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During the 1885 Rebellion, a group of angry and murderous Indigenous people — Poundmaker leading the charge — stormed and looted Battleford, taking everything of value and fleeing under cover of darkness while terrified residents huddled behind the walls of Fort Battleford.

Possibly. That was according to then local editor and publisher of the Saskatchewan Telegraph, P.G. Laurie (among other reporters at the time,) Charles Pelham Mulvaney writing in his book, The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885 that chronicled the war, and various diary entries and letters documenting the events at the time.

But a different story says that during the events of 1885, a group of hungry and scared Indigenous people came to Battleford seeking provisions — a few men and women took some food and left Battleford — and the town was looted by white men and settlers who remained war-hungry and desperate to pad their own pockets.

That version of events is according to another

journalist at the time in his writings home to family, oral testimony from Indigenous people or writings from locals, and the written experiences of a settler, Robert Jefferson.

“Nothing was touched till evening. Even then, the raiders were mostly women, with only a few men of little consequence,” he wrote in a book published in 1929, Fifty Years on the Saskatchewan that describes the Loot of Battleford.

“They had been too hurried to take much; the principal looting was the work of the white men. As soon as the coast was clear in the morning they came over in detachments and finished what the Indians had begun. They made a clean sweep.”

He noted later that many settlers in high positions stole and robbed with impunity during the rebellion.

“Whatever of value they found was appropriated as spoils of war. The detachments of volunteers that remained stationed in Battleford until fall started home so loaded with impediments that much had to be abandoned on the road to the railway.”

So what exactly happened?

With little to no physical evidence proving either version of history, Parks Canada’s ongoing consultation process to retell the story stands to be a monumental one as the truth may lie somewhere in the middle.

But, as talks continue, a reopening plan that includes both sides of that story looks promising.

A few perspectives out of the Battlefords Debi Anderson, the chair of the Battlefords North West Historical Society which has been included in the process so far, thinks it’s not only monumental work, but necessary.

She says that a muchneeded perspective has been sorely missed and, frankly, not taught in the Battlefords and that a fuller history is necessary.

“I grew up in the Battlefords, and ... we were never ever told the story when we visited the Fort [and] not in school,” Anderson said.

“I don’t think that this story has been told well ... we [don’t] need to dwell on the stories as much as the opportunity it presents to learn and move forward.”

And as there is little in the way of proof as to what

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truly happened in Battleford, she feels that beyond reconciliation with local first nations, Anderson hopes that federal, provincial, and municipal partners have a chance to work on Fort Battleford together as it will draw people to the Battlefords.

“When the Historical Society met with Mayor Ames [Mayor for the Town of Battleford], we were very much on the same trajectory around it

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“Certainly what we learned in our meeting with Mayor Leslie and the town manager is that it’s

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[Fort Battleford] a valuable asset to the community. And a lot of people have fond memories of it ... a fuller history has to be told and we’re just happy to participate in that.”

Mayor Ames Leslie’s comments to the media following council’s Nov. 6 meeting, mirrored Anderson’s.

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Fort Battleford’s future looking bright into 2024 Continued from Page 1 over half a decade, almost six years. The common ground of moving forward is pretty evident in those conversations,” he said, though he noted that no solutions were brought forward and that it might be a painstaking process for some.

He also noted that an original rebranding process began in the late 2010s, but fell through as there was not enough input from local stakeholders.

“Let’s do it right from the right from the beginning,” he said, as he noted previously at council that the goal was to open for the 2024 season.

“I think the goal is to get it done before that ... I think Patricia [Fornerolo] will probably reconvene

the group here shortly and get down the path. ‘Okay, what’s next,’ right? We had the warm and fuzzy feeling conversations right now let’s get down to work in figuring out what a plan may look like for 2024.”

When asked what that looks like he said, “I think some of the ideas that have been bubbling to the surface now is to have a full gamut of storytelling of all factors of the fort and all the people who were negatively and positively influenced and affected by the fort ... not rewriting history, but retelling history in the true aspect.”

It’s also comments mirrored by the City of North Battleford, with Mayor David Gillan expressing his support in a statement received by the News-Op-

timist via email.

“The city is pleased to be included as part of a regional working group, which includes guidance and input from local Indigenous elders. This group will work directly with Parks Canada to develop a vision for Fort Battleford moving into the future.”

Does the truth lie somewhere in the centre?

But some in the community worry that both sides will not be told, or that Parks Canada’s actions may amount to rewriting history.

As the Fred Light Museum has recently undertaken letter-writing to local officials, museum manager Bernadette Leslie told the News-Optimist that they’re concerned about the fort’s closure “Because I mean it’s our history, right whether who was wrong who was right isn’t the issue, it’s that was how it happened back in the 1800s. Let’s tell the truth about the story and get this settled.”

Despite there being some contention regarding the real history of Fort Battleford, she added, “Just tell the story of how it really happened.

That both sides were wrong — the Government [of Canada] is wrong for not supplying the food that they promised [under Treaty 6] and the First Nations, I know they were desperate, but they were still wrong to go in there and start stealing items that didn’t belong to them.”

“The residents of Battleford at that time had no say in what was going on they were just trying to develop their lives like the First Nations were, they all got along,” she said.

“Let’s just get the story told so people can learn from the past and the history and not repeat it.”

A best-case scenario for Fort Battleford, in Leslie’s eyes, would be tours of fixed buildings.

“A safe haven for all sides of the community back then,” Leslie added, noting that the Fred Light Museum is not currently included in the consultation process moving forward.

Fort Battleford steps into 2024 When Parks Canada was asked who is included in the consultation process, they said, “Parks Canada has

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invited Indigenous communities, municipal governments, and other community groups in the Battleford area to provide input on how Fort Battleford National Historic Site can tell a broader history that is inclusive of the Indigenous voices and narratives that relate to the Fort,” reads an email statement from Patrica Fornerolo, a field unit superintendent for Saskatchewan.

“This collaboration is essential to learn about tragic and challenging moments in our history and to obtain diverse, wide-ranging, and elaborate perspectives that help define the Canada of today.

“Looking ahead to the 2024 operational season and beyond, Parks Canada is actively working on increasing the interpretation and maintenance resources to provide meaningful and welcoming experiences for visitors.”

Parks Canada did note that a public session regarding Fort Battleford is planned for winter 2024.

“Visitor experiences and exhibits connected to the North-West Mounted Police and the development of the community of Battleford will continue to be shared.

“Parks Canada is seeking to enhance these experiences by working collaboratively with Indigenous communities and various groups in the area to provide opportunities for them to share their stories alongside current ones and to have direct involvement in the way those stories are presented at Fort Battleford National Historic Site.”

When asked if they could comment on the decline of attendance for all the historic sites in Saskatchewan, they said, “Visitation numbers fluctuate over the years due to a variety of factors.”

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Indigenous physician Janet Tootoosis is decolonizing health care through academia

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Among Cree people, it’s said that a community functions like a living organism. Each component is vital, working in tandem to make it operate as nature intended.

Cut off one part, and the entire unit will run off balance.

Correcting imbalanced social systems that are numb to the nuances of society’s participants — at times lacking sensitive and respectful treatment while trying to heal people — is an arduous task.

Physician Janet Tootoosis has brought this assignment into her dossier of care and attention in her new five-year term as vicedean of the Department of Indigenous Health at the University of Saskatchewan.

Dr. Tootoosis, who hails from Poundmaker Cree Nation and runs a practice in North Battleford, was appointed to the role ini-

tially as interim vice-dean in June 2022. Her mandate includes key consultations with the university’s governance office, provost office, and vice-president academic office. The Department of Indigenous Health and Wellness received University Council approval in April and was officially welcomed in October.

“The system is failing a lot of us, not just marginalized groups,” Dr. Tootoosis says. “It’s not serving our population, and so how are the rules and policies and constructs holding us back as a province, as a health system, and as health providers?

“Really, it’s not about changing the whole picture. It’s about changing the organization, supporting the organization to achieve the change they deem necessary.”

The new department is intended to provide Indigenous medical students the option of having their credentials recognized as specialized in Indigenous health. The Dean of Medi-

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cine, Dr. Preston Smith, hopes this will provide credentials that are not colonial within traditional academia.

“It’s a little colonial to say you’re an Indigenous practitioner, to say you have an MD … and nothing about that recognizes your Indigeneity,” he says.

Cultural parity in health out of balance Dr. Tootoosis says cultural parity in health in Canadian society is out of balance.

Saskatchewan made national headlines in 2001 after missteps in providing care to a Cree woman who had just given birth to her sixth child in Saskatoon and was presented with a consent form for sterilization. She tried to wheel herself away from the operating room but the doctor wheeled her back, according to a government report that detailed the incident.

The woman, referred to as S.A.T., is one of 16 women who shared their experiences of sterilization in a report by a Senate committee on human rights. The 2021 report found about 1,150 Indigenous women were sterilized over 10 years.

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Racial prejudice against Indigenous people in health care was also well noted in the Quebec case of First Nation woman Joyce Echaquan, a 37-yearold mother of seven from Manawan, Quebec who filmed herself on a live social media feed as a nurse and an orderly made derogatory comments about her at a hospital northeast of Montreal. Echaquan died in hospital on Sept.

28, 2020.

A coroner’s report a year later found systemic racism “undeniably” contributed to her death and that Echaquan would likely still be alive if she were a white woman.

“Systemic racism in the health system has an impact on not just Indigenous individuals but marginalized individuals new to Canada,” Dr. Tootoosis says.

First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in Canada are more likely to experience persistent poverty, food insecurity and barriers to housing and education.

Indigenous groups experience barriers to ease of access to health resources, especially in remote communities that require medical transportation to reach major health facilities. In-

digenous people make up more than 4.5 per cent of Canada’s population, but less than one per cent of the country’s physicians identify as Indigenous.

Working towards reconciliation The Canadian Medical Association has put its weight behind what it calls a “Guiding Circle” to advance equitable health care with First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. The circle is a significant symbol in many Indigenous cultures, as represented through the medicine wheel. The Guiding Circle builds on the organization’s work toward reconciliation.

Its calls to action for medical communities are aligned with the recommendations made in the 2015 report of the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Eight of the commission’s 94 calls to action focused on health care, which includes requiring medical schools to facilitate training on Indigenous issues and recognizing the value of Indigenous healing practices.

Dr. Tootoosis was a founding member of the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s board of directors and is a former president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association. She left the SHA board in 2021, weeks

before the SHA’s first CEO, Scott Livingstone, resigned, citing external pressure on the board causing fatigue and low morale.

Dr. Tootoosis is no stranger to adversity, having been diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2007.

That year, she underwent surgery and received radiation treatments. She was a mother of an 18-month-old at the time, and the experience cemented her responsibility to go the extra mile in advocating for her patients, she says.

“Physicians are ready for the change that this department represents and they’re supportive of it, and the university community as well,” she says, adding that the pandemic opened up dialogues and problemsolving.

“Now more than ever, I feel that leaders are recognizing that inequity, lack of inclusivity, lack of diversity is hurting not just the bottom line for organizations but there are many challenges in our society that we are deemed responsible to at least do our part in addressing.”

Even in our most trusted and seemingly assured systems, there is a power dynamic, she says. The goal of parity is not only to ensure fair and equitable treatment, but to foster a truthful and nuanced understanding of people and history.

Dr. Tootoosis continues to run her practice while at the university on a fulltime basis. The easier route would be to let the status quo remain, with communities segregated and systems separate, she says.

She could just as easily remove herself from the minority at the university and find solace in her community.

But that would not be progress. What would she like her department’s work to bring about in the next five to 10 years? “That there would be fewer marginalized people, including Indigenous people, harmed in our health system,” she says. “That the health system becomes safer for all of us.”

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Air travel cost too much? Blame the feds

The commentaries offered on this editorial page are intended to provide thought-provoking material for our readers.

Contributors’ articles, cartoons or letters do not necessarily reflect the opinion of any Regional News-Optimist staff.

A significant portion of the air travel ticket price goes toward taxes and fees that are beyond the airline’s control.

By Gabriel Giguere

Flying in Canada is expensive.

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The reasons are obvious when you consider that nearly a third of the price of a plane ticket is made up of taxes and fees outside of the airline’s control.

For example, imagine that you want to book a flight from Montreal to Vancouver to go skiing during your spring break.

Even before adding a single bag, the least expensive return trip with Porter will cost you $512.05. Yet, from the airline’s perspective, this trip is offered to you at $332.

The other $180.05 represents the various charges and taxes you have to pay, of which the federal government is one of the largest beneficiaries.

The biggest slice, making up $102 in this case, is due to what is known as airport improvement fees.

Although these fees are charged by the non-profit airport authorities responsible for managing Canada’s large airports, these could be much lower if not for the elevated rents they must pay Transport Canada each year.

The Montreal airport, for example, paid the federal government an amount in rent equivalent to a little over a third of what it collected in airport improvement fees last year. The proportion was similar in Vancouver.

And although the air travel and tourism sector is still trying to pick itself back up after the pandemic, that’s not stopping the federal government from continuing to raise the rent.

In the last fiscal year, the total amount paid to Ottawa in rent by the country’s large airports was $419 million, 42.5 percent more than they paid 10 years ago.

This is due to the fact that instead of seeing Canadian airports as transportation infrastructure that’s important for our communities, the Trudeau government seems to think of them as cash cows.

If the money from these increasingly expensive rents could be put into infrastructure instead, the airport improvement fees paid on this return trip would fall from $102 to $66.

Then there’s the matter of the air travellers’ security charge, introduced following the September 11, 2001 attacks and representing air travellers’ contribution to airport security measures.

If your trip is in March, and the flight is domestic, you’re in luck! This only adds $14.24 to the price of your ticket. But if you are travelling after May 1, 2024, and you are leaving the country, it will cost you $34.42.

While the goal is valid, we wonder why our neighbours to the south limit the charge to a maximum of $15.30 Canadian per return trip, or less than half the maximum amount charged by the Canadian government.

The fees listed on your receipt also include the applicable sales taxes for both the ticket price and the various fees you are required to pay. For that $512.05 ticket,

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these come to $63.81.

But wait – there’s more! There are also hidden taxes that the federal government charges you on each plane ticket.

The most obvious is the excise tax on aviation fuel, which is 4.0 cents per litre. Again, the federal government is greedier than its American counterpart, whose equivalent tax works out to 1.55 cents Canadian per litre.

When you add it all up, it’s easy to see why travel-

ling is so expensive in this country. It’s also clear why so many travellers choose to drive a couple of hours to fly out of Plattsburg, Burlington, or some other airport near the border rather than a Canadian airport.

It’s time for Ottawa to realize that air travel is not a cash cow to milk but an essential means of connecting our communities.

Gabriel Giguère is a public policy analyst with the Montreal Economic Institute. © Troy Media

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A Bouquet: Christmas Sugar Cookies When I was working in the hospital, I met a wonderful, bubbly lady, Theresa who became a good friend to me. We would chat when we could and she shared an astonishing real life story with me.

Like her mom, who has passed away, Theresa is a cookie maker, especially for Christmas. Theresa’s specialty is sugar cookies which she loves to make, decorate artfully with skill and wrap in beautiful packages to share with physicians and coworkers she works with as well as friends and family. Over the years Theresa has collected many cookie cutters and stamps for the thousands of cookie creations she has artistically made.

This is the amazing perhaps Christmas Miracle story she shared with me.

Theresa made a big batch of sugar cookies over the course of a few days and on Saturday her plan was to spend the day decorating them all. This took some time and a great deal of effort and energy as she is a perfectionist ensuring her intricate icing decoration and sprinkles that perfected her popular cookies were as good as her mom’s and worthy of presenting to others as a gift.

As Theresa completed a tray of cookies, she needed to put them somewhere to dry and set up. Since every avail-

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able counter and table space was full of bowls of coloured icing and the utensils she was using, she took the cookie tray out to the garage and looked for a safe place to put them.

She spied a perfect spot, the tonneau cover that covered the box of her husband’s half-ton truck.

Back inside the kitchen, Theresa began putting everything away, cleaning the kitchen and washing the dishes when the phone rang. Since Theresa was busy, her husband answered the phone in the other room. With the kitchen cleaned and everything back in place, she went out to the garage to retrieve her cookies so she could begin to package them for gift-giving. To her surprise and dismay, the truck was gone and so were her cookies!

Theresa began to panic and agonize about where

the cookies were; all her hard work for not! What Theresa didn’t know was that her son had called and asked his dad for a ride and to come pick him up.

Dad had no clue that the cookies were on the back tonneau cover, as hopped in the truck and went to pick up their son. Theresa was devastated and in tears when her husband and son returned and walked into the kitchen.

When they saw her in tears and asked what was wrong. She could hardly speak but they managed to hear her say cookies, truck, garage, gone, between tears. All three went out to the garage to have a look at the truck and when they looked on the back of the tonneau cover there the cookies sat, untouched and safe. Theresa’s husband had driven on Territorial Drive where the speed was 80 km and the cookies

tion engine will be banned – this fails to consider the life-cycle emissions (total emissions of a given product throughout production, use, and disposal) of the two vehicles.

The new regulations also ignore the reality that many Canadians (renters, those living in apartment buildings/condos or in rural areas) won’t likely be able to charge at home.

There are massive logistical and cost barriers to the adoption of EVs for many

(if not most) Canadians.

Living up north where extreme cold can affect the performance of EV batteries? The Government acknowledges your concern but is blindly confident that the technology will get better (so stop whining and get on board…).

Finally, the government’s new regulations ignore the need for coordination between the provinces and between Canada and the United States.

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remained in place unharmed.

Theresa was so relieved and as she concluded her story I had shivers going down my spine and tears in my eyes. Theresa is so passionate about her sugar cookies and she was very relieved they were safely back home again. I told Theresa her mom was looking down from heaven and protecting the sugar cookies that Theresa had worked so hard to create.

A few years later, I was shopping at our local grocery store and spied Theresa in the distance. As my shopping cart neared Theresa, I said to her, “I sure hope your sugar cookies are made.” Well we both laughed, put out our arms and gave each other a hug. It felt so good to see Theresa again and reminisce about her sugar cookie adventure. She told me that she only makes sugar cookies for her immediate family now as they require a lot of work.

She told me that she and her son had just made a batch of jam jams and that is another separate exciting Christmas story for another time.

If you see Theresa this holiday season, give her a hug and wish her a merry Christmas as she is a wonderful lady and she gives a genuine, heartfelt hug.

Merry Christmas from Cheryl to Theresa

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This prestigious honour is a testament to Jacinta’s dedication, hard work, and exceptional academic prowess. Only students with the highest academic average over their grade eleven and twelfth year are recipients of this prestigious award.

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Ronna Pethick moving into three decades serving on school division Sherri Solomko

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Ronna Pethick was recently re-elected by acclamation to the Living Sky School Division chairperson position. This makes for more than two decades serving students and families with the local school board.

Pethick was first elected in 1994 to what was then known as the Unity Local School Board. Such boards were a precursor to what is now known as School Community Councils in each school across the province. When SCCs came into effect in 2006, it eliminated local school boards.

The LSSD Chairperson was first elected to the newly amalgamated LandsWest School Division which was created when the Wilkie and Kerrobert School Divisions merged.

Pethick represented Cut Knife, Senlac, part of Unity’s rural area and the Hillsvale Hutterite Colony on the LandsWest Board of Education, which included six trustees.

In 2005, Pethick says the Government of Saskatchewan was in the process of forced amalgamations of 96 school divisions

making only 28 school divisions in the province. In June of that year, Pethick ran for office as trustee for that new school division, that was yet unnamed, and would include six former school divisions.

Frances Love, representing Wilkie and Pethick were successful in elections as incumbents.

“On January 1, 2006 the 28 amalgamated school divisions came into existence across Saskatchewan. Living Sky School Division now has 10 trustees and our division stretches from Kerrobert to Leoville. In this new school division I represent Unity, Cut Knife, and Hillsvale Hutterite Colony. (There are presently 27 school divisions in Saskatchewan),” says Pethick.

From 2009 to 2016 Pethick served as vicechair, elected in November of 2016 to board chair for the Living Sky School Division.

“During my tenure as a trustee I have been elected to the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) as Central Constituency Representative from 2012 to 2014 and elected as vice-chair of the SSBA from 2014 to 2016. I sat on the Government-Trustee

Bargaining Committee through two rounds of Provincial Bargaining with the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation in 2010 and then again in 2013. I continue to represent Living Sky School Division on the Public Section Executive of Saskatchewan which represents all Public Boards.”

Pethick also sits on the Sakewew First Nations High School Joint Board of Education, as well as serving on numerous division committees and presently has been appointed by the SSBA to sit on the Provincial Teacher Education and Certification Committee as well as the Education Relations Board (this is an Order in Council appointment).

“I successfully completed my School Board Member Education and Certification Program and received my Professional Director designation from Brown Governance and the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.”

Making the decision when her children were younger, because of her interest in education, Pethick first ran as trustee. Her passion for students and their education has kept the

LSSD board chair committed for more than two decades.

“Nothing makes me more proud and excited as to see our students cross that stage on graduation day knowing that they are leaving our schools with the best education that we can provide and knowing that they are our future in this province. Or alternatively, to watch our students in school doing such amazing and innovative things and observing their excitement and passion. We are in excellent hands! I am so proud of our schools and staffs across this division. Our students and their families are very well served.”

Pethick says she has observed many changes in her tenure from a governance perspective moving from a hands-on trustee to a more high-level governance trustee.

“The education landscape has changed over the years. Public School Boards no longer have the authority to set local mill rates. The education mill rate is set by the Province and school divisions receive their budgets through the grant.”

Living Sky School Division now covers a vast

Ronna Pethick chairs the Living Sky School Division Board of Education. | Photo courtesy of Living Sky School Division

area. Their student population includes approximately 40 per cent First Nations students, while the division includes 11 First Nations within Living Sky borders.

Mental health and students needs continue to increase across our division. Student and staff safety remain at the forefront of everything LSSD does.

“Our aging facilities remain a focus for our board.

We continue to spend many

dollars to keep our schools a place where students and staff feel safe to learn and work. Education funding is an ongoing concern. We are receiving less dollars today than we did in 2014 yet our overall costs continue to increase.”

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One family’s passion for literacy has given the Living Sky School Division (LSKYSD) through their Living Sky Innovation Fund financial support to launch their new reading intervention program.

“What if we could ensure every student is reading at grade level? Thanks

to a generous donation from the Stromberg Family Fund, set up and managed by Robert and Sandra Stromberg, the Living Sky Innovation Fund will be able to launch special programming to support literacy across the division in hopes of achieving this dream,” reads a Dec. 14 release from LSKYSD. The division noted that children who can’t read at

grade level by Grade 3 are four times less likely to graduate than a child who does read proficiently by that time.

In Living Sky School Division, 47 per cent of Grade 3 students began the 2023-24 school year reading below grade level.

“Literacy is a foundational skill, without it subjects such as math, science, social studies and more be-

come increasingly difficult and could cause frustration. Problems in literacy may even explain some behavioural issues experienced in classrooms.”

By addressing gaps and skills in reading, performance across all subjects is more likely to improve.

The literacy support program will allow students to work one-onone with interventionists

— likely retired teachers or other part-time education professionals — who will work specifically with Grade 2 and 3 students over eight weeks.

The funds will also enable guide materials to be purchased for the program and staff training.

The screening phase of the program will begin as early as January and continue being rolled out

across the division as interventionists can be put in place.

“We are so thankful to the Strombergs for supporting our division with their generous donation, and for their willingness to ask, ‘what if we could?’ To help children learn to read is an incredible gift,” said Brenda Vickers, director of education for LSKYSD.

Moving into three decades serving on school division Continued from Page 7 of achievement and success is one of her highlights serving on the board.

“Ensuring we have the best staff in our schools and Central Services Office to help our students in their success and achievement makes me proud. The relationship we have with our teachers and school staffs is vital to the success of our students and to our division.

Bringing six former school divisions and cultures into a new entity is definitely a highlight. It took a few years to think as ‘Living Sky’ and not as previous school divisions.”

Pethick notes that it was a lot of work to bring together staff, cultures, policies, procedures, new

central office, bus garage, facilities etc. working collaboratively under the LSSD banner.

“There are many highlights over the years, too numerous to mention, but I will always say our students and their achievement and success will always be the number one highlight for me. Education is about relationships and you can’t have education without building and maintaining relationships with students, families, stakeholders, staff, and education partners. “ The LSSD Chair appreciates the ongoing professional development she receives as well as the many people she has met over the years that have challenged her perspective and broad-

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“Being a trustee is a privilege and an honour and I am proud to continue to serve Subdivision 4 on

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Legion Installation in Battleford The Battleford branch of the Royal Canadian Legion held an installation Dec. 4: Henri Degenais – Zone 4 Deputy Zone Commander, Ruth Trudeau – SGT at Arms/Secretary, Tim Popp – 1st Vice President, Paula Anderson-Zadko – President, Robert Tannahill – CD (Captain Retired), Edward Stolar – Treasurer, Esther Stolar – Past President. | Photo submitted

Pack the Patrol Unit benefits Humane Society “The CSOs would like to recognize all the schools that participated in helping create attention with artwork for the Pack the Patrol cause,” Officer Justin Rask, who suggested that schools be invited to participate this year, said.

Participating schools included Holy Family, St. Mary’s, Lawrence Elementary, École Monseigneur Blaise Morand, Bready Elementary, and McKitrick Elementary – with McKitrick School winning a class pizza party for the ‘best display.’

All students who took part in the contest receive a pass for the InnovationPlex, donated by the City of North Battleford. Pack the Patrol Unit will continue next year with a ten-

SASKTODAY.ca The Pack the Patrol Unit event was a whopping success for Battlefords Humane Society this year.

The annual fundraiser organized by the City of North Battleford’s Community Safety Officers (CSOs) netted $2,070 in cash donations and 3,100 pounds of dog and cat food.

The event was staged at five retail locations in North Battleford this year: Walmart, PetValu, Giant Tiger, No Frills, and Canadian Tire.

Staffed with not only CSOs, but volunteers from the Humane Society and Citizens on Patrol, the fundraiser also featured artistic contributions on display from local schools.

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As we stop to reflect on our past year we realize our art group has offered us valuable rich experiences. This has certainly fostered social connections and wellness and provided a creative space for building an art culture in our community.

Every Tuesday members are observed creating vibrant artwork using an array of mediums such as acrylic, watercolour, charcoal, liquid ink and others. Ideas are freely shared and motivation along with encouragement are always in abundance. Many of you have attended an art show and expressed admiration and commented on the talent in our community.

As well, diverse workshops have been offered throughout the year. Some examples were tie-dye sessions, pours, Christmas card making, gelli printing, zantangle, mandelas,

alcohol ink designs and rock painting to name a few. Each one tested our creativity and artistic ability but was thoroughly enjoyed as each participant took home their treasures.

We are indeed grateful and appreciative of the organization, leadership and instruction that enabled us to participate in the wholesome activities.

Speakers were also invited to explain their work such as scratch art. It is always most interesting to learn about a different process. The opportunities for art in its many forms are endless as was evident this past year so now we look forward to a new year of challenges.

We encourage anyone interested to join us. Simply e-mail battlefordsartclub@gmail.com for information. Also, be sure to visit the Christmas Art Market at the Allan Sapp Gallery and the Members Show at the Chapel Gallery.

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Author inspires award-winning Holodomor lesson plans

By Miguel Fenrich Staff Reporter

Rhea Good, a Battleford author, teacher, and avid gardener, is continuing to help students understand the effects of the Ukrainian famine known as the Holodomor — albeit in a slightly different way than most authors.

Pamela Clark, a

Calgary-based educator, recently won the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium’s teacher award for her lesson plans. Plans that were based on Rhea Good’s children’s book, Bottle of Grain.

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“Truthfulness is a core value in teaching and Rhea Good and Pamela Clark should be commended for Herculean efforts to

create awareness of this dark chapter of history,” he added.

Good’s novel chronicles the true story of the Soroka family — told through the eyes of Maria — as they survived the Ukrainian famine by hiding bottles of grain, and was written and published in 2020 as an illustrated children’s book.

“While the setting is weighty for a children’s book, the narrative is presented in a way that fosters understanding and empathy, offering readers a gentle introduction to these important historical events,” Shevchuk added.

Clark originally was inspired by the book when she discovered it at the Ukrainian Cultural

Heritage Village gift shop near Edmonton.

Clark has received a $2000 prize and her lesson plans are added to the HREC website, accessible to all. Clark will be presenting her lessons titled, ‘The Power of Hope’ at the Calgary Teachers’ Convention in February 2024.

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Correction: One name was missed from the list of carollers last week. Ellie Kraft also donated her time to spread Christmas cheer by song to community residents.

There are plenty of Christmas/year-end suppers and parties going on through the community, and the RCMP are out doing check-stops. Maidstone High School’s SADD group would like to thank the local detachment for inviting them to help with one on Tuesday evening.

Mother Nature was even nice enough to co-operate and make it an enjoyable evening. Thanks to everyone for being responsible drivers this holiday season.

I haven’t been able to find out the winners of the Twinkle Tour in Maidstone. Because of the holiday on Monday, my deadline was moved up this week so the results won’t

make it into next week’s paper. Hopefully, many of you will hear via the grapevine. Otherwise, I’ll report the results in January.

Waseca Recreation Board prizes for the village’s Christmas lighting program went to: first Kristian Hewson, second Randy Herman-Fretz, third - Barry and Vi Broadhead and fourth - Rod and Barb Weisner. Good work everyone, your decorations are amazing. We look forward to more terrific displays next year.

Maidstone Gully Multiple 4-H Club’s electronics drive was a resounding success. As part of the 4-H Saskatchewan sustainability initiative, they collected four totes of electronics plus two microwaves and two flat-screen TVs for a total of 2,205 pounds (1,000 kilograms).

Twenty-six seniors gathered for a Christmas luncheon at the Drop In Centre Dec. 20. Thank you to AG Foods for our

delicious beef on a bun lunch with my favourite dessert (cheesecake). Following this, 21 players and our caller, Keven, stayed to play Christmas bingo with everyone going home with a gift. It was a good afternoon of socializing.

Special thanks to Jadyn Rhinehart, Kaitlyn Brett and Olivia Perkins of the MHS leadership class for their help with hall decorations earlier in December and assisting with lunch on Wednesday. They’ll also be coming back to take down the decorations in January. We’ll have more about their projects next week.

Maidstone Senior Jets were in Neilburg Dec. 20 and lost their last game of this year 8-2 to the Monarchs. They’ll be back on the ice in Radisson Jan. 6.

With the end of 2023, I’d like to thank everyone who has helped me with our community news and photographs this year. I know many of you look forward to these write-ups every

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Four fun facts about the month of December 1. Armchair linguists might know that the Latin word ‘decem’ means ‘ten’, which is a little curious given that December is the twelfth month of the year.

So why isn’t December the tenth month of the year?

Like other months on the modern calendar, including October and November, December once occupied a different place on the calendar, namely the Julian calendar that was used prior to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar.

Back then, December was the tenth month on the calendar. Though its position changed when the Gregorian calendar was adopted, its name remained the same.

2. It’s easy to overlook in a month populated by holidays like Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa, but the winter solstice is a significant day on the calendar as well. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the 2023 winter solstice occurs on December 21 at 10:27 p.m. EST for the northern hemisphere. The winter solstice might not be sun worshippers’ favorite day of the year, as it’s the day with the least amount of sunlight all year long.

However, one positive to keep in mind is that, once the winter solstice occurs, each day thereafter experiences a gradual increase in daylight. That should give anyone yet another reason to celebrate in December.

3. December has historically been a month of firsts, particularly for women and politicians. On December 1, 1919, Lady Nancy Astor became the first woman to serve in the British House of Commons. Exactly 69 years later, Benazir Bhutto was nominated for the role

of prime minister of Pakistan. Bhutto ultimately became the first woman to be elected as head of a democratic government in a Muslim-majority coun-

try. Political firsts in December are not limited to events involving women. A year after Bhutto was nominated, Russia’s Mikhail Gorbachev became the

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PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaws at the RM Office during regular business hours, excluding statutory holidays. Hard copies will be available to the public at a cost at the RM Office. Digital copies can be obtained by contacting the Development Coordinator (development@ rmmeota468.ca; (306) 892-2061).

Issued by the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468 this December 21, 2023.

Tina Schaefer Development Coordinator RM of Meota No. 468

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PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD Public notice is hereby given, Pursuant to Section 207 of the Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the City of North Battleford intends to pass a bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 1971 as hereinafter provided.

The Town of Battleford is accepting applications for Part-time Volunteer Firefighters Apply with Resume to Battleford Fire Department 402-25th Street West, P.O. Box 40 Battleford, Saskatchewan S0M 0E0 Fax: 306-937-3719 Email: firechief@battleford.ca Start Date: Immediately

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The proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw No. 1971, are as follows: Intent

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PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing at 1:30 PM on January 10, 2024, in the RM Office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Public may attend meetings via teleconference or in person. If you wish to attend the meeting via teleconference, please contact the RM Administrator, Kirk Morrison, at cao@rmmeota468. ca requesting a meeting link invitation. Council will also consider written comments received on or before January 5, 2024, by the undersigned at the RM Office by hardcopy or email. The RM Office is located at 300 – 1st Street East, Meota, SK, S0M 1X0. The RM office can be contacted at (306) 892-2061 or development@rmmeota468.ca.

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To amend Zoning Bylaw No. 1971 CLAUSE 6.12 – LARGE LOT ARTERIAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT – Table 6-12 is amended by hanging the where the Minimum site Depth Column shows 60 metres to 37.9 metres

Reason A subdivision application was received by the City for a property in the C3A - Large Lot Arterial Commercial District. The application was denied because the subdivision did not meet minimum lot depth requirements of the Zoning Bylaw 1971.

The Planning and Development Act, 2007 requires that subdivision approvals can only be given where the subdivision does not create a contravention of the Zoning Bylaw. If this requirement did not exist the City could have approved the subdivision and grant a relaxation on the parcel size at the time of subdivision.

Bylaw Inspection Any interested person may inspect the Bylaw at City Hall, 1291-101st Street, North Battleford, SK Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Copies are available to persons through the Office of the City Clerk.

Public Hearing Representations respecting the Bylaw will be considered by the Council on the 8th day of January 2024, at the City Hall at 5:45 p.m.

Council shall hear any person or group of persons or person acting on their behalf, who wish to make a representation. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to City Hall before the hearing.

Issued at North Battleford this 15th Day of December, 2023.

Stacey Hadley, City Clerk

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R.M. OF MEDSTEAD NO. 497 SEASONAL MAINTENANCE/ EQUIPMENT OPERATOR POSITION The R.M. of Medstead No. 497 invites applications for an experienced full time Seasonal Maintenance/Equipment Operator. The Seasonal Maintenance/Equipment Operator will be responsible for mowing this municipality’s ditches, rock picking, mulching in conjunction with the grader operators, installing and repairing signs and other jobs as directed by the Reeve. Opportunity may be present in the future to move into a grader operator position. Pay rates depending on experience.

The R.M. of Medstead No. 497 is located in central Saskatchewan located approximately forty five minutes north of North Battleford.

Applicants must possess a valid Class 5 driver’s license and have skill and experience in maintenance and operation of equipment including tractor, mower, rock picker and mulcher.

Submit written resumes stating experience, expected wage, two references and a current driver’s abstract. Deadline closes once the position is filled.

All resumes shall be marked “Seasonal Maintenance/Equipment Operator Position” and dropped off at the RM Office, mailed to the address below or emailed to rm497@sasktel.net.

R.M. of Medstead No. 497 Box 12 Medstead, SK S0M 1W0 Council thanks all applicants for their interest in this position but only persons selected for interviews will be contacted.

The R.M. of Medstead No. 497 reserves the right to reject and refuse any or all expressions of interest.

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Mayfair and District News: It’s bonspiel season

By Elaine Woloshyn Correspondent

2023 Christmas is now a memory. Hopefully, everything went well for people who had to travel a distance to be with other family members. Travellers did not have to endure bad road conditions in our area thank goodness.

Mayfair’s Catholic Church mass at 5 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 30 is the last for this calendar year.

In January, February and March the services will be moved to Sundays at 1 p.m.

Being rural and the priest having to travel to different parishes it is a challenge to keep everyone happy with a time change.

It’s a tradition for most people to drive around the city blocks viewing the co-

lourful Christmas lights, inflatables, shimmery and glittery displays and loudspeakers playing music in some yards. It’s wonderful to drive by and see the true meaning of Christmas with a nativity scene in their front yards.

Most curling rinks are bustling with bonspiels.

Social media along with posters and other avid curlers will give you all of the necessary information.

Rabbit Lake bar owner Joan Dzialo is advertising it will be open on New Year’s Day from noon to 5 p.m. It was also open on Christmas Eve with shortened hours to accommodate the locals. Joan goes above and beyond to keep everyone happy.

Partygoers who love bringing in New Year’s

Eve with a bang, check around, as even many small towns and villages are hosting a great night out after not having anything due to COVID-19 in the past. The curling club in Shell Lake is having a fundraiser in the local hall Dec. 31 with DJ Mister Eee. Only advance tickets at $25 per person by contacting 306-714-0013 and 306-314-1996.

There is a newly established butcher shop a few minute’s drive north of Fairholme (near Glaslyn) called “Narrow Path Meats.” Offered are homegrown eggs and meat.

They also offer custom meat processing of wild game, bison and beef with slaughtering available on this farm site. The website is narrowpathmeats@

An inflatable Santa teddy brings smiles to everyone as people line up to get their pictures taken. | Photo by Elaine Woloshyn

outlook.com or call 306386-7008 8.

Many farmers are prebooking their spring custom fertilizer spreading now to not be disappointed.

Spring is a hectic time on the farm and even though there are many applicators to choose from they book up rapidly.

Wishing a healthy and

prosperous 2024 to all of the readers of this newspaper.

May the world finally have “peace on Earth.”

Happy New Year!

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.

(RC) St. Joseph Calasanctius Parish 1942 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 0N4

TerriTorial Drive alliance church 306-445-5158 www.tdac.ca

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PASTOR: Rev. Fr. Phinh Do

Corner of Scott & Territorial Dirve Sun. 10:30 am Ministries for the whole family

DAILY: Tues., 7 p.m. Wed., Thurs. & Fri. - 9 a.m. unless otherwise noted WEEKEND: Saturdays - 7:30 p.m. Sundays - 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

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St. Paul’s Anglican Church North Battleford Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.

St. George’s Anglican Church Battleford Sunday @ 5:00 p.m.

Watch the Sunday Morning Service on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/battleriverparish Contact: 306 445 4155 stpaulnb@sasktel.net

Rev. Trevor Malyon Rev. Jan Trost

1401 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK Sunday Services 10:30 AM Everyone Welcome

Hope Mennonite Fellowship 1291 - 109th Street, North Battleford

Sunday Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Pastor: Dean Covert

Church Phone 306-445-4181

Notre Dame de Lourdes Church

12th Ave. & 104th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 1S8 PASTOR: Rev. Father Millan Sajonas Office: 306-445-3836 Mass Times: Saturdays: 7:00 pm Sundays: 11:00 am & 5:00 pm (except July & August) Sundays: 9:30 am St. André’s Church Email: notredame.nb@gmail.com • www.notredameparish.ca

902 - 108th Street, North Battleford

Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. Leonid Malkov Phone: 1-306-229-1755

52 - 4th Avenue West Battleford, SK

306-937-3177

SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 a.m.

Third Avenue United Church Rev. Jo-Ann Hills

Sunday Worship Services at 10:45 am

306-445-8171

Live Streaming Available at www.thirdavenueunitedchurchnb.ca Email: thirdaveunited@sasktel.net

Everyone Welcome

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

Sunday Afternoon Service 3:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

LIVING FAITH Sunday Services 10:30 am CHAPEL

Ukrainian Catholic Parish of All Saints

Battleford United Church

Living Water Ministry

Battlefords Cowboy Church

1372 102nd St 306-445-3009

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Services 1st & 3rd Thursday of each Month

Pastor FADY FAKHOURY

Battleford Legion Hall 7:00 p.m.

PASTOR - Rick Martin

ROMAN CATHOLIC ST. VITAL’S 11 - 18th Street, Battleford, SK

Phone 306-937-7340 PASTOR - Fr. Sebastian Kunnath

Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.

Various Weekly Programs Pastor Casey Sitter www.livingfaithchapel.ca

1702 - 106th Street, North Battleford

Come Join Us Sundays at 11:00 am and 6:30 pm Loving God Growing Together Serving Others Phone Church: 306-445-4818 Email: tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca

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Phone 306-445-9096

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

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Marriage and family counseling is available by appointment.

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Singing Christmas Cheer in Hafford

The Speers United Church hitched up a truck and flat deck and headed to Hafford to spread some Christmas cheer on Saturday afternoon, Dec,16, where friends of the community and neighbourhood met at the senior centre. Rob Jones drove up and down the streets, while everyone sang carols and enjoyed the merriment, delivering good tidings. Then we all went to the Hafford Special Care Home, to sing to the residents there, before making our way back to the senior centre for more singing, socializing and refreshments. Despite no snow, the weather was beautiful, and everyone felt the spirit of a good old-fashioned Christmas. | Photos submitted by Colleen Wicks

Christmas Cheer at Speers Library

Wednesday, Dec. 20, the Lakeland library, Speers branch held a Christmas open house come and go with coffee and goodies and door prizes. Fourteen people attended. The staff and board would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and happy reading in the new year.

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After school Dec. 18, the Lakeland Library Speers branch hosted a children’s Christmas party, with 12 enthusiastic kids attending. There were crafts and games, and a surprise visit from Santa who handed out goodie bags much to their delight. A little lunch finished off the party. The Speers Library wishes everyone a very merry Christmas, and happy reading in the New Year. | Photos submitted by Colleen Wicks

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END IMPAIRED DRIVING

Every year, the festive season is sadly overshadowed by car accidents that could have been avoided. A large percentage of collisions involve drivers who have been drinking over the legal limit or taking drugs.

BE PREPARED It’s widely known that drugs and alcohol impair your judgment. Despite this reality, some individuals who’ve consumed these substances may believe they’re fit to drive when actually they’re not.

In short, if you’ve had any amount of alcohol or smo-

ked or ingested cannabis, it’s not safe to rely on your own judgment.

Plan ahead! No one wants to be part of another statistic or have someone’s death on their conscience for the rest of their life. In 2023, there are no excuses for driving under the influence.

You have plenty of choices to avoid putting your own safety and that of others at risk.

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Driving under the influence can take away everything that matters most to you: your freedom, your job, your reputation, your future and even your life.

Make a commitment to yourself and others not to get behind the wheel after consuming drugs or alcohol this season.

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