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Staff A North Battleford couple is celebrating a Lotto 649 win to the tune of more than $250,000. To learn more about their windfall turn to Page 10.

Northland Power Curling

North Battleford, Sask.

Centre will be hosting an elite curling training program in August.

City councillor Len Taylor talked about the program at last Mondays council meeting.

The ice will be going into the centre well ahead of

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the traditional October date, and Taylor says the program will be an opportunity to increase the visibility of the curling facility and to further a positive image of the Battlefords. For more turn to Page 5.

In this Thursday’s

Regional Optimist look for stories on a Husky Energy pipeline project, the ongoing need for food bank support and the expansion of the Crime Response Team initiative, with North Battleford as the home base for one arm of the team.

Magician marvels Connaught Magician Steve Harmer thrilled Connaught School last week as he brought his magic show to the school’s gym. Harmer asked many students to participate, and he gave away magic pencils to lucky students. Harmer taught students about confidence, control and competence, among other things. Pictured is Saul Masuskapeo celebrating winning a race by running through magic rope as Teanna Kennedy looks on. Photo by Josh Greschner

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Live Well Summer Solstice

Live Well Summer Solstice Expo 2018 took place at the Alex Dillabough Centre this past weekend. A number of local and out-of-town wellness companies took part in the event, along with other local representation including Linda Nelson promoting her book That Is Not Me and the JPII Health Club. Live Well also featured global foods, gifts and companies specializing in yoga, excersizes and remedies. A Live Well event also took place in November, and the theme of the most recent event was summer solstice. Photos by Josh Greschner

Getting to Know the Neighbours

There might have been tornado warnings and golf-ball sized hail elsewhere in Saskatchewan, but conditions were warm and sunny in Kinsmen Park as North Battleford held the third of its “community barbecues” Thursday, as part of the City’s effort to encourage residents to get to know one another. The events have been hosted by the CPTED review committee and the City of North Battleford Leisure Services department. There were hot dogs to be consumed and Leisure Lee put in an appearance. The last of the community barbecues is scheduled for this Thursday in Fairview. Photos by John Cairns 18064SS0

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Cox back in B’fords after spring sitting

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

With the legislature in recess until the fall, Battlefords MLA Herb Cox is now focused on his work back home in his constituency.

Cox has been taking meetings and attending community events, as he turns his full attention to the work of connecting with the people he represents.

“In the first two weeks that we’ve been back here, I’ve had an opportunity to have appointments with numerous constituents, and I’ve been out in the public and talking to people,” said Cox. He said he’s attended the North West College graduation and some other events, and plans to attend more events throughout the summer.

Other members of the government have plans to be in the Battlefords as well. Thursday morning, Minister of Environment Dustin Duncan will be an event at the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce to speak on the topic of Prairie Resilience, the provincial government’s white paper on climate change.

The spring session was one of change in the legislature, with a new premier in Scott Moe, a new Opposition leader in Ryan Meili, a new Speaker in Mark Docherty, and several changes at the cabinet table.

The leadership races also pushed back the usual sitting schedule. “We ended up sitting two weeks later than we usually do,” said Cox. Despite all the changes at the top, it seemed a far less turbulent session compared to a year earlier, an assessment Cox agrees with.

“There was some effort on both sides of the floor to make that work,” said Cox. “I know that Premier Moe’s intention is to keep the transition as seamless as possible. I think he’s done an excellent job at that.”

Cox gives a big thumbsup to Moe’s performance so far in taking over from former premier Brad Wall.

“Premier Moe has just stepped in and he’s doing an excellent job. He’s not afraid to take a stand for our province and that’s what we need in a premier.

We brought in some legislation to protect and hopefully prevent the carbon tax from ever coming to Saskatchewan, that would be devastating …. He’s also taken a very positive stance to get the Trans Mountain Pipeline built.”

Overshadowing the events of the spring sitting was the tragedy of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, in which 16 people lost their lives.

That prompted some changes at the legislature,

more jobs, and that’s a good thing.”

Cox was also happy to see $30 million added to the education budget this session.

Dealing with the coming cannabis legalization has also been a priority this session, but Cox acknowledges there was still uncertainty surrounding the federal legalization.

The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority has awarded a number of retail permits to applicants selected through a lottery process.

“We’re taking very proactive steps to make sure this thing is done right,” said Cox.

been a help,” said Cox. Another initiative Cox points to from the session is the commitment in the budget to build passing lanes on Highway 4 north of the city.

“There’s just so much traffic on that highway, it’s important to have,” said Cox. He also noted the tax incentive on value-added agriculture, for either new plants or plant expansion, was another important initiative this session.

“We’re the breadbasket of the world here and we could be doing more. So we’re hoping this incentive will trigger some more investment and create some

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox speaking at an RCMP town hall meeting at the Alex Dillabough Centre in Battleford June 5. Photo by John Cairns

as question period was cancelled for a couple of days as MLAs, including Cox, rose to extend condolences.

“That affected every one of us,” said Cox about the tragedy. He noted the MLA from Humboldt, Donna Harpauer, had to press on and present a budget as finance minister just days afterwards, and that “just made it doubly horrible.”

“It’s something that’s touched everybody in the province, probably touched everybody in the entire country.”

Carbon Tax

The session saw a number of issues on the plate of the new premier and the government, among them the carbon tax issue. Cox says he believes there are other options to reduce emissions besides a carbon tax.

“I still stand by our Boundary Dam 3 and the carbon capture,” said Cox. “Those are the things that are going to reduce CO2 emissions, not a carbon tax. A carbon tax is shuffling money around, whatever you want to call it. It’s been proven … it hasn’t worked in B.C., Australia has thrown it out after two years. I think a Saskatchewan-made solution is far better.”

The dispute between British Columbia and the other western provinces over the Trans Mountain Pipeline was a major issue as well, with the federal government finally stepping in to buy the pipeline for $4.5 billion so it could get built.

“I hope that works, I really do,” said Cox. “We’re strongly advocating for that pipeline to get built.”

He noted getting the pipeline would make a difference “not only to the oil producers in the province but the revenue the government gets from those oil producers.”

Health Care

On health care, Cox is enthused about the finish

line being in sight for the construction of the Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford.

“I’m excited and I certainly think anyone who works out there and the clients who live out there are really excited,” said Cox. “It’s just beautiful. The staff that’s out there are literally over the moon happy about what’s being done and I can’t wait for the day we do the ribbon cutting and see the residents moved in there.”

Cox also defends the use of P3s in the project.

He says they saved the taxpayers from being on the hook for issues such as the Carillion bankruptcy, and some of the construction issues that had to be dealt with.

“Had it been a conventional build, that would have been on the government,” said Cox. He said the P3 proponents “take the risk, and that is kind of what P3s are about, is the transfer of risk from the government to the private sector. And we’re going to get a hospital back 30 years from now that’s in like-new condition, because they’re doing the maintenance. So I’m totally in favour of a P3 project.”

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The GTH, and the activities of former minister of the economy Bill Boyd, have also come up during

the session.

“They continue to go down that road,” said Cox, “and we’ve said on numerous occasion, our justice minister has said that the investigation has been turned over to prosecutions in Manitoba. Until that runs its course we can’t make comment on it.”

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Policing, Roads and Education

Crime problems continue to be of interest to those in the Battlefords. Cox attended the RCMP town hall meeting in Battleford June 5 at which area residents aired their concerns and ideas about crime and policing.

They also heard what the RCMP and the province were doing.

“There is good work being done but a lot of times the average citizen doesn’t know that,” said Cox. “It’s a good opportunity to get out and hear what the RCMP is doing, and what we’re doing, certainly.”

He notes SGI made a $4.9 million commitment to the Protection and Response Team, and the province added additional funds to bring the commitment to close to $6 million.

Cox also said the province is also working on information technology initiatives.

“Two hundred and fifty-eight retrained and repositioned, and some new, peace officers around the province have certainly

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this From Corner

By Becky Doig Editor

It’s seems to be the nature of the modern world that we can work for years with people we never meet in person.

I have that type of relationship with two of my columnists. Linda Wegner, who contributes Linda’s Lines to the News-Optimist church page, and I have worked together for at least 20 years. Our relationship began when I was regional editor of three weeklies serving rural areas in the Northwest.

When she first began to contribute, she was living and working in Saskatoon. Later she moved with her husband to British Columbia where she now resides. We had an email exchange last week in which I informed her the column she had submitted that week had touched a chord. In her response she said she would like to meet me next time she is in North Battleford to visit her granddaughter. It hit home that we have worked together all these years, and it feels like we are friends, but we’ve never met.

The other longtime contributor is Rev. Raymond Maher who writes Neighbourly Advice According to Ed for the Regional Optimist.

Maher began contributing while living in Melville, and continued to find relevance to his prairie audience after also relocating to British Columbia. We’ve also never met, but I consider him a colleague and a friend.

The modern world is a strange place, but it is comforting to know we can forge connections without actually meeting someone in the flesh.

Most politicians stand tall on the tariff wars You can’t blame people for tuning out of politics because of the sneaky, self-serving and mealy-mouthed way politicians sometimes do things.

But maybe part of the problem is we don’t give enough credit to politicians when they do behave honourably.

So let’s offer some credit today, and maybe a little bit of criticism.

The issue in play should be familiar to you by now — the escalating trade war between Canada and the United States.

There are some out there apt to side with U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism of Liberal Premier Justin Trudeau as being weak simply because they share those sentiments. Some might even share Trump’s view that Canadian supply management, especially as it is applied to the Canadian dairy industry, is wrong.

And those of a partisan nature might go as far as to see such criticism as a political opportunity to advance either the Conservatives’ or New Democrats’ political cause.

This is troubling. There is too much at stake. Here are the realities.

For as wrong-headed subsidies to the Canadian dairy industry may be in the view of some people, the 270-percent tariffs Trump speaks of only apply to some products in special circumstances of over supply. Both countries provide subsidies and they are about equal.

In fact, we should be aware of Trump’s hypocrisy, given the United States’ $349 billion in subsidies to its own agriculture industry in the past 20 years.

The Provincial Scene

By Murray Mandryk

mandryk@postmedia.com Contrary to Trump’s message to his base about how unfairly the United States is treated by the rest of the world, consider the average tariff rate of all G-7 nations: United States - 1.6 per cent; European Union - 1.6 per cent; United Kingdom - 1.6 per cent; Italy - 1.6 per cent; Germany - 1.6 per cent; France - 1.6 per cent, Japan - 1.4 per cent, and; Canada - .8 per cent.

Yes, on average, Americans — and virtually everyone else — charges twice the tariffs as Canadians.

A massive trade deficit? Trump is incapable of telling the truth. Here are the real numbers for 2017: Canada’s U.S. exports were $341.2 billion compared with $332.8 billion in Canadian imports from the United States.

The Americans enjoyed an $8.4 billion surplus in total goods and services trade.

But we are straying from the point of this column — those politicians who have stood tall in the face of these unfair tariffs.

In last week’s column, credit was given to Premier

Scott Moe and his predecessor Brad Wall for skipping past partisan opportunities to take shots at Trudeau and standing firm against the tariffs from the very beginning.

Conservative Opposition leader Andrew Scheer was rightly criticized for initially taking cheap shots at Trudeau and the federal government for not doing enough to protect aluminum and steel. But since then, Scheer appears to have seen the error of his ways and has sent out strong signals of opposition to Trump’s tariffs.

Perhaps those Conservatives advising Trudeau behind the scenes — former leaders and ministers like Brian Mulroney, Rona Ambrose and Perrin Beatty — have spoken to Scheer.

It’s a message that can’t be repeated enough to Scheer’s followers who also need to know former prime minister Stephen Harper, Alberta UCP leader Jason Kenney and newly elected Conservative premier of Ontario Doug Ford are all strongly opposed to the tariffs.

Also credit the provincial and federal NDP for doing what the Conservatives and Liberals are doing — standing up for the nation.

Yes, there has been slippage.

Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili initially tried to tie Doug Ford’s admiration of Trump (pre-tariff) to Moe’s eagerness to have Ford’s support in the carbon tax.

And the Sask. Party is now clumsily soliciting support by tying the tariffs to the Liberal/NDP carbon tax in online petitions.

But overall, politicians deserve credit.

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Elite curling training at Northland Power

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

New opportunities opening up this August at Northland Power Curling Centre got a ringing endorsement June 11 from one member of North Battleford City council.

At last Monday’s meeting at City Hall, Councillor Len Taylor recognized the announcement by CurlSask that they would be opening a high-performance centre for elite curlers at the curling centre in August.

As a result, “we’ll have curlers, the best curlers in Saskatchewan, training

in North Battleford,” said Taylor.

Previously, he noted, elite curlers in the province had to go out of province for training and preparation for their coming season.

The curling club will also be hosting a junior grand slam and other events as part of the partnership.

The reason the training program is being offered in North Battleford, Taylor noted, is because the ice will now be going in Aug. 1 instead of the first week of October, as was the case before.

Slow down in the work zone

He credited the board of Twin Rivers Curling Club and others for having “worked really hard to find ways to utilize that facility outside of the curling season.”

Taylor also credited the “foresight of the builders” to put arena ice into the facility, noting it is the only curling club in the province that can make arena ice.

Taylor called it a “tremendous opportunity” for the city and further recognized the work of the board to “increase the visibility of North Battleford and increase the visibility of our curling facility.”

Councillor Len Taylor, left, talks about the training program for elite curlers that will be held at the Northland Curling Centre in August during last Monday’s council meeting. Photo by John Cairns

Make sure the 13th man can get home safely Staff

The 13th man and other travellers are reminded to slow to 60 km/hr through work zones this construction season. Photo courtesy of Ministry of Highways

As another Saskatchewan Roughrider season kicks off, the 13th man is reminded to slow down through work zones.

With construction work underway around the province, fans travelling to Regina for games are likely to pass through a construction zone.

“Safety on our highways is a priority for our government, especially within our work zones,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister David Marit

said.

“Please allow for extra time to get to the game, follow the posted signage, slow down in work zones and, of course, enjoy the football game.”

“Like our fans, we are looking forward to the opportunities ahead for the 2018 CFL season,” Roughriders offensive lineman Brendon LaBatte said.

“As fans begin their descent toward Mosaic Stadium, we want to remind all of Rider Nation to please drive carefully and always

plan a safe ride home.”

If travellers come across an inappropriately signed work zone, they can report it by contacting 306-244-5535.

A weekly highway construction update is also published on www.saskatchewan.ca to provide the travelling public with the latest details on projects underway to help plan safe and efficient travel.

If you’re planning to travel, check the highway hotline which provides up-to-date information on construction, emergency

road closures, the status of ferries, barges and other road activities. Information is also available by calling 511.

Travellers need to obey signs, stay alert and slow to 60 km/hr through the work zone, a Ministry of Highways press release states. There may be cases in other work zones when workers are not present that require you to slow down. A sharp pavement drop or loose stones during a seal coat are examples of hazards that warrant a slower posted speed.

feedback garnered from three live events hosted at the stadium prior to its grand opening — important improvements were made.

“Mosaic Stadium became a reality through the vision and co-operation of various stakeholders being motivated by a common goal,” stated Roughriders president and CEO Craig

Reynolds.

“We are fortunate to have a stadium of this quality in our city and province and ensuring all people are able to attend various events and freely move around the facility was a high priority.”

Mosaic is a high-water mark for stadium accessibility in Saskatchewan.

So much so that the City

of Regina received honourable mention from the Rick Hansen Foundation, in part, for the work it did on the stadium.

“We hear all the time from visitors who attend events at arenas and stadiums across North America that Regina’s Mosaic Stadium is an iconic facility that rivals any other sporting venue,” said Fougere.

Mosaic Stadium a monument to accessibility Submitted

Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission

Most people in Saskatchewan know the Roughriders’ home opener was Friday against the Toronto Argonauts at Mosaic Stadium.

What they may not know, however, is that the new stadium in a shining example of accessibility in Canada.

Prior to Mosaic’s grand opening, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission heard from individuals and stakeholders who were concerned about the potential accessibility of

the stadium.

“A cornerstone of the commission’s approach is to be proactive,” said Chief Commissioner David Arnot. “A systemic perspective allows us to look at big picture issues in our province and work co-operatively and proactively with individuals, institutions and stakeholders to work toward and efficient, effective solutions.”

With this in mind, the commission reached out to the City of Regina about the stadium to try and figure out what could be done to improve the facility in order to make it accessible and inclusive for everyone.

“Early on in the planning process of the stadium, our project team worked with the accessibility community so all who would participate in events got the most from the experience,” said City of Regina Mayor Michael Fougere.

“We welcomed community representatives on site to guide us in recommendations, among other things, way finding in a crowded environment.”

Over the course of the next couple of years, several meetings were held between a bevy of stakeholders. As a result of the feedback from these meetings — as well as from

Minimum wage rises Oct. 1 Staff The minimum wage in Saskatchewan will increase to $11.06 an hour from $10.96 an hour Oct. 1.

According to a press release, the province also continues to have a low

personal income tax rate, ensuring low income earners, including minimum wage earners, keep more of their money.

Saskatchewan’s legislation provides for an annual review based on changes to the Consumer Price

Index and the average hourly wage for the previous year. Any changes to the minimum wage are to be announced by June 30.

Changes take effect Oct. 1.

For more information on minimum wage, visit www.saskatchewan.ca.

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Healthy respect for massasauga rattlesnake

By Janet Beaubien Despite the worms that dangle on strings and drop in our hair, I still think Saskatchewan doesn’t have any snakes. No, I’m not Googling it and I’ll be OK when it comes time to leave this beautiful Ontario cottage with the rattlesnake in the yard to go home again.

Unless a person is tramping around rocks or looking under a dock, it’s unusual to see a venomous snake near a Muskoka home, but that’s just what happened here.

At first glance, a quiet massasauga rattlesnake looks just like a fallen branch.

When we startled it, the snake was looped in a loose rectangular shaped coil in the grassy area that slopes down toward some trees. It had a small head and its body was about the width of a man’s smallest finger. It was half a metre long and greyish with black markings.

It raised its head and made striking motions before it sped into the underbrush and tree trunks not far from the house.

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snakes, which are poisonous and will bite if they’re provoked, usually stay in the bleak Muldrew Barrens or the Torrance Barrens Conservation Area, which is a few miles away from this property where I am now on Muldrew Lake about 12 kilometres from Gravenhurst, Ont. As a protected species, it’s against the law to harass these snakes. I’m wondering if one of the reasons the snake arrived in this yard for the first time is that the snakes are increasing in numbers and need to look farther afield for food.

The snake in the yard seemed young with an undeveloped rattle section.

If the snacks are good, it could stay for awhile. Frogs and turtles are abundant.

The nearest hospital with anti-venom is in Parry

Sound, which feels quite far from here. The drill is, don’t panic if bitten and call 911. A percentage of the bites the rattlers deliver don’t contain poison.

People say the snakes won’t waste their venom on something like a human, which is too large for them to swallow, but I’m cautious when I walk past the woodpile or go down to the dock. Wearing flip flops is out of the question.

I came here to look after this Muskoka house and the elderly cats while my sister and her husband went to work in Australia, which, speaking of snakes, seems to be a place that’s plastered with dangerous reptiles.

Everybody warned me about bears.

I’ve seen groundhogs, squirrels and birds, as well as a raccoon and a fox and

sharing the outcome of the investigation as soon as we can.”

A Collision Reconstruction Team and Major Crimes Unit continue to methodically analyze the data and evidence gathered, a press release states.

The RCMP say an important component of this investigation is the collision reconstruction analysis.

Once completed, the analysis will be peer-reviewed in order to validate the find-

ings and conclusions. Peer review is a standard practice for complex investigations such as this, according to police.

Investigators are also preparing for Crown consultation at the conclusion of the investigation, which occurs in many serious, sensitive and complex investigations. The RCMP say investigators remain in close contact with victims’ families and regularly reach out to them to

An endangered species, the massasauga is a relatively small, thick-bodied rattlesnake. Photo courtesy Wildlife Preservation Canada

wild turkeys plus mosquitoes and blackflies. What can you expect back in the bush where there’s lots of water? My sister says she’s seen a moose near the house. Saskatchewan has all of these.

The bear scare when I was here last fall, doesn’t count.

One morning, still in the dark, I pulled up the blind that covers the glass door to the deck and I saw

bear prints in the fresh snow where the bear had come up to the house in the night and tried the door knob. My first thought was, “Good thing the blind was down.”

A cup of coffee later, I realized what I’d seen was a reflection on the glass of the paws motif on the doormat which is inside the house.

The creature in the grass the other day was a

real rattlesnake.

When my sister and her husband returned from their travels and we were walking around the grocery store, my brother-inlaw asked me if I wanted snake for supper.

I was sure I didn’t want snake for supper.

“Steak,” he said. “Do you want steak?”

Well, OK, sure. We eat steak in Saskatchewan all the time.

provide whatever support they can.

“Investigations, by their very nature, are dynamic.

What investigators learn today can influence what action they need to take tomorrow. Based on that, we are not able to provide an estimate as to when the investigation might be complete,” the release states.

a person on Saulteaux First Nation shortly after 6 p.m.

Battlefords RCMP say the perpetrator fled in a vehicle and no shots were reported to have been fired and no one was injured.

Battlefords RCMP and Traffic Services located the vehicle as it was entering North Battleford and it was stopped at the intersection of 15th Avenue and 100th Street shortly before 8 p.m. Two adult females were arrested and taken into custody without incident and later released

without charges.

A search of the rural area just west of North Battleford was intitiated and two male suspects were located and arrested in a field and taken into custody without incident.

The Battlefords Police Dog Unit assisted with a search and a sawed-off .22 calibre rifle was recovered near the point of arrest.

The men, 26 and 23, both from the North Battleford area, have been charged with eight firearms offences.

RCMP update Broncos bus crash investigation Staff

As the investigation into the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy continues, the Saskatchewan RCMP has provided an update.

“We are all anxious to learn the results of this investigation to assist in understanding what led to this terrible tragedy,” said Supt. Derek Williams, officer in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes.

“We are committed to

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Leko’s Conservation Corner

Protection and Response Team new CO task

By Lindsey Leko

Ministry of Enviroment

Recently, you may have seen stories on the shift of conservation officer duties to police work from traditional fish and wildlife enforcement. Don’t be confused, our focus is and always will be the protection of fish and wildlife resources. However, the landscape in Saskatchewan has changed somewhat with an increase in rural crime and dangerous driving behaviours.

In August 2017, the provincial government created a Protection and Response Team to tackle these problems in rural Saskatchewan. To assist the RCMP and other police agencies, the government assigned approximately 100 conservation officers and 40 highway transport officers to the initiative.

For the most part, this will not be much of a shift from the work conservation officers have done in the past.

Conservation officers have always assisted the RCMP when help was needed.

Now we will be dispatched routinely on 911 calls if we can respond sooner to rural crime, or if the RCMP needs additional police assistance.

Conservation officers have always been designated as peace officers. This means we basically have the same powers and authorities as an RCMP officer. The only difference is that criminal law and traffic were not our mandated duties. We would deal with them when we came across them in the field, but only in specific circumstances.

Over the years, I have enforced boating violations, alcohol violations and traffic violations, especially if they have posed a threat to public safety.

Conservation officers have expanded authorities and responsibilities to deal with rural emergencies, including traffic enforcement. Our daily plan will be to conduct our mandated fish and wildlife work, so we won’t plan to patrol the highways like the RCMP, solely looking for traffic or criminal code violations. As conservation officers conduct the regular work you expect, we will also act on anything

Automated licence plate scanners are among the additions to conservation officer vehicles. Photo submitted

else we see. For example, distracted driving can result in a high risk of injury (higher than impaired driving).

If a conservation officer observes someone using a cellphone while driving, then that officer will pull them over and issue a violation ticket.

These added duties will result in conservation officers taking advanced training in domestic violence, mental health issues, impaired driving enforcement and working co-operatively with the RCMP on dealing with rural crime.

This new training will put us on the same page procedurally and tactically when dealing with a dangerous situation we may be asked to assist with.

Along with this new training comes new equipment installed in patrol trucks: roadside screening devices for alcohol; safety shields between the front and back seats; laptops; and automated licence plate scanners. These are now standard in many vehicles, with more training and equipment available as the program evolves.

The inside of my truck now looks like the cockpit of a 737 jet, but I do not mind, as it makes us more efficient and safe. In the beginning, the message was clearly rural crime enforcement, but the traffic safety component has also been added, which makes a lot of sense.

In March alone, there

were more than 750 distracted driving offences, 4,200 speeding offences and 329 impaired driving violations. This clearly outlines a need for more enforcement and public education as to the dangers of these practices. Aside from wearing the uniform of a conservation officer, I am also a 20-year member of the Weyburn Fire Department. I have attended many traffic collisions as a result of impaired driving, speed and distracted driving, so I fully support anything that helps makes our roads safer.

So don’t be surprised if you get stopped by a conservation officer when you have committed a violation.

As I have stated previously, conservation officers have the same authority as your local RCMP, which include search, arrest and short periods of detainment while an investigation is conducted.

Will conservation officers perform traffic safety enforcement in cities?

Our goal and mandate is not to plan our day to drive around Saskatoon or Regina looking for impaired drivers or distracted drivers. However, if we do see issues requiring an enforcement action, we will act upon them. We may call the city police or we may act ourselves. So yes, you may see a conservation officer pulling over someone anywhere in Saskatchewan.

If you see a farmer driv-

ing an unregistered truck during harvest, will you write him a ticket for it?

Farmers and residents in rural Saskatchewan are a huge component of our success in solving wildlife violations. But, if I find someone in an unregistered truck, I cannot let them continue on.

Our goal is compliance, so perhaps ensuring you immediately permit your vehicle online may be an option. Total refusal to cooperate, or follow the legislation, because you are too busy will not work. The

only other option is a $580 fine and impoundment of the vehicle.

Officers will take the information, nature of the violation, previous offences and co-operation into account when making an enforcement decision.

Our goal, along with every other police officer in the province, is to ensure public safety and this is all part of the process.

Will conservation officers be responding to 911 calls as well as TIP calls?

Yes, 911 dispatch will make the decision to have a conservation officer attend along with the RCMP. The call goes out across our provincial radio system and officers who are close by will respond accordingly.

Ministry conservation officers will not assume responsibility for any file generated with the call, as the RCMP will take ownership of the investigation.

We are simply there to provide assistance, create a deterrent to criminal activ-

BATTLEFORDS “ Y O U R A R C H E RY S P E C I A L I S T S ”

ity with our presence and provide a possiblly quicker response to an emergency if we are in the area.

The new Protection and Response Team is still in its infancy and officers are learning as it unfolds. We are also generating closer working relationships with rural RCMP and those who live in rural Saskatchewan.

There will be some hiccups along the way, but our goal is to help make Saskatchewan safer and less attractive to the criminal element.

Until next week … please stay off your phone while driving.

— Ministry of Environment conservation officer Lindsey Leko has spent more than 26 years as a conservation officer in Saskatchewan. For many years, Leko contributed a column to local papers on a variety of issues related to hunting, fishing, and other resource-related issues. If you have questions, please contact lindsey. leko@gov.sk.ca.

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HAYES, Peggy Born February 1925 in Enfield (North London), England and passed away peacefully on May 15, 2018, North Battleford, SK with her two daughters by her side. Peggy is survived by daughters, Carolyn (Larry Udey) of Meota, SK and Lois (Jack Golding), North Battleford, SK, grandson Jason Golding (Kaley Helm) and son Jack James Golding and granddaughter Lindsay Golding both of Calgary, AB plus her brother Ken and sister Betty both of England and sister-in-law Helen Hayes, Edmonton, AB. Peggy was predeceased by her husband of 64 years, Reginald Hayes, infant daughter Shirley, her parents, her in-laws and brother-in-law Hal Hayes. Peggy always said her life was quite different than most. The outbreak of WWII changed her life dramatically. She left school early because of the relentless bombing raids over London including her school and instead opted to go to work. Peggy witnessed falling bombs and aeroplane “dogfights” plus endured harsh coupon rationing.

Her dream was to meet a blonde, blue eyed man and it happened that this person turned out to be a Canadian, Reginald Hayes who was with the RCAF and stationed in England; they married in 1945. Peggy became known as a “War bride” and sailed aboard the “Queen Mary” in 1946 to Canada passing through Pier 21, Halifax and then embarking on a rail journey across Canada to meet Reg. She began a new and foreign way of life in Canada adapting to rural farm life over the next 60 years. Peggy inherited the gift of sewing and needlework from her mother, She and Reg square-danced for over 45 years, they wintered in Sun Lakes, AZ for 15 years and both enjoyed camping in the summer months. Peggy also enjoyed her flowers and gardening, another passion was her love of animals, She returned to England several times to visit her relatives; her last trip was in 2011. Battlefords Funeral Service was entrusted with arrangements; there was no funeral service at Peggy’s request.

This great lady will be sadly missed by her family. __________________________________________________

GARRETT: A gathering for family and friends in Thanksgiving for the life of Clifford Arthur Garrett, beloved husband of Lillian Garrett, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at Sloan Auditorium – Branch 70, Royal Canadian Legion, 1352-100th.

St., North Battleford, SK. Memorial donations are requested to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation, Box 1358, North Battleford, SK S9A 3L8 or to Crohns and Colitis Foundation, 1805 Ewart Ave. Saskatoon, SK S7H 2L1. Condolences can be sent to mail@battlefordsfuneralservice.com Arrangements have been entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200) ___________________________________________________

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Cancer Survivor Support Group - A self-help group for people with cancer, their families and friends meet at the Third Avenue United Church, 1301 - 102nd Street at 7:00 p.m. The strength of one is the strength of all. All are welcome. For further information call Myrna 306-445-2328 or Ken 306-481-4137.

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Frieda Hoflin couldn’t believe her eyes. The North Battleford woman was shocked when she checked her Lotto 6/49 numbers on sasklotteries.ca and discovered she won $250,854.80 on the June 2 draw.

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“I had to check and recheck the numbers a few times,” Frieda said. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”

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The house finch was originally a bird of the western United States and Mexico. In 1940 a small number of finches were turned loose on Long Island, N.Y., after failed attempts to sell them as cage birds (“Hollywood finches”).

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When we have need of a triple-action solution There are various household products that claim the ability to do more than one thing.

A package of one dish detergent announces that it cleans, removes stains and shines. A counter top appliance says it can slice, chop and grate our vegetables. Three-in-One Oil (nicknamed “the tool kit in a can”) is more than 100 years old, but it is still popular, and a more recent lubricant says it too stops squeaks, cleans and protects.

There are triple threats in sports as well. In the days before the specialists who play the game now, hall of fame athlete Don Sutherin played in the Canadian Football League as a defensive back, place kicker and pass receiver.

Later, coaching in the CFL with Edmonton and Hamilton, added a fourth skill to his resume.

There is practical value in having something that is multipurpose. The manufacturers of the Swiss army knife know that. When doing a job, it can be a time-saver to have several tools at hand.

Depending on the model, this knife adds to its sharp blades other small tools such as scissors, a saw, a screwdriver and so on.

In the spiritual realm, we can see the same. In 1922, Scottish pastor and author Graham Scroggie

published a book with the title, Is the Bible the Word of God? In it, he offered three lines of evidence that are still worth considering. First, it claims to be. Thousands of times we find phrases such as “God said,” or “thus says the Lord.” Its authors claimed they were speaking for God. Second, it seems to be. Accurately fulfilled prophecies, the remarkable unity of its message and more, provide internal evidence of its divine origin. Third, it proves to be. When God’s promises are applied in life by the individual, they prove to be true and trustworthy.

And here’s another triplet. Long ago, there was a statement about the Lord frequently made in testimony meetings: “He saves, He keeps, He satisfies.” Though it may have become a trite and virtually a meaningless cliché to some, it’s still true, as many Christians can tell you.

And yet another example, in 1871 a hymn was published by John Murch Wigner (1844-1911).

Wigner was a pastor and itinerant speaker around Britain. He built a beautiful scale model of Israel’s tabernacle, and lectured on the subject many times. Pastor Wigner’s hymn of invitation is unusual in its scope. In three

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stanzas, it summons us to Christ, outlining three different areas of need for which He has the necessary resources to help.

The first stanza is addressed to the unsaved, those in need of receiving

God’s salvation, through faith in Christ. That is a provision addressed in the familiar John 3:16. Of this the hymn says, “Come to the Saviour now, / He gently calleth thee; / In true repentance bow, / Before

Him bend the knee; / He waiteth to bestow / Salvation, peace, and love, / True joy on earth below, / A home in heav’n above.”

The second stanza deals with believers who have backslidden, who have drifted into worldly ways, and cooled in their zeal for God. This was the experience of the young man in Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son. He needed to restore his relationship with his father (Lk. 15:11-24). “Come to the Saviour now, / Ye who have wandered far; / Renew your solemn vow,

The proof is in the pudding We live in a world where exploring every religious or spiritual option is the popular thing to do so. Simple as it sounds, accepting Scripture as inspired is seen as “outdated.”

While it’s one thing to read the Bible, it’s another to know how to apply it to one’s life. The proof is in the pudding, or the living.

In several chapters of Proverbs, Solomon lists a number of things: receive them, treasure His commands, incline your ear

to wisdom, apply your heart to understanding and cry out for discernment. Beyond merely reading or listening, we need to consciously tuck them into our hearts and minds (3:3). God’s commands are not to be feared but rather, treasured (2:1). In the

third chapter of Proverbs, Solomon is exacting in how we are to treat them: bind them around our necks and write them on the tablets of our hearts (v.3), allowing them to influence our world view and lifestyle (v.5).

What are the results?

First, and one benefit I’ve proven over and over, is the growing comprehension of the presence and blessing of knowing the Lord. Equity and justice become part of our lives while obedience to God’s ways give us the power to

/ For His by right you are; / Come, like poor wand’ring sheep / Returning to His fold; / His arm will safely keep, / His love will ne’er grow cold.”

Finally, there is the burdened child of God, weighed down by care, invited to cast his burden on the Lord (Matt. 11:28-30; I Pet. 5:7). “Come to the Saviour, all, / Whate’er your burdens be; / Hear now His loving call, / ‘Cast all your care on Me.’ / Come, and for ev’ry grief / In Jesus you will find / A sure and safe relief, / A loving Friend and kind.”

avoid walking in the “way of evil.”

While several verses speak of a promise of long life as well as financial and material blessings, it’s here that I admit to not having answers to the many questions that arise from those promises.

Plain and simple, there are so many things I don’t understand, especially when death seems to come far too early for far too many and too many struggle to make ends meet.

Do I understand it all? No. This I know for certain, though, when our hearts are right with God, it’s shown in how we treat others.

Worship Together Spend some quality family time together. Worship at the church of your choice.

Our community has a number of churches and a variety of denominations for you & your family.

ANGLICAN PARISH SUNDAY SERVICES Rev. Trevor Malyon

St. George’s Anglican Church - 10:00 a.m.

191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK

Pastor: Rev. Allen Huckabay

St. Paul’s Anglican Church - 11:00 a.m.

1372 102 St 306-445-3009 nd

1302 - 99th Street North Battleford, SK

Living Water Ministry

Sr. Pastor Brian Arcand Pastor Anand George Phone: 306-445-3803 Cell: 306-441-9385 Fax: 306-445-4385

Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

TerriTorial Drive alliance church

Phone: 306-445-4338

Pastor James Kwon

Clergy Person: Rev. Ean Kasper

Corner 16th Ave. & 93rd Street, North Battleford

Come Join Us Sundays at 11:00 am

Phone 306-445-9096

Saturday Services Bible Study - 10:00 a.m.

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Maidstone/ Paynton United Church of Canada

1702 - 106th Street North Battleford, SK

Loving God Growing Together Serving Others Phone Church: 306-445-4818 Fax: 306-445-8895 Email: tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca

10:30 a.m.

Service

Church & CE Wing:

306-893-2611

For booking the Wing:

306-893-4465

Third Avenue United Church Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 1301 - 102nd Street, Phone 306-445-8171 Rev. Frances Patterson

Everyone Welcome

www.thirdavenueunitedchurchnb.ca Email: thirdaveunited@sasktel.net

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