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Though many in the Battlefords are welcoming a recent respite from winter as the end of November and early December boast above-seasonal temperatures, not everyone is so enthused. Table Mountain — one of the province’s few ski resorts — is stalled, and Lawrence Blouin, the resort’s general manager, says they’re waiting anxiously to get their season started. “We’re hoping for Christmas right now ... Environment Canada’s telling us that possibly [we’ll] be able to start up again Thursday [Dec. 7] or Friday, [Dec. 8],” Blouin told the News-Optimist in a phone interview Monday. Blouin said that though Table Mountain was able to make snow the first weekend in December, they were forced to quit on Sunday, Dec. 2, due to climbing temperatures. “If I can get ideal temperatures from -15 to -20 ... it takes about 12 days of snowmaking, 24 hours a day to be able to cover the whole area,” he said. The resort normally opens early in December, or right before Christmas
and closes that last weekend in March. But with warmer weather in the forecast and nearly two weeks of -20 required to make enough snow, it’s looking like the season may not start until Christmas long weekend, or even into January. “We have no control over Mother Nature. We have to deal with whatever temperature she gives us, you know,” Blouin said. “Everything’s ready. The staff’s in place for snowmaking, we’re just waiting for the temperatures where we can get it done. Your guess is as good as mine as for when that’s going to be.”
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Brent Habetler arrested in Bermuda: Accused of indecent act, assault By Lisa Joy
SASKTODAY.ca
Saskatchewan man Sir Brent Adair Habetler has been arrested in Bermuda on Nov. 26. He faces charges of committing an indecent act in a public place and assault. Trevor Lindsay, journalist and owner of TNN
in Bermuda, had reported on Friday that Canadian National Brent Habetler was arrested on Nov. 26 and charged with committing an indecent act namely, masturbating in a public place. He was additionally charged with assault. The charges stemmed from when Habetler was a guest at
the Willowbank hotel in Southampton, Bermuda. TNN’s report said that Habetler was from Radisson, Saskatchewan, Canada, and was granted bail in the amount of $5,000, and was to return to Bermuda Magistrate court Dec. 4. TNN’s Lindsay told SASKTODAY.ca in a
phone interview Saturday that he had attended Habetler’s court appearance in Bermuda. Lindsay said that Habetler’s passport was taken from him by the court. Bermuda Police Service Corporate Communications Manager Gary Moreno confirmed Continued on Page 5
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