proud of our continued work to offer rental support to Saskatchewan residents and encourage renters to learn more about the SHB and apply so you can receive the financial support available to you.”

Parkland College brings in-demand program to Yorkton

YORKTON – Starting in October of 2023, Parkland College will deliver the Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) Applied Certificate program at their Yorkton main campus. Students will be trained in a laboratory setting and will master skills such as collecting and processing medical specimens.

“Medical Laboratory Assistants have been identified as a highdemand occupation with critical levels of job vacancies and the strain of staff shortages is even

stronger in rural centres,” explained Kami DePape, Vice President of External Relations, adding, “by training students locally, our hope is that they find employment in our surrounding communities, alleviating some of the vacancies. As a Regional College, we are committed to providing training that will help strengthen our local economy and enhance community services.”

The program was made possible because of a unique partnership between the Health Foundation of East

Central Saskatchewan and Parkland College. The Health Foundation has donated $200,000 to cover the medical equipment needed for a new training lab at Parkland College. Strong support from Saskatchewan Polytechnic was also required to deliver this new health program.

“The Health Foundation strives to expand the quality of healthcare and medical services in east central Saskatchewan. Through this training partnership with Parkland, we hope to address MLA and other hard to recruit positions in healthcare and revitalize our local services,” said Ross Fisher, Health Foundation Executive Director.

Applications for the Medical Laboratory Assistant program opened on October 1st of 2022 and the program is expected to fill up quickly.

Saltcoats artist Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson gave a presentation Saturday.

War adds volatility to supply and demand

You would hope trade would generally work unfettered as a supply and demand system.

If supplies are short demand should respond with better prices, and vice versa.

For farm production we like to think that is the way things work best, but supply and demand is too often trumped by outside forces.

Sometimes those forces are governments interfering on trade with tariffs and taxes to bolster domestic farm incomes, or limit exports, or to put pressure on other governments.

Then there are times war sends shudders of

concern through those involved in trade and that creates a huge wild card in terms of freeflowing trade.

At present grain markets are in a weird position that reflects the above two conditions.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently forecasting record world production of wheat, and that should mean markets respond by lowering prices. That isn’t good news for Canadian Prairie producers, but it is the way things are supposed to happen.

But, a chunk of the expected bumper crop of wheat is tied to a good crop in Russia.

Agriculture

Calvin Daniels

With Russia flexing its muscles with an invasion of Ukraine, trade with Russia is not a smooth proposition these days.

Financial institutions are shying away from dealing with Russian institutions, and making trade deals with the country are frowned

upon by countries who support Ukraine.

And, of course the war in Ukraine impacts crop production in that country too.

There are more than five million acres of farm land in Ukraine, so it can be a major producer, but the war puts pressure on securing

inputs such as fertilizer, and the threat of bombings by Russia on Ukraine ports threatens to cut off exports at any time.

It’s a situation which has to have buyers antsy in terms of securing supply moving forward, even as production is expected to potentially be very high.

That could signal that grain prices, in particular wheat, stay higher than would normally be expected.

For farmers here, in the midst of a later than normal harvest, but with yields good in large areas of the Prairies, that is an opportunity to realize

better process moving forward than might be expected if not for the war in Ukraine.

It is unfortunate an opportunity is tied to the plight of Ukraine fighting against an invading force that makes no sense what so ever, but that is the way of world trade.

Since the war is likely to drag on, and Russia may well turn its attention to other countries in the future under the tyranny of its leader Vladimir Putin, markets are likely to be more volatile than normal at least moving through the remainder of this year, and well into 2023.

Harvest inches ahead of five-year average

due to wind, waterfowl and wildlife. Wind continues to impact unharvested crops by blowing swaths around, shelling out crops and causing lodging. Frost would be helpful for producers who are struggling with green stems as it will kill off green growth and reduce the need for herbicide appli-

cations.

Producers are busy combining, hauling grain, hauling bales, moving cattle and starting other fall field work, such as post-harvest weed control and harrowing. Winter cereals cannot be planted in many areas due to the extreme lack of soil moisture. Fall fertilizer applications are

also not possible in many regions due to the dry conditions.

A complete, printable version of the Crop Report is available online at https://www. saskatchewan.ca/cropreport.

Follow the 2022 Crop Report on Twitter at @ SKAgriculture.

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Producers in the southwest and west-central regions are mostly done harvest and are now completing other field work, while others were slowed down by cool, damp weather.

Provincially, harvest progress reached 81 per cent this week, up from 73 per cent last week and still ahead of the fiveyear (2017-2021) average of 75 per cent.

East-Central Saskatchewan:

• Crop District 5 –Melville, Yorkton, Cupar, Kamsack, Foam Lake, Preeceville and Kelvington areas

• Crop District 6A –Lumsden, Craik, Watrous and Clavet areas

It was a slow week for many producers due to spotty showers and heavy dew in the mornings. 65 per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 52 per cent last week and close to the five-year average of 69 per cent.

Many producers in Crop District 6A have wrapped up or are close to wrapping up harvest and are now hoping for a good rain.

There were scattered showers in the region, but no significant amounts of rainfall.

The Calder area received 14 mm, the Earl Grey and Rama areas 10 mm and the Bethune and Langenburg areas two mm.

Once harvest has concluded, rain would be appreciated especially in the Crop District 6A portion of the region.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as three per cent surplus, 49 per cent adequate, 37 per cent short and 12 per cent very short.

Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated

as three per cent surplus, 43 per cent adequate, 37 per cent short and 17 per cent very short.

There are minor onfarm water shortages in the region, mainly in Crop District 6A.

Producers are worried about the quality and quantity of water their livestock have access too, with many sources dwindling into nothing or becoming too toxic for consumption.

Rain is desperately needed to replenish water sources in the region and reduce the pressure on producers to haul water.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to wind, waterfowl and rain.

Some of the crop is coming off tough and being placed into aeration bins or grain dryers.

Producers are busy combining, harrowing, hauling grain, hauling bales and applying postharvest herbicides

Provincially

Many producers in the eastern and northern areas of the province are waiting for canola stems to dry down or for some warm, windy days to lower the moisture content of cereal grains.

Harvest is most advanced in the southwest region, where 98 per cent of the crop is now combined. The westcentral region has 97 per cent, the southeast 74 per cent, the northwest 70 per cent, the northeast 69 per cent and the eastcentral has 65 per cent of their crop harvested.

The harvest of lentils and field peas across the province is virtually complete. Ninety-six per cent of durum, 94 per cent of chickpeas, 86 per cent

of barley, 83 per cent of spring wheat and 66 per cent of canola has been harvested so far. There is an additional 26 per cent of canola ready to be swathed or straight-cut.

Small amounts of rainfall were received across the province last week, with the most falling in the northeast and southeast regions. The Bienfait and Melfort areas received 35 mm, the Calder area 14 mm and the Marengo area four mm. Other areas in the province received anywhere from trace amounts up to 10 mm.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 34 per cent adequate, 35 per cent short and 30 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 27 per cent adequate, 39 per cent short and 33 per cent very short.

Some areas are reporting moderate to severe on-site water shortages. Those producers are reporting that the situation is getting worse each week they don’t receive rain. Producers are hauling water, bringing livestock closer to home or are drilling new wells to replace depleted or unsafe water sources.

The majority of crop damage this week was

Sports

Lady Raiders host volleyball event

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

It was a weekend of girls’ volleyball action at Yorkton Regional High School, as the Lady Raiders hosted a tournament.

The Lady Raiders

would come close to capturing their own tourney, finally bowing out in a loss to eventual champion Kipling.

“The girls played extremely well all day Saturday,” said their coach Lee Poncelet.

“They finished

second in our pool and crossed over to play our Junior team. We beat them two straight and then faced the eventual tournament champions Kipling and obviously lost.”

Poncelet said he was “proud of how the girls

played.

“We set a goal to develop and learn lots in the first half of the season and wow have we ever accomplished our goal.”

Looking ahead the coach sees even better things for the team.

“For the second half of the season we set the bar a little higher and will attempt to fine tune some things,” he said.

“Our ultimate goal is to qualify for provincials at the qualifier in Moose Jaw on Nov 12.”

Sacred Heart was also

in the tourney finishing fourth in their pool and then losing out in their quarter final match.

Ahead for the Lady Raiders is a tourney at Sacred Heart starting Oct. 14, with events in Melville and Balgonie ahead.

Minto and Mann Cups covered in new book

When it comes to lacrosse it has long been a personal interest in large part because it is Canada’s ‘summer sport’ but also because it has a history which pre-dates the country.

That said, I appreciate my knowledge is woefully limited when it comes to the sport.

Of course today the focus is the Saskatchewan Rush, and before their arrival the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League.

However, long before the NLL was even an idea, a couple of important trophies were competed for by lacrosse teams in this country; the Mann and Minto Cups.

The Minto Cup is today awarded annually to the champion junior men’s box lacrosse team of Canada.

It was donated in 1901 by the Governor-General, Lord Minto, and was “originally restricted to amateurs, within three years the first under-the-table professional teams were already competing for it. After 1904, with efforts to keep the professionals out of competition proving to be futile, it was

made open to all challengers,” notes Wikipedia.

“The last successful amateur challenge came in 1908 when New Westminster Salmonbellies won it; the last amateur challenge was made in 1913 by Vancouver Athletic Club. This would be the only time in Canadian lacrosse history when the Mann Cup champions (Vancouver) faced the Minto Cup champions (New Westminster) headto-head – with the silverware (Minto) going to the winner.”

The 2022 winners were the Whitby Warriors who took the Minto Cup winning the deciding game in a best of three with the Edmonton Miners in August, with the Miners making history as the first Prairie team in the finals (see related story Oct. 7, edition of The Marketplace).

“Lacrosse was nearing its peak of popularity during his time as Governor-General (the Earl of Minto). He was a fan of the game and in 1901 donated the silver trophy that bears his title. In its early years it was, like the later Mann Cup,

a challenge cup emblematic of the national champion, amateur or professional. But, inevitably it was won by professional teams. When pro lacrosse died in 1924, the Minto Cup became redundant and was stored away. In 1937, it was resurrected as the trophy awarded to Canada’s national Junior champion,” writes (Bruce) W.B. MacDonald in his recent book; Minto & Mann: The Untold Stories of Lacrosse’s Dynastic Teams.

Sir Donald Mann donated his cup in 1910. The original trophy is now permanently located in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

“In 1910, at the height of professional lacrosse in Canada, Mann spent $500 on a gold cup to be awarded on a challenge basis to the win-

ning amateur team. Any team could challenge the existing cup holder at any time. Whichever team scored the most goals over two games was declared the winner. Mann’s cup gesture was but one of several his personal initiatives, in that time period, aimed at encouraging participation in amateur sport. The Mann Cup was intended to counteract the influence of the Minto Cup, competed for by professional teams, and to spur continuing interest in amateur lacrosse,” writes MacDonald.

Today, the Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men’s box lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship is a best-of-seven, East vs West series played between the league champions of Major Series Lacrosse, from the East, and Western Lacrosse Association, from the West.

In the 2022 Mann Cup the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers defeated the Langley Thunder 13-9 in the seventh and deciding game of the championship final. In doing so, the Lakers captured their fourth consecutive Mann Cup.

In addition, it was the 18th time, Peterborough has won the coveted championship.

As one might imagine with histories extending back for more than a century, there are many stories associated with both cups.

It is those stories which are highlighted in Minto & Mann.

They are stories most will not know before delving into the book.

“Even the most passionate lacrosse fans probably do not remember the Orillia Terriers,

Montreal Shamrocks or even Vancouver Carlings, but in their times these teams were famous across Canada and even farther afield, always in the thick of the hunt for Minto or Mann Cup glory, winning national championships at least three times in ten-year periods,” detailed friesenpress.com.

MacDonald has become something of a lacrosse expert thanks to his writing. Initially commissioned to write Salmonbellies vs. The World: The Most Famous Team in Lacrosse & Their Greatest Rivals, he had material accumulated on other teams he knew he had to put into a book.

“A lot of the book (Minto & Mann) grew out of my research from the New Westminster Salmonbellies book,” he told Yorkton This Week. “. . . I felt with the Salmonbellies’ book some other teams didn’t get as much coverage as they deserved.”

There were stories of other great teams that simply “didn’t make it into the Salmonbellies book.”

So MacDonald undertook a second book, this one on his own, something he admitted was something of “a labour of love,” he said, adding

“I had become very familiar with the history of lacrosse . . .

“I had this information and I wanted to get it between two coves for anybody that was interested.”

What MacDonald created is a book which is a treasure trove in terms of the history of lacrosse in our country. Lacrosse is about as Canadian as a sport gets with its deep Indigenous roots, and the Mann and Minto Cups deserve to be far more celebrated today than they are. That both are not on one of the multitude of sport channels is sad commentary on how those stations, and perhaps its audience too, under-value our sport heritage.

So MacDonald gets kudos for creating this book, a single source of at least some of the long history of lacrosse in Canada.

That said, this book is very specific in terms of who might be the audience. Even as a lacrosse fan, it was at times a bit of a ‘slog’ reading of teams and games from decades ago. However, there comes an appreciation too for the history being preserved on the pages of a game which is after all our ‘summer game’.

The gym at

was busy with volleyball on the weekend.

Bingo Hall gets parking help for Betts spot

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Yorkton Council approved an alternate parking plan which will allow the Yorkton & District Charities Bingo Association to re-establish at 22 Betts Ave.

“The long standing charitable organization had previously operated at another location in the City,” explained Carleen Koroluk, Land Use Planner with the City at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.

“Due to unforeseen circumstances in early

2022, a new location was required for the operation. Finding few locations that suited their needs and limited budget, they subsequently entered into a lease agreement with the property owner of 22 Betts Avenue.”

While the location of an indoor amusement establishment is a permitted use in the C-1 City Centre Commercial zoning district, it would require a minimum of four off-street parking spaces, explained Koroluk.

As a result, the property owner and applicant requested that Council authorize leasing Cityowned parking spaces within 120 metres of the subject property.

The location’s close proximity to the Cityowned parking lot across the back alley is also noted as a benefit and, as identified in the 2021 Downtown Parking Review, participation in the City’s Leased Parking Space Program would fulfill Zoning Bylaw parking requirements, explained Koroluk.

“The City currently has lease agreements

with two downtown businesses to secure parking spaces in City owned lots,” she added.

Off-street parking is intended to provide

patrons and employees with adequate space to park and to conveniently accommodate their use of the development, noted Koroluk.

Due to unforeseen circumstances in early 2022, a new location was required for the operation.

— Carleen Koroluk, Land Use Planner, City of Yorkton

GIBSON - Mr. William ‘Bill’ Gibson passed away peacefully in his sleep, with his devoted wife, Merla by his side, at the Red Deer Hospice, on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at the age of 85 years. He was the son of his late parents, David and Hazel Gibson of Tonkin and Yorkton, SK. He grew up on their family farm near Tonkin, attended the Armstrong country school and graduated from the Yorkton Collegiate Institute. He met and married the love of his life, Merla Gibson (nee Holland), while both attending the University of Saskatchewan to pursue Education Degrees and started their career journey as teachers in the Saskatchewan education system.

Bill’s first teaching position was at Uranium City High School with the rest of his career at the Yorkton Regional High School for thirty-three years; starting as a

High School Biology teacher, moving to a guidance counselor and finally as Vice Principal. The youngest of his family, Bill was always involved in sports, participating in softball in his younger years, golf and curling throughout his life, and later as an organizer in several sporting activities. He served as President of the Saskatchewan Curling Association in 1988 and received honorary membership in 1989. He also received a life membership in the Yorkton Curling Association and was inducted into the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame as a Curling and Golf Builder, in 1996. When Bill and Merla relocated to Alberta in 1998 to be closer to their grandchildren, Bill continued participating and organizing with the Retired Teachers Golf Group at River Bend Golf Club and with Senior Curling at the Red Deer Curling Club. Having chaired the Red Deer Committee that hosted the World Horseshoe Tournament in 2002, he was granted the Volunteer of the Year Award by the Alberta Horseshoe Pitchers Association. In 2004, Bill created the unique “Six in One” curling bonspiel format which has made the Red Deer Senior Bonspiel a great success since its implementation. Bill was active in the communities in which he lived. Belonging to the United Church of Canada all his life, he was part of the Westview United Church in Yorkton and the Sunnybrook United Church in Red Deer. He also served as President of the Condominium Board at Pine Point Place residence in Red Deer for fifteen years; and was an active member of the Red Deer Kiwanis club helping organize their annual golf tournament at Sylvan Lake, a fundraiser for projects benefitting the youth and seniors of Red Deer. Bill was a proud, devoted, and much-loved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, teacher, community leader, and friend to many. As a family, Bill and Merla enjoyed several activities including, golf, curling, skiing, camping, travelling, and several family reunions. While Bill’s accomplishments were many, it was his ability to influence and inspire others and his friendly nature and positive attitude that will be his most lasting legacy. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Merla of sixty-four years; his son, Brock (Sandra), his granddaughters, Krista, Morgan, and Stacey; his son, Gray (Jocelyn), his granddaughter, Taryn (Matt Galachiuk) and his great granddaughter, Avery, his grandson, Colin, his granddaughter, Madisen; his son, Glenn (Megan), his granddaughter, Alexa; and his daughter, Noralee (Sean Bradley), and his grandsons, Brett, Connor and Ryan. Bill was predeceased by his brother, Calvert and his sisters, Joanne, Donna, Betty and Margaret. Heartfelt thanks from the family to the Nurses and Doctors on Unit 22 and Unit 33 of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and to the support staff at the Red Deer Hospice for their compassionate and professional care of Bill in his last two months. If desired, Memorial Donations in Bill’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society at www.reddeerhospice.com. A Celebration of Bill’s Life will be held at the Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer Alberta on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Condolences, memories and photos may be shared and viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 – 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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HewasborntoElsieandMichael TymkoonOctober23,1955,inItuna, Saskatchewan.Dadlovedcarpentry workandstartedworkingatDeneschukhomesbeforemovingonto LoganStevens.Eventually,heleftto becomeself-employed,turningthe garageintohisshop.

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POPOWICH - The family of Mary Popowich of Yorkton, beloved wife of the late Michael Popowich sadly announce her passing on September 17, 2022. Mary was born on January 25,1929 in Yorkton, SK. Born to Walter Pawluck and Anna Tchorowska she was the youngest of 6 children; Alexander, Anthony (Tony), Gregory (Harry), Christine (Woods) and Philip. She attended Sacred Heart Academy where she graduated as Valedictorian of the Class of 1947. Mary was married to Michael John Popowich on November 30,1950 at St Gerard’s Roman Catholic church in Yorkton. Mary began work at Croll’s where she developed her love of clothing. She then worked with Doctors Peter and Stephanie Potoski as an assistant in their medical office. Later she was also an assistant to Dr. Stephen Yaholnitsky in his dental practice. Mike and Mary started a family in 1962 when John Anthony was born and Anna Marie in 1967. She was a homemaker for many years. When the kids began high school Mary returned to work in the medical field as a receptionist for Dr. Steven Zacharuk. In the early years Mary enjoyed spending time creating ceramics, and singing in the Ukrainian choir at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic church was an important part of her life. When Mary and Mike retired they enjoyed touring the countryside searching for antiques at auction sales, but her real love was cooking, especially for the grandkids. Mary is predeceased by her parents and her siblings. She leaves to mourn her son John (Denise Jean-Marie) of Calgary, her daughter Anna Marie (Leonard Markewich) of Regina and their children, Michael (Morgan)of Australia, Maria (Colton) Moose Jaw, Matthew and Madeline of Regina and many nieces and nephews. Parastas & Panahyda Service was held on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Rev. Father Leonid Malkov and Rev. Father Vasyl Tymishak officiating. The cantor, Lorne Stechyshyn assisted by funeral choir members led in the singing of the responses. The epistle reader was Maria Markewich and the cross bearer was Louise Heinrichs (Pawluck). Michael Markewich and Morgan Ziola were the honourary pallbearers. The interment followed in the Garden of Gethsemane at Yorkton Memorial Gardens with John Popowich, Leonard Markewich, Matthew Markewich, Madeline Markewich, Maria Markewich and Colton Minty serving as the casket bearers. Memorials in Mary’s memory may be made to Good Spirit Villa for disabled persons, c/o Yale Harbour Inc. 115 Darlington St. E. Yorkton S3N 0C7 as gifts of remembrance. Condolences to the family can be posted at baileysfuneralhome.com

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BRIAN WOODWARD’S family would like to share their heartfelt thanks to all those who expressed their condolences by way of cards, flowers, gifts of food, phone calls and emails. Thank-you to everyone who donated to the Health Foundation in memory of Brian. We greatly appreciated all those who attended Brian’s Celebration of Life. Thank-you to Tubman Funeral Home (Wolseley) and Bailey’s Funeral Home for their compassionate guidance in our time of great grief. Thank-you to Sara, Crystal and Ronna for all their support and professionalism.

THE KREPAKEVICH family would like to sincerely express our gratitude for all the expressions of sympathy towards our family. To Bailey’s Funeral Home for their professional service, Deborah Smith for the comforting service, to Bruce Thurston and David Baron for their words of Gene’s accomplishment. The church choir, pianist Shani Apland, soloist Jackie Washenfelder and accompanist Amil Minken for the musical hymn, as music was Gene’s passion. To the many cards, floral arrangements, phone calls, and food brought to the house. Thank you to the Legacy Co-Op for your kindness and gifts shown to our family. The United Church Ladies Aid for the service lunch. Thank you to the homecare health nurses for all the care shown to Gene in the past year.

Thank you to the ambulance attendance, emergency unit, ICU, 1st East, Regina CCU and hospital chaplain Rev. Lorna King. Thank you to everyone who contributed towards the Krepakevich Community Family Foundation or towards the Yorkton Brick Mill. Greatly appreciated by Gladys and Family.

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SPRINGSIDE HOUSING Authority is currently accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom Senior Suites at the Heritage Place. Fridge and stove included. Central laundry with two washers and dryers. Well kept, ready for rent. Rent is based on income. For more information and applications please call Morlie at 306-792-2222 or 306-621-7815.

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Melville photographers swims with seas turtles

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Turtles have long fascinated Melville’s Tracy Kerestesh.

“I love Sea Turtles,” she told Yorkton This Week. “They are such sweet peaceful creatures.”

So as a professional photographer it was only natural Kerestesh wanted the opportunity to shoot photos of the turtles in their natural environment.

But, to shoot sea turtles you need to be able to go into the

ocean to where they live, so Kerestesh learned how to dive.

“I have my Padi Dive Master and have logged about 160 dives in the last five years,” she said.

That includes a recent trip to Hawaii to dive with turtles.

“They (Sea Turtles) were once very endangered in Hawaii but have made a nice come back now that they are protected,” said Kerestesh.

It wasn’t her first visit either. In fact, it is almost a favourite spot.

“This is a spot I’ve been to about five times,” said

Kerestesh. “Honokeana Cove is a sweet little cove north of Lahaina on Maui and has a large resident Sea Turtle population.

“I just rent air tanks and dive from shore.

“I love Maui, our honeymoon was spent there almost 40 years ago and I get there as often as I can. I love all wildlife - above and below the water.”

Through the years Kerestesh has added photographic gear suitable to underwater work.

“In the ocean I have photographed lots of sea creatures,”

she said. “I have an underwater camera, lights and housing, a Sealife DC200; it’s not as highend as my portrait cameras but it does a nice job.”

And, it is well-used too, not always with gentle turtles as the focus.

“I have done one shark dive in Bahamas and two in Roatan, Hondouras,” said Kerestesh. “I’ve also gone swimming with Whale Sharks in Mexico.”

It has become a passion for the prairie photographer.

“I’m coming 60 in February,” said Kerestesh.” Diving was

a bucket list thing after our grandson died of leukemia eight years ago.”

And there are still adventures Kerestesh dreams of.

“My bucket list dive (now) would be Manta Rays and possibly Hump Back whales possibly at Sorocco, an island off the tip of Mexico, or Elliot Island off of Australia,” she said.

“My next adventure though is to Belize in December to dive with my daughter. It will be her first diving trip so I’m excited about that.”

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Lessons from a fallen giant

“Sink your roots in him (Christ) and build on him.” Colossians 2:7 instructs, adding, “Be strengthened by the faith that you were taught, and overflow with thanksgiving.”

I have a fresh appreciation for roots. It started with the tree out back....

The earth shook and the power lines twanged. The big pine had finally landed. Safely, too, without damaging the power lines, fence or other trees. Not even the tiny mock orange bush, just beyond reach of the pine’s still flailing limbs.

Cheers came from the roof, where stood a friend with a chainsaw and our grandson. I

peered through the branches of the downed giant at our son-in-law, Kendall, still holding the ropes that had guided its descent. “NICE landing!”

He grinned, glancing at the vibrating power line above.

A branch had brushed it on the way down. “Glad that didn’t break!”

When the house was built, it must have seemed right to plant a pine and a cedar within three feet of its foundation. But forty years on, both towered over the house. When the Preacher and I bought the place, the cedar was dying, but the still thriving pine had several trunks, with a total girth

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of about a metre. We relished the shade, but its broad limbs disturbed shingles and eavestroughs and scattered cones and needles over a wide radius.

“We’ve gotta take them out,” I told the Preacher. He sighed, knowing his favourite reading corner would lose its shelter.

The men hauled the

trees away, and most of the stumps. But since we planned an on-ground deck, the roots needed to be dug out below the ground.

Kendall attacked the largest with his chainsaw, but it proved hard as iron. “Mom,” he told me, after several sweaty efforts and dulled chains. “You couldn’t PAY me enough to take this out.” Others

tried too, but the tree’s foundation proved impervious to saws and axes, no matter who wielded them.

“Let’s call an expert,” I said. “No,” said the Preacher. “I’ll putz at it.” He dug around the roots to bare them, then, using the largest drill bit he could find, he riddled their surfaces with holes. When they resembled Swiss cheese, he sliced across the holes with his reciprocating saw. Then he started in on another layer of stump.

It took weeks. He worked in short spurts, until his strength faded (or his bit or blade broke, whichever came first).

But finally, except for a carpet of woodchips, not a trace remained of the protruding roots.

I’ve pondered on that pine ever since. On its continual growth, its hospitable branches and lovely silhouette. How it stayed strong in spite of nature’s onslaughts (including one tornado, before our time). How it had provided shelter to us and many birds. How its gracious life seemed a benediction of thanksgiving to its (and my) Creator. But all because of its invisible, deeply embedded, granite-hard roots.

Lord, may we sink our roots deeply in you. And let our gratitude overflow.

Hort group takes ‘fascinating’ trip

The Yorkton hort society began the new season with a fascinating field trip as part of our first meeting! Thank you to Lyndon from the City of Yorkton who gave us an informative and very interesting tour of the City’s composting program, as well as several other amazing features at the Yorkton landfill site. The many innovations and initiatives being done by the City are truly remarkable and forward thinking; those involved in these enterprises should be very proud of the fact that so much is being done with consideration for the environment, bringing positive results for years to come.

What a great way to start off the year, learning so much about composting on a grand scale! Thank you, Lyndon, for taking the time to meet with us, and share your knowledge and enthusiasm!

Seeing the compost

project showed us that composting can be done on a large scale for large projects; just as we can do it on a much smaller scale in our home gardens. At our meeting following our field trip, there was a lot of enthusiastic conversation about the various methods of composting. One of our members talked about a kind of composting called “trench composting” which is an easy way to get started. If you think that composting can only be accomplished with a full-blown, official compost bin, this method of composting will come as a happy surprise!

It’s very complicated. You dig a trench, about six or seven inches deep, drop in your produce scraps, and cover them with soil. Sounds difficult, doesn’t it.

But that’s it! So, if you have potato peels, carrot peels, eggshells, apple cores, banana peels, coffee grounds, wilted lettuce leaves…just set

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them down in the trench and cover. Don’t make them into a very thick layer, spread them at an even thickness. Be sure they are covered with at least five or so inches of soil to really get the composting process started. But remember: no meat products of any kind or dairy items.

You can start doing this trench composting even now before the soil begins to freeze. A question that came up is: what about when we are tilling our soil in the spring? Will we run into the compost trench?

The answer from several gardeners in-theknow was that if you dig

the trench about six or seven inches deep, the composting can continue on undisturbed by the tilling above it. And by then, some of it will be well on its way to compost already.

The key to a successful garden begins with good soil, and there is nothing better for improving our soil than compost. It provides valuable nutrients, loosens and aerates the soil, helps to improve drainage, and improves the quality of our soil. It’s “brown gold”, and our gardens will be better for our efforts!

In addition to sending our thanks to Lyndon, we’d also like to thank

Cole at Access for the great coverage of our flower show and the interview with some of our members to talk about the gardening year; and as always, a big thank-you to our friends at Yorkton This Week for their ongoing support of our group and activities. A bouquet of thanks to you all!

The next meeting of

the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be held on Wednesday, October 19 at the Godfrey Dean, ground floor meet ing room. Please note the change of location for this occasion only! The October meeting is a ‘members only’ meeting. Visit us at www.yorkton hort.ca for details about group activities and have a great week!

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Learning the long-term benefits of walking with poles

Urban Poling or better known as Nordic Walking has been gaining popularity as the best total body workout for most individuals with goals of maintaining good body function and weight management.

Walking with poles reduces the impact on knees, hips, and ankle joints by off setting the weight to the poles through the hands. This also reduces the impact on the lower back while walking.

Walking is often recommended to those recovering from hip and knee surgeries and is especially required for those facing back surgeries or rehabilitating their backs.

Walking with poles not only aids in balance issues but also increases confidence in the comfort of taking a walk when these issues have been corrected.

The Certified Urban Poling Instructors Anne Stupak and Karen Ransome are once again offering Urban Pole Walking Clinics at the Flexihall in the Gallagher Centre, starting Oct .5.

Stupak and Ransome will give the opportunity for interested individuals the chance to give walking poles a try.

“We offer two different types of poles and depending on the need

of the individual we will recommend either the Activator Poles or the Series 300 Poles,” said Stupak. “Each type offers a different benefit to the walker and by having the chance to use both types, the walker can then decide which pole gives them the stability, balance, and confidence to regain their desire to walk for health and fitness.”

Poling Clinics began in May 2022, as a result of the Spring Clinics walkers are now seen pole walking in the city and along the many walking paths within the city.

The Urban Poling club meets regularly Tuesday and Friday mornings at the Botanical Garden Gate to walk the newly paved path on Logan Green.

Urban Poling Clinics were also held at the Ebenezer Community Center where several of the town’s residents participated in the clinics.

“The town wanted to get people out doing things within the community and we felt that hosting this type of fitness incentive would create interest among the ladies of the town,” said Stupak. “The ‘Old School’ gym and long hallway work well during inclement weather and provides the opportunity for the ladies to gather after pole walking.

“It’s a win-win for the community for both the social aspect and the fitness benefit.”

Clinics were also held at Madge Lake Recreation Hall during August, with both cabin owners and visitors taking in the clinics.

“The trail system in and around the lake makes the ideal location for feeling the benefits

poles give on uneven and hilly terrain, providing both stability and balance as well assisting in ascending and descending hills,” said Stupak. “The poles come with removable rubber tip boots that are used on all types of flooring or asphalt. The boots can be removed to reveal a carbide tip that is used in rough terrain like grass and sand.”

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Just to name a few points of what a pole walker can expect, walk-

ing with poles uses up to 90 per cent of your muscles while walking without poles uses only 50 per cent.

By working your upper body with poles, the arms, shoulders, upper chest, back, neck and core are engaged. Burning more calories and increasing your heart and cardiovascular rate by 20 per cent.

It improves posture, poles naturally align your spine and strengthens your core which helps you to stand and sit taller. The poles help distribute weight and lessen the load with which we hit the ground, making a big difference for those with back, hip, knee, ankle, and feet problems.

Walking with poles is effective, 30 minutes of pole walking equals 50 minutes of regular walking making it a perfect fit for busy lifestyles.

“Many people know that walking is the most common recommendation made by dietitians and medical professionals,” said Stupak. “Walking for heart health, walking for postsurgical recovery, walking for weight management and mental wellness. Walking with poles simply adds the benefit of a full body workout in less time then walking regularly.

“Many of the older clinic participants were experiencing balance issues, weakness while walking, or just not fully trusting the replacement joint. Many had arthritis and over all body pain

preventing them from enjoying an active lifestyle.

“After trying the poles, many felt an increase in stability and balance. The poles aided in better posture as well. Those needing joint replacements felt less pressure in the joint after several minutes of walking with poles.”

The Urban Poling Instructors Stupak and Ransome would like to offer Urban Poling Clinics to other communities and groups in this area.

“Walking with poles is not for just the elderly, many countries use poles with their cross-country athletes for off snow training,” said Stupak.

“Some use poles to increase their stride and forward motion to quicken the speed in which they walk. No matter the reason for using poles, getting first-hand experience by trying each type can really bring home the benefits of urban poles.”

Clinics begin Oct. 5, and run throughout the winter on the first Wednesday of the month.

For more information on urban poling and the clinic calendar contact Anne Stupak at 306-6218926 or email urbanpolingclub@gmail.com

The Urban Poling Clinics will be held the first Wednesday of the month, with class size limited to 10 participants. You can register through the City of Yorkton, 306786-1740 or at cityofyorkton@perfectmind.com

The clinic fee is $15.00 per person.

The Yorkton Pee Wee Gridders were up against a determined Regina Razorbacks squad Saturday. The visiting Razorbacks piled up 48 points, while allowing Yorkton only six. The Pee Wee Gridders are in playoff action next,

travelling to Regina Saturday, Oct. 8, to take on the Regina Rams. Start time for the game is 12:45 p.m.

Staff Photos by Calvin Daniels

Anne Stupak and Karen Ransome are once again offering Urban Pole Walking Clinics at the Flexihall.

The Yorkton Lady Gridders were in action Saturday, and it was a game where defences dominated. The visiting Regina squad would keep it a close contest, but when the clock was finally showing all zeroes the Gridders had earned a 7-6 win. The

win keeps Yorkton with a perfect record, now sitting at 3-0, while Regina slips to 2-2. The Lady Gridders will head to Moosomin Friday for their next action. Moosomin sits at 2-1 on the season.

Staff Photo by Calvin Daniels

Parks offer select campsites for fall camping

From Oct. 1 to March 15, select campsites in certain provincial parks are available to be reserved online at a discounted rate with reduced services.

Throughout October, 13 provincial parks will offer select campsites for late-fall camping that can be reserved online, including Blackstrap, Buffalo Pound, Cypress Hills, Duck Mountain, Echo Valley, Good Spirit Lake, Greenwater Lake, Moose Mountain, Pike Lake, Rowan’s Ravine, Danielson,

Douglas and Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Parks.

From Nov. 1 to March 15, online campsite reservations for winter camping will be offered at Buffalo Pound, Cypress Hills, Duck Mountain, Echo Valley and Pike Lake Provincial Parks.

Campers should note that services will be reduced. Each campsite will have a note on the reservation site notifying what services are available, such as electricity, water, sewer or pit toilets. The nightly rates for October 1 to March 15 are discounted to reflect

the reduced services: nightly electric$29 per night; nightly non-electric: $16 per night.

Camp-Easy sites are also available to be booked at a rate of $80 per night.

For stays between Nov. 1 and March 15, reservation and camping fees will be refunded for unused nights if winter camping reservations are cancelled due to any of the following conditions: temperatures reach -26 C or below with wind chill during camper’s scheduled stay in a provincial park; or campgrounds or campsites can’t be accessed

due to natural disasters, road closures (including travel not recommended advisories due to winter conditions as designated on the Saskatchewan Highway Hotline), or other park-related emergencies.

Starting Oct.1, annual vehicle entry permits are available at a discounted rate of $40. These permits expire April 30, 2023, and can be used only for the remainder of the current season.

To purchase a park entry permit or book a campsite, visit http://parks.saskatchewan.ca.

Raider Gridder defence stays stingy

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

The Yorkton Raider Gridder

defence continues to be a stingy crew as they earned another shut out Saturday.

The Regional High School crew kept

Moose Jaw’s A. E. Peacock Collegiate off the scoresheet, while the Yorkton offence rolled up 48 points Saturday in the southern city.

The defensive effort included three fumble recoveries and an interception.

The offence was aided by 198 yards on the ground, including 83 from Owen

Effa and 65 from Rhyeem Hurd.

The Raider Gridders also had 161 yards through the air, for a total of 359 yards of offence.

Aiden Leslie scored 24 points with four touchdowns.

Next up for the Raider Gridders will be a visit to Moose Jaw Central.

The Deer Park Ladies Club recently donated $250 to golf prospect Ella Kozak. The money was raised through a Golf-a-Thon fundraiser. Kozak is a junior golfer from Yorkton who is doing very well at

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Blackstrap, Buffalo Pound, Cypress Hills, Duck Mountain, Echo Valley, Good Spirit Lake, Greenwater Lake, Moose Mountain, Pike Lake, Rowan’s Ravine,

Danielson, Douglas and Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Parks are offering fall camping opportunities. | Courtesy Parks, Culture and Sport

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tournaments throughout the province and beyond. Here, from left are Deb Sapara, Ella Kozak, Lorinda Lemond, Gloria Kensick during the presentation.

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