Yorkton This Week 2022-11-23

Suspect sought for murder of 16-year-old

By SASKTODAY.ca

KAMSACK –

Kamsack RCMP and the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit are asking the public to help locate 19-year-old Edgar Kakakaway Jr. from Keeseekoose First Nation, SK.

Edgar Kakakaway Jr. is wanted by police

for his involvement in the murder of a 16-yearold man from Cote First Nation on Keeseekoose First Nation during the early morning hours of Saturday, November 19, 2022. A warrant for his arrest has been issued.

Edgar Kakakaway Jr. is described as being approximately 6 feet (183 cm) tall and weigh

ing approximately 210 pounds (95 kg). He has short black hair and brown eyes.

Kakakaway is known to frequent the Keeseekoose First Nation, Cote First Nation, Kamsack, Canora and Yorkton areas in Saskatchewan.

Edgar Kakakaway Jr. is considered dangerous.

If you see him, do not approach him, and call 911 or your local police immediately.

Anyone with any infor mation regarding the whereabouts of Edgar Kakakaway Jr. is asked to contact Kamsack RCMP at 306-542-5560 or their local police. Information can be sub mitted anonymously

through Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477) or www. saskcrimestoppers.com.

The investigation is ongoing and residents of Keeseekoose First Nation will notice an increased police pres ence in their community in the next few days.

Edgar Kakakaway Jr., from Keeseekoose First

Nation, SK, has been charged with: 2nd Degree Murder, Section 235(1) of the Criminal Code; Assault Causing Bodily Harm, Section 267(b) of the Criminal Code; Failing to comply with a condition of a release order, Section 145(5) of the Criminal Code.

Parkland and Cumberland colleges amalgamating

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

A plan soon to be submitted to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education could lead to the full amalgamation of the Parkland and Cumberland College by mid 2023.

The two regional colleges have been collaborating in cer tain areas of operations since July 2019, including a shared CEO and president, explained Alison Dubreuil, the Interim CEO/Vice President.

Then in January of this year the Board of Governors “announced interest to merge the two colleges,” she said.

The process toward that merger has been ongoing since January.

Dubreuil said the reasons to move toward a full mer ger is to ensure the resulting entity can remain relevant to students and partners moving forward, and be sustainable in that effort.

The role of a regional col lege is always changing in an effort to meet the needs of students, and also local busi nesses which work with the college to provide education in specific areas to meet business needs, added Dubreuil.

Increasingly the college must be “nimble” and ready

to create and provide needed training in very short times, and through a merged college it is believed that can be better achieved, she said.

It’s a case of being better positioned to serve college learning and local commun ities through shared resour ces and increased partnership opportunities leading to new programming.

It is through new program ming the merged college believes it can attract more students, and by being a large college entity allow staff to spe cialize, which should enhance retention, said Dubreuil.

“Sharing resources should

allow staff to become special ized,” she said.

In terms of staff Parkland, has approximately 180, and Cumberland 90, and the mer ger plan calls for all to be retained, added Dubreuil.

Similarly, the campus loca tions will be maintained as they are today too, said Dubreuil, eight within Parkland and three within the Cumberland College regions.

The new college will of course have a larger geograph ic footprint as well.

The process of the merger was really started through the existing coalition since July 2019, said Dubreuil, who added

it was almost a trial run for how a merger might work.

Since January the process has been to engage with staff and community stakeholders to allow then input on the mer ger.

Next will be the formal submission to the province, expected by year’s end, which could allow for approvals to be given leading to the merger being formally implemented July 1, 2023, said Dubreuil.

In the end a formalized mer ger will help the new entity “better serve its mandate” as it relates to educational oppor tunities for students, said Dubreuil.

Parkland College brings new Medical Laboratory Assistant program to Yorkton

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Parkland College will be delivering a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) Applied Certificate program in Yorkton starting in the fall of 2023.

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 cen tres,” explained Kami DePape, Vice President of External Relations in a release. “By training students locally, our hope is that they find employ ment in our surrounding communities, alleviating some of the vacancies. As a Regional College, we are committed to pro viding training that will help strengthen our local economy and enhance community services.”

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

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

“We’ve been work ing on this for a couple of years,” Ross Fisher Executive Director of the Health Foundation told Yorkton This Week, adding the program is “something a little differ ent,” in terms of a Health

Foundation initiative. “. .

.We’re the only place in the province doing this.”

Fisher said the pro gram is focused on help ing fill a very specific need.

“We’re not meet ing the needs of rural health care,” he said, adding there simply are not enough Medical Laboratory Assistants being graduated from existing programs in the province to meet needs.

So the Health Foundation will invest just over $200,000 for the equipment needed in the training, and the college will hire the instructor

and run the class.

The program will also see students spend training time in the hos pital labs in the region al, Yorkton, Melville, Esterhazy and Kamsack, explained Fisher.

The initial class will have six, or seven spots, and priority will be given to students within the region, said Fisher, in hope once trained they will stay as there are currently spots open in hospital labs they will be training in.

“There are staff issues in Kamsack, and we need people in the lab here (Yorkton), and in

Melville,” said Fisher. To enhance area retention there may also be some financial incen tives provided to stay local, added Fisher.

Down the road Fisher said there is certainly potential for the program to grow, even to the point of a similar program else where in the province since there are currently 74 vacancies for Medical Laboratory Assistants.

Fisher added that other health-related training programs could be developed locally moving forward, geared toward filling specific staff requirements.

In amalgamating with Cumberland College it is hoped to attract more students and to be better able to retain staff.

Local realty agent top fundraiser for children’s hospital

By SASKTODAY.ca

YORKTON – Local RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty agent, Shannon Dyke, was the top TOP RE/MAX fundraiser in Sask. For the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation in 2021.

Dyke is one of 196 RE/MAX agents across Saskatchewan who

support Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RE/MAX demon strates their support for children’s health by par ticipating in the Miracle Home Program. When you see a Miracle Home sign on top of a RE/ MAX agent’s yard sign in Saskatchewan, that agent is donating a portion of the sale of the home to

Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation.

“One of my goals as a realtor is to give back to each community I serve helping with local chil dren’s programs such as daycares and sports. Supporting the Children’s Hospital in our province is rewarding and import ant – the children are our future,” said Dyke in a media release from RE/

MAX Blue Chip Realty, adding, “I am a proud supporter and honored to partner with RE/MAX to help make miracles happen one sale at a time – together we can make a difference.”

To offer further sup port of Saskatchewan kids and families at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital, please visit pat tisonchildrens.ca.

Shannon Dyke

Food bank in critical need of support for Christmas hampers

Courtesy of Canora Courier

Many hands make light work.”

Pastor Mavis Watson, volunteer administrator at Filling the Gap Food Bank in Canora, is well aware that most resi dents in Canora and sur rounding area are deal ing with the pressures of cost of living increases in recent months. But she is convinced that if every one helps out in any way they can, the food bank will be able to respond to the growing local need for assistance.

“Last year we were so blessed and grateful by the outpouring of com munity support, and would love to see that again,” said Watson.

“We are in desperate need of cash donations. Cash gives us the flexibil ity to see what’s needed and then go out and buy it. For instance, we might have 35 hamper requests and only six turkeys donated. With cash we can buy what’s needed to fill out those hampers.”

The need for the ser vices of Filling the Gap seems to be constantly

growing and changing.

“A number of new people have moved here in recent months; some for lower living costs, some looking for employ ment, and now that har vest is over, they need our help,” shared Watson. “There is high employ ment in the energy field as well.

“Many from that field are coming to smaller towns. I have noticed a real shift lately; there have been a lot more new arrivals to the communi ty requesting assistance.”

Watson said the Christmas season is defi nitely their busiest time of the year. For those interested in donating food items, the greatest needs at this time of year are: coffee, evaporated milk, canned tomatoes, canned beans, canned vegetables, salad dress ing, juice, crackers, cook ies, canned spaghetti and pasta sauce. Watson said they have plenty of noo dles on the shelves. Hams and turkeys are always welcome during the Christmas season.

Needed non-food items include: toilet paper, laundry soap, dish

soap and shampoo.

The contents of a ham per can be adjusted to meet the needs of the recipient.

“A single mom might only be looking for baby formula because she can’t afford it right now,”

explained Watson. “Whatever the need, we want to help them have a really nice Christmas and not have to worry about feeding themselves or their families.”

Watson said it warms her heart to receive dona tions from residents who

don’t have a lot to spare when it comes to filling their own needs.

“Many seniors, who are living on fixed incomes, buy an extra can of something every week or whenever they buy groceries. It adds up to a significant donation

after a couple of months. They don’t have a lot but they want to do some thing to help, and it always blesses me.”

Like almost every thing, the cost of filling a complete Christmas hamper just keeps rising.

Jessica Vaughters is one of the local volunteers who has been helping fill and deliver hampers for those who have asked for assistance from Filling the Gap Food Bank in Canora.

Up Front

Bison herd returns to Batoche next year

By Jon Perez SASKTODAY.ca

SASKATOON — A bison herd will be roaming the grasslands of Batoche next year after the Métis NationSaskatchewan and Parks Canada signed a memo randum of understand ing on Friday, Nov. 18, marking another historic day for Métis citizens.

MN-S Vice President Michelle LeClair and Parks Canada Saskatchewan South Field Unit Acting Superintendent Genevieve Jones signed the MOU during the MN-S fall 2022 Legislative

Assembly at Prairieland Park.

The MOU signing for malizes the transfer of an expected 30 head of bison from the Grasslands National Park in Southern Saskatchewan, where they managed to increase the herd’s popu lation from 400 to 500.

The bison origin ally came from Elk Island National Park in Alberta, 35 kilometres east of Edmonton. The bison has also returned to its traditional lands in Wanuskewin Heritage Park, where several calves were born.

This is the second time that MN-S and Parks

Canada partnered on a project following the fed eral government’s trans fer of 690 hectares of land in July of this year. The document was signed during the 50th Back to Batoche festival.

LeClair thanked Parks Canada for their continued working rela tionship with MN-S with the latest collaboration helping the plains bison return to roam freely in Batoche, where they can soon develop their herd that can be distributed to other Métis communities in the province.

“The long-term strat egy is to develop bison herds on each side of the

bison,”

Yorkton’s 6th Annual Christmas Shopping Blitz Craft, Trade & Bake Sale was held Saturday. The one-day event was held at St. Mary’s Cultural Centre and attracted a variety of vendors with homemade bak ing, jewelry, sock gnomes, painted signs and much more. The event attracted an eager crowd as the doors opened at 10 a.m.

Crafty shoppers

Staff Photos by Calvin Daniels

Batoche lands, and we’re hoping that the herd size will reach 150. There are

also economic opportun ities through the hand ling and processing of the

said LeClair. “It provides food

Politicians need to re-focus on working together MURRAY MANDRYK

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Politics

It would seem reasonable for any government today to support an examination or why consum ers are getting hammered by inflationary food costs.

And in a rural-based, agricultural province like Saskatchewan, it would seem especially rea sonable to support any such an exercise where there’s further questions like why farmers and ranchers aren’t seeing any benefit from an esti mated 30- to 50-per-cent increase in the grocery shelf price of beef.

Yet we watched in the Saskatchewan legisla ture last week a rural-based Saskatchewan Party government reject an NDP motion to examine food pricing that would have included explora tion of factors related to supply chains, manu facturing, transportation and anti-competitive corporate practices” and “meat processing and packaging that increase prices for consumers and decrease prices paid to livestock producers.”

Of course, there’s a natural penchant for a government to reject anything coming from the opposition — especially during a legislative sit ting in which a duly elected government is trying to pass its own agenda.

But one might think the rising cost of every thing is what every politician is hearing about these days. This should make this issue a priority.

The problem, however, is that the food cost story didn’t completely and neatly fit the govern ment’s current political narrative.

While Agriculture Minister David Marit in the assembly last week didn’t dispute that both consumers and farmers are struggling right now, his response followed the patented line about the real problem for farmers and everyone in the province is the price of the carbon tax.

Marit is not completely wrong. The carbon tax does add to inflationary costs at both the produ cer and consumer levels. And any fair-minded examination of the issue like the one proposed by the NDP should have made that a key point of discussion if it wanted a thorough review.

But that’s not how we're doing things in pol itics these days.

Even when politicians mostly agree on things, they tend to make the issue in which they dis agree the most.

It’s really why we seem to be spinning our wheels these, producing more and more anger but fewer and fewer solutions.

Consider the recent visit by federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to Saskatchewan.

There to celebrate the opening of Cowessess First Nation’s 21 megawatt Awasis Solar Energy project on the outskirts of Regina, Wilkinson was asked about the Sask. Party government’s Saskatchewan First Act and push for constitu tional changes.

Wilkinson — who worked in Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Justice 30 years ago and was part of the team that worked on Charlottetown Accord — was quick to agree Saskatchewan should a assert provincial rights over resource development as Allan Blakeney and Roy Romanow did when they were Saskatchewan premiers.

And while the current federal government’s own agenda is pushing for things like the end of coal-fired electrical generation, the federal minister insisted we can sit down and work out a better plan.

“Let me be clear: Nobody — nobody — is going to let (Saskatchewan) people freeze in the dark,” said, Wilkinson, who talked about using natural gas as a bridging option and met with SaskPower Minister Don Morgan earlier to talk about developing small modular reactions.

If you found Wilkinson’s co-operative tone surprising, than consider we later heard from Premier Scott Moe.

“We’re all Canadians first,” Moe told reporters later that day. “We need to come back together as Canadians to support one another and to reinvent the great nation I believe we once were and most certainly can still be.”

It’s the kind of approach political leadership should always take, but, of late, are not taking.

Yes, there are policy matters where politicians won’t agree.

But what has always worked best in Canada is addressing the issues most important and immediate and find agreement where we can. We need to get back to that in this country.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

Health training course is innovative

When a long term problem exists it often requires a bit of cre ative new thinking to solve.

That is perhaps one element which has been missing from health care over the last number of years. We know there are staffing shortages in a number of areas, both geographically and by job description.

The question of how best to fill those positions however has seemed to elude the system more often than not.

Of course ultimately there are only two avenues to finding staff to fill spots, you either poach them from another jurisdiction – often recruiting from abroad – or you train more people here.

Training more people of course takes time, and there has to be the capacity as well.

There is little you can do to speed training, but you can add training spots, if there is the will to undertake added training, and of course the dollars to do it.

Both the will and the dollars how ever, have seemed in short supply at times.

So new ideas in training are an avenue which make a lot of sense to look into.

That is what makes a new Parkland College Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) Applied Certificate program set to launch in Yorkton starting in the fall of 2023, so intriguing.

There are a couple of aspects to this undertaken which make a lot of sense.

The first is that it is a partnership between the Health Foundation of East Central Saskatchewan and Parkland

College.

The Health Foundation has donated an astounding $200,000 to cover the med ical equipment needed for a new train ing lab at Parkland College.

This is the local health organization recognizing a need here.

“There are staff issues in Kamsack, and we need people in the lab here (Yorkton), and in Melville,” said Fisher.

The situation is one where certain lab services in the regional hospital were even transferred to Regina cit ing staff issues that have yet to be fully rectified.

The initial fill for the upcoming, yearlong, course could all be absorbed into regional health facilities upon gradua tion.

And of course that is the second aspect of the program which is so enticing.

The ability of students to stay closer to home for education is always a good thing.

But, when you are training local people, with the potential of a local job at the end of that training, suddenly you have some ability to address staff shortages here, without hoping to attract people from half a province, or half a world to Kamsack or Melville.

The new training course will hope fully be something of a test case. If it works for training Medical Laboratory Assistants, then why not other medical staff where there are shortages today, or known to be on the horizon?

The course is certainly innovative in concept and could open the door to much more locally focused health care training.

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Changes to what has PST applied

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

What business must collect and submit for provincial sales tax changed significantly on Oct. 1.

And, a small group of Yorkton Chamber of Commerce members heard some of the details of the expanded range of products and servi ces on which PST is now being collected at a noon luncheon Thursday.

“There’s lots of PST rules to know about,” offered Colin Chicoine, a provincial tax educa tion officer, who was one of two TEOs making the presentation.

Chicoine said given the number of rules, and that they do change on occasion, they in fact prefaced the information provided was only cur rent until Nov. 17, and could change, so business needs to stay abreast of change. If a business is unsure what they must collect PST sales on, they need to call for guidance

and clarification.

To help business there are also a series of bul letins – more than 75 in total – detailing PST requirements as they pertain to specific busi nesses, said Chicoine, citing hair dressers, con tractors and restaurants as examples. The infor mational bulletins are accessible online through the Tax Information & Compliance Branch and business can register to receive updates as they are released.

Chicoine said branch staff will also visit busi nesses for “a quick once over of the books,” and to “answer any ques tions people may have” in terms of PST require ments.

In general, the PST is a “consumption-based tax,” explained Chicoine, meaning most often the retailer collected the full PST from the consum er who pays the tax on goods consumed or used in Saskatchewan.

A failure to collect or submit PST can lead to

a penalty of 10 per cent of more, and interest being paid on the owed amount, added Chicoine broadened in October

and now includes a greater range of servi ces, promotional items or tickets given away free of charge, event tickets and

more. Jim Hanson, also a TEO, said there are exceptions, for example team sport fees of play

ers under 18 do not have PST applied, but the specifics really need to be requested from the department.

Proposed changes to Sask. municipal elections met with mixed reactions

By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The StarPhoenix)

After much discus sion and debate, the Saskatchewan govern ment has introduced a bill offering “a few pro cess improvements” to the province’s local elec tions act, affecting muni cipalities and school div isions.

Notably, in case of emergency or bad weath er, returning officers will be able to temporarily postpone an election.

The amended law will also make it easier to set up polling places in hos pitals and personal care homes, and will require all municipalities to hold at least one advance poll.

Brekke Masse, admin istrator for the R.M. of Wood River, hopes these changes will make it eas ier for all eligible voters to cast a ballot; low voter

BISON

Continued from Page A3 security for elders and families and cultural celebrations like our Back to Batoche event. Métis communities will be provided with calves to start their herds. I’m proud to facilitate this MOU.”

She added that she’s excited to formulate a plan to have the bison return to Métis lands as it also represents a cultural significance between the said animal and Métis communities in Saskatchewan.

“Bison represents a deep cultural connection to the Métis. It represents our values of living in harmony, perseverance and coexistence. For us, the value is that going back to some of the trad itional ways and food security is the big one,” said LeClair.

“Being able to process the bison and all those kinds of things become part of that cultural value. As stewards of the land, returning [bison] species to the homeland of the Métis will assist the MN-S in restoring healthy and natural eco systems.”

LeClair said the MOU signing is the first step of a two-phase process in having the bison herd

turnout is an ongoing concern.

“The last time we had an election, of the 70 or 80 people that were eligible to vote, I only had about a third of those people come out,” she said.

She is glad returning officers will be able to delay the election in case of safety concerns.

“I think this will be well received,” she said.

“It gives us that much more direction on what we can do in the event that there was a storm and it had to be delayed.”

Saskatchewan School Boards association president Jaimie SmithWindsor agreed.

“We’ve heard from our members that there were disruptions (on election day) in the past, and I think if it’s safe and accessible for voters to get to the polls, that’s a good thing,” she said.

“We are pleased with that additional flexibil

ity so that, when there are challenges related to inclement weather, there’s a mechanism in place to make sure voters are safe and still have access to the polls.”

However, this bill will not change the scheduled date for the municipal elections.

Saskatchewan chief electoral officer Michael Boda had recommended moving the local elec tion dates after the 2016 provincial vote, noting that voters in 2024 will be casting ballots for their local representatives only two weeks after vot ing for their MLAs.

In a news release, the provincial government said it has declined to change the dates for municipal and school board elections “to keep consistency across the province.”

“This will result in coordination, improved

public awareness and the ability for voters to vote for school boards at the same time as muni cipal councils,” the prov ince said.

Overall, SmithWindsor said school div isions are pleased that the municipal elections in 2024 will be held at the same time of year as they have been in the past.

“For school boards, this was a question about voter engagement, and there was a con cern that changes to the dates would create mis alignment,” said SmithWindsor.

But other groups in the province have ser ious concerns.

Randy Goulden, president of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) and a city councillor in Yorkton, said she is “very disappointed in the province’s decision not

moved to Batoche from Grasslands National Park and would lay the groundwork for a com prehensive strategy where Métis and the bison will once again coexist.

The first phase of transferring the herd is expected in the winter of 2023, with MN-S securing funding from Agriculture [and Agri Food] Canada to put up a proper fence and other things that would be needed once

the bison returned to Batoche.

Jones said the bison were reintroduced to Grasslands National Park in 2005 for the first time after 120 years, where they translocate out of the park to main tain the herd’s health and keep their target num bers of 500 to 650 heads.

“We have a long his tory of collaboration with [MN-S] and share a common interest in pro tecting natural and cul

tural heritage at Batoche National Historic site. We’ll look at the number of bison we need to trans locate,” Jones said.

“We [Parks Canada] were contacted by [MN-S] regarding their interest in bison from Grasslands National Park. That’s how the discussion started. We accept requests from groups for bison trans location and assess these with the priority of con servation and Indigenous partners.”

to change the municipal election dates.”

She said having the municipal election fall so close to the provincial election increases voter confusion and makes it harder to find poll work ers, among other con cerns.

For Goulden, making it easier for returning officers to delay an elec tion during a storm is important, but insuffi cient.

“This is just a bandaid solution to hosting the municipal elections at a

very, very horrible time of the year,” she said, not ing that Saskatchewan is notorious for fall bliz zards.

Between now and when the bill is expected to pass in 2023, she said SUMA will continue to “talk about the need for the change” to municipal election dates.

Still, she said the organization is “totally in favour” of other changes in the bill, particularly the greater availability of polls in hospitals and care homes.

By Jon Perez / SASKTODAY.ca

Métis Nation-Saskatchewan Vice President Michelle LeClair, left, and Parks Canada Saskatchewan South Field Unit Acting Superintendent Genevieve Jones prepare to sign the memorandum of agreement transferring a herd of bison in Batoche on Friday, Nov. 18, at Prairieland Park.

Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix A ‘Vote Here’ sign is surrounded by snow on elec tion day Monday morning after a record-breaking snow fall. Photo taken in Saskatoon, SK on Monday November 9, 2020.

Victoria Dinh USask Media Relations

SASKATOON

– University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers are coleading a new pan-Can adian and international research team aiming to understand how cities of all sizes in all coun tries can most efficiently implement and build sustainable transporta tion infrastructure—such as bike lanes, bus rapid transit, and road safety projects.

The $3 million Healthy Cities Implementation Science Team award was announced today in Ottawa by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The funding, part of a total $27 million committed, is intended to support interdisciplinary teams implementing and evalu ating interventions in diverse urban contexts

with the goal of improv ing health and health equity.

“Climate change, health, and sustainabil ity all hinge on a rapid transition to sustain able transportation,” said project co-leader Dr. Daniel Fuller (PhD), a researcher at USask’s College of Medicine.

“Our impact will be evi dence-informed methods that will allow cities to, as quickly as possible, implement sustainable transportation interven tions.”

The project will involve multiple research approaches, including analyzing municipal policy docu ments and plans, inter viewing elected officials and city staff, and col lecting survey data from citizens in each city.

“We are working close ly with researchers and city staff from Halifax,

Montréal, Kingston, Guelph, Toronto, Saskatoon, Calgary, Surrey, Victoria, and Melbourne, Australia,” said Fuller.

The project—a cul mination of years of research and collabora tion—is co-lead by Dr. Meghan Winters (PhD) from Simon Fraser University and Dr. MarieSoleil Cloutier (PhD) at l’Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique.

The USask contingent of the team consists of Fuller, geography and planning researchers Dr. Scott Bell (PhD) and Dr. Ehab Diab (PhD), and Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine (PhD), community health and epidemiology researcher from USask’s College of Medicine.

Approximately $700,000 dollars will fund research at USask over the next six years, to be used for training programs, funding for

graduate students, sum mer institutes, and inter national experiences for students and research ers to learn from inter national cities.

“We are leading the

student training aspects of the grant, including developing credentials in implementation sci ence and healthy cities for USask and for stu dents from across the

country and internation ally,” said Fuller.

“There will be con siderable opportunities for USask trainees across a variety of disciplines to participate in this work.”

USask College of Medicine researcher, Dr. Daniel Fuller (PhD).

Photo from University of Saskatchewan

Credence collects winter wear

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

With winter upon us it’s time to bundle up in warm clothes.

But, not everyone has all the clothes they need, nor the budget flexibility for added

clothing purchases at this time of year.

So, on the eve of the season of giving, why not help out by donating new, or nearly new winter clothing to help others?

That’s exactly what Credence Construction in

Yorkton is trying to facilitate, as they are collecting new or next to new mitts, toques, scarves, jackets, ski-pants, boots, etc. and non-perishable food items that will go to help people in need in our community.

“It’s new for us,” Dustin

Brears, manager at Credence said of the initiative.

Brears said in a weekly man agers meeting “the idea came forward that we do something like this for the community.”

Donations are being col lected for Bruno’s Place,

Shelwin House and local food banks, and may be dropped off in the bin in front of the Credence offices at the Linden Square Mall (385 Broadway Street East, Yorkton), MondayFriday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., until Dec. 16.

SaskTel expanding fibre initiative

The Government of Saskatchewan is pleased to announce that SaskTel will invest an addition al $100 million in its Rural Fibre Initiative to expand SaskTel service to over 80 more towns and villages throughout the province. This invest ment will help narrow the digital divide in Saskatchewan by con necting tens of thousands of rural households and businesses to SaskTel’s fibre optic broadband network.

“Our government is committed to growing Saskatchewan’s economy and improving the qual ity of life for all people of our province,” Minister Responsible for SaskTel Don Morgan said. “The massive investments

being made by SaskTel to expand their fibre optic broadband network across Saskatchewan will help create a more connected and prosper ous future for our people, our communities and our province.”

Powered by SaskTel’s fibre optic broadband network, infiNET service delivers internet speeds reaching close to a gig abit per second (Gbps), allowing subscribers to surf, stream and share however much content they want at incred ible speeds. Plus, the infiNET network has the capacity to grow to sup port the evolving needs of SaskTel’s customers and increasing popu larity of cloud services, video streaming and

smart technologies.

“Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) has long advocated for improvement in broad band services, in particu lar for smaller commun ities where access has lagged behind that of lar ger centres in our prov ince,” SUMA President Randy Goulden said. “We are pleased to see SaskTel continue to address this gap with additional funding. Connectivity is a priority for all our communities, and key to the viability of our smaller members in the future.”

“Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) fully supports invest

ments into improved broadband services for communities in rural Saskatchewan,” SARM President Ray Orb said. “It is essential that access to broadband services in rural Saskatchewan achieves parity to those services available in larger communities and we look forward to work ing with the provincial government on future projects to continue to expand broadband servi ces for the benefit of all rural residents and busi nesses in the province.”

Originally announced in 2020, the Rural Fibre Initiative is a multiphase program that will see SaskTel invest $200 million to bring infiNET service to over 110,000 residents and businesses

living and operating in more than 130 rural com munities. SaskTel antici pates all communities included in the Rural Fibre Initiative will be fibre-ready by the end of March 2025.

“Once we’ve complet ed these phases of the Rural Fibre Initiative, our infiNET network, which is already the lar gest fibre optic broad band network in the province, will reach approximately 80 per cent of all Saskatchewan households,” SaskTel President and CEO Doug Burnett said. “This, combined with the sig nificant investments we are making to deploy our 5G wireless network will ensure we remain one of the most well-

connected regions in the country while also helping to accelerate Saskatchewan’s transi tion to becoming a smart province.”

The towns and villages that will receive infiNET service as a result of the additional investments announced today will be connected as part of Phases 5 and 6 of the Rural Fibre Initiative. While all communities included in Phase 5 have been established, SaskTel is still finalizing Phase 6 and will make a formal announcement once those details have been confirmed. See the attached appendix for a full listing of the com munities included in Phases 1 through 5 of the Rural Fibre Initiative

Sacred Heart Athletes of the Month for Sept. and Oct.

James Klemetski was named October Male Athlete of the Month for out standing play for football and boys’ volleyball.

Ella Kozak was named Female Athlete of the Month in September for being the Provincial winner for girl’s golf.

Courtesy

Noah Wyatt was named September’s

Male Athlete of the Month for Outstanding play in boys’ soccer.

Yuka Burrell was named Female Athlete of the Month for outstanding play/sportsmanship for girls' soccer.

Photos Courtesy SHHS

YRHS school musical to return after four year hiatus

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

YORKTON — The Yorkton Regional High School will be bringing the classic fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast to life on Nov. 25 and 26.

“It’s our first music al in four years due to COVID,” said Adelle Sawatzky, teacher and Musical Director for the production.

Rehearsals for the production started Sept. 1, in anticipa tion of the three show ings.

Sawatzky said the school musical is trad itionally a bi-annual production, but with the nature of COVID19 the production had been put on hiatus.

The production’s pit band will feature two keyboards, four trumpets, two violins, drums, trombone, saxophone and a flute with about 50 students making up cast and crew.

Sawatzky, who has been at the YRHS for two years, said this is her first time dir ecting a production,

but has a co-director who has worked on several YRHS music als.

“This is my first time doing one here, but my co-director Kaely Neibrandt has done three in the past.”

Three showings of the musical are set for Nov. 25 at 7:00 p.m and Nov. 26 at 1:00 p.m and 7:00 p.m.

Tickets are avail able through cast and crew members or from Hearn’s Pharmacy, Fuzztone Music and the YRHS office.

Project Cornerstone to award $75,000 in funding

By SASKTODAY.ca

YORKTON – The Cornerstone Credit Union announced on Nov. 15 that it will award a total of $75,000 through the annual community investment program. The

amount is a new singleyear high for Project Cornerstone. When applications opened in the spring, eligible community groups could apply for up to $50,000 in funding. However, Cornerstone

Credit Union experi enced a strong year financially, allowing it to invest even more into the program.

Project Cornerstone funding is intended to build, expand, and upgrade facilities or

develop programs that improve the quality of life in local communities.

“Project Cornerstone is an important way for us to give back to the people and groups who keep our communities strong,” said Cornerstone

Credit Union CEO Doug Jones. “We are fortunate to be able to invest more into this program and we are excited to contribute to some very deserving projects.”

Applications for Project Cornerstone

funding closed at the end of September. A selec tion committee reviewed more than 70 applica tions and selected this year’s recipients after several rounds of delib erations with winners to be announced on Dec. 1.

Be ice smart this winter

With the arrival of snow and colder temperatures, the Water Security Agency is reminding the public to ensure that ice is thick enough to safely walk, drive or snowmobile on.

“As people get ready to enjoy another season on the ice, their safety is always top of mind for the Government of Saskatchewan,” Minister Responsible for the Water

Security Agency Jeremy Cockrill said. “We recommend checking ice thickness each and every time you venture on our provincial waters to ensure you are safe this winter.

Ice thickness can be decep tive and unpredictable at times. It does not freeze at a uniform thickness and its strength can vary considerably from one area to another.

To be sure, check the ice thickness before you travel on it. As a guideline, you need at least 10 cm (four inches) of ice to walk on, 20 cm (eight inches) to drive a snowmobile or ATV on, 30 cm (12 inches) to drive a car or light truck on, and more than 30 cm (12 inches) to sup port a heavy truck.

Guidelines are provided to help individuals decide wheth

er to venture onto the ice. Thickness is just one consider ation when evaluating ice safe ty. Clear, hard ice is the only ice recommended for travel.

Ice should be re-evaluated on every date visited, even if it was safe on a previous date. The date that ice becomes safe at a site varies from year-overyear requiring the verifica tion of the thickness each year

as opposed to relying on past experiences.

Also avoid ice that:

• looks slushy;

• has thawed, then froze again;

• is near moving water;

• is layered, caused by sudden temperature changes; or • has structures on it, such as pressure ridges.

November is Financial Literacy month which means that it is a good time to step

back and ask ourselves how much understanding that we have as it relates to financial planning and

review where we receive our financial advice from as it relates to our finan cial decisions and wellbeing.

In a recent study that was conducted on wide range of Canadians regarding financial lit eracy, on a scale of 1-5, the participants scored a 2 on their financial lit eracy. This is a concern ing finding as finances play a significant role in our lives and in our fam ilies and our ability to be supporters in our com munities. Here are some reasons that I believe contribute to such a low score in the above study; • 42% of people make financial product choices based on their friend’s recommendations

• Many are taking financial risks without

realizing it because they do not know the products that they are using in their financial planning

• Those under the age of 40 are not learn ing from their elders as it relates to financial plan ning

• 7 out of 10 people in a relationship do not talk about money or budget issues

• Many are not plan ning for their retirement or for rainy day’s

As a result of the low level of financial literacy in Canadian’s driven by the above contributors to the low score 81% of Canadians know that their retirement income is inadequate but they do not know where to turn to alleviate this situa tion or they simply do not believe that they have

enough money to put into a retirement plan. Another alarming result of this lack of financial literacy in Canadians is that the average Canadian household is spending 170% of their household income and going deeper into debt every month.

The best way to improve your financial literacy and put your financial future into a position of health for you and your family is to work in a financial relation ship with a trusted finan cial planner. Research shows that people who have a financial plan and who work with a finan cial planner are;

• Confident in achiev ing their financial goals and handling unexpect ed change

• More likely to feel on track with financial affairs

• Successful at stick ing to financial strategies

• More likely to have higher levels of emotion al, financial, and overall contentment

If you and your family are currently not work ing with a trusted finan cial advisor, can I suggest that this month would be a great time to start, with it being Financial Literacy month, and that the Parkland area has many financial planners who are highly skilled for you to consider to start ing a financial relation ship with.

Together For Your Financial Future, Kevin Doell, Doell Financial

Sp orts

Sacred Heart hosts volleyball tourney

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

It was a day of serves, sets, spikes and blocks at the Sacred Heart High School gym in Yorkton.

The Saints were playing host to the 4A Boys Regional Volleyball Championship.

Six teams, split into two pools, taking part in the one-day event.

In pool A was Moose Jaw Vanier, Melville and Humboldt vying for top spot, while pool B had the host Saints

up against Moose Jaw Central and Lumsden.

After the round robin matches, Melville placed first, Moose Jaw-Vanier second and Humboldt third in pool A.

In pool B Moose Jaw-Central placed first, Lumsden second and Sacred Heart third.

The top two teams from each pool advanced to the semi-final matches.

Melville defeated Lumsden in one of the semi final games 25-16 and 25-20.

Moose Jaw Central and Vanier played in the other semi-final match

where Vanier prevailed winning 16-25, 25-12 and 15-7.

This advanced Melville and Vanier to the gold match.

In the first two sets both teams split each winning one set 25-15. In the third set Vanier came out with an early lead winning 15-9.

In the bronze match Moose Jaw Central defeated Lumsden 25-17 in both sets.

This advanced Vanier, Melville and Central to the Provincial Championships in Meadow Lake Nov. 25-26.

Sacred Heart played well in the round robin, but came up just short to make the playoffs.

“We have a young team and next sea son looks promising” said coach Curtis Moen. “We lose only four out of our 14 players for next year and have some strong Grade 9’s moving up to senior as well.

“I would like to thank the players for their hard work and dedication this past season.”

The team will conclude their season at the annual sports banquet Dec. 1.

Radford set to ride bulls ‘Down Under’

Bull riding under the banner of PBR is increas ingly a worldwide sport and looking to build on that PBR Australia and Canada announced earli er this year that a pair of athletes would compete in the other nation’s yearend finals.

That means Brock Radford and Nick Tetz will carry the Canadian colours into the 2022 PBR Australia Monster Energy Tour Grand Finals being held in Townsville, Queensland at the Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Nov. 25-26. The Australian Grand Finals will award more than $120,000 AUD in prize money, includ ing a matching $50,000 bonus to the 2022 PBR Australian Champion.

“It’s very exciting. I love it,” said Radford in a recent interview with Yorkton This Week. “I’m lucky and blessed I get to go.”

While getting a trip to Australia to ride bulls

paid for is huge person ally, Radford said he appreciates the import ance of the exchange in regards to the growth of PBR.

“I think it’s great for the sport. I hope they keep doing it. I feel it has a huge upside,” he said.

While winning of course tops the list of what the trip is all about, for Radford there is also an added bonus that will have him returning in a sense to his family roots.

“My dad is Australian,” explained the De Winton, Alta., cowboy, adding his grandparents, and vari ous aunts, uncles and cousins still reside ‘Down Under.’

The opportunity to ride at the Australian finals will be a chance to perform in front of family for Radford, family who have generally only seen him ride in video.

“It’s a great oppor tunity,” he said, adding he plans to stay on in Australia for a few days, and do some ‘crabbing’

with family, before flying back to Canada.

Radford said while he has ridden bulls in Australia in the past, it will be an entirely new experience for Tetz.

So, how do you pre pare for an event where it’s likely you have not seen live, let alone rid den, any of the bulls in the pen?

“Pretty much a bull’s a bull,” offered Radford, who then went on to note there are a few wrinkles with Australian bulls.

To start there are Banteng cross bulls.

“They have a little different build,” said Bradford, suggesting the

Banteng is sort of a water buffalo-like breed.

And, then you see more Brahma cross bulls Down Under too.

“They have that big hump,” said Radford, adding you can actually

end up riding with your chest right up against the hump.

But, in the end riding a bull is the same in the sense you have to stay with whatever moves the animal makes.

Of course in Canada a rider might have a ‘book’ on the bulls, which at least suggests how it typ ically jumps, but when he gets to Australia Radford will go in cold.

Luckily the bullrid ing fraternity is a close one, and other riders are usually willing to pro vide some insights when asked. Radford said

Australian riders have gotten help when riding in Canada and he fully expects they will recipro cate in helping himself and Tetz.

Of course there is national pride on the line too.

“There’s always that competitive aspect to it ... bragging rights are on the line,” said Radford.

During the 2022 PBR Australia Grand Finals, each rider will get on two bulls per night in Rounds 1-2 on Friday, November 25, and Rounds 3-4 on Saturday, November 26.

The Sacred Heart Saints boys’ volleyball team was in action Saturday morning. The 4A Boys Regional Volleyball finals were held in Yorkton at Sacred Heart High School Saturday.

Agriculture

Specialization can create profit squeezes

There was little sur prise the other day when I noted a story at www. producer.com about a cow/calf producer con cerned by shrinking margins.

Typically, when grain prices are high, it puts huge pressure on the livestock sector.

Of course when grain prices plummet, and they no doubt will again at some point, things look better in terms of making a dollar with livestock.

It is the reason that most farms across the Prairies were mixed farms at one point. There was a dollar to be made on one side of the

equation, or the other.

But, the idea of doing a little bit of a lot of things changed to focus ing on specialization.

Certainly specializ ing makes some sense in terms of being very good at production, but exper tise doesn’t necessarily mean making money. If feed prices soar because grain prices are high, it doesn’t matter how spe cialized an operation is, the cost of feeding cattle and hogs jumps and cuts into any profit margin.

On the cattle side, especially the cow-calf sector, the issue tends to magnify.

For one thing, land dedicated to pasture

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and hay production becomes harder to jus tify when grain and oil seed prices are high as they are today. Even if the land is not likely to produce top yields it is likely they can produce enough canola or wheat or barley to generate

better returns than cows and calves.

Of course to make that jump means selling off the cow herd, and therein lies the biggest concern. A good cow herd is often created over many generations using top genetics and

careful breeding pro grams. When the cows are sold down the road it is years of effort lost, which is a substantially bigger decision to make than changing a crop rotation from wheat to field peas.

So the question becomes how long to hang on before changing the core of a farm oper ation away from live stock?

That is a huge ques tion given just how high the prices of grains and oilseeds are. They can take a fairly significant tumble and still pencil out to a solid return.

And what is the long term future for livestock

production?

There appears to be ramifications based on carbon taxation to con sider.

And livestock produ cers have to at least ask the question will grainbased meat substitutes become widely popu lar, or remain a sort of fringe demand getting a lot of media buzz? The answer could impact the ability of livestock prices to fully rebound.

What the livestock sector looks like in the future is likely to be significantly different from today for multiple reasons, not necessarily better but certainly dif ferent.

Port busy with potash, grain

By Sandi Krasowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The Chronicle-Journal

THUNDER BAY, ONT. — Shipments of potash are at multi-dec ade highs, and western Canadian grain move ment is on target and has

risen in volume at the Port of Thunder Bay.

“Grain is certainly stronger now than it was in the summer,” said Tim Heney, chief executive officer of the Thunder Bay Port Authority. Grain costs climbed again early this month and Heney doesn’t think

it will affect Canadian exports immediately.

“Depending on the markets. If the price is up, in eastern markets eventually move more grain in this direction but it’s likely we’ll not see much immediate impact because (the shipments) are already starting any

way,” he said. “I don’t think it’s going to adjust how they move it that much because prices are set to the end of the year.”

As the fall grain har vest moves through the supply chain from Manitoba to the Thunder Bay port and onto its des tination, local grain ele vators handled 840,000 tonnes of wheat, can ola, and other grains in October. Grain ship ments for the month increased by 33 per cent compared to September and were eight per cent more than October of 2021.

The 2021 grain harvest suffered as a result of drought and high tem peratures in the Prairies. This year’s increase in grain shipments reflects a more typical volume of grain at the port. Heney says there is an estimat ed 93.5 million tonnes of Prairie grain harvested this year, which equates

to the third largest har vest on record.

Fertilizer ship ments exported from Saskatchewan have lev elled off at the Port.

“The Russian and Ukraine situation has already affected exports quite dramatically,” Heney said. “They’re up in a big way in Thunder Bay this year. It’s kind of levelled off now, but it’s basically double what it was last year.”

Potash cargoes have also been strong throughout the 2022 ship ping season with more than one million tonnes shipped through the port as of Oct. 31. Heney says that’s the most in more than 30 years. Potash is a vital component of fertil izer input and has been strained by global sanc tions on Russian and Belarus products, which alone comprise 32 per cent of global production capacity.

Other shipments pass

ing through the Thunder Bay port include pipe, which is used for the oil and gas industry in Alberta.

“There’s a lot of pipe this year,” Heney said. “There are three more ships of pipe still coming up.”

And he says they have “quite a bit” of steel rails from Europe stored at the terminal to be shipped out via rail cars. As for wind turbine compon ents, Heney says that’s finished for the year and he expects shipments to pick up next year.

There are a couple more project-cargo ship ments coming before the end of the year as well, he said.

They involve big components for either mines or mills out west. He added that they have seen a few shiploads of equipment come through this year that were des tined for the Beardmore mining sector.

New $8.1 million funding for VIDO will protect Canadians and our animals from high consequence pathogens

Victoria Dinh USask Media Relations

SASKATOON –

The University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) has received a sig nificant investment from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to establish containment Level 4 (CL4) capacity— the highest level of con tainment. Once complet ed, this will make VIDO the only non-government CL4 facility in Canada.

“By strengthening Canadian research cap acity for containment Level 4 diseases, VIDO will help enable scientists to develop solutions for any infectious disease,” said Director and CEO Dr. Volker Gerdts (DVM). “It will significantly expand Canada’s ability

to work with high con sequence pathogens and help support Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy.”

Today’s $8.1 million investment from the CFI’s Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund will be used to upgrade areas of VIDO to CL4. Currently the only CL4 facilities in Canada are the federal government’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) and Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg. VIDO actively collabor ates with both the NML and CFIA.

“The Level 4 cap acity will be supported by the world-class infra structure and exper tise already in place at VIDO,” said Director of Research Dr. Andrew

Van Kessel (PhD). “We are excited to help drive research of national importance against infec tious diseases.”

This CFI infrastruc ture investment builds on the $53.9 million in oper ational funding recently awarded through the CFI Major Science Initiatives Fund.

A key part of the upgrade process includ ed numerous consulta tions with the commun ity to improve awareness and gain support for the international importance of these containment research facilities. This outreach included ses sions with local groups, online forums, and an open house session host ed by VIDO’s Community Liaison Committee. More information can be found at: https://www.vido.org/ centre.

Kaleidoscope

Back to beesics

this model that I’d extracted and removed honeycomb from and then the bees had then repaired all the holes when I put it back in the beehive.”

“They were really active—I’d say they were almost overactive— which definitely was a positive because I know it can be hard for bees to construct on objects that are not so natural because this is just all built on ABS plastics,” said Litzenberger of the honeycomb construction.

The LEGO piece is complete with a replica of the artist handling bees in their hive accom panied by LEGO bees and LEGO flowers.

“Funny enough, the bees built honeycomb on the [LEGO] bees but the bees didn’t build honey comb on the LEGO flow ers – they left those alone,” said Litzenberger with a smile.

“This exhibition, Between Us, will be the first time that we’re pre senting artworks that have been made in col laboration between humans and honey bees,” said Sandee Moore, Curator of Exhibitions and Programming at the Art Gallery of Regina, noting she started the project when she started as curator at the AGR almost three years ago.

Moore said she was familiar with Aganetha Dyck’s style of artwork and approached the art ist to see if she was inter ested in an exhibit.

“She’s a worldrenowned artist, but also an artist in her 80s—she’s not interested in making or exhibiting artwork anymore—what she was interested in was work ing with other artists and passing on this knowl edge that she’s learned on how to create artwork with honeybees and embracing the surprises

that emerge,” said Moore.

“It’s very exciting for me to see all of the artists we’ve worked with from all across the province— to see how everyone has brought their unique per spective—the materials and the methods they’ve already been using and how they’ve responded to what the bees have done with their offerings that they’ve put into the bee hive,” said Moore.

“Aganetha has a won derful way of phrasing this, she says, ‘there are always surprises’, and I think that this really forc es a lot of artists out of their comfort zone and challenges them and pro vides opportunities to grow as an artist when you’re faced with some thing so unexpected, like how the bees are actually going to build onto your sculpture,” said Moore.

Between Us will run at the Art Gallery of Regina from Jan. 18 to March 5, 2023.

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

YORKTON – Local art ist and Godfrey Art Gallery Manager Kelly Litzenberger returned a new LEGO piece to the beehives over the past bee season.

This is the second of Litzenberger’s artworks to become a collabora tive effort between him self and bees and is part of a larger exhibit that will premiere at the Art Gallery of Regina start ing January 18.

Beetween Us, said Litzenberger, consists of “multiple artists partici pating in a collaborative effort between artists and bees under the guid ance of Canadian artist, Aganetha Dyck.”

“Dyck is best known for her work with honey bees, which began in 1989 when she rented bee hives, and is described by her as a collaboration. Dyck places objects into beehives and allows insects to build honey comb on the objects, sometimes over the course of years,” as per the biography section of AganethaDyck.ca.

Litzenberger’s previ ous piece was featured in the Jan. 19, 2022 issue of

In 2017, Kelly

Litzenberger designed and built a Lego replica of a business he owned and operated from 1998 to 2004, Revolution Snow and Skate. The Lego building took 2,200 piec es, about 40 hours to build, and was part of a larger exhibit that included Yorkton’s City Hall among other wellknown city landmarks. The exhibit went on to do very well, receiving over 5000 signatures in the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery’s guest book.

In April of 2021, Litzenberg said he was approached by the direc tor of the Godfrey Dean who was working in con junction with the Regina Art Gallery to participate in the ‘Between Us’ exhi bition with several other Saskatchewan artists.

His newest piece might be described as a self-portrait with LEGOs used as the medium.

“I constructed this LEGO piece and this is kind of like a recreation of myself looking at a beehive, that I then put in a

beehive,” said Litzenberger, adding, “I was lucky enough to work with Sascha at Howland’s Honey and this LEGO piece was in the beehives for about a month-and-ahalf.”

Litzenberger said he was able to improve on his newest collaborative effort with the bees hav ing learned from his pre vious experience.

“It took the bees a lit tle while to get started but once they did I was able to manipulate the honeycomb that they had put in there and make this creation,” said Litzenberger, adding, “it’s quite a lot different and I was a little bit more prepared this year after seeing what the bees had done last year to my LEGO object.”

“I’m really happy with what they did,” said Litzenberger, noting, “the bees actually built more than what I intend ed, so there’s spots on

Yorkton This Week and consisted of a different LEGO art piece.

Kelly Litzenberger, pictured here with his partially finished art piece. Litzenberger collaborated with bees for the Art Gallery of Regina’s Beetween Us exhibition which runs from Jan. 18 until March 5, 2023..

Photos submitted by Kelly Litzenberger

WONITOWY - It is with deep sadness that the family of Sid Wonitowy announce his peaceful passing on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at the age of 74 years. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Kathleen (Kay) and his daughters Melissa (Chris) and Jessica (Michael) and grandchildren Payton, Westin and Madden and Prescott, Katie, Sidney and Micah. He became a true GIDO. He is also survived by his brother Elwyn. Sid was predeceased by his parents Michael and Susan and his daughter Morgan. Michael Sidney Wonitowy was born in Yorkton on May 24, 1948 and raised in Russell, MB. Sid was a man with a sense of adventure. He spent time with the Canadian Navy, travelling to many out ports. He worked in the Arctic as a heavy-duty mechanic and in Alberta in the coal mines. Sid then returned to Yorkton and began working for Saskatchewan Highway. He stayed with Highways until his retirement (2012). Sid was a strong and active member of the SGEU and recently became a “Lifetime Member”. He held a number of different positions within the Union. Sid believed strongly in the rights of the working people (union and non-union alike) to be treated fairly and equally. Sid fought for his people. In 1981 Sid married Kay. Kay had seen Sid dancing at a Yorkton bar and decided she wanted to marry “that great dancer”. They lived in Yorkton where Morgan was born and then moved back to the family farm where the other two daughters were born. Sid had a great love of the land. After retirement Sid stayed involved with the community. He worked as a councillor for the R.M #243 Wallace for over 20 years. The highways of Saskatchewan was a big concern to him as was reflected in him becoming a member of the East Central Transportation Committee. There were many committees over the years, too many to remember. Sid’s “Letters to Editor” are well known by many. Politics was another love or hate of his life depending on what party was being discussed. Sid loved a great rousing discussion on politics. Even in his last days with us he was talking politics. Sid loved his wife Kay and his children and grandchildren. The farm was a well known “coffee farm”. Many good friends and family were daily visitors to the farm. Walk in the door and you would hear Sid, “want a coffee”? Sid was truly a big life force who was and continues to be loved. Our dear Sid we know you were tired. Rest easy dear Man. The Memorial Service was held on Thursday, November 17, 2022 from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Crystal Bailey, Certified Celebrant officiating. Words of remembrance was shared by Payton Andrew and Barry Nowoselsky. The inurnment followed in the Trinity Columbarium, Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Payton, Westin and Madden Andrew serving as urn bearers. Memorials in memory of Sid may be made to Paws & Claws as gifts of remembrance.

DANELKO - It is with great sadness we say goodbye to our beloved James Danelko. James (Jim) was a loving brother and uncle; his laugh was unique and full of happiness. He loved joking around and visiting with friends and family. At Christmas, he would with love and compassion wrap Christmas cake for everyone in the family with a note listing all our loved ones in memory. Also, a gift from him. He loved going to auctions. His life was his farm. He worked with his mom and dad at a young age. He carried on after their passing until he became ill. James is predeceased by his dad (John) mom (Laura) sisters Chris and Edna; brothers-in-law Jim and Danny, and niece Loretta. He is survived by his three sisters: Mary Shuparsky, Liz Glute, and Lorraine Boehm. Many nieces and nephews and a great-niece Hannah. The funeral service was held on Friday, November 18, 2022 from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Crystal Bailey B.Th officiating. The interment took place in the family plot in the Garden of Devotion with Bill, Joey, Rebecca,

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PITTS– OleciaPittspassedaway peacefully,surroundedbyfamily,on Thursday,November10,2022,inthe palliativecareunitatPasquaHospital inRegina.

OleciawasbornonNovember18, 1926,intheStrathclairMunicipality, thethirdchildofPeterandJessie Drul.Shehadsixbrothers,twoof whomdiedininfancy,andtwosisters.

Oleciaissurvivedbyonebrother, NestorDrulandonesister,Martha Gawiuk.Shewassadlypredeceased byJennaandJoan.

OleciawasunitedinmarriagetoPeterPittsin1947,andtheywere blessedwiththreechildren-Davidin 1948,Patrickin1952andDonnain 1958.Intheir62yearsofmarriage, PeterandOleciamovedfromManitobatoBritishColumbiatoAlberta,finallysettlingin1953andcallingYorkton,

strawberriesandraspberries,whichsheserved.Thesewereenjoyedby familyandfriends.TheFridaynightdances,swimming,fishingandbear watchingwerehighlightsofthecampinglifestylethatwassoenjoyed.

Oleciaspendcountlesshoursgardening,nurturingtheplantstoabountiful summerandfallharvest.Augustwasatimespentcanningandpreserving thevegetableandfruitharvestthatwouldfeedthefamilythroughoutthewinter.

OleciahadalwaysbeeninvolvedwiththeUkrainianOrthodoxChurchand wasadevoutparishionerforherentirelife,withthechurchcommunitybeing partofherfamily.Shesanginthechoirand,foratime,wasthechoirdirectoraswell.

ShewasveryinvolvedwiththeUkrainianWomen'sAssociationasamemberandoccupiedavarietyofexecutivepositions.Shejoinedin1949and wasactivebyhelpingwithcateringandteachingSundaySchooland UkrainianSchool.Sheheldpositionsassecretary,president,treasurer,librarian,andchairpersonofnumerouscommittees.ShereceivedanhonourarylifemembershiptotheUkrainian'Women'sAssociationofCanada.

OlecialeavestomournherpassinghersonDavidandhischildrenSean (Krista),Shanley(Robert),Renay(Tony),Ryan(Megan);sonPatrick(Dawn) andtheirsonDaniel;daughterDonna(Andy)andtheirchildrenAndreaand Luke;great-grandchildrenAndrew,Kyle,Blair,Ryan,Tyler,Mia,Clark;as wellasmanyotherrelativesandgoodfriends.

AFuneralServicewilltakeplaceattheDescentoftheHolySpiritUkrainian OrthodoxChurch,130512AvenueinRegina,SK,onThursday,November 17,at10:00a.m.Oleciawillbelaidtorestinaprivategravesideservicefor thefamilyatYorktonMemorialGardensinYorkton,SK.Memorialdonations inOlecia'snamewouldbeappreciatedatUkrainianOrthodoxChurchDescentoftheHolySpirit,1305-12Ave.Regina.Toleaveanonlinemessage ofcondolence,pleasevisitwww.victoriaavenuefuneral.com.

In 1973,

their family. She spent over 20 years as Office Manager with Stamatinos, Leleand

Koskie Law Firm, during which time she was awarded the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce Employee of the Year. Elaine had a love for traveling, experiencing many beautiful countries across six continents with her family and closest friends. She also enjoyed golfing, spending many hours at Cherrydale Golf course, where she was Cherrydale Ladies Champion for too many years to count. Elaine had a passion for cooking, creating plentiful meals for her family on any occasion. She will be lovingly remembered for her fondness of crime drama books, sappy movies, outdoor visits on her front porch, and icy Tanqueray & tonics. Elaine will be dearly missed by her husband of 52 years, Bruce; children Jesse (Lona) and Christie (Shawn); grandchildren Jace, Brenna, Bryce, Tommy, and April; siblings Dave (Jackie), Janice (Terry), Rod (Shelda), and Rick; sisters-in-law Sheryl and Sharon; and numerous other family members and friends. She was predeceased by her parents, Harry and Anne; sibling, Ron; parents-in-law, Cliff and Shirley; brothers-in-law, Morley and Brent; and sister-in-law, Jennifer. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made in Elaine’s name to Yorkton Home Care or Yorkton Palliative Care c/o The Health Foundation 41 Betts Ave. Yorkton, SK S3N 1M1. Our family wishes to send a very special thank you to Dr. Lee (Allan Blair Cancer Center), Dr. Van Heerden (Yorkton), Elaine’s best friend Bev Westberg, and the incredible staff at Yorkton Home Care and Yorkton Palliative Care for their kindness and compassion throughout Elaine’s journey. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com

BROWN - It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the peaceful passing of Elaine Brown, of Dunleath, SK on Nov. 13 at the age of 70. Elaine grew up in Yorkton, where she wed the love of her life and best friend, Bruce, in 1970.

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RADFORD

Following Round 4 on Saturday evening, the Top 8 riders will then advance to the cham pionship round.

While Radford and Tetz ready to head south Australians Qynn Andersen (Koumala, Queensland) and Jake Curr (Mount Isa, Queensland) rode at the PBR Canada National Finals on Nov. 11-12 in Edmonton.

Both young athletes Down Under are chasing their first PBR Australia Championship. Andersen earned the berth as the No. three-ranked rider in Australia, while Curr was presently No. five.

“It means a great deal to ride bulls and compete over in Canada as well as representing my home country,” said Andersen in a PBR release ahead of the finals.

“It’s an honour to rep resent Australia in the PBR Canada National Finals,” said Curr in the same release. “I’m look ing forward to riding alongside international riders.”

Maulers best Trojans

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

YORKTON – The Yorkton SECON Maulers hosted the Tisdale Trojans on Nov. 16 at Westland Arena in an exciting AAA hockey matchup.

The Maulers’ Tanner Wiens was the first to put a team on the board, assisted by Kaden Shumay and Kyle Weisgarbger. Several minutes later the Trojans’ Eric Han fired back with the assist coming from Pryce Thiessen, making it a 1-1 game heading into the second.

The Maulers came back early in the first on a power play effort

with Edward Knittig hitting the target early on. The Maulers’ Shaden Duliak would add to the lead several minutes later, how ever, the Trojans’ Parker Dunn put one in the net and, with 9:00 minutes remaining in the period, the team’s Carter Ralston would capitalize on a power play effort, tying up the game at three-apiece before going into the third.

The Maulers capitalized on another power play effort early in the period, with the puck com ing off the stick of Sam Cristo. The Trojans’ Dayton Reschny shot back, once again tying the match for Tisdale. With less than ten minutes remaining in the

FOOD BANK

period the Maulers Luc Fortier hit the target to put the team back in the lead and Vinay Junek rounded out the score with to solidify the win for the Maulers.

Final score, 4-6.

Blake Sittler was in net for the win, facing 20 shots and sav ing 16.

Lane Beal was in net for the Trojans, taking on 44 shots and saving 38.

The Maulers’ Vinay Junek was the first star of the game and the Trojans’ Parker Dunn was the second star of the game.

The Maulers are set to host the Regina Pat Canadians for more AAA action on Nov. 23.

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“Last year, the cost of a hamper for a sin gle person was about $150,” reported Watson. “This year, for the same items, it would be $175 to $180, about a 20 per cent increase.”

Watson emphasizes that she is very cautious with donations and how they are handed out. People asking for help are carefully vetted.

“The Canora Ministerial Association oversees the opera tions of Filling The Gap. Referrals of names of those in need come from other pastors, as well as other community lead ers including: RCMP, Social Services, Canora Ambulance, banks, pub lic health, and also part nering with the office of Canora-Pelly MLA Terry Dennis.”

It has been a welcome development for Watson

to see a number of volun teers from local church es help with packing and delivering hampers.

“It really helps my back with the carry ing,” she admitted. “The young volunteers are re ally excited to help every week. On average, lately we’ve been distributing five to eight hampers per week, up to 25 hampers per month. It looks like these numbers will con tinue to rise.”

Watson said she has seen first-hand heart breaking examples of families who need help from the food bank.

“In one of our local families, there is a hand icapped son, the wife and mother is dying of cancer, and the husband and father has a bad back and is on disability.

“Sometimes it’s moms whose husbands left and aren’t paying child sup port, and they can’t pay

for everything the kids need. Taking their ab sentee husbands to court usually takes months, and they need help right now. It would surprise many people if they found out who is asking for help.

“Sometimes I meet people in secret to give out hampers because they are embarrassed, and want it to look to their neighbours like they are bringing home groceries from the store rather than having ham pers delivered right to their home.

“I’ve had seniors ask for help for the first time in their lives and they’re so embarrassed, they break down in tears. I want to leave them with their dignity. The need is very real. These are not made up stories.”

Watson has been over whelmed by the sup port shown for the food

bank for over a decade since she first became involved.

“I don’t know what I would do without the help of the community.”

The increasing pres sure on the food bank is not only found in Canora. According to the Food Banks Canada website at web.food bankscanada.ca, 19 per cent (almost one in five) of Canadians said that since March 2020, there was at least one instance where they were hungry but didn’t eat because there wasn’t enough money for food.

Individuals interested in donating funds are encouraged to phone Watson at 306-563-5315.

Arrangements can be made for pickup of a do nation, or a cheque can be mailed to: Filling the Gap Food Bank Canora, PO Box 957, Canora, Sk. S0A 0L0.

With the busy Christmas season upon us, the need is great to re-stock empty shelves at Filling the Gap Food Bank.

Nothing like a bad haircut to flatten a good day KATHLEEN GIBSON

As a child, I bawled all the way home after a hairdresser chopped my ear-lobe length hair to barely a skim coat. A pixie cut, she called it. I refused to be seen in public ever again. That traumatic memory may have contributed to my eventual habit of trim ming my own seaweedon-a-rock excuse for hair.

In college, I snipped the locks of a few friends who (like most students) didn’t have the pesos to visit a salon. I never lost a friend, although one of my suddenly grumpy cli ents accused me of put ting an invisible bowl on his head and trimming around that.

One of my old jour nal entries, revisited recently, reminded me of the first (and only) time our then preacherin-training son-in-law allowed our daughter to cut his hair. (He has tight curls, that man. Rumour has it I let him into the family because of them, hoping for at last one curly-haired grandchild.) With their first child due any day, looming diaper costs may have influenced that frugality.

The next day, between gasps of laugh ter, Amanda explained that Kendall had not responded well to the outcome. “It’s really nice in the back, Mom,”

Sunny Side Up

she said. “He doesn’t really have bald spots— it just looks like it. And the sides are good too. Honest, it’s REALLY nice in the back.” Pause. “But I cut it really short in the front.”

“So he just needs to enter every room back wards or sideways,” I said. Then I confessed I’d done something simi

lar to her father early in our marriage. My inexperience with an actual razor, instead of my customary shears, left the Preacher with a patch of pink skin glowing like a full moon amidst his chestnut hair.

After those early catastrophes, neither of our husbands allowed us near them with any

cutting instrument in our hands. Kendall has remained firm, but dec ades later, Rick mel lowed. I’ve been his barber ever since. Some things get, if not perfect, at least better with prac tice.

Or so I thought. Generally, my self-trims between salon vis its turn out well, but I messed up royally a few days ago, carving out a quarter-sized, almostbald spot on the back right side of my head. A Trumpish comb-over slightly covers it, but now I’m the one who will have to enter a room oddly. Hugging the wall with my right shoulder. Sitting on the far-right

side of the church, at the pew’s end. Even sea weed on a rock sits flat most of the time. Not so hair a quarter-inch long. On my worst-haircutever days it comforts me to realize two things. Hair grows again. And God knows and cares about each detail of our lives—yes, even our hair. In Matthew 10, Jesus reminds us that our Heavenly Father provides for even the smallest of birds and will even more so care for us. “Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered,” he said. “So don’t be afraid…” Remember that on your next bad-anything day.

We seem to place amaryllis plants in the category of “Christmas flowers”, don’t we. If we planted an amaryllis bulb around this time, chances are that it would be blooming in about four to six weeks, tak ing us to the Christmas season. When we buy a bulb, it’s really a “bloom in a box”. Just plant it up, add water, and wait patiently. Amaryllis grows quickly, relative ly speaking, and by six weeks we should usually have a stunning, trum pet-shaped flower gra cing our kitchen tables!

First, a little back ground. Amaryllis plants originally called Africa home, but many now come to us from South America. What a beauti ful plant, with blooms in many colors from the cheery red or red and white, to pink, coral, or even burgundy. Blooms can get as large as ten inches across, and since stems have several blooms on them, the amaryllis makes a real

holiday show!

When we open our amaryllis box, there will be the container and soil, all ready for us. We shouldn’t bury the bulb completely: the top quarter should be above ground. I read that after we give the newly plant ed bulb a drink of water, we shouldn’t water it again until we see the first hint of the green shoot sprouting. Not too much water; amaryllis don’t like wet feet.

Once the shoot begins to come up from the top of the bulb, the plant progresses quickly after that. An ideal location is a brightly lit spot. When the plant starts growing, and indeed it seems that we can almost see a dif ference from day to day, we should watch out that it doesn’t start leaning towards the light. (Okay, class, what is this con dition called? When a plant leans towards the light, it is called photo tropism, and to avoid a lop-sided plant, we should be diligent about

turning the container so the plant will remain straight.)

In a short time, the blooms will emerge; what a delight! When the blooms fade, cut them off at the base of the stem, but leave the leaves on the plant to help replenish the bulb. (Another pop-quiz: why do we remove the spent flowers? Because if we don’t, the plant will think

that we expect it to make seeds, and it will put all its energy into this task, rather than building up strength in the bulb so that it can bloom again.) We should leave the con tainer in a sunny spot, and when spring comes again and we don’t have to worry about frost, we can put the container outside. We don’t have to transplant it, because amaryllis are like gera

niums: they like to live in a small space.

The amaryllis can stay outdoors, enjoying the outdoor air and light, until early July, when we should bring it indoors again and put it in a dark spot in the base ment. At this time, we stop watering it and let it have a rest. Fast forward now to the middle or end of October: trim off the old leaves, bring the container back upstairs again to a nice sunny spot, and give it a bit of water. Then we wait, and hopefully the blooming process will begin again.

I have heard of ama ryllis plants that survive and bloom for decades. I have also heard of ama ryllis plants that limp through one blooming season and that seems

to be it; after that, they may have a few feeble and floppy leaves, but no more blooms. One theory is that the bulb is not strong enough to bloom again, which might prompt a determined gardener to focus on making the bulb strong with a bit of fertilizer and a lot of will-power! Or it may prompt some to give up and try again with a brand-new bulb. Whichever gardening approach is yours, they are truly lovely plants and worth the effort of at least one blooming period!

Thank you to our friends at YTW for their great work each week. Visit the Yorkton hort society at www.yorkton hort.ca and have a great week!

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Terriers drop pair of home ice contests

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

The Estevan Bruins rolled into Yorkton Saturday and skated away with an SJHL victory over the host Terriers.

The Terriers man aged only three shots in the first period at the Westland Insurance Arena, but the first of those shots by Tija Vreys found the twine 3:49 into the game to give Yorkton an early 1-0 lead.

Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said they were obviously focused on defence against the Bruins, adding that is really the Terriers strength.

“I think we want to get back kind of to our defensive ways. That’s when we play our best, hard-nosed, defensive hockey,” he said.

As for only three shots, Hehr said they could have had more, and prob ably should have taken more. He said the team is trying too hard to get the perfect shooting alley rather than just pound ing some shots and work ing to get some rebounds.

“Honestly, it’s a con fidence thing. They’re squeezing the sticks too much,” he said.

The lead was shortlived as Evan Forrest

scored at 5:19 to even things at 1-1. It was one of 11 Bruin shots in the opening frame.

It was a solid defen sive effort by the Terriers who went into the con test with 12 less points in the Viterra Division standings than the frontrunning Bruins, who also lead the league in goals scored this season with 97 going into Saturday’s game.

It took Alex Blanchard only 35 seconds into the second period to give Estevan a 2-1 lead. It was a powerplay goal as the Terriers finished the first period and started the second two-men short.

The Terriers would tie the game at 7:10 of the third on a goal by Greg Nelson.

However, the gamewinning goal would come from the stick of Bruin Salvatore Collora at 13:45 as Estevan won the game 3-2.

Cam Hrdlicka was in net for the Bruins facing 23-shots in the win, while Caleb Allen was in net for Yorkton, also facing 23-shots in the net.

Hounds visit

The Terriers were also in action Friday hosting Notre Dame, and early on the game was playing out in the home team’s

favour.

Cohner Saleski gave the Terriers an early lead with an unassisted goal at 10:36.

The lead lasted only a tick longer than a minute when Cyprus SmithDavis tied the game at 11:37.

Only slightly longer than another minute passed when Antoine Saint-Onge scored at 12:48 to give the Hounds a 2-1 lead, a lead which

held into the second per iod.

The middle stanza belonged to Carson Baylis who scored twice, once on the powerplay, to extend the Notre Dame lead to 4-1.

Smith-Davis added his second of the night, this one on the power play in the third period to round out a 5-1 win for the visitors.

Tucker Inabinet was in net for the Hounds

stopping 29-of-30 shots, while Tysen Smith took the loss for Yorkton facing 36-shots.

“It was not the best game Friday, but I thought we bounced back pretty well Saturday,” offered Terrier head coach Mat Hehr.

Hehr said one bad shift, and a question able call by the officials proved the difference Saturday.

Up next for the Terriers will be a visit from Kindersley Friday, and then a trip west Saturday to visit Humboldt.

The games are huge as the league’s Dec. 1, cut down nears, and beyond that the Christmas break, always a time teams selfevaluate as to whether they trade to get better for this season, or focus on next.

“These are three big weeks. The league is so tight,” said Hehr.

“Five teams have kind of pulled away (Battlefords, Flin Flon, LaRonge, Humboldt and Estevan). The rest of the pack is within a few points.”

Local referee receives global award

By SASKTODAY.ca

YORKTON – Local taekwondo referee, Susanne Mittchell, was honoured at the PanAmerican Taekwondo Union’s Hall of Fame and Awards Night in Guadalajara, Mexico, as the best female referee.

Mitchell said she is very humbled by the acknowledgement of her contribution during this current year and for the many years leading up to this moment.

The black tie and redcarpet Gala event were attended by the President

of World Taekwondo, Dr. Choue and President of PATU, Juan Manuel. Dignitaries from the PATU Council attended the affair as well as Mexican government representation.

Mitchell’s Award was presented by Mario Mandel, Secretary General of PATU, and past Olympic referee.

Earlier in the year Mitchell was inducted into the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame for her years of practice in the sport of taekwondo as a provincial, national and international referee.

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Susanne Mitchell, second from left, was presented with the Best Female Taekwondo Referee Award at the Pan-American Taekwondo Union’s Hall of Fame and Awards Night in Guadalajara, Mexico. Pictured here with Mario Mandel (left), Secretary General of PATU, and past Olympic referee. Best Male Referee, Axel Sanches (middle right) and PATU Vice President, Wayne Mitchell.

The Yorkton Terriers hosted Estevan in SJHL action Saturday.